Around Town

Council sends ‘pet

project’ to public

hearing Feb. 20

A public hearing on a reworked city ordinance addressing the issue of barking dogs and stray cats will be held during the Tuesday, Feb. 20 meeting of the Edmonds City Council in the Council Chambers of the Public Safety Complex, 250 Fifth Ave. N.

Responding to a resident’s complaint last fall about treatment of a family cat by a neighbor, the city’s Public Safety Committee looked into the matter and came up with an amended code for the City Council to consider. To review the tweaked Edmonds City Code 5.05.050 and the work leading up to it, visit the city’s Web site, www.ci.edmonds.wa.us, and pull up the appropriate agenda memo from the Jan. 23 meeting.

Parks manager Lindsay best in ‘06

Rich Lindsay, Edmonds’ park maintenance manager, was named Employee of the Year at the city’s recognition breakfast last month.

Lindsay, who has worked for the city for 35 years, is the go-to guy for all things parks-related: planting, plumbing, park planning, cleaning up graffiti on restrooms and organizing volunteer clean-up crews. He’s also one of Santa’s helpers, answering letters to the North Pole’s most illustrious resident dropped in the mailbox outside the Log Cabin Visitor’s Bureau during December.

Recipients of the city’s 2006 Distinguished Citizen awards bestowed at the event were Kathleen Junglov, administrative services assistant director; Don Fiene, assistant city engineer; and Loren Angiono, lead vehicle/equipment mechanic.

Stevens and city

send care package

Piles of Top Ramen noodle soup, Swiss Miss hot chocolate and other foods requiring only boiling water and a spoon soon will be on their way to U.S. Army troops near Baghdad, thanks to the generosity of Stevens Hospital and city of Edmonds employees.

Brenda Hill of Edmonds spearheaded the drive to collect food for her daughter, an Army diesel mechanic, and fellow service personnel in harm’s way near the capital of Iraq. Enough food was donated to fill Hill’s van, which was loaded up at the hospital Tuesday, Jan. 23.

(Subconscious)

food for thought

Leave it to the Edmonds Parks and Recreation Department to come up with classes that operate outside the (Milk Duds) box.

“Weight Loss with Hypnosis” teaches something you can do in three weeks that others of us haven’t figured out in a lifetime: How to losing 20 pounds within weeks.

The three-week class, taught by a certified hypnotist with the National Guild of Hypnotists, meets from 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 31-Feb. 21. The cost is $79.

To find out more about this and other classes call 425-771-0230 or visit www.reczone.org.

Klein says ‘bye’ after 26 years of service

Twenty-six years ago Mayor Harve Harrison welcomed Linda Klein as a new city of Edmonds employee. On Jan. 11 Mayor Gary Haakenson bid her adieu as she retired from her job as executive assistant to Public Works Director Noel Miller.

Klein, who began as a receptionist for the Parks and Recreation Department, spent 20 years with Public Works. Miller hailed her positive attitude and said the city was fortunate to have her as an employee.