Library book sale a rousing success
Friends of the Mill Creek Library’s spring book sale raised $2,013.16, thanks to community donations and lots of volunteer help Saturday, May 9 at the Mill Creek Library.
Clock Tower Storage donated space for book and media storage. Raised funds go toward library programs, events, furnishings and literary grants.
Womens’ club luncheon May 20
The Mill Creek Womens’ Club will hold a luncheon at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 20 at the Mill Creek Country Club, 15500 Country Club Drive.
The program, “Destination…Mill Creek,” includes a wine and cheese tasting provided by Central Market and other merchants will display their wares and services.
There also will be door prizes, plus the YWCA Pathways for Women raffle and annual book exchange.
The club’s philanthropic focus supports the YWCA and emergency shelters, mental health counseling and employment services. For more information and to help, call Kay Reissig at 425-357-1813.
Ride your bike to work on Friday
National Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 15 and Community Transit is gearing up by kicking off a monthlong bicycle commuting emphasis with the Snohomish County Bike Commute Challenge, sponsored by Group Health Cooperative.
Cycling events through May give first-time bike commuters, die-hard regulars and fair weather cyclists a chance to ride and celebrate together.
Event organizers encourage creative ways for people to incorporate biking into their daily commute such as combining biking and busing, biking to your carpool or vanpool or even driving part of the way and biking the rest.
To help people feel comfortable cycling to work, there’s a free Bike Commuting Basics Class from 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 13 at Community Transit’s Kasch Park offices in Everett. Register or get more information by calling 425-348-2304 or by sending e-mail to: biketowork@commtrans.org.
Community Transit will have Celebration Stations at the Edmonds Ferry dock, at Brackett’s Landing Park, along with stations at the Lynnwood Transit Center, University of Washington Bothell, Everett Station, Boeing Everett, Marysville’s Comeford Park and McCollum Park in Mill Creek.
Learn more about Bike to Work activities at www.communitytransit.org/biketowork.
Congestion relief event May 16
In the current economic climate, anything free is welcome. Community Transit is offering a day of free fun and refreshments while giving people an opportunity to learn what they can do to help ease traffic congestion in Snohomish County.
The Commute Options Expo will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 at the Mill Creek Foursquare Church (1415 164th St. SW, Lynnwood). The church is accessible on Community Transit Routes 114 and 115.
Attendees will learn how to find convenient bus routes or join a vanpool, identify opportunities for biking or walking, and have a chance to join the Curb the Congestion Club.
The Curb the Congestion Club began last year through a partnership between Community Transit and Snohomish County to help reduce traffic on 164th Street SW/SE between Highway 99 and Mill Creek. About 150 people joined the club last year, receiving monthly bus pass or vanpool subsidies in return for leaving their car at home. In a survey, 90 percent of participants said they would continue to use alternative transportation after their three-month membership in the program expired.
The program has expanded to those who regularly use 128th Street between Everett and Mill Creek and 20th Street between Lake Stevens and Everett, two of the more congested corridors in the county.
To be eligible for a subsidy, a participant must agree to take a bus or vanpool at least three times a week per month for three months. In return, participants receive a $54 a month stipend in the form of a bus pass or vanpool voucher.
People who already take the bus or a vanpool along those routes can earn $25 by recruiting someone else to the Curb the Congestion program.
For more information on the Curb the Congestion Club, visit www.communitytransit.org/164th, e-mail curbit@commtrans.org or call 425-438-6136.
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