Mill Creek City Councilwoman Donna Michelson is having an electronics recycling event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, at City Hall.
Total Reclaim Inc. will collect computers, TVs, stereos, refrigerators and other items.
Collection fees will range from $5 to $25 and must be paid in cash. Cell phones, keyboards, computer mice and telephones can be dropped off for free.
All computer hard drives will be removed and shredded to protect owners’ identities and other personal information.
Used book sale to support library
The Friends of the Mill Creek Library will have its spring used book sale from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, at the library.
The book sale will include fiction and nonfiction books, video, CDs and DVDs, for adults, teens and children, as well as large-type books. Prices start at .25 cents and merchandise sold between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. will go for $5 a bag.
The Friends will provide bags. Donations of books and media for the annual event are accepted year round.
Proceeds from the book sale support library programs, events, services and facilities, and promoting literacy in the greater Mill Creek community. For more information, contact the library at 425-337-4822.
CT expo to address traffic on 164th
Community Transit will have a commute options expo at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, at the Mill Creek Foursquare Church to encourage commuters on 164th Street SE/SW to reduce their car trips and use public transit.
The Snohomish County Council has partnered with Community Transit on a transportation demand management strategy aimed at giving commuters transportation alternatives to their cars, such as riding busses, joining vanpools or carpools or riding their bikes.
As part of the partnership, Community Transit started the Curb the Congestion Club. The program is open to any Snohomish County resident who currently travels on 164th Street and agrees to take a bus or vanpool an average of three times a week per month.
In return, participants will receive $45 subsidies toward their monthly bus or vanpool fare. Information on the program will be available at the expo.
For more information, visit the Community Transit website, www.communitytransit.org, or call 425-348-7185.
The Rock is cooking in Mill Creek
The Rock Wood Fired Pizza &Spirits opened a new restaurant in Mill Creek on May 6.
The Rock is located on the Bothell-Everett Highway at Zocalo, a mixed retail and residential development north of Thrasher’s Corner.
The 5,400 square foot dining room will accommodate more than 200 hungry patrons.
The menu features more than 20 find over 20 different pizzas that are cooked in wood-fired brick ovens.
The Rock is open between noon and 11:30 p.m. Monday – Sunday.
AASF offering free stream surveys
Swamp Creek, North Creek and Little Bear Creek flow from rapidly urbanizing southwest Snohomish County to the Sammamish River and Lake Washington. Quilceda Creek flows through the Urban Growth Area between Arlington and Marysville into the Snohomish River.
The salmon habitat in these streams is in trouble, said Northwest Stream Center director Tom Murdoch.
Many culverts are too small to allow fish passage, stream banks are severely eroded, and several spawning areas have been completely scoured away. Water quality in these streams has degraded to the point where they are not suitable for contact recreation for people.
To combat these problems, the Adopt-A-Stream Foundation is offering free stream surveys for landowners along these streams to explore ways of improving salmon habitat and water quality.
After the survey is complete, AASF will prepare an enhancement plan and work in partnership with the landowner to find resources to fix any problem(s) discovered.
For more information, call 425-316-8592.
Women’s Club to host Patio Party
“Patio Party” presented by Pottery Barn will be the featured luncheon program for the Mill Creek Women’s Club at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, at the Mill Creek Country Club.
If you are new to Mill Creek, and you haven’t attended a Women’s Club luncheon, this is an opportunity to get to know your neighbors and make new friends.
This will be the final event before the summer break.
For reservations, call Suzanne Eklund-Grayum at 425-344-6554 or Kathy Poeschl at 425-478-1660 or visit the website www.millcreekwomensclub.com.
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