Check your smoke detector
North County Fire/EMS offers a free smoke detector program.
Residents of the North County Regional Fire Authority area in need of a smoke alarm or who would like to have their smoke alarms checked, should call Battalion Chief Christian Davis at 425-754-4342.
Task force plans lunches in January
ARLINGTON — After a month of research and organizing, the Arlington Homeless Task Force is preparing two initial outreach programs to provide additional food for those in need in the community starting in January.
In planning for these programs, Task Force members contacted other communities that already have similar programs in place. Margaret Dunnington and Merilyn McClure visited Monroe to observe their ‘brown bag lunch’ and were told what started as 55 lunches has now grown to 170. All communities are seeing an increase in need for assistance as people are more and more affected by a struggling economy.
The goal of the Arlington Task Force is to get additional programs in place to help meet this increase. The supplemental food programs are the first step in the plan.
Hosanna Christian Fellowship plans to host a once-a-week hot breakfast program in January. Also starting in January is a ‘brown bag lunch’ program.
Both activities are being organized by members of several Arlington churches, but are open to anyone who wishes to help.
To volunteer your assistance call Pastor Deena Jones at 360-435-3259.
Help make north Snohomish County safe
EVERETT — The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office is looking for volunteers to work out of its North Precinct in Smokey Point Monday through Friday during normal business hours. Volunteers are needed primarily for citizen patrol in north county areas, as well as disabled parking enforcement, radar speed checks and mail courier duties.
Anyone interested in joining the sheriff’s office volunteer organization is encouraged to call volunteer director Ray Baron at 425-388-3082.
Scouts collect trees
Scout troops in Arlington will be collecting Christmas trees from inside the city limits Jan. 3 to be recycled.
In Arlington, Boy Scouts of America Troop 29 Assistant Scoutmaster Rick Van Arman asked those giving trees to have them on the curb by 9 a.m., or to drop them off in the City Hall parking lot between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., free of all tinsel, decorations and stands. He noted that envelopes will be distributed to provide the opportunity to make donations to the troop for their efforts, and added that the envelopes can be attached to the trees or mailed in.
Van Arman thanks the community for its support of Scouting, noting that more cash is always welcome.
State Board names Ira Spring Mountain
The Washington State Board on Geographic Names has approved names for locations in three counties and in Snohomish County, the newly named, Ira Spring Mountain is located near Bedal, south of Darrington.
The late Ira Spring is author of numerous hiking guides for the Pacific Northwest and especially the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Spring was also a tireless advocate for the protection of Washington’s wilderness areas. A proponent for the name wished to honor Spring’s vast and unmatched knowledge of the trails in the North Cascades by naming this geographical feature after him.
The state board for naming geological features includes seven members authorized by state law to establish official names for the lakes, mountains, streams, places, towns, and other geographic features. The board meets at least twice a year and may hold special meetings as called by the chair or a majority of the board. All meetings are open to the public.
The Commissioner of Public Lands chairs the board and appoints four members from the general public to serve three-year terms. The two other members are the State Librarian and the chair of the Washington State Heritage Council.
For information see the Web site, www.dnr.wa.gov, and click on “Boards and Councils.”
