The Daily Herald from Everett, Washington • 12

Communities 2B Thursday September 29 1994 The Herald Zero hour near for bypass road Mukilteo urged to move fast or risk losing money for project By KAREN SMAALDERS Herald Writer MUKILTEO Mukilteo City Council must decide on how to proceed with the proposed Paine ield Boulevard next month or Snohomish County may lose the money for the project the warning council members received from Jack Bils borough county deputy director of public works at a public hearing on the fourth proposed alignment for the bypass road The estimated $14 million from Boeing Co expansion payments and state and federal highway funds may be earmarked for other projects if a decision is not made next month Bilsborough said project probably cannot survive much more time delay and cost he said on this is getting precarious and we expect these funds to be held for us City officials have spent more than three years discussing plans for the bypass road which would take traffic from the western side of the Boeing plant on Highway 526 to Mukilteo Speedway without traveling through town via the four way intersection at 84th Street Council members have sup ported building the new road rather than widening Mukilteo Speedway to four lanes but have spent years discussing the alignment and impact on nearby homes Most of the major issues including the preservation of wet lands airport industrial property and Mukilteo residential neigh borhoods have been resolved by plans to depress the roadway build a noise wall and position the road close to 44th Avenue Bils borough said But residents attending Mon public hearing made it clear that they still have concerns ranging from noise to property values Several city council members said plans for the intersection at 84th Street SW and the need to dislocate four homes and three businesses along 44th Avenue dis satisfied them enough to extend public hearing until Oct 10 want to Visual Graphics owner Jim Whitson said Monday suggesting the county put a noise wall in his back yard on 44th Avenue But 45th Avenue resident Valerie Lagen said she want the 100 foot buffer and noise wall proposed to reduce traffic sounds from the four lane arterial freeway use my back yard as an extension of my Lagen said is not acceptable to me rather be bought Residents told council mem bers that homes in their neighbor hood have lost value and selling this road is killing said John Alden who lives on 45th Avenue even sell the house for what they say its 1 i faV'a ii ii 1 1 1 till 'If' 1 i i1 1 IMu jl jggS I SL If School storyteller Dressed in buckskins Art Daniel teaches Martha Lake Elementary students about American Indian Daniel is the head custodian at Mead owdale Elementary School in the Edmonds School District and enjoys sharing his stories with children at church schools and community festivals He remembers tales told at his knee in Billings Mont After a stint in the service Daniel became a storyteller at Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch in Montana donated storytelling proceeds to Big BrothersBig Sisters or a Native American Scholarship und at Edmonds Community College New East County Senior Center to open By CLAIRE TUOHY MORGAN Herald Writer The new East County Senior Center gets a opening riday with a breakfast for invited guests and dignitaries a ribbon cutting and an open house The public open house set for 10am to 3 pm will feature refresh ments and tours of the center located behind Monroe City Hall at 824 Village Way The morning begins with a special breakfast honoring those who worked on the project or contributed to it Darla Duke administrative assistant to center director Cindy Eshleman said volunteers the of Open house riday 10 am to 3 pm East County Senior Center 824 Village Way Monroe behind Monroe City Hall or more information call 794 6359 the project Duke said senior center building boosters individuals organi zations agencies and businesses worked together and contributed money or services Many generous contributions were unsolicited she said members have donated quite a Duke said the direct support of the com munity like that we have been fully funded like we Construction on the 8294 square foot building was completed on Sept 16 Broughton Construction built the facility designed by architect Laurence Poinier The center features three class rooms commercially equipped kitchen 2200 square foot Good Neigh bors Hall the Unique Boutique Gift Shop offices stage and medical room Officials began planning and raising funds for the new facility in 1990 Con struction funds came from the sale of the previous senior center building donations and fund raisers ounded in 1968 the full service professionally staffed nonprofit multipurpose center now serves over 1000 seniors within 60 rural square miles Before the new comple tion the center temporarily operated in space at the Evergreen State air grounds and was closed for three weeks during the fair Classes ranging from arts and crafts to tai chi and health services respite care and a meal program have all resumed Duke said grand opening is set for 7 pm Oct 1 and the gift shop will also reopen in October The facilities are available for rental or more information call 794 6359 NEWS WATCH happening where you live MUKILTEO BUDGET woes: inding ways to trim next budget is hard in a city where every department is overloaded with work interim administrator Bob Baril told the city council Monday Baril who is now going through the difficult process of preparing a 1995 city budget in the wake of a public safety levy failure last week will present a preliminary budget to Mayor Brian Sullivan next week Baril said he looked for duplication of services and personnel and found none have a very clear impression that people working here in Mukilteo are working harder than the other two municipalities Baril said referring to his work aiding a leadership transition for Everett and Snohomish County can assure you I have detected no redundancy Next budget will stress produc tivity and will include some time saving equipment such as more efficient computers and software Baril said CITIZEN committee suggested: Mukilteo resident Hank Elliott and city council member Cathy Reese came up with similar ideas Monday night: form a cit izen committee to help set city priorities and aid the budget process Elliott recommended the committee include citizens against tax increases those who want to raise taxes for better services and a city council liaison more people you can pull into the process the more valuable the process Reese said Council members agreed that the com mittee should begin work early next year on the 1996 budget EXPERT panel chosen: Interim administrator Bob Baril has formed a ribbon search to help select a new city administrator Mayor Brian Sul livan announced this week Committee members include Joni Earl deputy executive for Snohomish County Jim Langus chief administrative assistant for the city of Everett Bill Cushman budget director for the city of Everett Larry Andrews a Mukilteo man agement consultant Jim Rand a human resources and management consultant and Skip Kidd presi dent of the Mukilteo Business Association Baril said the panel will review the more than 50 applications received for the top administrative post and form a short list for the mayor to interview News Watch items include court actions local government news community events and calendar listings Monday through riday or more informa tion call 339 3492 BULLETIN BOARD BAZAARS COUNTRY Crafts Home and Gift Show 10 am 8 pm Sept 29 30 Wagner Community Club 12920 Wagner Road Monroe COUNTRYSIDE Collectibles 10 am 6 pm riday Sunday 7107 60th St SE Everett (near Bick ford Motors) IN THE STORES SNOHOMISH County Safety Show with more than 40 agency exhibits is planned for riday through Sunday at Alderwood Mall OPEN HOUSE GREENHOUSE part of Olympic Mental Health! plans an open house from 2 5 pm riday at 2735 10th Street Everett The Greenhouse program has served more than 1700 adults the past decade MEETINGS GOOD Morning Marysville Greater Marysville Chamber of Commerce with 38th Legislative District candidates 7:30 am riday Marysville IN THE SCHOOLS going on in area education jEVERETT SNOHOMISH Michael Martin Everett High School is a semifinalist in a national achieve ment scholarship program for black students He is competing for one of 1800 scholarships to be awarded nextspring The program is funded through the National Merit Scholarship Corp Commended students in the 1995 National Merit Scholarship program have been announced They include: Michael Bonkowski Bothell Matthew Lease Adam Rynd and Laura Vance Mill Creek and Sarah Younkin of Cas cade High School in Everett and Aaron Belcher Zachariah Birkenbuel Joshua Kern Stephanie Lenox Michael "Martin and Sean Ross all of Everett 1994 HOMECOMING Queen for Snohomish High School is Tami Jilk crowned during an assembly on Monday Homecoming set for riday makes an early appearance this season since the Panthers have only three home football games The Pan thers will play Shorewood at 7:30 pm in Veterans Memorial Stadium Serving on the Homecoming Court with Tami are Cassandra Bennyhoff Shawna Harris Kristie Riewer and Megan Waltz elected by the senior class from among the top 10 senior girls Also honored as top 10 senior girls were: Gina Coy Julie Clark Sara Hunter Tennille Jeffries and Amy Sal vadalena Other homecoming events included Royalty Tea wall decoration contest among sophomore junior and senior classes and Skit Night On riday students makes their annual serpentine trek through the city at 12:45 pm followed by a pep rally at 1:55 pm An alumni tea in the library follows the football game MARYSVILLE Early Childhood Assistance Program (ECEAP) has openings for 4 year olds whose families are on limited incomes or more information call 653 0830 Residents 55 and older may pur chase a reduced price admission ticket for school events at the Service Center 4220 80th St NE Marysville or more information about the Gold Card call 653 0818 MUKILTEO Jim Gill will conduct a review of the first year of a middle school reconfigu ration concept Oct 6 7 Gill is an adjunct professor of middle level edu cation in the Midwest meet with staff at all four middle schools Results would be made available by mid October LAKE STEVENS APPLE Award winners for Sep tember include Blaine Bafus head cus todian at the high school Nancy Berger payroll clerk Debbie Lowery speech and language pathologist and Jack Hein PROVE High School prin cipal Bulletin Board items must be received in writing by noon three days before publication with event information and complete location addresses Send to Bulletin Board Communities The Herald PO: Box 930 Everett Wash 98206 0930 ax: 339 3049 Include your name address and phone number or more information call 339 3492 SIRENS MILLCREEK It 28th Drive SE 1600 block Sept 22 Theft mail later recovered Dumas Road 170 block Sept 22 Weapon Police confiscated weapon from owner with no concealed! weapon permit Highway 527 1400 block Sept 17 Trafffic Male! cited for reckless driving and resisting arrest after forcing a police vehicle off the road while passing another vehicle in a no passing zone Sirens includes police news as well as reports of serious accidents and fires throughout Snohomish County It appears Monday through riday or more information call 339 3492 Arlington church fire believed to be arson Herald staff ARLINGTON Investigators believe arson is the cause of a fire (that caused an estimated $500000 damage to a Mormon church eastJof Arlington early Wednesday morning according to the Sno (homish County ire Office Samples were taken for labtesting and should be available within the next few weeks The fire was reported about 3 am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints off ofHighway 530 and Arlington Heights Road District 2t firefighters were aided by districts 17 18 and 19 At one point there were about 60 firefighters trying to contain the blaze The last of the fire fighting crews left around 8:50 am The fire destroyed the roof and a side of the building according to reports Meanwhile fire investigators believe that a greenhouse fire about 10 pm Tuesday at Arlington High School may have been caused by an electrical problem However the cause remains under investigation Damage was estimated according to fire mar office recortls Water on way to Canyon alls PUD orders study to serve small community near Granite alls By JIM HALEY Herald Writer Steps are under way to'bring good drinking water to 380 recreational properties and year round homes in the Canyon alls Park area near Granite alls The Snohomish County PUD commis sioners Tuesday accepted a petition of property owners and put in motion a study to determine the economic feasibility of developing a water distribution system in that community off Mountain Loop Highway near Canyon Creek The PUD already is building a major trunk line to the area around Granite alls to relieve serious water problems Many residents of the area rely on wells and high doses of poisonous arsenic occur naturally in some of the water Other areas have had problems meeting state standards for water quality Canyon alls area residents are among those who rely on wells In a petition the majority of the residents asked the PUD to con struct a water distribution system that would hook the homes up to the main trunk line Craig Thompson assistant general man ager said the law requires the PUD to conduct a study when a majority of the property owners in an area request such a project If the project is feasible and most residents still want it the utility is required to proceed with construction The residents put up $2000 to pay the costs of the initial study The little community was developed in the 1960s without a water system Thompson said It was one of the problem areas under consid eration when the utility embarked on the major water line to the Qfanite alls area 1 One property owner Vince Burton said at a commission meeting Tuesday that some resi dents had been under the impression that the distribution line would qualify for a low interest state loan Thompson said not true although the PUD could apply for a second loan to benefit the Canyon alls distribution system Burton said he and some others who origi nally endorsed the water system may not be in favor of it now because of the cost But others like Claudia Tarbox urged the commissioners to go ahead with the project because the lack of a public safe water system in our She said some preliminary estimates indi cate property owners would be assessed $4500 for each property to get the distribution system but it would be well wortn it.