Fundraisers for Marysville schools, students May 17 & 19
MARYSVILLE — Community get-togethers will be giving boosts to Marysville schools on Thursday, May 17, and Saturday, May 19.
May 16, 2012
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U.S. Climate Versus Weather Computers: Climate Wins
Why is the U.S. government provide hugely more computer resources for climate prediction than weather prediction? And why is far more emphasis given to climate prediction research than weather prediction research and development?In some past blogs I talked about the unfortunate lack of computer resources available to the National Weather Service (NWS), resulting in the...
Bark For Life, Paint the Town Purple, M-DOG cleanup all on May 19
MARYSVILLE — Saturday, May 19, will provide the community with plenty of opportunities to come together on behalf of pooches and those coping with cancer.
May 15, 2012
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Cold Records with Warm Temperatures
On Saturday it became toasty here in Northwest, with many locations gets into the 70s and lower 80s. Yet a number of locations exprienced daily minimum temperature records in the morning--here is the proof from the National Climatic Data Center records website. The blue dot indicate a tie for the record and stations with an...
Summer in May
It is a climatological oddity of Northwest meteorology that we often get a period of very warm, dry weather sometime in the second or third week of May, followed by a retreat into the dismal June Gloom. Well folks, we are about to have the heat wave--one that will bring near 80F temps to Seattle,...
The Windiest Place along the West Coast
As the U.S. West Coast enters the warm season, one area is getting very windy, particularly during the afternoon and evenings. Day after day this region will be hit by 20-30 mph winds, often with higher gusts. A region, where the afternoon is often too windy to be on the beach, with wind-driven sandy stinging...
Letter Carriers Food Drive returns to Marysville, Arlington May 12
SMOKEY POINT — The National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive is right around the corner, and organizers want people to keep three things in mind:
1. Yellow plastic bags will be placed in mailboxes on Wednesday, May 9.
2. Those bags will be picked up by letter carriers on Saturday, May 12.
3. Volunteers are still needed to help sort all of the donations that will come in.
May 8, 2012
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Forum focuses on fair housing in Snohomish County
Residents of and visitors to the Stillaguamish Senior Center received some insights and offered their input on the state of fair housing within Snohomish County on Wednesday, May 2.
May 8, 2012
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Marysville students learn to help the Earth
The Jones Creek Environmental Learning Center was abuzz with activity on April 27, when more than 100 elementary students spent the morning hours in the Allen Creek tributary area planting trees in order to “help the Earth.”
May 8, 2012
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Healthy Kids Day returns to YMCA in Marysville
The Marysville YMCA offered a festival of information and activities during their annual Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 28.
May 8, 2012
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Soil Temperatures and Gardening
The question that many amateur gardeners like myself often ask is:Why are my seeds not germinating and rotting in the soil?When will the soil be warm enough to sow my seeds or transplant my plants? Well, I don't pretend to be an expert in this, but I suspect it has something to do so with...
