At the 28th annual Washington Student Technology Association (WTSA) state competition held March 24-26, the 14 Brier Terrace Middle School students who competed brought home six first-place awards and 14 top-five finishes. The competition covered 52 events and included 330 students from more than 30 schools. In addition to a strong finish in the CO2 car contest, with students taking four of the to... »
At their regular meeting on March 21, the City Council approved the renewal of the Ballinger Lake Golf Course Lease Agreement with Hardy Golf for 2011 to 2015. The City Council decided to modify the lease agreement by adjusting the annual lease payment and timing, and providing an incentive for annual increased rounds of over 21,000. Currently, golf rounds played continue to decline resulting in o... »
On Monday, March 21, the City of Mountlake Terrace and the Emergency Services Coordinating Agency (ESCA) conducted a tabletop exercise in ESCA’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC) to review and test emergency plans and procedures in preparation for potential disasters. Dan Good, Coordinator with ESCA, led the session, challenging about 25 city staff with a practice scenario of handling a major earth... »
House lawmakers Friday approved an $8.9 billion transportation budget that would keep projects moving forward and generate more than 43,000 jobs. The two-year proposal, House Bill 1175, includes almost $12.5 million in funding for local projects. Rep. Marko Liias, vice chair of the Transportation Committee, sees the budget as a strength for the state as it grows out of the recession. “These invest... »
Students from Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace high schools competed at the FIRST Robotics Competition — Seattle Regional at the Qwest Field Event Center March 18-19. These teams use science, technology, engineering, and math (known as STEM) to build robots that compete in arena events against other teams’ robots. The team from MTHS made it to the finals and received the Entrepreneurship... »
From our friends at My Edmonds News: Thursday is opening night for “The Boy Friend,” which is being presented by the Madrona Children’s Theatre. This is the 18th musical for the Children’s Theatre, which is affiliated with Edmonds’ Madrona K-8 school. Performances run through Sunday at the Mountlake Terrace High School Theater. The Broadway show that turned Julie Andrews into an overnight sensatio... »
Some of the legislators from the 1s and 21st districts often post short video updates about what is going on in the House of Representatives. Below are recent updates from Legislative District Representatives Luis Moscoso (D – 1st LD), Derek Stanford (D – 1st LD) and Marko Liias (D – 2st LD). In these videos Moscoso and Stanford discuss the recent Town Hall meetings and Liias dis... »
Lynnwood High School was the setting for the Edmonds Public Schools Foundation’s annual fundraising luncheon March 18th. Following the event theme, “A Recipe for Success,” the high school’s student chefs — under the direction of local chef, author and teacher Greg Atkinson — prepared and served a lovely meal of baked salmon followed by apple crisp to the 200-plus in attendance. Edmonds School Dist... »
