Everett School District is conducting a "start and end time survey."

In an effort to improve bus on-time schedules, increase bus route efficiency and save general budget dollars the district is considering changes to school start and end times starting in fall 2013.

The district will use information from this survey as it considers school schedules for next fall.

The survey will be open online through Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 8 a.m.

Rank four options being considered for next year's school schedule.

Washington State Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) selected just five recipients for its annual Science Education Advocate Award. Two of those recipients have Everett connections. One is Dr. Betty Cobbs, long-time school district leader who is now principal at Woodside Elementary. The other recipient and only organization on the winners’ list is Imagine! Children’s Museum in downtown Everett.

Thanks to the Boeing Company, each of the state’s five winners has earned $5,000 to be given to the not-for-profit public education entity of their choice to use to benefit science education. Dr. Cobbs has chosen to award her $5,000 to Woodside Elementary School’s PTA. When asked why she chose that group, Cobbs explained, “PTA advocates for the well-being and education of all students. In addition, the Woodside PTA provides enrichment resources for our students. The funds will be reserved for expanding the library collection of non-fiction science books for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.”

A message from the Mill Creek Parks and Recreation staff and Youth Advisory Board members:

“Mill Creek Parks & Recreation staff along with the Youth Advisory Board members would like to ‘thank’ the local community members for their generous food donations that were received by the Mill Creek Food Bank. During the recent Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt held on March 30, 2013, attendees and participants donated 1,579 pounds of non perishable food items & cash donations.”

It is time for the Mill Creek Garden Club's annual basket sale. Each year the Mill Creek Garden Club offers lush baskets with free delivery to a Mill Creek residence or business.

Orders are due by April 25, 2013. Baskets will be delivered to Mill Creek addresses on Thursday May 9th, just in time for Mother's Day!

Seattle Area Cup Tennis announced that the Mill Creek Tennis Club’s team won the 2012-2013 Emerald Cup championship earlier this month.

The Emerald Cup is a Puget Sound women’s tennis league comprised of more than 15 tennis clubs from the Boeing Employees Tennis Club in the south, to the Silver Lake Club in the north.

The City of Mill Creek is seeking volunteers for three Mill Creek Planning Commission seats that expire on April 30, 2013. The City Council will make the three-year appointments before the end of April.

The sitting Commissioners whose term is expiring may apply for another appointment.

The City is looking for civic-minded volunteers who are interested in planning the “orderly and coordinated development of land and building uses of the City of Mill Creek and its environs.”

Planning Commission meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

From March 1st to March 15th Snohomish County Fire District 7 responded to 181 calls, 63 of which were in Mill Creek.

• Fires: 18
• Medical Aid: 128
• Motor Vehicle Collisions: 15
• Service Calls: 20
• Total = 181

The Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis International working in concert with citizens of Snohomish County is forming a Kiwanis Club of Mill Creek. The aims of the new club are to serve the needs of children in Mill Creek and Snohomish County as well as meeting other needs of the community, develop youth leaders, provide opportunities for leadership, business and social fellowship.

The first pre-organizational meeting will be held in Lynnwood on April 23, 2013, Tuesday, at Volunteers of America, 16300 Motor Place, Lynnwood, WA 98037. The meeting is expected to be held from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Citizens, 18 years or over, interested in improving the community and helping meet the needs of children are welcome to attend the meeting and become a Charter Member of the new Kiwanis Club of Mill Creek. The club is expected to be chartered in May.  A person, 18 years or over, can sign up for Charter Membership on the Internet at millcreekkiwanis.org.  For more information you can contact Jim Garcia, Kiwanis Lt. Governor, by email, kiwanismillcreek@gmail.com. The latest information of the club will be posted on the website.