Briefs: Dwayne Lane’s Arlington Chevrolet donates $10,500 to fight cancer

Dwayne Lane’s Arlington Chevrolet donates $10,500 to fight cancer

Dwayne Lane’s Arlington Chevrolet has donated $10,500 to the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign. The donation is in fulfillment of the company’s pledge to donate $100 for every retail vehicle sold in October. In addition to the store donation, employees from the dealership group donated nearly $2,000 to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

Online marketing topic of this week’s EASC speaker series

The topic for the upcoming Economic Alliance Snohomish County’s new Speaker Series event is Online Marketing — Getting Ready for 2016. It will be presented by Super Charge Marketing. The event is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Byrnes Performing Arts Center adjacent to Arlington High School, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. Go here for details www.economicalliancesc.org/events/november-speaker-series/.

Marysville Tulalip chamber to raffle off barbecue, steaks

A top-of-the-line barbecue complete with steaks is the grand prize for the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce Christmas Party Fundraiser Raffle. The event is Dec. 3 but raffle tickets are on sale now at the Chamber Office. You do not need to be present at the Christmas Party Fundraiser to win. Call 360-659-7700 with questions.

State: Retail sales tax increases 9.4 percent year over year

The state’s taxable retail sales in the second quarter of 2015 reached $33.9 billion, a 9.4 percent increase over the same quarter in 2014, according to a report by the Washington State Department of Revenue. General merchandise stores reported $2.62 billion in taxable sales, up 4.66 percent. Complete reports for the second quarter of 2015 are posted at http://tinyurl.com/q9j5m8x.

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