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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Sunday, March 23, 2008 Community calendar Benefits Northwest Youth Music Association benefit auction, 5 p.m. May 25, Monte Cristo Ballroom, 1507 Wall St., Everett; $40 includes dinner and drinks. There will be a drum corps performance. 206-369-2256, www.nwyouthmusic.org. Lake Stevens and Granite Falls Rotary Club Texas Hold 'em Tournament, 1 p.m. Saturday, Team Fitness, 1109 Frontier Circle, Lake Stevens. $100 and includes food, beverages and a seat at a poker table. $2,000 grand prize with 70 players. www.rotary.­lkstevens.com. Mariner High School Alumni Association second annual dinner and auction scholarship fundraiser for Mariner High School, 6 p.m. May 2, The Manor, 13032 Admiralty Way, Everett. Cinco de Mayo-style fiesta. $35, www.mariner-alumni.com or 425-239-7781. 2008 senior class of Marysville Arts & Technology High School Senior Legacy Auction, April 5, Hawthorn Inn & Suites, 16710 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington. Silent and live auctions, a four-course catered dinner with wine and a no-host bar. $40, benefits Marysville Arts & Technology High School theatre. 425-577-0308. Eagle Wings disAbility Ministries 5K and 10K Walk & Roll Run 2008, 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Marysville. Lunch follows by donation. Benefits Eagle Wings disAbility Ministries, www.­eaglewingsministries.org. Chocolate Lovers Gala, a fundraiser for the Snohomish County Center for Battered Women, begins with silent auction at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave. Dinner is at 7 p.m. 425-259 2827 ext. 13. Taste of Decadence, May 2, Arlington. Volunteers needed for the Village Community Services event to benefit clients. Michelle Date, 360-653-7752, ext. 14. Camano Chapel Mothers of Preschoolers 18th annual auction, 5:30 p.m. April 18, Camano Chapel, 867 S. West Camano Drive, Camano Island. $10 includes dinner. 360-387-7202. Classes Classes in Arlington include rubber stamping, begins 6 p.m. Tuesday, $23 per class, 360-435-5056; identify theft, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, free; 360-653-3916; color management, printing and matting photographs, 7 p.m. Saturday ($125). Community Room at the Boys & Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington. Visit www.ci.arlington.wa.us, click on "Parks and Recreation" for info. For Kids Horse vaulting camp begins April 11, Warm Beach Christian Camps and Conference Center, 20800 Marine Drive, Stanwood. 360-652-7575. Open House Assistance League of Everett, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, 5107 Evergreen Way, Everett. Celebrate accomplishments of Operation School Bell that provides clothing to low-income children. Programs Knit or crochet shawls for Providence Everett Hospice, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Everett Library, 9512 Evergreen Way, Everett. Edmonds Storyteller's Circle, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Faces of the Northwest, 300 Admiral Way, Edmonds. Free. Theme: pets and animals. 425-771-2000. Adopt-A-Stream Foundation and Whidbey Watershed Stewards need volunteers for a planting at 9 a.m. Saturday at Quade Creek on Whidbey Island. www.streamkeeper.org/EarthDay.htm or call 425-316-8592. Dinner Darrington Senior Center chicken dinner, 4:30 to 7 p.m. April 11, 1115 Darrington Ave., Darrington. $7.50, $3.50 children. Reunions Bothell High School class of 1978, Oct. 10 and 11. 425-483-2233, bhs78reunion@hotmail.com. Everett High School class of 1948, 2 p.m. Aug. 17, Naval Station Everett. 425-741-8022, domo88@verizon.net. Mariner High School class of 1978, Sept. 6. 425-870-7444. Snohomish High School class of 1978, Aug. 23. home1.gte.net/res09uap/shs/ Marysville-Pilchuck High School class of 1978, July 26. fourossy@yahoo.com, 425-252-7852. Monroe High School class of 1953, July 19. 360-794-7075. Sale Spring book sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Drive, Oak Harbor. Send Community Calendar items to newstips@heraldnet.com. Please include a description of the event, time, date, a complete address and a phone number for readers to get more information.

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