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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, August 14, 2008 FYI 100th birthday party planned Rachel Setchfield will celebrate her 100th birthday Sunday. Friends and family will celebrate at 2 p.m. at Richmond Beach Rehab, 19235 15th Ave. NW in Shoreline. Her friend, Laura Hall, the former mayor of Edmonds, said Setchfield was prominent in gardening circles in Edmonds. A longtime member of the Floretum Garden Club, she spearheaded the hanging flower basket program for Edmonds. For many years, Setchfield furnished the flowers and greens for decorations at the Edmonds Arts Festival and other functions. Until this year, Hall said, her friend lived alone in her home where a bouquet was artistically displayed on her kitchen table. Now in a care facility, she works crossword puzzles daily (sometimes without glasses) and plays a mean game of gin rummy. Adopt a black cat Saturday Visit a Black Cats Are Beautiful Purrfect Pals Adoption Day on Saturday. It's from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Black Cat Antiques, 1234 First St. in Snohomish. No library meeting this month The Sno-Isle Libraries Board of Trustees will not meet in August. The next regularly scheduled meeting is 4:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Library's Service Center, 7312 35th Ave. NE in Marysville. KSER to recognize community voices Snohomish County's public radio station, KSER (90.7 FM), offers a KSER Voice of the Community Award, which will recognize someone who makes a difference by "giving voice to community concerns." KSER is an independent public radio station serving Snohomish County and north Puget Sound. For more information, go to www.kser.org. Nominations are due Aug. 22. The award will be presented Sept. 13. Society honors 'Pioneer of Year' Mas Odoi is scheduled to be honored as Mukilteo's 2008 Pioneer of the Year by the Mukilteo Historical Society tonight. The meeting of the historical society is 7 p.m. at the Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave. Odoi plans to share his memories about growing up in Mukilteo's Japanese Gulch. The public is invited, and refreshments will be served. Contact us If you have an item for FYI, a news tip or a local story idea, call 425-339-3451 or e-mail newstips@heraldnet.com.

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