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<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge) Employees at the Snohomish Top Foods raised $3,970 with the sale of bratwurst over the Fourth of July weekend. The money was donated to the Snohomish Community Food Bank. (click to enlarge) Catholic Community Services Snohomish County recently honored volunteers. Pictured left to right are Everett Mayor Ray Stephenson; Vicki Howell, chief of operations for Catholic Community Services Snohomish County; and Karen McGhaghy, director of the Everett Senior Center, as they to prepare to cut the cake at the Retired Senior Volunteer Program recognition event at the Everett Senior Center. (click to enlarge) Nine students recently were on hand to receive scholarships worth $1,000 each from the Improved Order of Redman at a dinner held in Everett. Pictured from left to right are: Trichae Bogart, Morgan Jess, Tana Thompson, Nikole Thompson, Jillian Hooper, Ethan Landstrom, Kaley Engle, Cydney Kilby and Tiffney Moore. (click to enlarge) Janet Collison-Baker, service manager of Everett's Olive Garden, recently painted a bench in the courtyard at Bethany at Silver Lake as part of a company community service project. (click to enlarge) The Assistance League of Everett recently awarded Sally Joy of Mukilteo the Ada Edwards Laughlin Award. (click to enlarge) Nick Claymore, a seventh-grader at North Middle School in Lake Stevens, recently won a silver medal and two gold medals in karate competitions. (click to enlarge) The Soroptimists International of Marysville recently named new officers for 2008-09. Pictured (left to right) front row are: president Carol Biegler, Caroline Brown and Marlene Likkel. Back row (left to right): Sally Brandenburger, Alice Demmig, Nancy Maurer, Victoria Mattson, Elaine Hanson and Renae James.   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, August 21, 2008 Applause Top Foods raises $3,970 for food bank Employees at the Snohomish Top Foods recently raised $3,970 with the sale of bratwurst over the Fourth of July weekend, which was donated to the Snohomish Community Food Bank. Senior volunteers honored by Mayor Catholic Community Services recently honored 45 of its volunteers from the Retired Senior Volunteer Program or RSVP, at a recognition event at the Everett Senior Center. Everett Mayor Ray Stephenson; Vicki Howell, chief of operations for Catholic Community Services Snohomish County and Karen McGhaghy, director of the Everett Senior Center were on hand to present the awards. The RSVP program helps people older than 55 find meaningful volunteer opportunities in their communities. Service group awards eleven scholarships The Improved Order of Redmen recently awarded 11 students scholarships worth $1,000 each at a dinner in Everett. The students live in Sultan, Lake Stevens, Marysville, Everett, Langley and Seattle. The students who attended the awards presentation to accept their scholarships were: Trichae Bogart, Morgan Jess, Tana Thompson, Nikole Thompson, Jillian Hooper, Ethan Landstrom, Kaley Engle, Cydney Kilby and Tiffney Moore. Kyle Heiser and Marissa Lyons both received scholarships but were unable to attend the dinner. Restaurant group helps senior facility A team of about a dozen Everett Olive Garden employees recently worked at the courtyards at Bethany at Silver Lake as part of their community service project. The employees planted low-maintenance vegetation, plants and flowers, re-finished three benches around the courtyard fountain, added dirt and bark around flower beds and trimmed bushes. Patrick Mallahan, a senior who lives at Bethany at Silver Lake, said he thought the work was nice and he would enjoy it. Bethany at Silver Lake is a skilled nursing facility in South Everett near Mill Creek and Bothell. Assistance League honors volunteer The Assistance League of Everett recently awarded Sally Joy of Mukilteo the Ada Edwards Laughlin Award. The award honors a long-time member who has contributed many hours of volunteer work behind the scenes and is considered an "unsung hero." In addition to other efforts, Joy has assisted with Operation School Bell, a program that provides clothes to low-income children in Snohomish County. Joy has also helped with Assisteens, a teen auxiliary of the league, which helps young people become involved in volunteer work. Joy has been a member of league for 12 years. Seventh-grader wins medals in karate Nick Claymore, a seventh-grader at North Lake Middle School in Lake Stevens, recently won a silver medal at the National Karate Federation competition in Houston for the boys novice division in Kata. Nick also won two gold medals in the Washington Games held earlier in the year. Nick has been a student at Everett Family Karate Center in South Everett for two years and he holds a red belt. His karate instructor is Michael Ferguson. His parents are Mike and Dorothy Claymore of Lake Stevens. Soroptimists name new officers The Soroptimists International of Marysville recently named new officers for 2008-09. Carol Biegler was named president. Other officers include: Caroline Brown, Marlene Likkel, Sally Brandenburger, Alice Demmig, Nancy Maurer, Victoria Mattson, Elaine Hanson, Renae James and Suri Cummins. The Soroptimists are a group of dedicated business and professional women who volunteer in their communities. Scout's computer collection a success Cullen Walsh, a student at Kamiak High School, recently organized a computer collection event at Kamiak High School for his Eagle Scout project. The event resulted in the collection of 242 computers, 264 monitors, 137 printers, 14 laptops and 30 scanners. Walsh plans to donate the equipment to the nonprofit organization InterConnection in Seattle, which plans to provide the equipment to schools, nonprofit agencies and low-income people in the Seattle area and in developing countries. Snohomish student raises $1,400 Adam Heike, 17, a student at Snohomish High School and an Eagle Scout candidate from Scout Troop No. 288 in Snohomish, recently raised $1,400 in donations and supplies for a community service project he organized called the Tender Loving Care for Zion Lutheran Cemetery project. Adam led a day-long work party at Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Snohomish where he and a crew of volunteers replaced four broken headstones, righted two monument stones, replaced a broken vehicle gate, added a pedestrian gate, poured concrete for a sidewalk, weeded and placed bark along a 200-foot hedge bed and marked and poured concrete for plot markings for 128 new graves. The Snohomish TOP Foods, McDaniel's Do-It Center and many local citizens contributed cash and supplies for the project. Children's museum a Nickelodeon winner Everett's Imagine Children's Museum recently was selected as Seattle's 2008 Parents' Picks for Best Museum as part of Nickelodeon's ParentsConnect's Parents' Picks Awards. The museum, which opened its doors in a new 40,000-square-foot facility in 2004, was nominated for the award along with Seattle's Experience Music Project, the Museum of Flight and the Seattle Children's Museum. Imagine Children's Museum offers more than 20 hands-on, interactive exhibits. ParentsConnect is a part of the Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group which provides parent and family-targeted programming. Boy Scouts name leadership awards The Mount Baker Council of the Boy Scouts of America recently presented Venturing Leadership Awards to venturers and adult leaders who have made exceptional contributions to venturing. The council awarded two regional and three council-level awards. Regional Venturing Leadership Awards were presented to: Suzanne Hahn, a certified whitewater rafting guide who has helped stage two Kodiak courses and staffed two Powder Horn courses and Keri DeVilbiss who served as the western region area No. 1 Venturing training chair. Council Venturing Leadership Awards were presented to: Eric Lichneckert, an Eagle Scout and recent graduate of Everett High School, who served on the district Venturing officer's association and as his crew's vice president. Lichneckert is also one of the few youth in the nation to have completed Kodiak X training. District awards also went to: Jeremy Makin, who served as skipper of the SSS Kelcema and on the Wood Badge staff and as course director for the 2008 Western Region Sea Badge Course and to Peter Self, who has worked behind-the-scenes to help organize Venturing courses, including Kodiak, Powder Horn and Venturepaloozas, and who has also served as a volunteer crew adviser. To submit a story for the Community Extra Applause column, call Leita Hermanson Crossfield at 425-339-3449 or e-mail lcrossfield@heraldnet.com. Please include a subject line.

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