Members of the Stanwood-Camano Rotary Club have big hearts and long memories.
At the 2009 Stanwood Camano Community Fair Parade, they will salute members of the police and fire departments who were first responders during snowstorms and flooding that hit the community last fall and winter.
The parade begins at 11 a.m. Aug. 1 in downtown Stanwood.
Police and fire folks are grand marshals of the parade. This year’s theme is Community Pride in honor of all those who give so much to the community throughout the year.
The Stanwood-Camano Rotary Club meets at noon Wednesdays in the Stanwood Camano School District’s boardroom at 26920 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. All are invited.
For more information, visit www.stanwoodrotary.org or call 360-722-7811.
Rotary members are devoted to community service. There are 1.2 million members in some 31,000 clubs in more than 165 countries.
The Stanwood-Camano club provides scholarships, gives warm coats for those without, promotes foreign exchange opportunities and gives books to children.
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Messiah Lutheran Church in Marysville zeroes in on what the community needs.
The church is giving away school clothing to children in need.
“Heather Beltran, a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, began this program a few years ago,” said volunteer Jim Newlun. “The program is to assist those that simply cannot afford school clothing for their children, particularly in these present times.”
He knows the heartache of trying to look presentable on a limited budget.
“As a child, our family was the recipient of such clothing.”
Messiah is a mission church, he says. It aims to help those in need.
The event is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 15 at 9209 State Ave., Marysville. They also have some infant and toddler clothing.
“When you are able to help those who need such help, you not only help them, but we too are also blessed,” Newlun says. “I personally believe we get more out of it than they do.”
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Artist Nicole Pelham will discuss creating comic characters in a special program Saturday for teens in Stanwood called Creatures and Characters From Comics.
It’s 11 a.m. at the Stanwood Library, 9701 271st St. NW.
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There aren’t many opportunities to get a guided tour through forests near Concrete.
Agencies annually put on a Forest Owners Field Day. The last few years, it’s been held in southwest Washington.
This year it’s July 31 and Aug. 1 west of Concrete.
Kevin Zobrist, area extension educator for forest stewardship with Washington State University, said he expects about 500 visitors.
“The whole thing takes place out in the woods, with a series of ‘stations’ that participants can walk between that give presentations on the hour on everything from thinning and pruning to identifying forest diseases to growing edible mushrooms,” Zobrist says. “There are also demonstrations of new, high-tech equipment, as well as ‘low-tech’ like horse logging.”
For more information, visit snohomish.wsu.edu/forestry/2009FieldDay.htm.
“It’s our biggest event of the year,” he says. “This year it’s up in our neck of the woods.”
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
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