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<< Previous   of   Next >> Contributed photo  (click to enlarge) Allen Creek Elementary third-grader Grace DeLap, 8, (center) paints the exterior of the school building during a cleanup event Aug. 29 with her brother Gordy DeLap, 10, and mother Kimberly DeLap.   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, September 10, 2009 Community Extra: Applause Honors Stanwood senior earns recognition Luise Volta of Stanwood is one of seven seniors recognized today for her contributions to her community at a Senior Appreciation Reception at the Bitterlake Community Center in Seattle. Volta worked as registered nurse, interior designer and nursery school owner and served on school and corporate boards. After retiring, she and her husband Val traveled across Canada, Michigan and the Southwest. Over the past nine years, she has served as a volunteer at Warm Beach Retirement Community. She has assisted at the nursing reception desk, written for Warm Beach publications, served as a resident representative at Snohomish County zoning hearings, and been a member of the Snohomish County Council on Aging. She recently began her third term as secretary for the Warm Beach Resident Council and has served two terms as secretary for the Warm Beach Fellowship. Four years ago she launched her Web site, www.MomResponds.com, where she answers questions on a variety of topics including family, romance, finance and religion. She has responded to more than 850 inquiries and launched a second Web site this year, www.MotherInLawsUnite.com, a forum for women who need a place to express their concerns about their adult children. Foss Home and Village, a nonprofit nursing home, will honor one senior a day over Senior Appreciation Week, Oct. 4-10. The honorees were selected from those nominated by senior centers, newspapers and churches. Giving PTSA volunteers clean up Allen Creek Elementary The Allen Creek PTSA, a group of parents and students, recently decided that Allen Creek Elementary School in Marysville needed a little sprucing up. The group formed the ACE Beautification Committee and set to work planning with the school’s principal, school district maintenance staff and the school’s custodian. On Aug. 29, all the planning paid off when 65 volunteers including school staff, parents and students worked together to beautify the school and its grounds through painting, weeding and picking up trash. The Marysville School District supplied the paint and materials for the event. Sponsors donate to Camano Island Senior and Community Center auction Verizon manager of external affairs Lin Fogg and Robert Wickstrom of Whidbey Island Bank recently presented platinum sponsorship donations of $5,000 each to the Camano Island Senior and Community Center in preparation for the center’s 2009 gala auction on Sept. 26. Board president Rick Bentley accepted the sponsorship checks on the center’s behalf. “We are appreciative of the support of Verizon and Whidbey Island Bank in co-sponsoring the auction as our title sponsors,” he said. “Our sponsors make it possible for the center to present programs that reach out and support the needs and interests of our seniors and community members,” he said. The Camano Island Senior and Community Center is located at 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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