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Housing Hope hosts fundraiser

The local affordable housing and services agency Housing Hope held its Stone Soup fundraiser on May 12 at the Everett Events Center.

Two local residents were recognized at the event for the impact that they have had on Housing Hope.

Carol Jensen received the Pioneer Award. The award is given in recognition of long-term commitment to an individual or institution that has contributed to the pioneering efforts of Housing Hope.

Jensen served on the Stanwood Ambassadors for 21 years and on the Housing Hope’s Board of Directors for nine years. She was president of the board for two years and served on the Housing Hope North Branch Board for five years.

Mary Sievers received the Housing Hero Award. The Housing Hero Award is given in recognition of affordable housing advocacy.

Sievers served on the Investing in Families Snohomish County planning process during 2009. She engineered the creation of a Snohomish County Community Case Management project designed to create a coordinated entry process for homeless families. She also facilitated the granting of funds from the EverTrust Foundation toward Housing Hope’s Child Development Initiative.

Housing Hope also recognized Bank of America with the Keep Hope Alive Award. The award was presented to Bank of America for their Neighborhood Excellence Program.

High school seniors receive grants

The Assistance League of Everett recently provided help to high school seniors for their graduation expenses.

Awards of $200 were given to 103 graduating seniors throughout Snohomish County. The graduating seniors may spend the funds on yearbooks, class rings, cap and gown costs, prom expenses and whatever else they may need to complete their graduation experience.

Assistance League works with school counselors who oversee the program.

The criteria for the award is largely based on financial need, however, GPA and the student’s extracurricular activities are also considered.

Volunteer honored for his service

Lured to the Lynnwood Library under the pretence of celebrating a library employee’s 20 years of service, George Janecke, recently received recognition from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Peter Puget Chapter.

Always a supporter of the library, Janecke has also been an active community volunteer with Veterans of Foreign Wars, Evergreen Hospice, the Lynnwood Food Bank, Stevens Hospital Social services and other community organizations.

Janecke retired as a Boeing executive after 31 years of service, and served on the Lynnwood City Council from 1992 to 1999.

His name will be submitted for state recognition by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Students earn Camp Fire USA award

Camp Fire USA Snohomish County Council presented WoHeLo Medallions on May 23 to Shamae Campbell and Trina Huschka at Mariner High in Everett,

The WoHeLo Medallion, established in 1962, is the highest achievement and award given in Camp Fire USA. It is named for Camp Fire’s watchword, “Wohelo,” which stands for work, health and love.

Campbell is a senior at Cascade High School in Everett. As she worked through the requirements for the award, she also chose three areas in which she would become an advocate. The three areas were as a Club Aide for Camp Fire USA, a volunteer at the Everett Animal Shelter and as a member of the City of Everett Mayor’s Youth Council.

Huschka is a senior at Cascade High School in Everett. She also chose three areas in which she would become an advocate. The three advocacy areas were Camp Fire USA as a Council, recruitment for Camp Fire, and Cascade High School student involvement.

Five students earn Eagle Scout honors

Ian DuPape, Talan Gunnell, Mark Lavering, Ryan Lavering and Peter Melton were recently honored at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor on April 30. All five Eagle Scouts are members of Troop 183, sponsored by the Lake Stevens Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

DuPape is a senior at Lake Stevens High School and is also attending Everett Community College through the Running Start program. For his Eagle project, he installed an Internet, computer and phone network at Ensign Ranch in Cle Elem. The majority of the work was done in two Saturdays with a couple of follow-up visits to complete the project.

Gunnell, a senior, is also attending Everett Community College through the Running Start Program. His high school is Montessori Schools of Snohomish County in Everett. He is enrolled in the medical assisting program at Sno-Isle Tech.

Gunnell’s Eagle Scout project was to repair and replace weathered and graffiti-scarred park benches and tables at Howarth Park for the Everett City Parks department. The task involved about 30 people and 120 hours of work.

Mark Lavering is an eighth grader at Cavelero Mid High in Lake Stevens. His Eagle Project involved designing, mapping and building a nine-hole disk golf course at Cascade Park in Arlington. Many hours were donated by volunteers as they cut and built the targets and signs for each disk golf hole, dug and set the posts in concrete, labeled each hole and gave directions to the next hole.

Ryan Lavering is a junior at Lake Stevens High School. His Eagle project involved designing and building a footbridge over a pond at Catherine Creek Park in Lake Stevens. Project volunteers also helped haul gravel into the park, refilled disc golf tee boxes and removed litter from the park.

Melton is a high school senior at Lake Stevens High School who will graduate in June from the Everett Community College Ocean Research College Academy with an associates degree. His Eagle project was to organize and manage a group of volunteers who cleared and re-established over 1,000 feet of overgrown hiking trail for the Everett Parks Department at Forest Park. They also added steps on the trail, installed water leadoff ditches to prevent erosion, and built a bridge over a deep trench.

Group gives Caught in the Act Award

The Island County Children’s Commission recognizes youth who make a significant contribution to their community. Recently, the Children’s Commission awarded Travis Hatley with the Caught in the Act Award.

Hatley gives his personal time and skill as a musician to teach other youth at Davis Place in Stanwood. He has conducted numerous guitar clinics, where he has taught other youth at the center to play the guitar.

Snohomish Lions honor top scholars

The Snohomish Lions Club honored 10 top high school scholars at an awards ceremony on May 17 at the Waltz Building.

The award recipients were Joseph Chlebowski, Shane Lescher, Justin Miller, Lucas Perry, and Kristi Sheeler from Snohomish High School and Christie Clark, Danielle Hall, Brandon Hill, Elizabeth Horne, and Catherine Jorgensen from Glacier Peak High School.

Lucas Perry and Catherine Jorgensen were also awarded $1,000 college scholarships by the Snohomish Lions.

The students were selected by their respective schools as top scholars. The Lions have honored Snohomish’s top high school seniors for more than 50 years.

Everett Zonta Club installs new officers

The 2010-11 officers and board of directors of the Zonta Club of Everett were installed at their annual dinner on May 20 at the Everett Golf and Country Club.

Those who were installed included Marion Berry of Everett, Michelle Date of Arlington, president Judy Gish of Marysville, Carol Johnson of Everett, Deonna Klein of Lynnwood and president-elect Deborah Nedelman of Everett.

Zonta International is a global organization of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy.

GIVING

Volunteers work to transform park

About 100 volunteers removed several trash bin loads of overgrown vegetation, brush, and debris on May 15 from Bicentennial Park in Mountlake Terrace during the city’s annual Volunteer Park Clean Up event.

In addition, the park’s fences, benches and gazebo were given a fresh coat of paint to help spruce up the five-acre park.

While volunteers worked at Bicentennial Park, other volunteers helped remove invasive species along the Terrace Creek Park Trail.

After all the work was completed, volunteers gathered at the Civic Campus to enjoy the annual appreciation lunch hosted by the Mountlake Terrace City Council.

VFW gives to Big Climb fundraiser

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2554 of Sultan received a certificate of appreciation from the Washington State Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society on May 13.

The post gave a donation to Snohomish resident Kathy Prince in the annual Big Climb race up Seattle’s Columbia Tower, to raise funds for the cure.

Prince dedicated her race this year to post treasurer Ed Sherman’s daughter Shonna Gay Sherman, who died of lymphoma. The Snohomish High School track team also donated $137 in her honor.

After the presentation, the VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary declared they will top whatever the men’s post donates to Prince’s race next year.

This year’s race raised a record $1.6 million.