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Camano Island: Learn how to forage

Discover how to forage on and around Camano Island during a presentation at 7 p.m. Wedensday at the Camano Multipurpose Center (blue building), 141 East Camano Drive.

Gary Skorheim, habitat steward, will show how to locate and devour delectables of the island’s land and water. More info: visit www.camanowildlifehabitat.org, call 360-387-2236, or e-mail camanowildlifehabitat@gmail.com.

Edmonds: Edmonds hires city clerk

The city of Edmonds hired Scott Passey to serve as city clerk.

Passey, 47, who lives in Edmonds, has been the city clerk for Shoreline since June 2005. Prior to that, he was the deputy city clerk and communications assistant for Shoreline since 2002.

Before coming to Shoreline, he worked as a legislative assistant for three years.

He will earn $97,488 a year.

Marysville: Touch a truck

Marysville plans to hold its annual Touch-A-Truck event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdayat Totem Middle School’s Asbery Field, 1605 7th Street NE.

The event allows kids to get in the driver’s seat of a variety of big rigs — dump trucks, backhoe, vactor truck, police vehicles, street sweeper, fire engines, garbage trucks, an aid car and more. Community Transit will bring along one of its Double Tall buses.

The Marysville Noon Rotary Club will offer special activities for kids, and Marysville Kiwanis will have treats for sale.

More info: 360-363-8400.

Marysville: Help with applying for college

Marysville Parks and Recreation is offering a workshop for students applying for college. The workshop is to be held from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 28 is taught by Matt Stokes, educator and former Western Washington University Admissions employee. The cost is $20. The workshop will be held at the Marysville Library at 6120 Grove St. For registration details, call 360-363-8400 or register online at marysvillewa.gov.

Snohomish: Apply for tourism grants

The city is accepting applications from nonprofit agencies for projects that assist tourism development and promotion in Snohomish. The program is funded through taxes imposed on lodging room rentals. Funds will be available after Jan. 1 on a reimbursement basis only for projects that will be completed by Dec. 31, 2014. It is anticipated that the total amount of available funds will be $7,000.

Applications are due in the City of Snohomish offices at 116 Union Avenue, Snohomish, WA 98290, by 4 p.m. Sept. 25. Applications received after that time will not be considered.

More info: www.ci.snohomish.wa.us.

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