FYI

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, September 25, 2003

Hold on, Ethel Thomson.

Thomson, who is 84, teases that she hopes she lives long enough to enjoy the prize she won at a recent firemen’s picnic raffle sponsored by the Edmonds Fire Safety Foundation. Thomson won first prize, a ride on a firetruck in Edmonds’ Fourth of July parade.

Raymond Roppo won second prize, a model of a 1938 Ford fire engine, which he plans to give to his 13-year-old grandson, Danny Parker. On July 7, we wrote about the effort of the foundation to buy the restored 1938 firetruck.

Friends and relatives of soldier Justin Hebert, who was killed in Iraq, will get another chance to sign the new giant flag mural in Silvana, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at 1415 Pioneer Highway.

The Silvana Community Association is also soliciting donations for the Justin Hebert Scholarship Fund. The scholarship is geared toward Arlington High School students who are considering attending a community college or vocational school. Donations can be sent to P.O. Box 223, Silvana, WA 98287.

The South Everett Youth and Community Center needs two or three adult male role models to teach young men leadership and life skills 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 18 at 7628 Cascade Drive in Everett. For more information, call Pam at 425 355-5270 or e-mail pam@seycc.org

You’ve heard of National Night Out? Well, here’s National Knit Out.

Columbine Yarns, 720 238th St. SE, Suite E, in Bothell will host the local National Knit Out party 1-4 p.m. Saturday.

The event will include a fashion show, door prizes and free knitting and crochet classes.

If you have an item for FYI, call Kristi O’Harran at 425-339-3451. If you have a news tip or an idea for a local story, call the city desk at 425-339-3428, or e-mail newstips@heraldnet.com.

Other numbers to call:

Everett, 425-339-3200

425-339-3470, after 4 p.m.