FYI
Published 10:30 pm Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Famous Chicken will fly into town
The Famous Chicken from San Diego plans to make a stop at the Everett AquaSox game at 7:05 p.m. July 28 at Everett Memorial Stadium.
The Chicken will join in the 25th anniversary celebration of minor league baseball in Everett.
For ticket information, call 425-258-3673.
Support firefighters on the stair climb
Anyone may sponsor Everett’s firefighters in this year’s Firefighter Stair Climb on Sunday in Seattle. The event benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
More than 1,300 firefighters from more than 200 fire departments will participate by climbing 69 floors in full firefighting gear. In 2007, a record $365,000 was raised for blood cancer research and patient services.
To sponsor Everett’s firefighters, go to www.everettfirefighters.org.
Learn how to fight online scams, fraud
Learn about the dangers of posting personal information on Web sites such as MySpace.com during a class planned by the Island County Sheriff’s Office at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Camano Community and Senior Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island.
Detective Ed Wallace plans to show how easy it is to find information on people, even from seemingly harmless details.
Reception for Betsy Shields
After 28 years with Everett Community College, Betsy Shields, assistant director of the Student Employment Referral Center, is retiring.
A reception is planned for 1 p.m. Thursday in the Jackson Center at the college, 2000 Tower St., Everett. The program begins at 2 p.m. Call 425-388-9278 for more information.
Region’s tribes visit Marysville
American Indian and Canadian First Nations tribal members from around the region will gather at the Tulalip Indian Reservation through Friday at the Tulalip Tribes administration building on Totem Beach Road.
Tribal leaders will discuss how to work together to promote environmental policies and how to unify their people, who are all members of tribes from the Coast Salish region.
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