North King County Community Calendar

Published 10:41 am Friday, February 29, 2008

Gardening

Lynnwood

Emery’s Garden classes: 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 &noon Sunday, Feb. 22, Rose selection, care and pruning; 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, Start a vegetable garden from seed; noon Sunday, Feb. 29, Early season pruning tips. Free. At Emery’s Garden, 2829 164th St. SW., Lynnwood. Info: 425-743-4555.

Shoreline

Sky Nursery seminars: 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, “General Pruning.” At Sky Nursery, 18528 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline. Info: 206-546-4851 or www.skynursery.com.

Edmonds

Floretum Garden Club — 11:30 a.m. 3rd Mondays: Meets at Edmonds City Hall, 3rd floor, Brackett Room, 121 5th Ave N. Lunch at 11:30 a.m. business meeting at noon, horticultural and design presentations at 12:25 p.m. Feb. 23, “Hardy Fuchsias.” Info: Barbara Chase, 425-697-3552 or Ann Wold, 425-771-6616.

Snohomish County

Master Gardener Hotline — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, through April 2: WSU Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners are available to answer your fall and winter gardening questions via the Master Gardener Hotline at 425-357-6010 or in person at 600 128th St. SE., Everett (in McCollum Park, west of Mill Creek). 24-hour gardening advice is also available at gardening.wsu.edu; for local Master Gardener activities visit Snohomish.wsu/garden.htm.

Classes

Edmonds

Savvy Traveler Seminars: 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, Northern India; 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, Bed &Breakfast Tour through Britain &Ireland. Free. At The Savvy Traveler, Inc., 112 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds. Registration required: 425-744-6076.

Europe Through the Back Door classes: 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, Rome; 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, London. At Rick Steves’ Europe Through the Back Door, 130 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Cost: Free, but reservations required: 425-771-8303, ext. 298 or www.ricksteves.com/seattle.

Fashion Design/Sewing Classes — 10 a.m.-1 p.m. or 2-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays: Rosemyrrh Sewing Academy offers hands-on sewing instruction and commercial pattern alteration. Free Consultation. Six-week sessions in downtown Edmonds at 320 Dayton St., Ste. 104. Advance registration necessary. Info: 425-775-2090.

Shoreline

Talk Time — 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursdays: Want to learn English? This free class offers practice in English conversation for adults, at Parkwood Elementary (Portable 1), 1815 N. 155th St., Shoreline. Info: Maurea Maya, 800-870-1912.

For Seniors

Shoreline

Heart Healthy Dinners for Seniors — 5 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays: Seniors and guests are invited to enjoy nutritionally balanced meals at King County Housing’s Northridge Building #1, 1530 NE 177th, Shoreline. Cost: $3 donation suggested, ages 60-plus; $5.75 under age 60. Info: 206-727-6253.

Shoreline-LFP Senior Center (18560 First Ave. NE. #1, Shoreline; 206-365-1536) offers the following events and activities:

• Thursday Game Play Day — 1 p.m. weekdays: Bridge group meets in Exercise Room for contract bridge foursomes (donation: $1); 12:30 p.m. Scrabble Club meets in Craft Room, bring a board (donation: $1); 12:30 p.m., Pinochle in bridge room (donation: $1).

• Computer Learning Center: Intro to Computer and Windows 95/98; Beginning Microsoft Word; Internet and World Wide Web; and Personal Computer Instruction classes all start the first week of the month and meet once weekly for four weeks. Classes last 1.5 to 2 hours. Cost: $34 members, $39 non-members. Contact Bob Lohmeyer at the Senior Center to sign up.

• Meals on Wheels: Volunteers in the Shoreline/Lake Forest Park area deliver frozen meals to homebound seniors on Thursdays.

• Senior Connections: Are you a senior in need of assistance in your home? Could you use help with shopping or other simple chores? Volunteers are available to help. Contact Virginia Sanborn, 206-365-4848.

• Job Connections: If you’re looking for someone to do household repairs/work or maybe you’re looking for a part-time job, volunteer Mike Speyer is available 9 a.m. to noon Fridays to register workers with the program or to provide referrals for those seeking workers. Call 206-365-1536.

• Center Thrift Shop: Open five days a week, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. New greeting cards at 40 cents and up.

Bothell

Northshore Senior Center (10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell; 425-487-2441) offers the following events and activities:

• Ballroom dance — 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays: Dancing with live music in the Multipurpose Room. Cost: $3 member/$4 nonmember.

Public Dances

Edmonds

Checkerboard Squares Dance Club — 7:30-11 p.m. 2nd &4th Saturdays: Hosts dances at the Masonic Hall, 515 Dayton St., Edmonds. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sundays, beginning dance classes. Info: 425-335-4671 or 206-533-6069.

Lynnwood

Square dance lessons — 7:30 p.m. 1st Fridays: Learn to square dance in four weeks at The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave., off Hwy. 99 at 148th, Lynnwood. Info: 425-743-7793, 425-258-2165.

Whirlybirds Square Dance Club — 7:30 p.m. 3rd Saturdays: Dance lessons at The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave., Lynnwood. Hearing enhancement available. Info: 425-258-2165.

Dudes &Dolls Square Dance Club — 7:30 p.m. 2nd, 4th, &5th Fridays, through May: Meets for American folk dancing, at Cedar Valley Grange Hall, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood. Info: 206-542-1668 or 425-672-7673.

Shoreline

Hula Lessons — 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays &Thursdays: Halau Hula O Napualani and Aloha Island Treasures, 17034 Aurora Ave. N, Shoreline, offer lessons in the traditional Hawaiian dance. First lesson free. Register: 206-365-0477.

Freewheelers’ Square Dance Club — 7-10 p.m. 1st &3rd Sundays: Mainstream dances for singles and couples at the Richmond Masonic Hall, N. 185th &Linden Ave. N., Shoreline. Info: Ken, 425-673-0858.

In Church

Shoreline

Hymn-book Sing — 7-9 p.m. 1st Fridays: Bud Tutmarc presents favorite hymns, with solos, instrumentals and a final word, at Shoreline Community Church, NE. 185th and First NE. Info: 206-362-4790.

Concerned Women for America — 1-3 p.m. last Fridays: The Shoreline Chapter meets at the chapel at Cristwood, 350 N. 190th St., for prayer for the community, state and nation. Info: 206-542-0999.

Lake Forest Park

Coffee Break Bible Study — 9:25-11 a.m. Wednesdays: Interfaith Bible study group meets at Lake Forest Park Presbyterian, 17440 Brookside Blvd. NE. Story hour for children ages 3-5 and nursery for infants-age 3. Info: Barb, 206-364-1333 or Jan, 206-362-8783.