FYI
Published 10:38 pm Friday, March 14, 2008
Shoup, Momsen join deployment
Two Naval Station Everett destroyers carrying about 600 Everett sailors got underway Friday morning to start a seven-month deployment to the Persian Gulf and western Pacific.
The USS Shoup and USS Momsen are part of a strike group headed by the Everett aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln left the naval station Thursday morning.
The Shoup recently completed a major material readiness test involving inspections both in port and underway.
The two ships’ crews have been training for months in preparation for the deployment.
Putting a price on Red Cross workers
When Mar Tobiason, chairman of the board of directors for the Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross, was asked by a fellow board member for her opinion about the value of the chapter’s 260 volunteers, without hesitation she replied, “priceless.”
Later, she examined the question from a more calculated point of view after learning the chapter’s volunteers logged 23,299.5 hours in 2007. With the latest estimate for dollar value for one hour of volunteerism being $18.77, Tobiason revised her response to “$437,332 … and priceless.”
Stanwood senior center holds fair
Stanwood Community and Senior Center’s annual spring fair is planned for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the senior center, 7430 276th St. NW.
Historian talks of early aviators
Historian David Dilgard offers a program about early aviators at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Everett Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett.
It’s a free program for Historic Everett.
Dilgard will also discuss the beginnings of Paine Field in Everett.
Quilts needed for wounded veterans
The Stanwood- Camano Hero Quilters group seeks more help to supply quilts to a growing number of wounded soldiers returning to Fort Lewis.
The quilt group meets from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Stanwood Community and Senior Center, 7430 276th St. NW, Stanwood.
For more information, contact Sharon Szekely at 360-387-4800.
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