Community calendar

Published 11:02 pm Saturday, April 5, 2008

Benefits

Robin Hood Lanes and Dunn Lumber Multiple Sclerosis Celebrity Bowl Benefit for MS, to benefit Helping Hands-MSHH, June 7, Robin Hood Lanes, Edmonds. www.MShelp.org

The Everett-Port Gardner Breakfast Rotary Club evening of fine wine and food, 6 p.m. Friday, Snohomish County Future of Flight Museum, 8415 Paine Field Blvd., Mukilteo. $50. vanslyck1@verizon.net, 425-258-2900.

Average Joe Cat Show and Photo Contest, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 10, Shoreline Center, 18560 First Ave. NE, Shoreline. Benefits Purrfect Pals. $5, $12 family. 360-652-9611, ext. 4, purrfectpals.org.

Domestic violence awareness fundraiser, 6 p.m. April 25, Evergreen Speedway, 14405 179th Ave. SE, Monroe. Rock wall climbing, vendors, displays, law enforcement drag races, beer garden and more. $10, free for ages 14 and younger.

Lake Stevens High School senior class dinner auction, 6 p.m. April 19, 2908 113th Ave. NE, Lake Stevens. $15, $100 table of eight. 425-923-8208.

Lynnwood High School PTSA Family Bingo Night, 6:30 p.m. Friday, 3001 184th St. SW, Lynnwood.

Northwest Youth Music Association benefit auction, 5 p.m. May 25, Monte Cristo Ballroom, 1507 Wall St., Everett; $40 includes dinner and drinks. Drum Corps will perform. 206-369-2256, www.nwyouthmusic.org.

MS LifeLines Walk MS, by Oh Boy! Oberto Beef Jerky, Saturday. 800-344-4867, www.MSwashington.org.

MHS Alumni Association second annual dinner and auction scholarship fundraiser for Mariner High School, 6 p.m. May 2, The Manor, 13032 Admiralty Way, Everett. Cinco de Mayo style fiesta. $35, www.mariner-alumni.com, 425-239-7781.

Taste of Decadence, May 2, Arlington. Volunteers needed for the Village Community Services event to benefit clients. Michelle Date, 360-653-7752 ext. 14.

Camano Chapel Mothers of Preschoolers 18th Annual Auction, 5:30 p.m. April 18, Camano Chapel, 867 S. West Camano Drive, Camano Island. $10 includes dinner. 360-387-7202.

Dinner

Darrington Senior Center chicken dinner, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, 1115 Darrington Ave., Darrington. $7.50., $3.50 children.

Film

Sunday Afternoons with Shakespeare — Films at the Library, 1:30 this afternoon, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Drive, Oak Harbor. Film based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. Free popcorn, bring your own pillow.

For kids

YMCA of Snohomish County registering for summer camps. 425-258-9211.

Horse vaulting camp begins Friday, Warm Beach Christian Camps and Conference Center, 20800 Marine Drive, Stanwood. 360-652-7575.

Meetings

Everett’s Marcus Whitman Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 10 a.m. Saturday, Snohomish Public Library’s multi-purpose room, 311 Maple Ave., Snohomish.

Edmonds Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 870, post and auxiliary, noon, Friday, South County Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds. Duane Pounds, 206-362-3935.

Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society, 1 p.m. Tuesday, 135 N. Olympic Ave., Arlington. Using digital cameras and computers.

Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, 2720 Heller Road, Whidbey Island. Heather McLeland-Wieser, Seattle Public Library, “Genealogy Fakes &Frauds,” consumer awareness for genealogists.

Daughters of Norway, Ingeborg Lodge No. 43, 10 a.m. Saturday, Sons of Norway Hall, 9910 270th St. NW, Stanwood. Immigration stories, elk hound demonstration.

Camano Island Disaster Action team of the American Red Cross, Island County Chapter, 7 p.m. April 14, Madrona Fire Hall, 916 Fifth St., Camano Island. Seeking Camano Island residents to join the team. 888-216-5727, johnsonb@islandredcross.org.

Mill Creek Toastmasters Club No. 861267, 7:15 p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays, Mill Creek City Hall Council Chambers, 15728 Main St., Mill Creek. laura@millcreek.freetoasthost.ws.

Peace rally

“Youth for Peace” Rally, noon April 19, State Avenue and Fourth Street, Marysville. Bring your own signs to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s message.

Programs

“Getting to the Water’s Edge,” 3 p.m. April 17, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Drive, Oak Harbor. Where to visit Island County beaches.

Readers’ Theatre at Whidbey Playhouse, 7 p.m. April 15, 730 SE Midway, Oak Harbor. Reading of “Midwives” by Chris Bohjalian, performed by Candice Baker. Free.

Sales

Mukilteo Library book sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo.

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