FYI
Published 10:37 pm Sunday, April 13, 2008
Holocaust speakers to visit college
A program called “Eyewitness to History: Surviving the Holocaust Speakers” begins Wednesday at Everett Community College.
Four people who lived through the Holocaust will tell their stories as part of Everett Community College’s Humanities 150 class.
The presentations are open to the public and are from noon to 2 p.m. in EvCC’s Baker Hall 120.
Speakers include:
Wednesday, Robert Herschkowitz: At the end of a chaotic childhood odyssey from his homeland of Belgium to a French concentration camp, 5-year-old Robert and his family finally journeyed over the Alps to Switzerland and safety.
April 30, Henry Friedman: With the aid of Ukrainian friends, a teenage Henry and his family hid from the Nazis for 18 months.
May 14, Peter Metzelaar: Placing their trust in the Dutch Underground, 8-year-old Peter and his mother were hidden on a small farm in the Netherlands in a cave in the forest and in a home in The Hague.
May 28, Noemi Ban: Unable to hide, Noemi was spared from the gas-chamber fate of her family, only to endure Auschwitz and a death march before being liberated by Allied forces.
For more information, call EvCC English instructor Joyce Walker at 425-388-9411.
Boeing workers to clean at Sherwood
Boeing Co. employees will do spring cleaning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Sherwood Community Services in Everett.
For the past 13 years, Boeing employees have helped Sherwood with spring cleaning. Sherwood Community Services is a nonprofit organization that provides services to children and adults with disabilities, helping them to reach their goals.
On Saturday, more than 1,000 Boeing employees will give their time to similar projects.
Weigh in on water district policies
People can comment on possible changes to the Olympic View Water and Sewer District’s environmental policies at a public hearing planned for 5:30 p.m. today at the district’s headquarters at 23725 Edmonds Way, Edmonds.
The district’s required levels of service for new development are scheduled to be discussed at the hearing.
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