Someone needed to watch over frogs and toads
Published 10:51 pm Monday, March 30, 2009
This opportunity doesn’t hop into our lives very often.
We’re not talking about the Easter Bunny.
You have the chance to become a Frog Watcher. Not Kermit. Real frogs.
Sally Lider, Environmental Education Coordinator for Edmonds Parks &Recreation, says the frog and toad population is declining around the world.
“This long-term frog and toad monitoring program is also a great way for parents, teachers and youth group leaders to teach children about nature,” Lider says. The four-week course starts at 7 p.m. April 7 at Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., in Edmonds.
For more information, call 425-771-0230 or visit www.reczone.org.
The teachers are Laura Spehar of the Edmonds Backyard Wildlife Habitat Project and Thayer Cueter, the “Frog Lady” of Edmonds.
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Combining big school projects with support for good causes is a wonderful way to educate teens about the world.
Emily Hunt, a senior at Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood, saw a community need and aims to fill it.
She organized a Furry Friends Fundraiser for 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Meadowdale Elementary School, 6505 168th St. SW in Lynnwood.
Take your dog. It’s a benefit for the Everett Animal Shelter and she aims to raise awareness about animal rights.
She’s been working on the project since December, Emily says.
Speakers will include an animal control officer, a sergeant with the Snohomish County canine unit and folks from the shelter.
“I came across all these people by doing research,” she says. “I got a few names from the South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce, where I have been volunteering.”
Tickets are $10, or $20 for a family. Make a reservation by e-mailing eas_rescue_fundraiser@comcast.net.
Her work on the fundraiser will be graded in her senior project portfolio. “A for effort” applies here.
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Support projects of the Friends of the Sultan Library by buying goods at a spring book sale from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Sultan Community Center, 310 Main St.
There are plenty of books, plus movies and music for sale.
“We’ll have a large meeting room full of tables of books, packed in as tightly as we can, so there will be a terrific selection,” says Jackie Personeus, Branch Manager. “I always tell myself I am not going to buy any more books, and have to promise my husband I won’t, but of course even though I wait until the last hour of the sale, there are always still some irresistible treasures.”
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There will be plenty to discover at an open house for the Northshore Senior Center at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at 10201 E. Riverside Drive SE in Bothell.
Executive Director Lee Harper says the center is expanding its assortment of evening programs. There will choices to make.
“Do you head to the coffee bar to sample delicious foods prepared by Bastyr University nutrition graduate students while perusing the spring quarter catalog highlighting over 250 classes, programs, special events, activities and more?” Harper says. “Do you take a ‘Going Green’ class? Do you sign up for one of the classes offered by Cascadia Community College? Or take a center tour with a board member?”
They also offer a support group for early-stage memory loss, a computer learning lab and a fitness center.
Or just play pool with a friend.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
