Front Porch: Former Harlem Globetrotters player to preach in Everett

Published 10:50 pm Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Hey, it’s Meadowlark: Meadowlark Lemon, “The Clown Prince of Basketball,” will preach in Everett on Sunday.

He will talk at the morning worship service at 10:45 a.m. at Greater Trinity Baptist Church, 11229 Fourth Ave. W.

Meadowlark Lemon toured with the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, playing in 94 countries before countless diplomats, world leaders, royalty and celebrities.

In 1986, he became an ordained minister.

Party at Lions Park: Lions Park has been renovated with new trails and landscaping, new playground equipment, adult workout stations and a new basketball court.

See it for yourself from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 7530 Cascade Drive, Everett.

There will be a ribbon cutting, refreshments, music, face painting, games and balloon animals.

Woodstock stories? We’re looking for people with stories about the legendary 1969 music festival at Max Yasgur’s farm near Bethel, N.Y,

With the thousands who attended, surely there are folks in Snohomish or Island county with good Woodstock stories, whether or not they were there slopping around in the mud.

Let us know by e-mailing reporter Gale Fiege at gfiege@heraldnet.com. Please include a phone number so she can give you a call.