Around The County
Published 10:44 pm Monday, February 1, 2010
Edmonds: Sno-Isle Foundation’s leader
Edmonds resident Chris Loos is the new president of the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation Board. Her one-year term began last month.
She succeeds Marti Animosa as foundation president.
Loos, who joined the board in 2008, has served as the chairwoman of the annual fall fundraising event. In January 2009. she was appointed vice-president.
A Seattle native, Loos lives in Edmonds with her husband Jack.
The foundation board also appointed Rose Olson vice-president, Caryl Thorp as treasurer and Marisa Clayton secretary. Each serves a one-year term.
Mountlake Terrace: Learn how police work
Applications are being accepted for the Police Citizens Academy, a free course that provides an inside look at what police do. The 12-week course runs from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, April 14 through June 30 at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave. W. Applicants must agree to a background check for entry.
More info: Officer Kim Berg, 425-670-8260, ext. 4418, or Joie Worthen, 425-670-8260.
Monroe: Prisoners give for fallen officers
Inmates at the Monroe Correctional Complex raised $779.52 for the families of police officers killed last year in the line of duty.
Most donations were $5 to $10, although one inmate gave $110, prison officials said. The vast majority of donations came from inmates who belong to the Concerned Lifers Organization.
The money will be split three ways, with $519.68 going to a fund for the families of four Lakewood officers, $129.92 to a fund for the family of Seattle officer Timothy Brenton, of Marysville, and $129.92 to a fund for Pierce County sheriff’s deputy Kent Mundell’s family.
Prisoners earn 42 cents per hour through their work in the commissary and elsewhere. They must pay for their own hygiene items — toothpaste, deodorant, shaving cream — leaving them with little spending money, prison officials said.
Everett: Resource fair set for those in need
Helping Hands for Hard Times, a resource fair, will provide employment, housing, financial and health care help to people in need. The event is free. It is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb.10 at the Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave.
More than 25 nonprofit and public agencies offering a variety of services will be represented. Participants can attend classes that focus on asset building, avoiding foreclosure, resume building and interviewing techniques.
Similar events also will be held at Tulalip and Lynnwood.
More info: Go to www.snoco.org and search for resource fair.
