Front Porch

Published 10:29 pm Monday, March 22, 2010

Ready, set, grow

Camano Island farmer Jon Stevens will discuss how to create and care for sustainable soil on Camano Island, how to diversify crops to reduce the risk of failure, and how small farms help build community.

The free presentation called “The Honorable Farmer” is planned for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive.

This is the first of the 2010 WSU Beach Watcher’s “Fourth Wednesday Evening Speaker Series” on Camano Island. For more information, call 360-572-4130.

Send us summer events: The Herald seeks submissions for Splash, the annual summer event calendar. Send concert, outdoor movie, kids’ camp, Fourth of July event, fairs and community festival details, by noon Monday, April 12.

Send the times, dates, addresses, costs and contact information, and a brief description of the event to The Herald, attn: Features, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206 or e-mail amcinnis@heraldnet.com.

The calendar will be published on May 14.

Faster train coming: The state Department of Transportation on Monday announced its recommended list of projects to build with $590 million it has been pledged from the federal government for faster trains.

Now the Federal Railroad Administration has to sign off on the individual projects. Most of the projects are aimed at increasing track capacity between Seattle and Portland., Ore. One project in Snohomish County made the cut, a $3.6 million project to build sidetracks in Everett’s Delta storage yard, which would free up more track space for trains.