Bothell woman, 93, went from baby to nurse at Swedish Hospital
Published 10:52 pm Monday, August 9, 2010
As Swedish Medical Center pays homage to its centennial in 2010, it reached out to find the oldest people who were born at the hospital.
At 93, Neva Robinson Brooks of Bothell is among that group and is featured in a video on YouTube, http://tinyurl.com/SwedishNevaBrooks, wearing a sedate black suit and white lace blouse.
In the video, she talks about her life-long connection to Swedish, where she was born Dec. 6, 1916.
Brooks graduated in 1938 from the University of Washington School of Nursing and then the Swedish School of Nursing. She still meets with nursing friends and colleagues.
She remembers one time when she was caught smoking by the nursing school staff and had an additional three months tacked onto her school term.
In the YouTube video, she gives a shout-out to the place of her birth and her alma mater.
“If you graduated from Swedish Hospital in Seattle, you could get a job anywhere in the world,” Brooks says.
Swedish Medical Center, established in 1910, is building a satellite emergency room in south Everett.
Edmonds Library hosts a workshop by Hollow Earth Radio1E64F008 at 2 p.m. Monday at Edmonds Library, 650 Main St. This is a free event for teens ages 12 to 18.
Hollow Earth Radio, www.hollowearthradio.org, is a Seattle-based online radio station that presents a forum for music, sounds and perspectives that may be passed by on mainstream radio programs. They play songs from the music community in this area and focus on field recordings, forgotten music, local musicians and more.
The workshop will include hands-on instruction with microphones, field recording devices and a neighborhood field recording project. Recordings from the neighborhood will air at a later date on Hollow Earth Radio.
To reserve a seat at the workshop, call 425-771-1933.
Kate Halstead with WSU Snohomish County Extension says it’s much more pleasant to prune and graft fruit trees in nice weather rather than clutching a ladder during a blustery fall or winter day.
The forecast is nice for Saturday, when two workshops will be offered at Ed’s Apples, 13420 339th Ave. SE in Sultan.
A workshop on summer fruit tree pruning is planned for 10 a.m. to noon. Bring your gloves and pruners.
A bud grafting workshop is planned for 1 to 3 p.m. Bring gloves. Each person at the class will receive a Victorinox grafting knife.
Instructor Gary Moulton started in 1980 with the Fruit Horticulture department at the WSU Research Station in Mount Vernon. In 1991, he took over management of the program. He holds a master’s degree from WSU in plant pathology specializing in fruit diseases, and a bachelor’s degree in pomology and fruit science from Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo.
Moulton wrote several WSU Extension publications and produced a video on pruning fruit trees.
Registration and payment is required to hold your spot as his workshops often sell out. The cost for the workshop on summer fruit tree pruning is $25; it’s $40 for the bud grafting session.
Both classes are offered for $60.
For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/WSUfruitworkshop or call Karie Christensen at 425-357-6039 or e-mail klchristen@cahnrs.wsu.edu.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
