Quite an encore for band in Monroe
Published 5:39 pm Monday, October 25, 2010
Folks do what they can in an emergency.
Members of a band called Dog Leg Preacher finished a gig at Eddies Trackside in Monroe. While loading up their equipment, they heard the sound of sirens. A fire at a nearby apartment complex sent residents rushing into the street.
The fire victims escaped with their lives, but little else.
Several band members hung around in the wee morning hours after the destruction to let victims borrow their cell phones to call friends and family.
It really was a big mess, members said, but the band was glad they were able to provide a little assistance.
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Joyce Altaras, president of Lake Stickney Conservancy, got her wish.
“Getting the west side of Lake Stickney into the ‘public domain’ in order to preserve it has been my passion,” Altaras says. “Well, after 17 years, last March, the Snohomish County Parks Department purchased another portion of our desired ‘nature’ park. The county now owns a total of close to 16 acres.”
She says the gorgeous piece of property has been uncared for, for too long.
When she asked for help clearing blackberries Sept. 26, 94 volunteers pitched in. They cleaned up stuff that was dumped illegally, plucked out non-native plants and made a huge dent in the clean-up project.
When the property is shipshape, Snohomish County Parks Department will be able to see how a park might fit on the property, Altaras says.
“When this happens, we will hope to go out and spend the $4,500 grant that was awarded to purchase native plants,” she says. “But we must clean it up first.”
The last clean-up party this year is planned for Saturday.
Join the group at 10 a.m. at the west side of Lake Stickney, 13521 Manor Way in Lynnwood.
Let them know you are attending by registering at www.rei.com/event/10548/session/13049.
Bring a smile, a love of nature, weather-resistant clothing and teenagers, to show teens what community is all about, Altaras says.
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Here is a weather-appropriate workshop: The city of Bothell offers a free program about rain gardens and how to manage storm water.
It’s planned for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Bothell-King County Regional Library, 18215 98th Ave. NE in Bothell.
Ladd Smith from In Harmony Sustainable Landscapes will discuss managing water and what might work on different properties. A rain garden is a shallow planted area in the landscape where rain water can collect before being absorbed into the soil.
To register for the workshop, call Janet Geer, 425-486-2768 or e-mail janet.geer@ci.bothell.wa.us.
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Eva Stone is bringing her work home to Edmonds.
She is the producer and curator for Chop Shop: Bodies of Work, a contemporary dance festival held every February in Bellevue.
The Bodies of Work Festival is for the top Seattle and eastside dancers with master classes, lectures and dance performances.
Stone, who lives in Edmonds, offers Chop Shop: Northside this week at Edmonds Community College.
Some of those performing include Spectrum Dance Theater, The Stone Dance Collective, Quark Contemporary Dance Theatre and SD/Prism Dance Theatre.
For more information on classes and performances, visit www.chopshopdance.org.
“I have been a resident of Edmonds for fifteen years and have been presenting my work in Seattle or Bellevue,” Stone says. “It is very exciting to be sharing my art form with my hometown people.”
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
