Women get to share their dreams in Snohomish
Published 8:07 pm Monday, November 15, 2010
Women plan to meet in Snohomish to talk about their dreams.
Women in Motion is an event created to give women a chance to visit, eat, drink good wine and have the opportunity to hear life stories from one another.
The featured speaker this month is Cyndi Soup, a writer, performer and co-artistic director of the Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater in Snohomish.
Sultan Mayor Carolyn Eslick and Cindy Sherwood, owner of French Creek Manor in Snohomish, started the group and hosted their first event in May.
Since that meeting, Eslick says, women who attended have been inspired to follow their dreams. One woman published stories she had written and stored for 30 years. Another started her own business.
Those with a dream, who need a little inspiration, may join Women in Motion at 5:30 p.m. Friday at French Creek Manor, 9931 167th Ave SE, Snohomish.
For more information, call 425-471-1506 or 425-327-2093.
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Haley Pemble of Snohomish and her Shetland sheepdog, Wynset Firebrand (“Elliot”), will compete Dec. 4 and 5 for the top Junior Showmanship title at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Long Beach, Calif. It’s an invitation-only event.
Four scholarships will be awarded to junior handlers. First place is $2,000, followed by $1,500, $1,200 and $1,000.
Haley has competed in the AKC circuit for five years with Elliot and this is her third trip to the Eukanuba show.
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Dinner tonight will benefit homeless teens in Snohomish County.
Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza will donate 10 percent of food sales between 5 and 8 p.m. to local charities through the Windermere Foundation. Agents will be on hand to assist the wait staff and accept customer donations.
“Each Windermere office can select the recipients of its individual fundraising efforts, and this holiday season we have picked Cocoon House in Everett as our primary charity,” said Jennifer Kuhlman, Windermere Mill Creek’s Designated Broker.
Cocoon House helps homeless teens by offering services and shelter.
“Our 10 percent offer covers take-out and home delivery orders as well as in-restaurant dining,” said Jennifer Haffner, Boston’s owner.
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More than 100 volunteers showed up recently at Lake Stickney to clean an area for a proposed park.
Before Snohomish County bought a patch of Lake Stickney shoreline to keep as a natural area, officials wanted to make sure people living in the area would take a leading stewardship role.
Joyce Altaras, who worked hard to prevent development on the lake’s western shore, promised she would. She did.
Teens and college students joined an adult group at 13521 Manor Way in Lynnwood.
“I was very happy to see all of the enthusiasm and great turnout,” Altaras says. “I can’t tell you how many of them came up to me asking, ‘When is the next date to do this again’.”
She says she hopes to plan another work party in March.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451; oharran@heraldnet.com.
