Fill up on chowder and chili at Camano Island cookoff
Published 10:16 pm Thursday, November 10, 2011
If there is a huge power surge Saturday on Camano Island, we can point a finger at the likely culprit: They plan to have 60 Crockpots bubbling at the same time at Camano Center.
It’s the 16th Annual Chowder and Chili Cookoff presented by Camano Island Chamber of Commerce at 606 Arrowhead Road.
From 3 to 7 p.m., sample and vote on the best recipe. There will be more than 100 raffle items, a band and some door prizes. An art auction is planned from 1 to 3 p.m. It costs $10 for 10 tastes.
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Each year, salmon return from the Pacific Ocean to the streams of their birth. To celebrate the journey, the Wallace River Hatchery offers an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 14418 383rd Ave. SE in Sultan.
Youth leaders from Washington State University Snohomish County Extension’s 4-H Natural Resource Program will lead salmon tours and help explain the life cycle of the fish and its importance to our culture, economy and ecology.
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There was tough competition at Arlington’s Downtown Halloween Punkin Pie Contest.
For more than a decade, bakers have come together to try to top their grandmother’s best pies.
Teri Bravomejia is the head judge, Chris Bateham said. Other judges are Bob Nelson, George Boulton and Mark Phelps.
“We rely on Teri each year,” Bateham said.
Bravomejia is an award-winning baker. They judged 10 pies on appearance, texture and taste.
Winners were Amy McGrifford, first place, followed by Patty Taylor and Elizabeth Bennett.
Each winner received a basket containing a cash award and merchandise from businesses in Arlington.
They sold slices of pie after judging and earned $50 for the Arlington food bank.
“Judges agreed it was a tough job making the decision of whose pie was best but they had a great time trying to figure it out.”
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Powerful wind storms are part of the fall and winter scene on Whidbey Island.
Washington State University Extension offers a workshop about how to reduce the risk of wind damage to trees and how to properly clean up tree damage after a storm.
Folks from WSU Extension, the Washington Department of Natural Resources, and Puget Sound Energy will teach the workshop.
It’s planned for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Pacific Rim Institute, 180 Parker Road, near Coupeville. It costs $20 or $25 per couple. For more information, call 425-357-6017.
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Friends of Marysville Library are joining the Marysville United Methodist Church Bazaar to sell books. The sale is planned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 5600 64th St. NE in Marysville.
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It’s too early to think about Christmas, unless you need a cute picture to put on your Christmas cards. The Camano Animal Shelter Association Annual Santa Pictures event is planned for Saturday.
Bring your pet from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Skagit Farmers Country Store, 8815 271st St. NW in Stanwood.
It costs $20 for a CD with four different pictures. For more information, call the shelter at 360-387-1902.
If you make a Christmas card featuring your pet, I’d like to see it.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451; oharran@heraldnet.com.
