Front Porch: Kids and cops, flowers, Lynnwood address
Published 1:30 am Monday, May 29, 2017
Meet: Kids and cops at the mall
The Lynnwood Police Department plans a “Cops & Kids” demonstration day for children from 10 a.m. to noon June 3 at the Terraces at Alderwood Mall. Kids can tour vehicles, check out equipment and learn about police dogs. The Seattle Police Pipes and Drums band also will perform, and there will be prizes and giveaways.
More info: www.facebook.com/lynnwoodpolice
Plant: Flower time on Mukilteo Blvd.
Everett seeks volunteers to help plant more than 30,000 flowers along Mukilteo Boulevard and Forest Park. The organized event runs from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, starting where Mukilteo Boulevard enters the park from the west.
Parking is available in the park, but a shuttle bus also will run from the business plaza on the northwest corner Olympic Boulevard and W Mukilteo Boulevard to the mustering area.
Equipment, refreshments and a commemorative button will be provided.
More info: everettwa.gov/vivacolor, 425-257-8300 ext. 2
Listen: Mayor talks about Lynnwood
Mayor Nicola Smith’s 2017 State of the City address is set for 8 a.m. Thursday at the Lynnwood Convention Center.
More info: www.lynnwoodwa.gov
Learn: Filmmaker speaks at honors graduation
Everett Community College’s 2017 honors program graduates will present their final projects, and documentary filmmaker Christian Moran will speak, at the college’s honors forum 5-7 p.m. Thursday in the Henry M. Jackson Center. The public is welcome.
After the students’ presentations, Moran will speak. He’s the director of several documentaries, including “Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow: The Futurism of Walt Disney.” The campus is at 2000 Tower St.
More info: everettcc.edu/honors
Share: Open mic poetry at Hibulb
Marysville Getchell High School students in the Writing for Publications Club share their poetry at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Hibulb Cultural Center, 6410 23rd Ave. NE, Tulalip. Open mic poetry follows. Admission to the museum is free that day.
More info: 360-716-2640
Build: Minecraft challenge for teens
Tweens and teens can play Minecraft and participate in a build challenge, 1 p.m. Friday at the Mariner Library, 520 128th St. SW, Everett. Registration is required.
More info: 425-423-9017, www.sno-isle.org/events
Set up: Booths needed at Night Out
The city of Snohomish seeks vendors and sponsors for National Night Out. The free event runs the evening of Aug. 1 at the Boys & Girls Club. Free space is available for nonprofits.
No selling is allowed, and vendors must supply their own tables and chairs. The cost is $10 for businesses and $500 for political organizations or candidates. Apply by July 15 through the city website.
More info: www.snohomishwa.gov/634/National-Night-Out
Volunteer: IT professionals needed
Meadowdale High School hopes to draw enough computer science professionals to volunteer as instructors to offer an Advanced Placement computer science course in Java programming for the 2017-18 school year. Training, curriculum and support are provided by Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS).
More info: madisonm@edmonds.wednet.edu, www.tealsk12.org/volunteers
