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Published 1:30 am Friday, July 28, 2017

EVENTS

Sustainability Fair at McCollum

The Adopt A Stream Foundation’s Northwest Stream Center holds a Sustainability Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The center is located at McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. Admission is free.

Enjoy live music as you fill a “Sustainability Passport” at learning stations with a chance to win prizes. Cafe Zippy will offer meals for sale. You also can win some doggy bags in the “dog poop” toss game put on by Snohomish County Surface Water Management.

More info: www.streamkeeper.org

Bazaar to benefit Alzheimer’s research

A Summer Bazaar to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Vineyard Park, a senior assisted living and memory care center at 23008 56th Ave. W, Mountlake Terrace.

Funds will go to the 2017 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Snohomish County event, which is set for Sept. 30 at Boxcar Park on Everett’s waterfront.

More info: act.alz.org

See the sun, up close

See the sun in three wavelengths — full spectrum, hydrogen-alpha and calcium-K — at a multigenerational program being held at local libraries. See prominences, filaments and UV emissions. Use spectroscopes and explore other topics in solar science.

Remaining programs (weather permitting):

– 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Marysville Library, 6120 Grove St.

– 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at the Mukilteo Library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd.

– 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Stanwood Library, 9701 271st St. NW

– 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 5 at the Darrington Library, 1005 Cascade St.

– 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Edmonds Library, 650 Main St.

– 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Brier Library, 23303 Brier Road

– 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Mill Creek Library, 15429 Bothell-Everett Highway

Solar glasses to take home will be available, while supplies last.

This is presented by the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project, New Mexico Chapter.

It’s one of many sun-related events at Sno-Isle Libraries branches ahead of the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse to hit the continental U.S. in 99 years on Aug. 21.

More info: www.sno-isle.org/events

SUPPORT

Workshop for the laid-off

A “Laid Off, Ramp Up!” workshop is set for 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave. W. Whether you were just laid off, been out of work a while or working in a job that is a dead end, this workshop will give you tools to talk to prospective employers with confidence.

More info: 425-776-8722