Front Porch
Published 1:30 am Friday, April 13, 2018
EVENTS
Learn about foster parenting
An informal coffee meeting called the Foster Cafe is planned for 10 a.m. to noon May 10 at the Lake Stevens Family Center. Stop by to learn about what it takes to become a foster parent. Organizers aim to dispel myths and provide helpful information.
More foster families are needed in Snohomish County. The event is affiliated with Lutheran Community Services Northwest. It runs once a month in Lake Stevens.
More info: Call or text 425-750-5631
Bazaar in Snohomish
The Snohomish Senior Center spring bazaar is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 506 Fourth St. More than 40 vendors. Lunch available for purchase.
More info: 360-568-0934
Welcome whales on Whidbey
The Welcome the Whales Festival runs Saturday and Sunday in Langley on Whidbey Island. Events include whale watching, educational displays, a parade, music, a beach cleanup and more.
More info: orcanetwork.org
HEADS UP
North Middle remodel nears
Portables will be arriving soon at North Middle School in Everett as preparations begin for the remodeling construction this summer.
The $50.1 million renovation is funded by the 2016 capital bond. There also will be field upgrades and added parking. The work is supposed to wrap up by fall 2019.
More info: www.everettsd.org
Comments sought on new housing
The city is accepting comments on a proposed seven-story building with 140 units of student housing, and two levels of parking and retail space at 1020 N. Broadway.
The application and other documents are available for review at the Everett Planning Department at 2930 Wetmore Ave., Suite 8-A. Written comments are due by April 18.
More info: David Tyler, dtyler@everettwa.gov or 425-257-8731
Library update provided
The city of Everett has wrapped up a cost review for the paused plans to expand the Evergreen Branch of the Everett Public Library. Tweaks to the designs should save about $500,000, the City Council was told Wednesday.
The updated proposal is supposed to come back to the council again later this year, for bidding and then a construction contract. The price tag before the review was an estimated $8.6 million.
More info: www.epls.org
Cool grant for Camano A/C
The Camano Center is now the largest building on Camano Island to have air conditioning. The community and senior center, which already has served as an emergency Red Cross shelter, can now also be a place for people to shelter from heat waves. A recent $38,500 grant from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound allowed the nonprofit to replace its aging furnaces with furnaces featuring air conditioning.
Employees and retirees from Boeing are invited to see how the grant is making a difference at an open house, 4 to 6 p.m. April 22 at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road.
