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Published 10:34 pm Thursday, September 2, 2010
Giving
Volunteers tackle wetlands project
Students, teachers and parents under the direction of Rocky Wigre at Cedar Wood Elementary in Bothell have volunteered their time to complete a wetlands project at the school.
Volunteers filled cans full of garbage and trucks full of invasive Scotch broom over the course of six weeks and with the help of a $250 Pilchuck Audubon Classroom Teacher Conservation award, planted more than 150 trees from the Snohomish County Conservation District. Snohomish County donated 600 live stake trees.
Students volunteered for the project during their recesses from January to March. About 100 people participated in a school-wide volunteer day organized by Wigre and her students in March.
The project is nearly complete now, but Wigre plans to apply for another award in order to finish the project over the course of the current school year.
Teachers throughout Snohomish County are eligible to apply for the award.
Applications can be found at www.pilchuckaudubon.org.
Snohomish Rotary aids Boys &Girls Club
President of the Rotary Club of Snohomish, Brian Berard, presented a donation of $500 to Snohomish Boys &Girls Club on Aug. 27.
The donation was received by Chelsy Saunders who represented the Snohomish Boys &Girls Club. Members sold snow-cones with the Rotary Club at local soccer tournaments.
Honors
Quilters selected for international expo
Two quilters from Snohomish County plan to exhibit quilts at this year’s American Quilters Society International Quilt Expo in Des Moines, Iowa.
Kathi De Jong of Snohomish and Kathy McNeil of Tulalip were both selected as semifinalists for the event Oct. 28-31.
De Jong plans to display her quilt “Flashback” and McNeil plans to display her quilt “Crossing Calamity Creek” along with 202 others in the annual contest.
All semifinalists’ quilts will be displayed at the annual show regardless of how they place in the final judging.
Last year, more than 24,000 quilters, collectors, enthusiasts and vendors attended the show.
For more information, go to www.americanquilter.com.
