South County Notebook
Published 11:44 pm Tuesday, April 20, 2010
In Photos: American girls show off their fashion for Children’s … Edmonds Community College students get interview tips from county prosecutors
STAFF CHOICE: Explore new garden
Explore native flora and fauna at Willow Creek Hatchery in Edmonds as a new wildlife habitat and native plant demonstration garden opens April 25. Opening celebration activities for young and old are from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Tour the garden, talk with experts about native plants and wildlife including birds, bats and bees. The day will be capped by an all-species parade. Wear a wildlife related costume or use the available craft tables to create a costume.
– Mina Williams, Enterprise editor
EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS
Celebrating Earth Month at EdCC
Edmonds Community College celebrates Earth Month with events focused on sustainability through May 15. The college is “committed to thinking, teaching and living green.”
Upcoming events:
• Earth Week menu, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. April 19-22, College Café. Culinary Arts students offer a menu focused on local and organic foods
• Earth Day Fair, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 22, Brier Student Center. Learn about green programs at EdCC, tour the new vegetable garden and don’t miss the student Trashion show at noon, featuring fashion made of recycled materials. Across campus at the Center for Families, from 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., children will release ladybugs as part of the college’s green pest management program.
• Earth Month lecture on “Sustainable Business,” 12:30-1:30 p.m. April 22, Brier 244. Joseph Whinney, founder of an organic and fair trade chocolate company in Seattle, presents “Theo Chocolate: Socially Responsible and Sustainable.”
• Gold Park Service and Celebration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 24. Help LEAF School students and the city of Lynnwood finish a native plant garden in the park and then celebrate with refreshments.
• Earth Month lecture on “The Interplay between the Environment &Social Justice,” 12:30-1:30 p.m. April 27, Snohomish 304A. Millie Piazza, environmental justice coordinator at the Washington State Department of Ecology, presents this lecture.
• Earth Month lecture on “Dirt,” 12:30 p.m. April 28, campus theater. David Montgomery, author of “Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations,” makes the case that our planet is eroding.
• Film: “Food, Inc.,” 12:30-2:30 p.m. April 30, Meadowdale 124. See how our food is produced and distributed, then discuss healthy food choices with nutrition educator Leika Suzumura of PCC Natural Markets.
Edmonds
• The city of Edmonds and Sustainable Edmonds (www.sustainableedmonds.org) host an Earth Day event from 6 to 8 p.m. April 22, at Edmonds City Hall, 121 Fifth Ave. N. A representative of Local Governments for Sustainability (www.iclei.org) will present “Local Governments Lead the Way,” followed by a presentation of the city’s Climate Action Plan. There will be group discussions on local action and potential community programs. Please RSVP to the mayor’s office at 425-771-0247 or carl@ci.edmonds.wa.us.
• Get in on the fun at the annual Watershed Fun Fair &Habitat Certification Celebration, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. April 24, at Yost Park, 9535 Bowdoin Way. Family fun includes nature crafts, activities for kids of all ages and adults, speakers, guided nature walks, entertainment, face painting and more. Co-sponsored by the Edmonds Backyard Wildlife Habitat Project and the National Wildlife Federation. Call 425-771-0227 for more information.
Snohomish County
Join Snohomish County PUD on Earth Day to take steps to reduce your environmental impact, use energy more responsibly and save money from noon to 3 p.m. April 22, at PUD, 2320 California St., Everett. Discover renewable energy, conservation and environmental stewardship. The free event will have a lightbulb exchange — turn in up to five incandescent bulbs for free compact fluorescent light bulbs — a plant sale, short demonstrations on weatherization measures that save energy and money and drawings for energy-saving gadgets. For more information visit www.snopud.com or call 425-783-8077.
SEMINARS AND EDUCATION
Avoiding the ‘layoff list’ seminar
Learn how to keep yourself off the “layoff list” at an April 24 seminar in Lynnwood.
Putting your best foot forward at the office has never been more important. Join Best Foot Forward for a two-hour seminar to understand what your employer truly expects from you. The event begins at 1 p.m. at the Hampton Inn &Suites, 19324 Alderwood Mall Parkway, Lynnwood, and is being presented by local human resource managers who will share their experiences and lessons learned. Seminar topics will include:
• Knowing your job description
• Why employees get fired within the first 90 days
• Understanding the right and wrong ways to disagree with your supervisor
Cost to attend is $20. To register, visit www.puttingyourbestfootforward.net or call 425-248-4978.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Spring silent auction and spaghetti dinner
The Lynnwood Emblem Club is hosting its annual spring silent auction and spaghetti dinner with all proceeds going toward local charities. The event is scheduled for April 24 at Lynnwood Elks Lodge, 6620 196th St. SW, Lynnwood. The silent auction is scheduled from 5-7:30 p.m. and the spaghetti dinner from 6-7:30 p.m. Cost is $7.
Bowl for Kids’ Sake
Registration is underway for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Snohomish County annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser, to be held May 1 and 2 at Glacier Lanes in Everett.
For more than 10 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has organized this community event to raise money for its one-to-one mentoring programs that serve at-risk children throughout the county. Big Brothers Big Sisters provides free mentoring programs to the children and families of Snohomish County. BBBSSC relies on special fundraising events such as Bowl for Kids’ Sake, as well as grants and funding from the United Way, in order to bring its services to the community.
To organize a team of five or join an existing team, call the Big Brothers Big Sisters office at 425-252-2227. The deadline to register to bowl is April 28.
For more information, visit www.bbbs-snoco.org.
Edmonds In Bloom’s Celebration of Gardens
Do you live in Edmonds? Do you have a beautiful garden or plant spectacular containers? Enter your floral display in this year’s Celebration of Gardens to receive an Edmonds In Bloom flag to proudly display that you are doing your part to beautify your community. Submit an entry form online at edmondsinbloom.com/index.php/garden-competition/ or pick up an entry form at Bountiful Home, the Frances Anderson Center, Garden Gear, the Edmonds Library or the Log Cabin. Both residential and commercial gardens may enter, but commercial gardens may only enter as exhibitors. Entries are accepted from May 8 to June 28. Gardens will be judged from July 8-15.
For more information, e-mail Joyce Johnson at joycejohnson310@comcast.net or Barbara Chase at vern.barbchase@verizon.net.
New Torah scroll at Jewish Center
In time for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, a new Torah scroll will be welcomed by the Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County on May 2.
Community leaders and rabbis will join for the event at 4 p.m. May 2 at the Edmonds Conference Center, 201 Fourth Ave., Edmonds. All are welcome to come join the celebration.
The Torah scroll, one of the Jewish people’s most sacred objects, has roughly 600,000 handwritten letters. With a feather and special mix for ink, the scribe writes the five books of Moses on roughly 54 pieces of parchment. The average process takes over a year to produce the beautiful workmanship of a Torah scroll.
When a scroll is completed it calls for great celebration by the city greeting it to its new home — the Holy Ark in the Synagogue. All the Torah scrolls join the greeting procession as they accompany the dancing which begins from the street.
Wight’s Home and Garden’s free classes
• Designing with Silks Demo, all day Saturdays at the counter behind the Garden Center cashier counter.
Watch nursery designers create beautiful holiday floral arrangements and wreaths. Bring your fabric swatches, paint samples and pictures to get a custom silk design.
• Herb &Vegetable Gardening with Linda &Jude, 11 a.m. April 24
Brief review of soil prep, watering techniques and then on to the fun stuff — plant choices. New introductions, old-time favorites and “can’t live without” picks followed by a question and answer session. Grow your own produce.
Lynnwood accepting scholarship applications
Applications are now being accepted by the city of Lynnwood Parks, Recreation &Cultural Arts Department for the Randy Terlicker Memorial Aquatics and Life Safety Scholarship.
Individuals, students and professionals who are interested in furthering their training and education in aquatics, life safety, or other related fields are encouraged to apply. Scholarships will be determined by the following selection criteria: a commitment to high standards of excellence, a desire to improve self and the community, letters of recommendation and completion of a written application.
Applications will be reviewed by a selection panel, and recipients will be announced in June. Deadline is May 15. To receive an application and brochure, contact the Lynnwood Recreation Center at 425-670-5732 or download from www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us/parks.
The scholarship was established in 1995 to commemorate the life of Randy Terlicker, Lynnwood aquatics supervisor from 1988 to 1990, who lost his life in January 1995 in the line of duty as a firefighter.
Donations also are being accepted for the scholarship fund: Randy Terlicker Memorial Scholarship Fund, City of Lynnwood Parks, Recreation, &Cultural Arts Department, Attn: Sarah Olson, P.O. Box 5008, Lynnwood, Wash. 98046-5008.
World T’ai Chi and Qigong Day
Be part of the 12th annual World T’ai Chi and Qigong Day from 10-11 a.m. April 24 at Veterans Park, 194th Street and 44th Avenue West (south end of Lynnwood Library parking lot), Lynnwood. For more information, contact Barbara Gleisner at 425-776-1244.
Community wildlife habitat certification
The Community Wildlife Habitat certification celebration will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 24 at Yost Park, 9535 Bowdoin Way, in conjunction with Edmonds’ annual Watershed Fun Fair.
The certification celebration continues from 1-3 p.m. April 25 with the grand opening of the Willow Creek Hatchery Wildlife Habitat &Native Plant Demonstration Garden, 95 Pine St., sponsored by the Pilchuck Audubon. This event will also include tour maps to Edmonds Backyard Habitat Certified yards.
For more information, visit www.edmondsbackyardwildlifehabitat.org.
SENIOR ACTIVITIES
SCSC Healthy Living Fair 2010
The South County Senior Center proudly presents its 12th annual Healthy Living Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30. The South County Senior Center is located at 220 Railroad Ave. in Edmonds. The older-adult community and their families are encouraged to come and learn about traditional and non-traditional medical services, wellness products, housing alternatives, fitness and recreation and numerous local lifestyle-focused businesses. There will be more than 45 exhibitors who provide services to the 40-and-older market.
