Front Porch: Vote on river funds

Published 10:10 pm Sunday, July 26, 2009

The Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force hopes to win $5,000 to support clean water and healthy rivers.

Your vote could help win those funds for the nonprofit organization that works to restore salmon habitat.

River Network is giving away the money, and 15 groups are vying for the award. You can vote at www.rivernetwork.org/forms/vote-5000.

The winners will be chosen based on votes received by 5 p.m. Aug 15.

Blood drive at the circus: A blood drive is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Everett Blood Center, 2703 Oakes Ave. in Everett.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum &Bailey clowns will make an appearance at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Anyone who comes to donate blood will receive a voucher for one free ticket to an Everett circus performance.

Talk about the future in Everett: Worried about the economy and the price of gas? Wondering when life will go back to normal? Curious about how we developed our current suburban lifestyle? Want to know what “peak oil” means?

Transition Everett offers a Conversation Cafe at 10 a.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Everett Labor Temple, 2812 Lombard Ave. in Everett.

See a movie about the way we live and work and how Everett may look in the future.

For more information, call Jackie Minchew at 425-238-8657 or e-mail jwmchew@aol.com.