Four chances for dads, daughters to dance
Published 10:43 pm Thursday, January 8, 2009
This dance is so popular it’s quadruple the fun.
The Father-Daughter Valentines Dance in Marysville is offered in two shifts on two days.
Marysville Parks and Recreation will begin ticket sales Monday for the annual event, which is scheduled for Feb. 7 and again on Feb. 21. On both days, the early dance starts at 5:30 p.m. and the later dance is at 7:30 p.m.
It’s at Cedarcrest Middle School, 6400 88th St. NE, Marysville.
Fathers and daughters of all ages are invited. Tickets are $12 per couple, $3 for each additional daughter, and can be purchased at the Parks and Recreation Office located in Jennings Park, 6915 Armar Road, Marysville.
For more information, call the recreation office at 360-363-8400.
Andrea Kingsford, recreation coordinator for the parks department, said the dance is so popular they had to offer multiple sessions.
“Having two dances per evening also gives fathers with younger daughters the opportunity to attend the earlier dance, and still have their little princesses at home by bedtime,” Kingsford said.
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Cecil the Diesel isn’t just a cutesy-pie logo for the “Camp Fire Delivers Capital Campaign” for Camp Fire USA Snohomish County Council.
The group is raising $2.7 million for many improvements. Contributors have given generously, including $250,000 each from Phil Johnson and the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians.
The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has issued a $100,000 “top-off” challenge. When the local council raises an additional $282,000, it will qualify for the Murdock grant.
Money is aimed for the Tyee Building and Leadership Center at Camp Killoqua near Stanwood where they hope to replace five roofs and remodel three bathrooms. Camp Fire’s Training &Resource Center in Everett is also in need of improvements.
Cecil the Diesel is an image they use to show the “road to success.”
“Cecil is our bus,” said Toby Brown, capital campaign coordinator. “Cecil is used to pick up and drop off kids to and from Camp Killoqua near Stanwood.”
The bus is part of the Camp Fire family, she says.
“Cecil is loved by kids, and adults, too.”
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Joan Rawlins Husby is a perfect person to teach folks how to preserve their memories.
As I wrote Nov. 26, Husby wrote “A Logger’s Daughter: Growing up in Washington’s Woods,” about her life in Granite Falls. She said real-life characters in her new book could have modeled for Norman Rockwell paintings.
Learn about telling your own story from Husby at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Stanwood Community and Senior Center. For more information, call 360-629-7403, ext. 116.
She recently signed copies of her book at the Granite Falls Historical Museum. Folks were waiting to meet her when the doors opened.
“I grabbed some books and started signing them at the counter, since we didn’t have a spot set up yet,” Husby says. “People came in almost nonstop until 5 p.m.”
She met old friends and those who simply love history, she says.
“I was most touched that my music teacher all through school, who is now 97 years old, walked two blocks in the rain and dark to see me and buy a book. It was wonderful publicity for the museum. All the volunteers were thrilled that so many newcomers discovered the fine resource gracing that little town.”
Columnist Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451 or oharran@heraldnet.com
