FYI
Published 11:28 pm Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Girl Scouts are selling cookies
Girl Scouts will be out and about selling cookies through March 16. All eight varieties have no trans fat, and there is a sugar-free chocolate chip this year.
The girls are raising money for camp, field trips and service projects.
And if you don’t want to eat the cookies, buy a box for the Operation Cookie Drop-Gift of Caring project, which delivers cookies to folks in the military.
The goodies cost $4 a box.
Mystery and murder in Monroe
The fourth annual Murder Mystery Dinner and Silent Auction is 7 p.m. Saturday at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE in Monroe.
Proceeds go to food banks in Sultan, Monroe and Maltby.
This year’s theme is “Mystery of the Pirates Plunder,” performed by The Evergreen Players. It’s dedicated to Douglas Moening, who died Feb. 12. He had played the main character and served as the evening’s host during all the previous years.
Tickets are $25. For more information, call 360-805-6708.
Community center offers tax help
The Ken Baxter Senior-Community Center offers free tax preparation for seniors and low-income residents.
An appointment with a trained volunteer may be scheduled through April 15. The center is at 514 Delta Ave. in Comeford Park. Call 360-363-8450.
Scholarships for students available
Students can apply for more than 150 scholarships through the Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation.
The scholarships, about $1,000 each, are funded by more than 50 organizations, businesses and families in and around Stanwood and Camano Island, said Theresa Metzger, executive director of the foundation. Last year, scholarships were awarded to every student who applied, she said.
Applications are due by March 14. Downloadable applications are scheduled to be posted Friday on the foundation’s Web site at www.s-ccs.org.
Correction
Anastasiya Chumova of Lake Stevens, a Russian who has lived in the U.S. since 1994, was misidentified in the headline over an article on Page B1 Saturday about her views on presidential politics in her native country.
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