EVERETT – Dogs and their owners are invited to participate in some dog day activities Saturday at the fourth annual Mutt Strut.
Registration for the Mutt Strut walk begins at 9 a.m. at Thornton A. Sullivan Park in Everett, followed by the walk at 10 a.m.
Pooches and their people can participate in contests and activities, watch a 4-H show-dog demonstration and listen to a lecture about pets and pet handling from Martha Norwalk’s “Animal World.” More than 20 vendors will sell dog-related products. There will also be live music and food booths.
Admission to the Mutt Strut is $15 and includes a bandana, doggie bag filled with goodies and a raffle ticket for prizes. The fees for additional dogs are $5.
Visitors can let their dogs run free in the off-leash area.
The event, sponsored by Everett Parks and Recreation and the Everett Animal Shelter, benefits the development of new off-leash areas in Everett.
For information, call 425-257-8300 or visit www.everettwa.org/ parks.
Creepy crawlers at Burke: It’s all about bugs at Bug Blast 2005 at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture on Sunday.
From 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., visitors can learn about things that slither, crawl and squirm at the annual event.
Hands-on activities offer children and adults a chance to overcome their fears and touch some live bugs. People can also view the critters under a microscope.
Burke Museum bug expert Rod Crawford will be on hand to answer questions and talk about collecting bugs as a hobby. He can also answer questions about a display of bug specimens from around the world.
Members of the Bug Society can help visitors identify specimens from their own collections and answer additional bug questions.
While at the museum, visitors can also view two art exhibits at the museum’s new gallery space. “Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land” by Subhankar Banerjee and “Life Abounds: Arctic Native Wildlife Art” from the museum’s Native American art collection and a private collection are on display through Dec. 31. Both exhibits focus on wildlife photography as art.
Do the Puyallup: The 2005 Puyallup Fair continues through Sept. 25 with many special events and traditional fair activities.
From noon to 9 p.m. Sunday, fair visitors can participate in Latino Celebration Day activities. Latin entertainers Bailadores de Broce, Banda Vagos, Joyas Mestizas and other performers take the grandstand stage for mariachi and dance performances.
Daily activities include performances from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, demonstrations of fine arts, cooking and flower arranging, and 4-H and FFA animal exhibits. Children age 12 and younger can fish in a catch and release exhibit set up in the NW Outdoors Building, churn butter and pet baby animals at the Petting Farm. The carnival offers the adventurous three new rides, a roller coaster and games.
Ongoing children’s entertainment includes jugglers, clowns and a traveling game show.
Admission is free for children ages 5 and younger.
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