STAFF CHOICE: Books and Beasts
Have a budding artist or fantasy fiction fan in your family? This weekend, children ages 8-15 can learn how to paint dragons, unicorns and griffins — the same way bookmakers did in the Middle Ages — at the Mill Creek Library. The class is at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at the library, 15429 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek. The class is limited to 25 participants, so be sure to register before the deadline at noon Saturday.
— Jocelyn Robinson
Seminars and education
• Free travel classes
Free travel classes offered through Rick Steves’ Europe Through the Back Door. “Beginning Spanish for Travelers” is from 6 to 7 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Travel Center classroom, 130 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Learn tips on how to make friends, shop for a picnic at a supermercado, get to the train station on time and more. Attend “Creative Photo Fun” from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 5 at the same location. Barb Bumgardner will show how easy it is to use your own digital photos to create cards, collage, calendars and other projects. Cost is free but reservations are required online at www.ricksteves.com or call 425-771-8303, ext. 298.
• Pathways to Work
Are you an individual who needs to re-enter the workforce because of divorce, separation, death or disability of a spouse, or loss of welfare? If so, find tools and support, at no cost to you, in workshops presented by the Pathways for Work through the YWCA. The next workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., March 19 to March 28 in Shoreline.
For more information, contact Cindy Fisher at 425-258-2766 ext. 226 or cfisher@ywcaworks.org.
Designed for individuals who have spent at least 10 years as a homemaker not working outside the home and now find it necessary to earn a living. Additional registration spots may be available for other women seeking employment with a similar situation. Call for details.
• Internet training at MLT library
Thinking about a career change but don’t know where to start? Many of the resources needed to point you in the right direction are on the Web or available through electronic sources licensed by the Mountlake Terrace Library, and they are all free. This class will show you where to find the information you need to help you make this all-important, life-changing decision. Pre-registration and mouse skills required. Contact Rosy Brewer at rbrewer@sno-isle.org.
• Support for caregivers
Caring for someone with memory loss? Alzheimer’s Association caregiver support groups provide a consistent and caring place for people to learn, share and gain emotional support from others who are also on a unique journey of providing care to a person with dementia. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month at the Maplewood Presbyterian Church, 19523 84th Ave. W, Edmonds. Contact group facilitator Barbara Bridges at 425-337-3414. The group also meets from 10 to 11:30 a.m. the first Wednesday of each month at the South County Senior Center, Classroom B, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds. Contact group facilitator Kim Spector at 206-890-9702.
Community events
• Shop for holidays at MLT High bazaar
The Mountlake Terrace PTSA’s annual holiday bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 5 at Mountlake Terrace High School, 21801 44th Ave. W. The event will help provide a safe, alcohol and drug-free Senior Graduation Night Party.
• Appreciating Japanese culture
The Mountlake Terrace Library is having a Japanese Culture Appreciation Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 5. Learn to play “Go,” how to make vegetarian sushi, how to dress in the Japanese gothic Lolita style and have a tea party. DVD prizes and Japanese snacks provided by the Friends of the Mountlake Terrace Library. The library is located at 23300 58th Ave. W. For more information, call Dawn at 425-776-8722.
• First dibs
See downtown Edmonds all dressed up for the holidays. Be the first to select holiday gifts from the variety Edmonds merchants have to offer on Dec. 3.
• Recreation pavilion open house in MLT
An open house is scheduled from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Recreation Pavilion. Cost is $2 per person. Customers can go swimming, play on the indoor playground, sample fitness classes and get info about youth programs. For those who bring a non-perishable item for the food bank, the cost is only $1 per person.
• Make a blanket day
Blanketeers needed! Super Supplements is hosting “make-a-blanket day” for Project Linus from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 12 at 19925 44th Ave. W, Lynnwood. Project Linus helps Snohomish County children in crisis. Come make a square or tie a quilt. Kids welcome. No sewing experience needed. Contact Lynne Ludlyn at 425-775-0805.
• Edmonds blood drive
The community is invited to donate blood at the community blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 4 (closed from noon to 1 p.m.) in the parking lot of Petosa’s Family Grocer, 550 Fifth Ave. S in downtown Edmonds.
Because there is no substitute for blood, the needs of the community cannot be served without the public’s generosity and help. Healthy individuals over age 18 are encouraged to donate (ages 16 and 17 with parent permission). All blood types are needed.
Contact Linda Carl at 425-771-0247 or carl@ci.edmonds.wa.us.
• Tastefully simple Christmas
The Mill Creek Christian Women’s Connection is hosting a luncheon from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at the Mill Creek Country Club, 15500 Country Club Drive.
Get “tastefully simple” ideas for your Christmas entertaining from Heather Anderson. Sing Christmas carols with Adrienne McGruder and Karla Burgin. Listen to luncheon speaker DeAnn Chambers share “How to Laugh When Life isn’t Funny.”
Reservations and cancellations are required by noon Dec. 8. Call Kristine at 425-337-6335.
• Arts Crush auction
The Arts Crush Auction held Nov. 14 raised more than $127,000 to benefit the Edmonds Center for the Arts. Generous donations resulted in some unique auction lots. There are a few select number of spaces available for the May 15 “A Chef’s Tour of Dream Kitchens in Woodway” fundraiser. Tickets are $135 and available through Victoria Trimmer, 425-275-9485. All proceeds from the tour ticket sales benefit ECA.
• Holiday events at Wight’s Home &Garden
– Elf on the Shelf: Cristina reads the book for children at 2 p.m. every Sunday through Dec. 20.
– Silk design demonstrations from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. Watch designers create holiday floral arrangements and wreaths.
– Calling all children: Post your letters to Santa in Santa’s mail box and receive a candy cane along with a chance to win a huge Christmas stocking filled with toys and other goodies.
– Santa’s “Reindeer” pony rides: Every Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. through Dec. 20. Cost is $5 per ride.
Wight’s Home and Garden is located at 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood.
• Toys for Tots
– The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1040, the city of Lynnwood and the Lynnwood Fire Department are accepting donations of new and unwrapped toys for U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots campaign. All toys and donations can be dropped off at the Lynnwood Fire Station located at 188th Street Southwest and 44th Avenue West through Dec. 21. All donated toys will be distributed to needy families throughout Snohomish County.
– Embassy Suites Hotel Seattle/North Lynnwood also is an official collection site for this holiday season’s Toys for Tots drive to collect toys to distribute to children in need. To encourage donations, Embassy will give a $10-off hotel-stay coupon for every unwrapped, new toy that is brought in as a donation. Coupons will be valid for use between Dec. 17 and March 31 and must be presented at check-in. The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program is to collect new, unwrapped toys to distribute as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. Visit www.toysfortots.org for more information and additional ways to support this great cause.
• 5K Rudolph Run
The fifth annual 5K Rudolph Run/Walk will be held at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 12. Participants will gather at the Civic Track and Field at Sixth Avenue and Bell Street, Edmonds. The proceeds from the run will benefit Old Dog Heaven, an organization that helps dogs 8 years and older be placed in loving homes for their golden years. For more information, contact Running in Motion at 425-774-0737 or visit www.runninginmotion.com.
• Square dance lessons
Checkerboard Squares invites the community to square dance lessons, to learn for the first time or brush up. It’s a great way to exercise and have fun. Classes are from 6 to 8 p.m. beginning Jan. 3 at the Edmonds Masonic Hall, 515 Dayton St., Edmonds. The first lesson is free and then $5 per person after that. For more information, call 425-267-0775 or 206-949-0114.
• Limited-edition VardiArt benefits symphony
With the hope of increasing their 2009 donation to Edmonds’ Cascade Symphony Orchestra (CSO), artists and musicians Lenore and Emanuel Vardi are offering special prices on three works of art with ties to CSO’s current season. Through Dec. 14, the Vardis will donate 20 percent of all sales of the reduced price, limited-edition giclées and enhanced giclées of selected works to the Cascade Symphony. The Vardis have already committed to contributing 20 percent of all sales from the show of their music-themed paintings hanging at the Edmonds Center for the Arts’ to the symphony through December. Contact VardiArt at vardiart@vardiart.com, 206-947-9694 or 206-947-9350.
• Volunteers needed
A free information session to review the volunteer opportunities at Providence Hospice and Home Care is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 16 in downtown Everett. To register and to get driving and parking information, call 425-261-4815 by Dec. 14.
• Red Cross holiday calls home
Naval Ombudsman Linda Crawford recently joined Beverly Walker, director of the Red Cross’ Services to Armed Forces, to take delivery of more than 200 pre-paid phone calling cards set for delivery to service men and women currently deployed on the USS Ingraham. Crawford will mail the cards to the ship for distribution during the holidays. Funding to purchase the calling cards and to support military family programs comes from a Department of Defense grant. For more information, contact Red Cross spokeswoman Connie Lewis at lewisc@SnohomishCounty.redcross.org or njl.cbl@verizon.net.
• Spanish-language stories
Spanish-language stories, songs and games for families who speak Spanish and those interested in the language will be offered at 7 p.m. today, Nov. 25, at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave. W, Mountlake Terrace.
• Sing-along at MLT Library
The Mountlake Terrace Library will host a “History of Popular Song” program featuring turn-of-the-century Broadway and Tin Pan Alley songs on Monday, Nov. 30. On Dec. 28, the program will feature songs of World War I; Bryan Stratton will perform and lead the audience in singing songs that have made America great.
All programs begin at 7 p.m. and are free.
The Mountlake Terrace Library is located at 23300 58th Ave. W, next to the old City Hall. For more information, call 425-776-8722.
Youth activities
• Heatherwood M.S. hosts Zambian princess
Heatherwood Middle School students will welcome Princess Kasune Zulu from 1:45 to 2:40 p.m. Dec. 2. The school is located at 1419 Trillium Ave. SE, Mill Creek. Zulu, now of Chicago, is a frequent activist for World Vision. Following Zulu’s visit, students will raise money to install a well in a remote village in Zambia.
• YMCA for preschoolers
The Dale Turner Family YMCA announces new sports and recreation programs for waddlers, toddlers and preschoolers.
Each class is designed to encourage movement, strengthen motor skills and cultivate healthy habits. Programs include: “Tiny Tigers” Tae Kwon Do, “Tots on Turf” soccer, preschool basketball, gymnastics and “Junior Climbers.”
Parents are encouraged to participate. For more information, visit daleturnerymca.org or call 206-363-0446.
• Supe’s roundtable focuses on student safety
Edmonds School Superintendent Nick Brossoit’s December Roundtable will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Educational Service Center, 20420 68th Ave. W, Lynnwood.
The program topic is “Student Safety in Schools.” The panel of speakers, in addition to district safety specialist Lisa Skinner, will include school resource officers: Officer Tom Smith, Edmonds Police, Edmonds-Woodway High School; Det. Rebecca Lewis, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, Lynnwood High School; Officer Ron Moore, Lynnwood Police, Meadowdale High School; and Officer Heidi Froisland, Mountlake Terrace Police, Mountlake Terrace High School.
Senior notes
• ’40s musical review at LSC
Lynnwood Senior Center will host Sky Performing Arts “In the Mood: A 1940s Musical Review” Dec. 5 at the Cedar Valley Grange Hall, 20526 52nd Ave. W, Lynnwood. The festivities begin at 11:30 a.m. with a buffet luncheon, followed by a big band extravaganza, a company of singers and the Sky Notes Orchestra.
Cost is $15 for Lynnwood Senior Center members and $20 for non-members. Pre-registration is required. For detailed registration information, contact Lynnwood Senior Center at 425-670-5050 or scoster@ci.lynnwood.wa.us.
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