HONORS
Kiwanians honor retired teacher
The Kiwanis Club of Snohomish Tillicum presented the George F. Hixson Fellowship Award to Doris Wentworth for her commitment to the children of Snohomish.
Wentworth raised money to purchase warm coats, hats, mittens and other clothing for children in need. She also made sure preschool and young students had books to read and presented third-grade students in the school district with new dictionaries.
As a retired teacher, she helped deserving senior high school students receive the Kiwanis Tillicum Kiwanis Scholarships.
The George F. Hixson Fellowship Award was created in 1983 to honor the first Kiwanis International president serving from 1916 to 1918. Hixson holds the distinction of being the only leader to serve two terms as Kiwanis International president.
Archbishop Murphy senior an Eagle Scout
Matthew Huggins of Boy Scout Troop 19 was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in a ceremony at Hensen Hall on Feb. 28 in Everett.
He is a senior at Archbishop Murphy High School and has been involved in Scouting for the past 10 years.
Huggins’ Eagle Scout project combined his interest in the outdoors and working with people. With the help of fellow Scouts, friends, and family, he built waterfowl nesting tubes on Whidbey Island.
Huggins is the son of Greg and Lisa Huggins of Marysville.
Everett Elks choose Citizen of the Year
The Rev. Kari Reiten of Faith Lutheran Church of Everett was recently selected as Citizen of the Year by the Everett Elks Lodge 479.
The award was presented on March 5 at the lodge by exalted ruler, Myrtle Davis.
Other award winners include Elk of the Year Linda Averill; Grand Lodge Special Service award winners Rhonda Berry, Jeanne Olsen-Estie, and William Vincent; Officer of the Year Fred Hipskind; and Exalted Ruler award recipients John Estie, Leo Fetig, William Vincent, and Everett Emblem 523 member Sandra Dressel.
NAACP Freedom Fund Gala awards
The Snohomish County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its inaugural Freedom Fund Gala on Feb. 27 at the Tulalip Tribes hotel and casino.
More than two hundred people attended the event, which featured dinner, entertainment and special awards recognizing the accomplishments of local leaders in various fields. The black-tie event was hosted by current President Janice R. Greene, an executive with the Boeing Co.
Five awards were given in the name of past leaders, to honor current leaders in the community.
The Jack Curtis Distinguished Veteran Leadership Memorial Award was awarded to John McCoy, Washington state representative for the 38th District. McCoy retired from a 20-year career in the Air Force and 12 years with Unisys and served as director of Quil Ceda Village. He is chairman of the House Technology, Energy, and Communications Committees.
Communities of Color Coalition president Kinuko Noborikawa received the Oscar Eason Jr. Community Service Award. She has been the leader of the Communities of Color Coalition since 2007.
Glacier Peak High School senior Manuel Perez was the winner of the Shirley Walthall Youth Achievement Award. He is a student leader, a member of the football team and a youth group leader who recently helped paint a men’s shelter.
The recipient of the Rev. S. G. Wilson Spiritual Leadership Award was pastor Alvin Moore. He serves as the Home and Foreign Missions president for the Washington State Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ and is responsible for overseeing the programs of 75 churches.
Carl Gipson was the winner and namesake of the Carl Gipson Lifetime Achievement Award. Gipson arrived in Everett in 1943. He was a sailor in the Navy stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Base in Oak Harbor. In the early 1950s, he and his wife, Jodie, bought a house on Hoyt Avenue and raised three sons.
Gipson was the first minority to serve on the Everett City Council, being appointed in 1971, and then elected to six terms. He served on the council 24 years, from 1971 to 1995, and was recently honored by the city of Everett when the Everett Senior Center was renamed in his honor.
GIVING
Whidbey Island Eagles give to 4-H
The Whidbey Island Eagles Aerie of Freeland recently gave $1,000 to the Island County 4-H to support a newly formed gardening project.
Twenty-five elementary to high school students signed up to participate in the project, including Gardening 101, Foods and Nutrition, Food Preservation, Snacking Healthy and Foods of the Pacific Northwest.
Blankets collected for clothing bank
The Soroptimist International of Marysville recently collected 30 blankets and comforters along with several bags of clothing.
The donation was made to Saint Joseph’s House, a community supported clothing bank.
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