Dancing for dollars is ‘Thrilling’

More than 50 performers and 100 guests enjoyed games, food, a cakewalk and lots of dancing as the city of Mountlake Terrace Dance and Fitness Program and Kontagious Dance Company hosted its annual Costume Carnival on Oct. 25. The harvest festival activities included dancing and dance performances, including a “Thriller” performance.

Proceeds of the fundraiser benefit scholarships for both dance programs. This year’s event raised $310 for Mountlake Terrace Dance and $305 for the Kontagious Arts Foundation.

Girl Scouts make special delivery

Girl Scout Troop 53243 presented a gift basket to be given to the family of the first baby girl born at Everett’s Providence Medical Center on Oct. 31 in honor of the birthday of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low. The scouts shopped for the items themselves, including a diaper bag, diapers, wipes, clothes, bottles and more. Scouts participating in the service project were Makayla Neumann, Alexis Smith, Tea Einarsen, Sierra Stauffer, Lexus Moy and Makenzie Neumann.

gen-er-ous (adj.): Dictionary donation

Each year the Arlington Kiwanis Club partners with the Friends of the Arlington Library to give each third-grade student a dictionary. This year the delivery took place in October, with more than 600 dictionaries distributed to eight elementary schools in Arlington, as well as the nearby Darrington and Lakewood school districts. The annual gift has become a rite of passage for third-graders, many of whom this year have older siblings with their own dictionaries, and teachers use them in their classrooms.

Marshall sworn into marshal board

Lake Stevens Fire Marshal Robert Marshall was recently elected to the board of directors for the Washington State Association of Fire Marshals. Marshall was sworn in as the board director for Position 5 at the WSAFM Conference in October.

“His knowledge of public education, fire prevention and investigation will be a great asset to the WSAFM,” Lake Stevens Fire Chief Dave Lingenfelter said.

Housing Hope honors volunteers

Housing Hope hosted its annual Volunteer Recognition Event on Oct. 30 at the Blue Heron Room at Everett Marina. The event honors all individuals who volunteer their time at the agency and focuses on those named as Volunteers of the Year.

Five individuals, one business and two organizations were presented with the Volunteer of the Year award for their outstanding service to the agency: Chef Adam Hoffman and the staff at Adam’s NW Bistro and Brewery; the Arlington Runners Club; Chris and Ryan Blakely; Goodwill Youth Aerospace; Ben Olson; Mel Southwick; and David Williams.

Several desserts were donated by local companies, including The Cookie Fairy, Gelato’icious, Kakes 4 Kids and Stanwood Cupcakes. Progressive Chiropractic and Massage donated massage gift certificates for volunteers.

For volunteer opportunities for Housing Hope, contact Jana Phillips at 425-347-6556 or janaphillips@housinghope.org.

Positive voices, loud and clear

KSER’s Voice of the Community Awards Breakfast was held Nov. 5. The public radio station’s event recognizes people, organizations and businesses that raise awareness about community or cultural concerns — with positive results. Award winners:

Cultural Impact by an Organization: Whidbey Children’s Theater

Cultural Impact by an Individual: Ken Kraintz, arts supervisor for the Everett School District

Cultural Impact by a Business: Everett Historic Theatre

Community Impact by a Business: Whidbey Life Magazine

Community Impact by an Organization: Cities of Arlington and Darrington and the surrounding communities of Oso

Community Impact by an Individual: Tom Murphy, professor of anthropology at Edmonds Community College

Scarecrow winners named

The winners in the Edmonds Museum Scarecrow Festival were announced at a recent reception at the Edmonds Museum:

Business In Bowl: Windermere Real Estate, for “Frozen” in Edmonds

Business Outside Bowl: Lynnwood Honda, for Scrappy

Residential: Shannon and Kevin Black, for Headless Walker and His Trusty Dog

School or Youth Group: Holy Rosary School, for Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence In Catholic Education

Government or Civic Group: Edmonds Senior Center, for Mr. Potter

Artist or Art Group: Mona Fairbanks and Robin Westbrook, for Vincent Van Go-Crow

There were 100 submissions to this year’s contest and more than 900 votes cast. The Edmonds Historical Museum coordinates the contest.

See all the winners at www.historicedmonds.org.

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