Community Calendar

Published 12:01 am Sunday, January 9, 2011

Benefits

•Meadowdale High School Sports Booster Club seeks auction items for Feb. 5. www.gomavs.org.

Breakfasts

•Norwegian pancake breakfast, 7:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 2111 117th Ave. NE, Lake

Stevens. All-you-can-eat Norwegian pancakes with strawberries, maple syrup, sliced ham, beverages. $5. Children 3 and younger eat for free.

Dinners

•Camano Island’s Annual Crab Fest, 3 to 7 p.m. Jan. 22, Camano Senior and Community Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Dungeness crab, coleslaw, baked beans, bread, beverage, dessert, no host bar, music. Presale price for members $17, $20 for non-members, and $20 at the door. Sponsored by The Angel of the Winds Casino. 360-387-0222.

Classes

•55 Alive Defensive Driving Course, Monday, Tuesday, Washington Oakes Retirement Community, 1717 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. 425 339-3300.

Meetings

•Arlington Garden Club, 11:30 a.m. Monday, Gleneagle Family Restaurant, 7619 E. Country Club Drive, Arlington. Optional lunch for sale. 360-435-3892.

Downtown Everett Action Committee, 8 a.m. Jan. 28, Vintage Café, 1510 Hewitt Ave., Everett. Lanie McMullin, economic development director for the City of Everett.

Mill Creek Christian Women’s Connection, 11:45 a.m. Thursday, Mill Creek Country Club, 15500 Country Club Drive, Mill Creek. $22. 425-337-6335 by Jan. 11.

Thelma Lodge No. 26, Daughters of Norway, 10 a.m. Saturday, Normanna Lodge, 2725 Oakes Ave., Everett. Jean Kaldahl from Port Townsend, presentation about Norwegians.

Sno-Isle Unit 22 Washington State Retired Educators, 10:30 a.m. Jan. 18, Golden Corral, 1065 State Ave., Marysville. 425-348-4993.

National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees, Everett Chapter 193, 11:30 a.m. Jan. 19, Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Shirley Hauck, Snohomish Senior Services.

Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, fire station, 2720 N. Heller Road, Oak Harbor. zimlj@verizon.net, 360 675 5565.

Friends of the Monroe Library, 7 p.m. Jan. 18, 1070 Village Way, Monroe. 360-794-7851.

Programs

•Edmonds Backyard Wildlife Habitat Project offers classes and programs about the environment, frogs, habitat. http://edmonds backyardwildlifehabitat.org. “Fostering a Community that Lives in Harmony with Nature,” 18104 76th Ave. W., Edmonds. 425-672-2150.

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