Community calendar

Meetings

Snohomish Historical Society, 2:30 this afternoon, Blackman House Museum, 118 Avenue B, Snohomish. Bill Bates, retired newspaper editor, “A Break-In on Avenue B.”

Sultan’s Early Words Toastmasters, 7:30 a.m. Thursdays, Sultan Community Center, 319 Main St, Sultan.

Edmonds Branch of the American Association of University Women, 10 a.m. Saturday, Unitarian Universalist Church, 8109 224th St. SW, Edmonds. Eleanor Roosevelt.

Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, 2720 Heller Road, Whidbey Island. Burley’s Funeral Home. End of life decisions, and what you can learn about your family from funeral homes and where to find records.

Thelma Lodge No. 26, Daughters of Norway, 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Paul’s Church, 2005 Colby Ave., Everett. Mimi Dillman and some of the Lace Makers of Puget Sound.

Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Society’s library, 135 N. Olympic Ave., Arlington. Jim and Art Lee, family history, life in Arlington.

Benefits

Lakewood Sports Booster Dinner Auction, 5 p.m. March 1, Lake Goodwin Community Club, 17323 42nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $20. 425-293-6742.

Dancing For Samantha, a dance and raffle fundraiser benefiting the Samantha Herman Medical Fund at Bank of America, 6 p.m. Saturday, Park Place Middle School, 1408 West Main St., Monroe. Live music by local rock bands Slingshot and JoyRide. $10 at the door, or Saturday at the Albertsons in Monroe. Samantha is a Monroe High School student suffering from a rare form of liver cancer.

Benefit for Sean Peeler, 2 p.m. today, Historic Spar Tree Tavern, 106 W. Stanley St., Granite Falls. Peeler was injured riding his motorcycle Dec. 8 and is still hospitalized. Music, barbecue, auction benefit medical bills and financial needs for his five children. Bill Pellham, Adrenalin Rush Hot Saws, demonstrating chain saws.

H’Arts (Helping the Arts) Auction, 5 p.m. Feb. 23, Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett. $85 includes dinner. 425-257-8380. Benefits Arts Council of Snohomish County.

Breakfast

Norwegian pancake breakfast, 7:30 to 11:30 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.

For Kids

Horsemanship Camp, Feb. 15-18, Warm Beach Christian Camps and Conference Center, 20800 Marine Drive, Stanwood. 360-652-7575, www.warmbeach.com.

Camp Killoqua registering for resident day camps near Stanwood. 425 258 5437, www.campfireusasnohomish.org/killoqua.

Programs

Washington State University Snohomish County Extension, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. Long-Term. Forest Practice Permits Help Landowners, 6 p.m. Feb. 19, register before Feb. 15. By WSU and Washington Department of Natural Resources. 360-902-1849.

Northwest Stream Center, Adopt-A-Stream Foundation, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. Martha Jordan, Swans of Winter, 7 p.m. Wednesday. Dick Schaetzel, Freshwater Mussels of the Pacific Northwest, 7 p.m. Feb. 21. $7, $5 members. Winged Migration, 7 p.m. Feb. 28, free. 425-316-8592, aasf@streamkeeper.org.

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