TODAY
Teen writers can share their work at an event planned for the Mukilteo Library. The Write Stuff is scheduled for 7 tonight at the library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd. Sponsored by Friends of the Mukilteo Library. Food provided. Call 425-493-8202.
A free showing of the film “An Inconvenient Truth” is set for 7 tonight at the Northwest Stream Center at McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. To reserve a place, call 425-316-8592.
Mukilteo area Writers Group meeting, 7 tonight, Art Workshop Studio, 724 First St., Mukilteo. Bring your work. Call 425-423-0450.
South Whidbey Historical Society, 7 tonight, Trinity Lutheran Church, 18341 Highway 525, Freeland. Roger Sherman plans to talk about maritime transportation on south Whidbey Island. Call 360-579-4553.
Cub Scout Pack 92 of Arlington will watch their leader Greg Vaughn shave his head at 7 tonight at Presidents Elementary School, 505 E. Third St., Arlington. Vaughn promised the pack he would shave his head if the scouts collected 1,500 pounds of food for a local food bank. The boys collected 3,200 pounds of food.
Sultan’s Early Words Toastmasters, 7:30 a.m. Thursdays, Sultan Community Center, 319 Main St., Sultan. Toastmasters teaches confidence in public speaking and overall communication skills. Visitors welcome. Call Donna Murphy at 425-346-7077.
FRIDAY
Snohomish Seniors group offers a free memory writing class, 10 to 11 a.m. Fridays in January at Snohomish Senior Center, St. Michael’s Church, 1514 Pine Ave., Snohomish. Call 360-568-0934.
Children can participate in the halftime show of Friday’s Stanwood High School basketball game by signing up for a cheerleading clinic scheduled for 4:15 p.m. Friday in the gym at Stanwood High School’s Church Creek Campus. The clinic is for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Cost is $30 per child, or $25 each if two or more children register from the same family. Immediately after the clinic, participants are scheduled to perform in the halftime show of Stanwood’s game against Arlington High School. Go to www.schoolnotes.com/98292/lilcheer.html or call 360-629-1038.
Playgroup for Preschoolers, a weekly playgroup for parents or caregivers and their young children. Babies and toddlers welcome. No sign-up needed. Meets 10 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Evergreen Branch Library, 9512 Evergreen Way, Everett. Call 425-257-8030.
SATURDAY
Camano Island Crab Fest, 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Camano Senior and Community Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Whole Dungeness crab, coleslaw, baked beans, garlic bread, beverage and dessert. Cost is $15, $17 at the door, $7 children. South End String Band plans to perform. Tickets are available at the center and at Second Chance Thrift Shop.
Knights of Columbus Council 12591 plans to host A Taste of Washington charity wine tasting, 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Holy Rosary School gym, 630 Seventh Ave., Edmonds. Proceeds benefit the Holy Rosary School Endowment Fund and Knights of Columbus charities. Live jazz music and art displayed. Tickets, $25 each, available online at www.kofcedmonds.org or at the Holy Rosary Church office.
Arena Youth Select Football League Sultan Pirates registration, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sultan Boys &Girls Club. Call 425-879-5924.
Aging with Dignity “Five Wishes” workshop, which helps participants express how they want to be treated if they are seriously ill and unable to speak for themselves, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Providence Hospice and Home Care, 2731 Wetmore Ave., Everett. Free, but seats are limited and registration is required. Call 425-261-4808.
Nightwaves Teen Night, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Lynnwood Recreation Center, 18900 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood. For students in seventh and eighth grades. Dance, swimming, pizza, movies, sports. Call 425-744-6471 or go to www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us/teens.
Comcast Community Ice Rink offers free skate lessons, noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Comcast Arena at Everett Events Center. Go to www.comcast communityicerink.com for more information or call 425-322-2630.
SUNDAY
Old-fashioned chicken dinner, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Stillaguamish Senior Center, 18308 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington. Baked chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, veggies, salad and dessert, coffee, tea or milk. Cost is $8, $7 seniors, $5 children.
Community Yarn Creations meeting, 3 to 5 p.m. Sundays, Main Street Yarn, Mill Creek Town Center. The group donates creations to local social service agencies. Call 425-787-0736.
Mukilteo author David Ash, the writer and publisher of the humorous “Haiku for Life” series, is scheduled to sign books from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Alderwood Barnes &Noble, 19401 Alderwood Mall Parkway, Lynnwood. Call 425-771-2220.
Students and their families can learn how to get free money for college at a free program called College Goal Sunday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Everett Community College. For more information, go to www.everettcc.edu/collegegoal.
MONDAY
Snohomish Senior Center weekly Scrabble group meets at 1 p.m. Monday, St. Michael’s Church, 1514 Pine Ave., Snohomish. Call 360-568-0934 and sign up.
Mill Creek Seniors Club meets for a potluck at noon Monday in the community room at Mill Creek City Hall, 15728 Main St. The group meets the first and third Monday of each month.
TUESDAY
Beginning genealogy classes offered by Sno-Isle Genealogy Society, 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays through Feb. 26, at the society’s library, 19827 Poplar Way, Lynnwood. Call 425-775-6267. The society’s monthly meetings are 6:30 p.m. on first Tuesdays, Mountlake Terrace Library.
Marysville Parks and Recreation offers Winter Kindermusik classes for children up to age 7, Tuesdays beginning Jan. 29. Class times and costs vary according to the specific class. For registration information, call 360-363-8400.
Everett Chess Club, 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett.
January is National Stalking Awareness Month. An awareness seminar is planned for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Mountlake Terrace Library community room. To register for this free event, contact Danielle Singson at 425-670-8260, ext.417, or e-mail dsingson@ci.mlt.wa.us.
Storytime for 2- and 3-year-olds, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. Call 425-257-8030.
WEDNESDAY
Everettes Trailer Club, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Everett Senior Center, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett.
Storytime for 3- to 6-year-olds, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Evergreen Branch, Everett Public Library, 9512 Evergreen Way, Everett.
Open mike night in Old Town Mukilteo, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Mukilteo Cafe, 619 Fourth St., Mukilteo. Mukilteo ARTS Guild opens the free event to all ages. Reserve a spot by calling 425-423-0450.
Mill Creek Toastmasters Club, 8 a.m. Wednesdays through June 24, Mill Creek Country Cub, 15500 Country Club Drive, Mill Creek. Call 425-482-9529.
THURSDAY
Camp Fire USA information meeting, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31, Lake Stevens Senior and Community Center, 1808 Main St., downtown Lake Stevens. Call 425-258-5437 or e-mail kmasonholder@campfireusasnohomish.org.
Food handler’s permit class, 2 p.m. Jan. 31, Ken Baxter Senior and Community Center, 514 Delta Ave., Marysville. Snohomish Health District. $10. Call 360-363-8450.
Everett Elks Lodge 479 is sponsoring an information session about an organ donor program, 6 p.m. Jan. 31, Normanna Lodge, 2725 Oakes Ave, Everett. Washington State Elks Association donor awareness chairman Jessica Howes and a guest speaker from Life Center Northwest plan to answer questions and discuss options during the presentation. Open to the public.
Storytime for 2 and 3-year-olds, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, Evergreen Branch, Everett Public Library, 9512 Evergreen Way, Everett. Call 425-257-8030.
Storytime for 3- to 6-year-olds, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. Call 425-257-8030.
THIS WEEK
Bingo, 1 to 3 p.m., Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Everett Senior Activity Center, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett.
Red Cross Health and Safety classes, 1010 W. Ault Field Road, Oak Harbor. Call 360-257-2096, 888-216-5727, or e-mail holmant@islandredcross.org.
Marysville Parks and Recreation offers its Spring Soccer League for boys and girls ages 7 to 14. Volunteer coaches needed. Register through Feb. 23. Call 360-363-8400 or e-mail dhall@ci.marysville.wa.us.
North Everett Little League registration, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Lowell Elementary School, 5010 View Drive; and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Garfield Clubhouse, Dave Somer Field, 2400 Chestnut St. Go to www.northeverettll.org for information. Volunteers needed. E-mail president@northeverettll.org.
The annual Reflections Exhibition of children’s artwork is on display weekdays through Wednesday at the Everett School District’s administration service center, 4730 Colby Ave., Everett. Sponsored by the Everett PTSA Council, the exhibit features more than 240 artistic creations by students from 19 schools in the Everett School District.
Parents can sing and play with their young children at an event planned by the city of Edmonds. Wiggles &Giggles is scheduled for 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays through Feb. 12 at the Edmonds Parks and Recreation Building, 700 Main St. The class is intended for children ages 8 months through 20 months. Activities include dancing, chasing bubbles and playing with a parachute. For more information or to register, call 425-771-0230 or go to www.reczone.org.
Kamiak High School’s winter play, “Murder at the Vicarage,” will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 25 and 26 at 10801 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo. Tickets at the door, $5 students and $8 adults.
ONGOING
Greater Everett Area Council of the Blind meets 2 to 4 p.m. the second Saturday of the month, except July and August, at Patty’s Egg Nest, Evergreen Way, Everett. Call 425-335-4031.
VFW Post 1040 of Lynnwood, meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at Alderwood Youth Club, 19619 24th Ave. W., Lynnwood. For information call Post Commander Martin Spani at 425-774-7416 or Post Quartermaster John Beam at 425-486-2637.
Snohomish Kiwanis Club, 11:45 a.m. Thursdays, Alfy’s Pizza, 1020 Ave. D, Snohomish.
Valley Spinners Guild. Learn about hand-spinning and other fiber arts at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 1512 Pine St., Snohomish. Call Karen, 360-794-0495, or Gretchen, 360-793-0962.
Caregivers Support Group, 2 to 3 p.m. on second Wednesdays, Stanwood Community and Senior Center, 7430 276th St. NW, Stanwood. Call 360-629-7403, ext. 110.
Golden K Kiwanis of Everett, 10 a.m. Thursdays at Everett Senior and Activity Center, 3025 Lombard Ave. For information, call 360-653-7239.
Senior coffee hour, 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays at the community center, First Baptist Church of Everett, 3120 Wetmore Ave., Everett. Call 425-259-9166.
Rotary Hispanic Center, 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, New Beginnings Church, 21705 58th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace.
Marysville Lions Club, 6:30 p.m. first and third Thursdays, Village Restaurant, Marysville. Call 360-659-8484.
Sons of Italy of Marysville meets at 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Jennings Park, 7027 51st St. NE, Marysville. Call 360-435-6878.
Edmonds Kiwanis Club, 10 a.m. Tuesdays, South County Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds.
The Improved Order of Redmen, an organization that had its beginnings at the Boston Tea Party, second and fourth Wednesdays in Everett. Call 360-387-9888.
Support groups for widowed men and women, Everett. Call 425-252-7617 or 360-659-7861.
Mill Creek Senior Walking Group, 10 a.m. Thursdays, meets behind Zinnia Restaurant on Main Street near the University Bookstore to walk the North Creek Trail, Mill Creek. 425-337-6970.
South County Senior Center Friday Fling and dance, 1 to 3 p.m. first and third Fridays of each month, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds. Call 425-774-5555.
Peace Action of South Snohomish County, 6 p.m. third Fridays, Edmonds Christian Church, 23010 84th Ave. W., Edmonds. Coffee provided.
Parents can get their children’s safety seats checked for free from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Mountlake Terrace Police Department parking garage, 5906 232nd St. SW. The checks are planned to continue during the first Wednesday of each month. Appointments last about 30 minutes. People are asked to bring the manuals for their vehicles and safety seats. For more information, call 425-551-1250 or e-mail kthorstenson@firedistrict1.org.
OPPORTUNITIES
Operation Lookout of the Foundation for Missing Children, the Everett-based provider of services for abducted and runaway children, needs a volunteer who is proficient with InDesign desktop publishing and related software and who is available for special projects in the office or at home. Send a resume to oladmin@operationlookout.org.
Kamiak High School’s student body association is looking for artists interested in volunteering to paint murals at Kamiak. Interested artists are asked to contact the Kamiak student leaders at kamiakasb@gmail.com.
Mill Creek Senior Center Foundation is looking for volunteers to help raise money to build a senior center near the Mill Creek County Club. For more information or to volunteer, call 425-742-9125.
Angel Care Breast Cancer Foundation seeks volunteer drivers, www.angelcarefoundation.org or 877-417-3484.
Stanwood Camano Community Resource Center, 9620 271st St. NW, Stanwood, has volunteer opportunities for youths and adults, including working in the bookstore and doing grounds maintenance. 360-629-5257.
The Everett Food Bank is taking donations from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Volunteers of America, 1230 Broadway, Everett.
Snohomish Community Food Bank needs volunteers to help with a variety of jobs, including food processing and lifting assistance, on weekday mornings. Must be 16 or older. For information or to volunteer, call 360-568-7993.
Lake Stevens Family Support Center needs volunteers to assist with a variety of jobs, including clerical work, reception, programs, special-event planning, committee work and child-program assistance. For information or to volunteer, call 425-397-7433.
NOAH animal center offers free spay and neuter services for feral cats Mondays. The nonprofit organization northeast of Stanwood also needs volunteers. For information, call 360-629-7055.
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