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Plan your summer fun

Snohomish County Parks and Recreation’s “Summer 2011 Recreation Brochure” is available online at www.snocoparks.org. Click on the picture “Summer 2011 Recreation Guide” to download a copy.

Choose from many recreational

opportunities including swim lessons, camps and classes, or see what facilities are available for rent.

Benefit for free clinic: A ham dinner fundraiser benefitting Puget Sound Christian Mobile Clinic is scheduled from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church‘s Parish Hall, 330 Union Ave. in Snohomish.

The mobile clinic provides free health care to low income and uninsured people and families in Snohomish.

For more information, call 425-679-1232.

The suggested donation is $25 per family or $10 per person.

All proceeds from the dinner will go toward medical supplies for the clinic, which sees patients from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at Cross View Church, 604 Avenue C in Snohomish.

Nominate a senior for award: Washington Oakes Retirement Community is accepting nominations for the Lighthouse Awards, which recognize people ages 62 and older who are working to make the greater Everett area a better place.

The nomination deadline is Aug. 5. The awards ceremony is scheduled for October at Washington Oakes Retirement, 1717 Rockefeller Ave.

For more information, call 425-339-3300.

Farmers market: A weekly farmers market is planned for 3 to 7 p.m. Fridays at Willis Tucker Community Park, 6705 Puget Park Drive in Snohomish.

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