FYI

The seventh annual Sky Valley Community Awards and Random Acts of Kindness Awards will be presented at 5 p.m. Saturday at Sultan High School, 13715 310th Ave. SE, Sultan.

The Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce and other civic groups will honor people who make the community a better place to live. They will also continue the tradition of honoring those observed performing “random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.”

Musical entertainment will be provided by jazz pianist Jon Pardue. Singers Kati Chase and Joe Slick will perform a duet in honor of the volunteers, especially the Sky Valley citizen of the year.

Historian to tell kidnapping tale

Historian David Dilgard of the Everett Public Library presents “Annette Fitch-Brewer: Hiding Out at Lake Stevens, 1906-1910” at 7 tonight at the Lake Stevens High School library, 2908 113th Ave NE.

Dilgard will talk about a woman who kidnapped her 6-year-old son from his father, a wealthy resident of Sandusky, Ohio, and hid with him in Lake Stevens until they were discovered in 1910.

The free program was organized by the Lake Stevens Historical Society.

Breakfast to aid widowed woman

A Norwegian pancake breakfast is planned 7:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 2111 117th Ave. NE, Lake Stevens, with all-you-can-eat Norwegian pancakes and strawberries, maple syrup, sliced ham and beverages. Tickets are $5, children 3 and younger free.

Benefits go to Judy Hennig to assist with expenses following the death of her husband, Fred, after an extended illness. Funds will be matched by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

Correction

The 60th anniversary party for Roy and Kathleen Bolyard will be 2-4 p.m. Feb. 20 at Seventh Day Adventist Church in Marysville. An announcement that ran in Wednesday’s Celebrations section on Page B3 was incorrect.

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