"Playing Together on Whidbey Island" is the theme for this year’s poster, poem and essay contests sponsored by the Child Abuse Prevention Foundation.
Each year children are invited to draw a poster, write a poem or submit a short essay on themes highlighting children and families for an April "Honor Our Children" campaign during national Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Awareness month.
Winning entries are made into posters and handouts.
Last year’s winner, Savannah Kelly of Hillcrest Elementary School in Oak Harbor, drew a picture of a world ringed with children, surrounded by hearts. Her picture was used to make 1,000 posters that went up all over Whidbey Island and was used for the cover of a 2004 Family Resource Guide.
The deadline for entries is March 22. For more information, call 360-678-1535.
It’s time for the annual arrival of resident gray whales to the waters around Whidbey and Camano islands.
Keep your eyes peeled for spouts and flukes.
Meanwhile, the Orca Network needs volunteers for the March 6 and 7 Penn Cove Mussel Festival in Coupeville. The group needs helpers to staff a display and sell merchandise.
For more information, call 360-678-3451.
The Snohomish Conservation District needs volunteers for the annual conservation district tree sale.
Help is needed Monday afternoon and Tuesday through Thursday. Volunteers will help district staff with counting and packaging plants and labeling them for the sale at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe.
Dress warm and bring a lunch. Snacks and hot drinks will be provided. Show up at the rabbit barn.
The Everett Senior Activity Center offers tango and Latin dance lessons beginning next week.
Ina and Jon Howe will teach classes on a big dance floor at 3025 Lombard St. in Everett. The fee is a small donation. For more information, call 425-257-8780.
If you have an item for FYI, call Kristi O’Harran at 425-339-3451. If you have a news tip or an idea for a local story, call the city desk at 425-339-3428, or e-mail newstips@heraldnet.com.
Other numbers to call:
Everett, 425-339-3200
425-339-3470, after 4 p.m.
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