FYI

Lake Stevens firefighter Pat Cook organized an informational session on sudden cardiac arrest for parents, students, teachers and others for tonight at 7 at the Lake Stevens High School Performing Arts Center, 2908 113th Ave. NE.

After the sudden collapse death of 12-year-old Lake Stevens resident Merridy Stilwell at a cross country meet, worried parents approached cook about sudden cardiac arrest.

Tonight’s session will allow everyone to ask medical experts about sudden cardiac arrest, which kills an average of 7,000 children a year, according to the National Center for Early Defibrillation.

Business hours for the Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross, 2530 Lombard Ave., Everett, are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8:30 a.m.-noon Friday. The same hours apply to the Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services (AFES) office located at Naval Station Everett. For emergency assistance after hours and on weekends, call 360-563-2047.

A free program is offered tonight by AusClean Technologies, Inc. from Kirkland about how to spot methamphetamine operations, identity theft, rolling meth labs, check fraud and more. "Meth Kills Every Day" is offered at 7 p.m. at the Snohomish County PUD, 2320 California Ave. in Everett.

The Herald will publish a full calendar of holiday arts and entertainment events in the Nov. 7 edition of the A&E section.

If you are sponsoring an event you would like included, please send us the information before Oct. 24.

E-mail: features@heraldnet.com.

Fax: 425-339-3469.

Mail: Features Holiday Calendar, The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.

Event information will not be taken over the phone.

  • The Everett City Council will hold a public hearing at 7 tonight on a proposed ordinance that would alleviate parking problems near Everett High School. The hearing will be held in City Council chambers, 3002 Wetmore Ave. For more information, call the council at 425-257-8703. The time was listed incorrectly in an Our Towns item on Page B3 Tuesday.

  • The streamlined ferry Kalakala, which recently was sold to a Tumwater man, was built from a salvaged steamship hull and launched in 1935, according to the former archivist for a foundation that brought the ferry back to Seattle. An Associated Press story on Page B5 on Saturday misstated the ferry’s origin.

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