Outdoor lunchtime concerts in Everett
It’s all about the picnic lunch in the plaza, and good music in the summer sun.
From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each Wednesday starting July 9, concerts are planned at the Snohomish County government campus, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. It’s the fourth year for the series.
July 9: Ed Hartman and the Olympic Marimba Band, marimba music
July 16: Eric Madis, blues
July 23: Sister Monk, gypsy funk
July 30: Dub Championz, reggae
Aug. 6: Massy Ferguson, Americana roots music
Aug. 13: Los Flacos, music from Latin America
Aug. 20: Bob Strickland Group, jazz
Motorcycle ride for Special Olympics
The Marysville Police Department and the Bellingham Police Association are teaming up to sponsor a motorcycle Ride and Drive event July 26 to benefit Special Olympics Washington.
The ride begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Harley-ÂDavidson store at 16212 Smokey Point Blvd. and ends at Birch Bay Park, north of Bellingham. The cost is $40 per driver-rider and $5 per passenger. Registration is required.
For more information, visit www.ci.marysville.wa.us or call 360-363-8300.
Rotary Club auctions a Cama Beach vacation
The Stanwood Camano Rotary Club is auctioning a Cama Beach State Park vacation package on eBay.
The $500 package will be open for bidding until noon Monday.
“The Center for Wooden Boats provided this generous vacation package to help the club provide community service and to celebrate the launch of the new park,” said club president-elect Jim Jonson.
Cama Beach is Washington’s newest state park.
Explore shellfish harvesting and cooking
Learn about harvesting and cooking shellfish during a lecture planned by Island County Beach Watchers of Camano Island.
The lecture, part of the group’s Fourth Wednesday speaker series, is at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive.
Longtime Beach Watchers members Bill Griffith, Duane HoekÂstra and Tom Perry will lead the lecture.
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