FYI

Help spruce up Cama Beach

Volunteers are needed daily at Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island. Volunteers are getting cabins ready to rent at the end of June. They could use painters and siders. Volunteer times are flexible — even an hour of help is welcome.

Show up at 1880 SW Camano Drive on Camano Island. Bring a lunch and hand tools and check in at the park office.

Donate money for accident victim

A special drawing to help raise money for AC Thomson, the 15-year-old hurt in a skateboarding accident last week, is being held at Windermere Real Estate, 7100 Evergreen Way, Everett.

Tickets for a variety of prizes are $5. The drawing will be held at the end of May.

Money raised will go to the AC Thomson Help Fund to help the family with expenses.

Donations also can made directly to the fund at any Frontier Bank location.

The boy remains at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle in satisfactory condition.

See spas this weekend in Everett

The Northwest Spa &Patio Show is 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday at Comcast Arena at the Everett Events Center.

See spas and hot tubs, swim spas, saunas, island barbecues, patio furniture, and the Aquafitness Swim Spa.

It’s free.

Send us your wedding news

If you are about to celebrate a wedding anniversary, an engagement or a wedding, let us announce your milestone free in The Herald.

Celebration announcements for weddings, anniversaries, engagements, adoptions, retirements and other special occasions run every Thursday in Community Extra.

All you need to do is fill out the news form for your occasion and submit a photo by mail or e-mail. To have a form e-mailed to you or if you are interested in being part of The Herald Love Story feature, contact Christina Harper at harper@heraldnet.com or call 425-339-3491. Forms can also be picked up at The Herald front desk. Just ask for the free announcement.

Correction

A Snohomish County Search and Rescue member, Ernie Zeller, was misidentified in photograph that appeared on Page A1 on Wednesday.

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