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Stanwood principal gets a homecoming of sorts

The Stanwood-Camano School Board recently approved the appointment of a familiar figure to serve as principal at Port Susan Middle School during the 2008-09 school year.

Eldon Allen will replace Cinco Delgado, who recently resigned for a new job with Shoreline School District.

For Allen, the Port Susan post will be a homecoming of sorts.

He opened the school as principal in 1997 before becoming the district’s assistant superintendent three years later. He retired in 2005 but has come out of retirement to take interim posts since then. Last year, he served as principal at Gateway Middle School in Everett.

Allen has 36 years of experience in public education, mostly at the Stanwood district, where he also was an elementary school principal.

The Stanwood district will begin looking for qualified applicants for the Port Susan principal position in early 2009.

For more information, call Linda Littlefield, executive director of human resources, at 360-629-1200.

Northshore families can get back-to-school help

Families are invited to the Northshore Back-to-School Fair from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 20 at Maywood Hills Elementary School, 19510 104th Ave. NE, Bothell.

The fair will provide free haircuts, appointments for child immunizations, food, children’s activities and music.

Information will be available for assistance with school supplies, before- and after-school programs, Northshore School District information, parental involvement, community resources, and the Northshore Family Center’s classes.

The back-to-school fair is sponsored by the Northshore Human Services Consortium, the Northshore Family Center, the Northshore School District, Hopelink, the King County Community Organizing Program and Bothell police, fire and clergy.

Foundation fundraiser tickets on sale

Tickets for the Sept. 13 regional wine festival Gusto!, a benefit for the Everett Community College Foundation, are on sale.

The event features more than 100 Northwest wines, 20 fine restaurants and specialty foods and select microbrews. Admission includes access to all tasting, plus a commemorative wine glass and plate.

Gusto! is from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Hansen Conference Center at Comcast Arena, 2000 Hewitt Ave.

Proceeds benefit the college’s foundation, a nonprofit organization. This is the festival’s 13th year.

“We hope it will be a lucky 13th Gusto! for the Everett Community College Foundation,” said Sharon Johnson, the foundation’s annual giving coordinator. “We’re hoping to raise more than $50,000 for student scholarships, our emergency aid fund and other college needs.”

This year, guests can purchase their favorite wine from the on-site wine cellar, bid on silent auction items and enjoy live music.

Tickets are $50 per person. Online ordering and delivery fees may apply. To buy tickets, call the Comcast Arena at 866-332-8499 or go to www.comcastarenaeverett.com.

For more information, call 425-388-9535 or go to www.­everettcc.edu/gusto.

New associate principal at Lake Stevens High

A former Granite Falls science teacher is the new Lake Stevens High School associate principal.

John Winkler replaces Jim Tamble, who retired at the end of the 2008 school year.

Winkler worked for the Granite Falls School District for 14 years. He recently completed his administrative internship program.

He received his principal certificate from Seattle Pacific University and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Puget Sound.

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