Granite Falls photographer shares ‘magic moments’
Published 11:15 pm Monday, April 13, 2009
Photographs by Conrad Thompson of Granite Falls will be shown Thursday at the Edmonds Art Walk. Look for Thompson and his photos from 5 to 8 p.m. at Restoration Natural Health, 549 Main St.
“I started taking photographs at 14 with an old Kodak camera,” Thompson says. “While serving a three-year tour in the U. S. Army, 115th Intelligence Corps Group, I was able to improve my skills by developing and printing official pictures, some classified.”
After he retired, Thompson bought a scanner, a good computer and a printer, and what he calls “magic moments” began.
“Photographing nature; mountains, flowers and other scenic views has brought me great pleasure and peace,” he says. “Looking through the lens, the viewfinder, the troubles of the world and anxiety fade away.”
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We live in a time when there are folks who can’t afford a haircut.
Not only did Cheryl Shaw see the problem, she offered a solution and even has customers pitching in.
Her business, Cheryl’s Barbershop/Great Hair Cuts — Hot Tans, is offering free haircuts and tans from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Any tips will be donated to Lake Stevens Family Center to help with needy families.
Feel free to take along donations for the Lake Stevens Food Bank.
Folks from Mylanos Pizza will drop by at 1:30 with pie samples.
“Working with the community, we hear so many heartbreaking stories about good people and financial struggles,” Shaw says. “We feel blessed we have something to give back.”
Customers will hand out cookies and coffee. One person is volunteering to do face painting for the kids
The business is at 16410 84th St. NE, Suite C, Lake Stevens.
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Get there early. Don’t be mad if you don’t get a seat. At a free presentation in Oregon, this celebrity drew hundreds of fans.
MAD Magazine’s senior editor, Joe Raiola, will give a talk titled “Joy of Censorship” at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Everett Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., and at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Monroe Library, 1070 Village Way, Monroe.
It’s billed as a satirical show about First Amendment issues and the effect of 9/11 on free speech.
Amy Smith of the Monroe Library says Raiola is on a library tour. At a recent show, the crowd was huge.
“Joe’s ‘Joy of Censorship’ talk (or is it a show?) drew more than 450 people to Eugene Public Library,” says Laura Philips, community relations director at the library. “A BIG crowd by our standards. He was informative, engaging, funny, and everyone had a terrific time.”
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Folks hold personal papers close to the vest.
When it’s time to let go of bank statements, credit card receipts and hey, old love letters or private e-mails, shred away.
Iron Mountain Secured Shredding and Boeing Employees Credit Union will provide free document shredding from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at BECU Everett Financial Center parking lot, 11127 Evergreen Way S., Everett.
Anyone can bring as much as three garbage bags full of sensitive papers, so stuff is destroyed and doesn’t get into the hands of identity thieves.
Identity theft topped the Federal Trade Commission’s list of consumer complaints in 2008, accounting for 313,982 complaints — 26 percent of the more than 1.2 million received between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2008.
Washington ranked 14th in the nation in 2008 for identity theft.
Todd Pietzsch of BECU public relations says this is the fourth year hosting the event.
“During the three-hour period at the Everett location only, we typically fill up two large trucks, or about 6 tons of sensitive information,” he says. “We have cars lined up about 30 minutes before the event starts.”
They plan to offer another rip-roaring morning in October.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
