Volunteers are needed today to help clean up the Point Elliott Treaty Monument and the grounds of Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln St. in Mukilteo.
Come to the center at 10 a.m. to pitch in. The cleanup will last until noon.
The monument commemorates the signing of the 1855 treaty that ceded Indian land to the United States from Point Pully to Canada. The monument is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
On Monday, Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon and Tulalip Tribes Chairman Stan Jones Sr. will sign a “memorandum of understanding” at the monument that will commit them to greater cooperation on social, economic, health and educational matters.
Family festival at fire station
The Fire 1 Festival, a family carnival and safety fair, is 3-7 p.m. today at Mariner Fire Station, 12310 Meridian Ave.
The event is a fund-raiser for the Fire 1 Foundation, a nonprofit group founded by employees of Snohomish County Fire District 1 that supports community programs.
The foundation provides free taxi rides to hospital patients who have no other transportation options, sponsors holiday food drives and provides scholarships for firefighters and fire service technology students.
The festival features fire engine tours, an inflatable bouncy house for kids, games, root beer floats and strawberry sundaes. Admission is $5 per family or $2 per person.
Tickets are available at the festival.
A proper end for old flags
American Legion Frank Freese Post No. 66 is collecting worn and unserviceable U.S. flags for proper disposal. Worn and faded flags will be burned by Post members in a dignified fashion, according to the U.S. Flag Code.
You can deposit your old flags in receptacles at the front entrance of any Edmonds fire station: Fire Station 16 at 8429 196th St. SW, Fire Station 17 at 275 Sixth Ave. N., Fire Station 20 at 23009 88th Ave. W. and fire department headquarters at 121 Fifth Ave. N. The legion will collect flags until Memorial Day.
Post No. 66 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8870 will hold a U.S. flag disposal ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Monday at City Park in Edmonds. The public is invited.
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