Plant: Trees will help fish at local creek
Help the Adopt A Stream Foundation plant 600 trees next to Olaf Strad Creek, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday at Strawberry Fields Park, 6100 152nd St. NE, Marysville.
Ecologist Zach Mallon advises that this little steam flows into Quilceda Creek and to the Snohomish River. There are virtually no trees next to the creek in the park now. The lack of shade causes the water temperature to rise, which hurts salmon and trout in the summer months.
Another 600 trees are scheduled for planting at the creek on Earth Day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22.
The trees are paid for with a Washington State Department of Ecology grant that uses funds provided by the Environmental Protection Agency to protect local water quality.
More info: 425-316-8592, www.streamkeeper.org
Fix: Learn how to maintain your bike
Sharing Wheels Community Bike Shop in Everett offers basic bicycle maintenance classes covering bike care, flat tire repair, brake adjustment and pad replacement, and derailleur shifting and adjustments. Upcoming classes are scheduled for 6 to 9:30 p.m. March 29 or April 26.
Bring your own bike, or learn on one of the nonprofit shop’s bikes. All tools are provided.
Class size is limited to six students. The class costs $35 and must be prepaid to secure a spot.
More info: 425-252-6952, sharingwheels@gmail.com
Apply: Lynnwood Police seeks volunteers
The Lynnwood Police Department is recruiting members for its Citizens Patrol volunteer group.
Volunteers work in teams of two alongside police officers to provide support with various tasks, such as directing traffic, opening locked vehicle doors, patrolling businesses and neighborhoods, assisting with vehicle battery jump starts, and more.
Citizens Patrol members are asked to sign up for two four-hour evening shifts per month, and attend a monthly training meeting. Day and night shifts on weekends also are available.
A volunteer application, background check, casual interview, and five-week Citizens Patrol Training Academy is required. Training starts May 2.
The deadline to apply is April 7.
The application form can be found at www.lynnwoodwa.gov, under “Things To Do.” Click on the “Volunteer” link, then the link for “Public Safety” volunteers.
More info: 425-670-5639
Sip: Spend happy hour with some fossils
Tip a cocktail down your gullet while you ponder that of a tyrannosaurus rex. Mmm, extinction is tasty.
The Burke Museum holds a “Dinos on the Rocks” happy hour event, 6 to 8:30 p.m. March 31. The museum is on the campus of the University of Washington, at the corner of 17th Avenue NE and NE 45th Street.
See fossils up close, including the jaw of the “Tufts-Love” T. rex. Stand next to a life-sized dinosaur, thanks to augmented reality. Watch fossil preparation, and take a photo inside a “Jurassic Park”-styled Jeep.
Drink partners include Mamont Vodka, Seattle Cider Co. and Two Beers Brewing.
Tickets are $15 for the general public and include two drink tickets.
More info: www.burke museum.org
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