Arlington
Potluck picnic for Stilly pioneers
The 93rd annual Stillaguamish Valley pioneer picnic will be at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Hall, 20722 67th Ave. NE.
Bring a favorite table dish and plates and silverware. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m.
Edmonds
Event to benefit Alzheimer’s group
Edmonds Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center will host a festival benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 21008 76th Ave. W. There will be a car wash, food, garage and bake sales, face painting for kids, balloons and a dunk tank.
Everett
Church helps kids go back to school
New Beginnings Church will have its second annual back-to-school community outreach from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Clark Park, 2400 Lombard Ave.
The church will provide free haircuts and school supplies for kids heading back to class, along with music, games, face painting and food.
To donate school supplies or for more information, call the church at 425-252-6244 or visit it at 2531 Oakes Ave.
Artist wanted for park project
The Everett Cultural Commission is seeking an artist to design eight metal art panels to be incorporated into four newly designed river-rock markers at Garfield Park.
As part of a neighborhood parks grant program, Starbucks Coffee Co. has donated money for an artist to work with area schoolchildren to design and create an art project for the park upgrade.
The Everett Cultural Commission will help manage the project, along with representatives of the Riverside Neighborhood Association and the Everett Parks and Recreation Department.
The deadline to apply is Sept. 6. For more information, call Wendy Becker at 425-257-6309 or e-mail wbecker@ci.everett.wa.us.
Island County
Camano’s top cop guest speaker
The Island County Sheriff’s Office’s Camano precinct commander,Lt. Chris Ellis, will be the guest speaker at County Commissioner Bill Byrd’s monthly town hall meeting from 7 to 9 tonight at the Camano Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive.
Ellis will talk about law enforcement issues on Camano Island, as well as how residents can get involved in neighborhood watch and citizen patrol programs.
Lake Stevens
Choir will wash cars for donations
The Lake Stevens High School Choir Parent Association plans a car wash from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 27 at Les Schwab, 923 Vernon Road.
Members of the jazz choir will wash vehicles for donations. The money will be used to purchase the group’s formalwear and pay travel costs.
Marysville
Library hosts two story times today
The Marysville Public Library will host two story times today, a “Tickly Toddle” session for youngsters and an evening family presentation.
Youngsters 13 to 23 months old and an adult caregiver are invited to a story time filled with movement, word play and rhythm-and-rhyme fun at 10:30 a.m. at the library, 6120 Grove St. Bring one of your child’s favorite toys.
The evening program begins at 7 p.m. with stories and songs for families to enjoy together.
Library group seeks members
New members are welcome to join the Friends of the Marysville Library during its meeting from 1 to 2 p.m. today at the library, 6120 Grove St.
The group raises money for library programs. Members must be 11 or older.
Mountlake Terrace
Meeting offers Medicare info
Information on the new Medicare prescription drug program, which starts next year, will be presented in a program at 12:30 p.m. Friday at Mountlake Terrace Senior Center, 5605 235th St. SW.
Shirley Hauck, a member of the senior health insurance benefits Adviser program, will speak. For more information, call 425-672-2407.
Mukilteo
YMCA to close for maintenance
The Mukilteo Family YMCA will be closed from Sept. 5 to 11 for maintenance. The building will reopen at 5 a.m. Sept. 12. During the closure, members may use any of the YMCA of Snohomish County branches.
The Mukilteo YMCA is at 10601 47th Place W. For more information, call the YMCA at 425-353-9622.
Stanwood
Dog teams will play ball at farm
Twenty dog teams will converge on a Stanwood-area farm to play flyball at Dogfest 2005 this weekend.
Flyball is a sport for teams of four dogs each. They run a 102-foot course over four hurdles, retrieve a ball shot into the air from a spring-loaded box, then turn around and run back over the hurdles, all in less than 20 seconds.
The event starts at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Tazer Valley Farm, 7314 300th St. NW.
For more information, go to www.flyballdogs.com or www. flyball.org.
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