Arlington
Gardener teaches about compost tea
The Arlington Garden Club’s monthly “How to Turn Your Thumb Green” workshops continue from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE.
Master gardener Sandy DeLisle will present a program about how to make and use compost, compost tea and worm beds.
Edmonds
Two appointed to city boards
The City Council recently appointed two residents to city boards following nominations by Mayor Gary Haakenson.
Karen Towney was named to the Sister City Commission. An art and Spanish teacher at Archbishop Murphy High School, Towney previously taught at Holy Rosary School in Edmonds and has been an arts instructor in Edmonds Parks and Recreation programs.
Valerie Kendall was appointed to the city’s Architectural Design Board. Kendall works for the nonprofit housing developer Downtown Action to Save Housing. She is secretary of the Edmonds-Woodway High School Booster Club and a member of the school’s advisory committee to the principal.
Everett
Poet Craft to read at Van Valey House
A poetry reading by Kevin Craft will be from 7-8:30 tonight at the Van Valey House, 2130 Colby Ave.
Craft lives in Seattle and teaches English and creative writing at Everett Community College and the University of Washington’s Rome Center in Italy. He will read poems from his first book, “Solar Prominence,” as well as some poems from recent travels in and around the Mediterranean. He will talk about the origins of poetry and the special uses of lyrical thinking in everyday life.
For information, call the Van Valey House at 425-257-6300.
Event benefits women’s shelter
The Snohomish County Center for Battered Woman will have its annual chocolate lovers gala March 18.
The fund-raising event will be at the Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave. It begins with a silent auction at 5:30 p.m. Call 425-259-2827 for information.
Gold Bar
City cuts ribbon for Gateway Park
The city will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Gateway Park at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The park is on Orchard Street between Fifth and Sixth streets. The event is open to the public. For more information, call the city at 360-793-1101.
Granite Falls
‘Rusty’ fire belles meet for lunch
The Rusty Relic Fire Belles will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. today at the Bella Cafe, 408 W. Stanley St.
The group used to support local fire departments and still gets together from time to time.
Lake Stevens
Center plans nights for parents
Parents or guardians can enjoy a three-hour break from child-care responsibilities Friday during a free program.
The youngsters will have arts and crafts, games, snacks and more from 6:30-9:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month through June at the Sherwood Learning Center, 402 91st Ave. NE.
The program is open to all children 2 to 11 years old in the Lake Stevens area or to any children with developmental delays or learning disabilities in Snohomish County.
To maintain a 5-to-1 child-to-adult ratio, space is limited and registration is required. For more information or to sign up, call the Lake Stevens Family Center at 425-397-7433.
The program is provided by a grant through the Sherwood Learning Center with assistance from the Lake Stevens Family Center.
Drainage meeting schedule changes
The Drainage Improvement District No. 8 board of commissioners will not meet tonight, but instead will meet at 7 p.m. March 17 at district offices, 1911 Vernon Road.
The meeting was changed because of a scheduling conflict.
Lynnwood
State Senate honors YWCA
The state Senate recently adopted a resolution to honor Lynnwood-based Pathways for Women YWCA for its work in helping homeless and battered women.
State Sen. Paull Shin, D-Mukilteo, sponsored the resolution.
Pathways for Women YWCA offers 40 units of off-site transitional housing, motel vouchers for families waiting for other housing and other homelessness prevention services such as rent and utility assistance. Pathways also offers counseling, education and employment services.
Pathways for Women YWCA may be reached at 425-774-9843.
Marysville
Soroptimists host Junktique sale
The Marysville Soroptimists will host the club’s 15th annual Junktique Sale from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 16 at Jennings Memorial Park, 6915 Armar Road.
The Junktique will include a bake sale as well as gently used clothing, books, small appliances and other items. The event is a club fund-raiser that supports community programs such as the Marysville-Pilchuck High School student of the month and assistance to Quilceda House.
For more information, call Diane Dixon at 360-658-8087.
Mill Creek
Sponsors sought for concerts in park
The city’s recreation division will present two concerts in the park this summer and seeks sponsors for the series.
The first concert is July 9 and coincides with the Mill Creek Festival. The second is Aug. 11.
Performers and times are yet to be announced. All shows will be at the park behind City Hall, which fronts North Creek.
For more information, call Pam Olson at 425-745-1891.
Monroe
Spanish speakers have their night
Monroe Public Schools hosts a Latino Family Information Night at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Monroe High School, 17001 Tester Road.
The program will be offered in Spanish. Speakers include current and former high school students, who will share their experiences, and community leader Rick Ortiz, who will discuss goal-setting, study support groups and graduation requirements.
Representatives of local colleges also will be on hand.
For more information, call high school career specialist Marie Lotzgesell at 360-863-4004.
Mukilteo
Council opposes airport expansion
The City Council has approved a resolution opposing commercial air passenger service at Paine Field.
The resolution calls for Snohomish County, which operates the airport, “to take all necessary actions” to prevent passenger service at Paine Field.
Attracting passenger service to the airport has been mentioned at the county level as an economic development measure, but no formal plans are in the works.
The Edmonds City Council approved a similar resolution last month.
Snohomish
MS fund-raising walk scheduled for April 9
Individuals and teams will participate in this year’s Multiple Sclerosis walk April 9.
It begins and ends on the Centennial Trail at the Machias Trailhead.
Sponsored by the National MS Society/Greater Washington Chapter, the MS LifeLines MS Walk is one of eight in Washington taking place that weekend.
The MS walks are expected to raise more than $1 million for local programs for people with MS and to support research into treatments, a cause and a cure. More than 200,000 people walked and contributed more than $45 million to the fight against MS in 2004.
For more information or to register, call 800-344-4867 or visit the Web site at www.nationalmssociety.org/was.
Snohomish County
Teens challenged to show kindness
Rachel’s Challenge will reach more than 11,000 teenagers this month after successful runs at Lynnwood and Henry M. Jackson high schools in January, said Brian Muchmore of Youth for Christ.
Youth for Christ is helping a Colorado nonprofit group bring its secular version of the Christian-based program to local public schools.
“We think it’s a cool message kids need to hear,” Muchmore said.
The program urges students to show respect, compassion and kindness to those around them.
Snohomish High School and Snohomish Freshman Campus hosted the assembly Tuesday. Lake Stevens High School students participated Wednesday and Cascade High students today. Edmonds-Woodway and Arlington high schools plan to participate Friday and Mountlake-Terrace High on March 28.
Rachel’s Challenge is named for one of the 13 victims of the April 20, 1999, Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colo. Among the many things Rachel Scott wrote was a class essay that challenged readers to start “a chain reaction” of kindness.
Stanwood
Learn how to make krumkake
The Daughters of Norway, Ingeborg Lodge 43, will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Sons of Norway Hall, 9910 270th St. NW.
The cultural program will be a demonstration of how to make krumkake, a traditional Norwegian cookie.
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