Some creep recently took a 5-foot-tall carved bear sign in front of Lamoureux Real Estate in Everett.
Broker Barb Lamoureux would like the wooden bear returned.
“He hangs in front of our office, asking people to drop off toys for Christmas House,” Lamoureux said. “People from everywhere stop by and deliver gifts for impoverished children.”
Hoping it was a prank, like the disappearing chicken that comes and goes from its Lake Stevens home hamburger joint, she hoped Mr. Bear would be found adorning the top of Everett High School.
But no luck.
Be a reformed creep and leave the bear on the Lamoureux porch at 1904 Wetmore Ave., no questions asked.
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On Jan. 28, I wrote about a rare blooming Dracaena fragrans at Lilly’s Garden in north Everett. Phyllis Hewson, customer service assistant at Synrad in Mukilteo, said their office has a Dracaena that recently bloomed for the first time.
Synrad manufactures lasers.
Dracaena seems to like moo goo gai pan and really thin lights.
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Simple sea question: Which of the following marine arthropods feeds using structures called chelicerae?
A. Blue crab
B. Sea spider
C. Slipper lobster
D. Copepod
High school students in the Ocean Research College Academy at Everett Community College, an early college high school academy, will compete at Orca Bowl Saturday at the University of Washington.
The Jeopardy-style competition includes questions about things like chelicerae.
And now for the answer: Sea spiders (B) use chelicerae, or little fangs, to eat.
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Navy nurse Dawn Dennis, stationed in Oak Harbor, offers “One Team, One Fight: Experiences of the Fallujah Surgical Battalion in Iraq,” at a meeting with the American Association of University Women at 11 a.m. Saturday at Everett Senior Center, 3025 Lombard Ave.
One needs a degree to join AAUW, but a two-year college diploma is acceptable.
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Fun Fact: Lois Ruskell, information and education coordinator for the Snohomish Conservation District, said her dad told her she was named after his fishing buddy’s wife.
“My mom tells me it was the name of some distant relative,” Ruskell said. “They can’t even agree on who they named me after.”
Before she moved from the Midwest, people were forming a “Lois” club in her county because, she guessed, they wanted a reason to form a club.
“I did not go, as I dislike my name and thought it sounded pretty lame,” she added.
Columnist Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451 or oharran@heraldnet.com.
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