Fight identity theft: Shred for safety’s sake
Boxes and boxes of papers, truckfulls of paper even, will be shredded tomorrow in Edmonds as part of a city-sponsored free document shredding event being held from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 25 at the Edmonds Top Food and Drug.
Shredding services are being donated by DataSite NW, and all Edmonds residents can bring up to five boxes worth of household papers, organizers said.
Anybody who participates will be entered into a drawing for a free home shredder donated by OfficeMax.
Residents don’t need to bring their papers in boxes, but are limited to the amount paper that five 12-inch by 15-inch by 10-inch boxes would hold.
Documents should be free of paper clips and other metal, but staples do not need to be removed.
Plastic items like credit cards, notebooks or floppy disks cannot be accepted, organizers said.
One of the most important ways to prevent against identity theft is to shred documents with personal information, experts and law enforcement officials agree.
In Edmonds tomorrow, officials with the city and the police department will be on hand.
The police department’s Crime Prevention Unit will provide more information about protecting yourself from identity theft.
Information about recycling will also be provided by the city’s recycling coordinator.
The event is being sponsored by the city of Edmonds and The Enterprise Newspapers.
Top Food and Drug is located at 21900 Highway 99, Edmonds.
Edmonds brings back its Purple and Gold
The gym behind the Edmonds Center for the Arts is sparkling again.
Once more purple and gold — the colors of the old Edmonds High School Tigers who played there when the building was still a school — the gym was restored to host 400 to 500 alumni who returned for a reunion earlier this month.
When the Edmonds High School and Woodway High Schools were combined in 1990, Edmonds-Woodway adopted much of Woodway’s identity, and left behind its Edmonds roots.
The ECA wanted to help bring Edmonds High School back, said ECA director Joe McIalwain.
“The Edmonds High School identity basically disappeared (when Edmonds-Woodway was built),” said Joe McIalwain, director at the Edmonds Center for the Arts. “We are trying to bring that back for the alumni.”
Animal Adopt-A-Thon comes to Edmonds
An animal adopt-a-thon — complete with a barbeque and raffle prizes — is being held from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 25 at the Edmonds Scrub A Pup.
Tickets are $3 and proceeds from the event will go to Pasado’s Safe Haven, the animal sanctuary in Sultan.
Organizers hope to find homes for 13 “wonderful” dogs and cats, they said.
Even families not looking to adopt can attend for the food and the raffle prizes — and to support Pasado’s, organizers said.
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