Ka-bloom
Although the June 26 deadline for the Edmonds in Bloom garden competition looms, there’s still time for gardeners to cultivate eye-catching yard, deck or window-box displays.
Entry forms are available at these downtown Edmonds sites: Garden Gear, the Log Cabin Visitors Information Center, Edmonds Library, Frances Anderson Center and the Greater Edmonds Chamber of Commerce. Forms also are available online at www.edmondsinbloom.com.
Mail or drop off forms at Garden Gear or the Frances Anderson Center. Gardens will be judged July 7-15.
For more information contact co-chairs Ann Herman at 425-742-2705 or Barbara Chase at 425-697-3552.
Weather or not
The new Port of Edmonds Weather Center that’s set to be dedicated at 11 a.m. Friday, June 2, is the only public amenity of its kind in the nation and possibly the world, according to Port spokesman James Blossey.
The covered, multi-paneled, electronic kiosk allows users to see real-time local weather conditions, forecasts and weather- related educational and interpretive features. Relief panels explaining important weather phenomena is courtesy of the students at the Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center.
The Weather Center is handicapped accessible and can be operated without assistance by people of all ages. It is located in the mid-marina area of the Port of Edmonds, on the water side of Anthony’s Homeport restaurant. It may be operated around the clock at no charge.
Slingin’ the blues
It’s a tough job, but someone has to assume the task of concocting the signature cocktail for guests at the Edmonds Arts Festival preview party thrown annually by the Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation.The task has fallen to Jeremy Edwards, a member of the festival board and volunteer with the festival foundation. By day, Edwards is a real-estate agent with HKW Windermere Real Estate in Lynnwood. But come arts festival time, Edwards turns into a dabbler in the fine art of designing a “festini” (Festival. Martini. Get it?) that reflects the arts festival’s theme and color scheme.
This year the theme is artist Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece, “Starry Night”. Edwards pays homage to its azure sky studded with yellow stars with a libation of curacao (blue in color but sour orange in taste), coconut rum (a festini staple), vodka, pineapple juice and lemonade finished with a lemon twist.
Edwards, who served taste-testers the drink in Chicken Little-adorned Dixie cups, promises imbibers the 2006 festini won’t turn tongues blue. But at $4 a pop, he hopes it’ll generate some green for foundation coffers.
Parks ‘Mad Science’ camp
Edmonds Parks &Recreation is offering a Mad Science Camp for “secret agents” ages 5-12 this summer. Youngsters will learn how scientists and detectives use chemistry and clues to solve the mystery of the messy kitchen.
The camp will be held from 9 a.m.-noon June 26-30 for ages 5-7 and from 1-4 p.m. for ages 8-12 at the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St. in Edmonds.
Cost is $142. To register call 425-771-0230.
Tax workshop
The Everett office of the Washington State Department of Revenue will host a free workshop from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, at the Everett Public Library to help new and small business owners understand their tax-reporting responsibilities. The library is located at 2707 Hoyt Ave. in Everett.
Participants will learn about Washington excise taxes, reporting classifications, deductions, tax incentives and sales tax collection and record-keeping requirements.
To register or for more information visit the Department of Revenue Web site at www.dor.wa.gov or call 425-356-2911.
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