Community Focus

Irish pastor

speaks Sunday

The Rev. Ken Newell, minister from Fitzroy Presbyterian Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will be guest preacher and teacher at Maplewood Presbyterian Church, 19523 84th Ave. W. at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 14. The public is invited.

Rev. Newell is also the guest speaker at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Mass for Peace in Ireland. This service, presided over by Archbishop Brunett, is scheduled for noon Wednesday, March 17 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Seattle.

Rev. Newell was a missionary in Timor, Indonesia from 1971-1975. His parish in Belfast was founded in 1812. Together with Father Gerry Reynolds of Clonard Catholic Monastery they established an interchurch fellowship and the annual Evangelical Roman Catholic Theological Conference for Clergy.

In 1994, he received the annual justice award conferred by Belvedere Jesuit College in Dublin. He presented a paper on reconciliation at the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade in 1996 for Bosnian Serbian and Croat Church leaders.

In 1999, Rev. Newell and Father Gerry Reynolds received the Pax Christi International Peace Award for Peace Building, on behalf of the fellowship between their two churches.

For more information call the church at 425-778-5248.

Building heights

subject of hearing

The Edmonds City Council will take public comments on an interim ordinance that clarifies the intent of regulations regarding building heights in downtown Edmonds.

The hearing is slated for the Council’s regular meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16 at the City Council Chambers, 250 Fifth Ave. N.

The interim ordinance states that buildings may be built to extend five feet beyond the downtown height limit of 25 feet only if a modulated, as opposed to flat, roof design is included. The original ordinance was written in such a way that has been interpreted as meaning that a modulated façade could substitute for a modulated roof.

Disability Fair

coming March 20

The Multiple Sclerosis Helping Hands Donor Closet will have a Disability Fair at which durable medical mobility equipment and miscellaneous medical items will be available.

The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 20 at Armadillo Self Storage, 23031 Highway 99, Edmonds. All donations will go to provide assistance to people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). March is national MS Awareness Month.