Community Focus

Giving trees help

residents in need

The City of Edmonds is giving the public an opportunity to help residents in need through its giving-tree program.

Giving trees are located at City Hall, 121 Fifth Ave. N.; the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St.; and at the public works building, 7110 210th St. SW. The public can select from 140 tags listing wishes and needs from less-fortunate people in our community, buy a new gift that fulfills that need and return the gift to the tree for holiday distribution.

For more information contact Sue Johnson at 425-771-0231.

City council packs

Dec. 6 agenda

Several public hearings and discussions on topics that have attracted considerable public interest over the past year are scheduled for the Edmonds City Council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Meetings begin at 7 p.m. in the council chambers of the Public Safety Complex, 250 Fifth Ave. N.

Hearings are scheduled on the skateboard park proposed for Civic Center play fields, extending a zoning moratorium on acceptance of specific building-permit applications for structures more than 25 feet in height and extending a zoning moratorium on application of city code related to imposition of special height limits to protect views.

The council also plans to continue deliberation on the closed record review of a consolidated application for a residential/office building on property located on the south end of Sunset Avenue.

Korean event after

non-Korean cooks

Nearly $3,000 in prize money is at stake in a cooking contest for non-Koreans from 1-4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Morning Star Korean Cultural Center, 15206 18th Ave. W., Lynnwood.

“Taste of Korea” is free and open to the public. In addition to the contest there will be workshops on making the traditional Korean dish, kimchi; samples of Korean foods; and cultural exhibits.

There will be 10 openings in the culinary contest for professional chefs and culinary students. An amateur division has slots for five participants. The entry fee is $20 and registration deadline is Friday, Dec. 2.

Registration forms with instructions may be downloaded at www.morningstarkcc.org (see Events/Performances section.)

For more information call 425-745-9977 or e-mail jiyeoncheh@hotmail.com.

The event is sponsored by the Morning Star Korean Cultural Center, LA Korean Cultural Center, the LA aT Center, the Korean Traditional Food Tourism Association and the Korea Cooks Association.