07/14/11 Adult Basketball, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sundays & Wednesdays through Aug. 7, Coupeville High School gym, 501 S Main St. Ages 16+. Cost: $30. RSVP: sarah3-02@yahoo.com; swparks.org.
07/14/11 Create a butterfly garden: 7 p.m. July 20, Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 East Camano Drive. Learn about native butterflies and how to attract them to your garden.
07/12/11 Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett; 425-297-5500; www.cancerpartnership.org. Weight loss for life, an eight-week behavior-based wellness program, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays Sept. 6 to Oct. 25; $135. Call 425-297-5536 to register.
07/09/11 Christian Women's Connection luncheon: 11:45 a.m. July 14 at the Mill Creek Country Club, 15500 Country Club Drive. The cost is $20. Speaker Linda Wozniak will share "Learning Life Lessons: A Grandmother's Perspective."
07/07/11 The Safeco Insurance Foundation recently awarded $15,000 to the Interfaith Association of Northwest Washington. The Everett-based nonprofit was one of 32 grant recipients.
07/07/11 Joseph Whidbey was a member of George Vancouver's 1792 British expedition, the first Europeans to explore Washington's inland saltwater. Whidbey's namesake park is small (112 acres), with a tree-sheltered picnic area four miles west of Oak Harbor.
07/07/11 Ready Readers: Family Storytime, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, July 7, 14, 21, 28; Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Drive. Read books, sing songs and enjoy crafts and activities while getting ready to read. 360-675-5115; sno-isle.org.
07/04/11 Everett Public Library: Main branch, 2702 Hoyt Ave., 425-257-8030; Evergreen branch, 9512 Evergreen Way, 425-257-8250; www.epls.org . Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Events are free.
07/01/11 A mostly new $1.8 million Terry's Corner Fire Station is under construction and is being built on its old foundation. The funding comes from a bond approved by voters in the Camano Island Fire and Rescue District in 2007, as well as from state and federal grants.
06/30/11 American Legion Post 58: 7 p.m. third Tuesday of every month at the Odd Fellows Building, 610 Lewis St., Monroe. Bob, 360-863-3544 or www.american legionmonroe.org .
06/29/11 American Red Cross: The Whidbey Island and Camano Island chapters seek volunteer health and safety instructors able to teach community classes at least once a month. Call 360-257-2096 or 888-216-5727.
06/24/11 Jeremy Eyre, Gina Eyre, Sofiya Kolbert, and Alexa Eyre, 8, on Sofiya's lap, sit by their campfire on Saturday at Camano Island State Park. The family, from Mount Vernon, had come to the Park to camp for the weekend.
06/23/11 A salmon barbecue is planned on Camano Island. The annual event is planned from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Camano Senior and Community Center , 606 Arrowhead Road.
06/23/11 American Legion Post 58: 7 p.m. third Tuesday of every month at the Odd Fellows Building, 610 Lewis St., Monroe. Bob, 360-863-3544 or www.americanlegionmonroe.org .
06/22/11 A prosecutor in Wyoming still plans to file charges against Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit."
06/20/11 After wrapping up federal charges last week in Seattle, the next stop for the Barefoot Bandit case is a plea deal Island County Superior Court in Coupeville.
06/20/11 COUPEVILLE, Wash. - After wrapping up federal charges last week in Seattle, the next stop for the Barefoot Bandit case is a plea deal Island County Superior Court in Coupeville. The Daily Herald of Everett reports officials agreed to consolidate Washington state charges, and Colton Harris-Moore is expected to plead guilty to more than 30 felonies from Snohomish, Skagit, San Juan and Island ...
06/20/11 Snohomish Senior Center Flea Market, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 16, 506 Fourth St., Snohomish. Tables: 360-568-0934. Stillaguamish Senior Center annual Harvest and Holiday Bazaar, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22, 18308 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington. Tables: 360-653-4551.
06/20/11 The Rotary Club of Arlington recently recognized students of the month for May. Taylor Shepherd, Christine Serica, Sarah Peterson and Darby Throndsen were honored.
06/16/11 The 467-acre Fort Casey State Park has a small campground, with 35 sites on the north side of the ferry terminal, and the well-kept Admiralty Head Lighthouse. | 
