The American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, at the Cashmere United Methodist Church, 213 S. Division St. Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. Call 1-800-733-2767 for an appointment. Sponsored by Wacoka Kiwanis Club of Cashmere.
Peshastin
Peshastin kids and pets
go on parade
"Wild Beasts" is the theme of this year's Peshastin Kids & Pets Parade, set for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4. Line up begins at 9:30 a.m. All ages are welcome to walk, bike, trike or ride in a wagon, with costumes or without. Meet at the Memorial Hall (formerly Legion Hall), 10121 Main St. The parade route is about a mile, from the hall to the Peshastin Elementary School. All participants get a popsicle at the end.
Lake Wenatchee
& Plain
Family Safety Day
set for Saturday
The firefighters association of Lake Wenatchee Fire and Rescue will hold its annual Family Safety Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 28, at the fire station on Beaver Valley Road in Plain. Free hot dogs and drinks, fittings and gifts of bicycle safety helmets, infant and booster car seats, a helicopter from LifeFlite/MedStar and information on the fire department's free smoke alarm program. Fire equipment will be displayed and demonstrations given on jaws-of-life vehicle extrications. Information will be provided on making your homes FireWise and an abbreviated CPR lesson will be provided by EMT's. (e21)
Trout Unlimited
teaches fly fishing
Icicle Valley Trout Unlimited is offering an introduction to fly fishing for women 16 years and older from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 11, at Mountain Springs Lodge in Plain. The class will be taught by Doug Pendleton, Icicle Valley chapter member and owner of Northwest Fly Fishing Academy. Cost is $30, all of which goes to the chapter's conservation fund. No experience is necessary and all equipment is provided. Each participant is guaranteed to catch and gently release a rainbow trout. Participants also receive a free one-year membership to Trout Unlimited. Call 548-7747 to register. Space is limited.
Leavenworth
Bike n' Juice coming up
The sixth annual Bike n' Juice will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11, at the Leavenworth Ski Hill. Bike n' Juice is a bike festival for kids ages 2-12. Kids can have their faces painted and decorate their bikes with a race plate, colorful accents and noise makers. Participants also receive a hot barbecue lunch. For information, go to http://bikenjuice.com/. The event is put on by the Beaver Valley School Parent Group.
Lions Club serves breakfast
The Leavenworth Lions Club is holding a community breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 28, in the Lions Club Park. All you can eat pancakes, eggs cooked to order, sausage, coffee, tea and milk for $6 for adults, $3 for children 4-10, free for children under 4. Enjoy a hearty breakfast and visit with local community members. For information, call Joyce Stevens, 670-7527.
Regional
WVC Alumni Association hosts nursing reunion
The Wenatchee Valley College Alumni Association will be hosting a reunion for all of the RN and LPN graduates to come out of WVC.
The reunion will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at the Wenatchee campus by the fountain, starting with a barbecue and followed by tours of the nursing classrooms and simulation labs provided by members of the Student Nurses of Wenatchee club. WVC President Jim Richardson, Dean of Allied Health Jenny Capelo and WVC Foundation Executive Director Stacey Lockhart will make a presentation before the dessert is served.
This is a family friendly reunion, and all nursing graduates are encouraged to bring spouses and children. Activities for the kids also are included.
Those interested in attending are asked to R.S.V.P to WVC Alumni Relations Coordinator Kacie Thrift at kthrift@wvc.edu or call (509) 682-6413.
This year Wenatchee North Rotary and the Wenatchee Valley College Department of Athletics is looking for two outstanding scholar athletes to award a $1,500 scholarship each. For the first time in its 46-year history the nomination process is open to the general public.
Applicants or nominees must be seniors in high school and planning on attending a higher education institution in the 2016 or 2017 academic year. To nominate someone or apply for these scholarships go to ncwsportsawards.com/scholarathletes and dowload the form, fill it out and email it to admin@ncwsportsawards.com before June 1. Winners will be announced at the awards banquet at the Town Toyota Center June 9.
The NCW Sports Awards and Wenatchee Valley College Hall of Fame Ceremony celebrates the best and brightest student athletes in North Central Washington. This year will feature keynote speaker Jake Locker, emcee Anthony McCarty as well as a silent auction with authentic sports memorabilia and premium athletic gear up for grabs.
The NCW Sports Awards has spent nearly a half century supporting student athletics in this region. The organization raises scholarship funds to award and celebrate outstanding student athletes from Okanogan and Omak to Quincy and Moses Lake as well as the Wenatchee Valley.
For information, go to ncwsportsawards.com.
Host families needed for student exchange program
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (American Scandinavian Student Exchange) is looking for local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from Norway, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Japan, and elsewhere. For information call 1-800-733-2773 or go to www.host.asse.com.
Gun safety class offered
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and the NCW Gun Club are offering a Handgun Safety Training Class from 9 a.m. to noon June 5 at the NCW Gun Club, 2740 Gun Club Road, East Wenatchee. The goal of the training is to reduce the likelihood of handgun related injury or death by educating citizens on proper handgun safety skills.
WVC's Gillespie lectures
on pollinators
Bob Gillespie, who teaches natural resources at Wenatchee Valley College, will present "Pollinators of North Central Washington" at the WVC Speaks Lecture Series event at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 2, in McArthur Lecture Hall, Wenatchi Hall, room 2105.
The talk will introduce the diversity of insects that pollinate local plants as well as discuss the life history of pollinators. According to The Xerces Society, a nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through invertebrate conservation, pollinators are necessary for the reproduction of over 85 percent of the world's flowering plants, including more than two-thirds of the crop species worldwide.
Gillespie teaches natural resources, agriculture and biology courses at WVC. He has a bachelor of science in education from the University of Nebraska, a master's degree in entomology from the University of Idaho and a Ph.D. in biology from Montana State University. He and his students are conducting a study to identify the native bees pollinating native plants that border cherry orchards on Stemilt Hill and Wenatchee Heights.
Daily parking passes on the Wenatchee campus cost $2. Parking permit machines are available in the Wells Hall/Music and Art Gallery, Smith Gym, Brown Library and Sexton Hall lots. Students must have valid WVC parking permits.
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