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Something for everyone in Edmonds Saturday
Last year's Watershed Fun Fair featured a Yost Park tour describing how a watershed works. (Photo by Laura Alexander)
You might be shopping for plants or farm-grown berries, looking for scrapbooking supplies, or seeking ways to prevent a home burglary. Or perhaps you want to fun family activity or even help raise money for families in need. (And did we mention, you can even make your way to the ballpark and support your local high school baseball team?) You?ll find opportunities for that and more in or near Edmonds Saturday, May 5. Here?s a sample:
Shopping
The Edmonds Museum Garden Market begins with approximately 40 vendors offering plenty of early-season produce and local crafts in the public safety parking lot at 5th and Bell in downtown Edmonds every Saturday through June 23. The market is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Edmonds Floretum Garden Club will hold its Annual Plant Sale between 9 a.m. and noon in the Edmonds PCC parking lot, located at the intersection of 100th Avenue West and Edmonds Way. A variety of annuals and perennials, small trees, shrubs and native plants will be available, plus garden-related gift items suitable for Mother?s Day. Proceeds will benefit the club?s scholarship fund, awarded yearly to local college horticulture students.
Urban Scrapbooker in the Westgate neighborhood is celebrating National Scrapbooking Day. Owner Brooke Snyder is offering a one-day, 25-cent paper sale and other special pricing. The store is located at 9810 Edmonds Way, and Saturday?s event runs 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
J. Rankin Jewellers is hosting a bridal and anniversary event both Saturday and Sunday, May 5-6. There will be a trunk show of Diana Bridal, Parade Designs and Sholdt Bridal and loose diamonds, with everything 20 percent off, including custom orders. Cynderellie?s will have a wedding gown on display and Frosted Cupcakes is supplying mini cupcakes. The store is located at 505-5th Ave. S. in downtown Edmonds.
Family fun
The Edmonds Watershed Fun Fair is a family event in Yost Park that focuses on why ?Puget Sound Starts Here.? This event, which runs from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., will feature activities, demonstrations, games and exhibits for all ages on Puget Sound stewardship, water and energy conservation, recycling, wildlife habitat, and many other topics. Join Ranger-Naturalists for guided trail walks and other watershed discovery activities. Pot a bare root plant to take home with you, with help from members of the Edmonds Tree Board.
It?s baseball playoff time as Edmonds-Woodway and Meadowdale High School begin their quest for possible berths to the state 4A and 3A baseball tournaments in late May. Admission to these early-round playoff games is free. The Warriors, the number-one seed in 4A Wesco South, will face Arlington ? the number-four seed in Wesco North ? at 3 p.m. Saturday on E-W?s home field.? The Mavericks, the number-one seed in 3A Wesco, will host number-four seed Oak Harbor in a 3 p.m. game at Meadowdale High School.
Crime prevention
The Snohomish County Sheriff?s Office along with the Edmonds, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace police departments are hosting a Burglary Prevention Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Meadowdale High School, 6002 168th St. S.W. in Lynnwood. Property crimes detectives will be on site and available to answer questions about current burglary crime trends. Vendors will provide advice about locks, alarms, surveillance systems and more.
Fun fundraisers
Clothes for Kids, a Snohomish County non-profit dedicated to providing clothing to eligible schoolchildren, is holding its second annual Celebrate the Children Luncheon and Auction at 11 a.m. at Edmonds Lutheran Church , 23525 84th Ave. W. Admission is $10.
St. Mary?s Coptic Orthodox Church is sponsoring its 23rd Annual Egyptian Bazaar and Dinner at the Edmonds Yacht Club, 336 Admiral Way from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Admission is free to the festival, which offers freshly baked Egyptian desserts, authentic Egyptian and Christian souvenirs and books. There will also be a $15 full-course dinner available for festival goers ($8 for children).
Theater
Edmonds Heights K-12 will perform the Broadway musical ?Xanadu? at 7 p.m. Saturday and a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday at the school, located at 23200 100th Ave. W. (former Woodway High School). Based on the film starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, it features classic numbers like ?Magic,? ?Suddenly? and ?Evil Woman.? Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door.
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