Here and Now
Autism fund-raiser

E-mail this article Print this article Search archive Most read articles Most e-mailed articles

The 5K walk and a community-resource fair will be held Saturday at Safeco Field. Participants can sign up online or show up for check-in starting at 8 a.m. that day. An opening ceremony is scheduled at 9 a.m., with the walk starting a half-hour later. A concert celebration is scheduled at 11 a.m.

Since the first walk in 1995, it has raised more than $20 million. Information online at www.walknow.org, or call 888-828-8476 (888-8-AUTISM).

Today

Ballard-area massage therapists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, herbalists and midwives will be among alternative health-care providers participating in an alternative health fair from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at HomeStreet Bank's Ballard branch at 8050 15th Ave. N.W. The fair is free and open to the public.

This weekend

• Carkeek Park, the 216-acre Northwest Seattle refuge for nature lovers, is celebrating its 75th birthday with a rededication celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Carkeek Plaza Shopping center (QFC), 999 Holman Road N.W., across from the Eddie McAbee entrance. Information is at www.cityofseattle.net/parks/parkspaces/carkeek.htm online. For directions to the park, call 206-684-0877.

• Columbia City's newly expanded branch library, at 4721 Rainier Ave. S., will reopen Sunday after being closed nearly a year. A dedication ceremony will be at 1 p.m.

For the record

U.S. Coast Guard veterans who served in World War II, or their relatives, can still have their stories included in the Library of Congress veterans' oral-history project, which aims to preserve and share recollections and war memorabilia at the library.

Information about the oral-history project is at www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/. Anyone interested can contact the 13th Coast Guard District at 206-220-7237.
 
Can you help?

The Seattle Parks Department is recruiting basketball officials for the city's winter youth league. There are openings for men as well as women, and officials must be at least 15. Background checks are required. Training is available, and officials are paid. The city's Youth Games League runs from January through March.

For information, call Brieah Marino in the Parks Department's athletic programs office: 206-615-0520.

Here & Now is compiled by Seattle Times staff reporter Charles E. Brown and news assistant Suesan Whitney Henderson. To submit an item, e-mail herenow@seattletimes.com or call 206-464-2226.