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We’ll publish your summer fun events

The Herald wants information on your events for our summer activity guide, Splash, which will be published in June.

Send details on concert series, camps and community classes, fairs and festivals, Fourth of July events, and farmers markets to features ­editorial assistant Andrea McInnis at amcinnis@heraldnet.com or call 425-339-3479.

Submission deadline is May 22.

Governor warns: Be aware of bears

Gov. Chris Gregoire says it’s Bear Awareness Week.

The North Cascades Grizzly Bear Outreach Project offers some tips about living in Washington, with its 25,000 black bears and fewer than 30 grizzlies:

Keep garbage and food away from bears. Store trash cans inside a building.

Report any grizzly bears you see.

Put your garbage out on the morning of pick-up rather than the night before.

Remember that bird feeders attract bears. Consider feeding birds only in winter when bears are in hibernation.

Feed your pets inside, or during the day, and bring pet food indoors at night.

Clean barbecues frequently. Bears like barbecues.

Garden club honors longtime member

Arlington Garden Club meets at noon today in the Arlington Boys &Girls Club Community Room, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington.

The club plans to honor longtime member Myrtle Ruckert. Visitors are welcome.

For more information, contact Tina Wilson at info@­arlingtongardenclub.org or visit the club’s Web site, www.­arlingtongardenclub.org.

Student-teachers offered scholarship

Sno-Isle Unit 22 of the Washington State School Retirees Association offers a $1,000 renewable scholarship to a prospective teacher candidate.

Interested students must already have been accepted into the education department at any four-year state university. Funds will be available for the 2008-09 academic year. Applicants must be state residents with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. The application deadline is June 15.

For more information and an application, call 425-347-2719.

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