Message from: Richard Olson (OlsonDesign Jewelers) & Team

"Thanks for signing the petition and/or indicating an interest in bringing back Bothell's iconic sign. We've worked with the City to identify a location and a strategy to get there. The sign will have the look of the City's recent signage around town.  It will be very visible from SR-522 and SR-527...positioned at the Landing at the tee where the two roads meet in downtown Bothell.

Fundraising: We are now at the point where we need to raise funds to make it happen.  We've teamed up with the Northshore Rotary to set up a bank account at Banner Bank to which tax deductible donations can be made.  Details are on the attachment, but checks should be made out to NRF with "Bothell Sign" in the memo line.

How much?  Our goal is to raise $10,000: about $6,000 for the sign (10 feet wide), plus installation and maintenance.  Once the funds have been raised, they will be transferred to the City's trust fund for such things.  We plan to track the progress on a banner that will be placed somewhere prominent in town.  Besides supporting the effort monetarily, we'd REALLY appreciate it if you could spread the word on social media. 

Thanks so much to Jim Jamison, Foggy Noggin Brewing, who kicked off the fundraising at Bothell's Beer Fest in October.  He created a beer and T-shirts dedicated to bringing back the sign, with partial proceeds going to the cause. Let's make a sign!"

Daniels Real Estate invites you to an open house at the Saint Edward Seminary building.

Notes: Please enter via the East front door, adjacent to the pool building and parking lot. Unfortunately, in its current condition, the building is not ADA accessible and there are no elevators. Service dogs only will be permitted in the building and on the tour.

During the open house 30-minute tours will commence at 10:15am. The tour will showcase the basement, a classroom on the first floor, second floor dorm rooms, the library and chapel. The dining hall and kitchen will be open for viewing at any time. Sign-up sheets will be available for each tour due to space constraints; maximum of 20 people per tour.

Brief presentations will be provided at 11:00am and 1:00pm by Daniels Real Estate.  Light refreshments will be provided and kids are welcome to attend and learn a bit of local history.

Watch a video tour here  and  Get additional information here

The Jaimeson Jones Memorial Scholarship presents the 7th annual Family Jewels 5K on March 11, 2017!  Held at Saint Edward State Park, the 5K run (or 2.5K walk) enables them to provide scholarships to Northshore students who have had a sibling with cancer.  We were inspired to do this by Jaimeson Jones, a Bothell XC runner, who died of a recurrence of testicular cancer at age 20 and left his college savings to his two younger sisters.

Childhood cancer devastates a family not only emotionally but financially.  Medical bills are the leading cause of U.S. bankruptcies.   And families coping with this tragedy often find themselves unable to save money for their children to go to college. Because Jaimeson was embarrassed about his testicular pain and swelling and wasn't educated about the gravity of his situation, he went undiagnosed for over a year.  The agony of knowing that he very well may have been cured if his cancer had been caught early drives them to educate young men every chance they get about the signs and symptoms of testicular cancer.  So, they spend a bit of time at the 5K providing funny, family-friendly information about the symptoms and about the critical importance of doing monthly self-checks.  They call it their "30-second lecture." Finally, because Jaimeson loved his blackberry pie, and because of his March 14 (pi) birthday, they are the #only5Kwithapietable.  And, every registrant receives his or her own personal pie!

They hope to see a nice Chamber presence there this year.  Register today at www.familyjewels5k.org.