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Courtesy photo Camp fun planned at Summer Farm Camps presented by Seattle Tilth at 21 Acres.Dig into summer farm fun with Seattle Tilth at 21 Acres Youth Summer Farm Camps.
 

Learn practical garden skills, explore plants and discover insects. Find out about vegetables, soil and worms while playing games, creating farm-inspired art projects, reading stories, singing songs and nature walks.
Harvest fresh, farm produce to make snacks and quick meals. Pre-school to early teen sessions available in July and August including:  
 

 • Pre-School Camps  for ages 3-5 with adult (M/T & W/Th; several sessions beginning July 8)
Explore the 21 Acres organic farm in these theme-based, 2-day sessions. These classes introduce children and parents to insects, flowers and the garden world. Learn what to plant and how to work together to grow your own garden. Watch the farm goats and pick fresh berries. Each session includes gardening, an art project, stories, our famous sun tea, and yummy snacks!  Fee: $50; Seattle Tilth and 21 Acres members $40.
 

 • School Age Camps for ages 6-10 (M-F; several sessions beginning week of July 15)
Dig into a full week of summer farm fun while learning about the fascinating world of the garden. Learn practical garden skills, explore plants and discover insects. Find out about vegetables, soil, and worms while playing games, creating farm-inspired art projects, reading stories, singing songs, and nature walks.
Harvest fresh, farm produce to make snacks and quick meals. Fee: $290; Seattle Tilth and 21 Acres members $275. The full day camp runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Options are available for extended care early morning and late afternoon at a slightly higher rate.
 

 • Junior Counselors for ages 11–14 (M-F; several sessions beginning week of July 15)
Teens and ’tweens, if you love gardening and working with younger students, become a Junior Counselor! Mentor younger campers while continuing your own exploration of growing food while on the 21 Acres Farm.Junior Counselors assist Children’s Farm staff to lead fun small group activities and nature walks, while also learning more about organic gardening, beekeeping, food entrepreneurship, and preparing food at home. Fee: $280; Seattle Tilth and 21 Acres members $265. The full day camp runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Options are available for extended care early morning and late afternoon at a slightly higher rate.
 

Space is filling quickly; register now at http://seattletilth.nonprofitsoapbox.com/woodinville-21-acres. Call (206) 633-0451 for more info.  
 

21 Acres Center for Local Food and Sustainable Living is a comprehensive as of Click or call for more information; 21acres.org, (425) 481-1500.

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Woodinville Martial Arts owners Daniel and Rachel McCarter and Chamber Executive Director Dave Witt are joined by city Councilmember Les Rubstello as Woodinville Martial Arts celebrated its new space with a ribbon cutting. Woodinville Martial Arts is located at 13422 NE 177th Place, Woodinville.

 OLYMPIA – As the weather warms up across the state and mosquitoes become more prevalent, the Washington State Department of Agriculture is advising horse owners to make sure their horse’s vaccination is current for protection against West Nile virus.

In August 2012, a two-year-old gelding pastured near Grandview was euthanized after it became ill following a bite from a mosquito infected with West Nile virus. The horse was not vaccinated for the disease.
 

“It was the only West Nile equine case reported to us last year, but there’s no way to predict the virus won’t return in force this year,” State Veterinarian Leonard Eldridge said. “Outbreaks still present a risk.”
 

Although most horses infected with the mosquito-borne illness do not become ill, West Nile virus is fatal in about one-third of all horses that show symptoms.
 

Horses that do become ill show a loss of coordination, loss of appetite, confusion, fever, stiffness and muscle weakness, particularly in the hindquarters.
 

Infected horses do not spread West Nile virus to other horses or animals.
 

To protect their livestock, horse owners should take measures to reduce mosquito populations, including:
• Removing standing water from yards and barns that can serve as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
• Removing old tires and garbage that may be rain soaked.
• Changing water at least weekly in troughs or bird baths.
• Keeping horses in stalls or screened areas during the early morning and evening hours when mosquitoes are the most active and feeding.
• Placing fans inside barns and stalls to maintain air movement.
 

Veterinarians who learn of potential West Nile virus cases in horses or other animals should contact the State Veterinarian’s Office at (360) 902-1881.
 

State and local health departments, mosquito control districts, other state agencies and volunteers work together on environmental monitoring and prevention measures for the virus.

Visit the websites of the state Department of Health at www.doh.wa.gov/WNV or the U.S. Department of Agriculture at www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/nahss/equine/wnv for more information.

Courtesy photo. Don Wilds stands in front of the cemetery’s pergolaEach year on Memorial Day, the Woodinville Cemetery opens its gates to visitors. The Woodinville Cemetery is not only where our city’s pioneers lay at rest, but the newly refurbished grounds are a focal point on the city’s main street.

On May 30, from noon to 4 p.m., members of the cemetery board will be present to answer questions and provide a printed self-guided walking tour. Photos of many of the pioneers will be displayed on their graves.

"Our self-guided walking tour is a wonderful local history lesson for both adults and children," says Linda McCune, president of the Woodinville Cemetery Association that manages the cemetery land. "Reading about a pioneer or seeing a photo brings history to life."

One hundred forty one years ago, the first white settlers ventured northeast from Seattle to claim homestead land in Woodinville. Friendly Native-Americans inhabited this area then and the Sammamish Slough was nine feet deeper and provided a short steamboat ride from Lake Washington to Woodinville.

The Woodinville Cemetery now lies in the heart of the town that those settlers created. It was in early 1870 that Ira and Susan Woodin left their livery-stable business in Seattle to claim their 160-acre homestead along the Sammamish Slough. Thus, Woodinville was founded.

The first recorded burial was in 1888 on the land owned by Ira and Susan Woodin who gave the southeast two acres of their homestead land for a cemetery where the town continued to bury its dead for over a century, and in 1988 the two acres formally became a non-profit corporation, run entirely by volunteers, with professionals doing the maintenance and burials.

Contrary to popular belief, the cemetery is still in use with several burials each month.

For further information, visit www.woodinvillecemetery.org or contact the cemetery sexton at info@woodinvillecemetery.org if you’d like to own a plot.