Strawberry social set for Woodinville

WOODINVILLE — To mark the start of strawberry season in Washington, the Woodinville Farmers Market will hold its annual Strawberry Social on Saturday.

Visitors get free strawberry shortcake from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and a drawing will be held for a free flat of Washington strawberries.

The Woodinville Farmers Market is at 13025 N.E. 175th St. in the parking lot of Sorenson School.

Bellevue Community College takes first-place math honors

BELLEVUE — Bellevue Community College students have placed first in the Northwest and 13th in the nation in the 2002 American Mathematical Association of Two-Year College's annual math contest.

It was the fourth year in a row that BCC students placed first in the region, which includes Washington, Idaho and Oregon. BCC students Quintak Lee of Renton and Thomas Dickens of Issaquah placed seventh and ninth, respectively, in the region's individual results.

More than 150 colleges nationwide participated in this year's competition, which involved three rounds of tests.

Redmond recognized for pedestrian safety

REDMOND — The city has been recognized by the U.S. Conference of Mayors for its efforts to improve pedestrian safety, earning an honorable mention June 15 for its efforts in support of "urban livability."

The city has undertaken several engineering projects directed toward improving visibility at crosswalks and installed more-effective markings, signs and signal operations where needed.

It has also built "missing links" in the sidewalk system, placed conditions on private development and established a long-range transportation plan with built-in safety features.

Supporting those efforts is an education program and police enforcement at crosswalks.

Minority bone-marrow donors wanted on Eastside

BELLEVUE — Minority Eastside residents, the Bellevue Fire Department and the city's Cultural Diversity Program want your bone marrow.

The groups are hosting a bone-marrow donor registration drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to recruit more people from minority and multiracial backgrounds to help sick people needing healthy bone marrow. The event is at Bellevue Fire Station 3, 16100 N.E. Eighth St., in the Crossroads neighborhood.

Suitable donors usually share racial backgrounds with the patients, and there is a need for more minority donors.

The drive includes filling out an application and having a small blood sample drawn to check for matches. Minorities will get the $75 testing cost waived.

For more information, contact the Puget Sound Blood Center at 800-366-2831, Ext. 1897, or www.psbc.org.

Information is from the Seattle Times Eastside bureau staff.