The Mukilteo Beats, a group of five members playing classic ‘60s country with a touch of Eagles and some originals, will be the featured musical entertainment starting at 11 a.m. at this Saturday’s “Back to School” celebration at the Maple Valley Farmers’ Market.
The Beats have been together since 1973 playing at The Norsky Fish Feed in Ballard, where they played “Thunder Road,” “He’ll Have To Go,” and “Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine” off a flatbed truck in the Bartell’s parking lot.
Also on Saturday, the Tahoma School District, a sponsor of the Farmers’ Market, invites residents to see district staff members demonstrating tools such as laptop computers, document cameras and other electronic devices currently being used as part of the district’s Classroom 10 approach.
Other school-related events includes the appearance of the Starlab, sponsored by PTSA as a fundraiser to help fund Camp Casey, a three-day camp program for district fifth-graders The Starlab will appear in Rock Creek Elementary School gym. PTSA has also teamed with Village Coffee and Java! Java! Coffee to donate a portion of the proceeds for coffee bean sales directed to the “Save Camp Casey” campaign.
Sharon Chastain, Maple Valley children’s librarian, will be offering a Children’s story time from 10-10:30 a.m. in the Children’s Activity Area, which is being hosted this week by Tahoma Co-op “Little Gems” Preschool.
To further the back-to-school theme, Maple Valley Library Guild will sell gently used books in a preview of their October Books & Media Sale, and the Maple Valley Food Bank will be collecting healthy breakfast and brown bag lunch items. Since many students qualify for free or reduced breakfasts and lunches, the Food Bank is in need of healthy, nutritious options such as macaroni/cheese, tuna, soups, and pasta/sauces for home dinners, snacks, and weekend meals.
As always, the vendors will be selling fresh, local, harvest-time produce; prepared foods and coffee; meat, eggs, and fish; fresh flower bouquets; soil tea; lavender and emu products; jewelry, art, photography, and more.
