Sign-ups for the Edmonds Sand Sculpting Contest begin at 10 a.m. with judging at noon at Marina Beach, Edmonds. 425-771-0268. Edmonds Community Drum Circle at ZuKafe, 515 Main St., Edmonds. 425-778-5215.

Leah Pekarsky graduated cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law, but not a lawyer did she become. Instead, Pekarsky followed her true passion and opened her own business

Can animals help people when it comes to providing therapy? Ask Zach Sobolewski.

Mother’s legacy shows impact of severe fatigue, $2 million in research funding to help study disease Family, friends and neighbors remember Lisa Sandler Spaeth as an active mother of two in Potomac, Md., with a lot on the go, juggling her son’s baseball games and her daughter’s horseback-riding lessons with numerous committee obligations, organizing women’s activities at her local synagogue.

Ha Ha! Fooled you! He is the Devil himself! “Psst! Lets go to a crusade, pose as Christians, and get rid of anyone who is stupid enough to come down and assume the title of Jesus Christ!” “You know what we do with Messiahs, don’t you?”

Sula Nichols watched the fire destroy her Partington Ridge home. “I saw it burn from around the corner,” she says, standing in the dirt where her house used to be. “I saw the cloud of smoke. It went up like a massive, black, dense column.”