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Announcing – Snohomish County Heritage Day and Malstrom Award Luncheon

Save the Date –Saturday March 17th, 2012
9 am – 3 pm
Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center   27130 102nd Ave NW    Stanwood WA

The League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations Board has decided to expand its traditional Malstrom Awards Luncheon to include more opportunities for sharing ideas on history projects in and around Snohomish County. Volunteers, staff, board members, docents of our local heritage groups are invited to participate in several workshops and meetings for heritage organizations.  The workshops are designed as refreshers and to do some brainstorming on new ideas for historic preservation, exhibits, programming, education and school projects, genealogy and collections management.

Topics of the workshops include sponsorships/fund- raising, “High Tech History from Granite Falls, school programs (history day), historic preservation, mobile museums, exhibits, Snohomish County Mapping Project, volunteer recruitment, working with Past Perfect and collection management.
Heritage groups and individuals are invited to bring tabletop displays of recent projects and publications to sell.  Tables will be available around the perimeter of the main hall so all who attend will have a chance to converse informally with each other.

There is sure to be more than one topic here of interest to board members, staff, researchers, writers, volunteers and docents of our heritage groups of Snohomish County and surrounding counties. Details and registration information are now posted here.

Special thanks to the Stanwood Area Historical Society for hosting this event at their wonderful historic buildings – the D. O. Pearson House, the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center (former Public Hall) and History Museum.

Special note:
The League Board Annual Meeting for Board member elections will be held January 9th 2012 at10 am. All League members and more than one representative from each group are encouraged to join us at this meeting also in Stanwood at the Floyd. Nominations are open for new League Board members.

The Malstrom Award Nominations for projects completed in 2011 will be due Friday January 20th, 2012.

Recipients of the 2010 Malstrom Award and Commendations

For details on the projects, see the web page describing each nominee —-  https://snocoheritage.org/2010/12/malstrom-award-nominations-2010/

The Malstrom Award winner for 2010 -  Snohomish County Digital Map Overlay Project [Digital Mapping Project] Sponsor: Granite Falls Historical Society.  Fred Cruger, Project Director.  Carolyn Davisson, President

From The Malstrom Award Judging Committee —- The Snohomish County Digital Map Overlay Project was exceptionally executed by the grass roots effort of an all volunteer organization.  The commendable collaboration between numerous Snohomish County heritage organizations and the United States Forest Service strengthened the impact and broadened the project’s scope county wide, acting as a shared resource among multiple organizations. Beyond Snohomish County, the presentation at AASLH provides a valuable model for heritage organizations nation wide. This is a phenomenal, technological, multi-layered research resource that aids Snohomish County with the preservation and accessibility of valuable information embedded in vintage maps.  It also stands as an impressive model for heritage organizations throughout the nation.

Publications Commendation
The winner of the Publications Commendation is “Etched In Stone – Dedicated to the Young Men of Edmonds School District 15 Who Lost Their Lives to War”, Betty Lou Gaeng, Sno-Isle Genealogical Society.

From The Malstrom Award Judging Committee – This publication is a history of the memorial monument located at the front entrance to the Edmonds Historical Museum as well as a history of the young men whose names are engraved in the monument.  This is a unique historical and genealogical project and a fitting tribute of respect and remembrance for the young men of WWI and WWII, neighbors, classmates, friends and family.  The publication is a valuable historical and genealogical tool and adds layers of understanding to the granite monument by honoring and helping us to remember the sacrifices of the men who should never be forgotten.

Projects Commendation

Stillaguamish Valley Welcome Center

Stillaguamish Valley Welcome Center located at the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum

The winner of the Projects Commendation is the Welcome Center featuring the Stillaguamish Valley Watershed 1910, Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Association.

From The Malstrom Award Judging Committee —  The project is an outdoor exhibit that showcases the Stillaguamish River Valley Watershed.  It consists of a hand-carved, hand painted, multidimensional map and includes a carved log open building specifically built to house the glass covered map, making it continually accessible to the public.  The multidimensional map depicts cultural and natural features as they existed at the time of the 1910 census, spanning from the Puget Sound to the Cascade Mountains, and aids in the interpretation of regional history, honoring both Native Americans and the migrating early pioneers.  This stands as a commendable project by a local heritage, grass-roots organization, and a project for other heritage organizations to aspire to.