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Jacques teaches the Sixth Graders
6th Graders at University Preparatory School dive into three weeks of cultural experiences, geography, and beginning language before starting language classes in earnest when the spring semester begins. This is true whether they opt for French, Mandarin, or Spanish....
The Ballad of Northgate and Sierra
In the year 2022, the Edmonds Petanque Club was itinerant, carrying boules, circles, and cochonnets from one petanque venue to another while our new Petanque Grove was being constructed at the Edmonds Playfield. Sierra Park in Edmonds was convenient, but play happened...
EPC 2023 Annual Dinner
On Sunday, January 8, 42 members of the Edmonds Petanque Club and their guests met at the Innis Arden Clubhouse to enjoy a fabulous potluck dinner, conduct Board elections, and review the past year. The highlight of the evening was, without question, the surprise...
EPC Presents $10,000 to the Food Bank in Edmonds
On Monday, September 26, Ron LaRue, Michelle Martin, Jack McHenry, and Ro Verdeja visited the Edmonds Food Bank to present Executive Director Casey Davis this year's donation from the club as a result of the 2022 Food Bank Tournament. The grand total came to $10,000,...
Food Bank Panache Nets $10,000
What is the definition of "panache"? I'm glad you asked! The word designates "a grand or flamboyant style, verve, or flair." And that is exactly what took place at Sierra Park on Saturday, August 27. During the day-long event, 48 competitors from Edmonds, Seattle, and...
French Expats Team Up with Edmonds Petanque
On Saturday, August 20 from 10:00 to Noon, volunteers from the Edmonds Petanque Club will facilitate a morning of petanque for interested members of the Union of French Expatriates at the Hubbard Homestead Park just north of Best Buy and Target near Northgate. (11203...
2022 Food Bank Tournament. August 27.
For eleven years, the members of the Edmonds Petanque Club have staged a fun, all-day petanque tournament to support the Edmonds Food Bank.100% of all sponsorships and all income from tournament fees, after costs have been covered, go directly to the Edmonds Food...
Edmonds Petanque in The Seattle Times
On June 16, in an article about record-breaking low tides, The Seattle Times featured the EPC's own Ron LaRue and Jim Klein as they enjoyed an extraordinary day at the beach playing low tide petanque at the Edmonds ferry dock beach. Amid the beachcombers and...
Rain or Shine, Petanque Rolls On. League 2022.
Throughout the rain and cold of this unusual spring, the Edmonds Petanque Club continued to meet in sharp petanque competition and recently concluded its 2022 League season. This year 12 teams contended for the Chris Guitton Trophy honoring the year’s best doubles...
Ask the Umpire #8
Greetings Paytonk-a-donkers. Welcome to Edition #8 of "Ask the Umpire". Our repartee has been missed. Our dear friend Lolli asks the following questions:(Q1) What are the consequences if a player is out of the circle before the boule hits [the ground]? Obviously his...
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