Many youth turn out to clear invasive plants at Cotton Hill Park in Kirkland

Seventy volunteers, including many kids, helped clear almost half an acre of blackberry, holly and other invasive plants in Cotton Hill Park during the Martin Luther King Day of Service event on Jan. 17.

Seventy volunteers, including many kids, helped clear almost half an acre of blackberry, holly and other invasive plants in Cotton Hill Park

during the Martin Luther King Day of Service event on Jan. 17. The park is located at 110th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 97th Street in Kirkland.