Nurses who served in Vietnam invited to join Arlington’s July 4 parade

Published 12:01 am Friday, June 24, 2011

Dennis Barker, a Vietnam veteran, will ride in a convertible in the July 4 parade in Arlington with other Vietnam veterans. Those who served our country are honored annually at the parade.

He is inviting nurses who served in Vietnam to join the procession. Barker said nurses who served in Vietnam are often forgotten.

For more information, please call 425-339-3451.

And Mr. Barker, we thank you for your service.

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The Cascade Radio Club hosts the annual American Radio Relay League Field Day event on Saturday and Sunday. Members will be operating radios at 1814 Silver Lake Road in Everett as well as other locations.

The event will run from 11 a.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday.

Field Day is sponsored every year by the American Radio Relay League, the main Amateur Radio organization in the United States.

Field Day is intended to simulate emergency conditions. Many individuals, groups and clubs will operate on emergency power, such as generators.

For more information, go to the Cascade Radio Club website at www.cascaderadioclub.org.

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The Rory Price Memorial is planned by The American Speed Association/Northwest Sprintcar Racing Association on Saturday at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe.

This is the third stop of the 2011 Championship season and the sixth running of the Rory Price Memorial.

Price, who lived in Seattle, started racing professionally at age 16 and could be found in most any type of open-wheeled car on dirt or asphalt. He died of injuries sustained in a testing accident on March 31, 2006, at the Evergreen Speedway. Close friends and relatives made a commitment to honor Price, thus the RPM was born.

Proceeds benefit his 6-year-old daughter.

Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451; oharran@heraldnet.com.