Civic Almanac for June 6
Published 7:30 pm Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Free whooping cough vaccine at hospital
Uninsured and low-income adults will have two more opportunities to immunize against whooping cough for free in June.
A clinic will be held 5:30-8 p.m. June 14 at Swedish/Edmonds Hospital, 21601 76th Ave. W, Edmonds.
The second clinic will follow from 5:30-8 p.m. June 26 at Valley General Hospital, 14701 179th Ave. SE, Monroe.
Five hundred doses of vaccine will be available at each clinic from the supply provided by the state Department of Health to the Snohomish Health District. Both clinics will be open to walk-ins only. No appointments are needed.
This special access to whooping cough — also known as pertussis — vaccine is part of the Snohomish Health District’s ongoing fight with an epidemic of the highly contagious illness in Snohomish County. As of June 1, Snohomish Health District has confirmed 340 reports of whooping cough in 2012, although most cases go unreported, especially in adults.
Learn more at www.snohd.org/stopthecough.
CIVIC NEWS
Officers, dispatchers carry torch
Officers from the Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace police departments, joined by 911 dispatchers from SNOCOM Dispatch Center, participated in the 2012 Law Enforcement Torch Run on June 1 in support of Special Olympics.
The Law Enforcement Torch Run is an event in which officers carry the “Flame of Hope” to the opening ceremony. The games this year ran June 1-3 at Joint Base Fort Lewis-McChord. The Torch Run started in Blaine at the Canadian border and continued south, mainly along Highway 99.
Local runners received the torch in the 21000 block of Highway 99 and carried it to 244th Street SW where it was transferred to officers from the Shoreline Police Department. The local group boasted 17 runners, the largest group in the state.
Civic briefs
• The public is invited to join Mountlake Terrace city officials and hear what’s happening at Coffee with the City, a casual event set for 6-7 p.m. June 13 at the Recreation Pavilion Center Court, 5303 228th St. SW. Mayor Pro Tem Laura Sonmore and Councilmembers Doug McCardle and Seaun Richards will be on hand.
• The Mountlake Terrace Recreation and Parks Advisory Commission and Neighborhood Park Improvement Subcommittee plan a public meeting at 7 p.m. June 14 to discuss both recent and planned improvements at Bicentennial Park. The meeting will beheld at Cedar Way Elementary School, 22222 39th Ave. W. The 5-acre park is located at 4105 222nd St. SW.
• The Snohomish County Children’s Commission on May 31 honored state Rep. Marko Liias on the one-year anniversary of the passage of the bullying legislation he championed. Liias was presented with the “We Value Kids” award.
• Beginning July 1, operators of roll-your-own commercial cigarette-making machines must abide by the provisions of a bill passed by the state Legislature this spring, Third Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill (3E2SHB) 2565. The bill covers licensing, metering on machines and tax stamps. For more information, go to http://dor.wa.gov/RYO.
