FYI

The stork needs some help, maybe even a flotilla. He just can’t keep up with all the Navy babies being delivered at Providence Everett Medical Center.

In January, there were 22 babies born to Navy families, up from 13 delivered that month in 2003. In February there were 26 Navy newborns, more than double the 12 born during the same period last year.

These numbers reflect all infants of Navy families born at the hospital, not just those with parents aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. But remember, the Lincoln returned to Everett about nine months ago on May 6 after a nine-and-a-half month deployment.

On Wednesday, there were 19 births at the hospital, six of which had Navy parents and two of which were Lincoln babies, said Fran Schlaefer-Wall, director of women and children’s services.

Overall, the hospital averages 10 births a day.

Next week is the city of Everett’s appliance cleanup, which happens for one week during the months of March, April, July and August.

From March 15-19, Everett residents may leave out their refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, air conditioners, microwave ovens, water heaters and other appliances, and JACO Environmental will pick them up for $5.

Televisions and computer monitors cannot be picked up, though the city is trying to arrange for an electronics pickup in coming months.

For more information or to schedule a pickup date, call 800-299-7573 or visit www.JACOEnvironmental.com.

Mary Suzanne Duff, 40, of Everett was charged Wednesday with taking more than $33,000 from a parent-teacher association from James Monroe Elementary School in the Everett School District. A story on Page A1 Thursday gave a wrong hometown and the school name was incomplete.

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