Prison dog unit to stay in Monroe
The state Department of Corrections is reducing its police dog units in Washington prisons from eight teams to two.
It’s all about saving money.
“The decision to reduce this program was not easy to make,” said Dick Morgan, prisons division director. “We appreciate the collaboration with the K-9 handlers and the Teamsters union who presented this modified program reduction and worked with us to make it happen.”
One team will be based at Monroe Correctional Complex in Snohomish County and the other at Airway Heights Corrections Center near Spokane.
The ability to continue this program beyond July 1 will depend on the availability of funds.
Officers who work with the dogs will move to other positions within the agency and will be able to adopt their retired dogs.
Railroad enthusiast meeting tonight
Snohomish Railfans meets at 7 tonight at Hilton Lake Fire Station, 3525 108th St. SE in Everett.
Organizers say that if financial events have you stressed, railroad slides and camaraderie will ease your mind.
Learn about photography jobs
Learn about jobs in photojournalism, portrait, wedding, sport, fashion and commercial photography.
A program is offered by Joel Dames Photography at 1 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Mountlake Terrace Library.
Talk about going to art and technical schools. Learn about associations, workshops and marketing from professional photographers, graphic designers and commercial photographers.
The Mountlake Terrace Library is located at 23300 58th Ave. W. in Mountlake Terrace. For more information, call 425-776-8722.
New HeraldNet blog is a scream
It’s all horror movies all the time on the Scream Queen blog on The Herald’s Web site during the month of October. Herald copy editor Jacqueline McCartney tosses out a different horror-movie topic for discussion each day; today’s is ghost movies. Go to www.heraldnet.com/screamqueen.
Correction
Central Lutheran Church in Everett has about 360 members. The number of members at the church was incorrect in an A1 story on Sept. 21
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