FYI

Anyone interested in walking with the Riverside Neighborhood Association float for the July 4 parade in Everett can call Joline Lambert, Riverside float coordinator, at 425-232-2893.

Dress in your patriotic best.

Customers transporting fireworks on ferries should put them in plain sight for screening by dogs trained to sniff out explosives. Drivers and other passengers carrying fireworks should anticipate and allow for screening time.

“Your cooperation and timely response to making your fireworks available for inspection by our canine teams will assist us in keeping our printed schedule,” says Traci Brewer-Rogstad, director of marine operations.

Those hoping to watch fireworks from the deck of a ferry should consider viewing areas on shore or near the ferry docks.

Visitors to the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest are reminded that using or possessing fireworks of any kind is illegal on all federal and state-managed public lands in Washington throughout the year, because of the potential fire danger.

Tuesday is the Fourth of July. Here are some resulting closures:

Government: Federal, state and local offices will be closed.

Schools: Closed, including colleges.

Post offices: Closed, although express mail delivery service continues.

Commerce: Most businesses and banks will be closed. Malls and some retail stores will be open.

Transportation: Community Transit, Everett Transit and Dial-a-Ride will be on Sunday schedules. For ferry information, call 511 or 888-808-7977.

Herald: Newspapers should arrive by 7:30 a.m. Customer service (delivery) phone lines, 425-339-3200, are open from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. The Herald lobby and classified lines will be closed.

Call in news tips to 425-339-3428.

If you have an item for FYI, call Kristi O’Harran at 425-339-3451. If you have a news tip or an idea for a local story, call the city desk at 425-339-3428 or e-mail newstips@heraldnet. com.

Other numbers to call:

Delivery: Everett, 425-339-3200

Sports: 425-339-3470, after 4 p.m.