Arlington: Not enough volunteers to make chicken dinner
The Stillaguamish Senior Center’s monthly chicken dinner in July has been cancelled.
Volunteers who work in the kitchen must have a food handler’s permit, which limits the number of people available to prepare the meal, center officials said.
The next dinner is set for Aug. 29.
For more information or to volunteer, contact DJ Winebrinner at the center, 360-653-4551.
Darrington: Bluegrass festival starts today
The 34th annual Darrington Bluegrass Festival, which includes local musicians with North Carolina roots, is today, Saturday and Sunday at the festival’s music park, 3 miles west of Darrington on Highway 530.
Headliners for the festival include Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, the U.S. Navy Band’s Country Current and Chris Jones and Night Driver.
More info: 360-436-1006, 360-436-1179, 360-436-0123 or www.glacierview.net/bluegrass.
Granite Falls: Trivia on survival at library
An event titled “Stranded at Sea” is planned for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Granite Falls Library.
Participants in the free event will hear about extreme tales of survival, then enter a trivia contest.
Finalists advance from “the sea” to “an island,” and “survivors” win a prize at the end.
The library is located at 815 E. Galena St.
More info: 360-691-6087 or www.sno-isle.org.
Warm Beach: Paramedic service to end if EMS levy fails
The Board of Commissioners for North County Fire/EMS recently decided to end paramedic service for residents of its service area if the emergency medical services levy on the Aug. 17 election ballot should fail.
North County fire department serves about 15,000 people in the communities of Warm Beach, Freeborn and Bryant. Most of the calls to the department are medical emergencies.
If voters don’t approve the levy, potential layoffs include six to nine firefighter/paramedics, said North County spokesman Battalion Chief Christian Davis.
As a result, emergency medical care levels would be reduced from advanced life support to basic life support, and response times could increase, Davis said.
Paramedics provide advanced care in a medical emergency, while emergency medical technicians cannot administer medication and are limited to external procedures only, he said.
More info: www.northcounty fireems.com or 360-652-1246.
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