Grant County Fire District 8 firefighters push the district’s new ambulance during the dedication of the new fire station in September 2021. Commissioner Paul Parker said the department has expanded quite a bit since its founding in the 1960s.
April 14, 2022
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April 14, 2022 1:20 a.m.
Fire district commissioner has seen Mattawa grow, change
Paul Parker talks about grass-roots efforts to build community
MATTAWA — Paul Parker’s introduction to the fire service in Mattawa came not long after he and his wife Bonnie moved to town. “When I got here in 1957, into the trailer court, a guy came over to welcome us and told me, ‘You’re on the fire department and you’ve got to have a shovel and a garden hose in your car at all times,’” he said...