The Grant County Fire District 8 station under construction in March 2021. Fire district commissioner Paul Parker said the community has helped the department grow into what it is now from a small, community fire department decades ago.
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...