Fire season is here

One of the first things I did when moving to Electric City in 1989 was to sign onto a fire crew for two seasons.

The owners of the operation, OK Cascade, was the Keener family from Bothell.

During the two-season stint we were involved in countless fires in Washington and Oregon. The Keeners had a meat market in downtown Bothell, run by Vern, the head of the family. People came from miles around to...