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Injured climber airlifted off Mount Erie
A 22-year-old Whatcom County man was airlifted off Mount Erie Saturday after injuring his leg during a climb.
“His handhold, a piece of rock, broke off. I don’t know how big it was but it fell off and hit his leg,” said Anacortes Fire Department Division Chief John Bird.
The man suffered a broken leg, according to the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office,
Bird said the man’s climbing partner lowered him to the bottom of the main wall of the mountain and called 911 just before 1 p.m. Saturday.
Five Anacortes firefighters and three from the Mount Erie Fire Department responded. They hiked up and treated the man.
Responders determined it would be too difficult to get the man to the ground. Bird said the man was lowered in a basket to a safer point and taken by helicopter to Island Hospital.
Last week firefighters also responded to a brush fire near the Skyline Marina.
They got a call around 5:50 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23 about a beach fire. An unattended campfire spread to driftwood logs on the beach, Bird said. Responders put out the fire.
No garbage pickup on Friday
The city of Anacortes solid waste division will not pick up garbage on Friday due to its July 4 holiday schedule. Residential customers whose garbage is normally scheduled to be picked up are asked to hold their garbage and recycling until their next regular service day. At that time, they can put out extra garbage and recycling equivalent to their normal service.
Extra trash should be in standard garbage cans or bags tied off with at least four-inch tags to be used as handles. City pre-paid garbage bags are not required.
Call 293-1909.
Deferral available for fall property taxes
Homeowners struggling to get by on limited incomes can apply to defer second half property taxes that are due Oct. 31, according to a press release from Mike Gowrylow of the state Department of Revenue.
Applicants must have an annual household income of $57,000 or less in 2008, have owned the home at least five years, use it as their primary residence and have sufficient equity. Deferred taxes cannot exceed 40 percent of equity.
Deferred taxes must be repaid, with interest, when the property is sold or no longer used as the homeowner’s primary residence. The interest rate is 5 percent for 2009.
For more information, see the Department of Revenue’s publication “Property Tax Deferral for Homeowners with Limited Income,” call (360) 570-5900 or contact the county assessor.
