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Skagit County officials deny plans to close senior centers, outline Meals on Wheels funding pressures
Summary
At a Sept. 9 meeting the board issued a proclamation recognizing National Senior Center Month and publicly disputed circulating rumors that the county planned to close senior centers. Officials said the county now contributes nearly $2 million a year to Meals on Wheels and that senior centers remain a continuing county priority.
Skagit County commissioners used part of their Sept. 9 Board of Health meeting to issue a proclamation recognizing September as National Senior Center Month and to rebut circulating rumors that the county planned to close senior centers.
“There was some misinformation passed around the community…we have no idea where it came from,” the board chair said, reading a statement that rejected the rumor and noting the county had contacted local news outlets and a political party that had circulated inaccurate…
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