Fireworks at Medical Lake council

Fireworks are usually the topic of discussion closer to summer than winter in Medical Lake.

But they were both on the agenda, and visible within the City Council chambers at the Nov. 21 meeting.

An agenda item asking for a permit to have a public fireworks display on Dec. 9 in conjunction with Re*Imagine Medical Lake’s Christmas Winter Festival drew testimony from resident Lahnie Henderson, long a critic of their legal nature in the city around Independence Day.

There are a lot of people in the community who have expressed their displeasure in the past she said. “I think we can have a wonderfu...