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The new year is bringing a new opportunity for local public service.

Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Skagit County Cemetery District No. 1, needs a commissioner.

Candidates must reside within the cemetery district, according to cemetery district secretary Lori Buher.

“Interested persons can check their property tax statements to determine if they do reside in our district,” Buher told the Weekly News. “This position would become effective in January 2024.”

The vacancy was created when Curt Miller moved to Anacortes.

Duties include meeting with parties interested in purchasing plots or niches, marking graves for burials or inurnments and overseeing the grounds. Those duties are not compensated but commissioners are paid $90 per monthly meeting.

Training by incumbent commissioners Tim Goodman and Rick Anderson is required prior to being able to mark graves, said Buher.

Contact Buher for information: 360-630-0809; [email protected].

Located at 17666 Valentine Road on a promontory two and a half miles east of La Conner, historic Pleasant Ridge Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Skagit County.