350 masks donated to EMS

A delivery of 350 handmade face masks were received Friday by Whitman County Emergency Management. Bill Shuler of Masks for Spokane Healthcare delivered the bags of fabric masks to the Emergency Operations Center at the Public Service Building. The masks will be distributed to firefighters and EMS personnel around the county.

"The phone call was so unexpected and blessed," said Janel Goebel, EOC logistics.

Without preamble, Shuler called EOC Friday to set up the delivery. He founded Masks for Spokane Healthcare with wife Molly and collaborates with about 300 seamstresses through the Inland Nor...