Medical Lake Food Bank shelves go bare

Downtown non-profit is looking to relocate in June

By JAMES EIK

Staff Reporter

The Medical Lake Food Bank is starting the process of moving a few blocks away, to a parcel of land near the city's Post Office.

Meanwhile, donations have lagged and some food items have run out.

Food Bank Association president Bob Kibling finalized the deal for the land earlier in the month, and retracted the organization's offer to purchase the former Ball and Dodd funeral home on SR 902 and Lefevre Street.

Kibling asked the Medical Lake City Council at its Feb. 7 meeting for a return on its initial payment for th...