A Federal Way couple will soon have an easier time getting around their home in their wheelchairs, thanks to the 19th annual Rampathon event Saturday.

Diana and Larry Larsen have been chosen as recipients of wheelchair ramps, which will be built by volunteers from the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties. The Larsens are both disabled and have no front door access, according to Master Builders Care Foundation.

“Builder captains will lead their teams in constructing access ramps giving recipients the ability to get in and out of their homes with greater ease and flexibility,” says Art Castilleja, the 2012 Rampathon chairman. “For many of them, it will be the first time in years they have not had to rely on family or friends just to get in and out of their homes.”

Since 1993, teams from the Master Builders Association have constructed 320 wheelchair ramps for those in need.
 

Today, King County’s flood control district meets to decide what to do with thousands of sandbags left along the Green River.

An extensive run of sandbags were stacked up when the river threatened to cause devastating flooding, but since the Howard Hanson Dam was fixed, the bags are no longer needed.

Removing the bags isn’t cheap. The total cost is expected to be more than $7 million.

Today’s meeting could determine who will have to pay that bill.