South Snohomish County Old Settlers Picnic again canceled due to COVID-19 concerns Posted: July 12, 2021
A group gathers at a past Old Settlers Picnic. (Photo courtesy Chris Deiner-Karr)
For the second straight year, the 122-year-old South Snohomish County Old Settlers Picnic that draws many families to Edmonds City Park, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Picnic organizer Chris Deiner-Karr said she decided to cancel the event first held in 1899 mainly because those who would be traveling many of whom are seniors “are coming from states with a growing COVID-19 Delta variant and the risk associated with this.”
“This breaks my heart to not see this happen after all these years, but I worry for their safety,” Deiner-Karr said.