Article by Debbie CookThis year’s Annual Northside Ambulance Association dinner turned out to be a surprise for Mariposa County Fire Division Chief Art Laursen, who recently resigned as a director of the Northside Ambulance Association (NSAA). The annual dinner is a gathering of community and emergency services. There is a potluck dinner followed by a report of the community from organizations such as fire and sheriff’s department and Mercy ambulance
Rick of Mercy Ambulance was on hand to present Art a stone engraved plaque for his 30+ years of service to NSAA. Art also received a plaque from MCFD for his years of service and a certificate for a brick placed at the ‘Walk of Honor’ from his firefighters.
