Category: The Mayor’s Corner

The Mayor’s Corner 05/22/2024

Whew! Cathy and I drove a lot this past weekend. A former banking client’s daughter was getting married in Colefax Washington near Pullman on Saturday evening. As happened with many of the people I dealt with in banking, we became good friends. I had known the bride since she was a little girl when she …

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The Mayor’s Corner 05/18/2024

Some of you may know that ever since I became Mayor, I have been carrying two cell phones—one personal and one for City use. I keep the City phone next to my bed at night just in case of an emergency.Up until Sunday night, I had not received any such calls. Sunday was when I …

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The Mayor’s Corner 05/08/2024

This last week has been interesting. The kitchen remodel has been on hiatus the last couple of weeks. At that time, we were finally able to get a plumber to the house to hook up the kitchen faucet, garbage disposal, dishwasher, and the refrigerator’s ice maker. However…… when he looked at the pipe he was …

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The Mayor’s Corner 04/17/2024

You may or may not have noticed that Cathy and I love history. To us, it is fascinating to discover the events and patterns that shaped the past to bring us to where we are today.Last week, Cathy and I were in Texas to see the solar eclipse. While we were there, we visited the …

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The Mayor’s Corner 04/03/2024

Cathy and our daughter are teachers with a deep love of history. Our oldest grandson will be taking Idaho history in school next year. And so, this last weekend, we had a chance to introduce the grandsons to the beginning of Idaho history.Boise State University hosted a seven tribe Native-American Pow-Wow. What we saw, heard, …

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