E-mail from Cheryl

Facts from the past gleaned from the Moses Lake Herald, Columbia Basin Herald and The Neppel Record by Cheryl (Driggs) Elkins:

From the CBH on Feb. 4, 1981:

Garbage dumps information requested

People are requesting, more than any service, information on garbage dumps open on weekends, a Moses Lake Police Department dispatcher says. Because of budget problems, Grant County has cut back operational hours at landfill sites. At Warden, citizens have complained garbage is being dumped along the road leading to the drop box site because operational hours aren’t as convenient as in the past.

Adams County Fair funds gain approval

Adams County commissioners have approved spending $6,000 to renovate an exhibit building at the fairgrounds at Othello. The commissioners’ decision Monday is the first expenditure for the fair since a controversy developed over which of two Adams County Fair sites would be designated as the permanent location.

The $6,000 includes $3,000 from the State Fair Commission and $3,000 from Adams County.

Commissioners late last year designated Othello as the county fair site. Ritzville residents want the fair at Ritzville.

The State Fair Commission told county commissioners the state would provide funds for only one fair. Up to that time, the county held two fairs each year, at Ritzville and Othello.

Ritzville residents appealed the selection of the Othello site, but last week a hearing on the appeal was postponed indefinitely due to the illness of one of the commissioners.

Alcohol board named

Grant County Commissioners have re-appointed the members of the County Alcoholism Program Board. Issac Fortman, William Thomas, Eldon Heimbigner and A.D. Bergstrom were re-appointed to the board to serve an additional three years.

The board governs the alcoholism program under Director Earl J. Sherry.

The program is funded by the county and state and is available to residents who require alcoholism counseling or treatment.

County Superior Court judges frequently require persons convicted of alcohol related crimes to undergo treatment from the program.