November 8 - 14, 2018
John Pozder still carries his discharge from his days in the Pacific, fighting Hirohito’s forces.
Recalling those days spent in a fox hole
There was never such a feeling of aloneness as this. It was the summer of 1944 and John Pozder had been training with his fellow soldiers at Pearl Harbor, almost three years after the attack. He was in the Triple A (Anti Aircraft Artillery) and found himself deployed to Saipan. “They put you all one a big ship, I was on a weapons carrier, and they dumped you off on shore. When they got us all off, then the big ships take off and that is a feeling, as a young kid, maybe 19, 20 years old, you wonder if they’ll ever come back - you wonder what’s going to happen.”
The Vote
Granite County voters elected a new County Commissioner on Tuesday and passed the Hospital levy 53 to 47 percent. As usual, Precincts 1 and 2 (Philipsburg North and South) put the Levy over the top with 66 percent and 63 percent voting yes. In Precinct 9 (Hall and east) the Levy took only 46 percent of the vote and in Precinct 10 (Drummond and west) only 36 percent of the voters approved the measure. Chuck Hinkle, running on the Republican ticket will take incumbent Bart Bonney’s commissioner seat in January, taking 48 percent of the county’s vote and winning all four of the county’s precincts.
Rotarians raise a glass to their very finest at first annual fete
Trying to honor a person for 60 years of service to an organization and its community may seem an incalculable task but that’s what Kristy Mainwaring set out to do.
The Philipsburg Rotarian organized the first ever Rotary Appreciation Dinner which was highlighted by two standing ovations, one for Zane Murfitt and another for Bob Winninghoff, each having served the Club for more than 60 years. “It’s the history of this club that has made all of our recent accomplishments possible,” Rotary President Reed Speegle told the 40-some members and guests in attendance, “Bob Winninghoff’s donation of land which became our concert venue, our skating rink, and Zane Murfitt who as Mayor created a Town Park where we now have trails and hope to build a baseball field.”
Taxes
Helena went easy on Granite County Treasurer. The State, which assumed the duties of most local assessors last year, actually dropped our real estate taxes, five to 10 dollars per year, on average, County Treasurer Vicki Harding told the Mail, and then used her own, personal tax statement to help explain the taxes you’re paying and what they go toward.
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Recalling those days spent in a fox hole
There was never such a feeling of aloneness as this. It was the summer of 1944 and John Pozder had been training with his fellow soldiers at Pearl Harbor, almost three years after the attack. He was in the Triple A (Anti Aircraft Artillery) and found himself deployed to Saipan. “They put you all one a big ship, I was on a weapons carrier, and they dumped you off on shore. When they got us all off, then the big ships take off and that is a feeling, as a young kid, maybe 19, 20 years old, you wonder if they’ll ever come back - you wonder what’s going to happen.”
The Vote
Granite County voters elected a new County Commissioner on Tuesday and passed the Hospital levy 53 to 47 percent. As usual, Precincts 1 and 2 (Philipsburg North and South) put the Levy over the top with 66 percent and 63 percent voting yes. In Precinct 9 (Hall and east) the Levy took only 46 percent of the vote and in Precinct 10 (Drummond and west) only 36 percent of the voters approved the measure. Chuck Hinkle, running on the Republican ticket will take incumbent Bart Bonney’s commissioner seat in January, taking 48 percent of the county’s vote and winning all four of the county’s precincts.
Rotarians raise a glass to their very finest at first annual fete
Trying to honor a person for 60 years of service to an organization and its community may seem an incalculable task but that’s what Kristy Mainwaring set out to do.
The Philipsburg Rotarian organized the first ever Rotary Appreciation Dinner which was highlighted by two standing ovations, one for Zane Murfitt and another for Bob Winninghoff, each having served the Club for more than 60 years. “It’s the history of this club that has made all of our recent accomplishments possible,” Rotary President Reed Speegle told the 40-some members and guests in attendance, “Bob Winninghoff’s donation of land which became our concert venue, our skating rink, and Zane Murfitt who as Mayor created a Town Park where we now have trails and hope to build a baseball field.”
Taxes
Helena went easy on Granite County Treasurer. The State, which assumed the duties of most local assessors last year, actually dropped our real estate taxes, five to 10 dollars per year, on average, County Treasurer Vicki Harding told the Mail, and then used her own, personal tax statement to help explain the taxes you’re paying and what they go toward.
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