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Fund-raising mania

Category: Life in a small town | Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:39 am

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When you live in an isolated community like ours it seems like when you are not working you are involved in some sort of fund-raising. A good part of our so called leisure time is spent trying to raise funds for the various clubs, teams, churches or boards we sit on. Just as an example of how crazy this can get our oldest daughter Laura and I spent the past week getting ready for the local Christmas bazaar at the community hall. We manned three large tables. Table one held Laura's business cards and samples of her budding cake decorating business. Table two held a sign up sheet for our P.E.O. pie sale and our selection of homemade chocolates. Table three held our crafts for missions from church including a beautiful fall rag quilt for raffle and finally homebaked cookies and decorated tree raffle for the local fairboard upon who's board we both sit! The sale went well today as all of us bought from each other. Such is life in small town America. Hope we have a good day tomorrow, maybe we will even get some customers from out of town!!! More Later ER

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My adopted home town

Category: Life in a small town | Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:10 am

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Pomeroy, Washington is my adopted hometown. Pomeroy is the only town in the County of Garfield in the southeastern corner of Washington State. 1,300 people live in the town and 2400 people live in the entire county. The closest town on either side is 30 or 35 miles away. Here you are either a pioneer(having been born and raised here) or an outsider(having married in or moved here.) We fall into the latter catagory having moved here 12 years ago. We fit in okay due to the fact that we were 2nd generation wheat farmers and the husband's family homsteaded across the river in Whitman county. We now have two adult children that have married into "pioneer" families so I am guessing we are here to stay. Acually it is a good thing to be an outsider in a town like Pomeroy because you don't have to be a part of all the family feuds that have gone on since the town was formed. Early on we realized that it was a good place to keep your nose to grindstone and your thoughts to yourself because around here someone is always related or married to someone else. You never know who you might be offending so you better just keep your lips zipped.

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