Pierce News…
Leslie Potratz 464-1023
lesliep76@hotmail.com
Town Meeting
The city of Pierce will hold a public hearing to discuss the proposed new water intake project on Orofino Creek for the City of Pierce. Plans to complete the project will be available for the public to review. This meeting will also provide an opportunity to present the progress on the infra structural improvements already in process for the water system.
Representatives from USDA Rural Development, CEDA, Idaho Rural Water Association, and the two engineering firms involved will be available to answer questions. Pierce City council and Mayor are hosting this meeting and encourage the citizens of Pierce to attend this informational meeting which will be held at the Pierce Community Center, March 27 at 7 p.m.
Recycling Project
Tanner Jared, is a student at Timberline High and for his Senior service project is doing newspaper recycling. He has constructed bins for the collection of newspaper and made arrangements for transportation. Recycling paper is a clean and easy task; simply stack folded newspapers into 6” bales and bind them with twine. Place these bundled stacks into the bins for pick up, they will be placed on the covered porch near the fire shed.
Currently, 90% of all newspapers end up in landfills where they degrade very slowly due to low oxygen and moisture. Though no monies will be made from these recycling efforts, the City of Pierce will benefit, as the current cost to transport our collected garbage is substantial.
At this time news-print type paper is all that will be accepted. If this attempt at recycling goes well, efforts to recycle other materials may be initiated.
Please consider recycling your
newspapers and help to start conservation efforts in Pierce, a community who
fully understands the value of natural resources.
Pierce welcomes back Gloria and Gerry Burnett to town from their winter home
in Phoenix. Gerry was impressed with the amount of snow we still have. If he
only knew...how much we had earlier this year. Rumor has it that Freddie Bloom
actually got a hole in one at Orofino Golf course. His friend’s comment, “that’s
pretty astounding for someone who’s never broke under 100.”
Pierce Community Center will
have open gym this Friday night.
Logger first aid class is March 20 at the center.
Pioneer Medical Clinic is
open as usual from Monday through Thursday with Dr. Crecelius on March 27. Call
464-2578 for an appt.
A Dutch oven cooking class will be offered at the Weippe Discovery Center
April 5 from 2 to 5 p.m. Class is limited to 10 people, sign-up at Weippe Public
Library no later than April 1. Cost at sign-up is $10 which includes dinner and
provides pots, charcoal, and utensils. Call 435-4058 if you have further
questions.
Graduates from the class will be ready to compete in the Camas Festival and 1860 Days Dutch Oven Contest.
As expected it was a poor turn out for the 1860 Days meeting. The next meeting won’t be until April 10, due to the town meeting and then spring break. Help is needed! Contact Leslie at 464-1023 if you or your organization is willing to help.
Old Minutes
Village of Pierce
Minutes from Oct. 1936
Meeting
place-Duffy’s Blue Room
Members of the board
present: Gisel, Snyder & Dinnison, absent: McCloskey and Ruark.
The following bills were read to the Board by the Clerk and were approved for
payment with the exception of one bill from Irwin J. Rossiter for $3.06 for 2
boxes of cartridges which the Board decided could not be furnished for target
practice.
Milo Thompson-rent for courtroom-$10.00, Al’s & Frank’s Cafe-meals for
prisoners-$10.60, Clearwater Garage-repairs to jail door-$3.50,
Fred Forsman-rent for dog pound-$7.50, Clearwater Tribune-publish Ord #17-$3.00,
Walter Bryant-Grading bridge-$80.00, Irwin Rossiter-Marshalls salary-$100.00,
Joe Oman-Police salary-$100.00, L. Ostenton-actions in police court-$33.50.
Salary of Police Force was next discussed and Trustee Snyder moved that the salary for 2 men be reduced to $62.50 per month each for 30 days and be paid a fee of $1.00 for each arrest and conviction and fine collected. Trustee Dinnison seconded the motion.
The matter of rent for Court Room was discussed. It was decided that the Court could be held in the Dance Hall for $5.00 per month, saving of $5.00 per month over that paid for the Blue Room, therefore the change was authorized.
The condition of the street intersection between Durant’s and Marshall’s stores was discussed and enough dirt and gravel to repair it was ordered.