PONDERAY — According to Bonner County Emergency Management Director Bob Howard, the worst of the flooding should be passing.
At the Ponderay Community Development Corporation meeting Thursday afternoon, Howard told the gathered business representatives that he expected the flood stage to peak by Friday and gradually subside afterward. Between assistance from the Army Corps of Engineers in protecting vulnerable roadways and the improving prognosis, Howard is optimistic.
“At this point, I think we’re doing well,” he said.
Of course the best part of the article is this:
This is part of why I love where we live. The local radio reported on the dressing-up of the memorial on Friday morning. It was still there when I got off of work Friday afternoon.
Back in Phoenix the park service would have already taken everything down and would be looking for the "vandal". Here the park service came in in the morning, let it be, and instead called both local radio stations (which is where I heard about it Friday morning on the way to work) and the local newspaper.
It's nice to live somewhere where most everyone, including officials, has a sense of humor.
