THE LATEST TOUR

ON SUNDAY AUG. 29TH A TOUR SPONSORED BY MCMINNVILLE COOPERATIVE MINISTERIES AND YAMHILL COUNTY DEMOCRATS AND ORGANIZED BY LIZ STEIN CAME TO GRAND ISLAND. THE BUS WAS DRIVEN BY BEN STEIN. NEIL SVARVERUD ACTED AS TOUR GUIDE AND DID A GREAT JOB. THE TOUR ENDED AT THE SCOGGAN FARM, WHERE SAM SWEENEY GAVE AN INFORMATIVE TALK WITH MAPS AND AERIEL PHOTOS OF GRAVEL PITS ALREADY SURROUNDING US. THERE WERE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND SUGGESTIONS ALL AROUND. OUR GUESTS SEEMED IMPRESSED WITH AND CONCERNED FOR THE ISLAND. MANY HAD ALREADY COME OUT FOR A LOOK PRIOR TO THE TOUR. WE HAD A SNACK OF DELICIOUS GRAND ISLAND FRUITS VEGETABLES AND GOOD WELL WATER. THANK YOU, TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED.