Uniting for a good cause

On Sunday night Mother Nature came to Ritzville. In the morning light we saw the aftermath of her fury and were left with are jaws dropped. The night of the storm, Larry Swift stopped by the Fire Station and told me that the City might need help in the morning.

Monday morning I grabbed a saw and asked him where to start. He told me to go to the City Park and start cutting. I got there about 7 a.m. and for the next hour, I was by myself. I thought, it will take a month to clean this up by myself. Soon a farmer stopped by and said that maybe he and other farmers could help. By early afternoon an army of farmers with tractors, trucks and saws were working together with firefighters, city workers and others to get the job done. Tuesday morning they were still at it, working together to get the City back to normal.

I stood back and thought how great it was to all be working together towards one goal. The City has been in turmoil over the issues of the Hospital for years, and cause a division down to the bone. Maybe it will take Mother Nature to bring us together and work towards a common goal. Maybe it’s time that we work together to get this job done also.

Jim Bostic, Ritzville