the "LOCAL" newspaper

Sept. 7, 2017

Someone please call the Museum of Misplaced Quotation Marks!

This issue of The East County News includes an ad from Value Ford in Elma with the promise:

"Buy a new or used vehicle for $4000 or more and receive a new tactical or hunting shotgun, AR styled rifle, or pistol (Mossberg, Colt, or Ruger)."

Mark Reed -------- Clinic

Feb. 17, 2013. The hospital moved to Elma but the clinic remained in the old building for awhile.

Mark Reed (1866-1933) was a businessman, CEO of Simpson, and at one time served as Speaker of the Washington State House of Representatives. It is not an exaggeration to say he probably could have easily been elected Governor had he desired the job.