Parking space at Gordon's

Oct. 28, 2010. Art is everywhere we look, we just have to be open to it.

The Odd Room

Oct. 28, 2010. That odd little square on top of Gordon's has several legends attached to it, too many and complicated to relate here.

The building was originally constructed in the 1940s and was called Lumbermen's Mercantile, selling a wide variety of goods. It even included a mezzanine. I recall in the 1960s the eastern third was walled off and was a separate hardware store. The entrance to the grocery store at that time faced Simpson Ave.

Ardy Lencioni purchased the store in the mid-1960s and knocked out the wall that divided the space. Ardy and his Dad, Ugo, had previously operated the Quality Market, which was located where Sam's Food Mart is now operating. 

PO Boxes

Oct. 28, 2010. In the not so distant past you pretty much HAD to have a PO box in order to receive mail in McCleary city limits. Don't know exactly when mail delivery to a real mailbox on your property really started to become normal.

Cat prints on the Buick

Oct. 26, 2013

Time for a new paint job

Oct. 24, 2013. Ya think?

Elect Rick Hole, Assessor, Neither Party

Oct. 22, 2010. This huge sign was at the west entrance to town. I love the "Neither Party" concept. He was elected to office in the 2010 election cycle and served one term.

The Wild Shirt

Oct. 21, 2012. This shirt is so loud it had to be isolated from all the rest. Generally speaking, McCleary tends be an earth tone place in the clothing color department.