An unceremonious end to a one-time manufacturing dynasty will happen next week as the old Goehring Meat Company buildings on Highway 99 come down. Local demolition expert Marty Thorpe, who
Tom Kobierski
Now what? Ely Kiwanis Club members thought, as they woke up Saturday morning to the devastating news that the Blueberry/Art Festival had been cancelled. Some members were early to arrive back at the park to pick up the pieces, and others, who were hit by power outages, soon straggled in.
By 9 a.m., the log pavilion was cleared, and a plan for the additional 250 pies ready for Saturday sale had been hatched. Laurie Bambas, one of our Kiwanians, got the OK from her family, who owns the Ely Steakhouse, to set up shop in front of their business. Paul Zupancich, approached family member Jimmy Z., manager at the Zup’s Food Store, and got the OK to set up a table inside the store.