A retired couple's gift builds Wishek a fire station without a tax increase
Cleo and Joan Boschee, retired teachers, covered about half the cost of Wishek's new volunteer fire station. The town built it without raising taxes and named it in their honor.
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Retired teachers Cleo and Joan Boschee covered about half the cost of a new volunteer fire station in Wishek, KFYR-TV reported. The town built it without raising taxes and put the couple's name on it.
The gift is roughly half the project. The rest of the funding, and the decision not to raise taxes, are part of the same local plan. The station is for the volunteers who already answer calls in town.
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Wishek, North Dakota, has a new station for its volunteer firefighters. Cleo and Joan Boschee, who used to be teachers, paid about half of what it cost. The town did not raise taxes to build it. The station is named for the couple. A volunteer fire department is made of neighbors who answer calls when they are needed, not a full-time city crew. Half the cost is a very large gift for a small town. The news is the building, the gift, and the decision to pay for it without a new tax.
- What does a fire station need besides a garage for the trucks?
- Why would a town try not to raise taxes for a building?
- Who in a small town answers the fire call?
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