'A Glimpse Of History' by Jack Story

In the Jan. 21 issue of the Village News, the C section cover feature is a full page dedicated to the purchase of the County's former HHSA (Health & Human Services Agency) building by Mission Resource Conservation District.

It brought back to my mind my own association with the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) years ago. In the early 1950s, I was employed with the SCS when the office was located near the middle of town on Main Street.

Ben Mock and Jim Bosanko were field engineers and I held the surveyor's rod for them when they worked in the field.

Bob Steele, Roger Pepple, and George Borst wer...