POLO TRI-COUNTY PRESS VOLUME 164 NO. 25 • SERVING THE POLO AREA SINCE 1857
NEWS
Friday, September 2, 2022 • $1.00
PINE CREEK POWER
Damaged Again
Storm damage for the second time in 5 months for Pegasus facility. / 3
NEWS
A Special Visit
Ostfriesland residents travel from Germany to German Valley. / 4
Man Sentenced An Oregon man
is sentenced to 6 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a child. / 15
Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media
Tyler Willman, foreground, and Levi Schuler, both of Pine Creek, race to push a 700-pound straw bale across the finish line during StrawFest Day in Mt. Morris on Aug. 27. The pair ultimately won the straw bale races, which were just one activity in the final celebration of the U.S. National Straw Sculpting Competition. Story on page 9.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 6 Classifieds ........ 18-20 Colbert Column ......13
Library News ............ 2 Oregon Police..........17 Otto’s Column .......... 6
Property Transfers..16 Sheriff Activity........16 Sports................. 10-13
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Alivia Lynn (Rager) Greenfield, Steven Charles Gunder, Donna Mae Leamanczyk, Jenny Lee Schneider (Mackey), Helen P. Sheridan, Betty Swanson, Pages 14, 15