S-N Editorial

Hartley taxpayers can give themselves a big, hard pat on the back.

Voters on Tuesday approved the $1.7 pool bond measure with 84 percent of the vote. That's huge, and it proved city residents are more than willing to invest in the community's future. This multi-million dollar project has been years in the making and it will benefit generations of Hartley residents in the years to come.

Hartley's current pool has had a good run. It was built in 1958 and received its last major upgrades in 1996, but the sands of time have brought its last days nearer and nearer. Vital equipment is wearing out an...