Papa Murphy’s adds drive-up pizza for one dayOn June 27, a woman stepped on the gas instead of the brakes and drove through the front of Papa Murphy’s, located at the Safeway shopping center. No one was injured, but the storefront took a big hit. However, City Glass responded to owner Gordon Olson’s cries for help, and, within four hours, Papa Murphy’s was ready for business again.This was the second time in one year that Gordon and his wife, Mary Ann, had to deal with a run-away-car careening into their pizza house. The Olsons previously owned a Papa Murphy’s at So. Academy Street and Astrozon Boulevard, and a car that veered off track and smashed into the storefront at that location caused a six-week pizza shutdown. The eerie thing about it all, Gordon said, is each time it happened, he and his wife were hanging out with the same people – their neighbors.Business is good at Papa Murphy’s and Olson is taking the mishap in stride, but rethinking his relationship with his neighbors!Speaking of politicsBribes and kickbacks to governmental officials are deductible unless the individual has been convicted of making the bribe or has entered a plea of not guilty or nolo contendere. (item in the IRS official taxpayers’ guide)Dirty politics?The NFH received a call from Jenean Schueler, a resident of Yoder. Schueler gathered signatures for the Republican primary ballot for county commissioner candidate Jim Day. She did not like what she witnessed during the process, and filed a verbal complaint with the district attorney’s office. After listening to her concerns, someone from the district attorney’s office told Schueler that someone would get back to her; however, as of this date, that hasn’t happened, even though Schueler followed up with another phone call.Schueler’s distaste with the system involved a couple of different issues. Schueler gathered signatures for Day in front of Safeway and was met with a bit of opposition by another person, who was at the same location gathering signatures in support of three ballot issues – including Day’s opponent, Margaret Radford. This person told Schueler she needed to go to the other side of Safeway; she obliged, keeping a watchful eye on the process. Later in the day, another person, who seemed to be the “boss” of the other signature gatherer, appeared at Safeway and, Schueler said, angrily confronted her about being present at Safeway. Schueler knew that she had a right to be there, too, so she stayed but soon discovered that the people who had previously signed her petition were being solicited again by the other signature gatherer. Schueler said no one had been told that it was illegal to sign two petitions.Schueler returned to Safeway the next day and stood alongside a different signature gatherer, who said he was from Cotopaxi, Colo. He was pleasant to Schueler but she believed that signature gatherers were required to be registered Republicans who lived in the district.Schueler called the NFH just hours before deadline, so an investigative report on the signature gathering process will be forthcoming in the September issue. The NFH will answer these questions: What exactly is the process in gathering signatures? Is it fair that the first candidate to turn in the signatures gets the nod? How can someone who lives in another city solicit signatures for this district? Should candidates pay companies or individuals to gather signatures? Stay tuned.The visionaries“This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” – An internal Western Union memo, 1876″I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” – IBM chairman Thomas Watson, 1943″Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try to find oil? You’re crazy!” – Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859″Well-informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires and that, were it possible to do so, the thing would be of no practical value.” – Boston Post 1865
