What are the expected costs of new medical facility, industrial/tourist park

To the Editor:

Thanks to Eric Walker’s letter to the editor (June 30, 2011) and publisher McFadden’s article of July 21, 2011, most citizens of Ritzville are familiar with the plan of the East Adams Rural Hospital Board to build at another location, a “Ritzville Medical Facility.”

On the sly, EARH accumulated some $8 million toward this end. However, because of other recent decisions the board has made, these millions are likely to disappear in a relatively short time. With or without the $8 million, how could the hospital board expect to fund the project?

On page 14 of the appendices, we are...