Election day bazaar returns to Garfield - just a little later

A Garfield election day tradition, the Ladies Aid Bazaar which was a part of the election day scene in Garfield for decades, will return this year, just at a later date. The event will be Nov. 7 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Garfield Christian Church.

Sandy Souders, president of the Ladies Aid, said the bazaar has been absent the last few years with the county’ s conversion to all-mail balloting. The change eliminated polling places around the county on election day. The polling places brought people into town and that provided more customers for the traditional bazaar.

Members of the Ladies Ai...