Garfield Cemetery District asks for help

In a letter to taxpayers in Whitman County Cemetery District No. 2 in Garfield, secretary James Storms explains he missed a deadline in 2012 for getting a levy on the 2012 ballot by one day.

No taxes were assessed for the district on real estate in 2013 and he asked taxpayers to note that there is no amount for the cemetery district on 2013 property tax statements. Since the district doesn’t receive state money, it depends on levy funds.

A levy was passed in February of this year, but the district won’t collect that money until 2014.

Storms’ letter asks taxpayers for donations so the district...