Ledger Looking Back 25 Years: 8/27/1997

August 27, 1997

Nearly 70 fiberglass street signs were stored in the workshop of Jim and Kathie Moerbe’s Rader Creek home. The signs were purchased by the county to identify the confusing and changing Rader Creek roads, and are part of national, state, and county programs created to help emergency vehicle drivers locate streets and residences.

However, the signs divided the rapidly growing Rader Creek area, and it was uncertain if the green signs would be erected, and if erected, how long they would stay up. The population seemed to hold one of three views: 1) Signs would help emergency vehicl...