I was sad to learn of the death of former Kuna Mayor Dean Obray, who was the mayor from 2004 to 2007. He was the mayor when I first moved to Idaho and took over the Kuna Melba News in 2006.
I will be forever grateful for the patience he showed me as I asked dumb questions about sewer ponds and water mains. I still remember the exasperated look on his face when this city slicker from back East asked him what the irrigation water system was. (In New York, the irrigation water system was called “rain.”)
Obray died May 26 at the age of 82. I first learned of the news from a post on Facebook by the city of Kuna about flying the flag at half-staff in Obray’s honor. That was a very classy thing to do and a nice way to recognize someone who chose to serve the city…