TONASKET – Tonasket Mayor Patrick Plumb had agreed to it.
He just didn’t know that Tonasket Water Ranch coordinator Linda Black had already surpassed the $50,000 mark in fundraising for the spray park slated to be built in Chief Tonasket Park this summer.
So while he was surprised that this was the night that he would be sprayed down by a Tonasket Fire Department truck, the mayor gamely got wet, multiple times, via squirt guns, water cans and, of course, the fire truck.
The proceedings were witnessed by a crowd that was gathered for a City Council meeting discussion on a proposed ATV ordinance, as well as other community members involved with the water ranch project.
The project is expected to cost between $150,000 and $200,000.
Brent Baker/staff photo Linda Black celebrates surpassing $50,000 in fundraising for the Tonasket Water Ranch by announcing to a gathering crowd outside Tuesday’s City Council meeting that the mayor would be sprayed down by a fire truck.
Brent Baker/staff photo Tonasket Mayor Patrick Plumb points to the current fundraising mark on the indicator outside the TVBRC.
Brent Baker/staff photo Tonasket Mayor Patrick Plumb points to the$54,000 mark outside the TVBRC, accompanied by daughter Symarah and water park mover-and-shaker Linda Black.
Brent Baker/staff photo Tonasket Mayor Patrick Plumb gets a hug from his daughter before getting hosed down.
Brent Baker/staff photo Even while her dad, the mayor, was about to get hosed down by a fire truck, Symarah Plumb was busy collecting donations for the Tonasket Water Ranch.
Brent Baker/staff photo First came the squirt guns …
Brent Baker/staff photo … then came the buckets …
Brent Baker/staff photo … then came Clare Jeffko.
Brent Baker/staff photo Mayor Patrick Plumb gets hosed down by a a Tonasket Fire Department truck.
Brent Baker/staff photo Mayor Patrick Plumb gets hosed down by a a Tonasket Fire Department truck.
Brent Baker/staff photo Mayor Patrick Plumb gets hosed down by a a Tonasket Fire Department truck.
Brent Baker/staff photo Mayor Patrick Plumb gets hosed down by a a Tonasket Fire Department truck.
Brent Baker/staff photo Mayor Patrick Plumb gets hosed down by a a Tonasket Fire Department truck.
Claire Jeffko waters down Mayor Patrick Plumb on Tuesday as part of Linda Black’s planned celebration of surpassing the $50,000 fundraising mark for the Tonasket Water Ranch. Plumb was later hosed down by a fire truck.
