Gifford gets new fire station

GIFFORD – Gifford's volunteer firefighters are in their new home – a little more than a year since work started in July 2007.

The facility is owned by Gifford Fire Protection District and cost nearly $650,000, according to Joe Curtis, who has been district president since 1990. Curtis said costs were mainly financed by a $550,000 bond issue approved by voters in November 2006.

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