Pictured next to the freshly updated Snowden water tank are, left to right, Troy Painter, Roger Gadway, Janet Turner, Lois Bankroft, Bob Conner, Chuck Kliesch, Sandy Montag, Janet Esslely, Bea Lackaff, Tom Montag and Emma McLeigh. Not pictured but appreciated are volunteers Abigail M. Peoples, Christian Stein, Kathy von Mosch, Frank Craft, Ron Reynolds and Fire Chief Wes Long.
Beginning in August, the community came out again to freshen up the mural, as well as create new scenes at its base, which in 1996 was not visible above ground. A cherry picker was used to reach the topmost parts.
The lower half of the tank included a substantial portion that was buried at the time the original mural was completed, so new scenes were added by volunteers.
Pictured next to the freshly updated Snowden water tank are, left to right, Troy Painter, Roger Gadway, Janet Turner, Lois Bankroft, Bob Conner, Chuck Kliesch, Sandy Montag, Janet Esslely, Bea Lackaff, Tom Montag and Emma McLeigh. Not pictured but appreciated are volunteers Abigail M. Peoples, Christian Stein, Kathy von Mosch, Frank Craft, Ron Reynolds and Fire Chief Wes Long.
Photo courtesy Roger Gadway
Beginning in August, the community came out again to freshen up the mural, as well as create new scenes at its base, which in 1996 was not visible above ground. A cherry picker was used to reach the topmost parts.
Photo courtesy Roger Gadway
Volunteers work to refresh the mural.
Photo courtesy Roger Gadway
The newly updated mural at the Snowden Fire Department, corner of Bates and Snowden roads, includes both scenes of firefighters and the community.
Photo courtesy Roger Gadway
A volunteer helps paint a new scene on the mural.
Photos courtesy Roger Gadway
The lower half of the tank included a substantial portion that was buried at the time the original mural was completed, so new scenes were added by volunteers.
Originally painted in 1996, the Snowden water tank was in need of a refresh, which it got this summer.
Photo courtesy Roger Gadway
SNOWDEN — If you saw the water tank at the Snowden Fire Department at the corner of Bates and Snowden roads before the month of August, you may have noticed its faded, worn mural.
That changed on Aug. 4, when volunteers began to give the tank a fresh new paint job, a joint project of Klickitat County Fire District 3 and the Snowden Community Council. And on Nov. 19, more than 20 community members came together to celebrate its completion.
The original mural was restored and new scenes added by volunteers.
Photo courtesy Roger Gadway
The mural was a thank you to fire department volunteers, said Roger Gadway, Snowden Community Council chair.
The tank’s mural was originally created in 1996 by Snowden resident Diane Gadway and friends, and included scenes from the community protected by the fire department, Roger Gadway said.
This summer, the upper part of the tank was prepped and painted using a cherry picker, he added. The lower half included a substantial portion of the tank that was buried at the time the original mural was completed. After the old mural was spruced up, new scenes of what Gadway described as “Snowden life” were added by volunteers.
Snowden community members first painted the water tank located on the corner of Bates and Snowden roads in 1996, depicting scenes of firefighters.
Photo courtesy Roger Gadway
The concrete base now includes a description of the project and those who created the 1996 mural, as well as details about the 2023 update.
“It’s a wonderful tribute to all the volunteer firefighters and first responders who have kept Snowden homes safe for many years,” said resident Janet Essley, who helped on the project.
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