Mayor Norma Becker recaps years of service

Former Colfax Mayor Norma Becker, and City Clerk Connie Ellis share the rostrum near the end of last Thursday’s farewell appreciation banquet for the mayor’s 20 years in office.

Highlights and lowlights of the 20 years Norma Becker served as mayor of Colfax were recalled in limerick form last Thursday night in a farewell banquet at the library. The 1996 flood, fire station fire, the McDonald annexation, Mill Street lights and horse dropping episodes were among the topics.

Former city manager Emily Adams noted during her years of service she and Becker often found themselves in a “good cop-bad...