My Favorite Recipes by Mary Collins: Meet Starr Cathey

From left, Kira, Andre, Ashton and Starr Cathey of Albion.

Being the clerk in a small town is a big job, and Starr Cathey loves doing it for Albion. Starr and her fellow town clerks throughout Whitman County, along with the branch librarians, are the faces people associate with public services in their communities.

The clerks are often responsible for keeping citizens and officials informed about each other’s needs, concerns and efforts. They license the dogs, issue and pay the bills, keep the records for the water, wastewater and street systems, maintain the financial books and cemetery recor...