It's time for one more BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY devoted to the Claquato Church in Lewis County, Washington.

On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks once again with Lewis County Commissioner Lindsey Pollock about the process to find a buyer, via sealed bid auction, for Claquato Church - a process which Lewis County now all but admits is tilted toward the private, non-profit Claquato Cemetery. The cemetery has had months (or perhaps even years) to ready a proposal, while other potential buyers only learned of the opportunity on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 and have until July 31, 2025 to prepare and submit something.

At one point in this interview, Feliks Banel says to Commissioner Pollock, "It seems like that opportunity [of bidding on Claquato Church] should have been offered to everybody in the same time frame, with the same amount of time to prepare a decent proposal."

To this statement, Commissioner Pollock responds: "I would agree with that."

Lewis County newspaper The Chronicle, whose Brian Mittge broke the news of Claquato Cemetery's involvement in the behind-the-scenes process in a social media post on Wednesday, published a detailed piece on the paper's website Friday, July 18, 2025:

LINK: https://www.chronline.com/stories/a-plan-to-restore-historic-claquato-church,384204

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