Monday, August 8, 2016

Asotin County PUD Official Gary Hicks Dies (Lewiston Tribune, ID)

(CLARKSTON, WA) – Asotin County Public Utility District Commissioner Gary Hicks died Friday.

Hicks, 74, of Clarkston, died of complications related to an illness, according to a press release from the utility district.

He was considered a patriarch of the Public Utility District, along with Joe Silvestri, Tony Flerchinger and Scott Broyles. They helped get the utility district on the ballot in 1984, the utility district said.

Hicks was the last remaining utility district commissioner in Washington who had been involved in the formation of the district. Hicks helped the guide the utility district into becoming a well-functioning organization, the utility district said.

In 2014, he was awarded the Washington Public Utility Districts Association Lifetime Achievement Award for his commitment and life's work with the Asotin County utility district, the news release states.


A service for Hicks will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday Aug. 11 at the Life Center on 2377 Appleside Blvd., in Clarkston.