John Gish (left) is sworn in by Shawn Showers. Photo by Sally Y. Hart

It’s official, John Gish is now the acting Washington County Attorney. Gish was sworn in at Tuesday’s Washington County Board of Supervisors’ meeting by Judge Shawn Showers. Showers vacated the post when he was appointed by the governor to serve as a judge. Gish’s term will fill out the remainder of the four-year term for which Showers was elected, which will end December 2018. Gish has worked in the county attorney’s office as an assistant for the last year.