Postmark key to counted absentee ballot

OK, this is the third week we have discussed this matter: The United States Postal Service does not guarantee every piece of mail dropped into a mail drop box will be postmarked.

The next Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District election is scheduled for Dec. 9. Here is part of what RCW 87.03.033 says, in part, about absentee ballots: To be counted in a given election, an absentee ballot must conform to these requirements: It must be sealed in an unmarked envelope and delivered to the district's principal office prior to the close of the polls on the day of that election; or be sealed in an unmarked envelope and mailed to the district's secretary, postmarked not later than midnight of that election day and received by the secretary within five days of that date.

If you are going to participate in this election and have questions, call the MLIRD office and clarify your concerns.

There is one way to make sure your main-in ballot is postmarked; physically take it to the post office counter and ask to have it hand stamped. The post office employee should hand stamp the envelope while you watch.

Attention Moses Lake High School Great Class of 1965

Mark your calendars: Aug. 28, 29 and 30, 2015 are the dates of the 50 th class reunion of the Moses Lake High School Great Class of 1965. We are planning the reunion events, with the next planning meeting on Jan. 9 at 11 a.m. at the skill Center. All are welcome to attend.

Our goal at this time is to contact all of our classmates. Spread the word. A simple entry on Facebook has initiated responses from James "Rocky" Stone, Sheryl Durham Ott, David Wilson and Linda Barrett Hall.

Stay tuned for more info, but feel free to contact me at any time.

E-mail from Cheryl

Facts from the past gleaned from the Moses Lake Herald, Columbia Basin Herald and The Neppel Record by Cheryl (Driggs) Elkins:

From the Columbia Basin Herald on May 15, 1952:

Hospital Board picks Kisler

Clarence Kisler, Warden wheat farmer, is to be appointed commissioner from his area on the public hospital district which operates Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake, according to the members of the board. Kisler was recommended by Fred Radach of Warden, who is resigning from the board June 1 to move to California and by the Warden Chamber of Commerce.

Kisler was a member of a fact-finding committee which checked into hospital operations during a controversy there last fall.