December in the rear-view mirror
The Royal Knights claimed their fourth-straight state championship Dec. 1 with a 49-7 win over Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) at Husky Stadium in Seattle.
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The Moses Lake Future Farmers of America float glides down Third Avenue as part of the Moses Lake Ag Appreciation Parade Dec. 1.
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Run, Run, Rudolph 5K participants begin the race Dec. 2 in front of Othello City Council. The course took them around town until looping back to City Hall.
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Soap Lake senior Andrey Sushik (13) drives through the Pateros defense during the Eagles’ 86-26 win on Dec. 5.
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Ephrata senior Alex Gutierrez Castillo ended the Dec. 8 dual with a 6-0 win over Ellensburg’s Tyler Bacon, a match that Ephrata Head Coach Joe Knox called the “highlight of the night.”
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Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center fire science students follow a fire service tradition and push their engine into its new home Dec. 15. The engine was loaned to them by the Moses Lake Fire Department and the city of Moses Lake.
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Moses Lake Community Coalition Vice Chair Matt Paluch, left, presents Moses Lake City Manager Kevin Fuhr, right, with the coalition’s 2023 Person of the Year award Dec. 12, which will be named after Fuhr moving forward.
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A girl smiles as Soap Lake Police Officer Robert Geates holds her up to see if she would fit any of the clothes on the rack at the 2023 Shop With a Cop event Dec. 18.
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The cast of the Masquers Theater production of “Elf” busily make toys.
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MLCA/CCS senior Jonah Robertson (34) connected on 17 three-pointers during the MLCA/CCS boys Christmas Basketball Tournament Dec. 20, hitting eight against Bridgeport and nine against Odessa. The Lions defeated both opponents to win the tournament.
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COLUMBIA BASIN — Communities in the Columbia Basin closed out the year with sports victories, Christmas giveaways and holiday festivities. Here are a few memories from December 2023.
The Moses Lake Future Farmers of America float glides down Third Avenue as part of the Moses Lake Ag Appreciation Parade Dec. 1.File photo
Run, Run, Rudolph 5K participants begin the race Dec. 2 in front of Othello City Council. The course took them around town until looping back to City Hall.File photo
Soap Lake senior Andrey Sushik (13) drives through the Pateros defense during the Eagles’ 86-26 win on Dec. 5.File photo
Ephrata senior Alex Gutierrez Castillo ended the Dec. 8 dual with a 6-0 win over Ellensburg’s Tyler Bacon, a match that Ephrata Head Coach Joe Knox called the “highlight of the night.”File photo
Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center fire science students follow a fire service tradition and push their engine into its new home Dec. 15. The engine was loaned to them by the Moses Lake Fire Department and the city of Moses Lake.File photo
Moses Lake Community Coalition Vice Chair Matt Paluch, left, presents Moses Lake City Manager Kevin Fuhr, right, with the coalition’s 2023 Person of the Year award Dec. 12, which will be named after Fuhr moving forward.File photo
A girl smiles as Soap Lake Police Officer Robert Geates holds her up to see if she would fit any of the clothes on the rack at the 2023 Shop With a Cop event Dec. 18.File photo;Rebecca Pettingill/Special to the Columbia Basin Herald
The cast of the Masquers Theater production of “Elf” busily make toys.File photo
MLCA/CCS senior Jonah Robertson (34) connected on 17 three-pointers during the MLCA/CCS boys Christmas Basketball Tournament Dec. 20, hitting eight against Bridgeport and nine against Odessa. The Lions defeated both opponents to win the tournament.File photo