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Ephrata residents honor veterans during annual parade
EPHRATA — American flags lined Basin Street Wednesday morning as veterans, community members and local organizatio…
Adolph (Abe) B. Elde
Adolph (Abe) B. Elde, 91 years of age, passed away December 23, 2004 at Lakeridge Care Center in Moses Lake, Wash. He was born in Montana on March 12, 1913 to Sivert and Elida Elde.
Lawrence Paul Edinger
Lawrence Paul Edinger passed away December 19, 2004 in Odessa, Wash. He was born on July 30, 1952 in Missoula, Mont. to Reuben and Pauline Middleton Edinger.
How' bout a hug?
Put down that Sponge Bob tie. You wanna give me a gift this Christmas, give me a hug.
Louis Bryan
Louis Bryan, 81, longtime Moses Lake, Wash. resident, passed away Monday, December 20, 2004 at his home.
Try stuffing these gift ideas in Santa's sleigh
Economic development, supermodels top intangible wish list
M.J. (Jim) Pippins
Jim was a longtime resident of Moses Lake, Wash. He passed away at the age of 80, peacefully, at his home on December 16, 2004 with his loving wife, Julie, of 31 years and his longtime dog, Buddy beside him after a…
James Alvin Schmidt
James Alvin Schmidt, 61, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Saturday, December 18, 2004 at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake.
A new shepherd for a big flock
Alejandro Trejo is the new Hispanic priest at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
Ernestine Davidson
Ernestine Davidson, 82, of Selah, Wash. and former longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at Garden Village Nursing Home in Yakima.
I quit
That's right. I quit. This job is impossible.
Dolores (Fairbanks) Lewis
Dolores D. (Fairbanks) Lewis, 73, of Palm Desert, Calif., died December 1, 2004 in Rancho Mirage. She was born December 1, 1931 to Maynard and Edna Calbow Bain…
Steamboats worked the river until 1911
It is difficult for me to imagine riverboats on the Columbia River, but we have featured such photos in this column in the past.
They became the calss of 1965
Mystery photo, left: From the back of the photo: Back row: Lonnie Hart, Jimmie Hammonds, Mike Myer, Ricky Klobucher, Pat Gaffeney, Jimmy Teaball, Leo Carl Beck…
Sam and Ben Hutchinson; tall men in Adams County
Notice how tall Sam Hutchinson is compared to the 6-foot tall cowboys in the photo above. Sam and his brother Ben have been mentioned in the history of Othello…
Verna May Hulbert
Verna May Hulbert, a longtime resident of Moses Lake, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at her home, surrounded by the love of her family.