Opinion
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Celebrating National Library Week
What brings you joy? For me, it’s driving through our beautiful region to visit our branch libraries, serving ice …
People first
One of our 'proven leaders' controlled the Grant Co. Republican party for nearly ten years as his own "do as I say" club. But when the citizens elected too many who challenged his agenda, he just refused to hold an…
Cracking down on truancy
School has begun. As a pro education and pro student citizen, it's great to see our Grant County Prosecuting Attorney, Angus Lee, is going to be more aggressively prosecuting those who skip school. Truancy has been…
Boeing 777 may replace Air Force One
It's about time to replace Air Force One, the president's plane; however, the new version may not be a Boeing 747. It may be a 777.
Words have meaning
Words have meaning! The pen is mightier than the sword!
Bolyard's honest approach
As Amercians we have rights - speech, press, assembly, bear arms, equal justice and own private property. We also have much loved and appreciated freedoms - travel, work, marry, education and selection of a politic…
A team that can pull it off
While interviewing our candidates for election this year, I posed a question relating to public lands. Of the candidates interviewed and advancing to the General Election in November, only Clint Didier and Dani Bol…
History changed
We act according to what we believe. (Obviously a true statement.) We believe according to how we are taught. (Also true -- and the key to control of people.)
Common Core Standards must go!
Common Core is the name of the top-down Federal Government set of education "standards" that has been kind of snuck in under the radar with promises of "rigorous standards" and "free money" from our great benefacto…
Pity the poor streamers
Every day, birds flying near a certain spot on the California-Nevada border are incinerated in midair. They're called "streamers" for the puff of smoke that ap…
Creative fundraising: ALS 'Ice Bucket Challenge'
For those who have raised funds or had to meet other financial goals, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a refreshing and invigorating change of pace.
People should get involved in animal welfare
I recently visited a local fair and stopped by an exhibit where they had several wild animals. They were in small cages totally enclosed other than a wire top where a fan was placed. On this day the temperature was…
Strong state employment but warning lights are flashing
The good news is Washington is separating itself from the national jobless rate. In July, an average 6.2 percent of Americans were looking for work, while Wash…
Lions appreciate Job Corps, Skills Center
The Moses Lake Lions would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge a special thanks to our Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center and the Columbia Basin Job Corps Culinary Department for extending many hands t…
Our duty as voters
It is our duty to be well-educated voters! Public education no longer teaches the thinking of the men who wrote the United States Constitution, nor the changes in the language over more than 200 years. Schools do n…
Congratulations, Job Corps
While the atmosphere was festive and laid back, the stories shared at the Columbia Basin Jobs Corps 50th anniversary were anything but. They were inspiring and meaningful. They are stories to be retold and shared w…