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 …
Reader speaks out in defense of wolves
Dennis Clay is at it again. One week he and his friends are shooing elk herds off of ranchers' fields because they are so plentiful they are becoming almost a pest. The next week, wolves are decimating elk herds to…
Reader encourages support for Baechler
Support Mary Baechler for the US House of Representatives. Mary Baechler believes in fair pay for a day's work; better schools and education support for our children; better and more affordable health care for ALL;…
Reader responds to Candidates' Forum
At the Moses Lake Candidates' Forum both candidates for State Representative spoke. Matt Manweller's presentation was smooth, well-spoken, a long-time school teacher, turned lobbyist in Olympia. He believes in ever…
Reader addresses Middle East crisis
My mother said, "It takes two to fight." She didn't understand it takes only one bully to start a fight, or just kill another person. A bully lacks the moral obligation to treat other people with respect.
Finding the right fit for emergency management
Grant County Emergency Management's Office moved locations three times in the past four years. Its fourth move is planned for Oct. 29 from its Wheeler Road office to the former Grant County Fairgrounds Office. Spac…
Gratitude for papers to study
I am grateful to you for the use of your newspaper for my CWP class I teach at Moses Lake Christian Academy. We are discussing local, state, national and world situations. Your paper gives us insight on some of the…
History repeats itself
If you didn't believe history repeats itself, all you have to do is compare our current situation to 1980. We had an ill-prepared progressive President Jimmy Carter. Just like Obama, he believed he could just talk …
Swing state dilemma
The national news media is stressing the importance of "Swing States" in the upcoming presidential election between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Marine auction organizers grateful
Thank you Moses Lake, we knew this town would not let us down.
Reader clarifies pedestrian, bicycle laws
First, to the nice couple enjoying a bike ride on the sidewalk in downtown Moses Lake: you are right that in most areas you are allowed to ride on the sidewalks. However, in checking the City of Moses Lake ordinanc…
Reader urges citizens to vote for job growth
Are you better off today than four years ago?
Reader advocates for good foreign policy
"Foreign policy," "domestic policy," "democracy," "Constitutional Republic," and "respect." Random words, or should we have great concern regarding what these words represent?
A new school for Othello
A school is the focal point of a community where learning, children and the town converge for the common goal of education.
Reader opposes Socialist values
The Socialist's mind worships the idea of Utopia. They live in the future, not in the now or the past. They never look back and own the Totalitarian chaos, deaths, imprisonments, tortures, starvations, poverty thei…
Reader calls out CBH for child abuse coverage
In light of recent articles in the newspaper regarding cases of child abuse in Grant County, I have been seriously disgusted with the way this news has been handled. Since when is it okay to violate the privacy of …