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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 …
REC SILICONReader is displeased with lawsuit
Regarding the article “Landowner, Internet group sue REC Silicon: Is Mr. Jansen out of his mind? Moses Lake desperately needs businesses to come here and provide jobs. He is creating an environment that will make o…
POLICE Reader concerned about speeding drivers
I have been a Moses Lake resident for three years. I currently reside off of Westshore Road and Road 4. I drive to Wenatchee 6 nights per week for work. My nightly route starts on Road 4, until I hit Dodson, then o…
4-H
Area III 4-H Leaders Council (Moses Lake area) would like to thank the following clubs and people for making our 2010 Lions Club Dinner a success. We would like to thank the Moses Lake Lions Club and the Moses Lake…
Overdraft protection
There’s a justice in overdraft protection fees: Those who are careless in their spending pay penalties that support banking services for the rest of the population, services such as free checking.
Religious tribalism
Another Muslim-Christian massacre happened in Nigeria — continuing a grotesque pattern that has recurred intermittently for two centuries.
THEATER
Friday I saw the stage play “Hello, Dolly!” at the Wallenstien Theater, put on by the Mormon Church. It was a first class performance of home grown thespians — free and open to Moses Lake. The work and time to prod…
Relay for Life fund-raiser is a success
MOSES LAKE — Recently the Columbia Colstor & Food Pavilion Relay For Life teams hosted our 4th annual Dinner/Dance/Auction, which was sold out a month in advance and a huge success, thanks to the generosity of the …
TEA PARTY
Do you feel like you have an IRA account where you make 10% return on your investment, but the maintenance fees are 12%-20%? I went to my first “Tea Party” meeting about a month ago. More of a first investigation i…
THANKS
I wanted to thank so many people for the wonderful time I had once again performing in Moses Lake a few weeks ago. It was such a treat to have my whole band, Urban Blue, come out with me from Atlanta to perform at …
USDA under secretary touts Job Corps
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Job Corps is a place where good ideas come together. That is why my recent visit with approximately 300 energetic young people at a USDA Job Corps Center in Idaho was so encouraging. In Job Corps…
SPORTS
I am really disappointed in the sports coverage of the Columbia Basin Herald.
Big oil
A few years ago, when SUVs still ruled American roads and gasoline prices were skyrocketing, consumers and politicians howled that oil companies were guilty of price-gouging because they refused to increase refiner…
AFGHANISTAN
We will end up leaving without “victory” anyway. Let’s leave this time before we bring catastrophic destruction to the land and people of Afghanistan, as well as to our own economy.
CELLPHONES
I was watching the news and they want to ticket teens for using cellphones or texting while driving. Why just teens? You can’t tell me older people can talk or be texting and still be a safe driver.
THANKS
This is either late or early, but I wanted to thank the farmers along I-90 for the wonderful Christmas light displays. How thoughtful of all of you to take the time and effort to put your displays along the long, d…