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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 …
THANKS
Thank you for running the positive story about Abigail Ortega’s preschool class makeover/senior project. She is a wonderful role-model for the students at the high school, as she set herself a goal and is meeting a…
THANKS
We would like to publicly thank a man from Othello by the name of Freddy for finding and returning my wife’s purse. She had left it in a shopping cart at the Target store parking lot in Kennewick. We live in Moses …
HASTINGS
In the height of the debate on healthcare reform I wrote an e-mail to our congressman, Doc Hastings, asking some questions regarding how he views the healthcare system as it is and how he thinks it should be. (He v…
Good reasons for a heritage center
OLYMPIA — Lawmakers in Olympia have a rare opportunity this session to give a green light to the Washington State Heritage Center, creating much-needed jobs, generating sales tax revenue … and providing our citizen…
SUPPORT FOR BILL
I encourage Basin residents to support the “Concerning Limited Service Pregnancy Centers” bill (HB2837/SB6452) which is before committee in our state government. The bill’s purpose is to ensure that limited service…
What plan?
As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama made no secret of his plan to begin civilian trials of terrorism suspects and halt the U.S. military’s closed-tribunal form of justice at Guantanamo. The Dallas Morning New…
TEA PARTY
Pat Price was apparently misinformed about the Tea Party meeting of 1-19-10:
Real threat?
The People’s Republic of China reacted to Washington’s announcement on Friday that it will sell defensive weapons to Taiwan worth $6.4 billion with customary bluster. The Foreign Ministry protested to Jon Huntsman,…
DOG SHOOTING
I am grateful to the Columbia Basin Herald for the well-written story of the shooting of the black lab, Styker. If it hadn’t been for you, the general public may not have known about this tragedy. I have talked to …
HEALTHCARE REFORM
Several political leaders have declared that with the loss of the 60 seat Democrat majority in the US Senate that healthcare reform is dead. I certainly hope they are incorrect as there are important changes that s…
THANK YOU
Thanks to Dick Maier from Pioneer Veterinary Clinic for coming in on a Saturday night to treat a stray dog that was hit by a car. The dog was beyond help but you treated her with so much care and compassion and end…
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT
Recently, there have been many legislative bills proposed by Washington State legislators aimed at limiting a citizen’s access to public records and reducing any available recourse for denial of requested records, …
Bad manners
President Barack Obama often speaks to the need to change the tone of Washington. He did so again during last week’s State of the Union speech. That is why it was so startling to see him commit a breach of both ton…
Time to vote
With the talk of state budget deficits and federal spending, schools are nervous.
POTATOES
Thanks to the Columbia Basin Herald and Grant County Gourmet Dan Bolyard for running the great page of potato information and recipes prior to our annual potato conference. The accurate headline, “Potato recipes to…