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COLUMN: College football playoff selection was a mess
It’s not a normal day in December if college football teams are not throwing their hands in the air after being le…
Don't judge immigrants for their race
It’s an outrage about immigration, about the Dreamers and DACA act. Many immigrants have come to America because we’re supposed to be the land of the free and opportunity. They work jobs other Americans don’t want …
What can we say to Freeman High School?
The news that a 15-year-old student had opened fire and killed a classmate at tiny Freeman High School struck a familiar note here in the Basin. A little over 20 years ago another boy of similar age killed two clas…
The wisdom of a predetermined process
“If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained th…
Where we were on 9/11
Every generation has its “Do you remember where you were when you heard?” moment. Pearl Harbor, the assassination of President Kennedy, the Oklahoma City bombing... all marked a turning point in living memory. For …
Mike Riggs is independent, qualified for council
Please join me in voting for Mike Riggs, Moses Lake City Council. I have known Mike for many years in many different roles. He has been actively involved in our public schools, the Moses Lake Trails Committee, the …
Daryl Jackson would be an excellent council member
I have known Daryl Jackson for over 35 years. Daryl was a volunteer for the Grant County Sheriff’s Office as a Search and Rescue member and assisted with the Sheriff Reserve Program. Daryl was very supportive with …
Thanks for supporting the Lions Club
Job Corps, Scout Troop No. 92 and a CB Tech graduate, as well as the Warden and Othello Lions Clubs, helped us at our Lions Dessert Bar at the Grant County Fair. We also had many wonderful, friendly volunteers, plu…
County made right call with summer burn ban
The heavy smoke clouding the air from several regional wildfires is a reminder of how dry the Columbia Basin and the surrounding area truly is. The shrub-steppe habitat of Eastern Washington, with its thick and bou…
Life in the bus lane
The executive leaving work early (BMW, dress shirt but no tie, 3:30 in the afternoon) had every right to honk at me. I was in the wrong place.
This old man, he played 10
Three weeks ago, I tweaked my left knee while in the backyard garden. Last week, I turned my right ankle while I was in McCosh Park, exploring the edges of the…
Finding joy in the darkness
A gardener took great pride in caring for his lawn. But one year it grew full of dandelions. He tried every method and product to get rid of them, but nothing worked. Exasperated, he wrote the Department of Agricul…
Why pay for internet we can't have?
I reside outside the city limits of Ephrata. As of right now I am just a few roads from the High Speed Network (HSN). The internet we have in this area is sub-par to the other 70 percent of Grant County. I have fou…
Communication key in Othello bond proposal
Othello schools are bursting at the seams, fraught with overcrowding in kindergarten through eighth grade and grades 9-12. The school district is working to solve the problem and improve conditions for students and…
Is it OK to have questions about God?
Everyone has questions about God. Some people worry that voicing their questions will anger or offend God. Nothing could be further from the truth. God created us with intelligence and reasoning ability. When it co…
Jesus and Ancestry.com
There is a puzzling thing within the 15th chapter of the gospel according to Matthew: Jesus encounters a Canaanite woman, a Gentile, not of Jewish blood, who i…