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COLUMN: An honor to be on the fire line
As reporters, we spend a lot of time telling other people's stories. Every once in a while, though, you find yours…
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…
School choice surges in Washington state and beyond
School choice is the term for giving families the ability to choose the school that is the best fit for their child. Families with economic means already enjoy…
Dan Evans would serve America well
Recently, family, friends and dignitaries gathered at Hurricane Ridge near Port Angeles to celebrate the designation of the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness at Olymp…
No change to Big Bend's accreditation
The Aug. 8 article on the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) issuing a “notice of concern” to Big Bend Community College is a sober remi…
Goodrich for school board
I am giving my support to Mr. Elliot Goodrich for Moses Lake School District Board member. I believe he and I share the same concerns for our school district. We also believe similarly on where the district’s focus…
Time to enroll in the Affordable Care Act
Since the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is still U.S. law, please remind your readers who wish to apply for health insurance in 2018 through the Washington State Health Benefit Exchange that open enrollment begin…
Time to take a stand against racism
What more has to happen? Wake up, American people. So much violence and racism is going on all over the world. How many lives have to be taken? You have a president who defends the KKK neo-Nazi white supremacy. You…
Where there's smoke, look to see what's causing it
You’ve probably heard the old saying “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” This is a rather timely saying these days as we live from week to week under smoke-la…
Declaration of Independence - Pursuit of happiness
Pursuit of happiness? Are people taught what the phrase means? The United States Constitution does not include the word “happiness.” The meaning, as understood by our forefathers, is equivalent to today’s word “hap…
Farewell, 'Rhinestone Cowboy'
Country music singer Glen Campbell died this week at 81, prompting many heartfelt condolences and tributes. Campbell, a big name in the ’60s and ’70s for the hits “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Southern Nights” and “Wichita…
The parable of the Megan Method
In the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 13, there is a string of parables. In Jesus’ day, they related quite well to local, everyday occupations: the mustard seed (f…