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GRANDMA GREEN SAYS: Exercise your right to vote
Regarding voting, or the lack thereof in Grant County, I read the Columbia Basin Herald’s edition of Aug. 20 to le…
Expand schools to keep them serving the community well
We are writing this letter in support of the MLSD bond election. We are proud members of the Moses Lake community and Moses Lake School District. Together, we have worked for the district for a combined total of ov…
America must return to its faith
Thank you Columbia Basin Herald for allowing us space to share our thoughts to others.
School bond: a great way to support critical areas in need
Our student population in Moses Lake continues to grow every year. The overcrowded elementary schools have required creativity in using current space. At Peninsula Elementary, the music class is now conducted on a …
Close to 250 jobs coming to Moses Lake
We’ve already burned through the first month of 2017 and there’s big changes on the horizon.
Inauguration boycott
The members of Congress who have chosen to boycott the inauguration of Donald Trump have demonstrated their willingness to put party politics ahead of the nation’s interest.
School bond is important to our community
Everyone knows there is a school bond issue coming before the citizens of the Moses Lake School District. Everyone knows that Moses Lake High School is overcrowded. Everyone knows that building new schools is expen…
School expansion should be a priority
Let me be clear: I believe it is both a privilege and an obligation to promote and support education in our community. Our strength, our future, and our prosperity are in our educated children. What better investme…
Moses Lake schools need to keep up with growth
In the spring of 1970 – 46 years-eight months, 560 months, 17,030 days ago – our family moved to the small community of Moses Lake. At that time, the only businesses across the Alder Street Fill were Chico’s Pizza …
Vote 'yes' on school bond
I encourage the Moses Lake community to support the School District Bond proposal to provide additional school facilities for our students by voting “yes” on Feb. 14. The problems of a growing enrollment include pr…
Spread tax burden more evenly
February is almost upon us which means we will have another opportunity to vote for the new school bond.
A mohair suit or camel's hair?
Growing up, I listened to a lot of rock and roll. One such song was “Bennie and the Jets.” It was written by Bernie Taupin in 1973 and performed by Elton John.
Business as usual? We'll have to wait and see
Will 2017 be business as usual? The world is waiting to see if business will ever be the same with the new administration and a president that promises his Twi…
Bond costs only the beginning
I appreciate K.D. Marshall’s letter to the editor published Jan. 12. He points out, “If the proposed school bond passes, Moses Lake will have the highest school levy in the state.”
Vote 'yes' on the school bond
Letters to the Editor on Jan. 12, 2017 published a letter from a writer asking people to “vote ‘no’ on this very expensive Moses Lake school bond.” They listed the cost of the bond proposal and the property taxes t…
Real heroes fix power lines
No more Superman! No more Batman and Robin! No more Star Wars heroes! Our new heroes are a couple of PUD linemen who showed up at our house not more than half an hour after we called to say the power was off. Even …