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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…
Supporting Wallace over Estudillo not about ethnicity
Does supporting Nick Wallace for Superior Court Judge reflect ethnic bias? I’d like to clear the air on that subject, at least as I see it.
Judge Estudillo's position is well earned
Until just recently, I worked in the Grant County Clerk’s Office. For over 15 years, I served as a deputy clerk for the Superior Court, and one of my responsibilities was to work with our judges in the courtroom. O…
NFL, players doing something to bring about social change
In this day and age of instant access, Americans’ attention span tends to move on to the next thing as quickly as exchanging Smartphones for the newest and shi…
God seeks out the hopelessly lost
I lost my wrist watch. My heart is broken. I purchased the watch way back in 1980. It is a silver, blue-faced Seiko Quartz, with a thick, fancy beveled crystal…
Commemorate Constitution Week
Did you know that Congress passed a law establishing Sept. 17 as Constitution Day, and the week beginning Sept. 17 as Constitution Week? We have holidays celebrating New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, ML…
Richard Stevens is a proven leader
We live in difficult times when it seems that many of our elected officials cannot be trusted and often let us down. Richard Stevens is one guy who has served us well here in Grant County and has not let us down, b…
Ferguson's gun stance ignorant and emotional
Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s decision to promote the banning of modern sporting rifles is showing his ignorance and lack of knowledge regarding firearms.
Keep it nice for election season
It’s an election year and the mud, as always, is flying thick and fast. Presidential elections are usually nasty affairs, with candidates throwing the kind of insults at each other that would get them invited to st…
Retired judge misinformed about Estudillo's experience
Retired Judge Ken Jorgensen had the facts wrong in his recent letter to the editor about Judge Estudillo and his challenger, attorney Nick Wallace. Judge Jorgensen has been retired from the court for nearly eight y…
Setting the record straight on ISIS
In current politics, one opinion claims that the President Obama’s withdrawal of the U.S. military created ISIS.
Trump is best for America
Donald Trump is running against corrupt politicians and for all Americans.
Trump's talk is cheap
Donald Trump goes to an African-American church in Detroit. Really, he states, we’re all brothers and sisters. So why are you trying to build a wall and deport immigrants? We’re all God’s children, no matter our ra…
Because I was a superior court judge, retiring in 2009, people ask me which one of the candidates for judge is most qualified.
Nick Wallace has been practicing as a trial lawyer for 20 years. I know him well. During the 16 years I was on the bench, he appeared regularly in my court and before the other judges as well. He is a skilled trial…
Many raindrops, many ripples, many souls
Two years ago I attended a conference in Walla Walla. During some free time, I took my camera and discovered a small park that was a short drive from the hotel…
Trump comparisons wrong
I believe it’s an outrage to call the campaign a movement, to compare a racist, woman-hating name-caller, who states his acknowledgment of David Duke and the KKK and what they represent, to other candidates and to …