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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…
Politics starts at the local caucus
We will elect the new president of the United States this year and you have the opportunity to be a factor in who the nominee will be for the party of your choice. Every political party will have caucuses throughou…
House Bill 2573: A good approach to attracting teachers
With Baby Boomers retiring, public schools and the state need to ramp up their efforts to attract and retain quality teachers. We think House Bill 2573 is a common sense approach to doing so because it targets key …
Help show appreciation for the 1161st
The purpose of this letter to the editor is to request everybody’s help in displaying our appreciation to the members of the U.S. Army National Guard 1161st Transportation Company. In case you hadn’t heard, our gov…
Natalie Cole's death is the world's loss
The death of Natalie Cole caught me off guard, even though I knew that she been ill. She was painfully thin but still had the velvety voice. I was a freshman at Alcorn A&M College in Lorman, Miss., when her famous …
Good words for AAU girls basketball
I am writing this in response to Carla Steffens’ letter regarding AAU girls basketball. First I would like to clarify that there are only two female fourth-grade girls coaches this year from Moses Lake and neither …
Are we blind and deaf to who truly has more?
The Apostle Paul wrote many letters. Some of them were to people of the Christian church in a place called Corinth, which was a large city in ancient Greece. T…
AAU girls basketball concerns
I am writing with deep concern involving the fourth grade U-10 girls league (note I am not unhappy with the outcome but extremely concerned). At the beginning of the season after Lake Roosevelt’s first win, the LR …
You can make a difference
We seem to be at a point where many people feel that our country is going in wrong directions. From the economy to civil unrest to world affairs to Islamic terrorism to a national debt of almost $19 trillion (check…
Avoiding a bad trip Down Memory Lane
In 2001, Boeing shocked state and local leaders announcing it was relocating its headquarters to Chicago. Suddenly, the company with its deep roots in our Puge…
Now's the time to fix shortfalls in the state budget
The 60-day special session is in full swing, and legislators are working to fine-tune the two-year state budget they approved last June. The refining comes in the form of a “supplemental budget,” which is meant to …
Social Security is well earned
Social Security is not a handout. Social Security is an income people have worked and died to earn. Many people in Moses Lake judge me because I get my Social Security at a young age due to disability. But I deserv…
Man thanks community for help after fatal wreck
Editor’s note: Author Will Dactle’s brother, Tyler Cowdry, of Portland, Ore., was involved in a fatal collision Jan. 14 near Moses Lake that claimed the life o…
Bathroom hysteria based on misconceptions
The Columbia Basin Herald’s coverage of the new ruling allowing transgender people to use locker rooms and bathrooms reflects the discomfort that a lot of people feel regarding transgender issues. However, I think …
An open letter to Gov. Jay Inslee
Friends of mine made me aware of your recent email to Washington voters. The email can be found online at http://shared.nrapvf.org/sharedmedia/1508518/inslee-attack-email-january-11.pdf.
A year of blessing
As we’ve entered into 2016, this new year promises to be a year of blessing, hope and peace. A mundane life has the tendency to make us forget that as the chil…