'Cream of the crop'

Local Civil Air Patrol Squadron celebrates accomplishments

EPHRATA - The Columbia Basin Composite Squadron held its annual Holiday and Awards Banquet on Dec. 8 to celebrate 81 years of the Civil Air Patrol. They will also be visiting area cemeteries this weekend to place fresh wreaths on veterans’ graves. “Support of the community has been huge,” said Squadron Commander Maj. Jerome Bonneville at the banquet. “We used to be the best-kept secret in the country.” ...