From left: Hank Dole, Lavender Ranch owner Joe Downs and Columbia Basin Herald advertising representative Velma Dunkin hold up bundles of lavender to be donated to the Moses Lake Food Bank Thursday. Because the food bank was closed, the donation was made in the Columbia Basin Herald’s office.
January 17, 2025
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January 21, 2025 2:05 a.m.
Lavender donation honors late food bank director
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Food Bank received a different kind of donation Thursday. Joe Downs, owner of Lavender Ranch near Quincy, donated 70 bundles of lavender to Community Services of Moses Lake in memory of Peny Archer, the food bank’s director who passed away earlier this month. Each bundle has a photo of Archer on it.