Legals for August, 21 2023

Dewey Spurbeck

Dewey Masaru Spurbeck, 70, lost his battle with cancer on Aug. 5 and as a child of God has entered into the presence of our Beloved Savior. He was born at the U.S. Army hospital in Yokohama, Japan on Oct. 19, 1952, to Sid and Katsuko Spurbeck. His father was a Navy officer so after being reassigned back to the USA the family lived in Norfolk, Virginia, Corpus Christi, Texas and San Diego, California. In 1957 his father retired from the Navy and was offered a position as a commercial airline pilot for Saudi Arabian Airlines. He accepted the position and the family moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where they lived in a compound next to the airport for the following six years. While living overseas the family visited such exotic places as Egypt, Kenya, Israel, Thailand, Japan and Hong Kong along with several European destinations.

I-90 closures scheduled Tuesday, Thursday

HYAK — A section of Interstate 90 will be closed Tuesday and Thursday, beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting about an hour, to allow crews to do some rock blasting along the roadsides, according to a press release from the Washington Department of Transportation. Eastbound travelers will be stopped at milepost 63 and westbound travelers at exit 70 near Easton...

GALLERY: Moses Lake Roundup

MOSES LAKE – The first two nights of the Moses Lake Roundup took place at the Grant County Fairgrounds on Thursday and Friday, with competitors coming to Moses Lake from around the state, country and world.

FFA hosts tractor driving contest

MOSES LAKE – The Future Farmers of America held a tractor driving contest Saturday at the Grant County Fair in the warm-up arena, where FFA members competed to show who had the most skill operating a tractor under pressure. Former FFA member and tractor contest competitor Austin Kern was helping organize and manage the event...

Soap Lake adjusts office hours, discusses waste disposal

SOAP LAKE – The Soap Lake City Council voted four to two during Wednesday’s regular meeting to approve temporary changes to City Hall’s public hours. The council also heard a presentation from the Grant County Health District on an out-of-compliance solid waste disposal site. For the next two weeks, starting Monday, Soap Lake City Hall will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with employees taking staggered lunches so someone will always be available to the public. Mayor Michelle Agliano said that the temporary change is meant to help devote more hours in the morning to training Soap Lake’s two recently hired city hall employees...

NCW Libraries hosts storytimes throughout Grant County Fair

MOSES LAKE – NCW Libraries from all over Grant County hosted daily children’s storytimes throughout the duration of the Grant County Fair, including the Ephrata Branch’s storytime Friday at 11:30 in the fairgrounds Youth Building. Aaron Loeffelbein, the Ephrata Public Library branch supervisor, was set up with a microphone in front of rows of blanket-covered hay bales for the children and parents to sit on. Loeffelbein had several books ready to read...

Proper equestrians

4-H and GCYEP host English Equitation contest at Grant County Fair

MOSES LAKE – 4-H and the Grant County Youth Equine Program partnered to hold horse-riding-related events throughout the week at the Grant County Fair, including English Equitation Wednesday morning in the Gene Harwood Pavillion. Stephanie Roeter, the 4-H regional specialist for Grant, Douglas and Chelan Counties and the 4-H horse barn superintendent for this year’s fair, emceed the event...

Police logs for Aug. 18, 2023

The reports below were provided by the sheriff’s office or police department indicated. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law...

Building permits for Aug. 18, 2023

City of Moses Lake, unincorporated Grant County

‘Professional Zaniac’

Fair performer mixes juggling chops with hyperactive comedy

MOSES LAKE — If ever there was a man who perhaps should consider switching to decaf, it’s Alex Zerbe. “Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,” Zerbe boomed over the speaker from backstage as he began his set Thursday afternoon at the Grant County Fair. “It is my pleasure to introduce a man so famous, he's giving his own introduction while standing backstage...

Nursing education grant available

OLYMPIA — The state of Washington will offer scholarships for qualifying applicants considering nursing careers...

Harvey Vern Bohnet

In the early morning of Aug. 7, 2023, Harvey Vern Bohnet, 90, with his wife Katherine at his side, finished his long journey through life. It was filled with many triumphs and traumas. He was born March 4, 1933, to Fred Bohnet and Bertha Schuh Bohnet on the family farm south of Hartline, Washington. He barely survived his birth, and that resulted in being affected with cerebral palsy. He joined a brother Harold, and four years later his sister Doris was born. When he was 7 his mother died, and her death had an impact throughout his life. Friends told his father about Shriners Hospital in Spokane. The surgery there on his affected arm and leg enabled him to walk independently. He never forgot the loving care he received then and later as a teenager. In 1942, they moved to a farm north of Wilson Creek.

Shirley Jean (Shockley) Schuller

Shirley Jean Schuller passed away peacefully on Aug. 15, 2023, in Moses Lake, Washington, where she had resided since 1957. Shirley was born in 1931 in Yakima, Washington. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Irene Shockley and granddaughter of E.J. and Lula Shockley, who were early pioneers. She was the great-granddaughter of Hugh and Mary Ann Wiley who homesteaded the present area of Wiley City, Washington. Shirley attended grade school in Wiley City, riding her horse each day. She graduated from Yakima Senior High in 1950.

Legals for August, 17 2023

Construction zone

Hammers, paint, nails, finished projects at Kids Workshop

MOSES LAKE — Donning carpenter aprons, the builders went to work. Hammers pounded industriously. Projects were painted, sometimes carefully, sometimes not...

Vacated seat

Othello council opts to leave newly-vacant council position open until Nov. election

OTHELLO — Othello City Council members will leave one council position vacant until the November general election. Council members decided not to replace Jon Erickson, who announced his resignation at the regular meeting Monday. The vote was 6-1 with council member Mark Snyder voting in opposition...

GALLERY: Barn views

MOSES LAKE – A large part of the fair in any rural area is friendly competition among area youth agricultural organizations such as 4-H, Future Farmers of America and The Grange...

Moses Lake BMX to host Race for Life next Friday

MOSES LAKE – BMX riders from across the east side of the state will travel to Moses Lake for the Moses Lake BMX’s Race for Life next Friday, part of a four-track series with BMX facilities in Tri-Cities, Spokane and Walla Walla.

Ricardo ‘Richard’ Perez

Ricardo “Richard” F. Perez, 76, unexpectedly but peacefully passed away at his home in Moses Lake on Aug. 9, 2023. Born Aug. 14, 1946, in Atolinga, Zacatecas, Mexico, he shared fond memories of his childhood in rural Mexico. He came to the United States on July 7, 1961, where his family settled in Oxnard, California. His arrival coincided with the beginning of surf culture, which is how he taught himself the English language in part by listening to the Beach Boys. Born with a desire for adventure, he started traveling at a very young age. Those travels took him all over the western United States until he met his wife in 1966.