Air Force vet raising funds for cancer treatment Saturday

MOSES LAKE — Cancer is scary, but the standard treatments are no fun either. Chemotherapy, radiation, surgery – all take a severe toll on the human body. Disabled Air Force veteran Noemi Salazar is taking a different approach and needs the public’s help to do it.

Business as usual? We'll have to wait and see

Will 2017 be business as usual? The world is waiting to see if business will ever be the same with the new administration and a president that promises his Twitter account will remain as active as his policy changes.

Wilson, No. 11 BYU eye 7-0 start against Western Kentucky

Western Kentucky (2-4) at No. 11 BYU (6-0), Saturday at 10:15 p.m. ET (ESPN).

Wilson, No. 11 BYU eye 7-0 start against Western Kentucky

Western Kentucky (2-4) at No. 11 BYU (6-0), Saturday at 10:15 p.m. ET (ESPN).

Wilson, No. 11 BYU eye 7-0 start against Western Kentucky

Western Kentucky (2-4) at No. 11 BYU (6-0), Saturday at 10:15 p.m. ET (ESPN).

Flyers GM Fletcher expects Patrick to return from migraines

VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) — Philadelphia Flyers general Chuck Fletcher expects center Nolan Patrick to return from a migraine disorder and play this season.

Surprise, support for Knolls Vista teacher

MOSES LAKE — Knolls Vista kindergarten teacher Brenda Britton said she suspected something might be going on. A few friends from school invited her for an early-morning cup of coffee. And her husband Patrick said he’d take their son to school. And there was that email that went around summoning the entire KV staff to a meeting Thursday morning. About a school event, it said, but Brenda said she thought that had all been settled, despite her friends' insistence to the contrary. And Brenda was right - it was all a ploy, a ruse, to surprise her with a school-wide show of support. Brenda is fighting breast cancer, and staff members had T-shirts made in her honor and wore them Thursday morning. (Fifth-grade teacher Jack McLauchlan wore a pink shirt with a natty pink bow tie in lieu of a T-shirt.) Brenda’s kindergarten class also got T-shirts and wore them Thursday. Each teacher gets a small stipend from the Knolls Vista PTO, and her fellow kindergarten teachers donated their stipends to pay for the class T-shirts. “What a tremendous amount of support,” Brenda said. It wouldn’t be possible for her to keep teaching without the support of family, friends and fellow teachers, she said. Her prognosis is good, she said, because her cancer was identified early. But because of her genetic history the treatment is pretty aggressive. She is undergoing chemotherapy - two treatments down, four to go, she said - followed by radiation. Patrick Britton said he was thinking about supportive T-shirts and called Brenda’s fellow kindergarten teacher Kim Francisco to see what the staff thought about it. Francisco said the staff was already thinking along the same lines. Patrick Britton said if he had some advice to give, it’s “get those mammograms done.” Early detection dramatically improves the chances of successful treatment, he said. Brenda lost her hair as a result of treatment (she wears a wig to school), “so I shaved my head,” he said. As her treatment requires her to give up things, he does too, he said, as part of his show of support. “What she can’t do, I’m not doing either, because she’s not alone.” The support of family and friends is important, Patrick Britton said, so that patient knows they are not alone. The Britton family has set up a GoFundMe account under the title, “Brenda Britton’s battle with cancer" to help pay medical expenses not covered by insurance.

VIRUS DIARY: A cancer survivor takes comfort in her piano

NEW YORK (AP) — Since mid-March, when my NYC friends and I began sheltering at home, my piano has been a big source of comfort. I pound out the keys to Broadway tunes ("On My Own" from “Les Miserables”) and classical music (Rachmaninoff and Haydn). I even break into song, mostly off-key, perhaps annoying my neighbors in my Manhattan apartment building.

VIRUS DIARY: A cancer survivor takes comfort in her piano

NEW YORK (AP) — Since mid-March, when my NYC friends and I began sheltering at home, my piano has been a big source of comfort. I pound out the keys to Broadway tunes ("On My Own" from “Les Miserables”) and classical music (Rachmaninoff and Haydn). I even break into song, mostly off-key, perhaps annoying my neighbors in my Manhattan apartment building.

VIRUS DIARY: A cancer survivor takes comfort in her piano

NEW YORK (AP) — Since mid-March, when my NYC friends and I began sheltering at home, my piano has been a big source of comfort. I pound out the keys to Broadway tunes ("On My Own" from “Les Miserables”) and classical music (Rachmaninoff and Haydn). I even break into song, mostly off-key, perhaps annoying my neighbors in my Manhattan apartment building.

VIRUS DIARY: A cancer survivor takes comfort in her piano

NEW YORK (AP) — Since mid-March, when my NYC friends and I began sheltering at home, my piano has been a big source of comfort. I pound out the keys to Broadway tunes ("On My Own" from “Les Miserables”) and classical music (Rachmaninoff and Haydn). I even break into song, mostly off-key, perhaps annoying my neighbors in my Manhattan apartment building.

A capsule look at the Marlins-Braves playoff series

A capsule look at the best-of-five playoff series between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves in Houston beginning Tuesday:

Judy A Davis

February 25, 1939 – July 10, 2018

Mets' Smith hits go-ahead HR in 1st game since tearful plea

NEW YORK (AP) — Dominic Smith followed powerful words with a powerful swing — and nothing could have prompted bigger cheers from the New York Mets.

Bridal show draws hundreds

MOSES LAKE - Saturday's sunny weather apparently helped attendance at the 10th annual Greater Moses Lake Bridal Show.

Ephrata Health Fair draws big crowd

Screening done

EPHRATA — Columbia Basin Hospital employees performed healthcare services for about 500 people a day at a health fair last week.

James E. Clark

James E. Clark or "Mr. Clark" as he was known to thousands of students over the years, died on April 19, 2013. He had a rarely known cancer of the bone marrow known as "Waldenstroms" for 14 years. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, April 27th at Guarding Angels Cemetery, 2595 Road L N.E., Moses Lake. Please sign the online guestbook or leave a note for the family at www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel & Crematory.

Firefighter fighting cancer

MOSES LAKE - When Derek Beach went in for a physical in January,

Daniel N. Catlin, Sr

Reverend Daniel N. Catlin, Sr. passed peacefully at his home in Ephrata, Washington on Saturday, October 5, at the age of 83.

New culture pays off for Mavs

Moses Lake takes home 3-1 win over Eisenhower

MOSES LAKE – Having gone winless a year ago, new Moses Lake volleyball head coach Krystal Trammell and the Mavericks have been putting together a new culture around the team, which has translated to wins like Thursday’s 3-1 victory over Eisenhower. “It was high,” Trammell said of the energy entering Thursday’s match. “We are in our second round of league (games); we know what we have to do. So we tell the girls, ‘That was a great practice,’ or ‘That was a great set,’ Great effort, better effort next. We do one set at a time, we do not look over anyone.” ...