For Release June 22, 2004

City of Moses Lake Parks & Recreation Dept. P.O. Box 1579 Moses Lake, WA 98837 Phone 509-766-9240 Fax 509-766-9243 news release

Moses Lake boys win state title

ML bowling team

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Moses Lake High School’s boys varsity bowling team, coached by Ed Samuelson, emerged victorious after two days of competition at the 51st Annual Washington State Bowling Proprietors’ Association (WSBPA), State High School Varsity Bowling Championships at Big Al’s in Vancouver.

Beloved Tigers star, Hall of Famer Al Kaline dies at 85

DETROIT (AP) — Fresh off the train and only 18 years old, Al Kaline ran into an immediate roadblock trying to join the Detroit Tigers. Called up to the majors, he couldn't get past the security guards at Briggs Stadium.

Beloved Tigers star, Hall of Famer Al Kaline dies at 85

DETROIT (AP) — Fresh off the train and only 18 years old, Al Kaline ran into an immediate roadblock trying to join the Detroit Tigers. Called up to the majors, he couldn't get past the security guards at Briggs Stadium.

Beloved Tigers star, Hall of Famer Al Kaline dies at 85

DETROIT (AP) — Fresh off the train and only 18 years old, Al Kaline ran into an immediate roadblock trying to join the Detroit Tigers. Called up to the majors, he couldn't get past the security guards at Briggs Stadium.

Ephrata HS 'Toys for Teens' drive next week

EPHRATA — The competition is on next week at Ephrata High School; the annual Toys for Teens drive is scheduled to start Monday and will last all week.

Convicted NYC bomber gets life term for New Jersey shootout

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — An Afghan-born U.S. citizen already serving life in prison for a bombing in New York City was sentenced Friday to an additional life term for a shootout with police in New Jersey as he attempted to avoid arrest in 2016.

Albert F. Franz

Albert F. Franz passed away March 11, 2013 at his home on Fir Island, Mount Vernon, WA. He was born August 30, 1917 at the family homestead in Schrag WA. He was the fourth child of six born to Peter and Agnetha (Ewert) Franz. The Franz's were German immigrants, from the Crimea area in Russia where they had emigrated on agreement they would teach farming practices in exchange for relief from conscription (military draft). The family first settled in South Dakota then subsequently settled north east of Warden, WA. Al was raised on the homestead farm near Schrag, graduating from Lind High School in 1934. As the story goes, Al wanted to attend college, saving money for two years after High School and when his father gave him $200, he went to WSC and UW, graduating from the UW in Mechanical Engineering. There he met Jane Montgomery, who would become his wife of 58 years. He served his country during WWII as a civilian working for Boeing as a tooling engineer on various programs including the B47 bomber. Al was an independent thinker, with an entrepreneurial bent and returned to farming in the Columbia Basin Project in Block 49, west of Othello in 1953 with Jane and their two young sons, Paul and Jim. He later joined the Grant Co PUD working on Priest Rapids and Wanapum dams as construction inspector, mechanical maintenance supervisor, advancing to project engineer. Following retirement he and Jane traveled extensively all over the world. After Jane's death in 2000, Al spent the last 12 years with his special friend, Ruth Wylie, where they spent winters in Palm Springs, and the warm months in Kennewick and then recently on Fir Island.

William Elbert 'Al' Bjork

William Elbert "Al" Bjork passed away on June 15, 2008, at the age of 87.

Among Iraqis, the name Rumsfeld evokes nation's destruction

BAGHDAD (AP) — When he heard on the news that Donald Rumsfeld had died, Ali Ridha al-Tamimi and his wife sat down with their four children and told them: “This is the person who ruined our country.”

Among Iraqis, the name Rumsfeld evokes nation's destruction

BAGHDAD (AP) — When he heard on the news that Donald Rumsfeld had died, Ali Ridha al-Tamimi and his wife sat down with their four children and told them: “This is the person who ruined our country.”

Among Iraqis, the name Rumsfeld evokes nation's destruction

BAGHDAD (AP) — When he heard on the news that Donald Rumsfeld had died, Ali Ridha al-Tamimi and his wife sat down with their four children and told them: “This is the person who ruined our country.”

Among Iraqis, the name Rumsfeld evokes nation's destruction

BAGHDAD (AP) — When he heard on the news that Donald Rumsfeld had died, Ali Ridha al-Tamimi and his wife sat down with their four children and told them: “This is the person who ruined our country.”

GUEST EDITORIAL: Washington's public schools are only getting better

When it comes to public education, there's a lot to celebrate. Educators, students, parents, policymakers, and communities are working together and getting great results.

Othello soccer falls to Cheney 1-0 in crossover match

OTHELLO — A black pickup truck sat in the dirt parking lot on 7th Street across from Husky Stadium. As the people walked across the street to their cars and filed out, this truck sat isolated, alone in its vigil.

Islamic scholar ordered released while appeal is pursued

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered an Islamic scholar serving a life sentence for soliciting treason after the Sept. 11 attacks be released from custody while he pursues his appeal.

Defense: Alleged Timbuktu jihadi may be unfit for ICC trial

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Defense lawyers for an alleged Islamic extremist told International Criminal Court judges Tuesday that he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and could be unfit to stand trial on charges that he policed a brutal Islamic regime in Timbuktu after al-Qaida linked rebels overran the historic Malian desert city in 2012.

Albin John Hamilton

Albin John Hamilton, 70, passed away on Sunday, July 18, 2010, in Juncalito, Baja California South, Mexico.

Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies age 79

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country’s most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar Assad, died on Monday. He was 79.

Alvin Leroy Fox

June 12, 1933 – July 1, 2018