Maarten Ollefers

June 9, 1943 – November 5, 2017

Potato show returns to Basin

Unnamed variety bows at potato bar

Focus on the familiar

Masquers to open new season this weekend with ‘Blithe Spirit’

SOAP LAKE — The Masquers Theater in Soap Lake will be premiering Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit this weekend. The show will run through October 1 every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and every Sunday at 2 p.m., according to the theater’s website. “Blithe Spirit” marks the opening of the Masquers’ new theater season, said the play’s director Marla Allsopp, who is also on the Masquers Theater Board of Directors...

Moses Lake man reported missing

EPHRATA - A search for 64-year-old Dan Toya was halted Saturday, but the investigation into his disappearance continues.

James Elmer Abram

August 12, 1929 – February 22, 2018

Kathleen Law Kovalesky

Our beloved Irish lass Kathy Law Kovalesky passed away at the age of 73 in Peoria, Arizona, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at Banner Boswell Medical Center after contracting the COVID-19 virus.

Sidney Paul Gregory

April 2, 1936 — May 26, 2024

Sidney Paul Gregory, 88, born on April 2, 1936, in Monroe, Washington, was a man of many chapters. As the youngest of six boys to George and Grace Gregory, he grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where he developed a strong sense of family and community.

John Norman Freeborn

July 24, 1930 - February 16, 2015

July 24, 1930 - February 16, 2015

Grayce A. Johnson

Grayce A. Johnson, a longtime Moses Lake resident, was called to heaven by her beloved husband, Delbert Johnson on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008.

Potato banquet honors farmer

Daughters accept the award

Kady and Bentley help Team Washington at the Pacific Northwest Invitational

MOSES LAKE — The cheers and screams echoed from the stands almost simultaneously to when the announcer introduced Kady Didtel and her horse Bentley as they entered the arena Friday afternoon at the Pacific Northwest Invitational at Ardell Pavilion at the Grant County Fairgrounds.

'Jingle Bells Jury' opens Saturday

SOAP LAKE — Masquers Theater will present a story of lost Christmas Spirit and how to find it the first two weekends in December. “Jingle Bells Jury” takes the stage at 2 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4 and 9 and 10.

Virginia "Ginger" Haring

Virginia Lee "Ginger" Haring, 56, a longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away on the morning of November 24, 2004 at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake, Wash. due to a short and courageous battle with lung cancer.

Margaret 'Marie' Hovde

September 28, 1932 – October 31, 2015

September 28, 1932 – October 31, 2015

Basin Job Corps prepares, serves Thanksgiving community dinner

MOSES LAKE - Thanks to the culinary arts students at the Columbia Basin Job Corps, numerous people who might not have enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal this year did so last week.

Kathryn Schmalz Rackham

July 17, 1943 – December 31, 2024

Kathryn (Kathy) Schmalz Rackham, 81, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Moses Lake after a long battle with Alzheimer’s/dementia. Kathy was born July 17, 194,3 in Ogden, Utah to William Moyes Schmalz and Karma Chadwick. She was born the middle child of three. She lived in Salt Lake City and Seattle before moving to a farm north of Warden in 1952. In 1961 she graduated as the valedictorian of Warden High School and attended Central Washington State College in Ellensburg receiving a degree in Education and French in 1965. She taught English and French at Tyee High School prior to spending a summer abroad in France.

Readers thank tribe for powwow attendance

A large thank you to the Colville Nation and Tribal Council and to the great drum groups, Golden Eagle and White Hawk, for accepting the hand of friendship extended by the Soap Lake, WA town officials, Soap Lake Garden Club and others, so the first Powwow was held June 17 and 18, after 40-plus years. The "Spirit of Soap Lake Powwow" was able to take place due to so many coming together in friendship and cooperation. May many blessings return to you, the Colville Nation and Tribal Council for this wonderful act of friendship.

Legals for September, 16 2020

John T. 'Jick' Fancher

John T. Fancher of Quincy, better known as “Jick,” passed away on June 14, 2021, one month shy of 92 years old.

Bike rack built from the ground up

MOSES LAKE — A commissioned project follows a certain sequence, and the first step is for the builder to consult the client.