Zambia's risk of default highlights Africa's debt crisis

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Facing financial difficulties aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, the southern African nation of Zambia appears headed for a default on debt owed to private investors.

Zambia's risk of default highlights Africa's debt crisis

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Facing financial difficulties aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, the southern African nation of Zambia appears headed for a default on debt owed to private investors.

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E-mail from Cheryl

Floyd Edward Bales

Floyd Edward Bales, 82, of Moses Lake, WA passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at St. Joseph Care Center, Spokane, WA. He was born to Thomas and Golda (Klontz) Bales in Bronaugh, MO on September 25, 1927. Shortly after Floyd’s birth, the Bales family moved to Joseph, OR where he grew up, attended school and joined the Air Force. He was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska as an airplane mechanic. Floyd returned to the Wallowa, Oregon area where he met Colleen Martin, married and had a son, Dan Bales. Floyd adopted his wife’s son from a previous marriage, Mike and they made their home in Wallowa, working in the logging industry. The family moved to Anderson, CA where Floyd continued to drive logging truck. They later divorced, he remarried and moved to Alaska. He primarily worked in the logging and timber business but also spent time as a purchasing agent, a mechanic in food processing equipment manufacturing and in farming.

Giant pumpkins coming up short

Possible soil issues plague larger gourds

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District is looking for engineering services for a proposed mechanical dredging project.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District is looking for engineering services for a proposed mechanical dredging project.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District is looking for engineering services for a proposed mechanical dredging project

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids will be received by the Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County at Beverly, Washington until 2:00 P.M. on June 5, 2014 for Craft Labor for Mechanical Maintenance and Capital Projects as more fully described in Contract Documents 430-3681R.

NOTICE TO SUBCONTRACTORS AND MATERIALMEN

Contract No. 2012-226 G (1-1), for the Auto Building HVAC project, Moses Lake, WA, with Apollo Sheet Metal, Inc. DBA Apollo Mechanical Contractors, 1201 West Columbia Drive, Kennewick, WA 99336, has been accepted as of March 13, 2013.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District is looking for engineering services for a proposed mechanical dredging project.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District is looking for engineering services for a proposed mechanical dredging project.

Lives Lost: Parents hoped baby Kobe would play basketball

TANAUAN, Philippines (AP) — He was heralded in the Philippines as the country’s youngest COVID-19 survivor, a baby who’d become infected with and conquered the coronavirus during his first 16 days of life.

Lives Lost: Parents hoped baby Kobe would play basketball

TANAUAN, Philippines (AP) — He was heralded in the Philippines as the country’s youngest COVID-19 survivor, a baby who’d become infected with and conquered the coronavirus during his first 16 days of life.

Payton: Saints plan to start Brees against Chiefs

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints record-setting quarterback Drew Brees “looked good” in his first practices since returning from rib fractures and a punctured lung, and is slated to start against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, coach Sean Payton said.

Payton: Saints plan to start Brees against Chiefs

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints record-setting quarterback Drew Brees “looked good” in his first practices since returning from rib fractures and a punctured lung, and is slated to start against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, coach Sean Payton said.

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Online conspiracy theorist twist singer's COVID-19 death

CHICAGO (AP) — Conspiracy theorists are twisting facts online about country singer Joe Diffie's death from COVID-19 complications in order to promote their claims that health officials are exaggerating the coronavirus pandemic's threat.

Patricia Ann Trujillo

Patricia Ann Trujillo, 71, of Moses Lake passed away unexpectedly Sept. 9, 2022, at the hospital in Wenatchee, halfway through her first round of chemo and radiation. Patti grew up in Minnesota then moved to Moses Lake in 2000. Patti worked at Columbia Basin Herald for the last 21 years. When she wasn’t working she was spending time with family or friends, playing cribbage, having a barbecue or getting a Dairy Queen Blizzard. Patti had some health issues but in July 2022 she found out she had lung cancer. She was terrified because she had seen her own daughter fight and lose a battle to cancer in 2005, but she was determined and ready to fight. Sadly, her heart just wasn’t strong enough.

Frank M. Gleason

May 2, 1947 – October 9, 2022

Frank M. Gleason, 75, was born in Ellensburg, Washington, May 2, 1947, to Earl and Hazel (Blinston) Gleason. After a long battle with IPF (lung disease), he passed away at home on October 9, 2022, surrounded by his family. Frank attended Kittitas High School where he graduated in 1965. He signed up for the draft and enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas from 1966 to 1968. He later moved to Moses Lake in 1977 where he worked for Boeing, Basic American, Busby, Lamb Weston and he did heating and air conditioning on his own time. Most recently he worked for Western Polymer where he retired in 2017, working maintenance...