Creating opportunity: Voters to decide on Wahluke School District levy

MATTAWA — Wahluke School District voters will decide the fate of a two-year educational programs and operation (EP&O) levy in a special election Feb. 8.

Holiday gives tennis to Moses Lake youth

Coach passes on gift he received in high school

Health and Wellness Expo set for Sept. 24

Lots to do for children and adults

MOSES LAKE — The annual Central Washington Health and Wellness Expo is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 in the ATEC building on the Big Bend Community College campus. Sponsors are Columbia Basin Herald, Confluence Health, Samaritan Healthcare, Moses Lake Community Health, Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata and Health Alliance. Admission is free. As its name implies, the expo focuses on maintaining a healthy lifestyle, providing information on health issues, introducing people to agencies and companies that can help them negotiate the healthcare system. And it’s more than that - it’s fun. “Lots of prizes and games for kids and adults,” said expo organizer Tera Redwine. The expo features a Kid Zone, which includes 300 teddy bears for kids to take through the Teddy Bear Clinic. Kids get a new teddy bear and go through the clinic, which teaches them about maintaining good health. Bears get a checkup and along the way their owners (and their moms and dads) get information about healthy habits. Local fire departments and EMS companies and agencies will bring emergency equipment for kids to look at and get close to. Depending on its availability, the LifeFlight emergency medical response helicopter will set down and let kids (and adults) take a peek inside. There’s a coloring contest sponsored by Samaritan Healthcare, and lots of other activities for children, Redwine said. Information will go out to schools in Moses Lake, Soap Lake, Ephrata and Quincy about two weeks prior to the expo. The ATEC building is filled with vendors all day. “The vendors come from all over,” she explained. The 2015 expo attracted more than 70 vendors, from agencies and health care providers, to skin care and nutrition companies, to health insurers, to financial planning, to home healthcare to retail companies (like Costco). Fall is the season for open enrollment in public health insurance programs like Medicare, and there will be Medicare information for seniors. Other topics for seniors will be covered as well. Demonstrations are also scheduled. One of her goals, Redwine said, is to expand the demonstration list, adding more exercise options for people of all ages, and regardless of their initial physical condition. The expo has its own Facebook page, and it will be updated as the date gets closer and more information becomes available.

A walk through town: Families, coronavirus and togetherness

GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — In a quiet suburb just north of Richmond, Virginia, a mother and her three children spend a weekday afternoon planting a small garden of spinach, red cabbage and lettuce. Across town, a dad teaches his kids how to play volleyball on an empty court. In a sprawling park, a father shows his son and daughter the perfect flick of the wrist to skip rocks in a stream.

A walk through town: Families, coronavirus and togetherness

GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — In a quiet suburb just north of Richmond, Virginia, a mother and her three children spend a weekday afternoon planting a small garden of spinach, red cabbage and lettuce. Across town, a dad teaches his kids how to play volleyball on an empty court. In a sprawling park, a father shows his son and daughter the perfect flick of the wrist to skip rocks in a stream.

A walk through town: Families, coronavirus and togetherness

GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — In a quiet suburb just north of Richmond, Virginia, a mother and her three children spend a weekday afternoon planting a small garden of spinach, red cabbage and lettuce. Across town, a dad teaches his kids how to play volleyball on an empty court. In a sprawling park, a father shows his son and daughter the perfect flick of the wrist to skip rocks in a stream.

A walk through town: Families, coronavirus and togetherness

GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — In a quiet suburb just north of Richmond, Virginia, a mother and her three children spend a weekday afternoon planting a small garden of spinach, red cabbage and lettuce. Across town, a dad teaches his kids how to play volleyball on an empty court. In a sprawling park, a father shows his son and daughter the perfect flick of the wrist to skip rocks in a stream.

Moses Lake drops road game to Davis

YAKIMA - The idea of a team controlling its own "destiny" has never been more applicable to Moses Lake.

Linda Rae Fisher Tiffany

Linda Rae Fisher Tiffany, 84, of Moses Lake, Washington, entered into rest on Sept. 18 at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake.

Parents: Tips for giving kids a DIY after-school activity center at home

(ARA) - Many American families may still be tightening their belts, as the economy continues its slow climb out of recession. If your family has decided to save money by foregoing traditional after-school programs, you can bring the experience home.

Local musician Alysen Hesselroth excited for chance to return to performing

Navigating the coronavirus pandemic has been challenging for nearly everyone. For local musician Alysen Hesselroth, the past year has meant almost reinventing herself.

JoAn Edwards Daniels-Brown Forsyth

JoAn Edwards Daniels-Brown Forsyth, 82, passed away from the effects of cancer at her home in Magnolia, Washington on Oct. 4, 2022. She was born on November 6, 1939, to Charlie J. Edwards and Ada Winn Edwards in Havre, Montana. JoAn spent her high school years in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and developed many cherished and lifetime friendships with people she kept in contact with her entire life. She returned there often throughout the years to attend class reunions and show her children the beauties of the Black Hills. JoAn attended Brigham Young University, studying nursing. It was at BYU that she met and fell in love with Arnie Richard Daniels-Brown and the two of them were married in Idaho Falls, Idaho on June 3, 1960. Soon after being married, they traveled to Mexico City, Mexico where Arnie studied Spanish for six months. On June 2, 1961, they were sealed together for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Quincy seniors take the last walk of high school

Class of 2014 earns more than $300,000 in scholarships

QUINCY - In his speech, co-valedictorian Trey Petersen said graduation seemed like a long way off, back in freshman year. But the Quincy High School class of 2014 made it all the way to graduation ceremonies Friday in front of a packed house at Jaycees Field.

Syrian father teaches daughter to laugh when the bombs fall

BEIRUT (AP) — Abdullah Mohammed would do anything for his daughter, even forcing himself to laugh with her at the sound of bombs to help her overcome her fear.

Syrian father teaches daughter to laugh when the bombs fall

BEIRUT (AP) — Abdullah Mohammed would do anything for his daughter, even forcing himself to laugh with her at the sound of bombs to help her overcome her fear.

A New Year, and a New Season

How will you improve?

Owen McClain, PGA Teaching Professional

Royal church offers date night baby-sitting

ROYAL CITY - Want to spend some alone time with your honey? The New Life Fellowship Church of Royal City is offering to help your date night happen.

Chess returns to Ephrata

Event kicks off Saturday morning at Parkway Elementary School

Erasing the marks

TKR hopes to turn kids' lives around - Gang members paint over their peers' handiwork Friday afternoon, thanks to program

Gregg Popovich: “Embarrassed as a white person”

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he’s “embarrassed as a white person” that George Floyd could die in such a “nonchalant” manner.