This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series The Back FortyI don’t think I’ll ever understand politics. I was just beginning to accept that vast right wing conspiracy theory when, suddenly, we’ve switched gears. Now, we’ve got people talking about left wing conspiracies. I always have to stop and ask, “OK, the left [...]
Chantall Guzman and Victoria Lodahl, 2009 graduates of Othello High School, are two of five U.S. winners of the 2009 McCain Group Scholarships. Guzman is the daughter of Carlos Guzman and Lodahl is the daughter of Steve Lodahl. Both men are employees at the McCain Foods USA plant in Othello. Guzman plans to attend Brigham [...]
The last eight years have been tough going for many government agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Budget cuts have changed the way some things have been done, decreased staff and consolidated services. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the area’s wildlife refuges have formed complexes. The Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, six miles [...]
Othello swim coach Tara Rattray had to wonder how her Barracuda team would handle the challenges they faced when they dove into the water Tuesday evening at Selah for the opening meet of the summer season. The 30 kids from Othello, including 12 in their first ever swim meet, faced a team they hadn’t met [...]
July 4 Fourth of July community picnic, concert and patriotic fireworks 5 to 8 p.m. – Free community barbecue 8 p.m. – Free concert with Bean Barry Delights, 50’s rock and roll 10 p.m. – Moses Lake annual patriotic fireworks exhibition. July 11 Moses Lake beach party 4 to 8 p.m. – Beach contests [...]
While 93 percent of 12th graders in the class of 2009 passed the reading and writing state exams, Superintendent Randy Dorn remains highly concerned about those students who didn’t meet standard and those who dropped out long before graduation. The first-year state schools chief today released preliminary high school results of the Washington Assessment of [...]
When 66-year-old Judy Mosier, of East Wenatchee, had her car broken into last October and her steering column disabled, she didn’t know how she was going to be able to afford to have it fixed. Living on a fixed income of $693 per month left her little wiggle room to make ends meet, let alone [...]
Ten years ago June 30, 1999 An event aimed to make Othello a better place to live and to bring the “Anglo and Hispanic communities together” was approved by the Othello City Council Monday night. The date has been set for Saturday, Aug. 7, at Lions Park for the first Fiesta la Amistad. A growth [...]
My mom was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a tiny lump and it hadn’t had a chance to spread, so she’s fine now. People say she was lucky, but I say she was smart. She had her yearly mammograms religiously and no matter how many times she had to go back to get a [...]
Meet Lloyd Ornelas, owner of Integrity First Paint LLC. “I offer quality work with competitive pricing,” he said. “We do residential and commercial interior and exterior work, flask painting, imprints, custom shapes and fencing.” Ornelas, 24, learned the trade from his grandfather, who was a painter for 30 years. “I love to paint,” Lloyd said. [...]
The City of Othello is the recipient of a community development block grant for $310,000 for the rehabilitation of Well No. 6. City engineers applied for the grant due to the high concentrations of fluoride in that well. Because of those concentrations, the well, which is the city’s best water producer, is only used in [...]
