E-mail from Cheryl

Facts from the past gleaned from the Moses Lake Herald, Columbia Basin Herald and The Neppel Record by Cheryl (Driggs) Elkins:

Have you ever thought about the way bacon is packaged? Pick up a package of bacon next time you are standing at the meat section of your favorite grocery store and you will realize why this new 1972 law was so important. Makes me wonder how it was packaged before. Read on.

From the CBH on Jan. 20, 1972:

Bacon law regulation

After Feb. 1, State Department of Agriculture inspectors will start placing embargoes against any bacon found in retail stores in packages that do not comply with the new Washington bacon packaging law.

Regulations adopted under the new law require that retail sliced bacon packages “be formed so as to readily display a substantial portion of a representative slice of the bacon contained therein.”

Club meeting tonight

The Town and Country Homemakers Club will meet tonight at the home of Mrs. John Conway. The club lesson will be “Moral Values in Today’s World’ and project leaders are Mrs. Roscoe Skold and Mrs. Conway. Mrs. Mike O’Neil is a new member to the club.

During last month’s meeting the homemakers entertained their husbands at a dinner party at the home of Mrs. Pat Acres.

Rare species areas sought

A state system of aquatic and land natural area preserves for rare and vanishing species would be created under a bill introduced by Rep. Lois North, R-Seattle.

The system would be administered by the Department of Natural Resources. The areas would be for research, teaching and limited public visitation.

From the CBH on Feb. 24, 1972:

Grange will entertain past masters

The O’Sullivan Grange is honoring their past masters Friday at a public potluck dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Grange Hall.

A humorous program of the history of the grange is planned, said Mrs. A.O. Batson. Anyone wishing further information may contact her at RO5-8671 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and after 5:30 p.m. at RO5-3379.

Sorority set show date

Further plans were made by Epsilon Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi for their spring style show at a recent meeting at the home of Mrs. Cecil Smith with Mrs. Ron Jones as co-hostess.

The fashion event is set for Friday, march 24, at the Warden High School cafeteria with Mrs. Skip Briney as narrator. Mrs. Warren will be mistress of ceremonies.

The next meeting of the sorority will be at Mrs. John Preston’s home with Mrs. Lewis McCullough assisting.

Localite admitted to program

A Moses Lake student at Eastern Washington State College, Deanna E. Didow, is among more than 143 students admitted to the EWSC professional education program.

Dr. William C. Shreeve, EWSC associate professor of education and director of admissions, said admission is a prerequisite to advanced education courses. Undergraduate students must have completed at least their sophomore year to be admitted; graduate students working for teaching certification must also be admitted.

Miss Didow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Didow, is a speech major at EWSC.

From the CBH on Dec. 2, 1981:

Tickets available

Tickets are available for Friday’s opening performance of “Night Watch” by the Masquers of Grant County.

The performance is a benefit for the Soap Lake Chamber of Commerce fireworks fund. Tickets can be bought at Soap Lake Hardware or from any Chamber director. Performances are at 8 P.m. Friday, Saturday and Dec. 11 and 12. Sunday’s performance will be at 2 p.m.

Changes OKed

Modifications to the Ephrata PUD headquarters’ personnel office were approved Monday by PUD commissioners.

The office will be remodeled for better use of space. Some of the changes include portable walls, carpets, lighting and duct-work modification. The project has a price tag of $6,200.

City budget eyed

Soap Lake Mayor Marina Romary wants city citizens to help solve the budgetary question of “which city services receive what amount of money” in 1982.

Mayor Romary wants as many citizens who can to attend tonight’s public hearing on the proposed 1982 budget at 7 p.m. in the council chambers.

The proposed budget has been set at $466,964. Romary is worried about cutting city services, especially the North Central Regional Library service fee, which nearly will double in 1982.

Labels sought

The Columbia Ridge and Grant schools will be participating again this year in the “Labels for Education Program” sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company.

Children I grades kindergarten through fourth will be collecting labels from Campbell products in an effort to redeem aids or audio-visual equipment.

Basin boys lose

Basin class B boys basketball teams had a tough time pulling their act together against bigger and more experienced teams Tuesday.

Warden lost its opening contest with Class A River View, 46-23, and the Soap Lake Eagles were smothered, 76-31 by the Waterville Shockers.

Warden falls

The Cougars “just couldn’t get any offense running” against River View, coach Bob Trammell said. The taller River View boys hogged the boards and the Cougars got very few rebounds all night.

“Our top rebounders were Brad Taylor and Ralph Gonzales with six each and Gonzales is only 5-5,” Trammell said. Gonzales paced Cougar scorers with nine points while Mike Johnson led River View with 13.

Eagles thumped

The young and inexperienced Soap Lake Eagles were given a rude introduction to varsity basketball Tuesday in a 76-31 shellacking. The Shockers blew open a 29-4 first quarter lead and never looked back.

“We were just inexperienced,” Coach Joe Whipple said of the Eagles’ first game. “We played with a freshman and three sophomores. One junior and one of the seniors had never played a high school basketball game before.”

Robert Nacke and Roger Larson paced the Eagles with 11 and 12 points, respectively. Wade Jess led the Shockers with 24.