What is it? This was a feature in the Columbia Basin Daily Herald, but the dates aren’t clear. When did it start and when did it end? The right-side photo is an example of the answer to the question.

The Herald would print a closeup of part of an object, perhaps on Monday, and ask “What is it?” Then, on Friday of the same week, the answer appeared.

This seemed to be a fun feature for readers. I will try to secure some more of the photos and the answers. Perhaps we could have a “What is it” feature once a month or so in this column. Stay tuned.

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:

From the Columbia Basin Daily Herald on May 21, 1976:

Planners read citizens’ views

Still studying the proposed new zoning map for Moses Lake, the planning commission Thursday read and considered correspondence from citizens on the subject.

City Planner Stanley Bech said today the commission probably will plan another public hearing on the map at the end of June.

The commission read the letters and studied the minutes of past public hearings on the map while making considerations for changes, Bech said. Most citizen input on the map has had some effect, Bech said, but the commission didn’t heed the advice of all citizens making comments.

Areas in the new map that have caused disputes in the past, such as new zoning in the Garden Heights area, should be solved at this time.

After the public hearing the commission will make its final draft of the map and send it to the city council for consideration.

Area pair graduate

Two former Moses Lake residents were among the 3,500 graduates taking diplomas at the University of Houston, Texas, commencement ceremonies Saturday.

Taking a master of science in biology was William Bradley Kincaid while Neenah Roth Kincaid took a bachelor of arts in anthropology.