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 CBH on Sept. 4, 1979:

Van service at Ritzville

Grant County Seniors has established van service for senior citizens at Ritzville.

The van was established to serve as an addition to a crew of volunteer drivers already there, said Elsie Koch, secretary to the Grant County Seniors’ board.

Transportation will be available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For people at least 60 years of age. The van will be located at the Ritzville Senior Center.

Gerry Gerrard is coordinating the Ritzville service, which will include a Thursday trip to Spokane each week. Also included will be transportation to the food and friendship program at the center.

Shooters taking aim on horses

A dead horse and an injured horse are the result of an apparent shooting spree in south Ephrata this weekend.

Bill Farmer, Route 1 1356 E NW, Ephrata, reported Monday that his registered foal mare had been killed sometime during the weekend. She was pastured in a field across the west canal from Oasis Park.

Farmer told deputies he found .22 caliber rifle holes when he was skinning the dead mare. E said she was with foal.

He estimated his loss at approximately $2,000.

Jim Mischel, 1510 S. Basin St., Ephrata, reported Sunday when he returned from a trip, he found his mare had been shot in the stomach.

A veterinary examination showed the horse had been shot with a small caliber rifle. The doctor told Mischel the horse would probably live, but it might be a few days before he was sure.

The horse was pastured on property located across the railroad tracks from Oasis Park.

Dennis note: Wasn’t it about this time when some cattle was shot with a .22 in the Potholes area of Grant County? Terrible stuff.