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Joel Martin has been with the Columbia Basin Herald for more than 25 years in a variety of roles and is the most-tenured employee in the building. Martin is a married father of eight and enjoys spending time with his children and his wife, Christina. He is passionate about the paper’s mission of informing the people of the Columbia Basin because he knows it is important to record the history of the communities the publication serves. | October 25, 2021 1:00 AM

Football

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 66, Columbia 0

The Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors gave Columbia High School a thorough spanking Friday. The Warriors took an early 42-point lead in the first quarter and added to it through the rest of the game. Senior Grady Murray and freshman Carter Pitts scored three touchdowns apiece, while Parker Roberts made two and Jack Molitor and Grayson Beal contributed one apiece. Pitts led in rushing yards with 146, while Murray led in passing with 33 yards.

Other scores:

Soap Lake 40, Pateros 14

Moses Lake 33, Davis 21

Othello 28, Ellensburg 0

Quincy 7, Chelan 33

Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Kahlotus 47, Asotin 0

Wahluke 26, LaSalle 7

Warden 35, Tri-Cities Prep 20

Volleyball

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 1, Odessa 3

Moses Lake 0, Wenatchee 3

Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian 3, Cascade Christian Academy 1

Royal 0, Connell 3

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ARTICLES BY JOEL MARTIN

Perfect blooms
July 25, 2025 1:05 a.m.

Perfect blooms

Tips for entering flowers at the fair

MOSES LAKE — You’ve worked all year to make your flower garden a thing of beauty. What better way to show it off than to enter them in the fair? The Grant County Fair has divisions and classes for every kind of flower or flower arrangement under the sun. Valerie Parrott, president of the Columbia Basin Garden Club and a judge in the fair’s horticulture barn, has tips for making your flowers look the best they can. “Flowers are judged on how close they are to perfection,” Parrott said. “It doesn’t matter if they’re the smallest flower or the largest flower. It only matters how close to perfect the bloom is.” With that in mind, Parrott said, timing is crucial. Exhibits are dropped off Monday morning of fair week, which this year is Aug. 11, and judging begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday. That means the flower you’re entering needs to be perfect right then.

Civil Air Patrol cadets take to the skies over Ephrata
July 25, 2025 1:20 a.m.

Civil Air Patrol cadets take to the skies over Ephrata

EPHRATA — There couldn’t have been a better climate to teach teenagers to fly in. “We’ve had really good weather,” said Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Kathy Maxwell. “Usually by now we’ve had a smoke day or a windy day, or an overcast day.” The CAP cadets are wrapping up the second week of this year’s Desert Eagle National Flight Academy, held every year at Camp Boucher at the Port of Ephrata. Nineteen cadets from around the country, plus one from Japan, came to Ephrata to learn the basics of flying: airplane systems, pre- and post-flight procedures, navigation. In between they’re flying around the Ephrata Airport, first with instructors, then finally solo. The skies between Ephrata and Moses Lake are pretty mellow for flying, but that doesn’t mean there will be no surprises, cadets said.

‘Everyone Has a Why’
July 24, 2025 1 a.m.

‘Everyone Has a Why’

Campaign seeks to bring opioid addiction out of the shadows

MOSES LAKE — The reasons for addiction are many, but everybody has one. That’s the point of a campaign by the Grant County Health District to highlight opioid addiction and overdoses. It’s part of a two-phase campaign to explain some of the reasons behind addiction, and encourage people to seek help. “It can be loss, or pain, or struggle, but everyone has a reason that they may start using substances,” said Lexi Smith, communications coordinator for the Grant County Health District. “But on the flip side of that, everyone has a reason that they don’t, or that they choose to help someone who does.” The tagline for the Everybody Has a Why campaign is “Make addiction a conversation, not a secret,” and removing the shame of seeking help is a primary aim.