Cop shop, funnel cakes, barges and baseball in Studio Basin podcast
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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. | August 18, 2022 10:32 AM
In our most recent episode of the Studio Basin podcast, Columbia Basin Herald Managing Editor Rob Miller chatted with reporters Charles Featherstone and Ian Bivona about possible Moses Lake Police expansion, the Grant County Fair and Charles’s adventures rollin’ on the river.
The MLPD has outgrown its current building, Featherstone said, and is looking for bigger digs. The department currently shares a building with the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department. MLPD has its eye on five acres on Central Drive, next to the Lauzier ball fields, that could accommodate a 25,000- to 28,000-square-foot building. This would allow MLPD enough room to house a dedicated mental health worker, as well as an agent from the ATF, although some council members weren’t certain about the price tag of a new building versus renovating the current facility.
The Grant County Fair started this week and runs through the weekend. Miller talked about the musical lineup at this year’s fair. The country band Lonestar is the big headliner this year, and there are also a number of classic rock cover bands and country singer Kameron Marlowe.
Finally, Bivona talked about the Seattle Mariners, the Seahawks and – especially of interest locally – the Babe Ruth World Series, hosted in Ephrata by the Columbia Basin Riverdogs. High school sports are about to start up for the fall, Bivona added.
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Combined dream
Friends band together to open Level 10 Salon
MOSES LAKE — Hope became reality recently for two Moses Lake beauty professionals. “We had a dream of owning a salon ourselves,” said Erin Walker, owner of Level 10 Salon with her friend Shanna Hampshire. “Then we became best friends, and our separate dreams became our combined dream.” Walker and Hampshire had discussed the possibility of owning a salon together for years, Walker said, but the time was just never right, so they kept working away in different salons until the location on West Third Avenue fell into their laps. They opened for business about a month ago, Walker said, and on Tuesday cut the ribbon, accompanied by their families, which include four children apiece, and ambassadors from the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Flapper follies
OHS production of ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ promises Jazz-Age hilarity
OTHELLO — The play opening Thursday at Othello High School promises to be the bee’s knees. Perhaps even the cat’s pajamas. “(‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’) is the memoir of a flapper,” said Othello High School Drama Club advisor Tom Christensen. “She’s manipulative and a con artist. Her goal in life is to see how many men she can get to give her expensive things.” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” follows two young women of the Roaring ’20s on a trip to Europe, ostensibly to improve their education, but more importantly to scope out the selection of available, wealthy men. Lorelei (Adelle Walker) seems to fit the blonde stereotype: beautiful, breezy and buttonheaded.
Xi Beta Xi raises money for food bank
OTHELLO — The Othello chapter of Xi Beta Xi held a silent auction Oct. 13, according to an announcement from the club, with the proceeds going to the Othello Food Bank. “These remarkable women leaders consistently step up for our neighbors,” the Othello Food Bank posted on social media Oct. 30. “We are continually impressed by your generosity and honored by your ongoing efforts to address food insecurity.” The auction, held at the Othello Eagles Lodge, raised $3,278.04, according to the announcement. The money was presented to the food bank Oct. 20.