BRAND new thing
JOEL MARTIN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 months AGO
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 8, 2024 1:05 AM
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake Roundup Committee Member Buck Naff, left, burns a brand into a barrel of the rodeo’s new signature whiskey, Spurstride Wheated Bourbon, at the Loading Chute at the rodeo grounds Tuesday, accompanied by fellow Committee member Joe Ketterer and state Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake. Spurstride, distilled especially for the Moses Lake Roundup by Moses Lake Distillery, was served to the public for the first time at the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours following the branding.
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