Veterans Day events around the Basin
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A veteran blows taps at the previous Ephrata Veterans Day parade.
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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. | November 11, 2026 2:00 AM
MOSES LAKE — Today is Veterans Day, a time to celebrate those who served in the armed forces and returned home to the country they risked everything for. Here are some ways to honor the heroes among us.
Quincy
Classic USO Entertainment: A tribute to the music and entertainers that kept the troops’ spirits up during World War II. Presented by Veterans Operation Creation. Free admission for veterans. 7 p.m. at Quincy Middle School, 16 Sixth Ave. Info and tickets: veteransoperationcreation.com.
Ephrata
Veterans Day Parade: All are invited to celebrate veterans. Paraders will gather at 10:30 at the Grant County Courthouse and march south on C Street, right on Second Avenue Southwest and back up Basin Street to First Avenue Northwest for a rifle salute timed for 11 a.m. at the Ephrata Recreation Center. A second salute will be fired at the end of the parade at the Courthouse. The parade is free and open to the public. A soup luncheon will follow at the American Legion Post 28, 276 Eighth Ave. NW.
Moses Lake
Veterans Day Breakfast: Free for veterans, small charge for non-veterans. 8-10 a.m. at American Legion Joe Hooper Post 209, 538 W. Broadway Ave.
Veterans Dinner: Spaghetti dinner, complimentary for veterans, current military and first responders, $15 for everyone else. 6 p.m. at Moses Lake Elks Lodge No. 2892, 217 N. Elder St.
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Veterans Day events around the Basin
MOSES LAKE — Today is Veterans Day, a time to celebrate those who served in the armed forces and returned home to the country they risked everything for. Here are some ways to honor the heroes among us.
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.
‘Auction Royale’
St. Rose of Lima fundraiser brings the 007 vibe
EPHRATA — The St. Rose of Lima Catholic School auction was well attended Saturday night. “Before people who bought the day of, we were at 275 (registered attendees),” said Nick Moore, who was selling raffle cards for $100 a pop. “There are 120 families in the school, so that’s more than double the number of parents.” The theme was “007 Auction Royale,” and many attendees were decked out in their James Bond-iest tuxes and black dresses. “People love to dress up, any excuse,” said Jennifer Hickok, one of the event’s organizers and a member of the St. Rose PTO. “There’s a suit coat with tails. I haven’t seen one of those since prom.”