Monday, December 15, 2025

ARTICLES BY CHERYL SCHWEIZER<BR> HERALD STAFF WRITER

Second-graders raid the pumpkin patch

MOSES LAKE - Some of the second-graders weren't really interested in having their picture taken. "Where are the pumpkins?" the boys asked.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Eastern Washington University president visits Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE - Ensuring students can get to college, and ensuring they get the education they need for success, are among the goals of new Eastern Washington University president Mary Cullinan.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Sign ups still open for skateboard competition

MOSES LAKE - Registrations are still being accepted for Saturday's Mosaik Skate Fest at the Moses Lake Skate Park, 414 West 4th Ave. The skateboard competition is part of Spring Fest, the annual celebration over Memorial Day weekend in Moses Lake.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Columbia Basin Skills Center taking shape in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE - The new Columbia Basin Skills Center will be shown to the public in May, with a grand opening in July. Construction work is continuing on the interior, and exterior landscaping will wait until spring. But skills center administrators are giving interested district patrons a look inside with …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Getting that Pilgrim hat just right

MOSES LAKE - Listen, making that Pilgrim hat is tricky. Fold the black construction paper in half, draw the pattern of a big capital L, and cut. . .OK, got to review that part. Cut the fold? Or don't cut the fold?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO

Ephrata history to be highlighted all over town

EPHRATA - Everybody knows the local effort that helped bring the U.S. government's attention to the Grand Coulee Dam site began with a conversation in a restaurant in Ephrata, in the summer of 1918. Well, not everybody knows it - Mike Scellick didn't, and he's an Ephrata native.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Fairchild AFB commander in town Sept. 24

MOSES LAKE - The commander of Fairchild Air Force Base will be in Moses Lake Sept. 24 to talk to residents as well as community and business leaders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Voters to decide fate of McKay Memorial levy

SOAP LAKE - Voters in Grant County Hospital District No. 4 will decide in the November general election to approve or reject a one-time, $500,000 levy for a new heating system at McKay Memorial and Rehab.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Registration open for BBCC Foundation run

MOSES LAKE - Registration is open for a fundraising run to benefit the Big Bend Community College Foundation scholarship fund. People who want to receive a T-shirt for the 2013 Dollar Dash must register by Sept. 20, although registration will continue through race day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Senior Center provides meals and more

MOSES LAKE - Moses Lake Senior Center members will be selling tickets for a fundraising quilt at the Health and Wellness Expo, scheduled for Sept. 28 in the ATEC Building at Big Bend Community College. The winner of the holiday quilt, one of three the senior center raffles each year, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Exercise lifelong pursuit for Moses Lake twins

MOSES LAKE - Twin sisters Vere and Verna (they didn't like giving out their last names due to privacy concerns) usually swing by the Anytime Fitness center about two or three days a week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Activities, Christian message mix at Bible school

MOSES LAKE - The kids were mixing marshmallow creme and chocolate sauce to use as a dipping sauce for their pretzels, and Cheri Ann Bickler, wearing a classic stewardess uniform and cap, saw the opportunity for a lesson in philosophy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

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