ARTICLES BY PAM ROBEL<BR

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Royal City native USCG Person of the Year

PORTLAND — Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Piper, formerly of Royal City, was recently named the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Portland active-duty Enlisted Person of the Year.

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Time to swing, time to dance

MOSES LAKE — Get your dancing shoes out and prepare for a night of swing dancing to the finest jazz music.

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Finding good reasons for trying Bloomsday

I have been “round” most of my life.

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Time to hit the area hiking trails for warm weather adventures

Down what becomes a long, dusty, gravel road there is a trail you can hike to see Quincy on one side of the hill and sage, sand, and mountains on the other.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

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Local artist draws the world around her

MOSES LAKE — Karen Reffett’s Columbia Basin roots run deep.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Benefit for Columbia Basin kids - seeing familiar faces

Katie Garfield, a Quincy cowgirl, earned the 2010 Miss Rodeo Washington crown and is having her coronation dinner at Big Bend’s ATEC building with a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Martin Luther King honored tonight

MOSES LAKE — Rev. R.E. Tobin, Sr., pastor of the New Light Missionary Baptist Church, is hoping for a large turn out at tonight’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I want to grow up to be 'something'

People always ask little kids what they want to be when they grow up.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO