MOSES LAKE The Memorial Day ceremony at Pioneer Memorial Gardens in Moses Lake Monday wasn’t long, not more than about 20 minutes, but it was heartfelt.
The ceremony was led by American Legion Service Officer Fil Rivera, a retired Green Beret master sergeant who served in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic.
MOSES LAKE The city of Moses Lake is looking for assistance from the Port of Moses Lake to lobby for state and federal funding to help deal with the chemical contamination found in three of the city’s wells located in and around the port on the grounds of the former Larson Air Force Base.
“As we look at putting in requests to the state and federal legislatures for funding support for treatment, support from the port for these requests is probably among the most important and biggest things you could do for us,” said Assistant City Manager Rich Huebner during a port commission meeting on Monday.
MOSES LAKE Don Kersey, executive director of the Port of Moses Lakes, sat in his corner office overlooking the Grant County International Airport thinking about a line he heard a lot growing up here.
“We always knew that Moses Lake was going to grow, going to pop. It was always that’ll be next year and the next five years, but it’s gonna happen. It’s gonna happen,” Kersey said. “And we all sound like broken records.” .
MOSES LAKE The Moses Lake City Council wants more information before voting on proposed watering restrictions for the summer.
“I’m not prepared to make any decisions at all until we get the rest of the plan figured out,” said Council Member Dustin Swartz during a regular city council meeting on Tuesday.
The twin-engine aircraft flew a series of wide figure-8s over the airport while a helicopter followed, and at one point throttled down the conventional engine and flew entirely on electricity generated by the hydrogen fuel cell.