On a Scale
The Farm As I toured Pure Country Farm I was struck by the smell. It smelled like hay and dirt. Not like 1,000 pigs. While pigs might roll in the mud (and sometimes poo), it’s to keep themselves cool and their skin protected from the sun. Which is important when you are fair skinned and…
A New Beginning
Before we could know everything instantly all the time everywhere, there were other ways to communicate. Letters. The phone. Eavesdropping. The latter is how a friend of the Skaug family, all the way down in Fresno, CA heard that the Armstrong Paint & Glass business in Moses Lake, WA was for sale; a friend just…
It Started with a Horse
Mike Corey is one of those guys who can sum up their lives in a few words – and yet, if you could watch the video of his life, the incredible footage would go on for days. Moving herds of cattle across wild land, watching weather roll across mountains. Months in the forests of Montana…
A Tasty Investment
The Lioness Lions of Moses Lake are fiercely independent and deeply committed to their community. Once, their work was more hands-on-service driven. Today, their work centers around one of, if not the, most significant investments our region has ever made: the Space Burger.An initial investment in 1964 of approximately $5,000 returned a whopping $1,000,000 (that’s…
Serving Those Who Served
Tori Douglass went in the service after high school for the same reason many young people do: to create opportunities and make their life better. Douglass enlisted in the Marine Corp and after basic training was assigned to the Fleet MALS 11 ( an aviation logistics squadron) and FMFA 232 (a marine fighter attack squadron).…
Something for Everybody Kind of Atmosphere
The ghost town of Menno in Adams County, near Lind, just sort of faded away, save the Mennonite church, which remains a center of community 100 years later. And since 1978 the Mennonite Country Auction revives the town for one day on the church grounds into a bustling, family-friendly, old-fashioned, good-time-for-everyone spectacle for one special…
