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A full barbecue dinner was served at a picnic honoring the late Tommie Tindell in Pioneer Park July 29.

Even some desserts at the event were patriotically themed.

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BY BRIANA ALZOLASTAFF WRITER

Residents of Othello took to the track July 27 and 28, raising more than $80,000 through the annual Heart of the Basin Relay for Life at Huskie Track.

Participants walked the track for 15 hours, selling food, drink and other goodies and putting on various fundraisers.

The 17 active teams raised a total of $80,838, more than the goal of $77,000 chairperson Jenn Stevenson set earlier this year. This is enough to almost completely fund three cancer researchers for one year each.

Team CBHA broke their own record, becoming the fi rst team in local Relay his-tory to break $15,000 on their own, bringing in a total of $15,374.22.

Other teams worked hard, too. Adams County Wheezers and Geezers brought in $6,007, Blue Hawaii had $1,289.23 to donate, Bo-som Buddies gave $5,412.99, Care Bears had $4,635.67, Hearts of Hope donated $3,294, Homer Castillo fam-ily brought in $3,870.05, J.R. Simplot donated $7,942, The Lep-Re-Kon Lucky Charms donated $1,000.52, McCain

had $1,308, the Restless and Rowdy Rotarians brought in $4,321, Stars of Hope raised $442.16, Sterling Stars do-nated $1,638.42, The Extin-guishers donated $2,429.56, the Royal Flushers donated $3,760.84, Under Construction donated $5,750.97 and the Up-beat Baptists brought in $397.

Everyone strove to bring in money for their team, but some went above and beyond.

When a single participant brings in more than $1,000 for their team, they become a Grand Club member. Last year, there was one person who made it to Grand Club. This year, 13 people made the cut, including David Hines, Kate Brueske, Diana Longo-ria, Greg Brandenburg, Man-dy Moore, Melissa Martinez, Paul Snyder, Darla Booth-

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The youngest Miss-ter Relay shows o� at the event July 27.

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When it comes to choos-ing someone who defi nes community service, Tom-mie Tindell is on the top of the list, Jim Shade, the master of the Paul Revere Lodge No. 205, said.

Othello’s Masonic Lodge held their annual barbecue July 29, but things were a little different this year. For

more than 20 years, Tindell hosted the annual meal at his home.

He died July 4 and the lodge wanted to honor him. So, the barbecue was moved to Pioneer Park, under the Air Force plane he was so instrumental in bringing to Othello, and renamed. The Tommie Tin-dell Memorial All-Masonic Barbecue, which will be-

NoaNet brings rural internetBY BRIANA ALZOLASTAFF WRITER

KENNEWICK — Spreading technology to the far reaches of the state is essential in mak-ing all local cities and towns the best they can be, Gov. Chris Gregoire said at an event July 26.

The governor was at the Kennewick branch of Mid-Columbia Libraries to celebrate the expansion of broadband Internet access to more rural areas of the state.

NoaNet oversaw the expansion, which was funded by federal American Reinvestment

Commissioners face o� at forumBY BRIANA ALZOLA STAFF WRITER

The fi ve candidates for the Adams County board of commissioners gathered July 25 at a special candidate forum hosted by The Othel-lo Tea Party.

The Othello Tea Party is all about education, chair Michael Helman said.

To make a good decision, each voter should know who and what they are voting for, he said.

Change is important at the local, state and national level. For this change, people need to be aware and informed, he said.

That’s why they hosted the event, so people could better get to know the people behind the names on the ballots, he said.


It’s time for cultures to come together once again, as the entire community is invited to celebrate friendship across language lines,


Fifty years ago, Richard Bunch was just ar-riving in Othello, doctor bag in hand, ready to make his way in the medical world.

Now, half a century later, he’s ready to cele-brate this milestone in his career with the help of the people he’s served.

The Columbia Basin Health Association (CBHA) will host a 50th anniversary party for him from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3 on the lawns of the 14th Avenue Medical Clinic.

Bunch arrived in Othello in August 1962, having completed medical school in Oregon and then an internship in Spokane.

He worked at the Main Street Clinic with Dr. Ken Pershall for many years before mov-ing to the 14th Avenue clinic.

Then, in 2004, the 14th Avenue clinic be-came part of CBHA.

Bunch fi rst came to Othello because he al-ways felt drawn to rural medicine, he said. He had a few relatives in the area and already knew Pershall so it seemed like a logical next step.

Dr. Richard Bunch


Gregoire praises broadband Internet access in eastern Washington at the Kennewick library July 26.

Friendship, food and fun focus of Fiesta

Bunch celebrates 50 years in Othello

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Andy Sulzman performs during last year’s Fiesta Amis-tad music festival in Lions Park.

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OHS ALUMNI BRIEFSRuiz to compete in Indianapolis

Othello graduate Natilee Ruiz will compete at the 2012 U.S. Open Swimming Championships Aug. 7 to 11, in In-dianapolis, Ind. The meet will serve as a selection event for the 2013 World University Games.

Ruiz will swim in four events — the 100- and 200-meter backstroke, the 200-meter IM and the 200-meter freestyle.

Harvil graduates basic trainingAir Force Airman First Class Brandon J. Harvill gradu-

ated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fi tness and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Harvill is a 2003 graduate of Othello High School.

Othello High School alum receives Eastern Washington University scholarship

Horacio Valdez,18, of Othello, has been awarded a presi-dential scholarship for $2,500 for the 2012-13 academic year at Eastern Washington University.

Valdez recently graduated from Othello High School as part of the class of 2012. Before graduating, he was involved in Running Start, college bound, honor society, baseball, basketball, Huskie Olympics and senior class fundraising, along with being titled Super Student Fall 2008, Student of the Trimester Fall 2008, OHS Honor Rolls, Columbia Basin College Honor Roll President’s List twice, Dean’s List and OHS “Class Brain.”

Valdez will be majoring in accounting at EWU.He is the son of Zobeida and Horacio Valdez Jr., of

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Benton City Daze, the community’s annual festival sponsored by the Benton City Chamber of Commerce, will be held Sept. 8 and 9.

One of the highlights of Sat-urday’s activities is the grand parade. The Chamber is invit-ing businesses, organizations, royalty and community rep-resentatives from throughout the region to participate in ob-servance of this year’s theme, “Celebrating 100 Years on the Yellowstone Trail.” This com-memorates the centennial of the historic Yellowstone Trail, which was one of the fi rst named motor routes and was recognized from 1912 to 1930.

The Yellowstone Trail was advertised as “A good road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound.” Besides help-

ing to ease travel between neighboring communities along the route, the road fa-cilitated transcontinental au-tomobile travel and brought many tourists to Yellowstone Park. The route was initiated in 1912 and was promoted un-til 1930 when funding dried up in the Great Depression and numbered routes were being instituted. The Yel-lowstone Trail route initially crossed the Idaho Panhandle, then in Washington state, came through Spokane and dropped down to Dayton, then through Walla Walla, Wal-lula, Pasco and Kennewick, Benton City, Prosser and up the Yakima Valley to cross Snoqualmie Pass to Seattle (in 1925, through efforts of the Wenatchee Chamber of Com-

merce, the route was shifted northward to go from Spokane west to Wenatchee and then on to Snoqualmie).

Historically, the Yellow-stone Trail route was marked by yellow paint on boulders, fence posts or buildings, with black arrows pointing toward Yellowstone Park. Benton City has recreated trail mark-ings through town following the original route; Benton City Daze visitors will see a lot of yellow and black along the main street.

Other Benton City Daze activities Saturday include a pancake breakfast, the Little Miss Benton City pageant, va-riety show, bingo and vendors in the park. The Merchants Association will also be spon-soring bed races and various

eating contests throughout the day. Saturday’s festivities will conclude with a street dance from 6 to 10 p.m. Sun-day, the Benton County Jr. Fair and Rodeo grounds will host a Cowboy Church service at 9 a.m. followed by Family Fun Day, including mounted games, as well as activities not requiring a horse.

Parade participants are re-quested to be in place by 9 a.m. Sept. 8 for judging. The parade will begin at 10 a.m.

Parade entry forms are available at the Chamber of-fi ce, 513 Ninth Street, Benton City, or on the Chamber web-site, www.bentoncitychamber.org. For more information, phone (509) 588-4984 or (509) 948-3733.

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come an annual event, brought in Masons from all over the state who wanted to honor him. The park was decked out in red, white and blue in honor of the event and the man who wore his patriotism, literally, on his sleeve.

“He is a fi ne man and exam-ple to all of us as a Mason and as an individual,” Grandmaster of the Masons of Washington Dean Heinemann said. “I am proud to call him my friend. I

hope we take those lessons he was always teaching and con-tinue to make ourselves and our community better. That’ll be Tommie’s legacy.”

Heinemann has known Tin-dell for about 30 years.

Tindell touched the hearts of many, Heinemann said. He was dedicated to helping oth-ers and always had kind words for people.

His conversations were wide-ranging and thought pro-

voking and he was an extraor-dinary storyteller.

His service is what brought so many people in from around the state, Shade said. He was a mason for almost 60 years and served as secretary for more than 30. He was also involved with several other community organizations.

“He was involved in every-thing,” Shade said.

The goal of Masons is to make good men better, Shade

said. The fraternal organiza-tion helps out around town through scholarships and other community donations.

They promote education and good behavior among the members and the community.

The Masons promote lessons of morality, Heinemann said.

The fi rst lodges were found in England in 1717 and have provided inspiration for the thousands of lodges that have come since.


Several people from around the state came together July 29 to celebrate the life of Tommie Tindell.

Barbecue | ‘I am proud to call him my friend’From page A1

Fiesta | Event starts Aug. 10 at 5 p.m.From page A1

Emil Martinez said.Martinez is the lead plan-

ner of the 14th annual Fiesta Amistad music festival, tak-ing place Friday and Saturday, Aug. 10 and 11, in Lions Park.

The two-day event will fea-ture musical performances, kids games, food and vendors.

This year, the event board is branching out when it comes to the types of things avail-able, Martinez said. In addi-tion to tacos, food vendors will be selling hamburgers, hot dogs, elephant ears, sopes, to-stadas and more.

The event will also have a clown and other children’s entertainment take the main stage for portions of the event, Martinez said. Usually, the entertainment for the younger attendants is relegated to the edges of the celebration, but this year, everyone is going to be involved in a bigger way, he said.

The event should be plenty of fun, he said, with musical

groups from throughout the region. Some acts sing in Eng-lish and some in Spanish, he said.

Several come from Othello, including returners Grupo Expresión, the band from the Cimmaron, and the Andy Sulzman Band.

Other musical groups are making their Fiesta debut this year.

The event runs Aug. 10 from 5 to 10 p.m. and Aug. 11 from 2:15 to 10 p.m. It is a com-pletely family-oriented event, Martinez said, and drugs and alcohol are strictly prohibited.

For a full schedule of bands, turn to page B8. For more in-formation on these musical groups, check out next week’s Outlook.

The event should offer a nice weekend break between har-vest seasons, Martinez said. It is a time for families to come, enjoy a nice meal and hear some great music, he said.

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The hail comes down July 23 as Old Hotel centennial celebration attendees try to prevent damage.

Chelsea Dasso performs outside The Old Hotel for their centennial celebration June 23.

Centennial celebration takes turn for rainy

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A freak storm of ran and hail the afternoon of June 23 quickly � ooded Othello’s streets, like Broadway Avenue, seen here.

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Science center sends youth to space

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Ruiz swims in Olympic trials BY BRIANA ALZOLASTAFF WRITER

This week, Othello’s own Natilee Ruiz is in Omaha, Neb., making waves at the 2012 Olympic team trials for swimming.

The teen will compete in the 200-meter indi-vidual medley and the 200-meter backstroke.

To qualify for the trials, a swimmer has four years to make a set time for their chosen events, Ruiz said. About 1,500 swimmers will be making the trip to Nebraska this year.

A couple hundred will be at each event. From those swimmers, 16 will move to the

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Festivities on tap for Fourth

A full day of festivities is planned in Lions Park July 4 to help Othello celebrate Indepen-dence Day in style.

The Greater Othello Chamber of Commerce will host their annual Fourth of July celebra-tion, which will feature this year sport contests, professional entertainment, games and more.

The chamber has really stepped up their game, president Shawn Logan said at a city council meeting July 25. They have added new events to make sure there is fun for the whole family.

The master of ceremonies for the event will be Mikayla Parris, who will be a senior

See Fourth, page A5


Students practice CPR skills during a special class put on by the OIC GED class June 21.

GED classes see successful graduatesBY BRIANA ALZOLASTAFF WRITER

With multiple locations and more than two dozen students enrolled, the GED class through Washington’s Opportunities Industri-alization Center (OIC) program in Othello is taking a break for the summer, but not before seeing seven of its students graduate.

Othello’s graduates include Roberto Acev-edo, Sandra Barriga, William Benitez, Fatima Cardenas, Yadira Melendez, Magdalena Sal-dana and Mariana Villanueva.

Pay raises setBY BRIANA ALZOLASTAFF WRITER

Raises for the council members and mayor have been set, Leonard Lyons, an offi cer of an independent salary committee, reported at the city council meeting June 25.

The council selected a committee earlier this year, which included Timo Montemayor, Larry McCourtie, Socrates Hernandez, Bob Luhn and Lyons, to review the base compensa-tion of council members and the mayor. This monthly rate of pay has not been changed since 1995.

Committee members were chosen to repre-sent individuals from different backgrounds and lines of work, to represent the community as a whole.

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It started as a beautiful day for The Old Hotel to celebrate its 100th birthday June 23. The sun shone down on the gathered artists outside, children danced on a stage and peo-ple gathered to feast from local food vendors.

Then, everything changed.In an instant, dark clouds had gathered

and rain was pouring down. People lowered their overhead tents to keep the wind from blowing them away and to try to protect their wares and themselves from the weath-er. Chelsea Dasso, of Kennewick, hurried to get her electronic keyboard and microphone out of the falling water.

The late June day just got stranger, how-ever, as hail began to fall, beating the ground and those still huddled outside. Vol-unteers and guests ran through the weather, trying to save expensive audio equipment and paintings worth several hundred dol-lars. Thunder and lightning fi lled the air.

Suddenly, as quickly as it had come, the weather shifted again. The rain stopped, the clouds continued on their path and the blue skies once again dominated the day.

“I think it’s a memorable blessing,” Brit-tany Stromberg, who helped plan the event, said. “All the people were troopers.”

It was like the universe was really test-ing out The Old Hotel, she said. They have lasted 100 years, so this is a centen-nial event to remember.

Despite everything, it turned out quite well, she said. For a nonprofi t, it was a great turnout.

The artists weren’t as pleasant. Several had paintings affected greatly by the down-pour. Some, like those painted in acrylics, were maintained on the surface, but for their wooden frames, the water could mean warping and a change in shape.

After the sun made a reappearance, the

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Lady Vikings Basketball Camp will be held July 16 to 20. Girls in grades 3 to 9 will get instruction from college coaches and players from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the fi rst four days and 9 a.m. to noon on the fi nal day of camp.

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celebration picked back up. Slowly and surely, the groups started to reassemble their wares, Dasso took her place back on the stage and the Klingeman family restarted their preparations for dinner.

Besides the weather, the day went very well, Old Hotel manager Sally Laufer said.

In addition to the artists showcasing their work, locals sold food and there were games for the kids, in addition to local musicians showing their talent on stage.

One artist showing her work was 12-year-old Gabriela Hall, from Moses Lake. This was her very fi rst art show. She was happy to be chosen to show her work, she said. She only received her fi rst art set this last Christmas and taught herself to paint, along with help from mentor Rebecca Littlefi eld.

She painted almost all the work she showed off at the centennial in one night, she said. She loves to paint be-cause she loves the feel of the paint-brush in her hand.

A lot of the food being served, in-cluding a special railroad-themed fund-raising dinner, was prepared by the Klingeman family. Their pork business will also be represented at the Othello

Farmers Market beginning in July, Lau-ra Klingeman Smith said.

They have a free-range farm and do not use hormones or growth stimulants, she said, meaning their pork is fl avorful and delicious.

At the market, they will have frozen products, including three fl avors of ba-con, ground pork, sausage, tenderloin and more.

Musicians included the Dance Time girls and local bands and singers.

Dasso came in from Kennewick. Her performance had an unplanned inter-mission when the weather started act-ing up.

She was excited to have had it hap-pen, she said.

“I’ve never had that experience,” she said.Her CD is available online. She has

been singing since she was 6 and she just loves the way music can help per-fectly portray emotions and feelings, she said.

Attendee Natalie Silva had a good time, too, she said. She grew up in Othel-lo and moved back last fall. She had a great time at the centennial, she said.

“It was awesome,” she said.She loves that The Old Hotel is

around to give people something to do in Othello, she said. The whole event was well planned.

“Brittany did an amazing job,” she said.


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Grant funding could help the Othello Beatifi cation and the city move forward with a signifi cant amount of the lighting half of their Main Street Project.

Last year, the committee and the city teamed together to hire an architect to create

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Local law enforcement of-fi cials put down the razors and picked up donations last month, as they engaged in a race to the end of the hairy road.

Participants from the Ad-ams County Sheriffs Offi ce, the Othello Police Depart-ment, the Ritzville Police De-partment and the Washington State Patrol participated in a local mustache-growing con-test during the month of No-vember.

The contest was part of Mo-vember, a national movement to bring more attention to men’s health issues.

Each participant shaved at the beginning of the month and then were judged on their mustaches Nov. 30. They were awarded between 1 and 10 points in each category, which included fullness, conformity

to face, “wow factor” and how natural looking the facial hair was.

Each participant also got a bonus point, up to 10, for each $20 they raised.

All the funds, $414 in total, will be donated to the Ameri-


Even out of the most tragic of times, hope, peace and for-giveness can prevail. No one knows this better than Peter Loth, one of the youngest Ho-locaust survivors still alive today. Loth shared his inspi-rational message at Othello High School Dec. 3.

From being born in a death camp to brushes with the KKK, the fi rst portion of Loth’s life was fi lled with pain and suffering.

He was born in 1943 at a camp called Stuttof, one of the 1,600 death camps around during the Holocaust.

The only reason he and his mother remained alive is the soldiers holding them captive used them for human experi-mentation and torture, he said.

The pain and suffering to be had by all, from the star-vation to brutal murder, was all around.

It is unlike anything a per-son can even begin to think of, he said.

“You don’t even imagine what suffering is,” he said.

When he was 2 years old, the camp was liberated by the Russians.

The people within the camp fl ed, but Loth’s mother, having been experimented on herself, could not escape with both herself and her young son.

At a train station in Poland, she gave the baby to a Polish woman and asked her to care for him, promising to one day return for the little one.

This woman, Matka, raised him for the next 14 years in a town called Torun, Poland.

They weren’t pleasant years, though. As a boy with papers declaring him a Ger-


The Othello Choral Society helped kick off the Christmas season this weekend, as they presented their annual Christmas Cantata.

The show features choirs of both adults

and children and follows the story of the fi rst Christmas.

This year’s cantata was called “Hope of the Broken World,” created, arranged and orchestrated by Dave Clarke and David T. Clydesdale.

The cantata was just written this year, director Bob Reichert said.

Reichert has been directing for several years and he always chooses a new pro-duction, he said.

This year, he listened to about 10 dif-ferent cantatas before settling on “Hope of the Broken World.”

One thing he liked about the show was

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The Othello Theatre Guild is inviting people to put on their glass slippers and step up to the microphone.

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man Jew, he did not do well in Poland.

He was repeatedly taken from Matka, moved from or-phanage to orphanage and even spent time in prison.

Now, all his teeth are false, after being struck in the mouth with the butt of a gun.

At one point, he was put in front of a wall to be killed, ex-ecution style.

Matka offered up herself instead and was raped by the man who had his gun in Loth’s mouth, but Loth escaped with his life.

In 1958, he received word from his mother and made his way to the United States-occu-pied Germany to be reunited with her. She had escaped the death camp and Poland and married an American soldier.

While in Germany, he had to deal with bullies because he was greatly underweight and did not speak the language.

Loth, his mother, stepfather and two stepsisters moved to the United States the next year, where they were sent to Geor-gia. Things did not go well there, though, when the Ku Klux Klan abused the mem-bers of the family.

Then, the family moved again, this time to Kansas. After while, Loth’s stepfather became abusive and Loth ran away from home, settling in Missouri. He was rescued from the street and introduced to new ideas, religions and cul-

ture. He was 18 at this time, and learned about art, things he could do and how to dance to rock and roll music, he said.

Then, he went into military service.

He was married and di-vorced a couple times before marrying his current wife. Combined, they have eight children. They live in Florida but travel often for speaking engagements.

For many years, he did not share with his children what had happened to him in his youth. He didn’t want them to know he was raped, beaten and tortured, he said.

Then, when reconnecting with his long lost family, he discovered his mother had died. Her last wish was that her ashes be brought to the death camp, so she could be with the other thousands of women who lost their lives.

Loth and his family visited the camp, one of the most dif-fi cult things he’s ever done. In fact, he suffered a massive heart attack upon returning to the United States, as the stress and trauma of the camp was just too much to handle. As he said goodbye to his mother, he realized something.

“I couldn’t stay silent any-more,” he said.

In 200, he started publicly speaking about what he’s gone through and the forgiveness he’s managed to learn.

Forgiveness is not easy and

for a long time, Loth held a lot of hate in his heart, he said. However, keeping bitterness around helps no one and it is important to let go of the hate.

“It will set you free,” he said.He has since spoken in more

than 50 countries, at schools, military bases and more.

Education is exceptionally important, he said. The only way to make sure history does not repeat itself is to make sure people know what hap-pened and what they can do to keep it from happening again.

“I got myself educated, you can do the same,” he said.

Learning about the death camps of the Holocaust can be tragic, for example, but it’s important to know that it hap-pened so nothing like this ever happens again, he said.

“We have to be careful what we do to each other,” Loth said.

Loth has been speaking for many years and can see a di-rect impact on people, he said. He receives hundreds of let-ters from people thanking him for speaking and sharing with them his message.

In one particular case, a young women came up to him after a show at a high school. The young woman was incred-ibly unhappy. She confessed she had been raped and was without love in her home, causing her to turn to gangs to provide a sense of family.

He looked at her and told her

to give up the anger and the hate, to go to school and focus on the good she can do in her life.

Then, a few years later, he spoke at a university.

Someone approached him after the talk. Soon, he dis-covered it was the same young woman. She had given up the path her life was on and fo-cused instead on education.

It is stories like that that keep Loth speaking, he said.

He is happy with his life now, he said. He gets to help people and just enjoy life. He has learned to do things like fl y planes and build a house with his own hands, he said. Education has certainly made his life better.

Loth will be joined by other inspirational speakers and a hip hop worship group dur-ing a special free event Dec. 7. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the Wallenstein Theater at Big Bend Community College, 7662 Chanute St., Moses Lake.

One of the speakers includes Bradley Stewart, who was born in South Africa. Born with ce-rebral palsy, he was an object of ridicule for many years. He harbored hate in his heart until he had to deal with his father’s brutal murder, he said, which helped him learn about for-giveness and letting go.

For more information on Loth, or to purchase copies of his book “Peace by Piece,” visit peterloth.com.


Peter Loth greets some of the attendees of his speech at Othello High School Dec. 3.


From Christmas wreaths to scarves, wooden toys to yum-my treats, the annual Delta Upsilon annual Christmas ba-zaar at Othello High School Dec. 1 had a little something for everyone.

The bazaar has been going on for several decades, Joey Gardner, with Delta Upsilon, said.

This year was defi nitely a success.

There was a great turnout of both shoppers and vendors this year, Gardner said.

In fact, the vendors signed up in advance this year. Every spot was full and there was a waiting list for a full three weeks before the bazaar hap-pened. Each person paid for their space.

The money goes into two scholarship funds. The fi rst goes along with other Beta groups and is given to a gradu-ating high school senior.

Then, the Delta Upsilon group has also started a spe-cial scholarship for students between kindergarten and sixth grade. The funds go to help with extracurricular ac-tivities the student would not normally be able to afford, anything from music or art classes to paying the registra-tion fee for a sport.

They chose to help younger kids because those students can’t go out and get jobs of their own, Gardner said.

Overall, the event was a suc-cess, she said.

“Thanks everyone who came, we had a great turnout,” Gardner said.

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A little boy awaits Santa’s reaction to the request whispered to the big man at the annual Delta Upsilon bazaar Saturday, Dec. 1.

Dr. Miguel “Mike” Vil-larreal, of Othello, has been appointed to the Big Bend Community College Board of Trustees by Gov. Christine Gregoire.

Villarreal’s term was effec-tive Nov. 16, 2012, and contin-ues until Sept. 30, 2017.

Villarreal is the assistant superintendent of Othello School District. He was War-den’s middle school principal from 1999 to 2008 and was an elementary school teacher in Warden from 1995 to 1999.

Villarreal earned his Doc-

torate in Educational Leader-ship from Washington State University in 2011. He is a 1988 graduate of Othello High School.

Villarreal replaces Mike Wren, of Ephrata, who served as a Trustee since 2008.

The fi ve-member Board of Trustees is appointed by the Governor from candi-dates living within BBCC’s 4,600-square-mile service dis-trict — which includes all of Grant and Adams counties and the Odessa School District in Lincoln County.

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From shoes to furniture to picture frames, items of all kinds will be available for pur-chase at a community yard sale in Pioneer Park this weekend.

The yard sale is hosted by the Lions Club and is in its second year. It will run from 8 a.m. to noon.

Several vendors have already signed up, but there are plenty of spots left available to be re-served, organizer Donna Ruttan said.

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The Andy Sulzman Band donned costumes during their turn on stage at the Fiesta Amistad in Lions Park Aug. 11.

Even the young attendees showed their dance moves at the event.

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Locals took to Lions Park, and to the stage, this week-end as Othello played host to the 14th annual Ameri-can Fiesta Amistad music festival Aug. 10 and 11.

The event featured three musical acts Friday and six more Saturday, plus one comedy clown act for kids Saturday.

Several of the performers were from the area, includ-ing Grupo Expresion, Jesus Barragan, the Andy Sulz-man Band and Jeremiah Rundquist.

The others were from other nearby areas in the Columbia Basin.

The event went very well, organizer Emiliano Marti-nez said.

Local talent helped get

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The race for Adams Coun-ty Superior Court judge has come to a close as Brian Mill-er won his brother’s title.

“I appreciate the support I received from the voters and those individuals who worked so hard on my behalf in this campaign,” he said.

He beat his competitor, cur-rent Adams County prosecu-

tor Randy Flyckt, 1,494 votes to 1,179. He earned just less than 56 percent of the vote.

He will take his seat in January after ending his pri-vate practice. He has had the practice for 37 years, he said,

and closing it is the hardest part of the election. The of-fi ce will be closed offi cially Dec. 31.

“I have established close and long term relationships with

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Mobile CSO coming to Othello Aug. 21

The Mobile Community Services Offi ce from the Department of Social and Health Ser-vices will be visiting Othello Tuesday, Aug. 21.

The mobile unit will be at the SkillSource Offi ce, 165 N. First Ave., from noon to 6 p.m.

At the event, visitors can apply for cash assis-tance, basic food assistance, medical assistant, drug and alcohol treatment services, child care services and for a replacement EBT card.

They can also drop off paperwork, complete an eligibility review, mid-certifi cation review or make changes to an existing case.

For more information, visit www.dshs.wa.gov/mobileoffi ce.

City looks at rule changeBY BRIANA ALZOLA STAFF WRITER

In June of 1985, the city council passed an ordinance that stated a one-half percent sales tax would be put in place by the city and the


Finance Director Mike Bailey talks to the council during a proposed ordinance change Aug. 13.


A controlled burn � lled skies with smoke o� Cunningham Road Aug. 10.

Fire season lights up BasinBY BRIANA ALZOLASTAFF WRITER

With temperatures heating up the Columbia Basin, fi res are becoming more prevalent.

Flames sprouted up near Cle Elum this week, burning through several thousand acres and more than 60 homes.

The wildfi re, which started Monday afternoon and led to the evacuation for hundreds of people, is believed to have been started by a construc-tion crew working east of Cle Elum.

State mobilization crews were called in to help with

the blaze.As of Tuesday morning, no

Adams County volunteers had been called in to help with this fi re.

There have also been smaller brush fi res through-out the rest of the Columbia Basin as summer tempera-tures remain high.

The heat is expected to last at least through the month, with several days next week expected to be near 100 degrees.

The National Weather Ser-vice declared a hazardous weather outlook for the Co-

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the audience really involved with their acts, making every-thing fun for attendees, Marti-nez said.

The same goes for Cepillin, the Spanish-speaking clown who delighted the younger audiences, he said. Cepillin brought in a crowd of kids in front of the stage and shared with them jokes and a ventril-oquism act.

The youngest attendees weren’t left out the rest of the time. Earlier in the day, Andy Sulzman performed with them some percussion num-bers, including drumming on pots, pans, a garbage can and cow bells.

Spanish-speaking groups brought out the crowds, too.

In addition to Grupo Expre-cion, Fiesta had performances from Pasion Azteca, Cora-zon de Tierra Caliente, Los Relampagos de Guerrero and Grupo Talizman.

Cheyenne brought a South-ern Rock vibe to the annual event.

They all combined to really make the goal of Fiesta come true this year, Martinez said, they brought together people of different cultures.

The whole goal is to cele-brate amistad, a Spanish word meaning friendship, Martinez said.

The weather was nice and the turnout was pretty good, he said. It’s hard to compete with farming and other family obligations so it’s always good to see so many people in the park, he said.

Next year, he hopes to work more with the Fourth of July festival. Because the two fall only a month apart, sponsor-ships and volunteers could be shared instead of competing with each other, he siad.

Next year, with more new blood and new ideas involved, the event could be better than ever, Martinez said.

The volunteers that are al-ready involved did a great job.

“Thanks to everyone,” he said.

In addition to music, there were vendors selling every-thing from tacos to elephant ears and from jewelry to toys and trinkets.

The Columbia Basin Health Association teamed up with Coordinated Care to provide health screening and infor-mation to the public. Health-care Howie, their mascot, was also there to make some new friends.

Marlena Garza, Othello, came to the park with her family.

While the food is her favor-ite part of the event, she loves the people and music, she said.

It’s good to get out and have something fun to do in the park, she said.

“We are just always looking for something different to do,” she said.

Eloy Yarrito was in town as part of Cheyenne, one of the

musical acts. The band also included Paul Hunter, Robert Patron, Randy Metherd and Scott Okerlund.

The group has been per-forming with each other for about six years, but this is their first time to Fiesta as a group, Yarrito said. A few have per-formed in Othello with other bands.

The band members have known each other for years through a variety of ways and just like to get together and play, Yarrito said.

Lions Park is a great place to play because the audience is always receptive.

“It’s a good time,” Yaritto said.

He has been interested in music all his life and loves performing, he said. It’s great to get up there and play off the audience and your fellow mu-sicians.

Felicity Ortiz came to the park, too, so she could hang out with friends and have some fun, she said. She liked the Andy Sulzman Band best.

It’s a good event, she said. Giselle Moreno agreed. More people should come

next year, she said.Alejandra Cerna, Jaqui

Cerna and Analina Chavez all agreed the event was fun to at-tend.

“It’s a party,” Adrian Simen-tal said.

Visiting all the booths and stands is the best part of the event, attendee Elizabeth San-chez said.

“It’s fun to hang out with friends,” she said.

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The Othello VFW is looking for new members to carry on the programs started by the veter-

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on some of the programs.

VFW members take part in parades, honor guards, memorial services, Buddy Poppy sales and

teaching fl ag etiquette to civic groups, Scouts and schools.

Please plan to attend this important meeting.

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An Othello man was injured Aug. 8, when he crossed the center line while driving under the influence.

Felipe Calletanoscazares, 36, was driving a Geo Metro eastbound Highway 26 at 9:19 p.m. when he crossed the cen-ter line and struck a Freight-liner tractor and trailer going westbound.

The tractor was being driv-ing by Behrooz Behmanesh, 57, Orangeville, Calif.

Calletanascazares was taken to Othello Community Hos-pital, but Behmanesh was not injured.

The car was totaled.Calletanoscazares will be

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many of my clients,” he said.Miller is ready, though, to

move on to the next part of his life.

“I look forward to the new challenges I will face as the next Adams County Superior Court judge,” he said.

Flyckt will continue as a prosecutor in the county. This position is up for election again in two years.

In the Adams County com-missioner race, two people from each district advanced to the general election in November.

In commission district No. 2, there were only two candi-dates in the primary.

Incumbent Roger Hartwig brought in 68 percent of the vote and newcomer Oscar Gar-za earned 32 percent. They will face off again Nov. 6.

In district No. 1, three can-didates were narrowed to two. Advancing are incumbent Rudy Plager, who earned 57 percent of the vote, and John Marshall, who earned 32 percent. Don Gentry earned 11 percent of the vote and did not move on.

There are 6,239 registered voters in Adams County. Of those, 2,782 voted, a voter turnout of almost 45 percent.

Statewide, 1,342,380 of 3,731,658 registered voters turned in a ballot, for a voter turnout of just less than 36 percent.

Adams County races will be certified Aug. 21.

In the legislative race, Mark Schoesler, Susan Fagan and Joe Schmick all ran unopposed.

For U.S. Senator, Michael Baumgartner and Maria Cantwell will move to the general election. Statewide, Baumgartner earned 30 percent of the vote and Cantwell earned 56 percent. Things were a little different on Adams County bal-

lots. In the county, Baumgart-ner earned 42 percent and Cantwell earned 37 percent of the vote.

For governor, Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee will face off in November. Across the state, McKenna earned 42.93 percent of the vote and Inslee earned 47 percent. In the county, McKenna received 67 percent of the vote and Inslee earned 23 percent.

Brad Owen (49 percent of the vote) will head to the Lt. Gover-nor race in November with Bill Finkbeiner (26 percent).

Kim Wyman and Kathleen Drew are the top vote earners if the Secretary of State con-test, earning a combined 61 percent of the vote.

Jim McIntire ran uncon-tested for the position of state treasurer.

James Watkins and Troy Kel-ley will move on as State Audi-tor candidates and the Novem-ber Attorney General position will be competed over by Bob Ferguson and Reagan Dunn.

Peter Goldmark and Clint Didier earned a combined 93 percent of the vote in the Com-missioner of Public Lands race and will compete in Novem-ber. Randy Dorn will defend his current Superintendent of Public Instruction title against Ron Higgins later this year.

Mike Kreidler earned 55 percent of the vote in the Insur-ance Commissioner race and will be joined in the general election by John Adams, who earned 22 percent of the vote.

In Congressional District No. 4, Doc Hastings will de-fend his current position in November against newcomer Mary Baechler. Hastings earned 59 percent of the vote and Baechler earned 27.

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Museum goes to head of classBY BRIANA ALZOLASTAFF WRITER

The local education system is one of the core components of the town’s history and the Othello Community Museum celebrated it during their season opening June 9.

“We are honoring teachers, who were so im-portant to the settlement of our community,” museum vice chair Fay Coats said.

The museum will be open Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m. for the remainder of the summer. It is located at the corner of Third Avenue and

Small town, big laughsBY BRIANA ALZOLASTAFF WRITER

Rick Pulido lurched across stage, throwing himself into the act of running from police without knowing why, the reason older people walk hunched over and the difference between cowboys in Texas and those in Montana.

The man, from California, was the featured headlining comedian at Reichert Showhouse’s second comedy night June 7.

He was joined by Troy Davis, of Indiana.Pulido grew up in El Paso, Texas. He used his

Mexican heritage and growing up in a house full of women as part of the experiences for his rou-tine. Instead of sitting down and writing one-lin-ers or witty jokes, he just talks about the funny things that happen to him, he said.

Throughout his life, people always told him he was funny, he said. They encouraged him to make people laugh on a more professional lev-


The tears and smiles were plentiful June 5 as the seniors of the Alternative Learning Placement Site (ALPS) celebrated their suc-cesses at their graduation.

The 13 members of the class of 2012 were each honored for their hard work and per-severance.

Principal Leonard Lusk awarded three scholarships to deserving students. To earn the money, the students wrote essays about the things they’ve gone through.

Jose Campollo earned $500 for his fu-ture. He wrote about living in California. He lived in a rough area and had daily inter-action with gang members and violence. He

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Edgar Alvarado receives an Eeyore toy, a joke about his disposition, from Amy Parris during the ceremony June 5.

The graduates snacked on themed cake.

ALPS celebrates grads

BY BRIANA ALZOLA

Museum vice chair Fay Coats showcases a piece of his-tory during the big season opening June 9.

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Jokester Rick Pulido scans the crowd during his comedy performance at Reichert’s Showhouse June 7.

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The Interpretive Caboose at The Old Hotel Art Gallery will be open during their centennial celebration June 23.

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Mark is one of the pets being featured at the Adams County Pet Rescue Adopt-a-Thon June 16.

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One student shows o� for the crowd as he makes his way to the promotion ceremony June 8.

Mustangs move on to HuskiesBY BRIANA ALZOLASTAFF WRITER

Colder weather didn’t cool down spirits at McFarland Middle School’s annual promotion ceremony at Huskie Field June 8.

The class of 2016 moved on from the eighth grade during the ceremony, ending their time at McFarland and preparing for their move to Othello High School.

Class president Jasmine Lopez stood in

Celebrating a centuryBY BRIANA ALZOLASTAFF WRITER

One hundred years after opening, The Old Hotel is ready to celebrate its centennial in a big way.

The hotel, which has been an art gallery for the past 37 years, will hold a day-long celebra-tion June 23.

In addition to live music, arts and crafts booths, vendors and games and activities, the gallery’s caboose will be on display, as will Milwaukee railroad speeder cars. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The gallery is located at 33 E. Larch St.

Brittany Stromberg will be painting a com-munity mural on the side of the children’s art building. She will paint a tree stretching


Dogs and information will be available to be picked up in Othello June 16, as Adams County Pet Rescue hosts their second annual Adopt-a-Thon.

The adopt-a-thon will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.There will be a variety of featured speakers

talking about everything from canine nurtri-tion to signs of canine parvovirus.

The speeches will start up at 9 a.m. with a lesson on nurtrition. Then, at 10 a.m., Ernie Summers will talk about signs of parvo; at 11 a.m. Mikki Kison will talk about acupressure for dogs; at noon, Summers will talk about the ACPR building project, then he will talk at 1 p.m. about emergency medical tips. At 2 p.m., Broadway Animal Hospital will talk about pet overpopulation prevention. Nutrition and pet acupressure will repeat again at 3 and 4 p.m. and then at 5 p.m., ACPR will present awards and recognition.

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A student at Hiawatha shows his skills during a talent show June 6.

Indoor garage saleSaturday, June 16

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The Othello city council approved June 11 to create a four-way stop at the intersec-tion of Scootney Street and Seventh Avenue, just south of Kiwanis Park and Lutacaga Elementary School.

Currently, traffi c running east and west on Scootney does not have a stop sign. Dur-ing school days, traffi c waiting to turn and those cars on Sev-enth Avenue with a stop sign can get backed up for several blocks, Othello Police Chief Steve Dunnagan said.

The stop signs will allow for easier traffi c fl ow and make it safer for both vehicles and pedestrians, he said. They are

installing the signs in the sum-mer so people will get used to them before school starts up again in the fall.

The new signage and instal-lation will cost the city about $275, Dunnagan said.

Also at the meeting, the council gave approval to Bob Romine, with the Washington state Department of Trans-portation, on the First Avenue project. The project has been heavily debated over the past several months, but the par-ties involved have come to an agreement.

The project, which will in-volve new striping and lane use on the intersection of Highway 26, Columbia Street and Wahluke Street will likely begin at the end of the year.

This is when the water table is the lowest and construction is the easiest.

Columbia will become a one-way street, running east to west. This street will have one main lane, with two large shoulders and parking lanes on the side.

Wahluke will become a one-way, running west to east.

Signs will also be in-stalled informing drivers of the changes and direction of travel.

The council members also asked about other changes they would like made along the roads while they are under construction. Things outside the scope of the original safety project, which was started be-cause there have been so many

collisions at the intersection of First Avenue and Highway 26, would be considered enhance-ments. These enhancements could happen at the same time as construction but would not be funded by DOT dollars. The city is more than able to pursue other grant funding, he said.

The city also approved their six-year street plan at the meet-ing. The plan will be in place from now until 2018. The city can update and change it as needed and the listed projects are not in priority order, they are simply there as a necesity to applying for state and other funding, Terry Clements, with Othello Public Works, said.

Scootney and Seventh to become four-way stop

Othello children 18 years and younger can eat breakfast and lunch for free. Scootney Springs will be open June 13 to July 12 and McFarland will be open June 13 to July 19.

Both schools will be closed July 4.

Breakfast is from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m. and lunch is from

11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.Summer feeding for lunch

time will also be from June 13 to July 19 at Taggares Park and Lions Park.

Lunch at Taggares will be 11 to 11:30 a.m. and lunch at Lions will be from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Three students from Othello will graduate from the Univer-sity of Washington this June.

They include Gabriel Cantu, who earned a bachelor of sci-ence degree in physiology,

Melinda Sue Lopez, who will receive a bachelor of science degree in materials science and engineering and Olivia Guadalupe Lopez, who earned a bachelor of arts in sociology.

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across the building. Members of the community will be able to stop by and paint one leaf each onto the tree.

The street in front of the gallery, Larch Street, will be closed for the day, too. At-tendees will be invited to dance in the street as part of the celebration.

There will be demonstra-tions, like how to use a pottery wheel.

Tents will provide shelter from the sun.

The gallery is inviting any-one with history at The Old Hotel or stories to share to do

so during their event. Food will include Diana’s

Homemade Pies, ice cream, homemade tamales and more.

A special dinner that night will serve as a fundraiser for the gallery. The railroader din-ner will feature an old-style pulled pork sandwich, hobo beans, potato salad, choice of drink and dessert, bacon cheesecake.

Dinner is $20 if tickets are purchased in advance, $25 at the door.

The event will be at Del’s Farm Supply, 210 E. Columbia St., who are really great sup-porters of pet rescue, Jamie Krueger, with ACPR, said.

The location is in town this year because Pet Rescue thought it might be easier to stop by and check out every-thing there was to see, she said.

Del’s will be serving hot dogs and other refreshments from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There will be some animals at the fair who have been with Pet Rescue for more than a year. These animals will be offered with a 25 percent dis-count on the adoption fees.

Del’s will also offer a discount to those who adopt.

In addition to the discount, all dogs are up-to-date on shots and have been spayed and neutered.

Interested people can check out animals on the Adams County Pet Rescue website and start the adoption process ahead of time, Krueger said. That way, the adoption can go smoother on the day of the adopt-a-thon for both staff and attendees.

Attendees will get the chance to learn something new.

“It’s an introduction to Pet Rescue and what we’re about,” Krueger said.

el. He entered a competition, thinking it would be all ama-teurs. He got there and found himself competing against professionals. Still, he did pret-ty well, he said, and decided to continue with comedy.

He performed at open mics

and furthered his career. His progression has changed

him, he said. When he started, if he could make just one per-son in the audience laugh, he considered his show success-ful. Now, if one person is not laughing, it bothers him.

He believes everyone should laugh as much as possible.

“If laughter is the best med-icine, let’s play doctor,” Pu-lido said.

It isn’t just about laughing once or twice, though, his goal is to make people happy.

Comedy fi ts his personal-ity, he said. He gets to talk in front of people all the time. It’s like any other talent, though, he said, it takes practice. You have to work on your skill to

keep it going well.The hardest part of being a

comedian isn’t the performing, he said.

Actually writing and per-forming only takes up 20 per-cent of the time. The other 80 percent of the job is the busi-ness side — arranging gigs, discussing fees, keeping up with receipts, dealing with taxes and other daily workings.

He thought his show in Othel-lo went well, he said. He is used to performing in bigger cities so Othello wasn’t his normal venue. Still, after two minutes or so, he felt right at home. The energy of the audience made him feel comfortable.

“People are so wonderful here,” Pulido said.

Davis’ comedy focused on his life, as well. He talked about his experience with mul-tiple divorces and raising kids.

The comedy show was fun, Othello resident Bill Berk said.

It’s something different to do in town, he said. He came to the fi rst show, too, and will attend others in the future.

Rosa and Fili Vera both en-joyed the show, too.

“It was fabulous,” F. Vera said, playing off a joke Pu-lido made during his set about words men never use. Fabu-lous was accompanied by pre-cious and moist.

R. Vera said she loved the show and was disappointed not to see more people in the audience.


Troy Davis jokes about his multiple divorces during the comedy show.

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Tilly is another pet to be featured at the Adopt-a-Thon.

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