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  • Farewell, Neil Armstrong

    Updated Sep 6, 2012

    I remember well the night of June 20, 1969, because I stood for a long time out on my deck gazing at the moon and marveling at the realization that there were three American men up there. Only Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set foot on the moon, Armstrong first, of course. Michael Collins was the skipper of the Apollo 11 mission and stayed on board the whole time, in case, I presumed, some moon monster appeared and devoured the others and it would be his duty to scram out of there to come home and tell the story. They... Full story

  • AAUW book sale this weekend

    Updated Sep 6, 2012

    The Ritzville branch of AAUW is hosting a sale of gently used books from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Ritzville Trading Company building. Tables will be set out on Washington Street across from the post office. Many quality coffee table books, as well as large selection of fiction and non-fiction for children, youth and adults, are available at the sale. Books are sold for $l each or shoppers may fill a bag for $5....

  • For manufacturers, action speaks louder than words

    Don C. Brunell, president|Updated Sep 6, 2012

    Barack Obama and Mitt Romney tell voters they want manufacturers to stay in America and create new jobs. The president even promised an audience in New Hampshire that he’d create 4.5 million new jobs, half of those in manufacturing. Why all the talk about manufacturing? Our country is the world’s largest manufacturing economy with 21 percent of the global manufactured goods produced here. China is second at 15 percent, and Japan is third at 12 percent. U.S. manufacturing supports an estimated 18.6 million jobs, with one in si...