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Craig Martin Sorger (February 10, 1990 — February 15, 2003) was a 13-year-old American boy who was murdered by his then 12-year-old friends and classmates Evan Drake Savoie (born October 22, 1990) [a] and Jake Lee Eakin (born November 14, 1990) [b] in Ephrata, Washington. Sorger had been invited by Savoie and Eakin to play in a park near his ...
Towns like Wilson Creek, Quincy and Ephrata began to thrive. The Washington State Legislature officially created Grant County on February 24, 1909, naming it in the memory of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, and a major contributor to the Union victory in the American Civil War. The county seat was located in Ephrata.
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Washington is home to approximately 1,500, [3] and 11 of those are found partially or wholly in Grant County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024.
Feb. 14—EPHRATA — The Ephrata Chamber of Commerce has announced the dates for this year's Sage-N-Sun festival in downtown Ephrata. The annual event which includes a parade, a children's parade ...
The theater, originally the Lee Theater, named after the Confederate general Robert E. Lee, opened on October 13, 1935, and had seating for 588.The opening night program stated it was built "in anticipation of scientific entertainment, miracles of the present and future, talking pictures, and other developments, [that] future generations will know and enjoy."
The original courthouse was a two-story, wood-framed 40-by-60-foot (12 m × 18 m) building, built shortly after Grant County was created in 1909. [3] The wood building was constructed in 1909 (and the first courthouse of Grant County) by J. O. Cunningham of Wilson Creek for a bid of $4,975.
Denzel Washington's alma mater is throwing it back almost 50 years in honor of his latest role.. As Washington's new movie Gladiator II hit theaters over the weekend, his former college, Fordham ...
Alamo Drafthouse is dedicating its newly renovated downtown Brooklyn theater to Spike Lee. The director, who is synonymous with all things New York, will be honored on Sept. 12 with a ceremony and ...