Patrick Plumb

Oroville School voters pass capital improvement levy

By on November 16, 2012 in News, Schools

OKANOGAN – What a difference 10 days makes.

It looks like Supt. Steve Quick got the miracle he was hoping for as Oroville School District’s three-year capital improvement levy is now ahead in the ballot count by 45 votes.

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Half-Baked: Cyber-feathers fly over Big Bird tweets

By on October 12, 2012 in Half-Baked, Opinion

This week, to celebrate the first anniversary of my employment at the Gazette-Tribune, I temporarily allow the issue to highjack my sports column to talk about the politics of eating Big Bird, and how the thought set off a Twitter bomb with “Tonasket” written all over it … sorry, better make that #Tonasket, since we are talking Twitter.

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