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  • Re: "Needed: political marksmanship" March 28 Star

    Glen Graevell|Apr 11, 2018

    This letter is to address several false and erroneous statements in a guest column in your paper by Jack Stevenson regarding the AR-15 rifle. The AR-15 has been called “America’s most popular rifle” and there are somewhere between 5-10 million in existence in the U.S. It is a box-magazine-fed, semi-automatic rifle. The box detachable magazine was patented in 1864; the first successful design semi-auto rifle was designed in 1895; the AR-15 was designed by ArmaLite in 1956; so nothing about the box-magazine-fed, semi-auto AR-15 rifle is new....

  • Why no poaching article?

    Glen Graevell|Dec 31, 2014

    Why has there been no article on the poachers that were caught netting fish on Banks Lake on December 8, 2014. Had to have my brother call me from Wenatchee and tell me about the article in the Wenatchee World and the other article in the Spokesman Review. If people are kept informed about issues like this in this area it helps to make them more aware and alert. They are more likely to report suspicious activity to authorities when they observe it. Glen Graevell Editor’s reply: Good question. Answer: Because daily newspapers’ dedicated out... Full story