FIRE DEPARTMENT
701 E. Third; 911 for emergency; 765-2204 (for non-emergency). The Moses Lake Fire Department provides a full range of emergency response services including Trauma Verified Advanced Life Support Ambulance Service, Fire Suppression, Fire Prevention, Fire Investigations, Hazardous Materials Response, and Ice Rescue. The department is staffed by 30 career personnel and approximately 8 volunteer firefighters. Fire Station #1 is located at 701 E. Third Avenue and houses the administrative and fire prevention offices, suppression crew quarters, and the department training facility. Equipment assigned to Station #1 includes 2 engines, 1 – 75 foot aerial ladder, 1 water tender, 5 ambulances, 1 salvage/equipment truck, 2 brush trucks, 1 rescue boat, and a special response unit/hazmat trailer. Suppression crews at Fire Station #2 located at 2401 W. Broadway are equipped with 2 engines, 1 ambulance and 1 brush truck. You can contact Moses Lake Fire Chief Tom Taylor at ttaylor@ci.moses-lake.wa.us Or Check out the Moses Lake Fire Department at www.moseslakefire.com

POLICE DEPARTMENT
401 S. Balsam; 911 for emergency; (509) 766-9230. They also have a substation located at the Boys and Girls Club 410 west 3rd ave. The department is comprised of 30 full time commissioned officers, to include administration, patrol, investigations, traffic, and school resources. Supplemented by the folowing personnel: Commmunity Service Officers, a Police specialist , clerical, a reserve force as well as chaplains program.  The Police Department participates in a number of mulit-jurisdictional programs to include the  Multi-Agency Communications Center (MACC) for emergency dispatching. INET for drug enforcement and Tactical Response Team (TRT) for tactical incidents. The department is state accredited and dedicated to their core values of professionalism, integrity, compassion and service.  www.geocities.com/kloera111/policewebpage/Moses_Lake_Police_Department.htm

GRANT COUNTY ANIMAL OUTREACH - GCAO operates the local Moses Lake Animal Shelter at 6725 Randolph Road NE. The shelter is open Monday-Saturday 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. Volunteers are always welcome and foster homes are always needed. Come visit our shelter pets first when looking for a new member for your family! All adoptions include first vaccinations, microchip and spay or neuter. For more information or to see our adoptable pets visit  http://www.gcao.info  or see us on Petfinder. Transports are available for long distance adoptions and rescues. PLEASE SPAY OR NEUTER! To call and report a lost or found pet, call 509-762-9616.

TELEVISION - Northland Cable; 317 S Ash Street, (509) 765-6151. Cable television service provides a wide variety of programming in the urban area. www.northlandcabletv.com

NEWSPAPER - Columbia Basin Herald, 813 W. Third; (509) 765-4561. Published five days a week, Monday through Friday. CBH offers custom printing. www.columbiabasinherald.com

CLASSIFIED WEEKLY - Nickel Saver, 715 W. Third (509) 765-5681. Published once a week.

RADIO - KBSN/KDRM, 1470 AM & 99.3 FM - 765-3443; KWIQ- 1020 AM & 100.3 FM - 765-1761; KWWW, 96.7 FM & 1340 AM - 766-9067

MOSES LAKE SENIOR CENTER - 608 E. Third Ave., 765-7809.

WESTERN UNION - Fifth & Pioneer Way (Rite Aid), and 911 Stratford Road (Food Pavilion).

POST OFFICE - 223 W. Third Avenue; 1-800-275-8777, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

FEDERAL EXPRESS - 1-800-238-5355, local pick up and delivery

UNITED PARCEL SERVIC UPS 1-800-742-5877

CHURCHES - (39 churches) The churches have kept pace with the growth of Moses Lake, offering services in almost every religious denomination.

LIBRARY- The Moses Lake Library is located at 418 E 5th Ave, Moses Lake. 509-765-3489, www.ncrl.org e-mail moseslake@ncrl.org  The current branch manager is Connie Kulmann. The library was started in 1938 by the local Women's Club, and has been part of the 5 county North Central Regional Library system since 1959. The NCRL provides the staff and books and the City of Moses Lake provides and maintains the building. Thru NCRL the Moses Lake has access to materials housed in 28 branch libraries through the inter library loan system. Library cards give patrons access to databases and collection catalogs from home computers and other remote sites. Hours of operation can be found on the website Childrens programming is provided several times a week

ACCOMMODATIONS - 20 motels, hotels and alternatives providing 913 rooms or suites.

COMMUNITY & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES - Annual events that are strongly supported by the community include a Spring Festival that takes place over the Memorial Day Weekend and the Grant County Fair and Moses Lake Roundup Rodeo in mid-August. The Miss Moses Lake Scholarship Program has provided 3 Miss Washingtons for the Miss America competition in Atlantic City in recent years. Moses Lake's Junior Miss programs have also provided state winners. There is an active Community Concert Association. Columbia Basin Allied Arts sponsors and coordinates arts activities from both state and local funding support. The City of Moses Lake Parks and Recreation Department provides the summer concert series at Moses Lake's Centennial Theater (amphitheater). Also held in Moses Lake are boat races. Moses Lake also hosts the annual Washington State Potato Conference and Trade Fair in early February.

In addition, professional sports and opera, unlimited hydroplane racing and more are available in Seattle, Spokane and the Tri-Cities, which are all within easy travel distance.

Over 20 service clubs, 10 fraternal and 3 professional organizations, plus many special interest groups. A Clubs and Organization list is available at the Chamber of Commerce.

RECREATION
Opportunities for outdoor recreation are virtually unlimited. The large number of lakes, streams and the Columbia River are a fisherman's paradise. Trout, salmon, bass, spiny ray and walleye pike are plentiful. Since the area is in the path of the Pacific flyway, goose and duck hunting is a major attraction for sportsmen. Moses Lake is in the middle of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project, which is widely known as one of the top upland game bird hunting areas in the country. Deer hunting is excellent in the nearby Colockum and Blue Mountains which also have large elk herds.

Moses Lake, with its 120 miles of shoreline is ideal for water sports and recreation.

Winter sports include a covered ice skating rink, and hockey leagues, www.mlyha.com. for information about Moses Lake Youth Hockey. We have downhill skiing at several locations within a few hours drive, as well as opportunities for cross country skiing and snowmobiling in the sand dunes/ORV area. The area provides several golf courses, tennis courts. New to Moses Lake for summer 2008 is the expansion of the Family Aquatic Center, featuring Washington States only Surf 'n Slide Water Park. The new aquatic park includes a 300 ft lazy river and The "Flowfider", an artificial surfing simulator, Olympic size competitive pool. Check out www.mlrec.com for more info.  The city parks total more than 200 acres, including the newest park Blue Heron (old State Park). Blue Heron park has restrooms, picnic shelters boat launch unsupervised swimming and a fishing bridge.  A skateboard park near the Aquatic Center, and a large area in the nearby sand dunes has been designated for ORV and recreational use.

CLIMATE
The city of Moses Lake is located in the north central section of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project in east central Washington. The terrain in this area of the basin ranges from rather level to slightly rolling. The land under irrigation is highly productive; agricultural activities are very limited on the land not suitable for irrigation. Warm summers and mild winters characterize the climate in the area. The average annual rainfall is about eight inches, average snowfall is fifteen inches. Precipitation increases in the fall reaching a peak of about 1 inch per month in mid-winter, decreasing in the spring and then increasing slightly with shower activity in May and June followed by a sharp drop in July and August. In mid-summer, it is not unusual for a month or six weeks to pass without any measurable rainfall. Snow may be expected any time between the latter half of November and may remain on the ground from one to six weeks or longer. A "Chinook" wind or a warm rain frequently causes a snow cover to melt very rapidly. The amount of sunshine possible on a clear day at this latitude ranges from about 8 hours in mid-winter to 16 hours in mid-summer. The average afternoon temperature in the summer is in the upper 80's and the nighttime temperature is in the 50's. Maximum temperatures exceed 90^o on about one-half of the days in July and one-fourth of the days in August, occasionally reaching 100 ^o. In the winter season, the average daytime temperature is near freezing and the nighttime temperature ranges from 15 ^o to 20 ^o.

The average length of the growing season is about 155 days. Severe electrical storms are extremely rare. Hailstorms are a very rare occurrence and then are limited to narrow paths. No tornadoes. Winds occur in spring and less frequently in fall and summer.

ALTITUDE/ CITY AREA
1,046 feet ; 9.21 square miles of land and 1.59 square miles of water or 6,500 acres.

LATITUDE/LONGITUDE AT GRANT COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
N 47.12.29/W 119.19.29

POPULATION
Moses Lake is a relatively young community, with many new facilities. Since 1938, when Moses Lake was incorporated, there have been a number of peaks and valleys within the towns' history. Moses Lake currently for 2008 has just under 18,000 residents within city limits and services double that on any given day. Moses Lake is growing in fast numbers with the development of many large facilities in the area. We see the great changes to come to the Moses Lake area, and welcome newcomers!