Gordon Ebbert receives high honor

During the days of World War II, a home front attack was a real threat after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The late Gordon Ebbert, of Moses Lake, was among 200,000 Civil Air Patrol members who helped guard the American coast from German U-boat attacks. More than 70 years later, on Feb. 24, Ebbert and three other Washington state men will receive the Congressional Gold Medal for their service. … Over the years, he was a founder of the Moses Lake airport and helped form the flight program at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake.