Local weaver pursues her passion

RITZVILLE – Linda Kubik, A 1968 graduate of Ritzville High School, always wanted to be a weaver. But she didn't become one until age 30.

"I could have bought a car, but I bought a loom instead," she said.

Raised on a farm near the Lincoln County line, she described herself as a shy young person. After high school, she wanted to move as far away as possible to an affordable in-state college. "We were all very naive growing up in rural America in the '60s," she said. "Going to Seattle to attend the University of Washington was one of the best things I could have done - being completely on my own...