November 28, 2024
November 28, 2024
RITZVILLE — Teenage pregnancies have declined in Adams County at a higher rate than any other county in Washington over the last five years. According to a recent health study, the teenage birth rate dropped 18% during that time. Adjacent Franklin County also saw a healthy decline in teenage birth rates. There, the rate dropped by 14% over the last five years, the study reported. Yakima County wasn’t far behind, with a decrease of 13%. And adjacent Grant County declined by 12%, the study reported. Health officials said...
The Adams County Sheriff's Office conducted a school-shooter training last week at McFarland Middle School in Othello. The planned exercise was critical for preparing deputies for emergency responses, Sheriff Dale Wagner said. The training followed a previous threat to shoot up Ritzville...
RITZVILLE — Several businesses and government agencies are planning to be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Ritzville-Adams County Journal office will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28 and 29, in observance of the holiday. Public schools, too, will be closed both days, with school resuming Monday, Dec. 2. However, high school sports teams are expected to practice Friday and Saturday. Municipal and state government offices will close Thursday, as will financial institutions and the U.S. Post Office. Residents...
RITZVILLE - He makes over-sized connectors that look like something you would use to hook up your space shuttle, if you had such a thing. At first blush, you would think these plugs and sockets were for electrical power or data lines. But not so. One of the common uses is for pneumatics - think of tubing rather than wires. Chris Burrows, 64, the Ritzville anchor, is half of the ownership of Twintec. The other half is Steve Burrows of Kent, and he is indeed a twin. "He runs...
100 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Nov. 27, 1924 SHOOTING CAUSES LOSS OF BOY'S LEG Eddie Bauer, fourteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Bauer, was shot in the leg last Sunday in the Bauer coulee, eighteen miles southwest of Ritzville. With some of the Kramer boys he had gone down the coulee and took his gun along. One of the smaller boys asked for it in shooting at rabbits. A rabbit jumped up and the lad excitedly shot the gun, or the gun went off, and the load...
Sheriff’s Log RITZVILLE — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reported the following calls for service from Oct. 31 - Nov. 15 : Oct. 31 Assist Othello police in the 600 block of East Lilac Street, Othello. Medical call in the 100 block of North Neilson Road, Lind. Welfare check in the 900 block of South Reynolds Road, Othello. 911 hang-up in the 400 block of East Fresnel Road, Ritzville. Possible DUI the area of West Bench Road and South State Highway 17, Othello. Assist resident in the 1600 block of West Lee Road,...
RITZVILLE — The agenda for the Nov. 19 meeting of Ritzville City Council began with public hearing for the 2025 ad valorem Property Tax, Ordinance 2182. The discussion was short and the council voted to accept the measure after only 11 minutes, “Fixing the amount of taxes upon property,” as councilwoman Michelle Plumb expressed in her motion to pass. The council, next moved into a public hearing for the 2025 preliminary budget which contains numerous points listed by Councilman Dennis Chamberlain, who was tapped as a... Full story
Just to let you know that this column is being written a bit early to meet the Thanksgiving deadline that all papers need to meet. So I'm going to try to bring some words of wisdom or maybe just some words that will hopefully be fun to read but there are no guarantees. I attended the November 16th EWU football game in Cheney versus Idaho State. Last year the Bengals rallied from a couple of touchdown deficit late to beat the Eagles by one in Pocatello. This year Idaho State...
Ah, Thanksgiving. Turkey, cranberries, pumpkin pie and family. It’s a time to give thanks and celebrate family traditions. But not if you’re glued to a cellphone. As adults, it’s time to set an example and put those devices away. Spend time with your family partaking in longstanding traditions or creating new ones. There’s no need to be spending the day surfing social media. Instead, enjoy real social media with family and friends. Talk together, eat together, enjoy...
When Jay Inslee took the job as governor in 2013, the state’s annual operating budget was approximately $38.4 billion. After 12 years of the Inslee administration, the state is now spending almost twice as much per year, $75.5 billion. Yet, despite this massive increase in state spending, legislators are claiming that they will need another $10-12 billion over the next 4 years to balance the state’s checkbook. The state does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending...
Thanksgiving will soon be here. By the time this issue of The Record Times is in your hands most area cooks in charge of the Thanksgiving meal will be planning the menu and making a list of tasks to do ahead. If you are planning cornbread dressing, you can make the cornbread several days ahead. Any gelatin salads may be made up to two days ahead, as can dinner rolls. Many side dishes reheat well in a microwave, saving on precious oven time and space. Before we get to the Thanksgiving recipes and tips, if you are planning on...
There is a payoff, Doc told us, for getting the aches and pains of old age. Doc should know. We have it on good authority that he is actually older than a flat, brown rock. “Sure,” said Doc, in his usual cheerful way. “You get gray hair, or maybe kinda bald like ol’ Steve here, and you develop wisdom, which we all know just means you know not to argue with your wife, right? So then what happens? Your grandchildren think you have all the answers.” Doc leaned over conspiratorially. “I LIVE to embarrass my...
The Ralston Grange combined a potluck dinner with an informal tribute to veterans following the meal Tuesday, Nov. 19. Grange President Jerry Snyder was master of ceremonies and told the gathering about his own father's experience receiving health care following World War II due to an ankle injury. "Dad spent 16 months in the hospital and was one of the first 25 to receive penicillin," Snyder said. "I thought we'd have to cut his ankle off or his leg off below the knee,"...
