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Town of Lind Councilmember Paula Bell is taking the next step into her elected official career by running for Mayor in the November General Election. Bell has lived in Lind since 1976 and is a retired teacher. She said she decided to run for Mayor because residents asked her to, and after giving some thought she added her name in the mayoral race. Bell said having a seat on Town Council has provided her with some experience of how the Town is run and what it means to be an...
The Lind Town Council went through a light agenda at their Oct. 10 meeting. Council approved a contract for $2,850 to install a backup sodium hypochlorite system for Wells No. 7 and No. 8. Mayor Jamie Schmunk said she spoke with Water Distribution Manager Joe Pessutti regarding issues with chlorine and maintaining the levels for the wells. She explained when Pessutti conducted sampling for coliform, the residual system chlorine levels in the wells were below Department of Health guidelines. He noted different factors for low...
Members from the Adams County Fire Protection District 2 in Lind visited students at the elementary school on Oct. 13 for Fire Prevention Week. Volunteer Firefighter D.J. Williamson, Fire Chief Kevin Starring and Assistant Chief Mike Doyle went into classrooms and presented the students with information about fire safety, as well as answered questions and provided the children with candy, stickers and T-shirts for the second-grade class. During his presentation, Williamson...
The Broncos boys and girls cross country teams finished their regular season in the District 7 1B/2B race at Kettle Falls on Oct. 10. Rose Melville finished in fourth place in the girls’ 5,000 meters varsity race with a time of 21 minutes and 45 seconds. Although it was not Rose Melville’s best performance, Head Coach Liz Melville said the athlete ran a respectable race and felt she overtrained before the event. Mya Lynch returned from injury and finished the race with a personal record of 35:29.92, improving her time by alm...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos volleyball team entered the home stretch of Northeast 2B South League play on Oct. 10, with a four-set loss against Liberty: 16-25, 25-15, 25-25, 25-20. The Lady Broncos bounced back from the loss on “Paint the Gym Pink and Teal” night on Oct. 12 with a four-set league win against Reardan: 25-22, 25-20, 30-32, 25-22. Head Coach Cari Galbreath said the Lady Broncos came out with strong offense against Liberty in the first set. Gal...
The Ritzville Fire Department will be acquiring new equipment for one of its vehicles. At their Oct. 3 meeting, the Ritzville City Council allocated up to $10,000 for the Ritzville Fire Department to purchase six wireless headsets and two wireless base stations for one of the department’s trucks. Assistant Chief Joel Bell explained the fire department’s vehicles produce a lot of noise, making it difficult for firefighters to communicate with each other during an emergency. He said the headsets will block out the noise and...
The Lind Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum on Oct. 4 for those on the upcoming General Election ballot in November. The Lind Town Council has one contested position and four uncontested races. The forum featured Town of Lind Mayor incumbent Jamie Schmunk who is seeking a third term and is running against Council Member Paula Bell. Incumbent Jim Dworshak is running for Council Position No. 5, Richard Baldwin for Council Position No. 3 and Rosemary Elkington is...
Students at Benge Elementary School received a special visit from members of the Benge Fire Department on Sept. 27. Benge Assistant Fire Chief Lenny Graves, Commission Chair Jerry Whitman and Volunteer Firefighter Paul Coon stopped at the school to meet the students and show off three of the department’s vehicles. The vehicles included the 1997 Stewart Stevenson military truck the department received from Colorado Springs Air Force Base in April. Graves also shared i...
The Broncos boys and girls cross country teams entered the last leg of the regular season. Four athletes from the Broncos’ team competed at the District 7 1B/2B League race at Mary Walker High School on Oct. 3. Rose Melville won the girls’ three-mile varsity race with a time of 20 minutes and 18 seconds while Hannah Brittain finished the race in 25:23. Ethan Hughes finished the three-mile boys’ varsity race in 31:08, while Erik Hughes clocked in at 31:56. No team scores were recorded for the Broncos due to lack of eligi...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos volleyball team continued their path to the postseason after going 2-1 during Homecoming Week. After a 3-0 non-league loss against Almira-Coulee/Hartline on Oct. 3, LRS had back-to-back 2B Northeast South League victories. They recorded a 3-0 win against Tekoa-Rosalia on Oct. 5 and a 3-2 victory against Asotin on Oct. 7. ACH swept the Broncos in three sets: 25-18, 25-20, 25-23. Head Coach Cari Galbreath said the team did not flow very...
During their Sept. 26 meeting, the Lind Town Council approved an ordinance stating the Town of Lind will vacate Lafayette Road. At the July 27 Lind Town Council meeting, resident Jennifer Anderson requested the Town vacate Lafayette Road and make it a private road. At the meeting, Anderson explained the purpose of her request was to protect her property from thoroughfare traffic. Council held a public hearing on the request at the Aug. 22 meeting before the ordinance was drafted. The document states the Town of Lind will reli...
Residents and visitors who are in the Town of Lind on Oct. 28 may notice a group of people who look like zombies roaming around the neighborhood. The Lind Chamber of Commerce will host its first Halloween Weekend at the Lind Town Park on Oct. 28-29, with several activities planned for both days On Saturday, Oct. 28, the event kicks off with the Zombie Walk at 4 p.m. Participants in the event will start at the Town Park and walk down Second Street before turning at North I Street and marching up to Third Street. From Third Str...
The Broncos Cross Country team resumed their season in a 2B League race held at the Tekoa Golf Course on Sept. 26. Rose Melville won the girls’ 5,000 meters varsity race with a time of 21 minutes and 57.9 seconds, 11 seconds faster than second-place winner Maia Dykstra of Asotin. Hannah Brittain finished the race in 29:33.56, which was 7 minutes faster than her previous time of 36:53.61. On the boys’ side, Ethan Hughes finished the race in 35:01.23 while Erik Hughes clocked in at 36:27.20, a season-best performance for bot...
Lind-Ritzville High School students and staff members watched as law enforcement and first responders responded to a staged two-vehicle collision near Lind-Ritzville High School on Eighth Avenue and Chelan Street on Sept. 25. In the scenario, the driver of a van failed to stop at a stop sign and hit a Honda, causing it to roll onto its top. There was one fatality and four injuries. The collision was staged as a mock crash, coordinated by the Ritzville Police Department and...
During their Sept. 19 meeting, the Ritzville City Council membersvoted 6-1 to approve an invoice from Specialty Pumps for $84,226.30 for the labor, materials and rebuilding the motor for Well No. 8. The council also voted 6-1 to have Public Works staff remove Well No. 8’s motor and assess its condition because the motor is not working. Public Works Director Larry Swift said Well No. 9 is almost operational to the point where the City can claim it from the contractors. Ritzville Mayor Gary Cook said a Certificate of S...
The Adams County Historical Society held its annual meeting on Sept. 24, with historian and businessman Alex McGregor as their guest speaker. McGregor is the chairman of The McGregor Company, a farm supply business with 360 employees and offices in nearly four dozen rural communities in the Inland Northwest. He gave a presentation on “Pioneer Values, Local Heritage and the Road Ahead.” McGregor’s presentation included sharing stories of the various farmers who settled in Ad...
After a week on the road, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos volleyball team returned to the Gilson Gym to sweep Tekoa-Rosalia, 3-0, in a Northeast 2B League match on Sept. 20. Two days later, the Lady Broncos lost to Kittitas, 3-0, in a non-league match, which marked their first non-tournament loss of the season. The Lady Broncos had a close first set against the Lady Timberwolves, then controlled the next two: 25-23, 25-17 and 25-12. The first set was a back and forth...
During their Sept. 11 meeting, the Adams County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing regarding the draft of the county’s American With Disabilities Act (ADA) Self Evaluation and Transition Plan. Public Works Director Todd O’Brien said because Adams County receives federal funding, staff are required to draft a plan. The plan identifies the physical obstacles at each of the County’s facilities and public right of ways limiting the access of its programs, activities or services to individuals with disabilities. It al...
During their Sept. 12 meeting, the Lind Town Council approved a $1,340 contract with Big Sky Industrial to inspect the condition of the sewer main on Sixth Street, from North S to North E streets. Stantec Engineer Alan Gay informed council he met with Century West Project Manager Steve Nelson regarding the various road and water improvement projects for Sixth Street. Gay said he and Nelson agreed the construction for the FEMA road improvement projects on Sixth Street, the replacement of the water main and the town’s Storm W...
Attendees who came to the Ritzville Public Library on Sept 11 indulged on a slice of through geological history as Lloyd Stoess, presented “Changing the Course of the Columbia River,” which is part of the Ice Age Floods Institute’s traveling lecture series. Stoess, president of the Ice Age Floods Institute’s Palouse Falls Chapter, presented a slideshow on how the Missoula Floods and other geological events changed the course of the Columbia River. One of these events was the...
Thirty middle and high School-aged students have the opportunity to travel to Florida and participate in WorldStrides’ “Splash into Science” during Spring Break. According to their website, WorldStrides is the largest educational student travel and study abroad organization in the United States. Founded in 1967, the organization provides educational programs for more than 400,000 students annually from more than 7,000 universities and K-12 schools to over 100 countries aroun...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos Volleyball team took a break from their regular season schedule to compete in the Spikefest Tournament in Rosalia, Sept. 16. In pool play, the Lady Broncos split all of their matches, 1-1, against Saint George’s, Colton, Garfield-Palouse and Liberty. Head Coach Cari Galbreath said teams only played two-set matches against each other during pool play. Although she was missing two players from the varsity lineup, Galbreath said the tournament was a good experience for the Lady Broncos. S...
For the first time in recent history, there will be an entire team of cross country athletes running in a Broncos uniform this season. This year marks the first season of both a boys and girls cross country team, solely of students from Sprague. The Broncos have a total of 11 runners with Ethan and Erik Hughes, John Rhoades, Parker Cappel, Sydney Layne and Clayton Miller representing the boys. On the girls’ side are Hannah Brittain, Mya Lynch, Rose Melville, Malea Canaday a...
Ritzville will once again be the host city for the Reviving Rural Downtowns Workshop for third consecutive year, on Sept. 20-21. Hosted by the Adams County Development Council (ACDC), the event is a one-and-a-half day workshop where business owners and residents from Adams County and surrounding areas have the opportunity to learn about economic growth and ways they can improve their city. The theme for this year’s workshop is “Building a Foundation for Revitalization.” Julie Flyckt, ACDC Business Development and Marke...
During the Sept. 5 Ritzville City Council meeting, Mayor Gary Cook read a letter from Ritzville Fire Chief Bill Banner where Banner formally announced his resignation as chief and his employment from the department citing medical reasons. In the letter, Banner wrote he would assist with the transition of the new Ritzville Fire Chief. “I have too many good memories to list, but I will carry all of them with me forever,” Cook read from Banner’s letter. “Thank you all for the opportunity to serve the citizens of Ritzvil...