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A group of local residents living in the west portion of Sixth and Seventh Avenues have began a Block Watch in cooperation with local law enforcement in an effort to increase safety in the neighborhood. The group of over 10 community members began the block watch committee about a month ago and meet once a month to discuss issues and concerns in the neighborhood. Delores and Joe Silvay helped coordinate the establishment of a block watch and began with researching how to...
Ritzville residents and visitors to the community will have another dining option when the Fairway Café officially opens its doors to customers on Friday, May 3. The café, located in the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course clubhouse, is now under the management of Wayne and Mary Marshall. The previous café closed in late February after the resignation of the golf manager and the opportunity provided itself at the perfect time for the Marshalls. Mary had been working cleaning th...
The LRS tennis team finished league play on Tuesday, April 23, in a match against Wilbur-Creston (WC) before traveling to the Inland Empire Tournament over the weekend. Against WC, the LRS boys and girls’ teams took a 4-1 victory and secured the girl’s position as the number one team in the league, with the boys’ team ended as the second place team. The number one singles competition for the boys went in favor of Zach Swanger, who defeated Steven Paunovich 6-1, 6-1. The number one doubles team of Alex Wheeler and Kyle Canaday...
Jerry Neilan achieved his lifelong goal and set a new record at the Ritzville Bowling Alley on April 18 when he bowled the first ever 800 series recorded at the local alley. It also marked the first time the 73-year-old has bowled an 800-series. He earned the house and personal record by bowling 250, 265 and 299 games during the league competition and was bowling as a member of the Cow Creek team. Neilan began competitively bowling at the age of 19, and he said it took him...
News Editor With a person dying every 40 seconds from a stroke in the United States, health care professionals are encouraging residents to take the time to learn the signs and symptoms of a stroke. Next month is national stroke awareness month and members of East Adams Rural Hospital (EARH) are promoting education about the signs of a stroke in hopes of reducing the number of cases of stroke deaths. Stroke is a disease affecting arteries connected to the brain, and is the fourth largest cause of death in the U.S., as well...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague tennis team traveled to Davenport on April 17 for a league match. The LRS girls’ team swept the match with a 5-0 record over the Gorillas, and the Bronco boys returned home with a 4-1 record. Tracy Melville continued to have a successful season by winning the number one singles match 6-0, 6-0 against Michaela Holden. Melville has only suffered one loss this season to St. George’s Darby Pierce. Lindy Brown faced Oiana Casch in the number two sin...
Monday, April 22, marks the grand opening of the newest family dining option in Ritzville: Memories Diner. The diner is being opened by a mother and daughter duo who have long had the dream of going into business together and look forward to making the dream a reality next week. The Main Avenue business that previously housed Casuela’s Grill is now under the ownership Lori Gorman-Anderson and her daughter Jessika Wolf. The duo has been feverishly working to renovate and redeco...
The Ritzville Volunteer Ambulance Association (RVAA) is the recent recipient of a variety of potentially lifesaving equipment because of a generous donation from the East Adams County Healthcare (EACH) Foundation committee. The foundation donated funds for the purchase of an auto pulse cardiac support pump, laryngoscopes and a casualty simulation kit. The foundation also donated $10,000 towards the construction of a new building for the RVAA to use and to house the...
For the majority of his life, Ryan Borth has enjoyed remodeling and restoring automobiles alongside his father. The son of Brian and Diane Borth, Ryan’s dream of repairing cars side-by-side with his father has turned into a reality with the opening of Flash’s Auto Body & Paint shop in Spokane. The dream began for Ryan when he was eight years old and started working on a 1955 two-door Chevy with his father. At the age of 13, he bought a 1969 Chevy Camaro and repairing cars wit...
The Lind-Ritzville Middle School Associated Student Body (ASB) officers had the unique opportunity of participating in a national symposium on March 8. The ASB officers completed a presentation about online dating and relationships, and spoke live during a webinar conference with a variety of other presenters. The ASB officers were the only middle school participants that presented as part of the national symposium through Campus Outreach Services. The symposium is part of “Think Luv,” which informs students and adults abo...
The students in the Ritzville third grade class had the unique experience of learning about culture, food and lifestyles of countries around the world, all because of a paper doll named Flat Stanley. With help from local farmer Mike Miller, Flat Stanley spent a month traveling around the world and helping the third grade class learn many lessons outside the classroom. Flat Stanley is a popular children’s book character who begins as a normal boy before being flattened by h...
State B: integral part of local basketball tradition The annual State B Basketball tournament is a tradition for many die-hard sports fans, but it has also become a time-honored custom for a group of Ritzville residents. Every year, Ritzville residents and individuals with connections to the community gather together at the WIAA Hardwood Classic to volunteer their time and talents to the tournament. Affectionately known as the “Ritzville Mafia” around 15 people at the Sta...
For Lind High School graduate Todd Kent, life on the sidelines of the basketball court has translated to extreme success on the hardwood. Kent is in his fourth year as the head coach for the women’s basketball team at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Kent is the son of Phil and Carol Kent, and a 1991 graduate of Lind High School. As a self-described average athlete, Kent never had the expectation of playing college sports, but coaching provided him with an o...
LWK rolls to big win over Pomeroy in trophy game The LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus Tigercats basketball season came to a close Saturday afternoon in the Spokane Arena when the team left the court with smiles on their faces, waves of appreciation to their fans and a trophy in hand. In perhaps the best display of teamwork and sportsmanship seen all season, the Tigercats earned third place in the 1B Hardwood Classic State Tournament with a 67-36 landslide win over Pomeroy. The two...
The Tigercats secured bragging rights as one of the top eight 1B teams in the state with a 59-52 win over Wellpinit in the regional tournament on Saturday. The Southeast District 9 is well represented at the state tournament this year as Pomeroy also earned a trip after defeating Odessa-Harrington. The Tigercats took to the court with confidence and an early scoring run led by Darcy Stamper gave the Tigercats the lead they would maintain for the remainder of the game....
A group of 27 Lind-Ritzville High School students have united to form the We Lind-Ritzville club, a leadership group dedicated to making the community and the world a better place. The students are part of a larger movement and part of an initiative of Free The Children, an international charity that works to empower young people to bring about change in the world. The local club is currently involved in a community service project to collect donations to support foster children in the area and provide school supplies to a...
The cheers and celebratory cries rang through the Colfax gym as the Tigercats claimed the district championship title from the Pomeroy Pirates Friday, but the loudest cheers came from the seven senior varsity athletes who earned their first championship title in their high school basketball career. The Tigercats received the SE District 9 championship title when they defeated Pomeroy 60-51 and now continue on to the regional competition this weekend. None of the current...
The opening of the LaCrosse Market last month brought about a positive change not only for the LaCrosse community, but also for new owner Wendy Holliday. Born and raised in the county, Holliday was selected by the LaCrosse Community Pride board of directors to maintain the grocery store in the historic general store building. The restored historic building provides a welcoming atmosphere to local customers, while still maintaining the historic elements unique to the building....
Patricia “Pat” Fode began her journey into poetry purely by accident, but it is a passion that has grown and developed into her first publication, “Let the Spirit Talk.” The book is a collection of poems composed by Pat throughout the past 16 years and has drawn inspiration from a broad range of experiences. The Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ (UCC) is hosting a book signing with Pat in the fellowship hall on Sunday, Feb. 24, at noon. The book will be availab...
The prediction made by head coach Mike Jones that districts would be filled with physical and fast-paced basketball games proved true during the Tigercats’ first round district games. The Tigercats took a win on Thursday night over Rosalia to move the Tigercats into a game with the number one league ranked team, Garfield-Palouse. After trailing for the majority of the game, the Tigercats snuck past the Rosalia Spartans to earn a 50-44 win during the first round game. The T...
Over the course of 43 years, a lot of things change and little ever seems to stay the same, but for Lind resident Don Klemmer, one thing has remained constant. For over 40 years, Klemmer has dedicated his time to being a firefighter for the Lind Fire Department, and for the past 20 years, he has served as chief. Today, Klemmer is retiring from his role as Fire Protection District No. 2 chief but with the willingness to continue serving the community. He began his adventure as...
With a loss to long time rivals the Colton Wildcats, the Tigercats fell to the fourth ranked team in the Southeast 1B league. The final league game against Colton resulted in a 59-43 loss, ending the regular season for the Tigercats with an 11-5 record in league. The Saturday night game against Colton started out rough for the Tigercats, who were celebrating seven varsity seniors during the final home game of the season. The Tigercats started five seniors, and sat two...
Going on the road proved to be tough for the Tigercats when the team returned home with a 60-57 loss to the Touchet Indians. The Tigercats returned to the home court on Saturday and revived the winning season with a 50-38 win over Pomeroy. In the game against Touchet, the Tigercats earned the early lead and went into halftime ahead by 12 points. The scoring remained balanced through the third quarter, but the Indians outscored the Tigercats 17-5 in the fourth quarter, which determined the outcome of the game. “The first h...
Simple acts of kindness can easily be overlooked in the everyday grind, but at Lind-Ritzville High School, a group of students are challenging fellow classmates to practice compassion and consideration. The LRHS leadership class, under the instruction of Guy Strot, began a 26 Acts of Kindness wall in the school to honor the 26 students and faculty members at Sandy Hook Elementary who lost their lives at the hand of violence in December. The group of seniors and freshmen studen...
The weekend proved to be filled with tough competition for the Tigercats when they lost two league battles to Rosalia and Garfield-Palouse. The two losses bump the Tigercats from the top spot in league, and drops the team to third in the Southeast 1B League. The Tigercats matched up against Rosalia on Friday, Jan. 18, in a home game, but fell to the Spartans, 45-40. The Tigercats controlled the game until halftime when the Spartans went on a 28-14 run over the Tigercats in the second half. “One of our keys for Rosalia was t...