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The Tigercats played two regularly scheduled games and one rescheduled game last week. The Tigercats faced Colton, Touchet and St. John-Endicott, losing the first game against Colton, 39-65. Jed Zimmer led the Tigercats in scoring with a total of 15 points. Darcy Stamper scored seven points and Alec Fleming scored six points. Austin Summers scored five points and Sam Harder scored four points. Jim Hopkins rounded out the Tigercats total score with two points. The Patchen brothers from Colton, Dustin and Dalton, scored a...
The Lady Tigercats played three games last week, winning one against Touchet on Friday night. The Lady Tigercats first played Colton, and lost with a final score of 4-65. Anne Fleming and Logan Harder each scored two points for the Lady Tigercats. Colton’s post players, Paige Vincent and Payton Meyer, scored a combined total of 33 points in the game. The Lady Tigercats defeated the Touchet Lady Indians for the second time this season with a final score of 49-33. Harder led the...
The Adams County Commissioners budget for 2012 shows relatively little change from the previous budget, mainly because of the current economy and it not being a time for drastic changes. “There is not a lot of change from last year, revenue is relatively flat, but flat is good during these economic times. We just don’t feel like we are in a position to go to the voters and ask for additional funding,” said current chairman, Rudy Plager. “The bottom line, there are various areas that we made some cuts. The most drastic being t... Full story
Superintendent of Lind and Ritzville schools, Rob Roettger, presented the proposed M&O levy for the Ritzville school district at the Ritzville Chamber of Commerce meeting on Jan. 19. The ballots for the special election regarding the M&O levy for both the Lind and Ritzville school districts are sent out on Jan. 27, for the Feb. 14 election. The levy on the ballot is for collection during the 2013 and 2014 calendar year. The levy helps to fund utilities at the school, motor pool for Drivers Education, legal/audit fees,...
The LaCrosse-Washtucna boys’ basketball team ended the week with a win after playing in three games last week and suffering two losses. The Tigercats played Odessa-Harrington, Rosalia and Garfield-Palouse all in regular season games. The Tigercats lost to Odessa-Harrington after making a tremendous come back in the fourth quarter, bringing the final score of the game to 43-46. At the end of the third quarter, the Titans led the game with a score of 40-26. “In the fourth quarter, we did a better job attacking the rim and mov... Full story
ts deciding to home school their children, a home school support group began in Ritzville to create more opportunities for the students in the area. The support group hosts meetings once a month, giving the students a chance to socialize and learn about a certain topic together. The support group began when a group of mothers who home schooled their children decided to begin a group that allowed the students to meet each other. It also gave the parents a chance to exchange...
Lexi Whitaker, a senior at Lind High School, plans to host an anti-bullying assembly in the high school gym on Jan. 26. Whitaker decided to create the assembly for her senior project after witnessing firsthand the effect that bullying can have on an individual. Whitaker’s younger brother became victim to bullying because of his stutter, creating an unfortunate opportunity for his peers to tease him. Whitaker saw how the teasing and bullying hurt her younger brother and refused for bullying to go unnoticed. “It really hur...
As the 2012-2013 academic year quickly approaches, proposed staffing schedules and class lists show the initial plan for the upcoming academic cooperative. Slight changes continue to be made to staff schedules, since department staffing meetings with the administrative staff are ongoing. The proposed staffing schedule became public during the second week of December, allowing the staff to have time to see and understand their new responsibilities for the upcoming year. Overall, the staff at both school districts seems...
The New Hope Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services received a three-year grant in September from a donation from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that was given to the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) to help prevent homelessness for survivors of domestic violence. WSCADV received a grant of $455,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to assist domestic violence service providers that participate in Domestic Violence Housing First (DVHF) program. WSCADV awarded nine domestic... Full story
The Tigercats struggle to find consistency after losing a close game with St. John-Endicott and then winning the next night against Tekoa-Oakesdale. Head coach Mike Jones is focusing on finding a way for his team to remain consistent for the second half of the season. “We were within three points and had 30 seconds to go, but turned the ball over when we had the chance to tie. We had a lot of opportunities during the game, but we didn’t capitalize on those opportunities,” said...
Micheala Doyle, a senior at Lind High School, is collecting eyeglasses for those in need of prescription lenses in the community. Doyle set up drop boxes for the eyeglasses at three locations, Jim’s Market, Ritzville Drug Company and Harvest Foods. The fundraiser began on Jan. 2 and the first collection will run until Feb. 2. Doyle will then put out new boxes and do another collection from Feb. 2 until Mar. 2. Doyle decided to collect eyeglasses as her senior project after she attended a Lions Club meeting last year and l... Full story
Washington State’s minimum wage increased by 37 cents on Jan. 1 to make the current minimum wage $9.04 an hour. This increase has made local business owners nervous and uncertain about the changes they might have to make in the near future. Sam Duncan, co-owner of Ritzville Drug Company, refuses to let any of his employees go, mainly because the store is currently being run by a total of five employees. Last year, the store had to lay off one employee at the beginning of the year because of the increased minimum wage. ...
ms from the Heart” fundraiser for his senior project in November and when it concluded on Friday, Dec. 16, he could not believe the success. Knodel had a goal to donate a ham to at least 40 families in the Lind community for the holiday season. Knodel surpassed his goal and with the $2,200 he received in donations, he was able to purchase over 100 hams. “It was a huge success, more than I could have ever hoped for,” said Knodel. “I’m so thankful. I couldn’t have done it wit... Full story
Lind Community Church welcomed new pastor Jeremy McLellan to the church earlier his year. McLellan and his family moved from Sandy Valley, Nev., to Lind during the end of July. McLellan, his wife Christy and their three children, Timothy, Bailey and Abigail, are now members of the Lind community and hope to revitalize the Lind Community Church. Early in 2010, Lind Community Church had to decide whether or not to keep the doors open on the church. The church needed a pastor...
In 2010, Lionel Delevingne and Steve Turner produced a book titled “Drylands: A Rural American Saga,” which the content focused on agricultural development in Adams County. Lionel Delevingne is a native of France but moved to the United States in 1975 to pursue a career in photography. Soon after his arrival in the U.S., he met Turner and they began combining their journalistic talents to produce various publications. Turner wrote the book “Amber Waves and Undertow: Peril...
The Adams County Commissioners unanimously approved the 2012-2017 Six Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) during the morning session on Monday, Dec. 5. Adams County Assistant Public Works Director Scott Yaeger presented the TIP plan explaining the specific differences and changes from the previous years. Yaeger explained that eight projects on the current program are proposed programs that funding has not yet been secured for. The Surface Transportation Program-Rural (STPR) allocates federal funds for rural highway... Full story
The Ritzville FFA chapter hosted the annual Greenhand Initiation Night on Thursday, Dec. 8, in the shop. There were three different awards distributed; the discovery, greenhand and chapter farmer awards in which each respective member was awarded a pin. The newest discovery members to the Ritzville FFA chapter are Joel Anderson, Ryan Frederick, Bryson Gering, Mike Oestreich, Skyler Oestreich, Michael Shields and Andrew Witt. The chapter welcomed the new Greenhand members:... Full story
Lind High School now has a robotics team among their high school students that plans to participate in the largest robotics competition in the United States this upcoming year. The team will consist of 20 students and they will be building a robot to use in a competition in 2012. The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international competition that allows high school students the opportunity to be innovators. The FRC began in 1992, and each year the number of teams drastically increase worldwide. The robotics team began... Full story
Bill and Jeanette Wills have the honor of being the Grand Marshals for the Lind Chamber of Commerce’s 12th annual Lind Christmas Parade on Sunday, Dec. 11. Jeanette Wills was born and raised in Lind, while Bill Wills grew up in Kentucky. Jeanette wanted to remain in Lind and as Bill said, “She wanted to come home, and I followed.” After Bill returned from the service, he moved to Lind with Jeanette. The Wills’ are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursda...
Big Bend Community College has donated eight more computers to the Ritzville library for the community to use. The computers will be located downstairs in the library and will be available for full use sometime in the next few weeks. There are already seven computers at Ritzville High School and five at Lind High School that have been donated by Big Bend. All of these computers are being donated because of a grant that Big Bend received earlier this year. LeAnne Parton from Big Bend hopes that these computers will help... Full story
The LaCrosse-Washtucna boys gained their first win against Garfield-Palouse on Saturday, Dec. 3, with a final score of 53-35. The starters for the Tigercats were Darcy Stamper, Matt Stubbs, Austin Summers, Justin Wargo and Jake Aune. Stamper lead the team in points with a total of 19 points, nine of those in the second quarter alone. “Everyone that went in to the game worked extremely hard,” said head coach Mike Jones. “It was effort that won the game.” Aune scored 11 points for the Tigercats, Jed Zimmer scored 10, Summers...
The LaCrosse-Washtucna lady Tigercats played their first non-league basketball game against Garfield-Palouse on Saturday, Dec. 3. The Tigercats lost their game 22-33 and look forward to playing Gar-Pal in league play on Friday, Dec. 9. The lady Tigercats led the game with a first quarter score of 4-3 and a halftime score of 10-9. Hayley Dorman, Kadie Whinery, Jenna Goude, Anne Fleming and Logan Harder started the game for the lady Tigercats. “The girls played good defense the entire game,” said Coach Tim Stamper. “But we ca...
The holiday season is said to be the ‘season of giving,’ and this holiday season, a local teen is doing just that. Brandon Knodel is a senior at Lind High School and for his senior project he has started a fundraiser titled “Hams from the Heart.” Knodel decided on this project after looking under the gift tree in the high school at the food donations that are collected underneath and realized what he saw is what families would be eating for Christmas dinner. “I looked and saw Mac and Cheese,” said Knodel. “And then I thought...
Stepping into Remember When… antique shop, you might not realize that it is actually a business. The warmth of a wood stove and the smell of fresh brewed coffee are the first things that greet customers to the house. Carly Gillette bought the house that her parents lived in for 31 years and turned it into an antique shop that opened on Dec. 3. Her mother, Liz Gillette, is helping with the business that started because of Carly’s passion for antiques. “My dad had an antique sho... Full story
Fall prevention classes began at the Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ’s fellowship hall on Monday, Nov. 14, to help participants reduce their chances of injuring themselves in a fall. Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL) classes are sponsored by the ZP Church and East Adams Rural Hospital. SAIL classes take place on Mondays and Thursdays at 3 p.m. at the ZP Church. Each class lasts about an hour and it has a warm-up and stretching portion, followed by aerobics and ending with a cool down. The class works on i... Full story