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The Lind Town Council met on May 24 with the discussion focused on the Animal Ordinance for the town and whether it will include chickens. The meeting began with the approval of the claims. Councilperson Kathy White asked why procedure has included the Clerk/Treasurer for the town using her personal bank accounts to purchase items and then be reimbursed by the town. Mayor Jamie Schmunk advised previously the town has held two cards for the use of the Clerk/Treasurer. Schmunk started she would like to cancel the current...
The May 17 meeting of the Ritzville City Council began with two requests from residents in attendance. The first request came from Amy Galbreath who requested the council’s approval to set up a firework stand near the Conoco Station. She will open at noon on June 28 and close in the evening of July 4 or whenever the stand is sold out. The council approved this unanimously. Larry Ahern representing the Ritzville Pastime requested to once again have permission to open a beer garden at the side of their establishment for M... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague fastpitch softball team’s post-season ended on Tuesday, May 24, in the Regional Tournament. The placing for the Regional Tournament took place on May 17 in Spokane at the Merkel Fields. The Lady Broncos took on Northwest Christian for their first match up of the day. Northwest Christian, the number one team, beat the Lady Broncos 20-0. LRS had no runs, two hits and four errors. The Northwest Christian pitcher had a much higher velocity than the Lady... Full story
The Lind Town Council met on May 10 with a large group of citizens in attendance. Alan Gay from Stantec began the meeting by advising the council he had the contract for the Stormwater project in hand from the Department of Ecology (Ecology) and it was ready to be signed by the Mayor pending council approval. By signing the contract the Town can begin to incur costs to be covered by the grant and loan monies. The council approved the signage of the contract save for Councilpersons Paula Bell and Kathy White. Gay also advised... Full story
Preliminary recommendations for trail management of the current John Wayne Pioneer Trail from the Columbia River east to Malden have been drafted by the Washington State Parks. The Legislatures and public have presented an increased interest in the future of the trail the State Parks developed an Advisory Committee comprised of numerous special interest groups and are holding public forums for outside perspectives and suggestions. In December 2015 the first of these advisory committee meetings took place and since then there... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos will be moving on to the Regional Tournament in Spokane on May 21 after winning two loser out games on May 10. After entering the District Tournament at number five the Lady Broncos were matched up against Tekoa-Rosalia. This game took place at Mary Walker High School and was the first of their two contests for the day. Emma Aldrich took to the mound in this game and held Tekoa-Rosalia to seven hits with just three walks and a total of five strikeouts. LRS had 13 hits and were able to...
The Ritzville City Council met on May 3 where numerous presentations took place. The first order of business was the swearing in of Michelle Plumb as Council Member five at large to replace Ben Cross, who recently resigned his post. The Boy Scout Troop 888, under the leadership of Bill Banner, received recognition for presenting the colors on Friday, April 29, during an Arbor Day celebration at the Ritzville City Park. Melinda Kiel’s Webelo Cub Scout group each received a certificate of appreciation for their recent r...
In November the Ritzville Public Library started a new program aimed at adults, Creative Corner. This is normally held on the third Saturday of each month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and features a different craft for adults to make and take home. Library Director Kylie Fullmer began receiving inquiries from library patrons about how to make the decorations located at the library. Fullmer saw an interest from the community and created the Creative Corner classes for adults to learn...
The regular meeting of the Lind Town Council took place on April 26 beginning with a report from Town Engineer Alan Gay who is contracted through Stantec in regards to the ongoing Stormwater Project. Gay began by discussing uses for monies left on grants the town has received. The first grant was received from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDARD) to be used for improvements on water systems. His suggestion for the best use of the funds is to purchase a system to automate the meter readings... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague fastpitch softball team finished their regular season 9-9 and in fifth place. They will be playing in the first round of the District Tournament on May 10 in Springdale. The team will face either Tekoa-Rosalia or Wilbur in a loser out contest. To prepare for Districts, Head Coach Todd O’Brien is focusing on honing the teams pitching skills and making good choices on the base path. The Lady Broncos played in two doubleheaders last week and were able to win two of the games. Their first was against S... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague baseball team finished their season last week with two final doubleheaders on April 26 and April 30. Head Coach Jason Aldrich and Assistant Coach Jason Hilzer were both very impressed with the team’s progress over the course of the season. With the amount of youth on the team their learning curve was steep but major improvements were made from each and every player on the field. Their first doubleheader of last week was against the Liberty Lancers on Tuesday. They were unable to offensively compete...
The Ritzville City Council met on Tuesday, April 19, with new technological improvements made to improve future meetings. Two televisions are mounted to the wall so when presentations are used one will face the audience and the other faces the council members. New microphones and a speaker system were additionally installed to improve the audience’s ability to hear the council during the meetings. The meeting began with the approval of the consent agenda, which included the acceptance of the agenda, the April 5 meeting m...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos golf team participated in four matches within the last three weeks. The first took place at the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course on March 29 at 2 p.m. Results from this match are currently unavailable. The golfers then had a week with no matches due to Spring Break. On April 12 they traveled to Fairways Golf Course for a match hosted by Northwest Christian. For some of the Broncos it was their first 18-hole match, which Head Coach Nick... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos are working on playing their last games before they enter the District Tournament on May 10. They had just one league doubleheader last week against the Reardan Lady Indians at home on Tuesday, April 19. In the first game, the Lady Broncos fought hard for their 7-6 win over the Lady Indians. Reardan led 3-2 in the first inning and scored two more runs before the fifth inning. In the sixth inning the Lady Broncos brought home two runners...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos have worked to finish their last regular games by showing off all they have learned from this season. They started the week strong in a doubleheader against the Reardan Indians on Tuesday, April 19. They were able to take the first game with a final score of 14-1 after a strong five innings. The Broncos scored in each inning and brought in six runners in the bottom of the second. Easton Nelson pitched and Bryce Hansen was behind the plate. In...
On April 12 the Lind Town Council met at their regular time for the first meeting of the month. The meeting began with the approval of the check warrants. Because of the glitch in the Bias Software used there were three additional checks from previous weeks to be approved. A project pay request was also approved by the Council in the amount of $6,866.44 for the recent sprinkler work completed at the Lind Town Park by Skone Irrigation. The funds for this project came from grant funds the Town has from the Department of... Full story
The Adams County Republican Party hosted the 2016 Lincoln Day Dinner on Saturday, April 16, at the American Legion Hall in Ritzville. There were approximately 100 people in attendance. The evening began at 5 p.m. with a Social Hour for all attendees to meet with Republican Candidates of Washington and peruse the selection of auction items. Randy Flyckt, Chair of the Adams County Republican Central Committee welcomed all the attendees and introduced the Master of Ceremonies Gar...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos were given a bye during last week and only played one doubleheader against the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves on April 16. The game began slowly with the score tied 1-1 heading into the top of the fifth inning. Easton Nelson was on the mound for the entire game and threw 94 pitches. Nelson struck out eight batters, walked two, gave up just five hits and only allowed one earned run. Head Coach Jason Aldrich stated Nelson came up big in this outing and was quite efficient with his pitch count.... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos played three doubleheaders last week and currently have a 6-6 record. They are currently ranked sixth in the Northeast 2B League. Head Coach Todd O’Brien stated the team will need to win another few games to secure their spot in the district playoffs, which take place on May 10 and May 17. Their first game on Tuesday, April 12, was on the road against Davenport. Coach O’Brien was pleased with the way the team played in both of the games against the Lady Gorillas. The first game end... Full story
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall will be visiting Ritzville on April 16. Governor Jay Inslee appointed Marshall to the position in February. He is also the recipient of the Washington State Book Award for his poetry collection “Bugle”. On Saturday, April 16, Marshall will hold a poetry workshop followed by a reading at the Ritzville Public Library beginning at 10 a.m. The Friends of the Library held their quarterly meeting and...
The Ritzville City Council meeting took place on April 5 and began with an hour-long executive session with Attorney Milt Rowland in regards to the Well 9 project. The meeting opened with Rowland asking the council to pass Resolution 2016-05, which outlines a declared emergency in which the citizens of Ritzville are in need of a reliable well before mid-summer. The resolution states the City Engineer is to work with the legal counsel to select a responsible contractor to complete the Well 9 Pump Station Project. The goal is t... Full story
Former United States Highway 10 is an east-west highway built in 1926. It was one of the original long-haul highways and originated in Detroit, Michigan and extended to Seattle. In Adams County, Highway 10 enters the county near Sprague Lake at the Lincoln County line and continues through Ritzville along First Avenue before it exits at the Grant County line. It became obsolete with the building of Interstate 90 in 1968. During the March 28 meeting of the Adams County Commissi...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague baseball team competed against the undefeated Colfax Bulldogs on April 9, and proved to be a tough competitor for their opponent. The Broncos were able to force Colfax into playing through seven innings in both games of the doubleheader. In the first game Easton Nelson took to the mound. Head Coach Jason Aldrich said he threw a few wild pitches in the first two innings but settled down to pitch effectively for innings three through six. In those...
The Lady Broncos were able to push ahead to win their first game of the day on April 9 when they faced the Colfax Lady Bulldogs at noon on their home field. The two teams were evenly matched and showed this through the back and forth scoring that took place during the doubleheader. Colfax took an early 2-0 lead in the first but by the top of the sixth the score was tied 7-7. Both teams brought in one runner in the sixth inning and Colfax brought in two in the top of the...
Residents may have been wondering about changes happening to the building located at 408 West First Avenue in Ritzville over the past few months. A new coat of paint on the previous Blue Bike building and the addition of a structure resembling a greenhouse have created much curiosity in the community. Resident’s questions have been answered with the coming Grand Opening of Boxwood Home and Garden on April 9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Husband and wife duo, Aimee Guiles and Dave B...