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SPOKANE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos football season ended Saturday afternoon, Nov. 20, with a 54-15 loss to the Onalaska Loggers at Gonzaga Preparatory School. "They were the better team," Broncos Coach Greg Whitmore said following the game. "Our kids came out and played really well for a quarter-and-a-half. Midway through the second quarter, Onalaska's size, physicality and experience took over on both sides of the ball." Onalaska received the opening kick-off and w...
RITZVILLE – The Adams County Commission expected to open bids for the lease of 34 acres adjacent to the County Fairgrounds in Othello during its Nov. 15 meeting. But no bids were received. The property was granted to the county, and under the terms, cannot be sold. It is occasionally used for overflow parking during the fair, officials said. It is in the interest of the county to have a tenant use the land during the growing season to control weeds, officials said. With no bids, the board decided to re-advertise the lease. T...
SPOKANE — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos will play the Onalaska Loggers in the state 2B football playoff quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 20. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. at Gonzaga Prepatory School, 1224 E. Euclid Ave. The No. 5-seeded Loggers (5-5, 3-2 in league) enter the game after beating the River View (Finley) Panthers, 62-8, in the opening round of the 2B football playoffs, Nov. 13, at Tiger Stadium in Centralia. The undefeated Broncos (9-0) are coming off a bye week as the N...
LIND – Slim’s Tavern may be one of the 10 oldest bars in the state, operating under one name in one building. According to research by Peter Andrijeski of Seattle, original owner Slim Nichols opened the establishment at 101 N. I St. in 1912. The bar was purchased by the only other owner, Floyd “Skip” Thompson, from the Nichols family in 1975. Perhaps the most famous of the 10 oldest is The Brick, opened in 1898 in the town of Roslyn. The Brick served as a backdrop for many scenes in the TV series “Northern Exposure,...
RENTON - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos boys football team has been selected Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 2B Team of the Month for October. Meanwhile, the No. 4-ranked Broncos will face No. 5-ranked Onalaska in a state playoff this week. The game time, day and location had yet to be determined at press time. The team, which had a bye last week, was selected as a team on the month for players’ performances, dedication in the classroom and service to the community. “After being picked preseason to fin...
YAKIMA - The playoff run for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna girls volleyball team ended Friday morning, Nov. 12, with a 3-1 loss to No. 11 seed Adna. The Broncos won the first set 25-17, but lost the next three 23-25, 17-25 and 23-25. The Broncos began the playoffs as the No. 10 seed on Thursday morning, Nov. 11, with a 3-1 loss to No. 7 Raymond. Three of the four sets were extremely close, with the second set requiring an extra point. The scores were 25-23, 24-26,...
HATTON – The Adams County Canvassing Board was set to meet Monday Nov. 15, to review ballots in which write-in candidates appear to be winning three contested races in this small town of 104 residents. Due to upgrades at the press plant, the newspaper went to press before the board met. Last week, county Auditor Heidi Hunt confirmed write-in candidates are leading the races for mayor, and Town Council positions Nos. 1 and 3. According to Elections Administrator Jacque Laird, three write-in declarations have been received i...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna varsity girls volleyball team won a berth in the state Class 2B tournament Nov. 3 by beating Liberty (Spangle) in 5 sets. Set scores are 17-25, 25-22, 25-20, 18-25 and 15-8. "This was the toughest match of season because it was such a pivotal game" Coach Cari Galbreath said. "Liberty is always tough. We trusted what works." Sophomore Megan Melcher ended the match with consecutive serves that Liberty could not return. "Two a...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos boys football team is headed to the state Class 2B playoffs. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos beat the Manson Trojans, 41-0, in a rare Saturday afternoon, Nov. 6, football game at Jimmie Snider Field. Manson – with promising freshman quarterback Vince Strecker – was fresh off its tiebreaker win over Tonasket last Tuesday night . But the Trojans were no match for the Broncos in the District 6/ 7 crossover play-in game, which would send one team to th...
RITZVILLE – Adams County elected officials met in a forum, Nov. 3, to discuss budgeting for the upcoming year. Commissioner Jay Weise asked elected officials to prepare short presentations ahead of the public budget hearing to go over their requests. Public hearings have not yet been scheduled, but are expected to take place in early December. Commissioner Dan Blankenship discussed the importance of handling public record requests. “These are potential time bombs,” Blankenship said. Prosecuting Attorney Randy Flyckt empha...
LIND – Late-arriving ballots counted Friday, Nov. 5, by Adams County Auditor’s Office election staff appear to have led to the ousting of a sitting councilman. After the revised county, the Town Council Position No. 1 race has challenger London Dew in the lead. Dew trailed Tuesday evening, Nov. 2, after the initial tally, but now leads incumbent Rosemary Elkington by 15 votes, 106 to 91. In other races: Lind In the mayoral race, incumbent Paula Bell has a 6-vote lead over challenger Jamie Schmunk, 100 to 94. For Position No....
LIND - UPDATE 11/5 - The number of ballots counted in Lind Mayor and City Council races nearly doubled in three days. Incumbent Paula Bell has a 6 vote lead over challenger Jamie Schmunk, 100 to 94, in the race for Lind Mayor. The Council Position 1 race has changed in favor of challenger London Dew, who trailed Tuesday evening, but now leads incumbent Rosemary Elkington by 15 votes, 106 to 91. For position 2 Mike Wold still leads, but by only 11 votes over Sheri Marlin 102-93. For postion 3 Laura Dew now holds a commanding...
RITZVILLE - UPDATE 11/5 - In the Ritzville Mayoral race Linda Kadlec has extended her lead over challenger Dennis Chamberlain 375 to 172. Chamberlain publicly conceded on social media, Friday, November 5th. In the race for the 2-year at large council position Marsha Reimers Smith extended her lead over incumbent Mark Weigand by 3 votes, and now leads 265 to 244. ------------------ NOVEMBER 2 - Former 2-term mayor Linda Kadlec has apparently won election to the Mayor’s Office, outpolling Councilman Dennis R Chamberlain 304 t...
RITZVILLE – There is some irony to the makeup of the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna football coaching staff this year, irony which has some long-time local fans thinking back and looking ahead. It was 2004 when the Lind-Ritzville Broncos, then an athletic combine, went unbeaten and won the state football championship in a late-game comeback, beating the DeSales (Walla Walla) Irish, 25-21. There have been unbeaten teams since, along with back-to-back state championships over...
RITZVILLE — The Broncos girls opened the Northeast 2B district tournament by sweeping the Crusaders on Monday night, Nov. 1, at home in Gilson Gymnasium. The No. 2 seed Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna topped Northwest Christian (Colbert) in straight sets, 25-11, 25-10 and 25-18. The Broncos never trailed in any set. Dakota Killian had a good night blocking in the middle. Following the match head Coach Cari Galbreath said, “This was fun. We stayed steady and controlled the game.” She went on to say “we were not distrac...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Broncos begin the post season with a home crossover “play in” game later this week. The undefeated Broncos, the No. 1 seed from the Northeast 2B league (District No. 7), will host the fourth-place team from District No. 6 in North-Central Washington. The winner will advance to the state playoffs. The opponent of that game will be either the Tonasket Tigers (3-4 overall, 2-4 in league) or the Manson Trojans (3-5 overall, 1-4 in league). They face off for the second time this...
RITZVILLE – Ritzville Grade School, 401 E. Sixth Ave., hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for upgraded playground equipment last week. The upgrades were made possible by donations from Clearway Energy and the Big Bend Electric Caring Neighbors program. Clearway Energy Group operates the wind farm at Rattlesnake Flats, 20 miles south of the city. Caring Neighbors is a non-profit entity established by Big Bend Electric Co-op. The five member volunteer board reviews applications a...
RITZVILLE – Superintendent Don Vanderholm announced a $523,919 distance learning grant, from the US Department of Agriculture. The grant funding will bring telecommunications equipment and high-speed Internet to schools in the district, and expand College In the Classroom programs, share teacher resources, expand professional development, remote learning capabilities, and begin offering students and community members’ access to telemedicine opportunities. Proposed hub/end-user sites for this project will be the Lind Ele...
RITZVILLE – More than 20% of Lind-Ritzville School District staff have received an exemption from the governor’s coronavirus get-shot-or-get-fired mandate. During a meeting of the Lind and Ritzville school boards last week, Superintendent Don Vanderholm reported on the number of employees who opted to get one of the three experimental inoculations and the number who did not. For the purpose of the report, Vanderholm said staff was divided into two groups, in-classroom staff and in-building staff. In-building includes sta...
RITZVILLE – In an unusual election twist, voters in both Lind and Ritzville will decide mayoral races on Tuesday, Nov. 2. In another unusual twist, both races include former two-term mayors, neither of whom currently hold elected office. The regular election cycle for Lind has the mayoral seat up for election in 2021. But in Ritzville, a two-year unexpired term of former Mayor Gary Cook has Ritzville electing a city leader, as well. Ritzville will have another mayoral election in 2023. In Lind, incumbent Paula Bell is c...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Lind-Ritzville/Spargue/Washtucna cross country runners competed in Plantes Ferry Park at the District 7 1B/2B Championship meet on Friday, Oct. 2 Three of the four local runners set personal record times. In the boys race, Eli Michels placed 29th out of 96 runners, with a time of 18:14. Caleb Heater placed 58th with a personal best time of 20:16, and Brix Curtis placed 76th with a time of 21:25, also a personal best. In girls varsity, Maeve Korthius, an e...
KETTLE FALLS – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna girls varsity volleyball team defeated Kettle Falls in straight sets Oct. 23. Set scores were 25-20, 25-15 and 25-18. Dakota Killian had 10 kills and 7 blocks in the winning effort. Amalia Court had 8 assists and 6 digs. The Broncos (7-4) close out the regular season in a non-league contest at Columbia (Burbank) on Wednesday, Oct.27. The Broncos will host a first-round District 7 match at 6 p.m. Nov. 1 in Gilson Gym. The opponent for that match is to be d...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Broncos won the Northeast 2B league football title Friday, Oct. 22, after crusing the Asotin Panthers, 47-0. "This is a great win for the kids" Coach Greg Whitmore said. "This was the league championship win for us. We own all the tiebreakers. "We could be tied with Davenport, but we don't want to share." The scoring started early as Brody Boness scored on a 67-yard run, just 57 seconds into the game. At the 9:11 mark of the first quarter, Chase Galbreath added another t...
RITZVILLE – The City Council had a lengthy discussion on sewer lines at its regular meeting Oct. 19. Several properties in the vicinity of East Eighth Avenue have been experiencing sewer backups and flow problems, officials said. Mayor Linda Kadlec read a letter from one of the homeowners outlining the history of the line in question. In 1946, a home was constructed near what is now East Eighth Avenue. The homeowner requested to connect to city utilities, the letter read. A water connection was made, but because there was n...
RITZVILLE – The City Council reviewed 2022 lodging tax fund requests seeking a total of $187,918 during a special meeting Oct. 19. Lodging taxes are collected on overnight stays in hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, campgrounds and other short-term rentals. Under state law, The funds can be used for advertising and tourism-related amenities that draw visitors from more than 50 miles away. The largest two requesters are the city of and chamber of commerce. Best Western Bronco Inn General Manager Nichole Thiel addressed the c...