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The Washtucna Lions Club is hosting New Year’s Eve bingo on Dec. 31 at the Washtucna Lions Den on Main Street. The annual event begins at 7 p.m. and serves as an opportunity to celebrate bringing in the New Year with an evening of fun. Refreshments are available to purchase. Bingo is one of the Lions Club’s fundraisers, with proceeds used for projects in the community. For more information, contact Jim Whitman at 551-1035....
The Ritzville Gun Club annual trap shoot season begins Sunday, Jan. 5, with a meeting and voting at the Gun Club....
District will tackle mandated electrical upgrade first Hospital district officials have faced a challenging process during the past year in an attempt to improve the facilities the district uses to provide local healthcare and emergency services. The failure of a general obligation bond last August was immediately followed by both the state and federal governments citing the district for an aging, failing and unsafe electrical system, and for the lack of a fire suppression sprinkler system on the main floor of the hospital...
The Lind School Board of Directors unanimously voted to move forward with placing a Maintenance and Operation (M&O) and a 15-year general obligation bond on the upcoming special election ballot during the regular meeting on Dec. 23. The two-year M&O levy replaces the current levy, while the bond is being placed on the ballot to attend to the more immediate and crucial improvement needs at the schools. Superintendent Rob Roettger explained the two schools in the Lind district are facing multiple maintenance issues, and the cos...
Charles Sackmann, MD, will continue to work part time for Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2. Sackmann signed a one-year extension of the current arrangement with the district to serve as an emergency room physician for the district. Hospital district CEO Gary Bostrom told the board of commissioners on Thursday, Dec. 19, that Sackmann was opting to continue the existing agreement. Bostrom had offered a full time contract with the district.... Full story
The Ritzville Public Library has recently received a Pushing the Limits grant, funded by the National Science Foundation, in the amount of $2,500. The grant was awarded to 75 small, rural libraries throughout the nation. The $2,500 grant is used for the library staff members to put on a four-month long series of discussions based around books with a science theme. Each month, the participants will read one of the provided books and then have a discussion led by Ritzville Library Director Kylie Fullmer and a local STEM... Full story
The past 12 months were a busy time in the area. The headlines for the year were a mix of the good, bad and unexpected. Here is a look back at the new headlines that appeared in The Journal in 2013. January A rather unique changing of the guard occurred in the Adams County Superior Court when Judge Richard “Dick” Miller ended his tenure in the swearing in ceremony where he passed the gavel to his brother, Brian Miller. Brian was successfully elected into the role of sup... Full story
The Dec. 20 multiple vehicle wreck on Interstate 90 was a harrowing experience for many motorists. The injured, walking wounded and even those just stranded by the experience were tended to by an impressive local team of emergency services personnel, many of whom are volunteers – firefighters and emergency medical technicians. Fire District 5 sent 12 firefighters in five different rigs to the accident scene and to do traffic control away from the scene. Three more crew members...
Finding a new, full time physician for the hospital district will be one of CEO Gary Bostrom’s priorities in 2014. Bostrom has been negotiating with several physician recruitment services in recent weeks, looking to retain the agency or agencies that will best serve the district’s needs. He’s also attempting to complete the recruitment effort on a tight budget of $30,000. In negotiations with four recruiters, Bostrom has tentatively retained two companies. The district needs to acquire a full time physician during the comin...
Friday’s road trip to St. John-Endicott proved to be a major mismatch in basketball as the LRS Broncos rolled to an 82-14 win in the nonleague tilt. The game served as a scoring milestone for point guard Dylan Hartz. He crossed the career 1,000-point scoring mark on Friday night, adding another top accomplishment to his storied high school career. “He’s done it pretty early in his senior year so he will have a good grand total when he’s finished,” head coach Dustan Arlt said. Arlt is among the elite group of Ritzville...
The Tigercats competed in the annual Dayton Tournament last Friday and Saturday, and returned home with one win and one loss. The Tigercats faced the home team, Dayton, on Friday night before moving on in the bracket to match up again Wahkiakum on Saturday. The LWK Tigercats pushed the Dayton match up into over time on Friday night and after trailing for the majority of the game, the Tigercats took a 54-50 win over Dayton. Head coach Mike Stubbs said the team trailed the entire game by single digit margins, but finally took t...
With Jenna Bennett leading the team scoring Friday and Saturday night, the LRS Lady Broncos recorded a pair of nonleague wins during the Christmas week. Friday at St. John-Endicott the Lady Broncos picked up a 38-32 win. “It’s a team we played close last year but couldn’t quite beat them,” said head coach John Galbreath. “It took us two quarters to get going but we were able to put together two nice short runs in the second half. One to take the lead and another to extend our lead. It was a good road victory for us albeit no...
The LWK Lady Tigercats competed in the Dayton Tournament last weekend and suffered two more non-league losses at the holiday tourney. The Lady Tigercats faced Dayton Friday night before returning to the court Saturday afternoon to play Asotin. After a scoreless first quarter against Dayton, the Lady Tigercats quickly picked up the pace and put six points on the scoreboard in the second quarter. The Lady Tigercats went into halftime trailing Dayton, 26-6. The Lady Tigercats continue to struggle with getting shots to fall this... Full story
On Tuesday, Dec. 17, the LRS Broncos wrestling team traveled to Reardan for a league match. Three wrestlers competed there. Karl Hawks wrestled at 195 pounds. He wrestled Kameron Danforth of Davenport and lost by pin. Next up was Matt Vercoe at 220. He wrestled Devin Randel of Wilbur- Creston/Keller. Vercoe won by pin in the first period. He then went against Erick Sackett of Davenport and ended up losing by pin. Layne Hawks at 285, wrestled Randy Bohnet of WCK and won by pin. He then wrestled Heiko Birkel of Reardan and... Full story
For the varsity volleyball players, Jana Mattox received the Most Improved and Dalyn Killian, Most Valuable Player....
At the LRS volleyball awards banquet, the JV award recipients were Kallie Harder, Most Improved; Felicia Ziemer, Most Improved; Holly Nygren, Bronco Pride; and Emily Boutain, Bronco Pride.... Full story
My wife and I’ve received a fair amount of Christmas cards this year. Several of them have also had a letter about the year the sender and their family had. Most of the information is pretty good stuff. But there are a few items that can make one a bit sad. You know like a death in the family or a break up of couples, those types of things. Well, we didn’t do a letter this year. I guess a lot of it has to do with the fact that we seem to be a month late with our lives. I’m...
The New Year is traditionally a time for reflection and renewal. A shiny new year lies ahead, full of promise. The New Year is a time when people pledge to change their lives: lose weight, stop smoking, be a better parent, work harder, work less. Regardless of your situation, the New Year holds the opportunity for a fresh start. Our nation needs a fresh start. We are now entering the fifth year of the economic “recovery,” the slowest on record since the Great Depression. While there have been sporadic fits and starts of imp...
At 12:46 p.m. on Friday (Dec. 20), the alert went out for a multi-vehicle, multi-injury accident on I-90. Within less than a minute, an ambulance and a rescue unit were on the street. Again, the call went out for more help and by 1 p.m., three more ambulances and five fire/rescue trucks were in route. Over the next hours under the command of Rural Chief Scott Kembel and EMS Coordinator Roni Kinney, all the people needing help were removed and transported to East Adams Rural Hospital. There, Brenda Herr, CNO and her staff...
Through you, I am writing an open letter to the citizens of Ritzville. I would be grateful if you can share it with your readers without needing to edit it down too much. My wife and I started a journey from our Spokane area home to Yakima last Friday, Dec. 20. We were traveling to visit a couple of our grandchildren for an early Christmas celebration. However, we never made it… We became just two of the many unfortunate victims of the massive chain reaction collision in the westbound lanes of I-90, about seven miles east o...
Mayor Linda Kadlec presents John Rankin with a Historical Preservation Award. Rankin is the president of the Ritzville Downtown Development Association. The RDDA is the owner of the Ritz Theatre and Rankin is spearheading the efforts to renovate and reopen the theater. The award states: “For your dedication and service on the restoration of the Ritz Theatre.... Full story
Cecilia Monica Kathleen Talley was born to Errol and Karin Talley of Chicago at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Dec. 22 at 1:25 p.m. Cecilia weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 19 inches long. She joins her older brother Erik at home. Paternal grandparents are Jerry and Jan Talley of Ritzville and Kathy and Jeff Wallace of Puyallup. Maternal grandparents are Bo and Monica Nilsson of Stockholm, Sweden.... Full story
Alvin C. Kletke died Dec. 23 in Spokane. A full obit and Graveside Service will be announced and published in the near future. Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville is entrusted with the arrangements....
Robert “Bob” K. Tracy died on Dec. 23 in Spokane. A celebration of life and full obituary will be announced and published in the near future. Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville is entrusted with the arrangements....
Violet Jeane Scheller Rushmeier died on Dec. 26 in Puyallup, Wash. Violet was born March 22, 1928, 16 miles west of Ritzville to George and Rose Scheller. She graduated from Ritzville High School in 1945 and became a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Rose Scheller, husband C. Lloyd and her daughter Nancy Grzybinski. She is survived by her children Randy (Bonnie) Scheller, Richard (Christine) Scheller, Loren (Tina) Scheller, Larry (Patricia)... Full story