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The Washington Flying Farmers and Big Bend Community College is sponsoring a Pilot’s Safety Seminar on Saturday, Feb. 8, in Moses Lake. The seminar is free and will be held at BBCC Flight Training Center Building 3000 at Grant County International Airport. The seminar is open to all pilots or anyone interested in flying. It will qualify for three credits for the Wings Program and the flying farmer’s ground school portion of the APT Program. The instructors are Bob Clarke from Wenatchee and John Swedburg Chief Flight Instructo...
The monthly meeting of the Keystone Battery/Tennessee Burroughs organization is Feb. 16 at the home of Ron and Laura Evans, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Any individual interested in joining is welcome to attend or call with questions at 659-0594. This is the monthly meeting for the Ritzville Civil War Unit, who typically meets on the third Sunday of the month. The Evans’ home is located at 505 East Third Avenue in Ritzville....
Ray Bernard, 1969 graduate of Ritzville High School, will once again be involved with March Madness, as Washington State University is hosting the men’s second and third round games at the Spokane Arena on March 20 and March 22. This will be Bernard’s eighth NCAA Tournament as the Public Address (PA) announcer. He previously had worked for WSU at men’s NCAA tournaments at the Spokane Arena in 2007 and 2010, and women’s regionals in 2008, 2011 and 2013. He has also announced women’s first and second round NCAA games while wor...
Cameron Kiesz of Ritzville has been named to the Fall 2013 honor roll at Spokane Community College. To receive honor roll status, students must earn a 3.0 grade point average or higher. Kiesz is a 2011 graduate of Ritzville High School....
The Lind and Ritzville School Districts have received a $30,000 grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to purchase and install flashing beacon lights in the school zones. The signs have been purchased and eight lights have been installed in both communities. With the work completed, the school district can now be reimbursed by WTSC. The School Zone Flashing Light Grants cover the total cost of the project. The signs were installed by custodial and transportation staff in both districts. Lind-Ritzville School... Full story
Area residents are welcome to use the new all-weater track at the Jimmie Snider Field sports complex at Lind-Ritzville High School. Athletic Director Greg Whitmore said community members can use it at any time for walking, jogging, running and various exercise routines. Those using the track can gain entrance to the facility alongside the grandstands where the ticket booth is located. Whitmore asks that people use the outside lanes of the track. During actual track meets lanes No. 1 and No. 2 are used the most by athletes...
Megan Wills, former Lind resident, stands with her family in front of the Seahawks RV designed by her fiance Jae Gomez. The RV is packed with fan memorabilia and has drawn a lot of positive attention with the Seahawks winning season this year. The dedicated Seahawk fans were selected as the KVEW TV Family Fans for the 30-foot motor home design and decor. Gomez is also credited for the photo of Richard Sherman/Tom Brady titled “U Mad Bro,” which gained recognition last yea... Full story
An estimated 170 people attended the 15th Annual Pheasants Forever Auction. Aaliyah Yaeger displays auction item for bidders.... Full story
The AAUW, Page Turners and Ritzville Public Library book clubs have announced the meeting dates for the month of February. The AAUW Book Club is reading “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” by Khaled Hosseini. The group is meeting at The Ritz Roadhouse on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m. The Page Turners Book Club, for children between the ages of eight and 12, are reading “My Side of the Mountain,” by Jean Craighead George. The group is meeting on Feb. 12 in the Ritzville Public Library basement at 4 p.m. The Ritzville Public Library...
At Lind-Ritzville Middle School, learning is a busy highway that just rounded the corner into third quarter. With all of the traffic, the Lind-Ritzville Middle School and Lind Grade School buildings are looking a bit worse for the wear. This February, Lind School District’s special election is looking to pass a 15-year, four million dollar bond that would pay for construction and renovations that would make the highway of learning more efficient for the students to travel along. Lind School District’s facilities bond is pro...
The David L. and Francis G. Ray Scholarship is now available for students in the local school districts. To apply for the scholarship, students must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0, and applications are due by April 1. Gerald Ray’s family roots run deep in Ralston and its surrounding communities. His parents, David L. and Frances G. Ray, owned a small farm in Washtucna. They also owned a grocery store there, and another one in Ralston, next to the Ralston Grange Hall. Jerry Ray was born in the back of that g...
The LRMS students with the top patriotic essays were recognized by the local VFW branch and are, from left, Quartermaster Dave Niles, English teacher Rita Fryberger, Lacey Miller, Tessa O’Brien, Emma Aldrich, Tamara Wolf, Haley Kulm, Sharon Anderson, Rachel Nygren, Haley Bogart and Commander Robert Reynolds. Not pictured: Lauren Ellis. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
Students from Lind-Ritzville Middle School and Ritzville Grade School submitted essays to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Sergeant Gerald A. Kulm Post No. 11446 for the annual writing contest. The Patriot’s Pen contest at the middle school focused on: What patriotism means to me. Fifth grade students at Ritzville Grade School composed essays answering the question: My American hero is…? Members of the local VFW post judged the essays, and the winning essays moved on to the...
What could have been a simple school project has evolved into a large, and impressive, undertaking for students at Washtucna Schools during the past few months. The students have officially submitted House Bill 2119, a bill to officially designate Palouse Falls as the state waterfall. Five students stood in front of state legislators on Jan. 29 and testified at a hearing for the bill. The students were provided with two minutes to discuss why Palouse Falls should become the...
The boys’ basketball teams have each completed two games so far this season, with one win against Wilber-Creston and one loss against Davenport. The scores for the game against Davenport were: 22-34 for the A-team and 28-11 for the B-team. The coaches this year are Nicholas Weishaar and Steve Nygren. Weishaar is the coach for the A-team and Nygren is the coach for the B-team. The boys will travel to Spangle on Thursday to play against Liberty. The game starts at 4 p.m. Come support the Lind-Ritzville/Lamont Bulldogs and c...
The Lady Tigercats battled to earn their first league win over the weekend and fell just short in games against Rosalia and Garfield-Palouse. The Lady Tigercats faced Touchet on Tuesday night, and again came up short from ending the win. On Friday night the Lady Tigercats went on the road to face Rosalia and returned home with a 45-22 loss to the Lady Spartans. After a close match in the first half, the Lady Spartans outscored the Lady Tigercats 26-13 in the second half, securing the league win for Rosalia. The Lady...
Now well into the second half of the season, the Tigercats battled in rematches against Rosalia and Garfield-Palouse over the weekend, before facing Touchet on Tuesday. The Tigercats enjoyed victory over Rosalia, but fell to the league’s top ranked team, Garfield-Palouse, on Saturday. The Tigercats continued on to play Touchet and earned a league win in overtime. The Tigercats traveled to Rosalia, and taking the on the road win from the team who had defeated the Tigercats earlier this season helped make the victory a little s...
In three league games at home, the Lady Broncos gather two wins as they march ahead, preparing for post season play. Tuesday they fell to Northwest Christian, 52-34. Prior to that they handled Liberty on Friday, 46-34 and pummeled Davenport on Saturday, 55-35. Against Davenport, Jenna Bennett led the team scoring with 16 points. Dalyn Killian kicked in nine points. Felicia Ziemer, Tommi Swannack and Tessa Jantz each scored six. Mallory Kessler added five points and Sydney Nelson had two. LRS racked up a 17-12 lead at the end...
The Broncos have latched on to second place and will not let go. With just one regular season game remaining, they are 16-2 overall, and 11-2 in league and looking forward to an extended tournament run. Tuesday night they dismantled Northwest Christian on senior night, 77-64, complete with a last second 3-pointer by Steven Ulrich. Saturday Davenport fell victim to the Broncos assault on the hoop, 63-39. And the night before that, the scrappy Liberty Lancers went down in... Full story
For the first time, the Undeberg Invite will be held on its home track, rather than in Medical Lake or elsewhere. The event is set for Saturday, April 26. Field events will begin at 11 a.m. and running events at 11:45 a.m. The plan is to hold the event annually in the future on the last Saturday of April. The enormous high school track meet, hosted by Lind-Ritzville Schools, is popular with the region’s high schools and attracts hundreds of athletes, coaches, family members a... Full story
The day we were all hoping for last September is fast approaching. Some of you will not be able to sleep Saturday night. That’s because Super Bowl Sunday featuring the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos will be on a vast majority of the fans minds in the Pacific Northwest. There are several big stories that have been brought up early in the week such as: “If Peyton Manning wins his second Super Bowl will he retire?” or “He is already a shoo-in for Hall of Fame but can he...
With the ongoing debate about income inequality and increasing the minimum wage, it’s important to revisit the basics. In order to demand a wage increase, you must first have a job. In order to have a job, someone must create that job. In order to create that job, someone must start a business. But now, when our economy desperately needs more jobs, a major study shows that starting a business in the U.S. is more difficult than ever. The study by the World Bank and the International Finance Corp. ranked 189 nations on how e... Full story
Jan. 18, 9:36 p.m. – An anonymous caller advised he had received third hand information of a vehicle going off the road at East Rosenoff and North Jantz Roads. The caller advised it had happened two hours prior to calling the Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Ned Bernath arrived at the local and observed an unoccupied vehicle parked in a wide area of the shoulder well off the side of the travel portion of the roadway. It appeared the vehicle had slid off the road, drove back on and parked. Jan. 18, 7:52 p.m. – Deputy Bernath was a... Full story
Ninth District, Senate Republican Leader The second week of our eight-week legislative session wrapped up last week. The Senate’s 12 policy committees are going at full speed, considering they’re already halfway through the time allowed for taking action on Senate legislation. The two budget committees, which have until Feb. 11 to move Senate bills forward, will shift into high gear next week. I wouldn’t have guessed that the minimum wage in our state would be a hot-button issue in this year’s legislative session, but the...
The Lind Town Council meeting time remains as 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at Lind Town Hall. Due to a misprint in the Lind Lions Club calendar, there has been some confusion, but council members would like to inform the public meeting times will continue to be at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Lind Town Hall at 677-3241. Town hall is located at 116 1/2 West Second in Lind....