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Through a petition by landowners, the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District is having a special district-wide election for Feb. 8. All landowners within the district are encouraged to vote in the election. The special election is being held because the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Project (OGWRP) will add 87,000 acres of Columbia Basin Project surface water, which will be managed by the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District. With this addition, the board is in need of two landowners to represent the OGWRP. Landowners...
Local school districts in Adams County, and the Adams County Park and Recreation District No. 4 have placed propositions on the upcoming Feb. 13 Special Election ballot. Previously known as the Maintenance and Operation (M&O) levies, the Educational Programs and Operation levies are serving as replacement levies. Due to a change at the state level, all local school levies are $1.50 collection rate per $1,000 of assessed value, which is a decrease in collection amount for all local districts. For the Washtucna School...
The Lind Town Council appointed Myra Horton to the council during the Jan. 23 meeting. After a 15-minute executive session, council appointed Myra Horton to the vacant No. 4 Ward position. Horton took over the seat from Paula Bell, who resigned from her position after she was elected mayor. Prior to the executive session, Bell read Horton’s letter of interest for the council position. From 1989-2003, Horton was the Town’s clerk-treasurer, and is currently on the board for the Adams County Cemetery District No. 3 and pre...
A trade agreement between 11 countries could have a negative effect on United States’ wheat exports to Japan in the future. On Jan. 23 in Tokyo, Japan, the 11 in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) announced they had reached a deal on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The announcement came nearly one year after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the partnership. The trade agreenebt, which is expected to be signed in March, would allow Canada and Australia t...
The State Auditor’s Office presented the initial draft of the accountability audit to the Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 Board of Commissioners on Jan. 25. The Spokane-based audit team submitted the audit to the state for approval, where it will be publically published with the complete report, as well as information about the findings. The accountability audit is for the calendar years of 2015 and 2016. During the report, it was stated there were no exit items or findings, but there was one management letter. T...
JUNIOR CHEERLEADERS. A total of 67 junior cheerleaders took the court at Gilson Gym on Saturday, Jan. 27, to participate in the annual Junior Cheerleader night. This year’s theme was Cheertopia, and two groups performed during halftime of the varsity games. In the second through fifth grade group, Zoey Fannin had a blast performing with LRS cheerleader Morgan Lane. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
CHEERTOPIA. A total of 67 junior cheerleaders took the court at Gilson Gym on Saturday, Jan. 27, to participate in the annual Junior Cheerleader night. This year’s theme was Cheertopia, and two groups performed during halftime of the varsity games. In the kindergarten and first grade group (top left), junior cheerleaders Natalie Katsel (left) and Gabriella Reinholt enjoyed the choreography with their Lind-Ritzville/Sprague cheerleader Taylor Stromberger. -Journal photo by K...
My wife and I went to the movie Friday night, “Farmers for America.” It was a documentary that was well done and really informative. I didn’t get nostalgic and think that getting back into farming was going to be a goal for my future. I’m happy living on a farm but I don’t feel the need to produce another crop. After the movie was over, I saw an old friend Jim who was concerned that my column wasn’t in last week’s paper. I had to explain that I was at a game and got home late...
The Lind-Ritzville Middle School students came back from their two-week winter break excited to see friends and teachers. While most went home after school, the boys basketball team got ready for their first game three days after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The next week the boys were busy with three away games and the last game of the month on Monday, Jan. 29....
The legislative session in Olympia has reached the one-third mark already. The dozen Senate policy committees have one more week to take action on bills, then those of us serving on budget committees (I’m continuing to serve on Ways and Means) will have four additional days to finish working through the legislation referred to us. The bills we see will include proposals forwarded by the policy committees because they include costs that would affect the budget. The Senate’s new Democrat majority continues to move heavy-handed...
On Friday, Jan. 19, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators joined together and walked along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the 45th Annual March for Life. In full view of the Lincoln Memorial and the U.S. Capitol, and in the shadow of the Washington Monument, marchers raised their voices to show support for the cause of human life and dignity for every person, born or unborn. While marchers gathered outdoors, inside the House of Representatives, work was being accomplished on pro-life legislation. The House was...
It’s not good to be a North Korean guest worker these days. As part of stepped up sanctions against the rouge nation’s accelerated nuclear and ballistic missile development programs, countries around the world are expelling North Koreans. They are being sent back to an impoverished country, which continues to spend the bulk of its money on sophisticated weapons systems. North Korea is a nation where over 70 percent of its citizens have no electricity, over 125,000 are imprisoned, and food and jobs are scarce. Its dic...
“The original purpose of U.S. education was to shape citizens who share a common ideal and have the knowledge, skills and inclination to uphold the tenets of democracy,” explained Anna Saavedra, policy researcher at the Research And Development (RAND) Corporation. While the future success of America rides on the success of its school system, the relationship between education and government is one of interdependence: schools need the organization and support of legislation to improve the quality of American education just as...
John Packard Hughlett was born Nov. 22, 1930, in Wembo Nyama, Belgian Congo, to William and Violet Hughlett, missionaries to the African Continent. He spent his childhood in the Belgian Congo and Cocoa, Florida. Violet taught him in the early years; he then attended boarding schools for the rest of his primary education. The family journeyed back to Clearwater, Florida, in 1947, where John graduated high school in 1948. John attended Asbury College for one year; then, upon...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos are on the final stretch of the regular season, with only three games remaining until postseason competition. After a win against Tekoa-Rosalia and a loss to Asotin, the Broncos need to emerge victorious in the upcoming games to secure third place in league standings. The Broncos went on the road on Jan. 26 to face TR and returned home with a 72-44 victory. Head Coach Dustan Arlt said the Timberwolves are a tall and athletic team, which...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos basketball team added two more Northeast 2B South League wins on the path to the postseason. On Jan. 26, the Lady Broncos recorded a 62-47 league win against Tekoa-Rosalia. The next day they returned to Gilson Gym to defeat Asotin, 54-26. The victories against the Lady Timberwolves and Lady Panthers, bring LRS’ winning streak to four games. The Lady Broncos, who are 7-6 in league play and 9-7 overall, sit in third place in the NE 2B S...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos wrestling team finished their regular season with the Mix and Match event at Gilson Gym on Jan. 23 and the final South League match on Jan. 27 in Reardan. Six Bronco wrestlers competed in the Mix and Match contest. Jesse Ryan, wrestling at 132 pounds, went 1-1 for the day. In his first match, Ryan came back from a 5-4 deficit to pin Royal’s Miguel Acasta in the first period. He lost his second match to Royal’s Christian Calderon, who pin...
JAN MILLS takes a slice of cake from the tray of baked goods at the Ritzville Foursquare Church on Jan. 24. The event was put together as a way to say “thank you” to everyone who donated and participated in the community fund drive for the Fannin family to purchase a wheelchair accessible van for Zoey Fannin. -Journal photo by Al Stover...
The Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Annual Membership Meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 6-8 p.m. at the Best Western Bronco Inn. Members, and perspective members and volunteers, are invited to attend. The meeting will consist of an introduction of the board members, discussion the upcoming calendar of events and reviewing the 2018 budget. The meeting will also include learning about the value of branding, hearing about upcoming plans for promotion, and discussing board openings and volunteer opportunities....