Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter at Ritzville High School is partnering with Subway to deliver Subway sandwiches and platters the day of the Super Bowl, Sunday, Feb. 5. Since the FBLA chapter is in its first year, fundraising is key to continuing the chapter and allowing the members to attend various events. The FBLA officers are Taylor Murphy, Dustin Kommes, Sara Aldrich, Satchel Heinemann, Haley Oesteich and Mariah Kiel. Those students, along with other members, competed in the FBLA Regional...
The Ritzville chapter of the American Association of University Women scheduled a meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Casuela’s Grill. The no-host dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Speakers scheduled for this meeting are Rob Roettger, Superintendent of Lind and Ritzville schools, and Cheryl Henjum, Principal of Ritzville schools. They will discuss future visions for the schools.... Full story
The Adams County Noxious Weed Control Board will host its Annual Weed List Hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 1 p.m. in the Weed Board Office. The meeting is open for public comment. All Class A weeds must be added to the county list according to RCW 17.10. This year there is one addition, Oriental clematis, Clematis orientalis. This species is capable of forming dense infestations, which can out compete native shrubs and ground covers. It is currently found in Yakima County. A...
New board members act on previous campaign statements Three hospital district commissioners — Stacey Plummer, Jerry Snyder and Jeff Reynolds — followed through on campaign promises, and voted last Thursday to terminate the chief executive officer of East Adams Rural Hospital. Following a long discussion that often resembled a debate involving many opposing points of view from members of the audience, the board narrowly elected to proceed with the proposed termination of Mark Barglof. Kirk Danekas and Jerry Crossler opp... Full story
The Adams County Republican party announced the dates, times and locations for the Precinct Caucuses and the County Convention. The state sets the date and time for the county caucuses. The meeting is on March 3, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Adams County Public Works conference room. Precincts meeting at this location are Ritzville Ward One through Five, Ritzville Rural NW, Ritzville Rural SE, Batum, Benge, Washtucna City, Washtucna Rural, Ralston, Lind City, Lind Rural, Fairview and Schrag. The 2012 county convention...
The February general membership meeting of the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce features a representative of Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet). The meeting is Feb. 16 beginning at 12 pm. at Caseula’s Grill on Main Avenue. NoaNet is expanding its open-access broadband network, which currently totals more than 1,800 fiber miles across the state serving nearly 260,000 people in rural and underserved areas. Through federal grants, the non-profit broadband provider’s expansion reaches more than 170 communities and 2,0...
After a scare recently, where the City of Ritzville had only one operational ambulance for 10 days out of a two week period of time, hospital commissioners acted last Thursday to purchase a new ambulance. They voted unanimously in favor of purchasing a 2012 North Star ambulance from Braun Northwest, Inc., of Chehalis. The unit costs about $118,000 including sales tax. Ronni Kinney gathered bids from three companies. The Braun Northwest had the middle estimate, with the low bid coming in at $115,000. In this case, the... Full story
Tragedy strikes families in all different ways, and on Oct. 20, 1991, Sonya Elliott experienced the loss of loved one in a way she can never forget. Elliott and her fiancé, Mark Overholt, left their wedding shower in Spokane and started the trip back home. Neither made it home that day, because a train struck their car at the train crossing on Tokio Road near Ritzville. Overholt died instantly and the impact ejected Elliott from the vehicle, leaving her with extensive... Full story
Pheasants Forever’s hunter education and firearms safety class is set to begin in Lind. Classes are held at the Lind Gun Club beginning on Monday, Feb. 20, from 5-8 p.m. and continue all week, at the same time. Classes finish with a field course and range day live-fire on Saturday, Feb. 25, starting at 9 a.m. There is no fee to participate in the class and everyone is welcome. Any children under the age of 12 years old must have a parent or guardian attend with them. Hunter education classes are mandatory for everyone born a...
The Broncos wrestling program has spent the entire season preparing individual wrestlers for what comes next: the District Tournament. This year, the action plays out at Warden High School on Saturday, Feb. 4, beginning at 10 a.m. For the Broncos, the final three outings of the regular season have been tune ups for the tournament run, which culminates with the state wrestling tournament in Tacoma. On Saturday Jan. 28, the Broncos traveled to Reardan for a league match with teams from Liberty, Almira-Coulee/Hartline,... Full story
President Roosevelt started the Entitlement idea in 1935 with social security to help give people something to look forward to. The Great Depression, a time when people really knew what poverty was, had people really needing hope. Years passed and liberal political leaders brainstormed new ideas to give money to those unfortunate people who needed help, or thought they needed help. History tells us that many people do not hesitate to take handouts, even if they have to lie or cheat, to qualify for those handouts....
As part of her solution to the state’s projected budget shortfall, Governor Chris Gregoire has suggested a course of action for our state’s Critical Access Hospitals that will endanger the public health, cost the state millions in federal matching dollars, and may – in the end – result in several rural hospitals closing their doors to the public. Let us be clear, solving our state’s budget issues will be no easy task. The lack of sound fiscal decisions made by the majority party in Olympia, has combined with an international... Full story
Wednesday brought one of the most anticipated events of each session: Dairy Day, when dairy princesses from around our state come to the Capitol and hand out ice cream treats as a tasty reminder of how the dairy industry is such a vital part of our agricultural economy. Unfortunately, I missed out because I spent the lunch hour speaking to a group of city officials, including some from the 9th District. I’ll have to plan better next year! This week saw plenty of folks from in and around our district come by my office: u...
Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation and Parkinson’s Resource Center of Spokane, sponsor a monthly educational program on the second Monday of each month at 2 p.m. The next meeting is Monday, Feb. 13. The Parkinson’s TeleHealth Program broadcasts live, interactive educational talks to a network of rural communities in the Northwest. The guest speaker presents a topic geared toward the interests of Parkinson’s families. The information is designed to help participants to improve their knowledge of Parkinson’s disease and in tu... Full story
The deadline for the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Center for Quality Communities scholarship is March 1. Applications for the scholarship can be picked up at City Hall during regular business hours. The AWC Center for Quality Communities scholarship awards four $1,000 scholarships for high school seniors who are actively involved in their community and want to pursue post-secondary education. The Ritzville City Council decided to support this scholarship and allow students the opportunity to apply. Students who are... Full story
The Adams County Health Department services continue to be offered in Ritzville at 108 E. Main. Effective Feb. 1, the office is to be open to the public on Wednesdays only, from 8:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. These limited hours are a result of loss of funding and reduction in staffing. Public health staff continues to be available at the local phone number, (509) 659-3316, which reroutes to the Othello office. Environmental Health food worker classes are available at the Adams County Health Department in...
Every win is important this late in the season and the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos picked up two in three games. They defeated St. George’s last Friday at home, 48-45. Saturday Colfax dealt them a 56-40 loss on the road. To erase the memory of that loss, the Broncos shelled Springdale, 69-36 in Lind on Tuesday. Dylan Hartz led the scoring Tuesday with 19 points from the point guard’s position. Connor O’Neill played a key supporting role with 15 points. Drew Hartz turned in a strong post effort with 10 more. Brandon Knode...
The Tigercats played two regularly scheduled games and one rescheduled game last week. The Tigercats faced Colton, Touchet and St. John-Endicott, losing the first game against Colton, 39-65. Jed Zimmer led the Tigercats in scoring with a total of 15 points. Darcy Stamper scored seven points and Alec Fleming scored six points. Austin Summers scored five points and Sam Harder scored four points. Jim Hopkins rounded out the Tigercats total score with two points. The Patchen brothers from Colton, Dustin and Dalton, scored a...
The Lady Broncos needed a win. From coach Randy Heidenreich’s perspective, they need three consecutive wins to avoid having to play in a loser-out game at the start of the Bi-County Tournament. Tuesday night, the Lady Broncos achieved the first win, defeating Springdale 68-37 in a decisive victory. The win is a key start to the final leg of the regular season. The Lady Broncos host Kettle Falls this Saturday and then finish the schedule on the road next Tuesday at Liberty. Playing in Lind, the Lady Broncos rolled to a 2... Full story
The Lady Tigercats played three games last week, winning one against Touchet on Friday night. The Lady Tigercats first played Colton, and lost with a final score of 4-65. Anne Fleming and Logan Harder each scored two points for the Lady Tigercats. Colton’s post players, Paige Vincent and Payton Meyer, scored a combined total of 33 points in the game. The Lady Tigercats defeated the Touchet Lady Indians for the second time this season with a final score of 49-33. Harder led the...
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, the third and fourth grade students from Lind and Ritzville participated in Multiplication Day. The fourth grade math students, from Martha Heidenreich and Maureen Harder’s classes, manned seven stations with various lessons focused on the concept of multiplication. The third grade students, from Jennifer Boness and Debbie Knodel’s classes, spent 10 minutes at each station exploring multiplication. P.J. Carter assisted in making name tags and books tha...
Washington State University recently announced the President’s Honor Roll for the 2011 fall semester. Local graduates that earned this honor include: Michelle Lorraine Allen from Benge, Shane Curtis Strohmaier of Lind and Elena Jeanne Hennings, Heather Kay Hunt, Cory Gene Kiesz, all of Ritzville. The President’s Honor Roll recognizes students who stand above the rest with excellent academic performance. To be eligible for the honor roll, undergraduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine graded hours in a sin... Full story
A new, nondenominational, eight-week women’s Bible study class begins the first week in February and concludes the last week in March. The discussion follows topics from the book entitled Discerning the Voice of God; How to Recognize When God Speaks by Priscilla Shirer. The classes begin on Mondays from 7-8:30 p.m. and also Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m. with a childcare provided during the Tuesday class. The classes are at the Nazarene Church, beginning Monday, Feb. 6, and concluding on Tuesday, March 27. Contact the facilitator, A... Full story
Donald Dale Smith died January 18, 2012. He died peacefully in his home at Emerald Heights in Redmond Wash., surrounded by family. Don was born in Ritzville on October 27, 1925, the fourth of five children born to John T.A. and Clara (Nissen) Smith. He graduated from Ritzville High School in 1943. He joined the Navy on his 18th birthday (coincidentally Navy Day), and went to officer and pilot training at St. Mary’s College in Minnesota. His Navy career gave him a chance to f...