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On Saturday, Feb. 6, the Ralston Grange will be hosting the Third Annual Cribbage Tournament. The event will begin at 2 p.m. in the Grange Hall. There will be a $5 entry fee, which will go towards cash prizes. One need not know how to play cribbage, as there will be an opportunity to learn prior to the start of the tournament. The Grange will provide beverages and popcorn but attendees are encouraged to bring snacks to share and a cribbage board if they have one. Contact Damon Roth at 757-288-7003 or by email at...
The Ritz Roadhouse is teaming up with the Ritzville Food Pantry to feed the hungry within the community. On Sunday, Feb. 14, from 7 a.m. to noon residents can bring a non-perishable food item and order the Ritz Roadhouse’s exclusive all-you-can-eat Sweet Cream Hotcakes for $7.99. Fifty percent of the proceeds from the sale of the hotcakes during the Hotcakes for Hunger campaign will go directly to the Ritzville Food Pantry....
On Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Inland Northwest Blood Center (INBC) along with the Lind-Ritzville High School Community Blood Drive Volunteers, led by Kerry Murphy, will be coordinating a blood drive. The blood drive will take place in the hallway to Gilson Gym from 11:30 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. Any residents interested in participating can make an appointment with the National Honor Society at [email protected] or at http://www.inbcsaves.org....
Trinity United Methodist Church’s Missions Committee is hosting a Valentine’s Dinner on Feb. 14 at the church, which is located at 107 West Second Avenue in Ritzville. The event will begin at 6 p.m. and is a fundraiser for mission efforts both locally and internationally. The main course will be a choice between apricot stuffed pork tenderloin or tilapia with a creamy dill sauce. The cost is $15 per person and must be purchased by Feb. 8. Dinner will be served by ticket purchase only and a choice of the courses must be sta...
The Soul Café is hosting a Spaghetti feed on Friday, Feb. 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. There will also be a few items in a silent auction available during the meal. All donations will go to the Arthur and Bonita King family who lost their home to a fire on Jan. 30 in Ritzville. The Soul Café is located at 109 West Main Avenue in Ritzville....
The Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to transfer $180,000 to East Adams Care Center for operating expenses at the facility. The commissioners heard from multiple members of the staff at EACC about how they are working to ensure the facility financially breaks even in the future. EACC Administrator Josh Hannum explained the $180,000 covers the facility’s expenses from December through January. While the facility has received over $1 million in operating transfers from the h...
The Ritzville Public Library is hosting an event titled “Blind Date with a Book.” This event began on Feb. 1 and will continue through Feb. 28. During the month residents can check out a book covered so the type of book is unknown. After reading the book a review card is filled out and entered into a raffle. On March 1 a drawing will take place and the winner will receive a dinner for two coupon for the Ritz Roadhouse. Any patron can read as many books as they like and will be entered each time they fill out a review she...
Aaron Sauer of Troop 62 was awarded the Rank of Eagle Scout, the Boy Scouts of America’s highest honor, on July, 2 2015. Troop 62, sponsored by Meridian United Methodist Church in Idaho, held a Court of Honor to bestow the Eagle Scout Award on Oct. 31, 2015. Aaron Sauer is the son of Brian and Teresa Sauer of Meridian, Idaho, and grandson of JoAnn Sauer of Ritzville. He graduated from Rocky Mountain High School and has been involved in Scouting since March 2005. Aaron S...
Local business owners, residents and families gathered at the American Legion Memorial Hall to support and participate in the 17th Annual Pheasants Forever Banquet and Auction. The live and silent auction items alone netted nearly $11,153 for the organization. All of the money raised during the event goes back to the community and is used for habitat, conservation, food and water projects, as well as Youth Hunter education programs within Adams County. This year, the...
FIREFIGHTERS Chad Hoeft and Nina Klewin survey the scene before climbing the ladder to knock out glass from an upstairs window during a house fire on Second Avenue in Ritzville on Jan. 30. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
The Ritzville Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 3:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, to find a house on Second Avenue and Adams Street fully engulfed in flames. The family had evacuated the home, but the Ritzville Fire Chief Bill Banner reported the fire claimed the lives of four dogs. From the station, firefighters already working on a truck could see a plume of smoke emanating from the vicinity and quickly realized the extent of the fire when dispatch toned out. The...
There are two types of students: those of which who can be heard saying, “I love the book we are reading in English, I can’t wait to discuss it in class”, as opposed to their classmates, “Will this be on the test?” Students can be intrinsically motivated—wanting to learn in order to satisfy their curiosity—or extrinsically motivated—interested in achievement more than the content being delivered to them. Being intrinsically or extrinsically motivated does not mean one student is superior to another, it simply means they are...
The seemingly endless stream of Obama Administration rules to circumvent Congress and states is driving people away from finding practical solutions to problems and into courtrooms filled with high-paid attorneys waging a “paperwork” war. Case in point: EPA and Army Corps issued long-awaited rules in March 2014 seeking to clarify Clean Water Act regulatory jurisdiction over additional bodies of water, particularly those that are seasonal or dependent on rain and wetlands near streams. Opponents of the rules, which range fro...
The question of how to restore a confident America is key for our future as a nation. In terms of governing, the year ahead must be about more than allowing the president to control the national debate through executive actions during his presidency’s lame duck period. Conservatives must unite around a common vision. Instead of simply reacting to the president’s agenda of top-down rules. Congress must lay out a positive national agenda that allows individual freedom to flourish and creates opportunity. Under the lea...
Many might know that there was a house fire in Ritzville on Saturday. This fire was a large loss to the family and nothing I say will make that better. I would like to commend the officers and firefighters on a swift and professional job that they did. People will see us on Monday night either at the fire station or out and about in the community. This is our training night where we train in fire ground operations. As the training officer I’d like to thank all the firefighters for the time they spent on those Monday n...
Every new job comes with the expectation of a steep learning curve. The new mayor position is no exception. As with any new job, the initial reality is not what the original expectation was. While city business and community service is paramount, one aspect of this position surprises me. There are days it seems city hall is a receptacle for complaints. Even though every complaint has an element of validity, the scope and content seem unnecessary in a small community such as ours. There are the expected complaints of...
Benner Thompson Cummings, 89, died peacefully on the evening of Jan. 28. He was born on July 5, 1926, in Spokane. From an early age, Benner exhibited values of hard work, dedication and perseverance. A Naval veteran, he was a signalman during WWII. A true gentlemen and a scholar, he attended Washington State University on a swimming scholarship, where he balanced his love of the sport as captain of the swim team, with his love of fraternity as an upstanding member of Sigma...
The Adams County Soil Conservation District awarded three Washtucna students with awards for their essays about cover crops after selecting the students from an annual essay contest. The awards were presented to the sixth grade students during the annual meeting of the district on Jan. 26 in Ritzville. Students from across Adams County entered essays into the contest, with the three Washtucna students’ essays being selected from the group. The three winners presented their ess...
TAKE DOWN. Broncos’ senior athlete Joe Benedict takes down Moses Lake’s Daniel Zermano during the Mix and Match Tournament in Ritzville. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Bronco wrestling squad competed in two matches in the last week with one being their final League Match of the season. Their first tournament was the Mix and Match hosted in Ritzville at Gilson Gym on Jan. 26. This tournament provided matches for five Broncos wrestlers, Matthias Ferderer, Alex Whitman, Tucker Guiles, Joe Benedict and Maisa Ferderer. This was Maisa Ferderer’s first time on the mat. She began by wrestling Sotenica Ramos of Moses L...
The LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus Lady Tigercats recorded their fourth win of the season with a victory against Prescott on Jan. 30. The LWK team also played two league games in the past week, matching up against Liberty Christian and St. John-Endicott. The Lady Tigercats went on the road to face Liberty Christian on Jan. 26. The Lady Patriots took the league win from the LWK team with a final score of 53-29. In the first quarter, Liberty Christian jumped out to a quick lead,...
Students from Ritzville Grade School and Lind-Ritzville High School are set to perform “Rumpelstiltskin” as part of the Missoula Children’s Theatre on Friday, Feb. 5. There are two performances of the play, with the first one starting at 1:30 p.m. in the Ritzville Grade School gym. The second performance begins at 6 p.m. in the same location. Admission to the play is $3 for students and seniors, and $5 for adults. The play is an original adaptation of the classic children’s story, and follows the adventures of a strange...
PEYTON CURTIS leaps above the Liberty defenders to add two additional points to the Lady Broncos winning score. Curtis put up 10 points for the team. -Journal photo by Rachel Plager...
The Lady Broncos’ regular season came to a close last week and they are now looking towards the District Tournament beginning on Feb. 6 in Reardan. The team started the week with a tough game on the road versus the Colfax Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Head Coach Gary Kelly reiterated what a tough environment the Colfax gym is due to the intensity the fans provide for their team. “It was a frustrating game, it is really tough to play down there and hasn’t really ever...
The Broncos upset the league’s top ranked team in the southern division on Jan. 29, securing the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague team with a No. 2 ranking moving into the District Tournament. The win against Liberty moved the Broncos ahead of league competitors St. George’s and Colfax, and puts the Broncos in a favorable position moving into post-season play. The week started out rough for the Broncos when they went on the road to face a hard fought loss to the Colfax Bulldogs. The...