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The Washtucna Community Church is set to host the Tri-Cities Men’s Chorus in concert during the regular worship service beginning 11 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 24. The Tri-Cities Men’s Chorus is composed of approximately 20 members from a number of area churches. Under the direction of Dave Dickerson, their program consists of sacred and gospel music. Accompanists include Kern Kostenko and Ryan Vanlanen on piano and Phil Vanlanen on guitar. The men’s chorus has been together for more than 13 years and is returning to Washtucna Commu...
A book signing is scheduled with Pat Fode, author of “Let the Spirit Talk,” on Sunday, Feb. 24, from noon until 2 p.m. The book signing takes place in the Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ (UCC) fellowship room. Fode’s recent publication is her first and it is a book filled with a collection of poems. The poetry surrounds a variety of aspects, such as life, beauty, spirituality and family. The book is available for purchase for a discounted rate of $18 the day of the signing. After the book signing, the publi...
During the January board meeting, East Adams Rural Hospital (EARH) board members approved resolution 13-01 for surplus. A closed bid auction is being held for these items and a complete list of items can be found on the EARH website, http://earh.com. Viewing and bidding takes place on Feb. 22 at 206 West Ninth Avenue between noon and 5 p.m. The bids will be read on Feb. 25 and individuals with the winning bid will be contacted by the end of the day. All bids must include name, phone number, item number and bid amount. Any...
The Ritzville City Council’s License, Rules and Permits Committee and the city’s planning commission will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m., to discuss the city’s current regulations regarding the presence of chickens in residential neighborhoods....
The Adams County Noxious Weed Control Board is accepting applications for board positions in Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5, and the terms are for four years. The board is a volunteer position in the interest of weed management practices in Adams County. In Sections 2 and 3, the current terms end in March. Sections 4 and 5 have been vacant for over a year. The Washington State RCW requires that the board have five members with at least four members engaged in the primary production of agricultural products. All board members must...
Ritzville City Council’s Parks and Recreation Committee will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 4:30 p.m. to consider a request from the school district to lease 75 by 100 feet of the city park for the installation of a greenhouse for the school’s agriculture program....
The Ritzville Ministerial Association (RMA) recently announced the Lenten soup supper schedule. The soup suppers rotate between the different churches throughout the Lenten season and are as follows: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 6 p.m., Zion Philadelphia UCC Wednesday, Feb. 27, 6 p.m., Menno Mennonite Church Wednesday, March 6, 6 p.m., Zion Philadelphia UCC Wednesday, March 13, 6 p.m., Ritzville Foursquare Church Wednesday, March 20, 6 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church The Lenten schedule comes to a close on March 29, at 7 p.m.,...
The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced on Wednesday, Feb. 6, that Saturday delivery of first-class mail is set to halt in August. The change does not affect the delivery of packages, mail-order medicines or priority mail. In Lind and Ritzville, the main change is that residential customers will not receive typical Saturday mail. Both of the post offices will remain open to the public on Saturdays and post office boxes will be available for pickups as well. The five-day delivery schedule for mail is not expected to...
Lind School District faculty members are collecting donations to directly benefit the local family who lost their home and a child to a house fire last night. The faculty members are collecting household items, food, bedding, cookware, clothing and any other items to help the family rebuild. Lind School District principal, Brian Ellis, is encouraging community members to donate anything they can afford, with a focus on clothing and toiletries. The family had multiple children living in the home and need clothing for: boy...
The LaCrosse-Washtucna Tigercats earned the title of district champions with a 60-51 win over Pomeroy on Friday. Receiving the trophy after the championship game are assistant coach Tim Stamper, Jared Stark, Alec Fleming, Darcy Stamper, Jed Zimmer, Matt Stubbs, Justin Wargo, Austin Summers, Riley Roberts, Joey Guske, team manager Brandon Bennett, Sam Harder, Bo Rice, manager Julio Dominquez, Graham BeDell, head coach Mike Jones, and manager Chance Rice. -Journal photo by...
When the Broncos took the court against Northwest Christian on Monday, the meaning of game was really about geography. The two teams had already earned the right to compete this weekend in the single-game regional tournament to determine who will advance to next week’s state basketball tournament in Spokane. The winner of Monday’s game would travel to Sunnyside as the number three seed to regionals. The loser would go to Mountlake Terrace as the number four seed to regionals. Unfortunately for the Broncos, they fell to NWC...
Once a year the floor of the Tacoma Dome is converted into a human traffic jam where every individual has something in common — wrestling. For the LRS Broncos it is a right of passage that few experience and even fewer experience to the fullest, The WIAA Mat Classic. The Classic is a collection of the state’s best high school wrestlers from every division, all gathered in the dome at the same time with countless wrestling matches occurring simultaneously on Friday and Sat...
The cheers and celebratory cries rang through the Colfax gym as the Tigercats claimed the district championship title from the Pomeroy Pirates Friday, but the loudest cheers came from the seven senior varsity athletes who earned their first championship title in their high school basketball career. The Tigercats received the SE District 9 championship title when they defeated Pomeroy 60-51 and now continue on to the regional competition this weekend. None of the current...
“Sequestration” is not the term that I consider to be the best to describe what President Obama is trying to do to our nation, but as we are seeing, he plans to do whatever he wants to do! His budget request for 2013 was to retire 300 airplanes, while buying 54 new ones. The deletion is after retiring 700 more airplanes than it purchased. At the founding of the U.S. Air Force in 1947, we had 12,300 planes and we have 5,200 today. The last time the U.S. bought so few aircraft was 1915 for the aviation section of the U.S. Army...
Two men told the same story. One is a local son. He is active in community affairs including being a supporter and contributor to Project 56. The other man is a highly placed public employee close to Project 56. Because of the decision by Project 56 leadership, and the Ritzville school board to allow Ritzville School District citizenry to “contribute” to the project through a district levy vote, both men assured me Project 56 would keep the $130,000 the group had collected safely banked until needed to fund the expensive mai...
First of all, I like the smaller size of the Journal, but don’t get any smaller print. Next, why did you not take pictures and write up about Washtucna Swimming Pool and lifeguards as you did Ritzville and Lind last summer? These lifeguards did excellent job. Next, you gave LRS football team at State so many pictures and stories. Do your subscribers of Journal remember LaCrosse Washtucna Kahlotus won state title in this same district in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and again in 2008? Four State titles in a row and again three y...
The student body of Washtucna Schools has been extremely busy these past few weeks. Despite a sweeping sickness that plagued the area and the excitement of post-season basketball, our students have persevered to continue their achievements in academics. Here is a look back to what our school has done since December. Upon our return from winter break, students and teachers began immediate preparations for the first semester finals. This is undoubtedly one of the more stressful times of the school year as students study extra h...
Now in its seventh year, the Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) is pleased to announce that Matthew Brehm of Lind-Ritzville High School is a current participant in Phase One of the 2012-13 program. The WAS program is a free, competitive, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education program for high school juniors from across Washington state and is affiliated with NASA Johnson Space Center’s National High School Aerospace Scholars program and with the University of Washington’s (UW) Department of Ear...
Business teacher Guy Strot and math teacher Thomas Pulliam are offering their time to assist students with after hours studying in the libraries at the high and middle schools. Strot is available for study assistance every Monday from 7-9 p.m. in the Lind-Ritzville High School library. Every Tuesday, Strot travels to Lind to tutor in the Lind-Ritzville Middle School library from 7-9 p.m. Pulliam hosts a math study night every Wednesday in his classroom at the high school from 3:20-6 p.m. He welcomes any high school, middle...
Ritzville Angus Ranch has been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association for having two registered Angus cows included in the Association’s 2013 Pathfinder Report. Only 1,992 of the more than 25,000 American Angus Association members are represented in this year’s report, according to Bill Bowman, chief operating officer and director of performance programs of the Association with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Mo. The Pathfinder program identifies superior Angus cows based upon recorded performance traits eco...
Lillian (Hoffman) Smith, died at the age of 89, on Thursday, Feb. 14. She was born Dec. 11, 1923, to Henry and Katherine E. (Bier) Hoffman. The youngest of seven children, she lived the majority of her life in Ritzville and attended school there. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and a dear friend to many. She was a talented seamstress and artist. She loved crafts and to bake cookies, which were enjoyed by many. She loved trips to the ocean and a casino now and then. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry...
Dorothy L. (Phillips) Doyl died on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at her home in Spokane. She grew up on the family farm in Lind. She married Wayne Doyl in 1941 in Spokane, and they moved to the family ranch in Lind a year later, where they began farming with her family. They had three children; Philip (Trudy), Dianne (Ronald), and Kathryn (Harry). She had a passion for her flowers and her little companion, PJ. She is survived by her children; sister, Betty Davis; six grandchildren; and...
Harold “Hal” Bauer died on Sunday, Jan. 20, in Bothell, Wash. He was born March 20, 1925, to Harold W. Bauer and Doris Layman Bauer of Ritzville. After graduating from high school in 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served in the Pacific Theatre on the Aircraft Carrier USS Attu (Buglemaster 3rd Class and QM). After attending Washington State University he worked at the Hanford plutonium-producing site, then the Boeing Co. for over 39 years. He was on the following pro...
At the beginning of every sports season, there is that euphoric feeling one often gets when those thoughts that this could be that special year creep into the fan’s psyche. “This person is a senior and we all know how well they did last year,” is often how the justification begins. Don’t we also forget how other teams in a particular league may have also improved? I think back to last year when Gonzaga gave eventual Final Four team Ohio State fits until finally coming up a bit...
The opening of the LaCrosse Market last month brought about a positive change not only for the LaCrosse community, but also for new owner Wendy Holliday. Born and raised in the county, Holliday was selected by the LaCrosse Community Pride board of directors to maintain the grocery store in the historic general store building. The restored historic building provides a welcoming atmosphere to local customers, while still maintaining the historic elements unique to the building....