Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Sorted by date Results 1 - 18 of 18
Last month, the boys basketball team started their season. They have played a few games so far and have been very successful. This month, the Lind-Ritzville Leadership class is hosting a toy drive, for Sacred Heart Providence Children's Hospital. Look for donation boxes in local businesses. The FFA Floral team competed at a competition in Yelm the last weekend of January and did very well. The Leadership class has been going down to the Lind Grade School to teach the second graders lessons in computer coding, which has been...
Hard to imagine with the weather being what it is all around the country that spring training for Major League baseball teams is underway. For the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners it has a little deeper meaning since they will be playing the very first games of the season in Japan against each other on March 20 and 21. They will be playing their first spring training game against the A’s today (Feb. 21). The last time the Mariners were in the baseball playoffs was 20...
A long and winding season came to an end for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wrestling team, as four grapplers put up a tough fight at the Mat Classic in Tacoma last weekend. None of the LRS wrestlers were able to place at the State Tournament, although three of the four competitors for the Broncos won at least one match at the two-day event held at the Tacoma Dome on Feb. 15 and 16. In the 106-pound weight class, freshman Johnny Ryan had been awarded a first-round bye to start...
6: Carson Schlimmer, Terry Utecht. 22: Pete Franz. 21: LeRoy Watson. 20 & under: Blake Bennett, Thomas Rosen, Alan Schlimmer, Garrett Schlimmer, Mike Gering, Brody Folk, Randy Franz, Anna Franz, Roger Hochstetler, Richard Kulm, Craig Cooper, Taylor Kerr, Randy Kulm, Curt Franz, Ayden Franz, Levi Cooper, and Harold Folk. High Overall: Terry Utecht. High Handicap: Craig Cooper. Miss & Out: Carson Schlimmer. Annie Oakley: Alan Schlimmer. Bushwacker: Alan Schlimmer. Buddy Shoot: Garrett Schlimmer and Alan Sch...
7: Jason Heider. 24: James Wahl, Travis Simonson, Tim Wellsandt, Kyle Bauer, Mike Bauer. 23: Scott Yaeger, Adam Miller, Scott Steinmetz, Scott Hennings, Ryan Frederick. 22: Garrett Frederick, Travis Dewald, Joe Cushner, Dennis Shepherd, Colby Schell. 21: Dave Breazeale, Mike Geschke, Tyler Frederick, Brian Kramer, Justin Simonson, Jeff Yerbich. 20 and under: Bronc Hutsell, Johnathan Stromberger, Hayes Hennings, Gage Bauer, Karter Krause, Kierstin Witt, Conrad Bauer, Mike Stromberger, Markham Nichols, Rich Nay, Dennis...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos basketball season came to an end last week, as the Broncos were eliminated in their third game of the Northeast 2B Conference Tournament. After three consecutive postponements following LRS' loss to Colfax on Feb. 7, the Broncos finally took on the Reardan Indians on Feb. 13. Due to less-than-ideal road conditions caused by inclement weather that blanketed the region, the game was played in Davenport instead of West Valley High School, where...
East Adams Rural Healthcare has a new physician's assistant (PA), and recent college graduate Julie Shapiro has spent the past month getting to know her new patients and getting comfortable in her new position. Shapiro is a graduate from A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona, a non-profit, private, graduate school that focuses on health sciences. Shapiro attended PA school at ATSU, and prior to that received her Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences from Arizona State...
"It was a dark and stormy night." Would you pick a book to read based only on that opening line? That's the operational basis for the "Blind Date with a Book" event happening now at the Ritzville library. We talked with Amy Hille who puts together the Blind Date program. She canvasses her fellow library staff members for book suggestions, selects books that haven't been checked out for a while, and sometimes trolls the stacks for Blind Date candidates. Various selections are...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos basketball season came to an end last weekend, after the Lady Broncos made a spirited run in the Northeast 2B Conference Tournament. Following a 59-31 win against the Asotin Panthers on Feb. 12, the Lady Broncos won their next game against the Reardan Indians on Feb. 14 before falling to the Colfax Bulldogs the next night to end their bid for the State Tournament. The Lady Broncos smothered the Indians defensively in their game last...
Jan. 29, 02:54 — A complainant from an address on East 6th Ave. called and reported someone had just stolen her tent out of her garage. An officer responded and was unable to locate any evidence that would indicate garage had been entered and a tent had been stolen. After a short conversation with the complainant the officer cleared. Jan. 29, 10:55 — An officer responded to an address on East 7th Ave. and assisted a complainant as requested on a landlord-tenant matter by checking a residence he had rented to a subject tha...
Colleen G. Blauret passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2019. Services are set for Saturday March 2, 2019. Full obituary will run in next week’s paper with time and place of Service. Arrangements are being handled with Danekas Funeral Home Ritzville, WA....
I walk. A lot. Maybe I waved when you drove by. (If I didn’t – Sorry! I always mean to.) Maybe we visited as you watered your plants last summer, or shoveled your sidewalk last week. Since I moved to Ritzville in July, I’ve walked every block of every street, most of them several times. I’ve walked miles out into the county. The times I love best are in the morning or just before sunset, when the low sun catches the bright green of the new blades of wheat, and highlights the gentle curves of the rolling fields. As the light f...
The circumstances leading to Amazon’s decision to scrap its New York City project are trends corporate leaders need to examine closely. There are cultural and political shifts in America which are changing the way business is done. Amazon walked away from its deal struck with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio which would create 25,000 new jobs and added $27 billion in new city and state tax revenue. In return, Cuomo and de Blasio, who a...
Last week, Congress came together to pass, and President signed into law, bipartisan legislation that prioritizes securing our border and keeps the federal government open. The legislation may not have provided as much as I would have liked for President Trump’s request, but in the end the legislation represented significant progress by providing tools our Border Patrol agents need to do their job. I have no doubt that there is a humanitarian and security crisis at the southern border. I have visited the border to hear f...
Dear Friends, This fifth week of the 2019 legislative session began with a snow day for a lot of people, due to the 18 or so inches that fell (and stayed) around the Olympia area in a four-day period. But by today, the “snowmageddon” (or “snowpocalypse”) was mostly over. Instead, we were met with the newest of the tax threats coming from the majority party, which are so far-reaching they could be called “taxmageddon.” Keep reading for the details. Even though road conditions slowly got better as the week went on, the weather...
With recent changes to The Journal, our newspaper has also restructured the way people and businesses can send The Journal obituaries, legal notices and classifieds inquiries. Those who wish to submit an obituary are encouraged to email [email protected]. Legal notices can now be submitted to a more specific email, [email protected]. All classifieds inquiries should now be sent to [email protected]. Additionally, all classifieds will now be ran in each of the Free Press Publishing...
A bake sale to raise funds for Diamond Spain will happen in the Umpqua Bank lobby this Friday, Feb. 22. The purpose of the sale is to raise funds to support Diamond Spain’s attendance at a Stanford University 10-day “Advanced Emergency Medicine” clinic (June 22 through July 1) to advance her goal to become a doctor....
The Ritzville Public Library now offers help and training for those seeking employment or occupational advancement. The Moses Lake SkillSource office has recently started sending a representative every week to the library to help interested residents find work-related support. A vast variety of helpful programs is available in partnership with Work Source, Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Big Bend Community College, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), Employment Security Department and Job Corps....