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The Ritzville Art Gallery is hosting an open house this Friday, Dec. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. where anyone is invited to peruse the fine art by regional artists, as well as an assortment of ornaments that serve as fundraisers for Adams County Pet Rescue. The gallery is selling bird ornaments made by Terri Cody for $15, a broad selection of ornaments for $3 and visitors can paint their own clay ornaments for $5. Also in the gallery is the annual Ritzville Western Art Show silent auction, with a wide array of fine western art. The...
The H.E. Gritman Senior Center will host the monthly pancake breakfast on Friday, Dec. 14, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pancakes, a choice of ham or sausage and coffee, are on the menu with a suggested donation of $5 per person. The breakfast serves as a fundraiser for the senior center and is held the second Friday of every month, except during the summer. The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is located at 118 West Main Avenue in downtown Ritzville. For more information contact the center by calling 659-1921....
Residents have a second opportunity to win a turkey or cash prizes during the second Turkey Bingo event in Washtucna on Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Lions Den on Main Street. Turkey Bingo is hosted by the Washtucna-Benge Lions Club and begins at 7 p.m. The tradition of free, endless popcorn continues, and hotdogs, chilidogs, soda pop and candy are available to purchase from the kitchen. Bingo is one of the Lions Club’s fundraisers, with proceeds used for projects in the community....
On Sunday, Dec. 16, at 6:30 p.m., the Ritzville Nazarene Church will share the wonder of the season with a production entitled, “A Christmas Gift Sent Special Delivery.” Everyone is invited to rekindle the joy of the holidays in this journey through drama and song. There is no cost for this event.... Full story
The Lind and Ritzville school boards have changed the regular meeting date due to the Christmas holiday. The December school board meeting will be held on Thursday, Dec. 20, in the Ritzville Grade School gymnasium, beginning at 5:30 p.m....
Students are participating in annual Christmas concerts throughout the next week. Washtucna Elementary School is hosting the annual Winter Concert on Dec. 20, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the band room at the Washtucna School. On Dec. 20, students at Ritzville Grade School take to the stage to perform in the gymnasium, beginning at 5:30 p.m....
The season of giving is underway, as is the second annual Hams From the Heart project helping to benefit local residents. Brandon Knodel is hard at work collecting donations in order to bring nourishment to families in need this holiday season. Hams From the Heart collects monetary donations until Dec. 21 to put towards purchasing spiral cut hams for area residents who may otherwise not be able to afford a Christmas ham. Hams From the Heart was able to donate 120 hams to famil...
David Michaelson’s latest novel, “The Piddingtons” is now available at Davenport Times office, Cow Creek Mercantile, Ritzville Art Gallery and through online booksellers including Barnes & Noble.com, Amazon.com and Virtualbookworm.com. This latest adventure story is the third book of the “Trail Cook” trilogy and deals with the legendary Able Piddington and how he and his family carve out a new life in Santa Fe in the early 1880s. To date, Michaelson has written ten books, and three have received awards....
Kahlotus DECA students, in collaboration with the FFA, organized and held the Second Annual Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 21, from 6-8 p.m. More than 100 attendees showed up to eat a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings. Local Kahlotus businesses and community members sponsored the event. The entire month of November, DECA put on a food drive class competition to collect many of the items for the Thanksgiving dinner. The first and second grade class donated the most...
The Adams County Commissioners unanimously approved the 2013-2018 Six Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) during the morning session on Monday, Dec. 3. Adams County Engineer Scott Yaeger presented the TIP plan explaining the specific differences and changes from the previous years. Yaeger explained seven projects on the current program are proposed programs that funding has not yet been secured for. Funding for the projects comes from a variety of different organizations. The Surface Transportation Program-Rural... Full story
OLYMPIA (AP) – Republicans have chosen Sen. Mark Schoesler as the party’s leader in the Washington state Senate. The GOP announced its new Senate leadership team on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 5. The party is looking to work with two Democrats to form a working majority and control more of the chamber’s activities. Schoesler, of Ritzville, has been in the state Senate since 2007 and had been working this past year as the Republican floor leader. Former Senate Republican leader Mike Hewitt recently stepp...
During this hectic holiday season, many local residents make the trek to neighboring cities to shop for Christmas gifts for family members and friends. But area businesses encourage residents to stay local this holiday season, not just to boost revenue, but also to enjoy the shopping experience. Every time local businesses hear the bell ring as the door is opened, customers are greeted with a smile and words of welcome. Business owners take the time to stop and chat, give gift ideas, and share in a story or a memory with...
The 13th Annual Lind Lighted Christmas Parade was a huge success on Sunday, according to Chamber representatives. Twelve lighted entries were on display for a record audience during the annual winter parade. Spectators were dazzled with a fireworks display to kick start the beginning of the parade. Float entries were judged prior to the start of the parade. Earning Grand Prize honors was “Santa’s Parts Runner,” sponsored by St. John Hardware and behind the reins was Bryde...
The Washtucna Birds of Play 4-H Club had a GPS meeting on Sat, Nov. 3. We went geocaching after we reviewed how to program the handheld GPS’s. We found the “When it Rains it Pours” geo-cache in Washtucna. By Sperry we found “Where’s the Barista” and at Kahlotus we found two, “Kahlotus R&R” and “Psst, the Jailers Asleep, Pass me the Key.” We visited the Farmer’s Daughter Store and Museum. Members going were TanAn and LienHoa Hollenback. Leaders with us were Buck, Huong and Scott Hollenback....
Trotters of all ages came out Thanksgiving morning for the 25th anniversary run of the Turkey Trot. Mike and Harriet Lynch awarded prizes before starting off in front of the New Ritz Theatre. The Great Feather award for the most colorful or, in this case the most spirited, participant went to the team of Veronica Salazar and Tina Arnett. They were each decked out in tall Pilgrim hats. Largest Brood award went to the Danekas family of Kirk, Ami, Debbie, Darrin, Sadra and Grayson. Also weighing in for largest brood was the...
The LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus Tigercats went on the road Friday evening to battle Tekoa-Oakesdale, and returned home with the first league win of the season. The Tigercats swept the court and earned a 70-43 win. Head coach Mike Jones is extremely pleased with the early season success and said the team is continually improving during each game. The Tigercats got into foul trouble late in the TO game, but Jones was able to rely on his bench to bring home a win. “It was really physical inside, and just a physical game over a...
The first three games of the regular season weren’t kind to the Lady Broncos as they were handed a trio of losses. New head coach John Galbreath expects the team to rebound this weekend. Liking their chances for a pair of wins against Liberty and Mary Walker. The early season games started last Friday at home against a nonleague Columbia-Burbank. The Lady Broncos fell, 55-46. Saturday they squared off against the two-time state champions from Reardan, losing that contest 81-35. Tuesday night at Northwest Christian the Lady B... Full story
The Lady Tigercats had two tough weekend games against Tekoa-Oakesdale and Liberty Christian, but the team lost more than the games, they also lost athletes. Head coach Don Kemper said the team has to postpone, and potentially eliminate, the girl’s junior varsity games because there are not enough athletes to play. Two athletes, Chelsie Kneale and Amber Dainty, did not see playing time on Friday and Saturday night in the varsity games. Dainty injured her knee during the j...
With just five practices as a team, the LRS Broncos have rolled to a trio of victories. After defeating Columbia-Burbank in the season opener at home on Friday, 64-32, the Broncos traveled to Reardan for a Saturday night session. They handed their league rival a 65-37 loss. The biggest outing of the early season came Tuesday when the Broncos traveled to Northwest Christian to battle the defending state champions. They promptly weathered a late game comeback by the Crusaders... Full story
Gary Templin raises some interesting issues and some of those issues are worthy of serious attention by anyone concerned for the welfare of the community. None of the issues raised by Mr. Templin however, are likely to be discussed in city council meetings nor are they likely to be of concern to the city council negotiators. There are those at City Hall who are very much committed to the Ritzville Public Development Authority’s (RPDA) seriously flawed Light Industrial/Tourist Park, aka Agricultural Discovery Center. L... Full story
The drought in the Midwest just keeps making headlines! The Midwest lies above Lake Ogallala, which is the largest underground lake in the U.S. It is large in the area of its borders, but not in its capacity as the farmers, towns and businesses have been pumping many billions of gallons of water for irrigation and various uses. This helped turn dust bowl land back into farm ground. They have been pumping at a rate that will dry it up between 2025 and 2030. Thus, they started looking north to the Great Lakes. This would seem...
I know Mr. Roettger already wrote a letter of thanks but many of you have asked me about how the student “scholarship” turned out. When it was certain that our boys’ football team would be heading to the Tacoma Dome for the state championship game, the school offered to the students the option of riding a rooters bus. It was inexpensive to ride, $5. But added to the $11 student admission fee, and the money needed for three meals out, the bill would be at the very least, a $30 day. This was too much to ask from some of our s...
Marilyn J. Eastwood died on Sunday, Dec. 9, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, due to severe injuries suffered after a fall in her home. She was born May 14, 1932, to Bill and Aldena Erickson in Kent, Wash. Her only sibling, William Jr. (Bud), was born in 1948. He was killed in Vietnam in 1969, while serving his country as an army communication specialist. He was awarded the Bronze Star for “Heroism in Ground Combat,” and a Purple Heart. She attended Showalter Ele...
I’m sure that you’ve listened to someone speak, and the person really had you in their grasp. It doesn’t matter if that person was a clergyman, a politician, an inspirational speaker or a coach if they said something that made a lot of sense and it probably woke you up so to speak, then typically you tried to get as much out of that talk as possible. I’ve also heard a few speakers who spent a lot of time complaining about their situation and trying to get the listener on boar... Full story
We have not had any measurable snow yet, but it is on the way. In recent years, the city snowplows and grader have had incidents while plowing that have resulted in damage to parked vehicles along the curb. It is requested of all citizens, if there measureable slow fall and the city crews begin plowing in the city, you move all your vehicles off the city streets in a timely manner as not to hinder the plowing efforts. There are numerous seldom-used vehicles, cars, trucks, tractors, camp trailers, RV’s, car trailers and o... Full story