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There are five candidates for this year’s Ritzville Distinguished Young Women program that takes place on Mar. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Gilson Gymnasium. The junior class women participating in this event are Emily Buriak, Amalia Perez, Brooke Pichette, Jordan Schultz and Taylor White. The following is a biographical introduction of each of the five participants. Emily Elaine Buriak, 16, is the daughter of Kiera and Ben Buriak. Buriak is active in FFA, tennis, Pep Club and National... Full story
Morning Sun Yellow Pony returns to New Hope Center church this Sunday, Mar. 18. Morning Sun will be speaking at 10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Morning Sun is a Cherokee Indian and has a heart for her Native American family. She is also a strong woman of the Lord, desiring to take a stand for all his people, teaching the wounded and the afflicted how to take a stand for God and walk firmly in faith. Everyone is welcome to attend the services filled with music and a life-changing...
The LRS girls’ basketball team has an award banquet on Sunday, Mar. 18 at 3 p.m. in the Lind High School cafeteria. Those attending the banquet are asked to bring their favorite finger food with serving utensils. Plates and napkins are provided. The LRS boys’ basketball team has an award banquet on Sunday, Mar. 18 at 2 p.m. in the Ritzville High School cafeteria. Those attending the banquet are asked to bring their favorite finger food with serving utensils. Plates and napkins are provided....
The Ralston Grange is sponsoring an afternoon of Bingo and Bunko at the hall on Sunday, Mar. 18 at 3 p.m. and it is open to all area residents. Bingo and prizes are in the basement of the hall and Bunko, an easy to learn dice game, is in the main hall. Following the games, the Junior Grange and the Ralston Ranger 4-H Club is preparing a potato bar as dinner for everyone to enjoy. Admission is free, but all donations to the Ralston Grange are appreciated and help to fund the continuation of their community support. The...
The FFA Ag Issues team from Ritzville High School is visiting the Ralston Grange Hall on Tuesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. to practice for an upcoming competition. The demonstration includes discussion about the Columbia Irrigation Extension of the East Low Canal. Ralston Grange members, as well as the general public, are encouraged to attend to the demonstration to show support for the group and help them prepare for the competition. Following the demonstration, the Grange hosts the regular meeting to discuss goals for the year... Full story
The LRS wrestling team has an award banquet on Monday, Mar. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ritzville Grade School cafeteria. Wrestlers attending the banquet are requested to bring a dessert for those in attendance....
The Ritzville National Honor Society is sponsoring a blood drive on Wednesday, Mar. 28. The blood drive is conducted by the Inland Northwest Blood Center and begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Gilson Gym, near the Ritzville High School. Everyone is welcome to come and show support for the Honor Society. Questions can be directed to Lindsey Ross, [email protected].... Full story
(Editor’s note: The following article was submitted for publication by the National Ground Water Association.) There is something every person can do to be a good steward of groundwater—the largest source of available freshwater in America and the world—during National Groundwater Awareness Week, March 11-17. The Washington State Ground Water Association joins the National Ground Water Association (NGWA) is urging the public to help preserve and protect groundwater for human and environmental purposes. Nearly 44 perce...
On Friday, Mar. 2 at 9:40 p.m., the Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a home invasion robbery on the 2000 block of Bench Road, one mile south of Othello. When deputies arrived, they located a 23-year-old male who had been struck in the face with the butt of a shotgun. He was transported to Othello Community Hospital by ambulance. He was treated at the hospital for injuries and then released. When the robbery occurred, the 23-year-old male, his 34-year-old wife and 3-year-old son were in the home. The thre...
With House Bill 2356 now resting in the governor’s hands, community fair officials wait nervously for the decision and the impact that decision can have on small fair venues. The Wheat Land Communities’ Fair (WLCF) receives the majority of its funding from grants given through the Department of Agriculture. The funds received can be used for health and safety improvements at an agricultural fair. The importance of funding the fair means the continuous of community involvement and educational opportunities for children. On...
Financial help for community and youth fairs has advanced through the state legislature and now awaits the governor’s signature to unleash the funding resource. The measure sailed through both House and Senate with no opposition despite operating budget proposals aimed at drastically cutting money to the state’s Fair Fund. Minority Caucus Vice Chair, Rep. Judy Warnick (R-Moses Lake) is prime sponsor of House Bill 2356, which allows organizers of small community and youth fairs to request capital funding for health and saf...
Recently several Ritzville residents have received an official looking document from Home Emergency Insurance Solutions. This document starts out, “Important information regarding your water line.” It then lists your name and home address. It is an advertisement from a company known as Home Emergency Insurance Solutions, also known as Home Serve USA Corp., headquartered in Connecticut and has a ‘C’ rating from the Connecticut Better Business Bureau (BBB). The company has had to answer two government actions in the past ye...
Students from both Lind and Ritzville school districts traveled to Reardan for the Bi-County Academic contest on March 8. Ritzville Grade School had 32 students participating in the event and 21 of those students were top placers in the contest. Lind Middle School also took 32 students to the contest with 21 students finishing as finalists in their events. The Bi-County Academic contest is an annual event that brings students in third through eighth grades to compete in various academic events. Students competed in six...
Micheala Doyle completed her senior project of collecting eyeglasses on March 2, ending her project with five times the amount she thought she would collect. Doyle collected 161 pairs of eyeglasses in the first month of the project and another 94 pairs of glasses were donated during the second month. Finishing the project with 255 pairs of eyeglasses, Doyle is overjoyed with the total outcome of the event. Doyle packaged all of the donated eyeglasses to be sent by the Lind Lions Club to Olympia later this week. “It’s nice to... Full story
The Washtucna Associated Student Body members are sponsoring the Washtucna community Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 7. The Easter egg hunt begins at 9 a.m. at Bassett Park. The Washtucna ASB is accepting cash and candy donations at Java Bloom or at the Washtunca school office....
Youth Outdoor Adventures (YOA) is an Oregon based non-profit organization that is a NRA endorsed and supported non-profit corporation that has been teaching young people about the outdoors for years. Jeff and Jennifer DuPont, the driving force behind YOA, bring the American Heritage of outdoor pursuits to many kids in Oregon and now want to bring this experience to the kids of Washington. Blue Ridge Ranch, a group of farms and ranches in the Palouse area of Eastern Washington and Adams County, is dedicated to developing... Full story
The LRS golf team started its regular season Monday with a home match in foul weather conditions. Logan Morley was bundled up to beat the cold and rain as he fought his way out of a sand trap. Colfax boys won with a team score of 218. LRS finished second at 257. Colby Starring tied for medalist with a 42. Morley was second at 49, as was Drew Hartz. The rest of the LRS boys scores were: Jacob Anderson,59; Tyler O’Brien, 58; Brian Campbell, 59; Trevor Jantz, 53; and Brandon C...
During a time when state supported colleges and junior colleges are having state funding reduced it seems to me that they are overlooking a possible solution. They could reduce the enrollment by being selective on who they admit. They can justify being more selective because nationwide only 50 percent who enroll will graduate. Naturally there are colleges who have better graduating rates. You can get on the Internet and see which colleges have the best rates and after how many years. You will find state supported four-year... Full story
Hilda Josephine (Abrahamson) Roberts passed away peacefully at Life Care Center in Ritzville on March 7 at the age of 100. She was born on July 19, 1911, in Spokane to Hjalmar and Josephine M. (Paradis) Abrahamson. She met the love of her life, Hobert Clayton Roberts, and they were married Jan. 25, 1930. They moved to Marengo, Wash., in 1943, where she worked as a railroad clerk and the town postmaster. They moved back to Spokane in 1957, where she worked at a hearing aid...
Feb. 9, 7:19 p.m. – Deputy Jeffrey Lane arrested Matthew James Werner for assault. Feb. 9, 4:21 p.m. – Adams County Sheriff’s Office located Ernest Lilburn Morgan Jr., and took him into custody on a felony warrant. Feb. 9, 2:47 p.m. – Lind complainant advised of receiving harassing phone calls. Feb. 9, 1:19 p.m. – Ritzville complainant advised of two, one black and one red, Toyota pickups full of scrap, come out of Tokio and headed North on Highway 21. Deputy Ben Buriak notified of the call but was out of position. Lincoln C...
In an effort to provide state-of-the-art protection to its business customers and safeguard their accounts from financial malware attacks, Wheatland Bank is stepping ahead of its competition and proactively protecting its business customers against escalating threats from cyber thieves targeting ACH and online wire payment transfers. Through a partnership with IronKey, Inc., Wheatland Bank will provide its online business banking customers with IronKey Trusted Access (internally branded as Wheatland Secure), a secure browser...
The regular session of the Legislature ended Thursday night, as scheduled, but there is still work to do – namely, agree on a supplemental budget that will close the $1.1 billion gap in the two-year operating budget adopted in 2011. It was clear a couple of hours before the midnight deadline that a budget agreement was well out of reach, for reasons I’ll explain. And shortly after midnight, meaning very early Friday morning, the governor called the Legislature into a special session, to begin at noon Monday (although no forma...
As Spring inches closer and the urge to prepare the garden space and plan landscaping changes grows stronger, the City of Ritzville tree board would like to offer some helpful hints, suggestions and reminders regarding care and planting of your tree or shrub species. First, to cover the care of your existing plants followed by a few suggestions on species that you may want to add to your landscape or use to replace plants that you’ve lost. If you didn’t get around to pruning your trees and shrubs prior to winter, now may be... Full story
A representative from Avista is the program speaker today during the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce’s General Membership Luncheon at Casuela’s at 12 p.m. The program focuses on energy efficiency and how the proper lightbulbs contribute. Changes in the lightbulb industry and incentives are to be discussed during the program....