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The Lind Senior Center board of directors is holding a special meeting on Wednesday, Apr. 4 at 12:45 p.m. The meeting is held at the Lind Senior Center and the agenda of the meeting is limited to the discussion of replacement of roof on a portion of the Lind Senior Center building. The Lind Senior Center is located at 117 N. I Street, for more information call 677-3620....
The fun and excitement of Easter begins in Lind, Ralston, Ritzville and Washtucna as each community has their annual Easter egg hunts. Saturday, March 31 Ritzville – The Community Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 2739 is scheduled for March 31 in Ritzville City Park at 9 a.m. All monies and donations collected are awarded in prizes at the event. The money is divided between various eggs at the event to allow multiple participants to win. Gift c...
Ritzville Associated Student Body (ASB) is sponsoring a diaper drive to benefit Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. Gerri Manke, former Ritzville resident, is speaking to the student body on Friday, March 30, at 11:30 a.m. Students are divided into teams for a competition to see who collects the most diapers, formula and baby wipes. The competition takes place the week following spring break, April 9-13. Community members are welcome to support the cause....
The East Adams Rural Hospital is celebrating 60 years of service on Saturday, April 7. In honor of this occasion, the hospital is hosting an anniversary party on Tuesday, April 10 from 4-7 p.m. at the hospital. The history of the hospital is to be highlighted through a slide show and scrapbooks at the event. Refreshments are to be served and tours are scheduled throughout the evening. During the month of April, EARH is hosting a food drive for the Food Pantry and donations can be dropped off at the clinic lobby. EARH hopes...
A free residential yard waste clean up day has been scheduled for Saturday, April 14. The county transfer stations are accepting non-commercial green waste, appliances and loads for yard debris free of charge for Adams County residents from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Residents can reduce their wait time but separating clean green woody material from the non-clean woody materials. Household hazardous waste is also collected at no cost every day that the transfer stations are open to the public. At the Adams County Development store,...
Seven young women have been named by their respective high schools as scholars to be honored by the local Ritzville Branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW). The seven young women, their parents and a teacher, chosen by each to share in the honor, are guests for a dinner meeting Wednesday, April 11, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church social room. Each recipient receives a certificate awarded by the Washington State AAUW. These young women join the larger group of nearly 250 others recognized by 25 local AAUW... Full story
In 2007, the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce printed maps that had both Adams County and Ritzville on them. At the last chamber meeting, board members decided to begin printing the maps again. The maps are to cost $1 each and are to become an annual charge beginning now. It is expected that 2,000 maps are going to be ordered. Those businesses that are currently listed on the previous map can expect to be contacted first. Any businesses that are interested in advertising their business on the map should contact the...
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) would like to notify the residents of the local communities of a 9-1-1 scam traveling through the state of Washington. Other counties in the state have had reports of this scam and so far no reported cases have been in our area. If you receive a call from a person claiming that you need to pay a fee to register your home or telephone number to for 9-1-1 services, hang up. This is a scam. According to Angie Fode, E911 systems manager at the ACSO, “Our E911 program is funded through the... Full story
The Public Works department announced that construction on Weber Road is set to begin on Monday, April 2. The construction of the road is going to be done in three different phases. On April 2, construction begins on the stretch of road from First Street to the Farm Services Agency (FSA) building. It is expected that the portion of the road should to be closed for three weeks until the next phase begins. The second phase of construction occurs in the 300-400 foot portion of the road between the FSA building and the Church of...
American Cancer Society Camp Goodtimes – East is presently recruiting volunteers for this summer’s week-long camp. The summer camp, which is offered free of charge to children diagnosed with cancer, is set for Aug. 3-11, at Ross Point Camp on the shores of the Spokane River, just east of Post Falls, Idaho. According to Kari Allen, director of Camp Goodtimes – East, camp counselors are being recruited from colleges throughout Washington, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota. “We are looking for young men and women who not only enjo...
The Lind FFA chapter sent two teams to the District 9 Team Career Development Event (CDE) competition at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake on Friday, Mar. 16, and both teams earned top honors. Lind FFA took one team in Agronomy and one team in Farm Business Management. The agronomy team members included Grayson Whitaker, Bryden Laird, Dylan Bilodeaux and Beau Jones. The agronomy CDE participants must be knowledgeable of seeds, insects, soils and crops. They also must... Full story
The Ritzville FFA chapter sent a group of members to compete in various competitions at the District 9 Leadership convention on Mar. 8 at Moses Lake High School. There are 15 schools that participated in the district competition. The contests held at the school consisted of rituals, public speaking, extemporaneous speaking, creed, first year member, sales and parliamentary procedure. From this contest, the top two qualifiers in each event continue on to the state competition... Full story
The fifth and sixth grade students in Ritzville Grade School had three visitors on Thursday, March 22, with the most exciting visitor being Duct Tape Man. Duct Tape Man has been visiting the grade school twice a year for the last two years. The “Be A Hero” program is put on by the Adams County Juvenile Court, and encourages students to stay away from drugs, alcohol, bullying and truancy. The presentation focused on truancy and how the students can avoid being considered tru...
The Wampum event date has been changed from April 28 to May 5. The dinner bids deadline still remains April 2....
The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse-Washtucna track and field team traveled to the Lapwai Invitational on March 17 for the first track meet of the season. The SJELW men’s team finished sixth out of 17 teams with 50 total points. The SJELW women’s team finished second overall with 91 points total. Both of Grangeville’s teams won first place at the event. Darcy Stamper placed first in the high jump and also raced in all three relays, which placed second, fourth and eighth. Freshman athlete Gail Harder stepped up to help the SJELW...
The LRS track and field team traveled to Moses Lake on March 22, to participate in the first meet of the season. The Moses Lake Junior Varsity Invitational served as a starting point for the LRS team. Matt Fryberger led the LRS boys’ team by finishing first in the three sprint races, the 100-meter, 200-meter and the 400-meter. Heidi Hennings led the LRS girls’ team by finishing third in the 800-meter and first in the 1,600-meter race. Team and individual points were not rewarded at this meet because it was a junior var...
The Sprague Lake Users Group (SLUG) is hosting the first annual Sprague Lake Trout Derby and Fishermen’s breakfast on June 9, from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. Cabela’s and Wholesale Sports are co-sponsors for the event and it is being held during free fishing weekend in Washington State. The Sprague volunteer firefighters from Fire District No. 1 are hosting the fishermen’s breakfast the day of the derby from 5 a.m. until 12 p.m. Anyone is welcome and all proceeds support the local fire district. The fishermen’s breakfast is held in...
Sophomore Logan Morley was the medalist in Tuesday’s home golf match. He led the field with a 42 against Davenport, Kettle Falls and Wilbur-Creston. The Broncos also bagged the team win with a 240. Davenport scored 288 while Kettle Falls posted a 271 and Wilbur-Creston was the closest challenger with a 256. For the boys, Colby Starring finished with a 45. Trevor Jantz shot a 46. The other Broncos included Brian Campbell, 53; Tyler O’Brien, 54; and Drew Hartz and Derrick Laird both with a 57. Among the girls, Kristine Lam...
The Ritzville Municipal Golf Course is launching the league golf season Wednesday, April 11. The sign up sheet for those planning to take part in league play is posted in the pro shop. For more information, contact Corey Morley at 659-9868....
The Ritzville Little Guy wrestling team traveled to Reardan for a tournament on Saturday, March 24, and many of the athletes returned home with top place finishes. The athletes that competed at the Reardan event are Brice Carson, Dawson Carson, Eric Carson, Harley Carson, Deacon Haase, Wyatt Kulm, Nicholas Labes, Dakota Lane, Timothy McLellan, Raymond Melville, Thomas Rosen and Zane Swanger. The rest of the athletes that could not attend the Reardan tournament are Ayden Alfons...
Jenna Bennett led the hitting with a triple and two doubles Saturday, but it was not enough to lift the team over the Colfax Lady Bulldogs who rolled to 15-8 win in the fastpitch season’s league opener. Originally scheduled to be played in Colfax, the game was moved to Ritzville due to poor field conditions from foul weather in Colfax. The Lady Broncos, 2-1 overall, scored eight runs on 15 hits and had five errors. Colfax scored 15 runs on 10 hits and recorded four errors. A... Full story
The Broncos are being cautious since it is early in the season, but a 4-0 start is a nice way to begin the spring baseball season. Especially when it includes a double thumping of the Colfax Bulldogs in the league openers. The Broncos won 11-2 and 19-8 Saturday over the Bulldogs in games played in Ritzville. The contests were originally slated to be at Colfax. Head coach Jason Aldrich was smiling as he talked about the wins, but cautious. He expects the Bulldogs to improve...
We are thankful for the youth of the Nazarene Church of Salem, Ore., and to the Nazarene Church of Ritzville, their hosts. The young men and women were of good cheer and were great workers! May their faith grow. Blessings! We are thankful for the effort being made by the current commissioners of East Adams Rural Hospital District No. 2, to include members of the citizenry in problem solving and for the willingness of the commissioners to hold public meetings for the purpose of informing the citizens and to be informed by the...
GOP Plans would add to debt. Obama plans would add to the debt. Why would these two statements surprise anyone? Trying to protect yearly revenues and expenditures is difficult even when the world is not in chaos. We could blame a lot of things for this challenge but one word “gasoline” is a big culprit! The gas price at the pump has fluctuated a great deal. When it goes down, people go more and they spend more money. This causes tax money to be more available for local, county, state and federal governments. However, when the... Full story
What if? What if our community had the potential to do great things for one another? What if we were willing to use the skills God gave us, to help those who aren’t able to help themselves? There are many organizations and individuals that already help in diverse ways, and God bless them for their service, but I’m talking about something just a little bit different. What if each adult in our community gave just $1 per month, just $1? There is the potential to raise $1,000 each month to help others in need! That money cou... Full story