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The Ritzville Journal office will be closing at 12 p.m. on Friday, March 30, to accommodate staff schedules. The office will resume regular business hours on April 2 at 9 a.m....
Several local churches have announced special service times for the Easter holiday. The Benge Community Church will have an Outdoor Cowboy Church Easter Sunrise Service on April 1 at Warm Springs Ranch at 7:30 a.m. The ranch is located south of Benge, one mile north of Mack Road, above the falls on Cow Creek. For more information, call 887-2434. The gathering site is at the hill of the Three Crosses and overlooks Crab Creek Falls. There will be a campfire, coffee and treats. Emanuel Lutheran Church will participate in a...
A Washtucna Community Blood Drive on Tuesday, April 10, will be held in support of Washtucna educator, Janet Camp. The blood drive runs from 2:45-6:15 p.m. at the Washtucna School and is hosted by the Inland Northwest Blood Center. Camp was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia earlier this year. The Washtucna School hosted a Leukemia Awareness Week in her honor from Feb. 12-16. The Washtucna FBLA students will also be hosting a bake sale and flower sale to support Camp. Those attending are asked to wear orange to show...
Ongoing efforts to solve rural Washington’s broadband problem are bearing fruit. After two years of give and take, legislation sponsored by Rep. Mary Dye has been signed into law. House Bill 2664 facilitates the creation of much needed infrastructure allowing for broadband access in rural areas statewide. Dye’s policy, which initially was met with considerable resistance in Olympia, extends telecommunications authority to all ports in Washington state. “It has been an uphill battle, but in the end tenacity won out,” said Dy...
The City of Ritzville will be one of the municipalities participating in discussions to develop a hazard mitigation management plan for Adams County. During the March 20 Ritzville City Council meeting, the Council voted to draft a letter stating they will participate in the Adams County Hazard Mitigation Plan development process. They also voted Police Chief Dave McCormick as the City of Ritzville’s contact and Council Member Michelle Plumb as the alternate. Prior to the vote, Adams County Emergency Management Director Jay We...
Accounts receivable collection and clarification stood as the primary discussion for the Adams County Hospital District No. 2 Board of Commissioners during the March 22 meeting. The District recently hired three additional staff members to work in the billing department and assist with payment collection for bills less than 90 days. Inland Northwest is currently contracted with the Hospital District for collection of bills over 90 days. CEO/CFO Gary Bostrom reported the hospital’s current AR days are 192.77, which is an i...
At Superintendent Matt Ellis’ recommendation, the Lind and Ritzville School Boards agreed by consensus to relocate high school students to Lind during the next school year. During the March 26 meeting, the two boards did not discuss the relocation of students, merely agreed with Ellis’ recommendation. During the 2018-19 school year, Lind-Ritzville High School students will attend classes in the current Lind-Ritzville Middle School. Seventh and eighth grade students will also remain in the building, while sixth grade stu...
EXPERIMENT. Ritzville Grade School student Danika Cox looks on as Mobius Science Center’s Jake Milliron uses a leaf blower to demonstrate how low air pressure can unravel a roll of toilet paper. Mobius Science Center visited the school for RGS Family Science Night on March 22. -Journal photo by Al Stover...
EASTER GIFT. Mateo Hernandez received a small lollipop from the Easter Bunny during the Ritzville Community Easter Egg hunt at city park on March 24. The trace of snow from earlier in the morning did not deter a large group of youngsters from attending the annual event. The Easter egg hunt is sponsored by the Ritzville Eagles and made possible by community donations. -Journal photo by Al Stover...
EGG HUNTER. At the Ralston Grange Easter Egg Hunt, Camryn Hernandez picks up one egg while keeping her eyes trained on another egg a few steps away. The annual Easter egg hunt attracted over 30 children to Ralston to participate in the family event on March 24, which was followed by breakfast and games at the Ralston Grange Hall. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
So we are down to the Final Four in both women’s and men’s basketball. The last elite men’s game played was a good one that went into overtime between No. 1 seeded Kansas and No. 2 seeded Duke. Kansas outlasted the Blue Devils and will play Villanova the only other one seed to survive. When it comes to the other two No. 1 seeds, Virginia didn’t make it out of the gate and Xavier didn’t make it past the first weekend. What about last year’s final four teams? Oregon and South C...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague track and field team traveled to Colfax on Saturday, March 24, to compete in the MacDougall Invite. In the first official meet of the season, the team was led by senior Rachel Schell, who netted a first place finish in the 100-meter, fourth place in the 200-meter and sixth place in the 100-meter hurdles. Senior Jack Anderson also scored points for the Broncos, entering into a five-way tie for fifth place in the high jump competition. Men’s Results 100: 27, Jack Anderson 12.40. 200: 16, Conrad Z...
In search of new opportunity, many LRHS sophomores and juniors are planning on enrolling in Running Start in the fall. As defined by the United States Department of Education, “The term ‘dual enrollment’ refers to an arrangement where students are enrolled in courses that count for both high school and college credit.” Beginning with Minnesota’s 1985 Postsecondary Enrollment Options Program, similar state mandated initiatives have been developed in 47 states, helping to keep “students academically challenged throughout...
Joining together to combat the crisis of drug and opioid abuse that is harming our communities is a major issue that should unite Americans in common cause. The impact of drug addiction and overdoses has touched too many lives in our country and in our state. According to the American Society of Addition Medicine, in 2014, 1.9 million Americans had a substance use disorder involving prescription pain relievers, in contrast to the 586,000 Americans that had a substance use disorder involving heroin. The Center for Disease...
Most of the 2.5 million annual Alamo visitors focus on the epic 1836 battle in which a small band of brave Texans was eventually overrun by the Mexican army. Folk heroes like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and William Travis were among the Texans killed while fighting for independence from Mexico. However, the Alamo is more than a small Spanish-style church depicted on tourism brochures, which barely withstood a 13-day pummeling from Mexican cannons. It is a large complex built nearly a century before the seize where irrigated...
Lind Calvary Assembly of God This Sunday is Easter. It’s also April Fools’ Day. I couldn’t remember when these two ever coincided, but then I found out why. The last time Easter fell on April 1 was in 1956, which happened before I was born. As we observe these two simultaneously, it draws an obvious contrast. April Fools’ Day is a light-hearted time of playing practical jokes on family and friends, whereas Easter deals with the sober implication for all humanity of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. But even wi...
Effective April 1, The Ritzville Adams County Journal will now charge for the publication of obituaries. In the newspaper’s 131 years, obituaries have been placed free of charge. Due to the amount of editorial space dedicated to obituaries, the staff made a financial decision to charge for placement of obituaries in order to offset costs. For years, The Journal has been dedicated to reducing the financial stress to families who are dealing with the loss of a loved one. As costs steadily rise for the company, it has become nec...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos hosted their first league match of the season against Kettle Falls on Tuesday, March 20. The team was scheduled to play at St. George’s a few days later, but the match was canceled due to weather conditions. In the Kettle Falls match, only members of the Broncos girl’s team had the opportunity to compete, as Kettle Falls does not currently have a boy’s team. The Broncos defeated the Bulldogs 3-2 in the league match. This was the first full-...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos baseball team continued their season on March 22 with a 14-11 nonleague loss to Odessa at Bob Heider Memorial Field. LRS’ offense struggled in the first inning as the Tigers jumped to a 4-0 lead. The Broncos answered with two runs in the second inning after Camden Smith’s single brought Garrett Frederick and Carson Ayers to home plate. In the third inning, the Broncos went on a five-run rally, which included a two-RBI single from Bryce Han...
Steven Joseph Hays was born Dec. 31, 1931, and died in Kennewick on March 10 after a long and active life. He was born to Joseph and Georgia Phillips Hays in Cheney. The family lived in Pullman until he was nine. At that point, the family moved to Lind where he finished school as a member of the class of 1949. He attended Washington State University where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and completed ROTC. Steve graduated with a degree in Fine Arts. The highlight...
Matthew Joseph Johnson, 49, died on March 22 after a short, fierce battle with cancer with his sister, Gina, by his side. Matt was born in Colfax on Jan. 11, 1969. He was raised in Sprague by his parents, Glen and Mary Johnson. Matt graduated from Sprague High School in 1987. After high school, he served in the Army and attended WSU. He loved to tell stories of his time overseas in the military. Matt married Paula Whitney in 1996 and they had three children. During this time,...
In honor of the Easter holiday, the Washtucna and Lind communities are hosting Easter egg hunts for local youth on Saturday, March 31. The Washtucna Easter Egg Hunt is sponsored by the Washtucna Associated Student Body and will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Bassett Park. Children in sixth grade and under are welcome to participate in the hunt. Prior to the event the Washtucna Lions Club is serving breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. The meal is provided by donation only. The annual Lind Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the...