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The Lind Town Council met on March 26, and was called to order at 7 p.m. by Mayor Paula Bell. Unfinished business brought up the request by the McKinney family (Farm to Table) to sell fruit and vegetables once a week from a refrigerated truck parked adjacent to the Lind City Park. Councilmembers and Mayor Bell reviewed ordinances to determine the permit fee which would be required. Much discussion centered around the competition Farm to Table would pose to Jim’s Market, which also sells produce. Much of the argument c...
Two different weeks, two different track meets for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos track & field team. On March 20 – long before the snow melted – Cheney High School hosted the first track meet of the season for the Broncos. If you were there, you would have thought you came to watch a track meet in the Himalayas. Ritzville’s track team had few days to prepare – same as many other LRS spring sports teams – and it showed with first-meet jitters and apprehension common among younger and less-experienced teammates. Nine days...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos baseball team picked up its first wins of the season last week, sweeping a doubleheader against the Davenport Gorillas in non-league action on March 26. The Broncos also dropped a non-league road game against the Odessa Tigers on March 28, and now sit at 2-3 (0-2 in league play) on the young season. The bats were clicking for the Broncos in their doubleheader sweep over the Gorilla, which was played in Ritzville but counted in the box score as two road games for LRS, scoring 10 runs in both...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos tennis squad was busy last week, with the girls team playing three league matches in a four day span and the boys team playing two matches. The Broncos hosted the Wilbur-Creston Wildcats on March 26 in their first match of the season. Five matches and a jamboree had been cancelled or rescheduled in the previous two weeks. It was a narrow win for the girls team against the Wildcats, winning the match 3-2. In a varsity team match, three...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos softball squad found themselves in a high-scoring affair during its non-league doubleheader against the Davenport Gorillas on March 26, with a total of 58 runs being scored between the teams in just the two games. The Lady Broncos and the Gorillas ended up splitting the doubleheader, with the Broncos losing the first game and winning the second. Due to still inadequate field conditions in Davenport, the games were held in Ritzville and LRS was the away team. The Lady Broncos now sit at...
If you are anything like me, you watched the Gonzaga Bulldogs lose to the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Saturday. Games like these are harsh realities of the win and go on and lose and go home tournament format. I’ve said this before and it bears repeating, “Losing hurts worse than winning feels good!” After a loss you can hear teams’ fans or coaches say, ‘We would have won if we only hit our free throws or gotten that last rebound or made that layin.” I don’t think I’ve ever hea...
Tina Shields was selected as the Lind-Ritzville Schools Above & Beyond recipient for the month of March. Shields was nominated by Lind Elementary and Lind-Ritzville Middle School principal Cindy Deska for always having a positive attitude and being willing to take on extra responsibilities....
Kenneth R. Kanzler passed away on April 2, 2019. A graveside service will be held Friday April 5, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in Ritzville at the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery. A full obituary will run in next week’s paper. Arrangements are handled by Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville, WA....
March Students of the Month. Back row (from left): Briseida Oliva-Montejano, Alejandra Novoa-Guizar, Carlos Garcia and Aiko-Valles-Ceciliano. Front row: Olivia Blake, Isabella Najera, Jason Dobbins, Priscilla Garcia and Angela Nava-Lopez. Not pictured: Ryan Anderson and Camron Olson....
According to the Yakima Herald Republic’s special series, “The Vanished:” “A report from the National Institute of Justice found that more than four out of five Native American women have experienced violence in their lives. In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control reported that homicide is the third leading cause of death among Native American women between the ages of 10 and 24. The Department of Justice has reported Native American women are 10 times more likely to be murdered than other Americans.” The murder and abduc...
Dear Friends, A couple of weeks ago we started using a catch-all term—“Taxapalooza”—to highlight the sheer number of tax proposals put on the table before and during this legislative session. If you were to visit my office at the Senate, you’d see a big poster-sized Taxapalooza sign on an easel a short distance from my doorway, detailing the various ways the governor and his political allies would reach deeper into people’s pockets. Now that we see all the taxes Democratic legislators have proposed as part of the budget pack...
Dancers from the Mixed Attitudes dance program performed in front of a full house in the Ritzville Grade School gymnasium on March 27. The Mixed Attitudes Dance performances are instructed by Karen Kinch, and includes dancers from the communities of Ritzville, Lind, Washtucna, Kahlotus, LaCrosse and Connell performing both jazz and ballet routines. In the photo are back row, from left: Gemini Correll, Hailee Noser, Lilly Fannin, Shelby Kidwell and Hannah Towne. Front row:...
The East Adams Rural Healthcare (EARH) Board met on March 28 for its regular meeting. All board members were present. Two guests visited to make presentations: Sharon Shelton, on behalf of Eide Bailly LLP, and Sharon DeGroot, who is consulting for the Grand Columbia Health Alliance (GCHA). Shelton began with slide charts of how EARH is progressing since finance operational proposals had been put in place. Shelton reported that claims are being paid more promptly and said that with the currently trained staff, the...
Washtucna Music Department students have been busy in music festivals and competitions. Nate Hille and Jess Van Hollebeke (both trombone players) were selected for the Southeast Music Educators Honor Jazz Band at WSU conducted by Greg Yasinitsky. They performed January 28. Drake Gloyn (French horn), Lexy Hamilton (tenor sax), and Cooper Jessop (clarinet) received Excellent ratings at the regional Solo/Ensemble Festival, and Jess Van Hollebeke and Hannah Hille (clarinet)...
Big Bend Electric Cooperative has awarded three scholarships to local area high school seniors. They are Talmage Hales, Chiawana High School, son of James and Makala Hales of Pasco; Lacey Miller, Lind-Ritzville High School, daughter of Mike and Marci Miller of Ritzville and Natalee Pickel, Connell High School, daughter of Andy and Melissa Pickel, Connell. The students were introduced at Big Bend Electric’s 80th annual meeting held on Feb. 23, where they read their scholarship essays to the members present. The scholarships a...
The Lind and Ritzville School Boards met for their monthly meeting on March 25, where they received updates from a variety of different voices at the schools. Lind Elementary and Lind-Ritzville Middle School principal Cindy Deska recognized Tina Shields as this month’s Above & Beyond recipient. Shields was recognized for the positive attitude that she brings to school every day and for taking on extra responsibilities whenever she is asked. For example, Deska said, Shields was recently asked to assist with a student new to th...
Applications for the 2019 Ritzville Chapter AR P.E.O. scholarship are now available from the guidance counselor at Lind-Ritzville High School and under the “Counselor” tab on the LRHS website. The scholarship is for $1,000 and is open to graduating female students at LRHS. Applications for the scholarship will be due by May 6, and the scholarship will be awarded at the LRHS 2019 graduation. P.E.O. is a Philanthropic Educational Organization where women celebrate the advancement of women; educate women through sch...
The annual Ralston Grange Easter egg hunt will be held at the Ralston Park on Saturday, April 13 at 9 a.m. A continental breakfast and games in the Ralston Grange Hall will follow. Kids of all ages, from toddler on up, are welcomed to participate. Every child taking part will go home with eggs and a candy treat. Each family participating is asked to donate one dozen hard-boiled, decorated eggs. They are asked to leave them at 410 W 10th Ave. in Ritzville on April 12. Anyone needing more information may call Ana Lobe at (509)...
Lind-Ritzville Cooperative School District principals provided the Lind and Ritzville school boards with an update on recent Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) testing that took place earlier this year. The schools recently received the results of how the students fared on the latest round of testing conducted in the winter. Overall, the principals were encouraged about the progress made by their students, in comparison to both the national average and from previous testing earlier in the school year. At the high school...
More than 200 happy feet traveled home from Lind Elementary School last week. Every child between pre-school and sixth grade got a new pair of shoes on March 27, sponsored by the Lind Cavalry Assembly of God Church through the Assembly of God USA's missions arm, Convoy of Hope. About an hour before classes let out, organizer Kim Schofstoll and her group of volunteers gathered in the main hallway with bags of shoes, which were sorted and marked according to destination...