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The Project 56 committee has distributed track pledge sheets to the entire LRS junior high and high school team athletes. The Pledge-A-Thon, which concludes April 11, allows students to have family members, friends or neighbors sponsor them for the remainder of the track and field season. The pledges are made based on the events that the athlete participates in. Sponsors can choose to pay the athlete for personal records (PR), placing at a competition or for competing in the state championship. Sponsors decide how much they w...
The local women’s Bible study has just concluded their study entitled, “Discerning the Voice of God” by Priscilla Shirer via DVD. The more than 60 women who attended the study came from Ritzville’s local Nazarene, Methodist, Lutheran, Foursquare, Mennonite and Seventh Day Adventist Churches. Women also drove in from the surrounding areas of Sprague, Benge, Washtucna, Lind, Harrington and Edwall. There were two meeting times from which to choose, Monday evenings and Tuesday afternoons, and every week 50 or more women were in...
The Kahlotus and Washtucna music programs are hosting a dessert/show fundraiser to raise funds for their Silverwood Amusement Park Performance in June. “The Olga Smorgasbord Show” is a salute to the television variety show of the 1970’s. Performances are Thursday, April 12 in Washtucna 7 p.m. in the gym and Monday, April 16 at 7 p.m. in the Kahlotus cafeteria. Donations are taken at the door. Suggested donation is $5 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under....
Secretary of Health, Mary Selecky, announced that whooping cough disease has reached epidemic levels in Washington. So far in 2012, 640 cases have been reported in 23 counties as of March 31. This compares to 94 cases during this same time period last year, putting Washington on-pace to have the highest number of reported cases in decades. “We’re very concerned about the continued rapid increase in reported cases,” said Selecky. “This disease can be very serious for young babies, who often get whooping cough from adults and o...
The Lind Town Council has decided not to move forward with urban chickens in the residential area in Lind. At the regular meeting on Tuesday, March 27, residents of the Lind community packed into Lind Town Hall to speak on the matter. Phil Kent had taken the initiative to conduct a survey for one day outside of the post office asking Lind residents if they were for or against urban chickens inside of the residential area based on the current proposal. The proposal had stated that residents could have up to five chickens with...
The LRS BroncBooster board and committee members are hosting the annual meeting on Sunday, April 22, at 2 p.m. in the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course clubhouse. The meeting’s purpose is to discuss the past year’s accomplishments, recognize those who have contributed and share ideas for the future. The LRS BroncBooster board members for the current year are Rita Fryberger; president, Melva Eichner; vice-president, Colleen Ruzicka; secretary and Debbie Gering; treasurer. The board consists of these four positions and two at-...
The Ritzville Public Library is applying for a grant to digitize photographs of early schoolhouses in Adams County. Any photographs or memorabilia received are a short-term loan to the Library only for the time that it takes to scan the item. After the items are scanned, library staff plans to return the photos and full credit is given to the owner in all documentation. For those individuals who have any original photographs, no photocopies, or memorabilia that depict early schoolhouses or student life prior to 1940, contact...
The Adams County Pet Rescue is in need of local families willing to become a foster family for canines currently in the care of organization. Pet Rescue currently only has capacity for 20 dogs at the temporary shelter in Othello. Mikki Kison, president of the Pet Rescue board, is asking for local families to step forward and help the organization at this crucial time. When the shelter reaches capacity, all canines brought to the organization have to be turned away. Last week, the Pet Rescue found six puppies and their mother...
A local resident is offering a beading class in April featuring a tennis bracelet made with Swarovski crystal. The class is scheduled for Saturday, April 21, at the Ritzville Art Gallery, 109 West Main. Cost is $20 plus supplies. Class and kits must be prepaid by Friday, April 6. The class is geared toward both beginners and those who have beaded before. The class begins at 9:30 a.m. and instructor Leslie Greenwalt expects participants to finish the project that day. Minimum age is 16 years unless preapproved by Greenwalt....
Homeowners and those who want to purchase a cord of wood from trees removed at the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course can now contact the Ritzville Golf Association (RGA) to make arrangements. On March 20, Ritzville City Council approved by consensus to allow the RGA to handle selling wood obtained after downing 11 trees at the golf course. The RGA undertook the task of removing the trees rather than the city this year, and plans to utilize the funds from selling the wood to recoup costs. Based on the recommendation from the...
The Caring Neighbors board recently donated $800 to the LRS Bronco football program. The donated money is to be used to purchase four new football helmets. The organization also donated $500 to the LRS softball program to be used to help with building dugouts at the softball field. Caring Neighbors is a non-profit entity established by Big Bend Electric Co-op. Big Bend Electric Co-op members have donated the funds for Caring Neighbors....
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. A Medstar helicopter is going to be present at the event. During the month of April, EARH is...
The Journal is asking local residents to submit very engaging photographs of the Adams County landscape or events in the area. The photographs submitted are for consideration to be published in the 2012-13 Visitor’s Guide. Photo credit for the photographer is also published with the chosen photos. If the office receives an outstanding photo, that photo has a chance to be used for the front cover of the guide. If a photograph is chosen for the front cover from the entries, The Journal plans to award that individual with a g...
The Ritzville Public Library and AAUW have upcoming book club meetings during the month of April. The AAUW book club is meeting on Wednesday, April 11 at 10 a.m. The book is “My sisters made of light,” by Jacqueline St. Joan. Contact Vel Babbitt at 659-0488 for the location of the event. The Ritzville Public Library book club is meeting on Thursday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the library basement. The book for the event is “Cutting for stone,” by Abraham Verghese. There are extra copies of the book available at the library...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague track and field team traveled to Deer Park High School on Friday, March 30, to compete in the seventh annual Dan Birdsell Invitational meet. Ryan Whitmore led the boys’ side of the team with two third place finishes in both of the hurdle races. Maya Wahl led the girls’ team with a third place finish in high jump and contributed to a fourth place finish in the 4x200 relay. Boys’ results The LRS boys’ team finished in 11th place out of 15 teams with a total of 22.5 points. 100: 5, Matt Fryberger 11.70...
The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse-Washtucna track and field team traveled to Milton-Freewater, Ore., on March 28 to compete against nine other teams. Scoring must of the points for the boys’ team is Darcy Stamper, who placed first in the high jump and second in the long jump competitions. The girls’ team placed first in the 4x200 relay, with the team members being Gail Harder, Rachel Gfeller, Shania Bailey and Anne Fleming. Gfeller also had a first place finish in the triple jump competition. Boys’ results 100: 18, Sam Harde...
The coming weeks will be devoted to one of this city’s sport’s heroes, coaching legend Benner T. Cummings. — M. M. Athey & The Ritzville Swim Club Part Ten: The Summer of 1964 Five of the best swimmers the Inland Empire had ever boasted comprised the core of the Ritzville Swim Club in 1964. This quintet possessed 13 of the 33 all-time records still held by the club. Tom Thomas, Tom Baumann, Bob Wood, Brian Miller and Jim Thomas were the most formidable opponents the swimmers from Spokane, Pullman and a dozen other clubs...
The Lind Elementary K-6 grade students had a Farm Day in the FFA building on Friday, March 30. Mackenzie Ellis was faced with two projects, a senior project and a FFA officer project and decided on the Farm Day to incorporate both projects in one and to give the younger students a great day of farm related learning. Ellis got the idea from her father, Brian, a former FFA advisor and the current principal of Lind schools. He started “Farm Days” in Ephrata, when he was the adv...
I am sure that many of you receive questionnaires like I do. They want to know what you think the largest problems are that our federal government faces. We should be very concerned about our unfunded liabilities! We have Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Postal retirement system, that are in deep trouble as baby boomers reach retirement age. We have hundreds of thousands of veterans who will need medical care, after too many deployments to our 21st century wars. We have millions of children who have been born to...
Kathryn C. (McConnell) Scoles passed away at the age of 64, on Saturday, Mar. 31. She was born to John F. and Naoma C. (Jamison) McConnell on July 18, 1947 in Cheney. She was the youngest of 14 children and raised on the family farm southwest of Cheney. She graduated from Cheney High School in 1965. She met the love of her life, Larry Scoles, in the summer of 1971 and they were wed on Mar. 8, 1973. She was a caregiver for 40 years. The last 19 years, she was an NAC at Life...
Cleo B. David, Spokane, died Friday, March 23, after celebrating her 95th birthday two days earlier. She was born outside of Beulah, N.D., to George O. and Effie Belle (Turner) Endreson. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Beulah High School in 1936. She earned a teaching certificate after two years at Dickenson State Teacher’s College, later receiving a life teaching certificate. She taught at four schools in North Dakota, during which she was engaged to her h...
Raymond Edward Jenkins passed away at home surrounded by his family on Sunday, Mar. 25, at the age of 62. He was born Jan. 29, 1950, in Boulder, Colo. to LaVerne Edward and Helen Mae (Dirkes) Jenkins. He moved with his family to Richland in 1956 and graduated from Kennewick High School in 1968. He attended Washington State University and graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science in Entomology. He joined the Peace Corps and served overseas in Africa for two and a half...
Hugh Anson Shawgo passed away at Hospice of Spokane on Tuesday, Mar. 20, after a battle with melanoma. He was born on the family farm near Ewan/Rock Lake on June 4, 1934, the youngest son of Elmer and Ida May (Evans) Shawgo. He attended school in Ewan until his parents moved to Spokane in 1943. He graduated from North Central High School in 1952. He enlisted in the United States Navy for four years and was stationed off the coast of Japan. He loved the family farm and lived...
The NCAA tournament has been fun to watch with some great plays and players. Big leads were never safe and saying that basketball is a contact sport is an understatement. I enjoy watching players who do things right, such as defending with their feet and not reaching as a player goes by him. I like to see teams that aren’t selfish and are willing to make the extra pass in order to get the best shot possible. I would rather have a guy who can knock down free throws late in t...
While it may seem at times that my sporting interests are confined to hunting birds and big game, this is an appropriate time to allow – with the Seattle Mariners having opened the major league season this week – that I also have followed professional baseball since I was a kid. If you’d asked me back when spring training began whether the Legislature would still be in session come opening day, I would have answered with a hopeful “no.” Yet I’m still at the Capitol as the M’s and Oakland A’s are flying home from two games in...