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The Town of Lind is hosting its Free Dump Day on April 7. The dump truck will be in town and residents can bring their waste beginning at 8 a.m. until it is full. The truck will not accept appliances, paint, chemicals or tires. For more information, contact the Town Office at 677-3241.... Full story
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. 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 support. To schedule an appointment, visit http://inbcsaves.org.... Full story
All Wheat Land Communities’ Fair market livestock exhibitors are required to be current with their quality assurance certification. Since the formerly utilized program Pork Quality Assurance is no longer available, the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair Junior Livestock Sale Committee will be offering a new training on Sunday, April 22, at 1:30 p.m. at the Knuth Building on the fairgrounds. All youth are welcome. The WLCF Junior Livestock Sale will pay the registration fee if an animal is to be sold in the 2018 sale. Online sel...
The Washtucna Lions Club will be hosting two bingo nights during the month of April. The first event is being held on Saturday, April 7. The group will then host another bingo night on April 21. Doors open at 6 p.m. for refreshments and socializing, while bingo starts at 7 p.m....
The Town of Lind took another step in the beginning stages of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) road improvement work. During the March 27 meeting, Century West Engineering Project Manager Steve Nelson informed the Lind Town Council the company received bids from six contractors for the first phase of the FEMA road improvement project. Out of the six proposals submitted for the project, WM Winkler Company, out of Spokane, had the lowest bid at $332,459. Nelson’s cost estimate for the project was $464,100. N...
During the March 27 meeting, the Lind Town Council voted to schedule a public hearing for a potential rezoning property on Third Street from residential to commercial. The hearing is scheduled for April 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall before the regularly scheduled council meeting. Chris Madison, owner of Auto Smith Inc., explained he is purchasing a parcel of land on Third Street where he would relocate and run his auto repair business. Madison explained he is waiting to finalize purchasing the lot from the owner, because he... Full story
Representatives from organizations in Adams and Lincoln counties and interested citizens attended the Ritzville Mobility Summit on March 23 at East Adams Rural Healthcare. The summit was hosted by People For People (PFP), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization providing services such as special needs transportation and brokered non-emergency medical transportation. One of the objectives of the summit was to introduce the organization’s Human Service Transportation Plan. The plan identifies the demands of those who have special t...
LOCKED ON. During the Ralston Grange Easter Egg Hunt on March 24, Wade Green remained focused on capturing another egg during the annual event. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
GOLDEN EGG WINNERS at the Ritzville Community Easter Egg Hunt were (from left) Lucas Hofstee, Camden Gordon and Joey Duff. The three young men located the golden eggs hidden throughout Ritzville City Park on March 24. -Journal photo by Al Stover... Full story
SEVEN YOUNGSTERS came away with prizes for finding gold and silver eggs during the annual Lind Easter Egg Hunt at the town park on March 31. Winners are (from left) Kasen Knodel, Gemma Boettcher, Irena Goodman, Dean Clark, Harper Labes, Olivia Blake, Temple Gefre and Brody Ulrich. -Journal photo by Al Stover...
SIBLING HELP. Hannah Boyd (right) places an egg in the basket for her brother Samuel Boyd during the March 31 Washtucna Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Washtucna Associated Student Body. -Journal photo by Al Stover...
LIND EASTER HUNT. Children packed the Lind Town Park on March 31 to participate in the annual Lind Easter Egg Hunt. Particpants who found the gold and silver eggs received a reward. -Journal photo by Al Stover... Full story
If you read this column as religiously as I write them you would know that my prediction for the women’s NCAA basketball championship was wrong. I admit it, but I also admit that I don’t like to make predictions. I like to watch the games and hope for good ones. The women’s Final Four could not have been more exciting as both semifinal matchups went into overtime with Mississippi State outlasting Louisville and Notre Dame taking out highly favored and undefeated UConn on a buz...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague track and field team competed in the Glen Wolf Memorial Invite in Deer Park on Friday, March 30. The LRS women’s team placed fifth 58 points. Senior athlete Rachel Schell, who placed first in the 100-meter and the 200-meter races, led the team in points. She also helped secure a third place finish in the 4x100-meter relay as the anchor leg for the team. Rose Melville, who garnered a second place finish in the 800-meter and 3200-meter races, closely followed Schell in points for the LRS team. The Bro... Full story
Brimming with confidence and anticipation, I strolled to the tee box. In one gloved hand, I held my club, in the other the ball and tee. There was no doubt in my mind that the dimpled fuchsia orb atop the tee was about to be dispatched for a soaring and momentous distance. Laser-beam focused, feet firmly planted, hands well- positioned on the club handle, I began to lift and shift and BOOM! A 30 mile-an-hour gust of wind hit me from behind and I stumbled over the tee, knocking the ball to the ground. Conditions were not... Full story
As we deal with our population growth, we must address sufficient supplies of drinkable fresh water for residential, commercial, agriculture, fisheries and industrial needs. Not only will our numbers continue to climb, but so will competing pressures for fresh water. While demographers can project population growth fairly accurately and planners are good at assessing future needs, nature controls the supply of rainfall and mountain snowpack; and, when it occurs. Too often precipitation is “feast or famine.” For example, pre...
One of the most urgent issues we face right now in Central Washington is the ongoing threat to dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. Just this week, a Ninth Circuit Court panel rejected arguments for an injunction to pause a forced spill order by an Oregon federal judge. The Oregon judge’s order requires an increase in spill for the eight lower Columbia and Snake River dams and now goes into effect as of April 3. Increasing spill comes with a $40 million price tag for ratepayers this year alone. That price is too high, a...
It was the late, great Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” About a quarter of Americans consider the question in earnest and take action. The Corporation for National Community Service reported, as of 2016, 62.8 million Americans volunteered for an average of 32.1 hours apiece, equating to 7.9 billion hours of service or $184 billion worth of work. Given these numbers, it is difficult to deny that service plays a critical role in helpin...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos golf team began their season with two Northeast 2B League matches in March. The Broncos competed in Ritzville on March 20, followed by a match in Harrington on March 27. LRS was scheduled to compete in a nonleague match at St. John on March 22, but Head Coach Nick Weishaar said the contest was not finished because of poor weather conditions. During the Ritzville match, Spencer Gering, who was the only Bronco golfer in the boy’s division, s...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos baseball team had two more bumps in the road after Asotin swept them in a Northeast 2B South League doubleheader on March 31. The Panthers defeated the Broncos 6-0 in the first game, followed with a 5-0 shutout in the second contest of the day. The two losses put LRS at 0-2 in league play. In game one, Asotin jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. After LRS’ defense kept the Panthers from adding to the score in the second and third i...
CARING NEIGHBORS. Ritzville City Council Member Mike Schrag (left) accepts $750 donation from Caring Neighbors, represented by Dale Anderson. The Caring Neighbors board recently donated $750 to the City of Ritzville for a beautification project at the west entry into Ritzville on First Avenue. The project will include planting trees, shrubs and perennial flowers starting at the Welcome to Ritzville train and wheat sign, and continuing towards town. Caring Neighbors is a...
For more than a year, the Washington Association of Wheat Growers and the Washington Grain Commission have been working with a group of Pacific Northwest industry stakeholders and members of the region’s federal delegation to increase falling numbers research funding through an appropriations request. That request, $1 million to the Agricultural Research Service, was included in the Omnibus appropriations bill passed a couple of weeks ago by Congress and signed by the president. “A successful appropriations request normally t... Full story
Jeffrey Stevens resigned from his seat as Adams County Commissioner District 3 on March 15. His resignation letter states he had originally intended to retire in August, but was persuaded to stay on the board through the budgeting cycle. “The budget is complete and seven months have passed since my originally planned date. Thank you for your support of both Adams County and myself.” Stevens’ commissioner term was set to expire in 2018. The Adams County Republican Party is hosting a special meeting at Othello City Hall on Ap...
Eleanor Marie Schell daughter of Henry and Katherine (Kammerzel) Melcher was born July 3, 1918 at Schrag. She went to county grade school and worked on the farm with her brother and sister doing chores and cooking. Eleanor married Carl John Schell August 29, 1937 at Menno Lutheran Church. They farmed west of Ritzville for a number of years and then moved east of Ritzville where they purchased a farm in 1953 and farmed until Carl retired in 1972. Their son Jerry and his wife Na...