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Any decorations for the recent holidays placed at the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery for loved ones need to be picked up by Sunday, April 17. If there are any decorations still left they will be disposed of by the City Public Works department....
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall will be visiting Ritzville on April 16. Governor Jay Inslee appointed Marshall to the position in February. He is also the recipient of the Washington State Book Award for his poetry collection “Bugle”. On Saturday, April 16, Marshall will hold a poetry workshop followed by a reading at the Ritzville Public Library beginning at 10 a.m. The Friends of the Library held their quarterly meeting and...
Among the thousands of runners at the Boston Marathon this year, Ritzville will be represented by one of it’s own, Kylie Fullmer. Fullmer qualifed for the Boston Marathon a year ago during a race in Woodland, Washington, pictured at left. The Journal will publish Fullmer’s results in an upcoming edition of the newspaper....
A “Bingo and BBQ” fundraiser will be held at the Ralston Grange Hall this Saturday. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. with bingo starting at 5 p.m. and continuing until 8 p.m. Food for sale includes BBQ beef sandwiches, hot dogs and beverages. Prizes will include gift baskets, toys, baby items, Afghans, gift certificates, cash, fresh hams and much more. All proceeds will go to the Grange’s general fund and used to help sponsor community events and cover ongoing maintenance expenses of the Grange. The Ralston Grange sponsors a numbe...
Lind Calvary Assembly of God is again sponsoring the Goodwill Truck in Lind on Saturday, April 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, and Sunday, May 1, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. The truck will be parked next to the Lutheran church at 120 West Third Street in Lind. No couches, recliners or mattresses will be accepted. The proceeds will support summer camp and youth activities. For more information or to schedule a possible pickup of items please contact Carin Monroe at 509-435-6432 or Kim Schofstoll at 509-650-7175....
The Ronald Baumann Scholarship, sponsored by the East Adams County Healthcare Foundation is due May 1. The scholarship application can be accessed on the hospital’s website at http://www.earh.com and click on the “Healthcare Foundation” tab on the left. The scholarship is open for anyone residing in east Adams County communities and continuing their education in the health care field, such as local nurses and or EMTs. This also includes graduating seniors as well as students in the health care field currently enrolled in co...
The Ritzville City Council meeting took place on April 5 and began with an hour-long executive session with Attorney Milt Rowland in regards to the Well 9 project. The meeting opened with Rowland asking the council to pass Resolution 2016-05, which outlines a declared emergency in which the citizens of Ritzville are in need of a reliable well before mid-summer. The resolution states the City Engineer is to work with the legal counsel to select a responsible contractor to complete the Well 9 Pump Station Project. The goal is t... Full story
With just over two months remaining in the school year, the Lind and Ritzville School Boards are turning their focus to changes being implemented within the districts next year. During the school board meeting on March 28, the board members also discussed the updates currently being completed within the two districts. Superintendent Rob Roettger presented to the board regarding the transportation cooperative and the funds available. This year, with a decrease in gas prices, the school districts have spent over $4,100 less in...
CHEERLEADERS. During the Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby, Hannah Towne, Alayna Kiel, Chloe Hoeft and McKenna Smith served as cheerleaders, helping the crowd cheer for the racers. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
CELEBRATION. In an intense race at the Pinewood Derby, Carson Kubik leaps out of his seat to celebrate the win, while (from left) Michael Nichols, Jackson Nichols, Shawn Steinberger and Pete Spain react to the race. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
PINEWOOD DERBY WINNERS. The local Cub Scouts troop gathered in the American Legion Hall to compete in the annual Pinewood Derby. The winners at the event were Jonathan Stromberger, Kemper Smith and Sebastien Bonita. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
The Birds of Play and Cool Threads 4-H Clubs met Saturday morning, April 2 at the Ritzville City Park for a photography workshop. Our teacher, Barbara Heimbigner taught us how to properly compose a picture so we could improve our future pictures. We learned about the rule of thirds and rule of golden triangles. She had us take some pictures and then talked to us about the good points and how we could improve. Members taking part were Destiny Phelps, Gemini Correll, LeinHoa...
Former United States Highway 10 is an east-west highway built in 1926. It was one of the original long-haul highways and originated in Detroit, Michigan and extended to Seattle. In Adams County, Highway 10 enters the county near Sprague Lake at the Lincoln County line and continues through Ritzville along First Avenue before it exits at the Grant County line. It became obsolete with the building of Interstate 90 in 1968. During the March 28 meeting of the Adams County Commissi...
Leslie Loren Franke, 64, died Feb. 25 with family by his side. He was born and raised in Spokane, where he had many fond memories of family, friends and Priest Lake outings from his younger years. Les started the work force at a dairy, then on to tow truck driver before landing a job with Winnebago, manufacturing campers and trailers. Then opening his own neighborhood body shop in Spokane. In 1985 Les moved to Ritzville to work as an auto body man, electrician, etc. with Landcraft Repair, staying mostly there until he... Full story
Following a private graveside service at the Lind Cemetery, May 7 at 1:00 p.m. for her family, a Celebration of Life will be held at the Lind Senior Center from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. to honor the life and time of “Megi”. Please bring your memories and stories to share with all who knew and loved her....
Carl Walter “Walt” Koch, 95, died on April 2. Walt was born on May 6, 1920, in Ritzville, to Johann Friedrich “Fred” Koch and Sussanna “Susan” Yukert Koch. Walt met his future wife, who lived in Spokane, through a close buddy and was immediately smitten. After a short courtship he married Lenora M. Bishop on June 15, 1941. Walt was employed for two years as an auto mechanic for the Oldsmobile dealership in Ritzville and also worked for the Ritzville Public School as a bus driver and mechanic from 1939 until he entered the Arm...
I enjoy a great interview with an athlete to hear their perspective on what it took to become a top notch ball player. Some owe it to great parents or grandparents, while others credit a high school coach that took the time to push them to become a better person and athlete. Some athletes may have had some great experiences once they started college and realized they weren’t the best player on the team anymore and putting more time in the weight room or extra time after p... Full story
Wind is the fastest expanding sector of renewable energy. Its potential for the future was the motivation for a field trip for the Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS) Advanced Placement Environmental Science class and other Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) club students. On Wednesday, March 30, 10 students visited Puget Sound Energy’s Wild Horse Wind and Solar Farm in Kittitas County. Students had the opportunity to learn about the process of making a wind farm, the intricacies of the technology behind wind t...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos track and field team traveled to Deer Park on April 1 to compete in the Deer Park Invitational. Both the boys and girls teams placed 14th, with the boys earning 18 points and the girls 24. Individually, Field racked up points for the Broncos, earning a second place finish, two fifth place finishes and a seventh place placing. For the girls, Rachel Schell earned second place in the 100-meter race. She also ran a leg of the 4x100-meter relay, with the team placing second, as well as a leg in... Full story
At the Lind Town Council meeting on March 22 the claims approval was not approved by the Council due to the warrant register being off because of a bars code error. This was caused by a software malfunction, which the software company had to fix.... Full story
The term “unintended consequence” is mentioned from time to time in the Legislature. It generally refers to a negative aspect in a new law – something no one had foreseen until the law went into effect, which needs to be fixed with another piece of legislation. Our Senate majority knew the unprecedented two-year tuition cut we enabled at Washington State University and our other state-run colleges and universities would allow more students to pursue a college degree. It would help them avoid taking on more debt through stude... Full story
It may be news to many Americans, but as individual land owners, ranchers and farmers in Washington already know, the federal government is one of the largest property managers in the nation, and especially in the West. According to a 2014 government survey, federal agencies manage 640 million acres of land, or one million square miles nationwide. That number accounts for 28 percent of land in the country. To put that enormous number in further perspective, it is just a bit smaller than the size of the land area of the three...
Last Week the Ritzville City Council voted to accept an ordinance that requires all fence installations to have a building permit. This ordinance is in response to the city finding several violations to the existing setback and fence height requirements and receiving multiple complaints from concerned city residents. If you want to install a fence on your property within the city limits, you must visit City Hall and apply for a building permit. The City requires a cost estimate and drawings or plans that show the exact... Full story
The ballots have been mailed out and we received ours the other day. We will be sitting down and voting YES for the school bond because it is important to have great schools and environments for our students to learn. We have to look to the future to make sure we do everything we can for those next groups of leaders that will hopefully do their part to continue to make this a great community in which to live. I went to school here and made a choice to live here because this is a great place to live. The bond is filled with... Full story
I am a junior at Lind-Ritzville High School. I have lived in Ritzville since I was 6 years old and I have gone to school here since I was in first grade. I have also participated in every school activity you could think of because being a part of what the school provided for me was something I loved to do. I was going into my final year of junior high when Lind and Ritzville combined academically, meaning that I have experienced many changes as well as have been a part of many traditions this community has developed. I have...