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Fourteen acts will provide a solid evening of entertainment when the Ralston Grange hosts the “Puttin’ on the Ritz” variety show Friday night to benefit The New Ritz Theatre. Doors at the grange open at 5:30 p.m. with the show at 6:30 p.m. featuring a plethora of local talent. Admission is by donation with all proceeds going to the RDDA Theater Fund. Randy Roth shared the performance list this week, which has grown notably in the past few days. Here’s the list of performers scheduled to take the stage: Dalyn Killian will pe... Full story
The Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ (UCC) in Ritzville is working with the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to provide a mobile Community Service Office (CSO) on Wednesday, April 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the old Parkway Building on Main Avenue. The CSO unit has onsite representatives to offer assistance to area community members needing to apply for state assistance regarding cash, basic food, medical, and drug and alcohol treatment services. The CSO unit will also collect completed paperwork... Full story
The third annual Pet Rescue Dog Walk and Fun Run takes off from the Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ on Sunday, April 21, sponsored by Adams County Pet Rescue (ACPR). Check-in and registration begins at 1:30 p.m. and runners leave the starting line to complete the 2.1–mile course at 2 p.m. ACPR is bringing eight-week-old Blue Heeler – Mastiff mix puppies to the event that will be available for adoption. Dogs are optional on the course, and participants are asked to... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville FFA Alumni committee is hosting a membership drive barbecue at the Lind Ag Shop on Monday, April 22, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The evening event is open to the public and for general membership for individuals who have already joined or are interested in joining the organization. The barbecue meal consists of hamburgers, hot dogs, beans, chips, soda and water. Any individual is welcome to join the alumni organization and is not a requirement that the individual has to be a former FFA member. After the meal...
The Lind School District is hosting a spring “Childfind” event on Monday, April 29. The event includes screening children under the age of five for delays in the areas of motor, communication, social, school-readiness and daily living skills. Parents with a child who may need these services are asked to contact Lind Elementary School at 677-3481 to schedule an appointment....
All Ritzville lady golfers are invited to join in a round of nine-hole golf on Monday, April 22, at the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course. All participants are asked to be at the course at 9:45 a.m. for the 10 a.m. tee-off. After the ladies complete a round of golf, all participants are encouraged to attend lunch. For more information about the annual event, contact Ronna Galbreath at 659-4239.... Full story
As part of its commitment to making a significant impact on education and equity for all women, the Ritzville branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is offering a scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a woman who graduated from Ritzville, Lind or Sprague High School and is entering her third year of college in the fall of 2013. This is the 18th year the scholarship has been awarded. AAUW, nationally and locally, wishes to encourage women in the fields of math, science and technology. Therefore,...
A 25-year-old Yakima man died late Monday night following a single vehicle rollover wreck on Interstate 90 just past the eastbound Schrag Rest Area. The incident was reported at 10:38 p.m. on April 10. The Lind Fire Department, Ritzville Ambulance and Washington State Patrol responded to the wreck. Anthony J. Greco of Yakima was found at the scene, out of the vehicle. According to a WSP report, Greco’s 2000 Dodge Durango left the roadway to the north onto a dirt embankment i...
St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sprague recently received a $5,000 Lutheran Community Outreach Bridge Grant from the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation. The funding was awarded to St. John’s based on its effectiveness in addressing basic needs of the local community such as food, clothing or shelter. St. John’s has also elected to participate in a complementary two-to-one challenge grant program sponsored by the Foundation. For every dollar raised by St. John’s by March 31, the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans provide... Full story
Ritzville has been named a 2012 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management. This is the third year Ritzville has earned the national designation. Ritzville achieved Tree City USA recognition by meeting the program’s four requirements: a tree board or department, a tree-care ordinance, an annual community forestry budget of at least $2 per capita and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation. The Arbor Day Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and...
Apollo, Inc. located out of Kennewick recently announced road closures due to the upcoming reconstruction of the Lind-Hatton Road for the Adams County Department of Public Works. Beginning April 29, a five-mile section of Lind-Hatton Road between Highway 21, and south to Damon Road will be temporarily closed to all traffic until the approximate completion date of Aug. 16. The actual road closures will be located at the intersection of Highway 21 and Lind-Hatton Road; the intersections of Lind-Hatton Road and Damon Road,...
Monday, April 22, marks the grand opening of the newest family dining option in Ritzville: Memories Diner. The diner is being opened by a mother and daughter duo who have long had the dream of going into business together and look forward to making the dream a reality next week. The Main Avenue business that previously housed Casuela’s Grill is now under the ownership Lori Gorman-Anderson and her daughter Jessika Wolf. The duo has been feverishly working to renovate and redeco...
Terry Janzen presents Tom Balfe with the Outstanding Community Member Award during the Arbor Day Celebration on April 10. Balfe has worked for the City of Ritzville for several years and personally cares for the trees and decorative plants that beautify the community. -Journal photo by Janis Rountree... Full story
The Lind residents can expect to see construction begin alongside Highway 21 for a new wastewater treatment plant facility on Monday, April 22, when Kearsley Construction, Inc. will start moving equipment to the site, just a half of mile west of town. The town council unanimously approved to hire Kearsley Construction in October as the low bidder on the project with a base bid of $2,553,567, an amount $217,000 over the engineers estimate provided by USKH, Inc. USKH’s civil e...
Gonzaga University recently announced James Stevenson of Lind has been named on the Fall 2012 President’s List. To be eligible for the list, an undergraduate student must maintain a grade point average of 3.70 through 4.0 and must be enrolled in 12 or more academic credits for the semester....
The Caring Neighbors recently made a $500 donation to the Ritzville Museum Volunteers. The donated money is being used to restore the Train Order Signal for the Northern Pacific Depot museum in Ritzville. Caring Neighbors is a non-profit entity established by Big Bend Electric Co-op. The Big Bend Electric Co-op members have donated the Caring Neighbors funding....
The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse-Washtucna team traveled to Medical Lake on Saturday, April 13, to compete in the Undeberg Invitational. The SJELW girls’ team placed second overall with 62 points. Darcy Stamper competed in the Pasco Invitational on Saturday and finished 10th overall in the high jump competition, recording a jump of 6-feet-two-inches. Boys’ results 100: 23, Rodrigo Santos 12.38. 36, Mads Schmidt-Larsen 12.63. 200: 25, Santos 26.31. 36, Schmidt-Larsen 27.11. 800: 32, Weston Miller 2:34.65. 34, Luke Bailey 2:3... Full story
The LaCrosse-Washtucna tennis team found success during the last week against Chewelah, St. George’s and Reardan. The Tigercats’ singles players for both the boys and the girls continue to dominate on the court and become more competitive in league matches. The Tigercats hosted Chewelah in LaCrosse on April 10 and played all pro-sets due to weather conditions. In the number one boys singles match, senior athlete Justin Wargo defeated Ben Johnstone 8-4. Lura Potter faced Tenika Smith in the number one girls’ match and also too... Full story
The LRS Broncos’ baseball team has a season record of 6-6 after losing a doubleheader to Northwest Christian at home on Tuesday, 5-1 and 16-5. Saturday the Broncos hosted Davenport and split the doubleheader, winning the first game 15-5 and losing the second, 7-2. Against the Gorillas, the Broncos won the game with 11 hits. They also racked up four stolen bases and advanced runners on a couple of passed balls and 10 walks given up by Davenport’s pitching. Tyler Frederick got the win, pitching five innings with three str... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague tennis team hosted a practice match in Ritzville on April 11 against Medical Lake. The match ended in favor of the LRS girls’ team, and the number one singles and doubles team remains undefeated so far this season. In the girls’ number one singles match Tracy Melville continued her flawless season by defeating Medical Lake’s Rachel Hansen 6-0, 6-1. Lindy Brown beat Becky Nix 6-2, 6-4 in the girls’ number two singles match. In the number three girls’ single match, Broncos athlete Carissa Peavey wa...
We have hot spots all over our country and the world, so where is our president? He is visiting his wealthy friend in Hollywood to raise money for 2014, and pushing for gun control. Gun control is something he started pushing in 1996 as a young politician, and fundraising started for his party when he was the keynote speaker at their national convention. Did he speak to his well-heeled Hollywood friends about taming down the violence in their productions that are labeled PG-13, or their impaired driving convictions? No, he...
Yet again, I have been amazed by the generosity and ability of our communities to come together to do great things for children. Led by Tim Smith and Derek Schafer, over 50 volunteers came together on March 9 and 16, and many days after, in order to update the baseball and softball fields at the middle school in Lind. In addition to the donations of time and labor, there were also monetary donations from the Lind Little League Association, The McGregor Company, Lind Lions Club, NuChem, Schafer Ranch and Coyote Flats Farms....
Some say the family of the lad who noticed the Emperor had no clothes, was asked to leave town. It seems that the self-important folk of the village were not amused to having such things noticed. It is enough it seems to be of great importance or even middling importance in the village but to accept responsibility for the leadership of the community was much too much. A pair of letter writers was printed recently in The Journal. Their purpose it seems was to offer a balance to local issues raised in letters written to this...
The Lind-Ritzville FFA chapter took two teams to the state agronomy competition and returned with the top two trophies, earning one team a trip to the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky., in November. This is the sixth consecutive year for a local agronomy team to compete at nationals. The members of the first team are Hugh Hennings, Tyler Frederick, BJ White and Matt Leffel. Members of the second team are Cort Ruzicka, Brian Campbell, Dylan Hartz and Mariah Kiel....
Over 600 athletes packed the Medical Lake track and field facility to compete in the 8th Annual Undeberg Invitational, hosted by the LRS track team. Twenty-eight teams and 688 athletes registered for the invitational, which serves as a training meet for the majority of teams. The inclement weather conditions did not stop the LRS team from achieving top finishes at the event, nor did it stop local individuals from volunteering their time to ensure the success of the event. Two...