Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Sorted by date Results 1 - 16 of 16
With the recent announcement from Avista that it has agreed to purchase power from the proposed Rattlesnake Flat Wind Project near Lind, coupled with the Adams-Neilson Solar Farm in Lind that went online late last year, there is no doubt that economic development in eastern Adams County is changing. So how did the renewable energy industry end up finding its way to Adams County, and are there more projects in the works? And how might that affect--if at all--agriculture, the county's prime industry? Adams-Neilson Solar Farm In...
Zoe Dunster, recently of Ritzville, passed away peacefully at home in Washtucna on the morning of Wednesday April 10, 2019 at the age of 94. She was born in Antelope, Montana; the youngest child of Chester and Myrtle Foster. She attended Northern Montana College and taught elementary school. After WWII she married LeRoy Dunster. They moved to Idaho Falls, ID in 1953 and lived there until LeRoy's passing. She lived in Moscow, ID until 1986 when she moved to Ritzville, WA where...
I have a good excuse for not having a column out last week. I flew to Arizona and was with family when I usually write this column. It was nice and the weather in the Phoenix was only in the high 90s a couple of days. I did watch the NCAA basketball final between Texas Tech and Virginia which had some pretty good story lines. Last year Virginia was the very first Number 1 seed to lose to a 16 seeded team. That was the first Tony Bennett team that I have seen play that had...
Clouds were still low in the afternoon of Wednesday, April 9th, but the Jimmie Snider Field was dry with a fast track and a bouquet of color as the Bronco thinclads hosted their first home meet of the season against 2B visitors. The season up to this point has pitted Bronco athletes against multiple teams in each meet, many from larger schools with stronger teams than the Broncos face within their own league. This meet not only took place on their home track, but was the first meet of the season where competition was within t...
A rainout on April 13 spoiled a home doubleheader for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos baseball team against rival Reardan, but the Broncos were still able to enjoy a doubleheader sweep last week, shutting down the Mary Walker Chargers at home on April 9 in non-league play. Sophomore Drew Kelly got the nod in the first game of the doubleheader for the Broncos, pitching 3.1 innings, giving up two hits and one unearned run while striking out five Mary Walker batters. Senior...
The Lind-Ritzville golf team traveled north to Colville’s Dominion Meadows Golf Course on Tuesday, April 9, for their first match of the season. Three earlier scheduled matches had been cancelled due to winter’s late snow melt. This match was initially scheduled for a 10 a.m. start, but in the morning, the first tee time was changed to noon, and given the many competitors who showed up, the rounds were changed to nine holes in the interest of time. Only four of the seven members of the Lind-Ritzville group made the trip; Mor...
It was another week of play spoiled by weather for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos softball team, as their league doubleheader against the Reardan Indians scheduled for April 13 was postponed due to rain. The Lady Broncos did manage to get one doubleheader in last week, a non-league tilt at home against the Mary Walker Chargers on April 9. LRS lost both games on the day, with both games being high-scoring affairs. The first game of the doubleheader was the highest...
Saturday, May 11 — Community Prevention Poker Walk, LRHS Track in Ritzville, 9-12 p.m., public invited. Monday, May 13 — Prevention of Opioid/Prescription Drug Misuse. Tuesday, May 14 — Prevention of Underage Drinking and Alcohol Misuse. Wednesday, May 15 — Prevention of Illicit Drugs and Youth Marijuana Use. Thursday, May 16 — Prevention of Youth Tobacco Use and Vaping. Assembly in the Lind Gymnasium at 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 17 — Preventing Suicide and Online Bullying. For any questions, contact Aimee Schell, school nurs...
I recently submitted an Easter article to The Journal that was mistakenly printed early in last week’s edition – and with the incorrect title. When I emailed editor Brandon Cline about it, he apologized and offered to reprint it in this edition along with the correct title. I suggested rather that I submit a new article. He agreed with that ideal, and so here’s my Easter article version 2.0. As I sat down to write another article, I thought how writing a new version is just like Easter itself, for God is into new versi...
On April 9th, we said goodbye to a hero of the Greatest Generation. Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole, the last surviving member of the Doolittle Raiders, passed away at the age of 103. In the aftermath of the devastating sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the purpose of the Doolittle Raid four months later was to show that American air power could reach across the Pacific to threaten the home islands of Japan. The daring target of mainland Japan was symbolic because the Japanese military leaders had ass...
Dear Friends, While I spent hour after hour this week debating and voting on legislation in the budget committee and in the Senate chamber, a woman from the town of Snohomish was out in front of the Capitol conducting what she calls a “fast in solidarity with starting southern resident orcas.” An elderly woman staging a one-person protest to call attention to the orca situation is bound to attract the attention of the news media. It’s an easy story to tell, with lots of pictures and video to use. But what caught my eye are t...
Easter Service times have been set for a couple of local area churches. Zion Philadelphia UCC will be holding its Easter Service at 10:30 a.m. on April 21. Benge Community Church will have its Easter Sunrise Service on April 21 at 7:30 a.m. For more information about the service, call (509) 887-2434....
New temporary speed limits on Interstate 90 near Ritzville were put in place this week, according to a news release from the Washington State Department of Transportation. From milepost 208.16 just east of the State Route 21 interchange to milepost 218.60 just west of Ritzville, the speed limit has been temporarily reduced from 70 mph to 60 mph. The reduction of the speed limit is located in a work zone where WSDOT crews will be working to repave and stripe the roadway. The project is expected to be completed in June, and...
March 13 — Noah Matlock, Ritzville, to Vladislav and Albina Soudakov, NE 1/2 of Lot 9 and all of Lot 10, Block 87, Greene & Proutys 2nd, $90,000. March 15 — Rosco and Nickole Coons, Lind, to Baer Max Inc., E 35 feet of Lot 7 and all of Lot 8, Block 50, Neilson Bros. 2nd Addition, $15,000. March 15 — David and Shirley Engelhart, Ritzville, to Art and Judy Watkins: commencing at the NW corner of sec 23, twp 19, rg 36; thence due due south along the sec line to the SW corner of the NW 1/4; thence due E along the mid-sec line,...
The Lind Town Council held a regular meeting in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, April 9. A quorum was present;, with councilmember Kathy Vedder participating via speakerphone. Mayor Paula Bell asked councilmember Jim Dworshak to give a brief recap of the previous meeting regarding a resident’s water usage. Dworshak explained that it is not feasible to reduce the resident’s water bill at this time due to the Town’s current financial situation, in that in addition to charging enough to pay for water use, there is also oblig...