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After a long hiatus of track meets in Ritzville, the Ninth Annual Undeberg Invitational returns to the home field and welcomes with it over 500 athletes. With 39 teams registered for the event, hundreds of spectators and visitors are expected within the community on April 26. With the installation of the new all-weather track at Jimmie Snider Field, the LRS Broncos can once again host track meets and now on one of the highest quality tracks in the region. The Broncos are only one of the teams taking the field on Saturday,...
The annual Wampum auction to benefit the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair is scheduled Saturday, April 26. The family-friendly event provides an opportunity for community members to gather together and spend a night supporting the local fair by bidding on auction items and enjoying a catered meal. The doors open with social hour and silent auction at 6 p.m. in the Knuth Building at the fairgrounds, followed by a meal catered by the Cathy Jo’s Catering at 6:30 p.m. The meal includes menu items of beef, chicken alfredo, a variety o...
Ritzville area students’ theatrical talent takes center stage this Friday, April 25, during two performances of the Missoula Children’s Theatre performance of “Rapunzel” at the Ritzville Grade School. Performances are scheduled for Friday at 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tickets are $3 for children and $5 for adults. For information, call the school at 659-0232....
The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is hosting a potluck on Friday, April 25, beginning at noon. The potluck is open to the public and all are invited to attend. Any individual interested in attending is asked to bring a place setting. The center is located at 118 West Main Avenue in Ritzville....
Members of the Lind Alumni Association have announced the annual Lind Alumni Banquet is being held on Saturday, May 3, at the Lind-Ritzville Middle School gymnasium, formally Lind High School. Photos of the honored classes will be taken by The Journal and are scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the gymnasium. It is requested members of the honored classes be present at that time to be including in the photos. The honored classes at the banquet are the classes of 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984, 1994 and 2004. Individuals in the...
Geologist Bruce Bjornstad with the Ice Age Floods Institute – Tri-Cities Chapter is visiting the Ritzville Public Library on Thursday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. to conduct an hour presentation. A book signing of his book “On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods” follows the presentation. The presentation is paid for by a grant from the National Science Foundation as part of the library’s Pushing the Limits discussion series....
On Monday, May 12, the WSU Extension will host an open house from 1 to 7 p.m. in its new offices at 205 W. Main Avenue in Ritzville. The event will be held in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act, which established Cooperative Extension Service. Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable snack for “Weekend Backpacks” to combat hunger in local youth....
The Ritzville Public Library is kicking off a community digitization project on April 28, which coincides with National Preservation Week. The goal of National Preservation Week is for libraries and other institutions to connect to the local community through events, activities and resources to highlight what individuals and institutions can do to preserve collections. This year, Preservation Week runs from April 27 to May 3. Library director Kylie Fullmer said community members from the surrounding areas, not solely...
During a camping trip last year, Dakota Lane and Jeffrey Staley used the skills taught to them by the Cub Scouts to perform a lifesaving act and have now received a national award commemorating their heroism. The two fifth grade boys traveled to Yakima and received the National Certificate of Merit from the Boy Scouts of America on April 12. The boys had been on a camping trip with Lane’s family when Lane, Staley, Lane’s sister Morgan, and her friend Trinity, went out on a four-wheeler ride. A miscalculation while driving on...
Flames roll out of what was the front entrance to the horse barn during Tuesday’s destructive fire. Firefighters were called out about 9:25 p.m. The first crews were released at 1 a.m. but some were on scene until 2 a.m. -Journal photo by Stephen McFadden...
Two firefighters are greeted by a wall of flames as fire shoots out the front of the horse barn and torches all the shrubs and plants at its entrance. -Journal photo by Stephen McFadden...
In early morning light on Wednesday, the charred skeleton of the horse barn overlooked the Wheat Land Communities’ Fairgrounds. Its metal roofing warped and twisted from the heat of the raging fire that raced through the wooden structure Tuesday night. The fire was first reported at 9:25 p.m. as a possible brush fire. It took just a few moments to realize the situation was much worse, as Ritzville Police Sergeant Mark Cameron was first on scene and found the horse barn e...
Our representative, Doc Hastings, writes that as part of balancing the national budget, an all-of-the-above energy plan “creates more jobs and lowers energy bills, and it overhauls the federal tax code to boost wages, bring more jobs home, and make our manufacturers and entrepreneurs more competitive.” (4/17/14, p. 4). This energy plan includes the continued use of fossil fuels—coal, oil, natural gas—that emit carbon dioxide (CO2). Volunteers from the Citizens’ Climate Lobby have been urging Doc and fellow Republica...
As news of teenage drug abuse and drugs found in drinking water abound, Ritzville Drug Company wants to help. The Office of National Drug Control has found that prescription drugs are the drug of choice among 12 and 13 year olds, while a third of all new abusers of prescription drugs were between the ages of 12 and 17. Though it may be argued that the presence of drugs in drinking water is negligible, more and more consumers are disposing of unused medicines by flushing them down the drain, adding pharmaceutical pollution to...
The Ritzville Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary No. 2739 once again hosted the community wide Easter Egg Hunt April 12, in the city park. What an amazing event! And it is all over in the blink of an eye. So, before I blink my eyes again and we are planning next year’s event, I wanted to take a minute and share with everyone some of the behind the scenes activities: The Eagles Auxiliary hard boiled and dyed over 100 dozen eggs – all of them donated by local businesses. There were toys and balls and balloons and squirt guns and hul...
The City of Ritzville is presently involved in the process of adding sidewalks and bike paths for use by the citizenry of our city. Free sidewalks? Free bike paths? At the city council meeting of March 18, 2014, the subject of annexing Weber road was introduced. The discussions which followed, included annexing into the city, farm land on the south side of Weber road. The name of the person or persons in city hall anxious to annex that farm land was not mentioned. It appeared the city council members were not prepared to...
In late December of 1971, I heard a crashing sound of trees snapping and a roar of flowing dirt. It startled my husband and I and we both rushed to the window to try to see what had happened, but we couldn’t see anything because it was pitch dark outside and it was pouring rain. We were about to look for a flashlight when we heard the terrible sound again, this time on the other side of the house. While we where looking for the flashlight there was a knock at the door, surprised, we both went to the door to see who could poss...
Just as spring has sprung, so have fourth quarter projects. Lind-Ritzville Middle School groups are conducting service projects, electing new officers, and coming up with fun ways to end the 2013-2014 school year. Mr. Jason Sanger’s sixth grade leadership class is holding a bake sale on Wednesday, April 30. The sale will last from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the middle school ball field. All of the proceeds will go to the Lind-Ritzville Middle School ASB. Please come and buy some goodies to support the LRMS! Honor Society has also el...
At the very beginning of the school year, teachers and students started an ascent towards a common goal for which they strived to reach each day: learn as much as possible and study until the information is retained. With the arrival of the final two months of school, Lind-Ritzville Middle School’s goal has shifted onto the steepest mountain, the ridge that will prove their success: state testing. There have been many different variations of state testing used in the past, each with the same objective but slightly d...
The SJELWK track and field team traveled to Dayton High School on April 16 to compete in the District 9 1B/2B Meet. The boys finished second with 152 points, and the girls took third with 104 points. Senior athlete Darcy Stamper recorded two first place finishes at the meet, as well as a second place finish in the 100-meter dash. Stamper earned his top spots in high jump and long jump. Men’s results 100: 2, Darcy Stamper 12.06. 3, Wilson Lundberg 12.37. 4, Tyler Knight 12.47. 6, Stephen Erickson 12.97. 7, David Alguea 1...
After more than four years of not having a softball program, a dozen girls have made their way to the softball diamond to compete in the current season. With an after spring break start date, the LWK team has been focusing on making improvements in every game, and head coach Bailey Weekes said the girls are already becoming more confident and reacting quicker in game situations. In the April 12 game against Liberty Christian, the LWK team suffered a 0-25 loss in game one, and 0-21 loss in game two. Britte Harder pitched all...
There was an interesting situation that took place in the Nation’s Capitol on Saturday. No there were no political upheavals that made major headlines or at least no more than usual. The situation that was so sensational involved Washington Senator slugger Bryce Harper. While batting in the early innings on Saturday, Harper hit a tapper back to the St. Louis Cardinal pitcher who easily tossed the ball to the first baseman for the out. Harper slowly trotted towards first b...
The LRS tennis team enjoyed two matches in the past week, after having the Medical Lake match rained out. LRS faced a solid St. George’s team, who provided tough competition, especially on the boys’ side. The Broncos faced Reardan in an informal league match on Saturday, April 19. Due to the Easter holiday the following day, the Reardan team had a significant amount of players missing from their ranks. Head coach Liz Melville said that the highlight of the day was the No. 1 singles match between Bronco athlete Travis Ste...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague track and field team traveled to the Quincy Invite on April 19. The girls returned home with a third place finish, with the majority of points attributed to high placing in the short relays. The boys’ team finished 10th, with the top placements of the day earned by Ryan Whitmore, who secured first place in the hurdles races. The Broncos return to the home track this week to host the 9th Annual Undeberg Invitational. The event is expected to draw over 500 athletes, and hundreds of spectators at t...
Spokane Falls Community College recently released the winter 2014 honor roll list. To receive honor roll status, students must earn a 3.0 grade point average or higher. Two Lind High School graduates earned honor roll recognition. The students are Micheala Doyle and Larissa Miller, both of Lind. Community Colleges of Spokane is a dynamic, 12,300-square-mile state community college district that includes Spokane Community College, Spokane Falls Community College and six rural education sites....