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Ritzville High School students participated in and completed a successful diaper drive for the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery (VBCN) in Spokane. Gerri Manke, a former Ritzville resident, volunteers her time at the nursery and presented to the RHS student body earlier this year. The speech emphasized how important diapers, wipes, and formula were for the children who come to VBCN. The RHS students had a class competition to see which class could collect the most baby products....
The Spokane Area Sheep Producer Association (SASPA) holds its annual field day in Sprague on Saturday, May 19, from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Participants are to meet at the Rustemeyer farm, north of Sprague on State Route 23, at 9 a.m. and caravan to the Clemenson and Swannack farms during the day. Youth and adult sheep producers throughout the area are welcome to attend. The agenda includes flock management, facilities, lambing management, production tips on handling sheep, health practices, fencing, cost control and making the o...
The public has an opportunity to submit comments on a proposed change in the cost of getting a burn permit for agricultural burning in Washington state. The state Department of Ecology (Ecology) is proposing the change that was determined by the Agricultural Burning Practices and Research Task Force (task force), which was formed in the early 1990s to direct funding for research into alternatives to field burning and develop best management practices. The 2012 Legislature approved the fee increase during the special session...
Eleanor June Deking passed away April 18, at 91 years of age. She was born Eleanor June Thiel to Jacob and Anna Thiel on June 28, 1920. She was the youngest of six children. The family farmed the Thiel homestead just west of Ritzville. She attended Ritzville Schools and graduated from Ritzville High School in 1939. On Oct. 4, 1943, she married the love of her life, Walter Carl Deking. She and Walt had one son, Dennis. Dennis was the center of the universe, as far as she was...
Mar. 10, 10:17 p.m. – Deputy Dan Verhey located debris in the roadway at North Benzel Road and East Roloff Road, Ritzville. Dep. Verhey removed the items. Mar. 10, 6:19 p.m. – Agency assist request out of Moses Lake to area of East Leisle Road, Ritzville. Suicidal female last heard from on Road 3 and Road W in Grant County, headed eastbound in a black Mitsubishi Gallant. Subject told her family she was going to overdose on painkillers. Unknown if they have already been ingested. {{more{{ Mar. 10, 3:45 a.m. – Adams Count...
Gateway Milling, LLC recently received a grant from the USDA to further explore the potential of marketing club wheat flout domestically and internationally. “We have worked diligently on this project for over a year,” said Gateway Milling team member and Almira farmer, Todd Bodeau. “We have taken baby steps all along the way to ensure that this can and will be a viable undertaking for all involved.” The group was awarded a USDA Rural Development Value Added Producers Grant (VAPG) matching fund of $99,425, for a total p...
Amanda Main is happy to announce the arrival of a daughter, Claira Kaye, born Feb. 28 in Spokane. At birth, Claira weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and measured 20.87 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Rod and Becky Main of Ritzville. Great grandparents are Rose Bates of Nevada, and Dean and Carol Hill of Idaho....
Aaron and Stephanie Madison are pleased to announce the arrival of a daughter, Alaina Renee, born at 8:06 a.m. on March 26 at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. At birth, Alaina weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and measured 21 inches in length. She joins a three-year-old sister, Ava. Paternal grandparents are Kirk and Lisa Madison of Cheney. Maternal grandparents are Randy Benzel of Ritzville and Sandy and Jim Thompson of Post Falls, Idaho. Great-grandparents are Herb and Shannon... Full story
I realize that spring is over a month old now and that April showers bring May flowers and also flowering weeds. We need rain and also some great growing weather and I have to say the most folks dislike the cold but when a heat wave hits us before we are ready for it, we get a little testy. Or maybe we really are never completely happy with the weather because we can’t control it. Another thing we can’t control is how our favorite teams perform. We always have high hopes for o... Full story
After a 60-day regular session and three special sessions beginning last December, it is great to be home! From the move to Olympia Thanksgiving weekend, to the move home the week after Easter, it helps me appreciate – to an even greater extent – my family, friendships and relationships, and the businesses and organizations that make the 9th District such a wonderful place to live. Every day since returning to the district, I have had the privilege of meeting with constituents and local employers, taking tours, and pro...
After a 60-day regular session, a 30-day special session and a last minute one-day special session extension, the 2012 Legislature finally arrived at a bipartisan compromise budget solution to our state’s projected billion-dollar budget shortfall for the 2011-13 biennium. While many of us in the Legislature – and much of the public as well – were frustrated at the slow pace of action, the meaningful reforms tied to the budget compromise will place Washington state on much firmer fiscal ground in the future and help the state... Full story
At 6 p.m. every Wednesday during the school year, the doors of the Methodist church are opened wide for the Wednesday Night Youth gathering, which the Methodist and Foursquare churches partner to provide. From 6:30 until 8 p.m. each week, 50 to 70 local youth, who range from grades one through 12, are fed and led by volunteers. I am a volunteer with the fourth through sixth graders. There are moments during the half hour dinner when I contemplate whether I’ve slipped into an alternate universe, so strange are the behaviors I... Full story
A Ritzville Arbor Day celebration has been scheduled for Friday, April 27, in the Ritzville City Park beginning at 10 a.m. The opening and welcome ceremony is performed by Mayor Linda Kadlec and the Boy Scout Troop is doing the presentation of the colors. The Mayor is then to read the Ritzville Arbor Day proclamation and receive Tree City USA award from Mike Schrag, Tree Board chairman. Following the Tree City award is the 2012 outstanding community member award presentation. The Tree Board also plans to present three...