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Another night of fun, food and fundraising is slated on Saturday, April 28, for the annual Wampum auction. Wampum serves as the primary fundraiser for the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair. 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 at 6 p.m. in the Knuth Building on the fairgrounds, and tickets are available at the d...
On May 3, community members are invited to gather for a National Day of Prayer breakfast at Jake’s Café in Ritzville. The purpose of the event is to join people together and pray for a united nation. The event is from 6:30-7:30 a.m., and will be led by Phil Peterson. The meal is a no-host breakfast....
A hospital is more than a place where people go to heal, it is a part of the community that fosters health and represents hope. From providing treatment and comfort to the sick, to welcoming new life into the world, hospitals are central to a healthy and optimistic community. That’s the message organizers are touting with the 2018 National Hospital Week theme “Caring is Our Calling.” The event theme is the centerpiece of a promotional campaign aimed at uniting healthcare facilities across the country during the May 6–12...
The Adams County Board of Commissioners approved an amendemnt to the county’s 2018-2023 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plan at the April 23 meeting. One of the amendments to the plan, which was adopted on Dec. 11, 2017, was the addition of the Odessa Groundwater Replacement East Low Expansion County Bridge repair project. During the public hearing for the amendments, County Engineer Scott Yaeger explained the planning funds will be through the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Local Empowerment for Acc...
Moses Lake’s Oscar Garcia wants to bring drag racing to the City of Ritzville. Garcia spoke at the April 17 Ritzville City Council meeting to gauge interest about potentially holding a drag racing event at the Ritzville Municipal Airport in the future, as well as answer any questions from the Council regarding the operation. He said he would like to hold the event in the summer, possibly June, when the airport is minimal. Garcia informed the Council he has held drag racing events in Royal City for the last 14 years. He has a...
Terry Thompson will fill the vacant Commissioner District No. 3 position on the Adams County Board of Commissioners. During the April 16 meeting in Ritzville, the Adams County Board of Commissioners voted to appoint Thompson to the vacant position, effective May 2. Thompson will take over the seat, which has been vacant since former commissioner Jeff Stevens resigned on March 15. In his resignation letter, Stevens explained he intended to retire from the board in August 2017, but he was persuaded to stay on the board through...
The Lind and Ritzville School Boards participated in discussions involving the end of year plans for the local school districts. During the April 23 meeting, the board members also inquired about moving the Lind-Ritzville High School students from Ritzville to the middle school building in Lind. LRHS Principal Ronanda Liberty said school administrators are working diligently to create a master schedule for classes next year. In the absence of the school counselor, a counselor team from Othello has agreed to assist the distric...
During the April 17 meeting, the Ritzville City Council voted 4-2 to confirm Mayor Gary Cook’s appointment of Julie Flyckt as the City’s new Clerk-Treasurer. Flyckt takes over the Clerk-Treasurer position after former Clerk-Treasurer Kris Robbins left in December to take a job with the City of Moses Lake. Council Members Mike Schrag and Mark Weigand were the opposing votes, and Council Member Debbie Chapman was absent from the meeting. Cook explained his appointment of Flyckt to the role was based on the recommendation of...
The Washington Grain Commission will hold its annual meeting May 23-24 at the commission office building in Spokane. The meeting will begin Wednesday, May 23, at 10 a.m. The meeting will reconvene at 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 24. This meeting is open the public. Barley and wheat producers and visitors are invited to attend all or part of the meeting. The Grain Commission office is located at 2702 West Sunset Boulevard in Spokane....
VINTAGE CARS. The oldest, and brightest, cars attracted the most attention during the Gumball Rally on April 22. The guided tour took the group through multiple cities, including a stop for lunch in St. John. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
GUMBALL RALLY. A large group gathered in Ritzville City Park on Sunday morning to participate in the 13th Annual Gumball Rally and Poker Run, hosted by the Ritzville Classic Car Club. The April 22 event featured nearly 30 vehicles of varying age and color. The group traveled nearly 200 miles through four eastern Washington counties. Along the way, the group participated in raffle and quiz games. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
Vel Babbitt and Yvonne Hille were honored for their 50 years of membership in Chapter AR, P.E.O. at an evening salad potluck on April 19 at the home of Amy Galbreath. Seventeen AR members were joined by special guests, Lisa Hille Thomsen and Heidi Hille Rudy. Babbitt and Hille were each presented with bouquets of flowers from their family and a gift from the chapter: a unique marguerite glass plate, made for them by AR member Tawna Wilsey. Debbie Knodel and Harriet Lynch led t...
JOEL STACKS of Moses Lake completes a behavioral survey while PeopleReady’s National Trade Recruiter Stephanie Romero examines his application. PeopleReady Service Trade, one of the companies, along with Strata Solar Development and Swinterton Renewable Energy, were a part of a hiring event on April 23 at the Lind Senior Center. Stacks was one of 85 people who applied for a job at the event, which was for the 28 megawatt Adams-Neilson Solar Farm project near the Town of L...
As the final act of the Project 56 Committee, a $6,000 donation was made to the local track program. The funds are the remaining donation monies collected during Project 56’s efforts to fundraise for the construction of an all-weather track. The donation will only be used for the track program, and Lind-Ritzville Athletic Director Greg Whitmore suggested a portion may be used to purchase a new high jump pit. The project became a reality in 2015 through local donations, as w...
I had and interesting weekend, well you could say that anyway. When I got up Saturday morning I looked at my phone and noticed that I had two missed phone calls and a voicemail. I didn’t recognize the number mainly due to the fact that it was from New York. Not sure where in New York just New York. When I listened to the voicemail the lady said that I had some outstanding warrants or something like that and if I didn’t call back the local cops were going to come to my pla...
With the end of a school year comes the beginning of new student leadership. As is customary each spring, Associated Student Body (ASB) elections will be held to replace current officers with new leaders. This spring’s ballot, given out May 1, will also feature a proposed change for ASB Officer Bylaws. The proposed changes mandate that ASB Officers must be enrolled full-time on campus at Lind-Ritzville High School, and stipulates that applicants must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 for the previous academic year o...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos baseball team went 1-3 in the past week of competition The Broncos split an April 17 nonconference doubleheader against Springdale, winning 11-2 in game one and losing 8-7 in game two. In game one of the Springdale doubleheader, the Broncos tied the game at 1-1 in the fifth inning, then took the lead after scoring two runs in the sixth. LRS broke through with an eight-run rally in the seventh inning. Head Coach Jason Aldrich explained Springdale had their reserve pitchers on the mound,...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos golf team traveled to Colville on April 10 to compete in a Northeast 2B League match, hosted by Kettle Falls. Morgan Brausen led the Broncos boys after hitting an 89 over 18 holes. Dirk Dahlman shot a 91 while Spencer Gering finished with a 99. Ellie Gering was the top finisher for the Bronco girls, hitting a 104. Molly Hane and Taelor Umland both finished the competition with a 142. Head Coach Nick Weishaar said he was pleased with how the athletes improved their scores and played well,...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos fastpitch softball team began the last leg of their regular season on April 17 with a sweep over Springdale in a nonconference doubleheader, winning 9-7 and 20-16. In game one of the Springdale doubleheader, Head Coach Todd O’Brien said the Lady Broncos struggled at the plate. He noted this was due to the Lady Chargers’ pitcher throwing different speeds than what LRS had prepared for during practice. LRS was down 7-1 in the sixth inning when they went on a four-run rally from bac...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague track and field team are preparing for competition as they host their first meet of the season: the Undeberg Invitational. With nearly 600 athletes expected to compete, the Broncos are prepped and ready to be contenders at the annual invitational track meet. Field events begin at 10:45 a.m. at Jimmie Snider Field, followed by running events at 11 a.m. Bronc Boosters will have the concession stand open for the duration of the event. Local residents are encouraged to come support all of the athletes...
Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate, the late Elie Wiesel, once said of that horrific state-sponsored genocide that, “to forget the victims means to kill them a second time. So I couldn’t prevent the first death. I surely must be capable of saving them from a second death.” The world-renowned author sought to prevent victims from being forgotten through writing many books on the persecution through his experience and by helping establish the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Wiesel’s words undersc...
Millions of college graduates find themselves saddled with crushing debt and more than a third of them won’t be working in their chosen profession. Many will be working for low wages. Meanwhile, there are millions of high-paid jobs are available in the skilled trades, electricians, plumbers, manufacturing workers, pipefitters, mechanics, appliance repair, computer techs, medical assistants and welders. Known as blue-collar jobs, they routinely pay $45,000 to $65,000 a year or more. According to Salary.com, the average h...
Thank you so much to The Journal for featuring the AAUW’s scholar recognition dinner. We had four amazing young women who deserved to be honored for their academic work in the STEM subjects during their high school careers. We were happy to celebrate their achievements along with members of their families. The article in the paper suggested that the recipients of the awards were given scholarships, which means money toward further education. Unfortunately, we are not able to award monies, only certificates that recognize t...
We are saying our farewells to Ritzville this month, but it’s not goodbye. Our lives have been so impacted by Ritzville that it will always be “home”. We came here as newlyweds in 1962 because of teaching opportunities, our three sons were born at the Ritzville Hospital in the 1960s, and we have lived most of our married years in this town. The benefits of a small town are so many: the lifelong and new friendships, a close church family, golfing with the guys or the Monday morning ladies’ group, volunteer opportu...
The Ritzville Rodeo Arena will serve as the center of rodeo competition on April 27-29. Colville is renting the Ritzville facilities to host a junior high and high school rodeo contest. Rodeo action begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 27, with junior high contestants. The Friday night event is expected to last two hours. Junior high competition continues Saturday at 8 a.m., before high school competitors move into the arena around 11 a.m. At the end of high school rodeo is the WPRA breakaway roping competition. There are...