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8 Years Ago Adams County News April 27, 1898 Local and Personal E.D. Gilson made a flying trip to the flat last Saturday. He went in the capacity of deputy treasurer to collect tax due on sheep. He met with his usual success and brought in the "dough." Frank Kingsley of Fletcher had the bad luck to fall from a roller harrow last Monday while working on rough ground on his ranch. He received a severe cut across the palm of his right hand, severing an artery and half cutting...
OLYMPIA – The Legislature adjourned April 23 after failing to approve a controversial bill setting drug possession penalties, raising the possibility of a special session in the coming weeks to resolve the issue. Drug possession became a misdemeanor two years ago when the state Supreme Court invalidated the law that made drug possession a felony. Hurried legislation made the crime a misdemeanor, but many thought that charge was too light. The Legislature debated Senate Bill 5536, which would have stiffened current p...
A miracle of sorts took place under the Capitol dome on April 23. The state Legislature adjourned its 2023 legislative session without raising taxes. I want to point it out because I’m not sure anyone outside Olympia will notice. There have been a dozen major tax increases in the state since the Legislature fell under one-party control in 2018. The biggest ones kicked in this year and are just beginning to bite. We also saw four big new tax proposals. None of them passed t...
On Earth Day this year, I will be planting two trees in a local park. This is not a political act. And yet, there are many who will see it that way because it occurs on a day politicians and environmental activists – especially on the left – have appropriated for political purposes. By filtering environmental stewardship though the distorting lens of politics, we are losing the ability to enjoy the beautiful creation around us, making it more difficult to take actions tha...
LIND -- The annual Lind Alumni Banquet luncheon will take place Saturday, May 6, at Lind-Ritzville Middle School, formerly Lind High School. The 1 p.m. program will be in the gymnasium, 507 N. E St. This year’s honored classes are: 60 years, Class of 1963; 50 years, Class of 1973; 40 years, Class of 1983; 30 years, Class of 1993; and 20 years, Class of 2003. Honored class photos are scheduled for 12:30 p.m., and will be followed by lunch provided by Rollin’ Coal Barbecue. Tim Smith, Class of 1982, will serve as emcee of the...
RITZVILLE – Local elementary school students and the city will celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, April 28. The celebration will feature fifth-grade students planting trees and Spokane Conservation District’s Garth Davis presenting a “Tree City USA” plaque to city officials. Elementary School fifth-graders will meet along Main Street at 9 a.m. to plant five trees along the walking path, school officials said. In advance of the Arbor Day celebration, students wrote essays on the topic, “What their favorite tree is and why?” Dur...
WASHTUCNA – The Holy Cow Better Beef farm and ranch has partnered with the local school district to provide better meals for students. Owned by Jerry and Megan Herold, the business has entered into Washtucna School District’s first farm-to-school partnership. Holy Cow Better Beef has provided the school district with hundreds of pounds of ground beef and roasts. The farm sells grass-fed beef raised off North Benzel Road. The school cook is working up a menu for how to use the beef. The partnership also allows the school dis...
A memorial service for Rebecca Dutton, who died Nov. 29, 2022, is set for Saturday, April 29. Dutton died at the age of 87. The service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2023 Lind Calvary Assembly of God Church, 219 W. Third St., Lind....
RITZVILLE – Here are the meals being offered by the H.E. Gritman Senior Center in Ritzville and the Lind Senior Center in Lind. H.E Gritman Senior Center The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is serving the following: • Wednesday, April 26 - Pork roast sandwich, mashed potatoes, gravy and vegetable. • Thursday, April 27 - Spaghetti, ceaser salad and garlic bread. • Monday, May 1 - HB noodle casserole, broccoli & cheese and roll. • Tuesday, May 2 - Spaghetti, ceaser salad and garlic knots. • Wednesday, May 3 - Ruben casserole,...
NOTICE AND SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION DEPENDENCY SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF ADAMS JUVENILE COURT No. 22-7-00024-01 In re the Dependency of: LADONIVIAN MONTEJANO DOB: 09/12122 STATE OF WASHINGTON TO: IVAN MONTEJANO STATE OF WASHINGTON TO: ANYONE CLAIMING A PATERNAL INTEREST A Dependency Petition was filed on November 8, 2022. A Fact Finding hearing will be held on this matter on June 6, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. in the Adams County Superior Court, 210 W. Broadway, Ritzville, Washington 99169. You should be present at this...
LIND – The following residents are celebrating birthdays and anniversaries between April 24 and May 2: Anniversaries April 25 – Darrel and Bev Kulm April 26 – Gerry and Tina Schuler Birthdays April 24 – Tammy Doyle April 25 – Stacie Davis April 26 – Taytum Labes and Colter Youngren April 27 – Amber Lobe April 28 – Samantha Crow and Brayden Conrad Wahl April 30 – Kyler Perez, Todd Lund and Heidi Norton Starring May 1 – Sharon Lobe, Barb Keith and Henry Hilsinger...
NOTICE AND SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION DEPENDENCY SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF ADAMS JUVENILE COURT 22-7-00022-01 In re the Dependency of: LAVEAH MONTEJANO DOB: 09/13/09 STATE OF WASHINGTON TO: IVAN MONTEJANO A Dependency Petition was filed on November 8, 2022. A Fact Finding hearing will be held on this matter on June 6, 2023 at 1:30pm in the Adams County Superior Court, 210 W. Broadway, Ritzville, Washington 99169. You should be present at this hearing. The hearing will determine if your child is dependent as defined...
NOTICE AND SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION DEPENDENCY SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF.ADAMS JUVENILE COURT No. 22-7-00023-01 In re the Dependency of: LADAINIAN MONTEJANO DOB: 03/28/20 STATE OF WASHINGTON TO: IVAN MONTEJANO A Dependency Petition was filed on November 8, 2022. A Fact Finding hearing will be held on this matter on June 6, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. in the Adams County Superior Court, 210 W. Broadway, Ritzville, Washington 99169. You should be present at this hearing. The hearing will determine if your child is dependent...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADAMS NO.23-4-00043-13 IN RE THE ESTATE OF: ALVIN THOMPSON, aka FLOYD A. THOMPSON, Deceased. The personal representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR ADAMS COUNTY No. 23-4-00021-01 In the Matter of the Estate of: WILLIAM G. DONNELL, AKA BILL G. DONNELL Deceased. The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent that arose before the decedent’s death must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 1...
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF RITZVILLE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS General Notice The City of Ritzville (Owner) is requesting Bids for construction of the Water Distribution System Improvements Project. Bids for construction of the Project will be received by the Owner via online submission only, until 2:00 (PM), Thursday, May 11, 2023 local time. Bids will be opened and read aloud virtually via the following link: meet.google.com/sxs-hwqy-yfa You can also dial in using your phone: 916-750-3488 PIN: 403 731 542...
Town of Washtucna Ordinance No. 283 An Ordinance of the Town of Washtucna, Washington, updating the current bulk water rates sold to non-residents: Be it ordained by the Council of the Town of Washtucna, as follows: SECTION 1: PURPOSE The purpose of this ordinance is to establish new rates for bulk water with the Town of Washtucna. SECTION 2: Rates Purchasers of bulk Town water will be charged $50.00 for the 1st 1000 gallons purchased in the month and $12.00 for each additional 1000 gallons in that month. SECTION 3: Revision...
NOTICE AND SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF ADAMS JUVENILE COURT TO: ANYONE CLAIMING A PATERNAL INTEREST No .. 22-7-00013-01 In re the Dependency of: JOSEPH MYERS DOB: 08/12/09 DEPENDENCY STATE OF WASHINGTON 12 A Dependency Petition was filed on October 11, 2022. A Fact Finding hearing will be held on this matter_on June·6, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. in the Adams County Superior Court, 210 W. Broadway, Ritzville, Washington 99169. You should be present at this hearing. The hearing will determine if your...
WAC 197-11-970 Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) City of Ritzville Housing Action Plan The City of Ritzville is considering adoption of a Housing Action Plan (HAP) and has completed a non-project SEPA checklist to analyze environmental impacts of the plan. Date of Issuance: April 24, 2023 Date of Determination of Completeness: April 21, 2023 Comment Due Date: May 10, 2023 Description of proposal: The proposed Housing Action Plan identifies strategies and actions the city can take to increase housing supply, and address...
NOTICE OF VARIANCE DECISION Notice was given and a public hearing was held in front of the Planning Commission on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, as required by Ritzville Municipal Code, variance chapter 11.195 for a shop variance application submitted by Chris and Christina Wyatt at 408 S Adams Street. The Planning Commission granted a variance to Chris and Christina Wyatt at 408 S Adams Street for a detached shop to be sited with the current side street access. The variance request for the shop height over 20 feet and less than...
My how things have changed in just a couple of short years, or has it been three. Baseball is a different game since March 16, 2020 when spring training was suspended and the Major and Minor Leagues were put on hold. We would go through a shortened 60 game schedule that started in July without fans and even the announcers didn’t go to the away games. Major League baseball needed to make a few changes to shorten the game and one of those rule changes was for any extra inning g...
RITZVILLE – The Jenkins Cougars pounced on the Broncos in a doubleheader Tuesday, April 25, sweeping the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys baseball team. The boys from Chewelah won the opener, 17-1, and the nightcap, 15-1. Jenkins’ Clay Jeanneret hit two doubles to lead the visiting Cougars (9-0 in league, 10-2 overall). Brock Kinch and Cooper Miller each had hits for the Broncos. On the mound, Zach Bowman took the win for the Cougars, with Jeanneret closing out the game for him. For the Broncos, Jayce Kelly took the loss pit...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls fastpitch softball team swept a doubleheader against the Jenkins (Chewelah) Cougars on Tuesday, April 18. The Bronco girls (6-6 in league), won the opener, 4-2, and the nightcap, 11-5, over the Cougars (7-5 in league). The win moves the girls one step closer to the post season, with the Broncos currently tied for fourth place in the Northeast 2B with Liberty (Spangle). The local girls were scheduled to host Reardan on Tuesday, April 25. The newspaper went to press before game t...
COLFAX – The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse girls outpaced the Broncos on Saturday, April 22, at the MacDougall Invitational track meet, but the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys topped bested the Eagles. The Bronco boys finished 13th overall with 20 teampoints. Meanwhile, the Eagle boys finished 18th with 1 point. In the girls division, the Eagles finished 10th overall with 22 team points. The Bronco girls finished 14th with 11. The Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) Eagles won both the b...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos tennis team racked up several wins Saturday, April 15, but struggled on Wednesday, April 19. Against Reardan on April 15, Carlie Loop, Liberty McClanathan, Destiny Phelps, Megan Rivers, Hunter Cameron, Jeffrey Christianson and Cameron Christianson all scored wins. Loop topped Haily Fry, 6-1, 6-1; and McClanathan bested Kerstin Lundgre, 6-0, 6-4. Phelps took three sets to top Ely Crego, dropping the first set 1-6 before roaring back to win 6-2, 10-7. Rivers beat her opponent “Kalyn,” 6-2, 6-3. For the b...