Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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Independent League, Week of April 29 Joe’s Body Shop 205.5-130.5, Bauer U 203-132, Faure Farm’s 193-143, Coca Cola 158-172, Viking Inn 149.5-185.5. Team high scratch game: Joe’s Body Shop 753. Team high scratch series: Joe’s Body Shop 2188. Team high handicap game: Faure Farm’s 897. Team high handicap series: Faure Farm’s 2547. Men’s high scratch game: Gerry Klinich 226, Jerry Neilan 225, Ed Edelen 223. Men’s high scratch series: Jerry Neilan 646, Ed Edelen 587, Brad Heider 571. Men’s high handicap game: Gerry Klinich 243... Full story
The LRS tennis team finished league play on Tuesday, April 23, in a match against Wilbur-Creston (WC) before traveling to the Inland Empire Tournament over the weekend. Against WC, the LRS boys and girls’ teams took a 4-1 victory and secured the girl’s position as the number one team in the league, with the boys’ team ended as the second place team. The number one singles competition for the boys went in favor of Zach Swanger, who defeated Steven Paunovich 6-1, 6-1. The number one doubles team of Alex Wheeler and Kyle Canaday...
Jerry Neilan achieved his lifelong goal and set a new record at the Ritzville Bowling Alley on April 18 when he bowled the first ever 800 series recorded at the local alley. It also marked the first time the 73-year-old has bowled an 800-series. He earned the house and personal record by bowling 250, 265 and 299 games during the league competition and was bowling as a member of the Cow Creek team. Neilan began competitively bowling at the age of 19, and he said it took him...
The LRS Lady Broncos’ fastpitch team lost a doubleheader Saturday to Springdale, 17-1 and 21-8. Wednesday they hosted Davenport in a rescheduled doubleheader. Results were not available at press time as the games weren’t played until after this week’s newspaper was finished. The Lady Broncos needed to win both games to force a sixth place tie with Reardan. If they win both games then they would likely play on Saturday in a tiebreaker with Reardan at a neutral site. If LRS didn...
Ritzville High School and LaCrosse Schools have been named on the list of 381 schools receiving Washington Achievement Awards for 2012. LaCrosse Elementary School has received an overall excellence award; Ritzville High School is being recognized for achievement in the areas of language arts and math; and LaCrosse High School is receiving awards for science and math. The award is now in it’s fourth year, and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the State Board of Education sponsor the Washington A...
In reference to a letter published on April 11: That sounds like pretty good advice, but is it? If its followed by judgment and negativity? Looks like we are criticizing for criticizing for… Don’t we want to encourage our citizens to get involved in the community? Not discredit and shame them if they aren’t in attendance at meetings. Good for the people who do attend; let’s try to get more of them. Why criticize the people who care enough to voice their opinions and even to write in? If they don’t have full informati... Full story
As most know, the Hospital District has placed a bond issue on the ballot for this fall. For voters to make a sound decision, they need a lot of information, much of which is apparently not as widely known as it should be. For the moment, though, let’s focus on the threshold issue: does this community need a hospital at all? That might seem too obvious to need discussion, but claims that it does not have been heard in public, so let’s look. First off, the crucial aspect is neither hospital rooms nor a clinic: it is the Eme...
Your editorial of April 25 offers many fascinating statements worthy of thoughtful consideration. For example you wrote: “In a sense, we have been hit with everything at once in terms of the water system. Before that the failed sewer system was the crisis.” How did it happen that WE have been hit with a water system crisis preceded by a failed sewer system crisis? Our city is led by a mayor who has been attending city council meeting for some 25 years. The failed sewer system happened on her watch. How did it happen that the...
I want to encourage the citizens of Washtucna to consider filing to be a candidate for the commissioner positions in Park and Recreation District No. 2, which runs the Washtucna Pool. We want commissioners who are not only interested in the maintenance and management of the pool and its program, and have a vision for its future, but who could also serve with the good will and trust of their neighbors. In the past year the commissioners ran two levies, which failed to pass with the legally prescribed majority of votes....
The Ritzville Lions Club joins with Lions Clubs across Washington and Northern Idaho in the 44th year of White Cane Days campaign, being held from May 3-4. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on these days, club members are asking for contributions to support the sight programs of the Northwest Lions Foundation (NLF), which helps protect and restore sight for kids and adults in the Pacific Northwest. Ritzville Lions will open the club hall during the two-day campaign and members will visit Starbucks, Harvest Foods and Jake’s Café ga... Full story
Education in the United States has been floundering for many years. I believe that it started when they did away with the eighth grade examination, started kindergarten and stopped having potential teachers pass a comprehensive test. The test was an instrument that gave school districts a good indication that a candidate was knowledgeable and it gave the teachers a valid reason to claim they were a profession. Kindergarten as it is now used, is a financial waste! Parents should be given a list of skills that their children ne...
The grocery store, local restaurants and the sidelines of sporting events have a tendency to become mini conference centers for me. The beauty of rural community newspapers is the fact most readers and residents know who the publisher and editor are. People we have never met recognize us and know what we do for a living. The end result is we often find ourselves in impromptu conversations about things happening in the community. Often times during these spontaneous chats someone will ask me a question about a specific thing t...
Question the actions of local government as often as you like. Elected leaders and publicly funded administrators should not be allowed to operate without oversight. The beauty of the system in Washington is that government must be transparent and accountable as established by state law and repeatedly supported by judges in Washington courts. The public records laws and the Open Public Meeting Act provide certain assurances that the public will be allowed to monitor elected officials and public entities. This is needed and va... Full story
Joyce Ferrill Loomis died at the age of 91 on April 11 in Redmond, Ore. She was born on Feb. 6, 1922, to Allen and Margaret Bates in Sioux Falls, S.D. The family moved to Oregon during the Great Depression and worked in the hop fields near Amity and then moved to Klamath Falls after a brief time. She graduated from Klamath Union High School in 1940. She married Harry Lanphear in 1942. They later divorced and she married Bill Loomis of Vancouver, Wash., in 1976. She will always be remembered for her contagious laughter, green...
Gertrude (Trudy) Heimbigner died on Jan. 10 in Spokane. A memorial service is to be held on Saturday, May 4, at 1 p.m. at the Harrington United Methodist Church in Harrington, with Pastor Cynthia Wuts officiating. Strate Funeral Home of Davenport is entrusted with the arrangements....
I’m sure you’ve heard of the game where you get 10 or 12 people together where the first person in line reads a sentence of about eight words and they whisper into the next person in line’s ear what is written on the paper. Then that person turn’s to the next and whispers into the next person’s ear and so on. When the last person gets the message they tell everyone know what they heard. Of course by the time it gets to the end of the line the message can be far different... Full story
Walter and Samantha Crow of Lind are pleased to announce the arrival of a son, Sean Howard, born April 23 at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. At birth, Sean weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and measured 19 and one-half inches in length. Sean joins two-year-old brother, William. Maternal grandparents are Tom and Lori Strohmaier of Lind. Paternal grandparents are Steve and Cheryl Crow of Raymond. Great-grandparents are Al Strohmaier of Spokane, Howard and Phyllis Heil of Lind... Full story