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Lind Community Church 114 E Fifth Ave. P.O. Box 119 Lind, WA 99341 Sunday Service: 10 a.m. Pastor: Rod Dennis Office Phone: (509) 677-3320 Ritzville Nazarene Church 108 W Fourth Ave. Ritzville, WA 99169 Youth Group at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Ryo Olson Church Office: (509) 659-1749 New Hope Center 701 W Main Ave. Ritzville, WA 99169 Children and Adult Sunday Schools: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. Radio Program: Sundays at 9 a.m. on station KTW 630 AM...
Lind Senior Center Lind Senior Center serves meals Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Call 677-3620 between 9-9:45 a.m. for reservations. Milk, coffee, ice tea and water are available with all meals. Monday: Grilled crab & cheese, clam chowder, pea salad and dessert. Wednesday: Chicken alfredo, salad, cheesy broccoli, garlic bread and dessert. Thursday: Stuffed manicotti in red sauce, meatballs, green beans, garlic bread and dessert. Friday: Beef stir fry, rice, egg rolls, Asian salad and dessert. H.E. Gritman Senior...
Josephine Roth, 10, in fourth-grade at Lind Elementary School, checks out a gingerbread house entry at the Ritzville Depot Museum Dec. 14. Her mother is Morgane and her father is Damon Roth and the family lives in Paha. See more on Page 12....
LIND — Living in the town of Lind is about to get more expensive. The Town Council approved ordinances earlier this month that raise monthly base rates for water, sewer and garbage. Ordinance 24-06 raised the rate on trash collection, setting new minimum charges of $22 for 95 gallons of trash, $100 for 2 yards, $170 for 3 yards and $220 for 4 yards. And beginning Jan. 1, Ordinance 24-07 raises the cost for water by 1.73% Under the new rate, those with a meter size smaller than 1.5 inches will have a monthly base rate of $...
LIND - The Town Council unanimously approved a resolution to allocate more city funds for street maintenance during its meeting last week. After almost an hour of discussion, Councilwoman Jamie Schmunk moved to split property taxes between current expense and streets in the 2025 budget. Out of a total of $95,412, current expenses are allocated $71,559 and streets would get $23,853. The council approved the change unanimously, 4-0. Councilman Robert Dew was absent. "That...
RITZVILLE — Evergreen Rural Water of Washington is now on the short list of data counters for a repeat assignment. The City Council agree to hire the survey company Dec. 3 to do some sampling and recording. “In our area, it’s pretty unique in terms of census data,” City Clerk/Treasuer Julie Flyckt said. “It doesn’t show our area as low-income as those of us that live here. So, we have an option to an income survey.” The city last conducted an income survey in 2018 using the same company. “They did help to do a direct income...
SPOKANE - Laurel Holland has been named Homeland Security Investigations Prosecutor of the Year for the Eastern District of Washington. Throughout her career, which has included service as a deputy prosecuting attorney in Benton County and as an assistant U.S. attorney in Yakima, Holland has been recognized for her work prosecuting cases involving the exploitation of young children. In the past year alone, Holland prosecuted several child exploitation offenders. "Assistant...
Jail Log RITZVILLE — The Adams County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reported the following individual in custody from Dec. 10-16: Dec. 12 Aldoyoni Silva-Pineda, fourth degree assault, domestic violence. Released. Dec. 16 Andres Rodriguez-Camacho, 24, driving under the influence, operating a vehicle without ignition interlock and third-degree driving while license suspended. Booked into the Benton County Jail. Deanna DeBoise, 65, driving under the influence and reckless endangerment. Booked into the Benton County Jail. Isr...
If Washington state elected officials and energy planners need to be reminded of the risks of increasing reliance on wind-generated electricity, they can look to the week-and-a-half after Thanksgiving. Starting on the night before Thanksgiving, the amount of electricity generated by wind power in the BPA system across the northwest collapsed, falling to zero megawatts around midnight. Generation remained extremely low until midday on Dec. 7, more than nine days later. During t...
It’s as simple as X and Y. The question of whether boys should be participating in girls sports in our state may finally be addressed by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association next spring. Among proposed amendments to the organization’s athletic code are proposed rule amendments that relating to so-called “transgender” competitors. The proposals will be introduced to the 53-member assembly during its annual meeting Jan. 27. One amendment would limit partici...
RITZVILLE - Adams County recently received a Washington State Association of County Engineers first-place award for asphalt pavement construction. County Engineer Scott Yaeger presented the plaque during last week's Adams County Commission meeting. The award is "in recognition of the high quality asphalt pavement construction, reconstruction of Deal Road, MP 0.00 to 2.80, Contract CRP-197, which is rated the best county asphalt paving project in the State of Washington during...
RITZVILLE - In a little bit of a role reversal, Adams County commissioners were able to make a pitch to office visitors, instead of the other way around. John Culton, president of Culton Consulting and Licett Garbe, a spokeswoman for Sen. Patty Murray, visited with commissioners Dec. 10, mostly to listen to their needs. Commissioner Dan Blankenship was not present, but Commissioners Mike Garza and Jay Weise were, along with Adams County Prosecuting Attorney Randy Flyckt....
RITZVILLE - Ritzville Festivals Association has combined pretend royalty with genuine diplomacy and lots of work. The work example was seen Dec. 14 at Quinterfest, held at the Ritzville Fairgrounds as the association's crew fed and then hosted about 65 audience members in the Knuth Hall for an extended raffle for prizes of all kinds. There were t-shirts, candles, earrings, bird feeders, a scarecrow, a bear, stocking caps, tile art, an air fryer, John Deere tractor toys, a cell...
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, Dec. 18 - Sloppy joe casserole, salad and roll. • Thursday, Dec. 19 - Liver & onions, mashed potatoes and vegetable. • Monday, Dec. 23 - Chicken enchilada, rice and vegetable. • Tuesday, Dec. 24 - Lasagna, vegetable and roll. • Wednesday, Dec. 25 - CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. – All meals are served with a...
LIND — The following residents will celebrate birthdays and anniversaries from Dec. 18-24: Anniversaries Dec. 22 Greg and Jamie Schmunk Birthdays Dec. 18 — Jae Gomez Dec. 19 — Levi Wills and Caitlan O’Neill Dec. 20 — Jared Davis Dec. 21 — Derrick Laird Dec. 24 — Martin Shelter, William Crow, Matt Miller and Kasen Knodel...
RALSTON - It's evident Ralston Grange has a list of admirers. About 100 adults and kids showed up Dec. 15 for an elaborate potluck supper and an hour and a half of Christmas entertainment, and it was all free. Dale Anderson, who frequently appears in the sports pages of the Ritzville Journal, was master of ceremonies for the program, as Grange President Jerry Snyder was already booked to play Santa Claus and other duties. The meeting began with a short pitch to become a...
It’s natural to mumble nasty things about the cold weather. We all do it from time to time. But even the cold has its merits. One big plus is that it makes fireplaces a reasonable addition to our lives. In cold weather, we can build a fire in our home with a clear conscience. This is something that doesn’t translate well to summer heat, but when it’s cold, here comes the fire. Strange, isn’t it, our love affair with a fireplace? Makes absolutely no sense. Today, we can make houses so impervious to cold that every time we...
Here we are again with another football season finished and playoffs and bowl games on the agenda. Once again we see players opting out of playing in their team’s bowl game for fear of an injury. And now there is another issue for teams preparing for the post season and that is the Transfer Portal. For the Marshall University Thundering Herd they opted out of their bowl game due to lack of numbers. After a highly successful season their head coach took another head coaching po...
COLFAX - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys wrestlers opened league at the Colfax Boys Scramble on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Carson Kubik, Aydon Morgan and Brock Tracy led the Broncos; team scores were not reported. Wrestling at 285, Tracy pinned both of his opponents with a total time of 60 seconds. He pinned Kyron Clovis of Asotin in 31 seconds and then Riley Cook of Asotin in 29 seconds. Morgan, on the mat in the boys 175B weight class, won his opener by forfeit over Braxton...
RITZVILLE — The Broncos boys basketball team split last week with two different Coyote teams The local boys fell to the Columbia (Burbank) Coyotes, 93-36, on Dec. 10, then edged the Kittitas Coyotes, 74-72, in overtime Dec. 13. The Columbia Coyotes were unstoppable on their home court, cruising to an easy 93-36 victory. The Coyotes didn’t report individual statistics. Senior Brody Boness led the Broncos with 10 points, followed by younger brother Cameron Boness and Beau Fode with 7 each. Zach Klein added 5, Jerod Harder 4 a...
RITZVILLE — The Bronco girls basketball team routed the Kittitas Coyotes, 61-28, Dec. 13, just three days after falling to the Columbia (Burbank) Coyotes, 47-34, on Dec. 10. On her home court in Gilson Gymnasium, Zoe Galbreath led the Broncos to an easy win over Kittitas. With 31 individual points, she outscored the entire Kittitas team. The Broncos opened with a 23-6 dominating first quarter, before Kittitas closed the margin in the second. At halftime, the Broncos had a 27-16 lead. That second-quarter rally was all the Coyo...
The first place gingerbread house construction on display Dec. 14 at Ritzville Depot Museum was the work of Sarah and Andrea Russell. Second place went to Morgane Plager-Roth and third place to Autumn Reilly....
Ava Fode, 14, a Lind-Ritzville freshman, hands treats to kids waiting in vehicles along Candy Cane Lane, behind the high school shortly after Santa arrived via fire truck Dec. 14....
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