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Students from Lind-Ritzville, Sprague and LaCrosse High Schools are receiving their diplomas on Saturday. On Saturday, June 6, Lind-Ritzville High School graduation begins at 2 p.m. in Gilson Gymnasium in Ritzville. Seniors at LaCrosse High School also make the big walk on June 6 at 11 a.m. in the LaCrosse school gymnasium. Also on June 6, Sprague High School students will walk at 7 p.m. in the Sprague cafeteria....
The 100-year anniversary of the Washington State University Dryland Research Station will be celebrated at the Lind Field Day, Thursday, June 11. The centennial event is held at the University’s Dryland Research Station, 781 E. Experiment Station Road, Lind. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the field tour starting at 9 a.m.; a complimentary lunch and program will follow the field tour. Research presentations will include WSU’s commitment to agricultural research, a history of wheat development in the dry region, win...
The Lind Derby Extravaganza begins next week on June 12. Weekend tickets for the event are now available, and preorder tickets can be purchased online at http://brownpapertickets.com. For more information visit http://lindwa.com....
Mayor Pro-Tem Ben Cross, called the regular Ritzville City council meeting to order at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19. The meeting began with Mike Schrag requesting support for the Adams County Development Council banquet Friday, June 26. The annual banquet will be held at the Legion Hall and catered by Marie Borth. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door with guest keynote speaker Alex McGregor. Banquet begins at 5 p.m. with a social hour and meals served at 6 p.m. The meeting continued with updates from council members.... Full story
All summer long students and children are encouraged to enjoy arts and crafts, Legos and movies at the Ritzville Public Library. Participants also have an opportunity to win exciting prizes if they reach their reading goal by Aug. 31. Students will receive summer reading packets at the end of school or they can be picked up at the library. The packets can be returned to the Ritzville Public Library or the Lind Community Library by the beginning of the reading club. The reading program begins June 15 with the theme this year...
Class of 1990 – Adam Kent - Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
WASHTUCNA graduates from the Class of 1970 attending the banquet are (back row, from left) Lloyd Stoess, Jim Whitman and Randy Bachman. Front row: Margaret Hart and Irma Hoffman Kent. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
Class of 1950 – Louise Helme Kinch -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
Class of 1965 – Gene Mace -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
Class of 1985 – Jewel Calvert Wise -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
CLASS OF 1955. The 60-year graduates from the Class of 1955 who returned for the annual Washtucna Alumni Banquet on May 23 are (from left) Bob Clinesmith, Nancy Little Meise, Walter (Duane) Myers, Kay Lane Green and Herb Haase. Only two living members of the class did not attend the Washtucna Alumni Banquet. During the banquet, members who attended from the classes of 1950, 1955, 1965, 1970, 1985, 1990 and 2015 were honored and recognized. -Journal photo by Katelin...
The third annual Ritzville Small Town Cache Cow Event, hosted by the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce, was held at the Ritzville Train Depot over Memorial Day weekend. Activities, games, food, prizes and of course the real-world, outdoor treasure hunt using GPS-enabled devices brought participants from around the area began at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 23, lasting throughout the day. The first 50 cachers to return to the depot with completed forms for the treasure hunt were...
WESTERN ART SHOW. The return of the Western Art Show on Memorial Day weekend proved successful with 10 artists displaying their craft in downtown Ritzville. The artwork included paintings, iron work and bronze sculptures like this statue made by Gabe Gabel. The Best of Show award went to Rick Urdahl and Jim Lisk received the People’s Choice award. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
On Saturday morning, five Washtucna seniors received their high school diplomas and graduated from the Washtucna School District. Friends and family of the graduates gathered at the Washtucna gym on May 28 to celebrate the success of the students. Gail Harder led the class as valedictorian, and fellow classmates are Douglas McKeen, Chance Rice, Kaese Ramos and Eric Wise. Harder had the opportunity to present her valedictorian speech during the ceremony, where she stressed the... Full story
If you were asked to describe a “navigable waterway” in the U.S., you would most likely not think of the stream in your backyard or the irrigation ditch in your field. You would probably mention the Columbia and Mississippi rivers or the Great Lakes. These massive bodies of water are navigable because they function as highways for commercial traffic by ship or boat. Under the Obama Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would disagree. These agencies have defined waterways in a w... Full story
Over the last few years, one of the remarkable successes is the record salmon returns to the Columbia River and its tributaries. Conversely, one of the biggest disappointments is low recovery of delta smelt in San Francisco Bay. To protect the smelt, a federal court ordered that water be flushed into the San Francisco Bay – 1.4 trillion gallons since 2008. That was enough water to sustain 6.4 million drought-stricken Californians for six years. Yet a survey of young adult smelt in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta l... Full story
After two full seasons utilizing a beautiful all-weather track we get to celebrate a State track championship for a Bronco team. The LRS girls captured the 2B event in Cheney last Saturday edging out the St. George’s Dragons 74-71. The Bronco girls were able to take home the first place trophy with a fourth place finish in the final event, the 1600-meter relay. St. George’s won the event but needed the Bronco gals to falter in the final event but the LRS team refused to let fi...
Ecology, zoology and wildlife biology are growing fields of opportunity. That’s why Lind-Ritzville High School’s Advanced Placement Biology class and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) club took a field trip on May 27 to Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. The trip gave students the opportunity to learn more about local flora and fauna, explore the importance of ecology and conservation, and gain exposure to potential career paths in STEM. The National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) system preserves habitats like Tur...
There are undoubtedly people calling for the end of civilization to prevent climate change. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to prevent it. There are many sensible ways to do that. In his May 28 column “Looking at Fossil Fuels Through a Different Lens”, Don Brunell states “many activists simply demand an end to the use of fossil fuels now”, and articulates the many ways we use fossil hydrocarbons (oil, gas, coal) in medicine and other aspects of life. Don doesn’t argue against preventing climate change, but calls for a ...
Congratulations Coach Heidenreich! The LRS Girls Track and Field won a team state championship this past weekend and it was a fitting end to Randy Heidenreich’ s coaching career. I had the privilege of running for Randy in high school and it was always comforting to know you were getting the best advice and coaching you could get. He was the coach who always would stay late to work on things and had the ability to make the sport fun. Now having helped Randy coach the past 4 years it has been a great education to see how he c... Full story
We have one citizen in the Town of Lind that has been cleaning up vacant lots, street gutters, sidewalks, vacant house lots, etc. Dennis Hill is proud of our town and wants it to look much, much better for Derby Weekend. He is asking for nothing nor is he receiving payment by the town. A few individuals have given him money for gas, but otherwise he is doing it on his own time and expense. The town of Lind has five paid employees and Dennis has done more than those five employees toward preparing our town for this event. A...
Hello Ritzville Community, We are getting ready to start our annual fund raising and donations requests for our annual fireworks show. We as always truly appreciate our community members, residents and businesses who have continued to support our annual event. This year we want to continue with the tradition of extending an invitation to the Ritzville Community to come spend the evening with us to enjoy music, entertainment, food and the spectacular fireworks that fill the sky with bursting colors and sounds to enjoy with...
The Lady Broncos traveled to Spokane for their last regional doubleheader at Merkel Field at the end of May. With the overall record for the season at 10-13, Head Coach Todd O’Brien stated he was very proud and happy with the turnout and the Lady Broncos, proving his belief that they played better than the record led to believe. During the first game against Northwest Christian, the Lady Broncos played very well through the game up until the last inning where NWC pulled through to win 9-2. Jana Mattox pitched the majority o... Full story
Tessa Jantz earned a ninth place finish in the 2B State Golf Championships at the Columbia Point Golf Course in Richland on May 27-28. With two rounds of golf being played, Jantz scored a 95 during the first round of competition. The first round placed her in the top seven of the 30 girls competing in the golf tournament. Only the top 15 athletes earned the opportunity to compete in the second round. During the second round, Jantz scored a 96, giving her a total of 191 and tying Jordyn Smith of Oroville for ninth place. She...
Freshman athlete Rose Melville returned home from the Tennis State Championship in Yakima with a third place medal. She competed in the singles tournament on May 27-28. Rose, the only Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Bronco to qualify for state, showed her expertise early in the tournament in order to earn the third place finish. LRS Bronco Mark Wilbers qualified as an alternate for state, and spent the last week helping Melville prepare for her state competition. Head Coach Liz Melville said the extra practice and Wilbers’ assistance...