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The Lind Kiddie Parade on June 9 has decided on the theme of “Storybook Characters Come Alive.” Participants should arrive at 10 a.m. with their entry form. All participants receive an award for participating and should meet east of the Memorial Park. Judging begins promptly at 10:15. The parade begins at 10:45 a.m. just before the Grand Parade. Pictures of children may be used in connection with reporting at the event, including use of the photos on the Town of Lind’s website, http://www.lindwa.com. For more infor...
The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is hosting a pancake breakfast on Friday, June 8, from 7:30 a.m. until noon. This is the final breakfast for the spring. The center hosts a pancake breakfast on the second Friday of every month. Along with the standard pancakes with the choice of ham or sausage, the menu is expanded to include biscuits with sausage gravy, scrambled eggs and juice. A donation of $5 per person is suggested as the breakfasts serve as fundraisers for the group. The senior center is located at 118 West Main Avenue...
Even before the demolition derby begins on Friday, Lind can expect three very special visitors to be passing through town. Jennifer Bradley, Justin Faulke and Mike Samuelson are participating in the Run Across America on Trails race, which began on May 30 in Westport, Wash. and concludes in Delaware, 3,360 miles later. The trio is following the remaining portion of the John Wayne Trail through the Lind area and until it ends many states later. The runners can be expected to be passing through, rather quickly, Friday between...
The Adams County Wheat Growers meeting is being held in association with the Ritzville Varietal Plot Tour on June 7, beginning at 1 p.m. The meeting is taking place at Ron Jirava’s farm. The agenda includes presentations on winter wheat varieties by Arron Carter and Stephen Guy, winter wheat variety quality control by Doug Engle and two-gene Imy Resistant Wheat by Kulvinder Gill. Following the tour, a barbeque is hosted at Jirava’s courtesy of the Adams County Wheat Growers Association. For more information about the eve... Full story
The Ritzville FFA Alumni Association is hosting a meeting on Sunday, June 10 at 7 p.m. in the Washington Association of Wheat Growers building. The main part of the agenda is the election of officers for the upcoming year. The Wheat Growers building is located at 109 East First Avenue in Ritzville....
Goodwill Industries is bringing a 26-foot enclosed trailer to receive donations at the Gilson Gymnasium parking lot Wednesday, June 13, through Sunday, June 17. For every pound received, 20 cents is going to be donated to the Lind/Ritzville School District with a minimum donation of $600 given. The district plans to forward the funds to Project 56 for the completion of an all-weather track. All items, including computers, televisions, clothing, and furniture, are accepted. The trailer is open the entire day on Saturday, June...
Joshua Draper, a 30-year-old Ritzville resident was killed in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 31, as the result of a tragic train versus vehicle accident at the Tokio Road Crossing. Adams County Sheriff’s Undersheriff John Hunt said Tuesday, June 5, that the investigation is ongoing. The agency is waiting for the results of a toxicology report, which could take up to four weeks. Following the accident, the sheriff’s office issued a press release to all area media. That information has appeared in newspapers, tel...
The Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its monthly general membership meeting on Thursday, June 14, beginning at noon at Casuela’s Grill on Main Avenue. The featured topic of this month’s meeting is the Historic Preservation Tax Credit application process, how the tax credit works and how to apply for it as well as implications on property taxes. Guest speakers are Carry Anthony, CPA, of Leffel, Otis & Warwick, P.S. and Adams County Assessor Sherri Brewer. In addition, the meeting serves as the first public sho... Full story
Nearly 55-years ago, Alma W. Skousen had an experience that remains vivid in his mind to this very day. Now a healthy 86-year-old, Skousen can still accurately recall the plane crash that left him and another Air Force Lieutenant stranded in a dusty field just outside of Lind, a field that he revisited for the first time on June 4. On June 26, 1957, First Lieutenants Skousen and Wayne A. Sweetnum were flying a T-33 aircraft from Larson Air Force Base to Travis Air Force Base...
The Ritzville Distinguished Young Women and the Ritzville Rodeo Queen recently went to the Moses Lake Spring Festival, Grand Moonlight Parade on May 26. Amalia Perez, Brooke Pichette and Taylor White (DYW) were on their float called Girls n’ Pearls, received second place. Haley Oestreich, Ritzville Rodeo Queen, didn’t place. However the “Official Pooper Scoopers,” consisting of Aaliyah Yaeger and Lacey Miller, won the best dressed clean up crew. This last weekend, June 2,...
The Ritzville Public Library Book Club is hosting the monthly meeting on June 28 at 6:30 pm in the Library basement. The book is “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption,” by Laura Hillenbrand. Extra copies of the book are available at the library. For more information, contact Library Director Kylie Fullmer at 659-1222....
The Washington State University (WSU) Lind Dryland Research Station is coordinating the 96th annual Lind Field Day on Thursday, June 14. Vice president for Agriculture and Extension, Daniel Bernardo, is extending an invitation to community members to join the field day group with tours of the research plots, a lunch and an ice cream social. The tour provides those in attendance with the opportunity to learn about the research that benefits dryland producers in eastern Washington. The event is open to individuals and families....
Junior Golf Camp begins on Monday, June 18, at the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course. Sign up forms are now being accepted and the fee is $40 per golfer. The fee covers the lessons, a tournament, barbeque, awards and t-shirts for each participant. The camp is open to those ages eight to 15.... Full story
The Wheatland Bank Dollar Diva’s are coordinating two team fundraisers before the Relay For Life of Ritzville event, which takes place on July 13-14. The first is a pre-order bake sale for Kraut Runza’s or chocolate chip cookies. Kraut Runza’s are $5 for a plate of six, and chocolate chip cookies are $2.50 for a dozen. Orders must be placed by June 16 for delivery on June 23-24. On June 16, the team is hosting a car wash in the Wheatland Bank parking lot from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., weather permitting. Locals can also prepa... Full story
The Ritzville High School Class of 1967 had terrific attendance for their No. 45 reunion. Thirty-two class members, along with several spouses, attended one or all of the weekend events. On Friday night, some classmates ate dinner together at the Bowling Alley; a large group gathered for the reunion on Saturday afternoon at the home of Dave and Carla Braun and then also attended the Alumni Banquet. On Sunday, several classmates ate breakfast together at the Cow Creek Deli. There were 58 classmates who graduated in 1967, and...
David Michaelson, author of the award-winning “The Burntwater Cook’s Kitchen Guide,” recently completed the third book in his science fiction trilogy. Michaelson, a resident of Harrington, composed his seventh book “Bittersweet Tamed.” The first book in the trilogy is titled “The Centauri Intervention,” followed by “Bittersweet Colony,” before he completed the trilogy with “Bittersweet Tamed.” Michaelson’s complete works are available at the Ritzville Art Center, Cow Creek Mercantile and the Davenport Times office. Books are... Full story
The East Adams Rural Hospital is in the process of replacing T-12 light fixtures with T-8 bulbs, which is a mandatory change as well as a major energy saving switch. On June 5, Jerry Snyder, Jerry Wright, Gary Peck, Brian Shanaman and Gary Smith met at EARH. Wright, an Avista representative, presented Peck with a rebate check of $8,576 for the new installation of lights. –Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
During the regular meeting of the Lind and Ritzville school board’s on April 23, superintendent Rob Roettger announced that the trophy issue has finally come a close. The FFA trophies that had been disposed of earlier this school year have now been fully replaced and paid for. The biggest news to the school boards were that the school did not have to pay any out of pocket costs for the replacement of the trophies. The Ritzville FFA Alumni and WestBred, a division of Monsanto, have covered the cost in full, with WestBred d...
Tommi Sue Swannack, a seventh grade student at Lamont Middle School, has earned a position on the Washington State National Junior High rodeo team and is traveling with fellow teammates to Gallup, New Mexico at the end of June to compete at the eighth annual National Junior High Finals Rodeo. Swannack placed in all her events at the state finals, held in Kennewick in May and qualified to compete in goat tying, breakaway roping, ribbon roping and target shooting at the national competition. She was also selected to win the... Full story
Mrs. Ross (the Ritzville School District Counselor) is sitting down with each individual eighth grader to figure and plan out next year’s school schedule. The required classes are Physical Science, Econ/Geometry, Physical Education, English and Math. The rest is your choice and it will count as college credits. By Kristen Shaw, Student Correspondent The middle school students will take a field trip to Pattison’s Roller Rink in Spokane. All the money was raised from the Walk-a-Thon that was held earlier in the year. Lunch wil... Full story
The Lind High School gymnasium filled for the last time to witness the final graduating class to graduate from LHS, as next year the academic cooperative for the Lind and Ritzville school districts will occur. Class advisor, Kerry Murphy, offered an emotional commencement address and school board members lined up to present this years awards. Alexandria Whitaker presented the Salutatorian address and was followed by the group of five Valedictorians: Andrea Bennett, Mackenzie...
The three Washtucna graduates stood proudly before family and friends on the morning of Saturday, June 2, as they received the long-awaited high school diplomas. Graduates Jena Goude, Jason Hulett and Amanda Woodard shared smiles, tears and hugs during the hour-long ceremony, which was being broadcast live for family members who could not be in attendance. The highlight of the ceremony was the Valedictorian address from Jason Hulett, whose speech is printed in its entirety:...
The Ritzville High School graduating class was filled with brillant smiles and a sense of accomplishment Sunday during commencement. The Class of 2012, in traditional red and black, were greeted by a capacity crowd, including many of the Lind High School graduates who received their diplomas on Saturday. Chris Steinmetz delivered the Salutatorian address, followed by Corin Eckley’s Valedictorian speech. Eckley’s speech and the list of awards given on Sunday follow: “‘T...
Joshua Lee Draper, 30, was taken to heaven on May 31, 2012. Josh was born on Aug. 15, 1981, in Ellensburg, Wash. In 1991, he moved to Ritzville with his mother where he began his journey through the Ritzville Schools graduating in 2000 from Ritzville High School. During this time, Josh also attended school in Yakima while with his father. After high school, he pursued his interest in mechanics while attending the John Deere Tech program at Walla Walla Community College. He...
We all know a person or two that somehow brought out the best in us. Their words made sense and broke through and penetrated the inner ear and touched our brain. When it happens to a teenager, the person that makes a difference is very influential and has an important gift. The basketball coach we had my senior year did influence a lot of young athletes. Now I must say this person was not liked by everyone but Coach didn’t care what anyone thought of him as long as his p...