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A retirement reception honoring Pastor John and Maureen Hunsberger will be held on Sunday, June 10, from 2-5 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church. TUMC is located 107 West Second Avenue in Ritzville....
The Town of Lind is set to host thousands of visitors this weekend for the 31st Annual Lind Derby Extravaganza Weekend. The annual event kicks off entertainment on Friday night with car and pickup races, before hosting a variety of events on Saturday at the Lind Lions Club Arena. The weekend of derby action begins with the annual car races on June 8, with time trials at 6 p.m. and racing at 6:30 p.m. Due to the increasing amount of pickups entered into the event, pickup races join the car-racing event on Friday evening....
After the success last year, the Lind Lions Club is once again hosting a raffle drawing during the beginning of the Combine Demolition Derby with the winner receiving the chance to drive a combine in the Derby competition. The raffle begins on Friday night at the car and pickup races, beginning at 6 p.m., and continues until the races on Saturday. Tickets are $10 and entrants must be at least 18 years old. The drawing will take place prior to the start of Derby, and the winner will have a chance to learn how to operate the...
Lind residents and visitors who line the Town’s streets to watch the Grand Parade on June 9 may notice familiar faces leading the floats. Jamie and Greg Schmunk were selected as the Grand Marshals for the 2018 Grand Parade. Both Jamie and Greg said they felt honored at having the opportunity to serve as grand marshals for the parade. Greg grew up in Warden on his family farm, then moved his family to Lind in 1993. He worked for the Warden School District for 26 years, s...
The East Adams Library District will kick off its Summer Author series on June 14 with an author reading from Nadia Reimer at the Ritzville Public Library at 5:30 p.m. Reimer will read from her book “Weeds of Paradise.” There will be a discussion session with Reimer after the reading....
The annual Washington State University (WSU) Lind field Day will be held on Thursday, June 14, at the WSU Dryland Research Station north of 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 focus on fake news versus facts: Glyphosate and soil microbes, winter wheat breeding, spring wheat breeding, and winter triticale versus winter wheat. During the noon program, WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and...
The Ritzville Community Yard Sale is scheduled for June 16-17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce. To be included on the map, contact Donna Perelli Matlock at 206-459-9313 or [email protected] before June 12. Maps will be available at Ritzville City Hall and the Ritzville Public Library on June 15....
The local Spay Neuter Your Pet (SNYP) organization received a grant from the Washington Federation of Animal Control and Care. The grant will go toward funding a trap-neuter-return (TNR) effort for the feral cat population in Ritzville. SNYP Board Member Mikki Kison explained the six-month project will focus on trapping and neutering or spaying feral cats and returning them to the trapping location. Kison said the organization completed a TNR project in 2016 with 72 feral cats. In the two years since the first project, she...
Open burning within Adams County and the city limits of Ritzville will close at dusk on Thursday, June 14, according to Adams County Fire Protection District No. 1 Chief Scott Kembel, Ritzville Fire Chief Joel Bell, Washtucna Acting Fire Chief Byron Allen and Lind Fire Chief Kevin Starring. No open fires for the burning of vegetation or other matter are permitted in town or in rural areas. Agricultural burns with permits and backyard recreational fires are still allowed. Burning season remains closed until the fall. The...
Lind-Ritzville High School student Maiah Hilton was selected as the Washington state winner for the Collaborative Summer Library Program’s (CSLP) 2018 Teen Video Challenge. The CSLP selected Hilton’s video “Libraries Rock,” during the national conference in April. Her video was posted on the CSLP’s website, along with the other state winners. According to the contest’s website, other community libraries may use Hilton’s video to promote summer reading programs in their area...
FURRY FRIEND. Ritzville Grade School students, ranging from kindergarten through third grade, had the opportunity to meet local farmers and Lind-Ritzville FFA chapter members on Farm Safety Day, May 25. During the event, students learned different aspects about farming, such as tractor safety, spraying chemicals and interacting with farm animals. During the event, students (from left) Johnathen Breazeale, Jacob Bolin, Ayashe Williams, Eli Meise and Landon Williams had the...
Amongst the large crowd packed into Gilson Gymnasium on June 2, 40 individuals proudly stood out as they took a step towards their future after receiving their diploma from Lind-Ritzville High School. Family and friends gathered in the gym, with nearly standing room only, to celebrate the achievements of the local scholars and recognize them for their individual and collective success. The 40 LRHS graduates received a collective $396,393 in scholarships to pursue their future...
Richard Glenn “Butch” Phillips, age 73, passed away on May 27, 2018 at Hospice in Spokane. Butch was born October 13, 1944 in Wapato, Washington to parents, Richard Eldon and Opal (Walker) Phillips. He had two sisters and one step sister. Butch served in the US Army from October 13, 1961 to May 8, 1963. He received the Army Occupation Medal (Berlin) and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. He spent at least 30 years driving truck. He also worked as a mechanic repairing vehicles....
A wake for Greg Campbell will be held at the Gritman Senior Center from noon – 4 on Saturday 6/16/18. Please join us for lunch and memories. Greg lived in Ritzville for the past ten years and died December 2017....
Once again we’ve hit June which means graduation time is here again. I remember the Class of 2018 as eighth graders when Dustan Arlt and I were hired as the Middle School football coaches. On Saturday, kids that I once looked eye to eye with towered over me. They grew taller and I didn’t. I can’t say we had a super successful year but we did see a lot of growth in confidence and tenacity to defeat a Davenport team late in the season after being humbled by the same team in th...
Here’s a switch! Rather than closing another pulp and paper mill, a new one is under construction right here in Washington. Columbia Pulp’s plant on the Snake River will use a new technology that pulls cellulose out of the abundant straw left over from wheat and alfalfa harvests. The $184 million plant near Dayton is scheduled to open later this year. Traditionally, pulp comes from wood either grown specifically for paper making or as byproducts from sawmills. When fully operational, it will add 100 full-time jobs in Col...
Recently I mentioned how one of the state Supreme Court justices, from Seattle, had attended a political rally put on in Spokane by the largest teachers’ union in the state. She did so shortly before she was to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by that union and others against the state’s charter schools, and her appearance rightfully had people wondering if she could be impartial about that case. Part of Justice Mary Yu’s public excuse for speaking at the political event was that she wanted to encourage teachers to have...
The St. Agnes Catholic Church has been distributing free diapers through the “PREPARES” pregnancy and parenting support in Ritzville on the second Saturday of every month. We are now offering the same service in Lind on the third Tuesday of each month at the Lind Community Church. They will be available at the same time as the Second Harvest distribution. We are extremely proud and excited to offer service to our young families and hope to increase the services as time goes on. For more information, feel free to contact any...
What does “right to try” mean? It refers to the ability of terminally ill patients, who after having exhausted all other options and who are unable to participate in a clinical trial involving certain drugs, to access experimental drugs or therapy. The Right to Try offers the freedom to access medicine that is still in the investigational phase. Right to Try is very important to families when a relative is struggling with life-threatening illness. While the medicine, technology, and research available today is far and abo...
ROMEO AND JULIET. The Lind-Ritzville High School drama students performed the classic Shakespeare love story “Romeo and Juliet” in the Ritzville Grade School gym on May 30. The play was directed by Allison Nichols. The cast and crew of “Romeo and Juliet” included (back row from left) Amy Burrows, Caden Liberty, Lily Curtis, Jessa Hoeft, Eric Hayes and Taelor Umland. Middle row: Tresa Ackley, David Dahill, Annika Ewing, Essance Holland, MicKayla Hall, Cailey Vallone...
SHARING A LAUGH. The three Washtucna High School graduates, Aarron Phelps, Jazzmyn Gordon and Aleycia Hamilton, share a laugh during the guest speaker presentation by teacher Michael Dorman. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
Three Washtucna graduates were recognized and honored for their achievements during the Washtucna High School graduation ceremony on June 2. Two of the three graduates will be attending Washington State University in the fall, while their classmate will move on to serve in the military. Between Valedictorian Jazzmyn Gordon and Salutatorian Aleycia Hamilton, the graduates netted $159,044 in scholarships. Classmate Aarron Phelps will be joining the United States Marine Corps...
HELPING HAND. Nathan Naught learned what it feels like to be carried down the aisle, courtesy of classmate David Dahill. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
JESSE ANDERSON receives the Technology Award for the Class of 2018 from Principal Ronanda Liberty during Lind-Ritzville High School graduation. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
SCHOLARLY SUPPORT. Bianca Rodriguez and Crystal Silva hold hands to support each other during the processional at the Lind-Ritzville High School graduation ceremony on June 2 in Gilson Gym. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...