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NOTICE OF VARIANCE DECISION Notice was given and a public hearing was held in front of the Planning Commission on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, as required by Ritzville City Code, variance chapter 11.195 for a setback variance application submitted by John and Kellie Kragt. The Planning Commission granted a variance to John and Kellie Kragt at 1008 S Palouse Street for an attached garage setback variance of 8 feet (code states street side setback is 15 feet) from the property line. This decision will become final ten (10) days...
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING LOCATION CHANGE Notice is given that the Board of Directors of the Washtucna School District #109 has changed the location of the regular June meeting. The meeting will be held 6/25/24 at 7pm at Sonny’s, 250 Main St., Washtucna, WA. Zoom meeting invite information is available by sending a request by email to [email protected]. Published June 19, 2024...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION & SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION Pursuant to RCW 43.21C.080, notice is hereby given that Adams County did on June 12, 2024, made a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS), for the following application. Project: Freeman Farm Unit 37 Major Plat No. 2 Description of Proposal: Adams County Building and Planning received an application and SEPA checklist for the above referenced major plat. The Freeman Farm Unit 37 Major Plat No 2 consists of 10.12 acres of land subdivided into 6 lots. Each lot is proposed to...
NOTICE OF TAX JUDGMENT SALE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADAMS No. 21-2-00069-01 ADAMS COUNTY, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff, vs. The estate of MICHAEL BARNES, heirs and devisees of MICHAEL BARNES; The estate of TAMARRA J. BASS, heirs and devisees of TAMARRA J. BASS; The estate of THELMA M. FREEMAN, heirs and devisees of THELMA M. FREEMAN; HAROLD L. KENNEDY, a single man, and LINDA N. GARCIA, a single woman, and ALLIANCE ONE RECEIVABLES MANAGEMENT INC., as trustee; The estate...
Public Notice The Benge School District No.122, Adams County, WA, has prepared the budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The Benge School District Board of Directors will meet on June 24, 2024 at 6:00 pm at Benge Elementary School, located at 2978 E. Benge-Winona Rd., Benge, WA, for the purpose of adopting the 2024-2025 budget. Any person may appear at this meeting and be heard for or against any part of such budget, the four-year budget plan, or any proposed changes to the uses of enrichment funding under RCW 28A.505.240....
CITY OF RITZVILLE, WASHINGTON ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 1st AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS (DIVISION ST TO PALOUSE ST) Sealed bids will be received by the City of Ritzville, Washington, at City Hall located at 216 E Main Avenue, Ritzville, WA 99169 until 11:00 AM on June 26, 2024 and will then and there be opened and publicly read aloud. The improvements for which bids will be received are generally described below: This Contract provides for the improvement of *** East 1st Avenue from Division Street to Palouse Street and Palouse Street...
STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE/TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHT UNDER ONE (1) SUPERSEDING GROUND WATER CERTIFICATE TAKE NOTICE: That Sean Jenks, Jenks Holding Company, LLC of Moses Lake, WA, has made application for change/transfer of a water right in order to add points of withdrawal and change a portion of the place of use as granted under Superseding Ground Water Certificate No. 3369-A(A). That Superseding Ground Water Certificate No. 3369-A(A) authorizes the withdrawal of 360 gallons...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 5:30pm. The meeting will be held at East Adams Rural Hospital in the conference room downstairs and via Zoom. The information to call in is listed below. Dial in +1-253-215-8782 USA Toll Meeting number (access code): 880 2863 6262 Meeting password:145356 John Kragt, Chair Board of Commissioners East Adams Rural Healthcare Published June 12 and 19,...
Loren Schuoler Nov. 28, 1933 – June 10, 2024 Edward “Loren” Schuoler passed away peacefully at home on Monday, June 10, 24 following a two-year battle with gastric cancer. He had been living at the home of his son, Jack, and daughter-in-law, Heather, in Everett, Washington, where he had been lovingly cared for since the passing of his wife, Ann, in 2018. Loren was born on Nov. 28, 1933, at his grandparents’ farm in Outlook, Wash., the firstborn child of Edward and Ruth Wagner...
HARRINGTON – Three Davenport men were killed in a car crash on Harrington-Tokio Road on Friday, June 7. Alan Kysar, 26, Braedon Efraimson, 26, and Blake Wilson, 24, all of Davenport, succumbed to their injuries in the two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Mohler Road at approximately 8:30 p.m, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, though the Sheriff’s Office believes that an unidentified driver traveling east on Mohler Road ran a stop sign at the Harri...
"Tugboat Timmy" tows the Monkey Business, driven by Mark Toombs and navigated by Amy Hensley, sprint boat back to the pits Saturday after the vessel stalled on the race course at Webb Slough in St. John. Thousands of fans braved cold, rainy weather to watch the high-speed action. For more on Sprint Boat racing, see Page 9....
RITZVILLE – Dennis Sackmann and local auctioneer Jerry Synder have scheduled a benefit auction to help defray some of the outstanding medical costs incurred by the family of recently-deceased youth group leader Becky Main. The event, slated for Saturday, June 29, will begin at 6 p.m. at the grade school gymnasium. It will include a “pay at the door” dinner. The auction is expected to feature wood and fabric crafts, homemade breads and desserts, artwork and other contributions. Becky Main, longtime youth leader and commu...
SPRAGUE — One woman was injured in a crash one mile east of the city early Monday, June 17. According to a press release from Washington State Patrol, Burnadette C. Yates, 25, of Moxee, was injured and airlifted to a Spokane medical center after the green 2001 Toyota Tacoma she was driving left the roadway on Interstate 90 eastbound at Milepost 246. The vehicle was pulled into soft gravel, rolled and came to rest in the median around 3:11 a.m. Monday, according to the patrol. No other vehicles or passengers were involved. C...
RITZVILLE – Last week, Scott Field of ViaVista Mapping began collecting field data and generating maps at the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery, a half-mile west of town on Rosenoff Road. Founded concurrent with the town in 1887, the cemetery added "Memorial" to its name after the Great Depression in honor of American veterans. As of Monday morning, Field had identified more than 60 unmarked burial sites in the 10.8-acre cemetery. The cemetery is divided into six sections separated...
8 Years Ago Adams County News June 21, 1899 Call a halt We feel it a duty incumbent upon us to call the attention of the authorities and citizens to the fact of danger continually confronting us by leaving teams standing unhitched on our public streets and thoroughfares. Hardly a week goes by without a runaway. So far, no serious accidents have happened, but it will not always be so. Some of these fine days they will come carrying home the lifeless form of your little one,...
Sheriff’s Log RITZVILLE – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from June 5-8: June 5 3:22 p.m. – Traffic hazard on the South Highway 17 and West Lee Road. 6:24 p.m. – Report of two suspicious subjects, when deputies contacted the subjects they advised the deputies that their car broke down and are waiting for a tow truck in the area of North Cow Lake Road and East Wellsandt Road. 7:22 p.m. – Report of a female who were possible of being abused by their husband, deputies were unable...
The number of people tapping the taxpayer-provided Paid Family and Medical Leave fund is increasing every year. The paid-leave program was launched in 2020. It imposes a tax on employers and workers, whether or not the workers ever use the program. The money is used to allow some workers taxpayer-paid time off if they have a serious health condition, need to care for people or want to bond with a new child on taxpayers’ dimes. If you build it they will come. And they did. T...
You may have heard the news that the beloved Boy Scouts organization is rebranding for the sake of inclusion. Their new name is “Scouting America,” which allows not only all girls, but the so-called “transgendered” girls who think they are boys. The rebrand includes a concerted effort to recruit more LGBT members in the organization. This shift is a direct result of the dominance of the so-called “woke culture.” Why, you may ask, is this shift necessary? After all, girls who are interested in becoming scouts could just...
LIND — The following residents are celebrating anniversaries and birthdays from June 19-15: Anniversaries June 21 — Kent and Susie Strohmaier. June 22 — Cort and Jenna Ruzicka. June 23 — Bridger and Nicole Smith. June 24 — Eric and Kelsey Labes. June 25 — John and Kim Lobe, and Chris and Alicia Miller. Birthdays June 19 — Jill Stout and Kaysen Wold. June 20 — Jacob Stout, Ian Ritz, Brody Cooper and Ford Hopkins. June 21 — Mike Doyle and Conner Greewalt. June 23 — Mia Branson. June 24 — Breanne Williamson and Jordyn...
Jeffrey Dale Snider Jan. 28,1949 – May 31,2024 Jeffrey Dale Snider passed away on May 31, 2024 at Sacred Heart Hospital with his family by his side. Jeff was born in Spokane, Wash. to Jimmie and Glenna Snider. Jeff was the oldest of 3 children. He attended grade school in Tyler and then moved to Ritzville where he finished his education and graduated in 1967. While living in Tyler his dad ran a logging and grain trucking business. In 1958 the family moved to Ritzville and e...
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, June 19 - Pork chops, potatoes and vegetable. • Thursday, June 20 - Meat lovers casserole, vegetable and roll. • Monday, June 24 - Hamburger, veggie sticks and chips. • Tuesday, June 25 - BBQ ribs, baked beans and roll. • Wednesday, June 26 - Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, vegetable and roll. – All...
Aspiring cowboys and cowgirls turned out Saturday and Sunday, June 8-9 for the Junior Rodeo at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds in Colfax....
“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” Luke 22:31-32 This is the beginning of a story that most of us have heard about, especially the ending when the rooster crowed and Peter denied Jesus three times. I would like to take some time to encourage you and say, Jesus is praying for you as you read this article. He might not be praying what we want him to be praying. We may want him to pra...
I find it interesting how we determine who our favorite players are. I know that as a young Dodger fan that lived in a home with other Dodger fans it was easy to have Maury Wills, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale as your go to favorites. But when it came to the NBA it was different in the 1960s. There weren’t a lot of college or even NBA games on TV. I know that today we have ESPN, TNT, ABC and may other ways of watching basketball games so a young fan can gravitate to watching g...
ST. JOHN - Thousands of sprint boat race fans braved what felt like four seasons of weather on Saturday, June 15, to watch the high-speed action at Webb's Slough. A cold wind blew as rain hit the slough early in the day, followed by a break in the weather with blue skies. Throughout most of the day, the temperature hovered in the mid-40s, prompting spectators to don coats and wrap themselves in blankets in the blustery weather. The cold weather brings increased air density,...