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Aging and Adult Care of Central Washington (AACCW) is hosting a planning meeting at the H.E. Gritman Senior Center on Monday, June 24, beginning at 12:15 p.m. Input is needed to plan for Senior and Disability Services and anyone interested in senior and disability issues including funding and services should attend the meeting. Based out of East Wenatchee, the AACCW is collecting information for the two-year update of the 2012-2015 Area Plan. The information collected helps to prioritize funding for senior and disability...
On Monday, June 24, the H.E. Gritman Senior Center is serving an authentic Chinese lunch beginning at noon. The meal features egg flour soup, chicken chow mien, sweet and sour pork, egg foo young and is completed with a fortune cookie. Reservations are requested by 9 a.m. Monday and cost for the meal is by donation. To-go orders and deliveries are welcome. For information or to make a reservation contact Betty Rowcliffe at 659-1921 or by email at [email protected]...
The Washington State University (WSU) Food Sense Program is hosting the Second Harvest Food Bank mobile truck on Tuesday, June 25, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Grange hall building in Lind. Everyone in the community is welcome and individuals are encouraged to bring bags to take collected food items back home. The Grange building is located at 318 West First Street in Lind....
Open burning within Adams County and the city limits of Ritzville and Lind will close at dusk on Sunday, June 23, according to Adams County Fire Protection District No. 1 Chief Scott Kembel, Ritzville Fire Chief Andy Lefevre and Adams County Fire Protection District No. 2 Chief Kevin Starring. No open fires for the burning of vegetation or other matter are permitted in town or in rural areas. Burning season remains closed until the fall. The chiefs also remind citizens that as drying conditions become more severe to take...
Several websites targeting drivers across the country are promising easy online driver license renewals, but appear to be delivering little except credit card charges. These companies are using paid advertising results on the major Internet search providers like Google and Yahoo to lure customers away from the official Department of Licensing (DOL) website. This is leading to extra fees paid to unknown companies who appear to be offering little more than services already available for free using the official DOL website....
Acute care patients at East Adams Rural Hospital (EARH) can now expect to be contacted by the University of Nebraska for the opportunity to participate in a patient care survey. EARH has partnered with the University of Nebraska and the Rural Healthcare Quality Network to provide the surveys to patients. Acute care patients are individuals required to stay in the hospital longer than 24 hours, but less than three days. The acute care patients can expect the surveys to be conducted by phone after their stay at EARH. Patients...
As the major road construction and water main replacement projects commence, residents can expect traffic delays and brief interruptions in water service near the construction sites. The Journal and Varela & Associates, the city’s engineering firm, will be working together to provide weekly construction updates. Those updates will be published in the newspaper, on our website at http://ritzvillejournal.com and on The Journal’s Facebook page. If necessary, due to construction delays or changes in the planned weekly sch...
Less than a dozen citizens and business owners attended the City of Ritzville’s open house Tuesday to learn more about a series of construction projects and infrastructure improvement efforts that will be underway throughout the summer and into the fall. Engineers from Varela & Associates mingled with the audience during the informal session, gathering around a wall that displayed the maps of the major projects and explanations of the costs and timelines for each. Ritzville C...
Northwest Farm Credit Services (FCS) announced the winners of the 2013 Scholarship Program. Forty-three scholarships were given to sons and daughters of Northwest FCS customers and employees in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington; eight high school students and three college students from each state were awarded $1,500 scholarships. Three employees’ students received $1,500 scholarships and one $1,500 minority scholarship was awarded. Erik Hille, son of Daniel and Bobbie Sue Hille of Ritzville, received the Washington C...
Michael and Laura Osborn graduated from Central Washington University on June 8. Michael earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Safety and Health Management, while Laura graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health. Laura has been accepted to Washington State University-Spokane nursing school and will continue her education this fall. Michael is currently employed in Grand Coulee for the summer and will seek employment in his field in the Spokane...
Mayor Linda Kadlec receives a $250 donation for the cost of materials from Mark C. Holder, associate representative of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. A large contingent of volunteers recently came together to repaint the clubhouse....
When Dan Duff was a high school teen looking for a way to earn a few bucks to support his growing golf habit, he turned to then course manager Ron Barker for a little help. Barker promptly set him to mowing the course to help pay for Duff’s first set of golf clubs. From that effort grew a love for the game of golf and an interest in the proper care and grooming of a golf course. Little did the Ritzville High School student know that his early golf excursions would lead him t...
Two Lind-Ritzville Middle School students, Emma Aldrich and Laurel Hayes have been selected to attend Tech Trek, a weeklong science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) camp to be held July 21-27 at Pacific Lutheran University (PLC). Tech Trek is an AAUW sponsored learning experience for girls who are entering eighth grade. Aldrich and Hayes applied for the camp and were selected by their teachers. The Ritzville Branch of AAUW and Washington State AAUW sponsor both girls. Aldrich and Hayes will reside at PLU where...
The Washtucna FFA chapter hosted a yearend banquet to recognize and honor the accomplishments of the members. Along with the awards presentation, the new officer team members were also announced. The students representing the chapter as the officer team for the upcoming school year are Levi Allen, Bo Rice, Gail Harder, Britte Harder, Nicole Harder and Kaylee Pavone. Past officers for the chapter are Logan Harder, Sawyer Hostetler, Johnathan Holdren, Levi Allen, Amber Dainty, Gail Harder and Wes Kelly. FFA members receiving...
The Sprague High School Class of 2013 honored six students during a Saturday night ceremony on June 1 and celebrated the academic achievements of the students. All six of the graduates intend on attending the college of their choice next fall with plans to pursue a variety of degrees and careers. The six students accumulated over $40,000 in scholarship money to use to further their education. Leading the class was valedictorian Kelly Melville and salutatorian Zachary Swanger....
Eleven graduates represented the Class of 2013 for LaCrosse High School during the ceremony on Saturday, June 8, at LaCrosse Schools. The morning ceremony was highlighted by the presentation of awards and scholarships to the graduates, as well as recognition of the community service award from the graduating class. Valedictorian Lane Hannas received the prestigious Washington Scholars Award, which was presented by Dr. Don Cox. Lieutenant John Buckingham, United States Air...
Laura Lauretta (Heimbigner) Buscher died at the age of 93 on Tuesday, June 11 in Spokane. She was born to Louise Wilskie and Conrad “Wisey” Heimbigner on July 31, 1919 in Odessa. She lived in Odessa, with her brother Leonard, for 10 years on the farm. During the depression the farm was sold and the family moved to Lamont. They lived there for three years and moved to Sprague. She attended high school in Sprague, graduating in 1937. In high school she became interested in drama, performing in a few school productions. Aft...
Donald F. McBride died at the age of 74 on June 10 at his home in Deer Meadows, Wash. He was born in Juneau, Alaska, on June 11, 1939, to Ralph and Muriel McBride. He attended school on the west side of Washington. The McBride family moved to Spokane in 1955. After graduating from Rogers High in 1958, he joined the Navy. He was assigned to serve aboard the USS Warrington, stationed out of Newport, R.I. On June 2, 1959, he married his high school sweetheart, Sharon Houger in...
In 22 and one half years of residing in Adams County, this is my first letter to the Editor. There seems to be some confusion surrounding the New Ritz Theatre project that the Ritzville Downtown Development Association has undertaken. Hollywood movie studios are discontinuing the distribution of first run films in the 35mm format and going to the all-digital system. The cost for digital conversion is anywhere from $80,000 to $125,000 depending on what you purchase. Herb and Shannon Benzel rescued the building in 1983 and...
I have no argument with Eric Walker’s assessment of our community wanting and needing a Critical Access Hospital. My concern is with his assumption that we need a $10 million hospital. For a district that is getting smaller and older as we speak. A 30-year, $10 million debt is long and large. I am extremely concerned with the following: Resolution No. 13-03 Bonds to construct a new hospital/clinic Section 7. Alteration of Expenditures. If the commission shall subsequently determine that federal, state or local circumstances,...
I’m sorry that I missed a column last week but I did have a good excuse. I haven’t missed many but every now and then cyberspace has been a problem. While on other occasions there has been a death in the family to contend with. Last week my brother-in-law’s mom passed away in Montana. So I went to a funeral last Tuesday in Butte. Since a lot of my time was dedicated to driving half way across Montana I didn’t get around to putting my thoughts about sports anywhere in particu...
The 97th Annual Lind Field Day continues to grow as an estimated 275 individuals traveled to the Washington State University (WSU) Dryland Research Station last Thursday to participate in a morning of field tours and discussing the wheat trials conducted at the local facility. As per tradition, attendees traveled to the fields in busses, horse trailers and trucks on June 13. The groups visited six different fields to discuss topics concerning local farmers in dryland wheat country. The morning’s presentations were highlighted...
I’ve had many meetings with our new governor this year. While we don’t see eye-to-eye on many of the issues, we’ve been able to have civil conversations. That’s why I was taken aback Tuesday when Governor Inslee took some hard shots at our Senate coalition in the course of telling the news media that a second special session would begin the next day. You may have seen or heard reports that Olympia is bracing for a state-government shutdown in case the Senate and House of Representatives can’t get a new budget in place by...
A benefit dinner and auction to help support Bob and Sandy Tracy is slated for Friday, June 21, at The Eagles Lodge No. 2739 in Ritzville. The event, beginning at 5:30 p.m., features a barbecue meal, a live and silent auction, and live music by hometown native Garrett Bartley. Tickets for the event are available for presale and will also be available at the door for $15 per person. The club is open to the public for the event and everyone is welcome to attend. Donations of pies for the live auction are still being accepted...
May 7, 1:00 p.m. – Chief Dave McCormick responded to an agency assist call at East Adams Rural Hospital. Complainant requested assistance obtaining witness statements. May 7, 10:35 a.m. – Chief McCormick responded to a trespassing call on South Palouse Street. Complainant advised of a male subject that has been harassing the well drillers and has been inside the fenced off area several times. The complainant stated they spoke to the subject and advised them to stay out of the fenced area. Chief McCormick advised if the sub...