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Antique cars, trucks and motorcycles roll into Washtucna on Saturday, June 29, for the eighth annual Washtucna Classic Auto Show at the local ball field. This year the highlighted car on display is a 1924 Ford Model T. Aside from the antique vehicles, a variety of booths and activities are planned during the annual event. The day begins with a breakfast served by the Washtucna Volunteer Firefighters from 7-10 a.m. The car show starts at 10 a.m. and lasts until 3:30 p.m. Lunch and the concession snacks are provided by the... Full story
The second annual Grateful to be Alive Block Party on Friday provides an excellent opportunity for families and residents to join together in an afternoon of celebrating healthy living, the importance of community and a fundraiser for the Ritzville Relay For Life. The Block Party kicks off at 4 p.m. on Main Avenue in Ritzville on June 28 and is hosted by Hometown Family Medicine, Ritzville Drug Company and The Journal. Residents are reminded that Main Avenue is going to be closed from Washington to Adams Street from noon...
Sunny Spot Floral and Gifts is hosting Coffee for a Cause on Friday, June 28, in support of the Grateful to be Alive Block Party. One dollar from every coffee purchase during regular business hours at Sunny Spot is being donated to support the Ritzville Relay For Life fundraising efforts. Sunny Spot is open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Friday, and any donations are welcome. Sunny Spot is located at 202 West Main Avenue in Ritzville and can be reached at 659-1188.... Full story
Trinity United Methodist Church (TUMC) is hosting the annual Harvest Worship Service on Sunday, June 30, beginning at 10:30 a.m. All families involved in farming are welcome to attend. This annual worship focuses upon giving thanks to the God of creation and making harvest possible. As the economy of this community is built upon the agriculture sector including farms in the region. This year’s service features third generation farmers, Anita Walli and Jason Snyder, who will assist Pastor John Hunsberger in sharing a s...
The deadline for submissions for next week’s edition of The Ritzville Adams County Journal is Monday at noon, as the paper will be printed on Tuesday, July 2. Next week’s newspaper will be delivered to local subscribers on Wednesday as there is no mail delivery Thursday due to the holiday. The Journal office will be closed from July 3-5 in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. The office will return to regular business hours beginning on July 8....
Numerous athletes and community members will head to Spokane Hoopfest, the largest 3-on-3 street basketball tournament on the planet this weekend, June 29-30 in downtown Spokane. The Journal is requesting team information and photo submissions from participating athletes. Photos can be emailed to [email protected] and it is requested you include the names of the people in the photos.... Full story
The Junior High and High School girls softball teams are selling Rainer cherries for $20 for a five-pound bag. To preorder a bag of cherries, which will be ready after July 4, contact Paul McAnally at 660-1700.... Full story
Ritzville native Chelsey Heidenreich is preparing to release a new single titled “All the Late Nights” on Saturday, July 6. The single is the title track for her upcoming album. Heidenreich was approached to write the single for an upcoming local film titled “Mist Under Water,” to be filmed in Sandpoint, Idaho, later this year. The film is expected to encompass a medieval or primitive feel and will include a cameo appearance by Heidenreich as a mermaid. She said she had to rev...
The University of Idaho announced 2,062 students made the Dean’s List for spring semester 2013. To achieve this honor, undergraduate students maintained a grade point average of 3.5 GPA or higher on a minimum of 10 graded credits. LaCrosse High School graduate Samantha BeDell earned Dean’s List honors in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. In the same college, Andrea Bennett of Lind also received Dean’s List classification. Ritzville High School graduate Christopher Steinmetz earned Dean’s List honors through... Full story
Birds of Play and Cool Threads 4-H Clubs, leaders and parents had an outing on May 25. The group started in Washtucna and went geo caching. The group found Danekas Final, Danekas 53, Danekas 43 and Danekas 36, but didn’t find Bonus. The group then went fishing at Fish Trap Resort. None of us caught any fish. The group had supper at Hollenback’s trailer and played games before returning home. Attending was Lucas Sitton, Melanie, Lori and Darrell Spivey, Lien Hoa, TanAn, Huong and Scott Hollenback, Janette and Buck Hol...
The Lind Community Garden and Education Center has started to take shape and with a recent donation by the Columbia Basin Foundation, garden directors are encouraging community members to become involved with the garden. The community garden is located near the Lind Pool and is being spearheaded by project director John Claypool. Claypool started the project after considering a way to sell worms and worm castings from his worm farm, and realized his hobby could be beneficial...
For the past 42 years, Bruce Benzel has stood behind his customers as a friend and trusted barber at The Hair Center. Thursday, June 27, marks Bruce’s last day as a barber in the same shop and at the same chair where he began his career decades ago. Bruce’s journey began in high school when he visited his uncle, Fred Benzel, in the shop and began to develop an interest in cutting hair. Over the course of his high school career, Bruce would bring friends into the shop and Fre...
A report indicating that asbestos is not present in the old high school has cleared the way for the city to proceed with its efforts to identify a buyer for the hazardous building who has the means to demolish it. Monday, Mayor Linda Kadlec said the city attorney is preparing an earnest money agreement for an unidentified potential buyer. On June 5, Adams County Superior Court Judge Brian Miller signed an order placing the old high school in a custodial receivership. “This court finds that the only remedy reasonably calculate... Full story
Ian Youngren, pictured with parents Darrel and Bev Kulm, graduated from Washington State University on May 4 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Food Systems. Youngren majored in Agricultural Technology and Production Management, with a minor in Agricultural Economics. He accepted a position with Primeland Cooperatives in Rockford, Wash. and is living in Spokane. -Photo provided by Bev Kulm...
Head coach Greg Whitmore accepts a $1,000 donation to the football program from Brett Taylor (shaking hands) and his father, Greg Taylor. The father and son duo are the owners of Taylor & Sons Chevrolet in Sandpoint, Idaho. Greg Taylor is a graduate of Ritzville High School. The Taylors met the Broncos at team camp at Whitworth on Tuesday. They were joined for the presentation by team captains Tyler Frederick, Dylan Hartz, Ryan Whitmore and Connor O’Neill. -Photo courtesy o...
The Sprague High School faculty has announced honor roll students for the second semester. Students placed on the honor roll list maintained a 3.33-4.0 grade point average (GPA) during the final semester of courses. Caeli Ulrich and Matthew Vercoe both earned honor roll recognition for the freshman class. Sophomores earning honor roll status are Shaylee Britos, Kyle Canaday, Tracy Melville, Carissa Peavey, Zeth Swanger and Michael Wheeler. Tracy Melville is the only Sprague High School student who earned a 4.0 GPA for the...
Sprague High School 2013 graduate Zachary Swanger has been awarded a Dean’s Scholarship for $2,000 for the 2013-14 academic year at Eastern Washington University. Swanger graduated as Salutatorian from Sprague High School on June 1. He is the son of Steve and Lorrie Swanger of Sprague. He served as the ASB vice president, FFA vice president and the senior class vice president. He was the tennis captain and hopes to play on a tennis team or in a tennis club at EWU. He plans to study secondary education with a focus on h...
The Washington Aerospace Scholars program is pleased to announce that Matthew Brehm from Lind-Ritzville High School will be participating in one of the four WAS Summer Residency sessions held in June and July at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) is a competitive educational program, based at Seattle’s Museum of Flight, for high school juniors from across Washington state. Brehm is among the 160 students who qualified for the Washington Aerospace Scholars Summer Residency program from 285 stu... Full story
Dolores Lucille Spesock died on Monday, June 24, at the Life Care Center of Ritzville. She was born in 1918 to Roy and Ina (Smithson) Reitenour in Ridgeville, Indiana. Her family lived in Indiana until she was 12 years old, when they moved to Washington state. The family drove to Washington in an old truck and ended up in Yakima. She attended Yakima High School where she graduated in 1936. She met and married Ernie Crossler and they had three children; Gerald Roy, Sandra Lee...
Monster beverage and various other brands of beverages that are laced with caffeine, sugar and various items that cause them to be addictive are finally starting to be brought under criticism. These drinks are more dangerous to young people and some have died. Business companies are lacing gum and candy with caffeine to increase the demand by children who seem to be constantly on the lookout for things that will give them a jolt. Young people are already targeted by cereals and other processed foods that can cause them to be...
This is to clarify John Rankin’s statement last week in reference to the Kramers inability to secure financing for updating the theater 35mm equipment to digital equipment. I did not try to secure financing for the conversion, which is costly as well as necessary building updates to facilitate digital equipment. The financial sense of using from my savings, or securing a mortgage, which there would be little possibility of my outliving the obligation, does not register for me. I am over 75 years old, a cancer survivor of a... Full story
Mr. James Preston’s letter last week recognized that the community wants and needs a Critical Access Hospital, but took issue with the cost of the proposed new facility. Perhaps to him, as to me and no doubt you, $10 million dollars sounds like a lot of money. But as the cost for a medical facility to serve a large region, it is a very modest cost indeed. In times past, when the idea of a new facility was discussed – as, it seems, it has been on and off for many years – the size and cost were always much more, one is tempt... Full story
When I think about my dad I think of Sprague. I think about fishing in Sprague Lake, hunting upland birds, hiking or riding the trails of the Columbia Plateau, wheat farms, ranchers, cows, horses and hay ground. This is my home, my father’s home! My dad was born in May 1948. He lived north of Sprague on his dad’s farm. He attended St. Joseph’s Academy and then graduated from Sprague High School in 1967. He attended Spokane Community College and then went to serve in Vietnam. Then he went back to Sprague to farm on his own,... Full story
Mary Ault, and I would like to thank all our friends, family, all of our students, past and present, and their families for the wonderful support you have all given us during these combined 68 years of teaching at the Benge School. We both agree that our tenure there would not have been so lasting had it not been for all of you. Thank you! AND our party was just perfect. Natalie, Irma, and Linda did so much to make it special for us. Thank you ladies! Where, but in a small community, would we get sent off to retirement in... Full story