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The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for portions of central, east central and north central Washington. Strong post frontal winds late on July 7 through the evening may result in area of blowing dust across the Moses Lake area and southern portions of the Upper Columbia Basin. Blowing dust can rapidly reduce visibilities resulting in difficult or hazardous driving conditions. The main concern is along the I-90 corridor between the Moses Lake area and Ritzville....
The Lind Combine Derby gained national attention through a one-time special sports production by KHQ in 2009. KHQ won an Emmy for its production, “The Derby,” with Jordan Caskey, producer/editor; Scott Warder, photographer/producer; Ryan Coe, photographer; and Josh Godfrey, photographer. They received the Emmy the same weekend as this year’s event in Lind. Nominations were announced on April 14. KHQ joined three other media outlets in the nominations: UWTV, SWX and Victory Studios....
The Washington State Patrol has launched a new website where individuals can request a copy of their police traffic collision reports, reducing the time period to receive the report. Instead of the four weeks it previously took when mailing in the request, now a few simple clicks of the mouse you can request a copy of your report and receive it in one to five days. “This new website will provide the citizens with an important service that’s faster and easier to use,” said Washington State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste. “From...
Plan includes Adams, Lincoln, Grant, Whitman Counties The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District is preparing a Resource Management Plan (RMP) and associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for 445,000 acres of public lands in Eastern Washington and the San Juan Archipelago in Washington state. The BLM is developing alternatives for the RMP/EIS. The BLM has scheduled eight public workshops to receive comments and suggestions. One of the workshops will focus on Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman and the northeast...
Drawing new boundaries for Washington’s congressional and legislative districts isn’t an activity reserved for politicians alone. With tools posted on the Washington State Redistricting Commission’s website, it allows anyone with a computer to decide what the new districts should look like. Those who don’t have a computer can ask the commission to send them paper maps to do the job. “The last time we adjusted district boundaries, in 2001, easy options for people to submit their own maps just didn’t exist,” said Executive Dir...
Adams County is currently exploring various options in solid waste transportation and disposal after the current solid waste disposal contract with Allied Waste Service expired on June 30, 2011. The county has worked for more than two years to build its fleet of trailers for hauling solid waste. The contract with Sam Villarreal Trucking for hauling was amended on June 27 to reflect changes in where county waste is hauled. Until June 30, 2011, the county hauled to the Allied Waste facility in Klickitat County. The following...
Eight Ritzville firefighters responded to the Top Hat Motel around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday morning where evergreen shrubs were ablaze. Initially, it was reported as a structure fire. The Ritzville fire truck, a brush truck and the rescue rig were on the scene and used 750 gallons of water. According to Ritzville chief Andy Lefevre, it is believed the fire was caused by a campfire the previous evening. Firefighters from Adams County Fire Protection District No. 1 (Ritzville) also...
The Ritzville Public Library is hosting the Literacy Lab, a non-profit organization that travels the country putting on free children’s programs at small and rural libraries, this weekend. The program, “Water, Water, Everywhere: A Liquid Adventure” will start at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, at the library and will include a story time with puppets, plays and songs. The pilot program of the Literacy Lab began on May 27, 2011, in Winter Park, Fla., with the goal of reaching Seattle. According to the Literacy Lab website, there...
Live blues entertainment starts early this year beginning at 7 p.m. Friday night. The Ritzville Blues Fest committee will once again offer a night of free entertainment featuring Sammy Eubanks at the Wheat Land Communities’ Fairgrounds Amphitheater. The free shuttle service is available before and after the event to downtown and area accommodations....
When the 18th Annual Ritzville Blues Festival kicks off this weekend, it will feature a main stage line up filled with award winning blues and zydeco bands that are making their mark across the nation. Headliner Curtis Salgado, a Pacific Northwest favorite among blues aficionados, is the 2010 Soul Blues Male Vocalist of the Year as honored by the Blues Music Awards. Salgado recently completed recording of a yet-untitled new album and is expected to deliver an inspiring performance from the main stage when he steps forth at 7...
Committee members and team captains for the 2011 Relay For Life of Ritzville will meet this Monday, July 11, beginning at 7 p.m. at Best Western Bronco Inn. The 2011 event is Aug. 12-13, 6 p.m. to 9 a.m., at the Ritzville High School track. The deadline for registered participants to receive a team t-shirt for the 2011 event has been extended to July 11. All participants must be registered online at http://www.relayforlife.org/ritzvillewa by 8 a.m. on that day – no registration, no t-shirt. Anyone may register after the J...
Festival attendees who didn’t purchase their tickets in advance can save three bucks and benefit a good cause Saturday as they arrive at a Ritzville Blues Festival ticket gate. For the first time, the festival committee is offering a special price on the day of the event. Ticket buyers can save $3 if they bring three cans of non-perishable food that will be donated to the Ritzville Food Pantry. Instead of $38 tickets for adults, the canned food donation will result in a $3 discount....
The annual Washtucna Classic Auto Show on June 25 realized a significant drop in entries with 40 vehicles registered compared to nearly 90 in 2009. Vehicles ranging from a homemade motorcycle bike to a rat rod spent the day parked at the Washtucna School District football field for the sixth annual event. The day included the Washtucna Volunteer Firefighters breakfast, an antique engine display with narration provided by Larry Coby, Nancy Meise’s catering, various vendors and more. A showstopper was a 1968 Camaro owned, d...
More than 590 students at Eastern Oregon University have been named to the dean’s list for the 2011 spring term. To qualify students must achieve and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale while completing a minimum of 12 hours of graded coursework for the duration of the term. Maria Conner of Lind qualified for the distinction. Eastern Oregon University serves students and communities throughout Oregon with a special focus on rural, regional and distance learning. Programs are delivered on campus, o...
Each fall, the American Red Cross Inland Northwest Chapter hosts its annual Honoring Hometown Heroes event. This event was created to recognize members of area communities who have performed an extraordinary service to someone else. Eleven categories are open for nominations: humanitarian, animal rescue, workplace safety, military, medical, law enforcement/dispatch, fire safety, wilderness rescue, water safety, community partner and local disaster hero. Criteria for nominations are: • The nominee must have saved or a...
CF Industries, Inc., recently presented a $1,500 donation to representatives of the Washington State University Extension Teen Conference on June 28-30 in Pullman at Washington State University. The Ritzville business has provided funds for several years, with the sole purpose of providing scholarships for those with financial need. Sponsored by the Washington State 4-H, the annual conference offers participants from across the state to come together for educational programs...
Two Lind School District employees and an academic program were honored during the Washington Association of Agricultural Educators summer conference. Winners were announced on June 29. Andy Williams, the career and technical agriculture program teacher at Lind, was named the Outstanding Secondary Agricultural Education Teacher for the state in the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) Western Region as well as District 9 agricultural education teacher. The...
Following a winter of wild weather extremes, spring weather in central Washington was the wettest and windiest since 1990, according to data recently analyzed by Washington State University meteorologist Nic Loyd and Gerrit Hoogenboom, director of WSU AgWeatherNet. Following periods of unusual warmth in January and February, a large-scale pattern change occurred in late February and yielded one of the coolest springs (March through May) in central Washington in twenty years. The most notable aspect of the anomalous spring...
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reminding everyone that there is a statewide burn ban on all DNR-protected lands July 1, 2011, through Sept. 30, 2011. This applies to all forestlands in Washington except for federal lands. “Wildfires are dangerous for people and property and result in large expenditures of public funding,” said Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark. “With careful actions, we can prevent catastrophic wildfires.” The ban applies to all outdoor burning, including currently per...
High-school-age youths will return to Spokane-area roadsides this week to clean up litter tossed by motorists. Last summer, for the first time in 36 years, Ecology Youth Corps (EYC) workers did not pick up litter due to budget reductions. “It’s great to have the crews back to help keep Eastern Washington’s highways clean this summer,” said Gary Lambacher who manages the EYC program in Spokane. “Their absence last summer really showed with much dirtier roadsides.” Teens, aged 14 to 17, will work this summer along roadsides n...
James “Jim” Clarence Weeks died June 25, 2011, at Moses Cone Hospital. He was born on Aug. 19, 1940, in Dayton, the son of Jay and Fern Ford Weeks. He graduated from Lind High School in 1958. He is survived by his wife Donna Pegram Weeks; daughter, Karon Weeks Petty (Alan) of Charlotte; son, Bradley Weeks of Rodchester, NY; stepdaughter, Cassie Norman of Greensboro; sisters, Dona Jean Smith (Howard), Betty Lou Branson (Orville), Kathi Payne (her late husband John) all of Waitsburg; grandchildren, Alec and Collin Petty of Cha...
So we’ve passed the halfway point of the Major League baseball season and next Tuesday we will be able to watch this year’s version of the All-Star game. The Mariners will be sending last year’s Cy Young winner, Felix Hernandez and closer out of necessity, Brandon League who now leads the league in overall saves. Who would have thought that could happen? I know that it is a long season but in April didn’t it seem like we were already looking for better things to happen next ye...
June 12, 10:29 p.m. – Dep. Jeff Lane arrested Heather Marie Grover for driving while license suspended third degree at milepost 83 on U.S. 395. June 12, 9:29 p.m. – Complainant advised of cows on the roadway in the area of North Lind-Warden Road and Highway 21. Dep. Dan Verhey checked the area but was unable to locate the animals. June 12, 9:11 p.m. – Dep. Lane provided three subjects a ride to Ritzville from the area of South Sage Road and Highway 26, Washtucna. June 12, 4:24 a.m. – Dep. Aaron Madison attempted to contact...
June 21, 3:10 p.m. — Police Chief David McCormick made contact with a woman in the 100 block of East Fir Avenue regarding a possible fraud case. The woman had received emails from unknown individuals who wanted her personal information and would then send her money. McCormick advised her not to communicate with the sender of the email and that it was a scam like many other emails that are sent out. June 21, 9:38 a.m. — Chief McCormick contacted a man in the 100 block of East Cherry regarding a vehicle that had been left on...
So will a picture of a diseased lung, rotting teeth or a corpse on your cigarette package convince you to give up smoking? Because that’s what the Food and Drug Administration has ordered on every package sold after September, 2012. The aim, of course, is to cut down on tobacco use, which, according to the American Smokers’ Rights Foundation, kills about 443,000 people a year. That’s out of the 43 million Americans estimated to be smokers. They don’t call them coffin nails for nothing. They’ve tried everything else from bans...