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At the Monday meeting of the Adams County Commissioners two bids for the second phase of the Danekas Road project were received for review by public works. Central Washington Asphalt from Moses Lake and Granite Construction also from Moses Lake submitted bids for the paving of Danekas Road. They are to be reviewed and public works will make a recommendation to the board. After the bids were received Engineer Scott Yaeger reported on the maintenance in the county. He reported that crews would be seal coating on Rosenoff road...
The Washtucna Pool is expected to open on Thursday, July 24, for public use and swimming lessons. The pool began to be filled on Monday, and it is expected to take almost three days for the pool to fill and chemicals to be working. The Washtucna Pool hours are seven days a week 1-5 p.m., with Thursday, Friday and Saturday swin from 6-8 p.m. Adult swim and aerobics are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5-6 p.m. Due to the delay in opening the pool, the first seven days are free to the public. After the first week, a daily...
The July 22 Lind Town Council meeting began with a public hearing regarding the close out of the Waste Water Treatment Plant project. Alan Gay of USKH now Stantech answered questions and addressed concerns from the community. After the public hearing concluded the regular meeting began with the approval of the July 8 minutes followed by project updates from Gay. Councilperson Tom Strohmaier was absent from the meeting. Gay reported plans for the well project had been sent to the Department of Ecology for review and after the... Full story
The Ritzville Downtown Development Association is approaching its goal to purchase a digital projector for the Ritz Theatre. The association has raised approximately $40,000 after the latest garage sale fundraiser, $10,000 short of the goal of $50,000 to purchase the projector and the software required to play new release movies. According to RDDA President John Rankin, the association is currently looking at multiple options for the projector that may save some money. The purchase of a digital projector will allow the...
The Ritzville Police Department executed a search warrant on East Cherry Avenue on Thursday, July 17, to check on the health of a multitude of cats reported at the residence. Prior to issuing the search warrant, the RPD had received numerous complaints and statements regarding the lack of care for the cats within the residence, and had been told more than 40 cats resided in the home. The search warrant, signed by Superior Court Judge Steve Dixon, allowed law enforcement office...
PERFORMING. Morgan Fackenthall watches Mary Katherine’s instructions during the dance recital. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
TINY DANCER. As one of the youngest upcoming ballerinas, Jordyn Saetre practices her ballet moves. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
ENTHUSIASM. Ava Madison gets into the dance on Friday. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
GETTING GROOVY. Willow Rountree enjoys every second the dance routine on Friday night. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
HAPPY DANCE. During the “Fixer Upper” performance, Alexis Melcher cracks a smile mid-dance. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
AND LEAP! Piper Ruzicka demonstrates excellent leaping form at the end of the performance by the youngest group of dancers. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
ADVANCED DANCE. Eight high school dancers performed “How You Learn to Live Alone” as one of the final dances at Mary Katherine’s Dance Recital on Friday. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
GOING WITH THE FLOW. Alex Gilbert pulls a sample while unloading club wheat at a Ritzville Warehouse’s elevator. -Journal photo by Tyler Fryberger II...
The 2014 wheat harvest season officially began approximately July 10 when the first loads of grain arrived at Union Elevator and Ritzville Warehouse Companies’ terminals. Harvest has begun all over the county; with Ritzville Warehouses’ Roof Station and Union Elevators’ Bruce Station being the first to receive any commodity. Ritzville Warehouse reported that all of its elevators except Edwall and Edens were open and receiving grain. The yield this year is down from the previ...
CELEBRATION. At the age of 109, Molly Schmidt is Ritzville’s oldest resident. On Sunday, July 20, family and friends gathered at the Ritzville City Park to celebrate Molly’s 109th birthday. She is pictured above with her sons, Dennis and Charles. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
Ritzville emergency personnel and Washington State Patrol responded to a one-vehicle rollover accident at 7:13 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22, at the Paha-Packard exit on westbound I-90. The driver of the vehicle, Timothy Jorden of Longview, and a five-year-old child were both injured in the accident. After being transported to East Adams Rural Hospital, the juvenile was then transported by ambulance to Sacred Heart Medical Center. Jorden was airlifted to Deaconess Medical Center. Both individuals were wearing restraints at the...
The Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce needs volunteers for its annual ice cream booth at the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair. Volunteers are needed to fill shifts during the four-day event. This year at least one volunteer per shift is required to have their food handlers’ permit. The permit course is taken online and does not require much time. Individuals can contact the Chamber for more information about food handler’s cards. Those interested in volunteering should contact Virginia Jones at Columbia Bank at 659-0223. Donat... Full story
Registration for the 2014 Ritzville Community Parade and the Ritzville Community Junior Parade is open. The parade will begin on August 30, at 10:45 a.m. To register for the parade, entry forms must be completed by August 27 with a statement of insurance coverage. This year the Kiddie Parade has been renamed to Junior Parade to encourage children from a wider range of ages to participate. The Junior Parade’s name was formally changed at the June chamber board meeting. The board agreed the new name is better suited and more a...
Every kid that reaches their summer reading goal by Saturday, Aug. 30, earns a free book and other prizes. Additional prizes include Wheat Land Communities’ Fair Bucks and a coupon for a free pizza from Cow Creek. The books being received as prizes have been purchased from a $400 donation from AAUW. The funds were raised during the annual Scholastic book sale. Along with the prizes, each child also earns 20 tickets to put in a prize drawing to be held the first week of S... Full story
June 6, 8:22 p.m.- Sergeant Cameron responded to West Seventh Avenue where a complainant had advised of a blue pickup driving erratically. Cameron remained in the area for about 30 minutes but was unable to locate the subject. June 6, 10:29 p.m.- A complainant on East Birch Street advised that their child was not at home after the court ordered curfew. Sergeant Cameron contacted the complainant who advised that the child was not in their room or in the house. A report was filed with the Adams County Juvenile Court. June 7,...
Millions of Americans continue to struggle to find work in today’s challenging economy. Many Central Washington workforce-training centers have successfully helped unemployed workers find jobs. However, on the federal level, much improvement can be made. Like with all federal programs, I believe Congress should routinely review them and make necessary improvements to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Job seekers currently face a maze of overlapping programs and an inefficient, bureaucratic training system, making it d...
Reducing mankind’s carbon footprint has become the defining issue of our time and rightly so. Virtually every level of government has policies to reduce greenhouse gases by regulating everything from industrial CO2 emissions to cow flatulence. But as Kermit the Frog said, “It’s not easy being green.” It turns out that some good ideas don’t work well – or not at all. Still, the government continues to mandate them. For example, a three-year study funded by the Department of Energy confirmed that producing ethanol from corn and...
Gale O. Gfeller, died on July 20 in Ritzville. He was born on Nov. 6, 1930, in Lind to Otto and Edith Gfeller. Gale married Imra Bossert in Kamloops, British Columbia on Feb. 16, 1955. They had four children: Greg Gfeller of Post Falls, ID, Kathy Wilcox of Harrington, WA, Garry Gfeller of Chatteroy, WA, and Pam Arena of Wenatchee, WA. He farmed the land homesteaded by his grandfather Gottfried Gfeller, for 30 years after returning from Korea and his time in the Army. They...
Wesley Leo Plager died July 15 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane at the age of 91. Born to Rudy and Louise Schutz Plager on the family ranch near Paha on a particularly hot Friday the 13th of July, 1923, he was the grandson of Adams County pioneers from Detmold, Germany and Bessarabia, Russia. He enjoyed telling tales of growing up on the farm with his three sisters Irene (Selcho), Evie (Phillips), and Rita (Arlt). He had a large extended family of 102 first cousins. After t...
Fifteen Washington high school seniors, including Cassie Ewing from Ritzville, will participate in the Aug. 2 Distinguished Young Women Washington scholarship program at Washington State University’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. Among the judging panel will be Colfax native Linda Felber, America’s Junior Miss winner in 1964. Also judging the 2014-15 program will be Cara Rudd, 2004 Washington’s Junior Miss from Federal Way; Debbie Fucile, Liberty Lake, a past Regional Coordinator for Junior Miss; Steve McClure, a long-... Full story