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Three Webelos Scouts from the local troop are hosting a car wash at Wheatland Bank in Ritzville from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3. All of the funds raised at the car wash help the Webelos attend a camp the following week. Wheatland Bank is located at the corner of First Avenue and Division Street in Ritzville....
A small group of local geocachers has organized an event in celebration of National Friendship Day on Sunday, Aug. 4, for geocachers to gather, share a meal, discuss geocaching and enjoy a day at the Ritzville City Park. The Friendship Day the Ritzville Way Geocaching event begins at 1 p.m. at the covered picnic area on the Columbia Street side of the park. Geocaching is an outdoor, treasure-hunting game that uses global positioning system (GPS) devices to navigate and find the hidden geocache. Each geocache is different and...
Howard Stoess, a native of Washtucna, has announced that his first large composition, “Paul in Scripture and Music,” will be performed at Hamblen Park Presbyterian (HPP) Church in Spokane at 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 4. The Spokane Chapter of The American Guild of Organist will co-host a reception with the church following the concert. The concert is free to attend and the HPP Church is located at 4102 South Crestline Street on Spokane’s south hill....
The First Annual Inland Northwest Truck Show is set to fill the blacktop at the Post Falls Greyhound Park Event Center this weekend. The event kicks off on Friday, Aug. 2, at 10 a.m. and runs through Sunday, Aug.4, closing at 4 p.m. Ticket prices are $8 per adult and $5 for children ages five to 12 and parking is free. The event is organized by business partners Bob Larson and Monty Swenson. Larson is a former Ritzville native and Swenson is a former Harrington school administ...
Voters are reminded to return primary ballots by Aug. 6 to be counted in the current election. Ballots can be mailed or dropped off at the Adams County Auditor’s office. A drop box is also available 24 hours a day at Ritzville City Hall. The Adams County Auditor’s office is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and is located at 210 West Broadway Avenue in Ritzville. For questions about the current primary ballot or for voting assistance, contact the Auditor’s office at 659-3249. Complete information about...
The League of Women Voters of Washington announced on July 19 the launch of the award-winning nonpartisan election resource http://www.VOTE411.org for the Aug. 6 Primary Election. This “one-stop-shop” for statewide election information provides simple, helpful tools to help Washington voters navigate the voting process. “Candidate information, voting tips, voter registration and much more are available at your fingertips,” said Kim Abel, president. “You can enter your address and review everything that will be on your ball...
Allan Peterson from the Small Business Development Center is this month’s guest speaker at the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce’s general membership meeting slated for Thursday, Aug. 8. The meeting begins at noon at The Ritz Roadhouse. The Small Business Development Center provides expert business advise, demand-driven training and applied research to existing businesses and entrepreneurs at no charge. Peterson is the Certified Business Adviser and Certified Global Business Professional at the office of the Grant Cou...
As the warmest month of the year approaches, the Washington State Patrol is urging adults to never leave a young child alone in a car, especially in the sun. In 2013, at least 19 children nationwide have lost their lives after being left unattended in a motor vehicle during sunny weather. To date, none of these deaths have occurred in Washington. The Washington State Patrol would like to offer parents information and suggestions to help avoid this tragedy. Even with the windows cracked two inches, the internal temperature of...
The Ritzville Downtown Development Association is moving ahead with its plans to renovate and reopen The New Ritz Theatre. When Dora Kramer and her family opted to retire from running the local movie house, the RDDA was faced with a number of difficult decisions. The Kramer family ended its tenure as operators following the July 5, 6 and 7 showing of Monsters University. The RDDA met Monday, July 8, to consider its options. The nonprofit organization has not yet raised all the funds necessary to replace the outdated electrica...
The annual Ritzville Community Parade is slated for Saturday, Aug. 31, beginning at 11 a.m. Entry forms for the parade can be picked up at the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce office or Ritzville City Hall, and forms must be submitted by Monday, Aug. 26. In addition, forms for the main parade may be filled out on the chamber’s website at http://www.visitritzville.com and clicking on the link “Parade Entry Form” on the right hand side in the middle of the page. Grand marshals for the 2013 parade are Bruce and Vicki Benze...
The Lind Fire Department responded to assist Othello Fire Department with a haystack fire, before being paged to a standing grain fire during the evening hours on Thursday, July 25. Lind Fire Department Chief Kevin Starring explained that while the duo of fires kept the department busy, it also raised concern for potential arson as the amount of fires that began during the evening hours throughout the surrounding areas. Lind Fire crews responded to provide assistance to the Othello crews for a haystack fire at Cunningham and...
Lind Fire Department responded to a railcar fire on Saturday afternoon about a half mile west of Lind on a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train. Lind Fire Department Chief Kevin Starring explained the initial radio call toned out just after 12 p.m. for three railcars on fire, with a potential chemical reaction of lithium batteries. Lind crews responded to the scene to discover smoke coming from a single trailer on the train, Starring said. The crews were unable to immediately extinguish the fire because of the...
This John Deere 6602 has provided 37 years of harvest and the Schwisow family was giving it a workout last week as they were cutting wheat along Carico Hills Road. This one, driven by Paul Schwisow, was joined in the field by another 6602 piloted by Matt Schwisow. Harvest came about a week early for many area farmers and crews have been bringing in the wheat all across the eastern portion of Adams County with county elevators open and receiving wheat in all locations....
Washtucna firefighter Steve Crouse keeps an eye on the flames as he fills his truck with water during Monday’s blaze on Haase Road. -Journal photo by Stephen McFadden...
The Ritzville Public Development Authority (RPDA) has been feverishly working to update the upstairs ballroom in the building that currenly houses Columbia Bank. The ballroom is the most recent in a large amount of renovations that have been completed on the building, which sits on the corner of Main Avenue and Columbia Street. For the past two years, the RPDA board members have been offering tours of the upstairs portion of the building during the annual Historic Ritzville...
During an emergency, every second counts and when East Adams Rural Hospital (EARH) receives a trauma patient in the emergency room, a simple blood test can help medical personnel determine how to treat the patient. Time is of the essence and now with the help of a new device called the epoc Blood Analysis System, emergency workers can have blood test results in three minutes. EARH, with help from the financial donation from the East Adams County Healthcare Foundation,...
As Washtucna firefighters put water on the last of the flames, Kelly Olson cuts a fire break with his tractor and plow. Local farmers and area businesses helped crews tackle the 200-acre fire....
In 2.5 hours a wind whipped grass fire charred 200 acres along Haase Road on Monday afternoon near Washtucna. A county employee discovered the blaze where Haase Road and State Route 261 meet. Incident commander Mike McKenzie from the Washtucna Fire Department said the fire quickly spread. The Washtucna crew was called out at 12 p.m. and subsequently sought assistance from neighboring fire districts. Firefighters from Benge, Harder-McCall and Ritzville responded. A Whitman...
Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark has banned all outdoor fires on lands protected by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Hot and dry conditions have made the potential for wildfire unusually high on both sides of the Cascade Mountains. Significant demands are being placed upon fire suppression resources from both regional and statewide firefighting efforts. This ban is now in effect through Sept. 30 and prohibits campfires in developed campgrounds and other recreational fires. The ban also...
Molly Schmidt (center) is surrounded by five generations of family members who traveled from Montana to help celebrate her 108 birthday recently, including (l-r) great-granddaughters, Nedra Solomon and Nadene Hegmon; son, Don Stohr; great-great-granddaughter, Ivvy Solomon; great-great-grandson, Colby Solomon; and granddaughter, Denise Buffington....
Dewayne “Doc” Gower died at the age of 77 on July 21 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Wash. He was born on Aug. 9, 1935 to Barney and Florence Gower in Kendrick, Okla. He lived in Oklahoma until he was 11 years old. The Gower family moved to Burbank, Wash., in 1946. He graduated from Columbia High School in 1952 at the age of 16. He attended Eastern Washington University (EWU) and attained his bachelor’s degree in education in 1956, followed by a master’s degree in Education...
My yes vote comes reluctantly… Anger over past political decisions at the board level and the bickering that almost brought our hospital to an end, is still very much on my mind. It appeared to be personality conflicts that brought on bad decisions concerning the doctors, too many roosters in a small hen house. Our hospital was profitable and it had a large “war” chest ready for an upgrade, or a new facility. Fast forward… after losing much of the war chest and still not in the black, I am asked to spend hundreds every y...
I would like to know where these $50,000 homes are at in Ritzville that Mr. Boyer is talking about. I bet there may be 10 to 15. Most of the homes in the Ritzville area are $100,000 homes, or more. That would put the taxes on a $100,000 home at about $100 per year. If you take all the figures in the letters by Boyer and see where we are, all figures are based on a $100,000 home. First $100 per year taxes; 2. $29 parks for pool; 3. $66 for Ritzville School District; 4. $35.20 for lagoon project; 5. $5.50 increase for water;...
Hopefully the Hospital Board can see 261 is a bad location. Thanks anyway. It’s a lot of traffic, noise and smell. In our travels around the U.S. we had the misfortune of stopping twice at such locations, not good. Another location of 100,000 is peanuts over 30-years. Let’s do it right for the future. Hersh Heimbigner, Ritzville...
Some of you may remember a program from the fifties and early sixties called ‘To Tell the Truth.’ Three individuals would come out and tell the panel, the audience and those of us watching at home, “My name is _______.” It was the same name. Then Garry Moore would tell the story of the real individual and then the panel would ask each of these people questions about their story. Sometimes they saw through the lies and would pick the right person. But many other times the bes...