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The Inland Empire Philatelic Society will hold its annual Ritzville Rendezvous this Saturday, Aug. 6, at Jake’s Café on West First Avenue. A no-host lunch is set for around noon and the meeting begins at 1 p.m. The guest speaker is Hugh Johnston, who will highlight his session with topics tying together dinosaurs and stamps. For more information, contact David Harris at [email protected].... Full story
East Adams Rural Hospital will sponsor a teen night at the Ritzville Water Park this Wednesday, Aug. 10, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. All youth ages 13-18 are invited to attend for the two-hour free swimming session....
On Monday, Aug. 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Rural Church Youth Ministries will host a Children’s Day at the Ritzville City Park. Teens from Gig Harbor will partner with teens from the Ritzville Nazarene Church to sponsor this free event that will include hot dogs, games, crafts and more. All children are invited to attend....
Last Friday, the Ritzville float ‘Fanta Sea’ was taken to Seattle to participate in the Alaska Airlines Seafair Torchlight Parade that took place on Saturday, July 30. This was an incredible opportunity to promote the Ritzville community. During float judging, the news crew filmed and even asked finalist Davi Killian for a feature interview. The whole parade and picture slideshow is available to watch at http://www.kirotv.com. The float was greatly received on the whole by...
To the Editor: Here are some questions to ask each candidate seeking reelection to Ritzville city government: 1. How do you recommend the proposed $6.3 million water related loans be repaid? Follow-up questions to No. 1: 1.a. Tell us about your remarks in city council meetings regarding the repayment of these loans? 1.b. Do you believe the well and water infrastructure issues are important? If so, what have been your comments regarding the ability of the citizens to pay the bill? Where in the city council minutes can we find... Full story
To the editor, I read with interest the article that stated Sandy Champion received $18,619 for facilitating the strategic plan document. It is my understanding that the hospital pays a monthly fee for QHR consulting company. Could the strategic plan been developed with this company facilitating the plan? Would it have been free as part of the contract with QHR or done at a reduced rate? I was just wondering. Kris Schwisow, Ritzville...
To the editor, We do not need a new hospital with a pharmacy and who knows what else. We have a perfectly good pharmacy here. Bring the jobs back from Spokane where the costs are much higher. Stop hiring all these new people for departments we did not have before. Stop hiring people who do not wish to live in District 2 and stop paying commuting costs. There is much less work to do and that will not stop soon. If the hospital needs updating do it with the money the taxpayers already paid if there is money still. Bring the...
To the editor, Aug. 1-7 is the time set aside each year when 120 countries celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. Most everyone is aware of the health benefits for breastfed infants including less ear infections, less pneumonia, higher IQ, less diabetes and less obesity. Breastfeeding moms benefit by lowering their risk of breast cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis and postpartum depression. We know the benefits; what are we doing to promote breastfeeding in our community? Washington state has some of the highest initiation rates of...
To the editor, The Strategic Plan for Washington State Rural Health Care, which was linked to this plan to ensure like methodologies, reads completely differently than EARH’s plan. The state wants the small Critical Care Hospitals to be primary care givers and establish links with and not duplicate regional services. The EARH plan reads like EARH wants to be a regional hospital. To accomplish this, that would require a customer base that is in my opinion unattainable. It does not seem as anyone would drive toward Ritzville f... Full story
Ritzville Distinguished Young Woman Dezarae West is one of 17 Washington high school seniors who are in Pullman this week to compete in the 2011-12 Distinguished Young Women scholarship program. The young women arrived in Pullman on Tuesday to begin practicing several stage routines that will highlight the competition at 7 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 6) at Washington State University’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. Danielle Kallaher, program co-chair, said each participant will perform a talent number and participate in f... Full story
This Monday, Aug. 8, is the final meeting before the 2011 Relay For Life of Ritzville set for Aug. 12-13, 6 p.m. to 9 a.m., at the Ritzville High School track. Beginning at 6 p.m. at Best Western Bronco Inn, the night also serves as Bank Night, where team members are encouraged to turn in all funds raised to date. In addition, team captains may pick up t-shirts for their teams during the night. For more information about this year’s Relay For Life of Ritzville, contact event chair Kayla Meise at 659-0180 or r...
The Ritzville Food Pantry is once again in charge of the pie booth at the 2011 Wheat Land Communities’ Fair. Currently, organizers of the fundraiser need pies made/provided as well as volunteers to work shifts. A sign-up sheet is available in the fellowship hall of Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ. Deadline to turn in the sheet is Wednesday, Aug. 10. For more information, contact the church at 659-1440....
The Washington CPA Foundation, the benevolent arm of the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, has awarded Emily Kulm an accounting scholarship for the 2011-2012 academic year. Kulm, a Lind High School alumnus, is attending the graduate program at Gonzaga University in Spokane. She anticipates earning her Masters in Accounting in 2012. Kulm, a graduate of the Washington State University School of Business, was a member of several on-campus organizations, including Beta Alpha Psi, the international accounting... Full story
A collaborative Washington State University study of how nitrogen and water availability vary within Palouse wheat fields will ultimately help farmers better manage nitrogen fertilizer application on their croplands and reduce one of Earth’s top four greenhouse gases, nitrous oxide. U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $4.6 million, five-year grant through its Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to researchers from WSU, University of Idaho and the USDA Agricultural Researc...
Each year 4-H members across America work hard to complete their Record Books. In Adams County, 4-Hers learn to keep a planning calendar, learn to set goals (the commitment page), keep a journal of their activities and comments on what they have learned, complete a financial report, write a story that summarizes their 4-H activities for the year and maintain a permanent record that serves as a résumé of all of their years in 4-H. The skills learned in keeping Record Books last a lifetime. The Record Books are also used to h...
A Ritzville event has celebrated its last hurrah after 18 years of bringing top-notch, national blues music to the downtown area. The Ritzville Blues, Brews and BBQs committee voted to discontinue the event after about seven hours of discussion on July 31 at the annual exit meeting. It was a difficult conclusion for committee members to arrive at, especially when most have been involved with the event for more than 10 years, but in the end it was a decision based on the current situation of funding sources getting fewer and c... Full story
A range fire ripped across the countryside on Saturday, burning about 1,500 acres after it started near the intersection of Lind-Hatton and Providence Roads. Adams County Fire Protection District No. 2 (Lind) sent its entire fleet of nine vehicles to the fire, including the rescue rig that was used as the command center. Warden sent four trucks while Ritzville crews responded with a brush truck and a tanker. Firefighters from Lind, Warden and Ritzville battled the fire that...
This year’s grain harvest may be the latest in recent memory due to a long, wet spring that has caused minor headaches for area producers. In May, the USDA issued a stripe rust update and now some farmers are discovering foot rot as they rumble into fields for harvest – all of which reduce yields. John Anderson, manager of Ritzville Warehouse Company, said harvest started on July 22 in the Sandhills for the grain company. As of Monday, he said that less than 10 percent of the... Full story
Lind School Board members met last Thursday night for a budget work session prior to the regular meeting to discuss the coming year’s budget. During the regular board meeting, board members unanimously approved a resolution to set the final appropriation level of expenditures for the 2011-2012 school year based on 190 full-time equivalent (FTE) students. The 2010-2011 budget was also based on 190 FTE students. The resolution set expenditure limits for the general fund at $3,387,429 and $43,900 for the Associated Student B...
The Lind School District will hold registration for students in grades 7-12 Aug. 22-23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the high school library. For more information, contact the Lind Junior/Senior High School office at 677-3408....
From his combine on Saturday, Senator Mark Schoesler reminded area wheat growers to save their wheat samples. Schoesler suggested growers should save their samples and enter them in the field crop division of the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair which is set for Labor Day weekend....
The Ritzville Food Pantry is once again in charge of the pie booth at the 2011 Wheat Land Communities’ Fair. Currently, organizers of the fundraiser need pies made/provided as well as volunteers to work shifts. A sign-up sheet is available in the fellowship hall of Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ. Deadline to turn in the sheet is this Wednesday, Aug. 10. For more information, contact the church at 659-1440....
Several elected officers did not receive filings during the candidate filing week in June. A special three-day filing period is slated for Aug. 8-10, 2011. All interested persons will need to complete a declaration of candidacy form during that time. The declaration can be completed: • In person at the Adams County Auditor’s Office, 210 West Broadway Avenue in Ritzville during office hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. • Online at http://www.co.adams.wa.us • By mail – Interested persons may contact the auditor’s...
Family members gather around Alma Galbreath (front, center) on July 30 at Best Western Bronco Inn in celebration of her 97th birthday. About 40 family members spent the afternoon at the Ritzville business....
Geraldine E. Sommers, age 91, died on her birthday July 29, 2011, in Ritzville. She was born to Earl S. Groves and Josephine A. Themar in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1920. She graduated high school from Chappell, Neb., in 1938. After World War II she entered the civil service arm of the U.S. Department of Defense in Key West, Fla., on May 30, 1942, as a secretary. She traveled the world with the civil service working in places including Spain, Thailand, Saigon, Japan and...