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OTHELLO – The Police Department has received multiple reports of a black bear in corn fields north of the city. "At least one photograph has been posted giving the sightings even more credibility," the department said Aug. 1. "Citizens are being advised to be aware and alert when walking in the area north of town." The state Department of Fish and Wildlife reported the bear was also spotted near the city limits along Lee Street and 14th Avenue. State officials said seeing a b...
SPOKANE VALLEY – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service’s deadline for environmental incentives applications is Oct. 20. The environmental incentives program is a voluntary, technical and financial assistance program designed to help farmers, ranchers, forestland owners and tribes with conservation planning and implementation. Funds can be used for irrigation efficiency, animal waste management, native plant health removing fish passage obstructions, reducing erosion and improving wildl...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week announced loan interest rates, effective Aug. 1. The department’s Farm Service Agency loans provide access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs. For emergency, operating and ownership loans, the agency set the rates as follows: • Operating – 4.875% • Ownership – 5.000%; 3.000% with joint financing. A downpayment of 1.500% is required • Emergency – 3...
The Adams County Sheriff's Office has a new deputy on patrol, Mark Cameron. But Cameron, who was sworn in Aug. 2, isn't new to law enforcement here. He previously worked for the Ritzville Police Department for more than 16 years....
Land Transactions RITZVILLE – The Adams County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions from July 31 to Aug. 4: Aug. 4 Donald R. Bridges, deceased, of Othello, 1040 E. Ash and 50 W. Baker St., Othello, to Julie A. Bridges of Othello, lack of probate, $0. Aug. 3 Debra Boggs of Moses Lake, 102 W. Cherry St., Ritzville, to Lynette R. Maybee of Ritzville, $70,000. Aug. 1 Christopher Longoria of Grandview, 420 Sylvan Drive, Othello, to Christopher and Leticia Longoria of Grandview, quit claim deed, $0. San...
LIND – Four candidates will be advancing to the general election in races for two seats on the Town Council. Unofficial results from the Aug. 1 primary election show Jamie Schmunk and Myra J. Horton will be headed to the general election after finishing as the Top 2 candidates in the race for Town Council seat No. 4. Schmunk led with 73 votes, 36.14%, while Horton was second with 54 votes, or 26.73%, just five votes ahead of third-place finisher Heather Reed. Reed and c...
Today, good works are often brushed aside or ignored – especially, if done by one of the world’s largest mining companies. However, Rio Tinto deserves kudos for its half-billion-dollar mine cleanup in Holden., a remote village in the North Cascade mountains just south of Lake Chelan. Rio Tinto did not mine an ounce of copper or other precious metals at Holden. It acquired the site as part of a larger purchase. It gathered interested stakeholders together and ironed sol...
If you are unaware of what happened July 17 or the scope of the tragedy, take a short road trip up West Main Street onto VanVleet Road and down Gun Club Road. Look all around you and across the freeway. It is hard to believe our Ritzville Volunteer Fire Department, with the help of other fire departments, the employees of the city of Ritzville, the police from our city and county, and countless others were able to control and put out that fire. The next time you see a person who works for the city, volunteers for the Fire...
It’s been a tough week around the farm with equipment failures that have delayed harvest a few days. I’ll get back on track. But while repairs are underway, I can’t help but think about others who won’t recover so easily from hits to their budgets – setting them back further and further every time they fill up at the gas station or get a paycheck. Many of our friends on the West Side of the state disregard rural folks in communities like ours. We see this every session t...
Margaret Janice Kienbaum Aug.16, 1938 – July 28, 2023 Margaret Janice Kienbaum, 84, passed away July 28, 2023, at Holy Family Hospital, Spokane, Wash. She was born Margaret Janice Sensat on Aug. 16, 1938, in Welsh, La. Margaret met her life partner of 55 years, Dale Kienbaum, in 1955 when he was stationed in Lake Charles, La. They were married on March 11, 1956, in Lake Charles, La. Margaret was an accomplished pianist and organist with a beautiful singing voice. She was t...
OTHELLO – National Night Out activities are planned for 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Columbia Basin Health Association clinic. The event is planned to give local law enforcement officers an opportunity to meet with the public and area children in a non-enforcement setting. The National Night Out celebration at 1515 E. Columbia St. will include food, games, music and more, the city Police Department reported. Event-goers can expect to find hamburgers and hotdogs and Popcicles and beverages, officials said. There will b...
SPOKANE – The Junior Livestock Show of Spokane has announced its meetings and auctions schedule, and changes being planned. The organization that allows aspiring young farmers to show and sell their animals will host its annual membership meeting on Sunday, Nov. 12. A time and location has yet to be announced. The organization has scheduled its Junior Show Benefit Auction for Feb. 17 and its 89th annual Junior Livestock Show for May 1-4, both at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. The rules for next year’s shows are sti...
Oscar L Olson May 26, 1931-July 28, 2023 Oscar L Olson, 92, long-time resident of Ritzville, Wash., died peacefully on July 28, 2023 after a short illness. Oscar was born on May 26, 1931 in Ralston, Wash., to Emil and Marie Olson and is survived by his children Dwight, Linda (Ed)Waltman and Kelly Lori, his grandchildren Jarrod (Erin), Shane (Courtney), Colby (Karina) and Carrie Waltman,and his great-grandchildren Emily, Myah, Bennett, Eleanor and Harrison; many cherished...
WASHTUCNA — Thanks to a Benge woman, the town may have an old eatery revived. On July 28, Bridget Coon, closed on the purchase of Sonny’s Tavern, 250 S. Main St., Adams County Assessor’s Office records show. She paid $111,800 for the 1,976-square-foot restaurant. Glen and Christian Running II purchased half of the business for $40,000 on July 21, 2016, from Ronald B. Ackles Sr., who retained an equal share of ownership until Coon purchased the building. Ackles had owned the building since Jan. 24, 2011. Coon and her husba...
RITZVILLE – Here are the meals being offered by the H.E. Gritman Senior Center in Ritzville and the Lind Senior Center in Lind. H.E Gritman Senior Center The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is serving the following: • Wednesday, Aug. 9 - German sausage with sauerkraut and vegetable. • Thursday, Aug. 10 - Pot roast, potatoes, gravy and salad. • Monday, Aug. 14 - Ranch tater tot casserole and salad. • Tuesday, Aug. 15 - Chili, cornbread and veggie sticks. • Wednesday, Aug. 16 - BBQ chicken, baked beans and vegetable. – All meals...
Somethings are better, made the old-fashioned way. When I was young and learning to cook and bake, my family, like most, did not own an electric mixer. If you were whipping cream or beating a cake mix you used a hand cranked set of beaters. Youth participating in the Go Odessa Recreation Program, Cooking Class, learned to make hand mixed Chocolate Chip Cookies this past week. Additionally, they learned room temperature butter is about 66 degrees, for proper creaming of...
PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE: STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE/ TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHT UNDER THREE (3) GROUND WATER CERTIFICATES That Stephen J. Delorme of Ritzville, WA, has made application for change/transfer of water right in order to add additional acres as granted under Superseding Ground Water Certificate Nos. G3-26286, G3-27126 and G3-27872. That Superseding Ground Water Certificate No. G3-26286 authorizes 50 gallons per minute, 25-acre feet per year, each year, for the...
PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGE A WATER RIGHT TAKE NOTICE: That WHB Trust of Warden, WA, has filed applications for change/ transfer of water right in order to add a point of withdrawal, and change the place of use as granted under Ground Water Certificate Nos. 6678-A(B) and G3-01205(B). That Ground Water Certificate No. 6678-A(B) authorizes the withdrawal of 498 gallons per minute, 393.5 acre-feet per year, from February 1 to October 31, each year, for the irrigation of 157.4 acres. That the authorized point of...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 will be held on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 5:30pm. The meeting will be held at East Adams Rural Hospital in the conference room downstairs and via Zoom. The information to call in is listed below. Dial in +1-253-215-8782 USA Toll Meeting number (access code): 880 2863 6262 Meeting password:145356 John Kragt, Chair Board of Commissioners East Adams Rural Healthcare Published August 9 and 16,...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT it is the intent of Adams County to sell the following county owned properties: Parcel Number 2733320212040 located at 125 E. Presnel Road, Rural Lind, Washington, described as Tax #2040 in NW1/4 Sec 32, Twp 17, Rge 33. Parcel Number 1935230540308 located at 1006 Low Street, Ritzville, Washington, described as Lots 8 & 9, Block 3, Greene’s Addition. Parcel Number 1935230524405 located in Ritzville, Washington, described as Lots 5 through 8, Block 44, Second Railroad A...
PUBLIC NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION FOR CHAMBERLAIN LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT The City of Ritzville has published the following administrative determination notice for a corrected lot line adjustment. Applicant: Dennis and Mary Chamberlain Project Description: Lot line adjustment of 3 lots of legal record for lot 1, 2 and 3 of Greene & Prouty’s addition to Ritzville. Adjust lot 1 and half of lot 2, and lot 3 with half of lot 2, to be 7,536 sq feet, 0.17 acres each. Application Date: 8/1/2022 Project Location: 212 E. F...
SEVEN BAYS – Fishermen will begin hitting Lake Roosevelt this fall in hopes of catching a large fish species that has existed for more than 175 million years. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife will open a white sturgeon season from Sept. 16 through Nov. 30. The species will be fair game along the entire length of Lake Roosevelt, from Grand Coulee Dam to the U.S.-Canada border. The fishery is also open on the Spokane River from the state Highway 25 bridge near Fort Spok...
On Halloween day in 1992 my brother Larry and I went to the UW-Stanford football game in Seattle. I could get complimentary tickets as a coach and let’s just say that Larry was my assistant coach for a day Anyway the plan was to park in Bellevue at a Park and Ride and get on the bus to go to Husky Stadium. After we got off the bus and were walking to the Will Call ticket booth we couldn’t help but notice just how much purple surrounded us. If Barney the dinosaur would have got...
COLFAX – The St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna combined swim team took second-place overall Saturday, Aug. 5, in their league championships. The team finished second with 281 team points, behind the Pullman Barracudas with 425 overall points. The St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtunca girls won their division with 198 points, topping Pullman, Colfax, Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer and Pomeroy. Pullman girls were second with 173 and Colfax girls third with 131. In boys s...
OTHELLO – Kiwanis Park will benefit from two grants approved by the state Recreation and Conservation Office. The agency has awarded $500,000 to add a water park and renovate trails. A second grant of $350,000 was awarded to build a futsal court. The funds will be administered through the city. The first grant will allow the city to build the water park, renovate walking trails and add lights to the park in an effort to make it more family-oriented. The water park, being called a spray park, will include amenities spraying c...