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  • Important dates, fees for local school districts

    Updated Aug 11, 2011

    The Lind and Ritzville School Districts have provided the following list of important dates and prices for the upcoming school year: Lind • Registration for grades 7-12, Aug. 22-23, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., high school library • First day of school, Aug. 29 • Lind-Ritzville/Sprague season sports passes: Adult $70; senior citizen $42; K-6 students $35; family $165 Fees may be paid at the student’s school office. For more information contact the Lind Elementary School at 677-3481 or the junior/senior/high school at 677-3408. Ritzville... Full story

  • Can You Hear That...

    Dale Anderson|Updated Aug 11, 2011

    It’s great to see another bountiful harvest for our area farmers. Hard work and a lot of good timely rains have paid off and it is well deserved. Enjoy! Since harvest is a little late this year football has snuck up on us quicker than we can imagine. With the NFL trying to catch up with trades and practice and of course the preseason and the colleges coming together with the two-a-days football is once again upon us and I for one am happy. I love football. I loved playing t...

  • Coon, Elliott announce engagement

    Updated Aug 11, 2011

    Bruce and Heidi Elliott of Kent announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Bridget Neff Elliott of Auburn, to Paul Richard Coon, son of Dick and Paula Coon of Benge. The future bride is currently employed as a director of consumer education with the Washington Beef Commission. The future groom is employed at the Bar U Ranch, Inc. The wedding is set for Oct. 1, 2011, at The Field House in Enumclaw.... Full story

  • BIRTH Alaina Heider

    Updated Aug 11, 2011

    Jason and Andrea Heider of Ritzville are the parents of a daughter, Alaina Hau `oli Heider, born June 21, 2011, at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. At birth Alaina weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and measured 19.5 inches in length. Paternal grandparents are Jim and Tami Heider of Ritzville. Maternal grandparents are Lina Criste and the late Anacleto Criste of Kaunakakai, Hawaii on the island of Molakai. Paternal great-grandparents are Evelyn Heider and the late Robert...

  • Adams County Sheriff's Office Report

    Updated Aug 11, 2011

    July 17, 10:32 p.m. – A Spokane complainant advised of needing assistance with an individual at the Adams County Jail. It was determined no assault occurred and the individual was transported to Spokane for an appointment at Sacred Heart Medical Center. July 17, 2:32 p.m. – A deputy assisted with an assault in the Adams County Jail and transported a victim to East Adams Rural Hospital for treatment until additional jail staff could arrive. July 17, 6:24 p.m. – A Washtucna complainant advised of an open door and a broke...

  • "Here" or "there?"

    Updated Aug 11, 2011

    With the unfolding drama of Harold Camping’s entertaining end-times predictions droning in the background and the end of the Mayan Calendar in 2012 drawing ever nearer, faith communities have been abuzz about when the story of God’s redemptive work in human history will draw to a close. In the course conversations about the end of time, people of faith often quote one of the many sayings of Jesus to the effect that “of that day and hour no one knows.” But while most Christians can agree about the ‘when’ of Jesus’ comi... Full story