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The fall sports orientation meeting for Lind-Ritzville/Sprague high school and middle school parents and athletes is being held on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 6 p.m. in Gilson Gymnasium. The informational meeting serves as an opportunity for local athletes to turn in paperwork, and pay athletic and other school fees. The high school football and volleyball teams are having a parent meeting, and a discussion about concussion testing is also scheduled for the meeting. Middle school coaches are not conducting a parent meeting on Aug....
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague BroncBoosters are having a logo design contest for the 2013-14 apparel. The winning Bronco logo design will be on all of the apparel for the upcoming athletic season. All design entries must be submitted by Friday, Aug. 23. For more information or to submit a logo design, message the BroncBoosters group on Facebook or send an email to [email protected]....
Coordinators of the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair are currently seeking volunteers to fill two vacant positions for the annual event. Currently, a talent show coordinator and an assistant to the superintendents are needed. The talent show coordinator’s responsibilities include the scheduling of talent acts and being present for the second annual show at the fairgrounds on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 29. The assistant to the superintendents is needed on Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 6-8 p.m. to help superintendents with ent...
A new contest has been created for the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair this year to attract participants young and old. A marshmallow catapult contest has been created to wrap up the weekend events. Contestants are required to build a swing arm catapult capable of launching a standard-sized marshmallow. Four age categories have been designated to the contest beginning with eight and under; nine to 13-years-old; 14-19 years old; and 20 and older. The marshmallow contest rules are: • Contestants may use more than one type of mater...
The Ritzville Museum Volunteers are hosting a golf scramble tournament to benefit the local museums, the Train Depot and the Dr. Frank R. Burroughs’ Home and Museum. The fundraiser is being held at the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course on Sunday, Sept. 8, beginning at 1 p.m. The format for the tournament is a four-person scramble with all participants joining together for a dinner at Fairway Café at the conclusion of the event. The cost for the tournament is $30 per person, and golfers without a season pass must also pay gr...
Players are needed for the 2013 flag football season. Lincoln NFL Flag football is open to all incoming Kindergarten through sixth grade students. Registration deadline is Friday, Aug. 23, to allow coaches to organize teams and create a schedule as quickly as possible. Practices will start the week of Sept. 9 with the five-week season of games beginning on Saturday, Sept. 28. Towns included in the league are Wilbur, Odessa, Davenport, Reardan, Lind and Ritzville. All players must have a mouth guard and pants without pockets...
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) is the leading cause of death on Washington roadways, accountable for nearly half of the 439 fatalities on the roads during 2012. Between Aug. 16 and Sept. 2 extra officers will be looking for drivers under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, or other drugs during the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. Even though Washington legalized marijuana for adults 21 and older, it is still illegal and dangerous to drive under the influence of marijuana. Studies have found...
The Ritzville Community Theatre (RCT) group is currently seeking individuals interested in joining the local live theatre cast. The amount of cast members has declined throughout the past year for a variety of reasons and the group is actively looking for individuals to join in order to continue the annual theatre events. Since its inception in 1994, the RCT troupe has performed in 32 productions with 86 actors appearing throughout the performances. The group has completed over 100 performances for locals, with an estimated...
The Lind Senior Center is experiencing a shortage in volunteer workers due to health concerns among their current staff. Board members are seeking an individual in the community to volunteer one day a week, specifically filling the position of cook’s helper. The volunteer position is for one day a week from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The volunteer will assist with daily chores including setting tables, preparing beverages, answering the telephone and assisting the cook as directed. Individuals interested in volunteering are asked t...
The grassroots organization Friends of EARH will meet every Monday at 6 p.m. in the Ritzville Public Library’s basement to work on ways to gain voter support for a $9 million general obligation bond for the construction of a new hospital. The hospital district’s commissioners have elected to make a second attempt at passing the bond during the November general election. Friends of EARH will work to identify why voters defeated the measure in the August primary. They also intend to develop better methods of educating vot...
The City of Ritzville is the new owner of the old high school on Seventh Avenue. Tuesday Mayor Linda Kadlec was informed by the city’s legal firm that the judge had signed the order and the documents had been recorded, clearing the way for the city to proceed with demolition of the building. The city has retained Eastside Wood Recycling to demolish the building. Kadlec said the contractor has assured the city that work can begin by Friday. It’s estimated to take two weeks to completely demolish the structure. The est...
The demolition of the old high school building on Seventh Avenue and Division Street is expected to occur on Monday, Aug. 19. The construction company, Eastside Wood Recycling, has begun moving equipment to the site and will begin preparation for demolition tomorrow, Friday, but major demolition is not expected to occur until Monday. Residents are asked to use caution when near the construction area and a portion of Division Street will remain closed until further...
Staff members of Blue Bike Café and Catering Company gathered for a final photo on Aug. 9, the restuarant’s last official day of business. Margaret Farris, third from left, has operated the popular restaurant for the past 10 years. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
The local Keystone Battery group joined with other branches to provide an authentic Living History Day in Ritzville on Aug. 3. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
For the past three months, residents and golfers have become accustomed to a drilling rig parked in the center of the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course near the existing water storage tank. Schneider Equipment, Inc., doing business as Schneider Water Services, moved on to the site in early May to begin drilling the city’s new well. The company based out of St. Paul, Ore., moved equipment to the Ritzville site after being awarded the $1,075,536.36 bid by Ritzville City C...
Ten combines and crews from several farms turned out Tuesday to harvest 558 acres of wheat for Harold Hennings and his family. The crews accomplished in one day what normally takes Scott and Harold Hennings 15 days to do under normal circumstances. Hennings, who fell off a tractor twice, endured major surgery four weeks ago to have his spine fused. Still recovering from the delicate surgical procedure, Harold walks with a cane and his activity is restricted to the point where...
The demolition of the old high school building on Seventh Avenue and Division Street is expected to occur on Monday, Aug. 19. The construction company, Eastside Wood Recycling, has begun moving equipment to the site and will begin preparation for demolition tomorrow, Friday, but major demolition is not expected to occur until Monday. Residents are asked to use caution when near the construction area and a portion of Division Street will remain closed until further...
Fifty-two women participated in the annual Ladies’ Golf Tournament at the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course on Monday, Aug. 12. The group played nine-holes of a best ball format, followed by a nine-hole Chapman format. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
Linda L. Morris died at the age of 54 on Aug. 12 in Moses Lake. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Ritzville Memorial Cemetery. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, at Ephrata United Methodist Church. Danekas Funeral Home of Ritzville is entrusted with the arrangements. A full obituary will run at a later date....
Lenard “Lennie” Roth died on Aug. 3 in Spokane. A celebration of life will be held at the Lind Grange Hall on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 11 a.m. Danekas Funeral Home and Crematory of Ritzville is entrusted with the arrangements. A full obituary will run at a later date....
An open letter to all Adams County residents; If you chose to vote down the General Obligation Bond to construct a new hospital in Ritzville recently, please take the time to reconsider your vote. You will have a second chance to change your vote in November, and I most sincerely urge you to vote for the new facility. Why? I am once again learning what a God-send East Adams Rural Hospital, it’s directors, doctors and PAs, and the entire staff are, when you need them. My husband, Einar, suffered a stroke on Monday of last w...
The Best Western Plus Bronco Inn has received the Best Western Director’s Award for outstanding quality standards. The Director’s Award recognizes Best Western hotels scoring in the top 20 percent of more than 2,100 North American properties in cleanliness and maintenance. Hotels must also meet Best Western’s requirements for design and high customer service scores to qualify for this distinction. “The Director’s Award is an important symbol of success,” said general manager, John Messinger. “This award confirms the Best West...
In addition to receiving thousands of emails, phone calls, letters, and messages from social media on a variety of topics, I recently conducted a round of telephone town halls to all eight counties that make up the Fourth Congressional district. I wanted to share a few questions that your neighbors recently asked me: What are the consequences for the Internal Revenue Service targeting political groups? Like most of you, I’m outraged that IRS employees have violated the public’s trust and abused their positions by imp...
At a time when too many politicians are obsessed with their poll numbers and their legacy, Pew Research says Gerald Ford will go down in history as just an “average” president. An “average” rating would devastate most elected officials, yet that wouldn’t haunt the 37th president. Far from your “average” leader, Ford was willing to suffer defeat to do what he believed was best for our nation. Much of Ford’s public image was reshaped when he pardoned Richard Nixon one month after Nixon resigned. One of the nation’s most v...
Scott and Mandy Galbreath of Kennewick are pleased to announce the arrival of a daughter, Peyton Maureen born on Monday, July 15, at Kadlec Regional Medical Center. At birth Peyton weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and measured 21 and one-half inches in length. She joins 19-month-old brother, Payson. Paternal grandparents are Amy Galbreath and the late Mark Galbreath of Ritzville. Maternal grandparents are Al and Maureen Rettmann of Spokane and Craig Wilson of Colfax....