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Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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The “Ready to Show” horse clinic is being held on this Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Ritzville Rodeo Arena. Ritzville Rodeo Queen, Haley Oestreich, is leading the clinic. Registration and check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. and all contestants then receive a final schedule of events. The clinic includes Western Pleasure, Western Equation and Trail. Each of the classes has different age groups and a simple course for each category for the show will be posted during the lunch break. Registration for the clinic is $30 and payments can be... Full story
The last day for tea and scones at the Dr. Frank R. Burroughs’ Home and Museum is Saturday, Aug. 18. The Columbia River Plateau Chapter of the Victorian Society in America is hosting the event. Tea and scones are offered from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. and are available by donation....
The Ralston Grange is having a work night in preparation for the upcoming Wheat Land Communities’ Fair. The work night is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 23, at 6:30 p.m. Plans for the work night are to clean the bingo building at the fairgrounds and transport supplies to the building from Ralston’s hall. Anyone willing to help clean the building is asked to bring cleaning supplies. Any person interesting in helping haul supplies should meet at the Grange Hall at 6:30 p.m. For those individuals interested in helping are ask... Full story
The Adams County Development Council (ACDC) is hosting the fourth annual open four-person scramble at Othello Golf Club on Saturday, Aug. 25. The tournament begins with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Check-in begins at 12 p.m. and a single entry fee is $75, and team entry fees are $300. Entry fees include green fees, cart, dinner and drinks. Individuals interested in attending the dinner and auction are charged $20 per person. Prizes for the event are $300 for first place, $150 for second place and $100 for third place....
Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 board of commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 23, rather than 7 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Washington Association of Wheat Growers foundation meeting room. According to an email notice commissioners are considering a permanent change to the meeting time....
Secretary Suzette Ellis is now in the high school office in Ritzville from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on weekdays. Students and parents can pick up and turn in paperwork, and pay fees during this time. Ellis also has middle school paperwork available to pick up. For questions, contact Ellis at 659-1720.... Full story
Lind Fire Department crews were dispatched multiple times during the afternoon and evening hours on Aug. 8 to respond to fire calls throughout Adams County. The first call happened around 3 p.m. for a cheatgrass fire alongside U.S. Route 395 and State Route 26, at the Country Travel Plaza. Initially, Lind was the only station dispatched to the scene. Lind Fire had a repeat call to have more trucks respond to the scene. Connell, Warden, and Adams County District 5 were dispatched as well. Crews did not return to the station...
Reporter, Ritzville 4-H Livestock Club The Ritzville 4-H Livestock Club met July 26. Leading pledges were Caden Liberty and Brynne Nelson. The club is looking for used lariats as fair decoration to do the theme of “lasso up some fun.” Members are enthusiastic to figure out gifts to give to their buyers at the sale as their animals sell. A sheep-shearing day is being planned for the five members with market lambs. Caden Liberty, Merlee Liberty, Erica Leffel, Bryce Kelly and Abby Gering presented demonstrations. Caden Liberty p...
The Ritzville Public Library reminds children signed up for the summer reading program to continue keeping track of their reading. Children have until Friday, Aug. 31, to reach their reading goal and receive a free book and other prizes. The child who reads the most in each age group also receives a special prize. For more information, contact the library at 659-1222....
August is a deadly month on Washington’s roadways. According to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), from 2006 - 2010, on average, more impaired driving deaths occurred in August than any other month. That’s why between Aug. 17 and Sep. 3, extra officers are looking for DUI drivers during the annual “Drive Hammered, Get Nailed” campaign. Drunk drivers can exhibit a variety of behaviors depending upon impairment level. For example, those who know they are impaired: • Travel slower than the posted speed limit • A...
The Caring Neighbors board recently donated $925 to the Lind EMT Association. The donated money will be used to help pay for tuitions for EMT classes and to purchase needed items for the Lind ambulance. Caring Neighbors is a non-profit entity established by Big Bend Electric Co-op. The Big Bend Electric Co-op members have donated the funds for Caring Neighbors....
The total amount of ballots counted in the primary election for Adams County now totals 2,851, amounting to 45.70 percent of the registered voters in the county. The Superior Court Judge position, which is decided in the primary, remains in favor of Brian Miller. Miller received 1,529 votes, totaling 55.84 percent of votes. Randy Flyckt earned 1,209 votes for 44.16 percent of votes cast in the election. For Commissioner District No. 1, incumbent Rudy Plager maintains the lead with 910 votes, totaling 56.70 percent of votes....
The Ritzville Community Parade has been slated for Saturday, Sept. 1, beginning at 11 a.m. Entry forms can be picked up from Jan Marshall and Debi Balfe at Ritzville City Hall, and forms must be submitted by Wednesday, Aug. 29. Grand marshals for the 2012 parade are metal sculpture artists Lamar Thiel, Jake Harder, Sherryl and Vince Evans, and Annie Smart. The children’s parade begins at 10:45 a.m. and the theme is “Boys n’ Girls, Tux n’ Pearls.” Entry forms are not required for the children’s parade. All children pa...
A 5K and 10K fun run/walk tops the new events for the Ritzville Rodeo Association during the Labor Day weekend festivities. The 2012 Ritzville Rodeo Romp takes place before the parade on Saturday, Sept. 1, beginning at 8 a.m. at the intersection of Columbia Street and Main Avenue. The divisions for the rodeo romp are separated by age with the first division being for individuals eight to 15 years old. The other two categories are for individuals between 16-30 years of age, and a 31 and over division. Pre-registration fees,...
Walli Farms Inc., operated by Bob Walli and Jake Klein, harvested Bruehl soft white wheat off Providence Road last week. Klein, in control of the CaseIH 8120 combine, works late into the evening with the CAT bank-out wagon driver, Eric Hille. The Walli Farms 2012 harvest came to a close late Friday evening. –Journal photo by Janis Rountree... Full story
The capital levy that appears on the November ballot only affects the Ritzville area, and only the Ritzville school board voted it on during the regular board meeting on July 23. The two-year capital levy is set charging $.66 per thousand for taxpayers, raising roughly $195,000 a year....
The Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce launched a new website to provide locals and visitors with additional information about the Ritzville area: http://www.visitritzville.com. The site went live at the beginning of May and has already seen a tremendous amount of online visits. The website provides visitors with history of the area and highlights businesses and individuals who are chamber members. Jennifer Saunders, co-administer at the chamber, said the website operates with ChamberMaster, a member management system. The...
It is time to register for NFL flag football. NFL flag football is open to all incoming Kindergarten through sixth grade students. Deadline to register is Thursday, Aug. 30. Practices begin the week of Sept. 10 and games are to be every Saturday in October and the first Saturday in November. Registration fees are $20, which includes a reversible NFL jersey and flags. All athletes are required to provide their own mouth guard. For registration forms or questions contact Cami Galbreath by email at [email protected] or by...
With football starting this week, community members in Ritzville, Lind and Sprague can once again expect to see players out selling Bronco Gold Cards door-to-door this weekend. This is the team’s major fundraiser for the year that helps with the high cost of running a football program. “Our communities have been great to help support this fundraiser over the past few years,” said head coach Greg Whitmore. “Between the Ritzville businesses that offer discounts on the card and the citizens that purchase a card, 32 play...
I understand that “Project 56” is approximately 10+ years in the making with a plan to collect ravenous from donations and conducting special events to raise funds. In the six years I’ve lived here, I have not seen much action pointed toward the “Project 56” fundraising effort! Which to me means that the governing body directing the “Project” was being motivated by false dreams or a lack of planning direction! To even suggest that “Project 56” be financed by increasing property taxes by majority vote is nothing more than...
It didn’t surprise me when President Obama started talking about forgiving loans that college graduates have created to earn their degrees. But it made me angry as it is a slap in the face of every graduate who had to work to pay for their education. He has various ways that he wants to create for borrowers to avoid repayment including declaring bankruptcy. Bankruptcy should be used as a last resort after someone has had extreme misfortune! With roughly $1 trillion in student outstanding loans, close to $900 billion is f...
The county commissioners are allowed by law to enjoy an automatic revenue increase from each property owner. It does not matter whether the value of a citizen’s home is up, down or sideways. Nor does it matter when the citizenry are enjoying greater, lesser or stagnant incomes. Each new year entitles the county an additional sum of our incomes. This is not a relationship between a citizen and public servants, but Lord government and serf. There are a number of local recipients, which enjoy this annual increase in income. T...
The Lind and Ritzville school districts are moving to a new website: http://www.lrschools.org. The webpage is now active, but is still being updated as teachers and administrators receive training in order to provide more information to the public. The old Ritzville and Lind School District’s websites are currently inactive as the information from the previous websites is being transferred to the new school cooperative website. The Lind-Ritzville High School athletic department webpage is currently active on the new w...
Twenty-two teams competed in the women’s only Puttin’ on the Ritz golf tournament at the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course on Monday, Aug. 13. The 44 participants spent the day on the course, followed by lunch and awards. Teams competing in the competition consisted of two players per team. Teams were: Debbie Thaemert and Mary Cox, Marium Clark and Lydia Toner, Mary Owen and Beth Habib, Jeri Stone and Merllina Tate, Nancy Burke and Roxanne Burke, Ronna Galbreath and Shirley Bar... Full story
For the second time this summer Maccabee Cemetery in Sprague, has been the victim of theft. Hoses, weed trimmers, gas and more have been taken from a locked shed. This past month some of the pipes and sprinkler heads were taken off the grounds. If anyone has unwanted two-inch, 40-foot long irrigation pipes and sprinkler heads that would be available at an affordable cost please contact Dick Whipple at 257-2669, Joy Vold at 257-2346 or Carrie Shields at 257-2431.... Full story