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The Ritzville Water Park’s summer swim season ends Sunday, Aug. 26. The water park is maintaining regular hours from noon until 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 23, through Saturday, Aug. 25. The water park closes at 6 p.m. on Sunday....
The Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce is once again gearing up for its annual ice cream booth at the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair. Each year the ice cream booth is a popular location at the fair and serves as a fundraiser for the chamber. Volunteers are needed to fill shifts during the four-day fair. For more information or to sign up for a shift, contact Virginia Jones at Columbia Bank, 659-0223, or Chad Hoeft at Sterling Bank, 659-0180.... Full story
The Washtucna School District is opening the school doors for students starting on Tuesday, Aug. 28. The Washtucna school board is meeting Tuesday night at 7 p.m. For more information about the Washtucna school year, contact the school at 646-3237 or visit the school’s website at http://www.tucna.wednet.edu....
The Commercial Bowling League is hosting a meeting on Thursday, Aug. 30, at 7 p.m. at Big Bend Bowl. The meeting is to discuss the upcoming season. The new league begins on Thursday, Sept. 6. Big Bend Bowl is located at 119 East Main Avenue in Ritzville.... Full story
The Ritzville Rodeo Association (RRA) is hosting a raffle drawing for a Traeger barbecue grill. The drawing is held on Saturday, Sept. 1, during the rodeo. Tickets are $5 each and available from any RRA board members, including Scott Yaeger, Julie Hartz, Michelle Hennings, Todd O’Brien and JC Harder. Persons need not be present to win. Proceeds support the Ritzville Rodeo Association....
New officers led their third meeting of the Ritzville 4-H Livestock club Aug. 13. Leading the Pledges were Easton Nelson and Trinity Wyma. The club is looking for used lariats as fair decoration to do the theme of “lasso some fun at the fair.” The members of the club decided on gifts to reward buyers who purchase this club’s market animals at the sale Saturday of fair. The sheep-shearing day was on Aug. 19. Demonstrations were presented by Eliza Galbreath about how to make... Full story
A family-favorite fair tradition is being revived for the 2012 Wheat Land Communities’ Fair. The talent show is returning to the Lions Club Amphitheater at the fairgrounds on Thursday, Aug. 30, beginning at 6 p.m. Performers are needed for the show and any talent is welcome. Singers, dancers, musicians, cheerleaders, comedians, magicians and more can take center stage during the performance. A sound system and operator are available at the show and any performer with recorded music should bring the music on a CD. To sign u... Full story
The Ralston Grange is in need of volunteers to help work at the Grange’s bingo and food concession at the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair next week. The remaining shifts that need to be filled are on Friday from 4-7 p.m., Saturday from 1 p.m. until closing time, and Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. The concession is the main fundraiser for the Grange with proceeds used to maintain the hall and park in Ralston and the bingo building, as well as to support community service projects throughout the year. In addition to bingo, the Gra...
The Ritzville Public Library is opening its doors at a later time on Thursday, Aug. 30, for staff members to attend a training workshop. The library opens at 2 p.m. instead of 11 a.m. The library will remain open until 8 p.m. as usual....
I got the idea to write this article from one I read in the Wheat Life magazine as written by our Senator Mark Schoesler. I asked him if I could use some of it to get out to those of you who don’t get the magazine. Thanks to technology, we have Internet, smart phones and other ways of current communication with more information and knowledge at our fingertips than ever before. We are living in an information-based society, many people don’t know much about where our food comes from. In fact, few people in urban areas hav...
Ritzville Rodeo Queen, Haley Oestreich, hosted a “Ready to Show” horse clinic at the Ritzville Rodeo Arena on Saturday, Aug. 18, for 15 young horse enthusiasts. The clinic began in the arena with a segment on safety, and fitting and showing with the participants and their horses. The group then saddled the horses and practiced for Western Pleasure, Western Equation and Trail categories in the mini-show. The mini-show began immediately after lunch when the participants mem...
The final ballot count was tabulated on Tuesday, Aug. 21, and the results show the Lind Park and Recreation District No. 3 maintenance and operation (M&O) levy passed. Aug. 21 served as the certification date and the elections office counted the last of the ballots early in the afternoon. The Lind M&O levy passed with 60.22 percent and 168 votes in favor of the levy. The levy needed 60 percent to pass and because it achieved the needed percentage, there is not a ballot recount. The Washtucna Park and Recreation District No....
Kris Robbins, city clerk-treasurer, spoke to the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce during the general membership meeting on Thursday, Aug. 16, about the progress towards a discovery center in Ritzville. Formally known as the Wheat Interpretive Center, the project is now being deemed the Washington Agriculture Discovery Center and Business Park. Robbins serves as the city’s liaison for the Ritzville Public Development Authority (PDA) board, which spearheaded the idea of the discovery center. The city is currently working o...
This ORCF-102 soft white winter wheat variety stood tall in Brett and Dan Blankenship’s field outside of Washtucna last week, and provided an above average yield for Blankenship Brothers Joint Ventures. The majority of Adams County farmers have completed the 2012 wheat harvest, but a few farmers could still be found finishing harvest this week. –Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
It’s time once again for area residents to recognize individuals for their accomplishments through the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Community Recognition program. Each year, the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce community members to nominate individuals for recognition as volunteer, employee, business and farmer of the year.Awards are presented at the Annual Community Recognition Night and Auction set for Nov. 17. In addition, male and female students of the year and an educator of the year are recognized. These awa...
A newspaper account reports the Ritzville School Board voted unanimously to foist the Ritzville Project 56 dream upon the district taxpayers. Each member of the Ritzville School Board should resign whether for misfeasance or malfeasance, it does not really matter. But resign they should as it has been very clear to all that Project 56 was a private effort designed to be financed with voluntary donations. There is no excuse for the action taken by the individual members of the Ritzville School Board. They betrayed their...
The Food Stamp Program originated in the late 70s for people who were struggling and one in 50 signed up. There were people who were too proud to apply! Now we have one out of seven who receive food stamps. Why did we have the big change? Fewer people have pride and too many started families before they could afford children. I remember the last part of the depression and the rationing during the second World War. People survived by canning and cooking. People had an ample supply of food because they baked and used...
No golf tournament in Ritzville is more popular than the DIGS, hosted by Kirk Danekas each year at Ritzville Municipal Golf Course. This past Sunday was a prime example as 53 golfers turned out for the annual event. Danekas proudly announced that 24 of the entrants were golfers from out of town. Those golfers add an extra bonus on the DIGs weekend, they spend some of their hard earned out-of-town dollars with local Ritzville businesses. This year’s tournament had three f...
Spokane Ag Expo, celebrating its 36th year, will again feature the popular photography contest celebrating agriculture at the 2013 show. Photographers are asked to submit entries depicting “Agriculture in the Inland Northwest” by Nov. 30. Photographs are to be displayed at Spokane Ag Expo 2013, which is held in the Spokane Convention Center Complex in the exhibit halls. Dates of the show are Feb. 5–7. “The photography contest continues to be a popular event at the show during Ag Week and continues to grow,” said show manager...
Robin Ellen Braun passed away suddenly, June 21, in Spokane at the age of 60. She was born Sept. 7, 1951, in Fredericksburg, Va., to parents, Paris and Dorothy Trail. She volunteered for the Children’s Miracle Network, the Washington State School for the Blind, Spokane Public Radio, the Special Education Advisory Commission of the Spokane School District 81 and was an active member of the Moran United Methodist Church and other organizations. She was the director of the Ritzville Public Library until her departure in December...
Gary Lenard Wahl died at the age of 59 on Monday, Aug. 13, at his home on the farm in Lind. He was born on Father’s Day, June 21, 1953, to Lenard and Ava Wahl in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He married his high school sweetheart, Jan Tilton, on Nov. 2, 1974. The couple raised their children on the family homestead in Lind. He worked with his dad on the family farm until he took over operations in 1993, and continued to farm until his death. Husband, father, grandpa, son, bro...
July 17, 8:30 p.m. – While on patrol, Sergeant Mark Cameron found a storage shed at the high school gym was open, it is normally closed. Sgt. Cameron requested dispatch contact the responsible. Sgt. Cameron checked the building and no one was found. There is a lot of sports equipment in the shed. Dispatch advised the responsible would try to contact someone to respond. Sgt. Cameron waited for 20 minutes with no one showing up. Sgt. Cameron secured the shed and cleared. July 17, 1:43 p.m. – Chief Dave McCormick responded to... Full story
June 15, 5:02 p.m. – Moses Lake complainant advised they went to Lind to check on their grandchildren after hearing their mother had been arrested. The children were being watched by the mother’s boyfriend. The complainant advised when they arrived at the house there was no water or electricity in the residence and the house smelled of marijuana. Complainant advised they have the children in their custody. Sergeant Troy Mock advised the complainant to contact CPS with this information. June 15, 7:48 a.m. – While on patro... Full story
Milinda Marie Bell and Kory Lyndell Reeves of Ritzville are pleased to announce their forthcoming marriage set to take place on Sunday, Sept. 16, at 4:30 p.m. at the C.J. Newland American Legion Hall in Ritzville. The future bride is the daughter of Teresa Noga of California and Danniel Bell of Oregon. The future groom is the son of Cindy Reeves of Spokane and Kary Reeves of Oklahoma. The ceremony officient is pastor Judith Reinhart-Nelson. Honored members of the bridal party...
This is an awkward time of the year where everyone is excited about the upcoming football season simply because it’s football season. No games have been played that count in the standings yet but in one week a cat fight will break out in Provo between the Cougars of WSU and the Cougars of BYU and in Moscow, EWU will take on the Idaho Vandals. The following night at Jimmie Snider Field we will get to see a bunch of teams playing in the annual Bronco Jamboree. It should be a l... Full story