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Students beginning the second grade this September are invited to take a ride through downtown Ritzville on a fire truck for the annual Labor Day weekend parade the morning of Aug. 31. Second graders are to meet at the fire station at the corner of First Avenue and Adams Street between 10:30-10:45 a.m. for loading onto the trucks. The trucks will return the youth to the fire station for a treat, where parents can pick them up following the parade....
The Ritzville Journal office will be closed on Friday, Aug. 30, to cover events at the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair and Ritzville Rodeo. Additionally the office will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The Journal will return to regular hours on Tuesday at 9 a.m....
Families, community members and exhibitors alike are all preparing for the annual Wheat Land Communities’ Fair, beginning on Thursday, Aug. 29. The event provides visitors with four fun-filled days of family friendly activities, youth exhibitor competitions and exciting rodeo action. The fair is welcoming back and adding a variety of activities and food booths for guests to enjoy. The highlight of the weekend events includes the community parades and barbecue in Ritzville City Park. Friday and Saturday night are filled w...
Bruce and Vicki Benzel have been lifelong residents of Ritzville, and Saturday morning, the couple is being honored for their service to the community as grand marshals of the Ritzville Community Parade. The couple celebrated 41 years of marriage in June and plans to lead the parade with their three young grandchildren. The couple is honored by the designation of being named grand marshals for the annual parade, but jokes that it must mean they are officially old if they are...
The Ritzville Museum Volunteers are hosting a golf tournament at the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course on Sunday, Sept. 8, at 1 p.m. The golf tournament used to be held on an annual basis, but recently underwent a five-year hiatus. 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 green fees. The tournament cost is tax...
The annual Lind-Ritzville/Sprague high school football jamboree is being played in Lind this year due to the ongoing construction of an all-weather track at Jimmie Snider Field in Ritzville. The jamboree kicks off the football season on Friday, Sept. 6, at 5:30 p.m. at the Lind football field. The LRS Broncos are hosting 12 football teams in this year’s jamboree. The cost for admittance to the jamboree is $3, and season passes are not accepted. The jamboree is played in a round robin format with six varsity teams and six j...
Washtucna Community Church has announced a new church wide 31-week program called “The Story,” set to begin on Sunday, Sept. 8. This program engages all ages within the congregation so that worship, Sunday school, and adult classes all follow the same over-arching outline of the Bible from week to week. The program is an attempt to bypass the tendency to study the Bible as an ancient and complex document. Instead it aims at enabling every participant to personally enter into the Bible as a higher story that gives mea...
The Adams County Commissioners unanimously moved to appoint current undersheriff John Hunt as Adams County Sheriff, effective on Sept. 1. The position becomes vacant at midnight on Aug. 31 following the retirement of Sheriff Doug Barger. After undergoing an interview with the Adams County Republican Central Committee and the board of commissioners, and as the sole applicant for the position, Hunt received the appointment for the office on Aug. 26. The interview and appointment occurred before Hunt begins his term as sheriff...
Mayor Linda Kadlec is asking residents to stay out of the old high school demolition site. The area is dangerous and the debris pile is not stable for people to walk on. Construction crews and their heavy equipment are the only ones permitted inside the construction fencing. Kadlec said she had been told that even children are going into the site to remove bricks from the old school. A plan is in the works to make bricks available once the debris has been hauled away from the site.... Full story
East Adams County Healthcare Foundation Board has decided to change the date of the annual Wine and Microbrew Tasting and Auction to Saturday, Oct. 19, due to schedule conflicts with other area events. Ticket information will be available at a later date....
The remains of the old high school building on Seventh Avenue scatter the property. Eastside Wood Recycling finished dropping the walls Tuesday afternoon. Division Street was reopened for the first time since May when work was completed. There are still several weeks of work to do in order to clear the debris from the property. -Journal photo by Stephen McFadden...
The new all-weather track surface project at Jimmie Snider Field made a major leap forward this week. Monday crews laid a thick base layer of gravel down. Tuesday the asphalt layer was applied, and Wednesday morning the football field was surrounded by a brand new black layer of asphalt. Next will come the all-weather track surface, which will be black with white lane stripes. -Journal photo by Stephen McFadden...
The real grass roots Friends of EARH are the folks who faithfully supported the maintenance and operations levies, while the hospital commissioners who were elected to serve these citizen taxpayers, were quietly stashing cash and systematically neglecting maintenance. “The building did it” campaign failed. Adult individuals in our community told strange tales claiming the hospital was 60 years old and the public was expected to stampede to the ballot box to reinforce the fiction that hospital buildings were not meant to las...
A non-denominational women’s Bible study is being held this fall on the Biblical Old Testament character of Gideon. The study is based on the writings of Priscilla Shirer. She and her husband, Jerry, lead Going Beyond Ministries, through which they provide spiritual training, support and resources. With a master’s degree in biblical studies from Dallas Theological Seminary, Priscilla brings the depths of Scripture to life. She has written nine Bible studies and seven books. The study consists of 13 sessions, offered Mon... Full story
Clyde Warren Buehler died at the age of 90 on July 24 in Ellensburg. He was born on May 16, 1923, to John Oliver and Laura (Alfred) Buehler in Miller, S.D. He was a part of the 17th Airborne Division, was in the 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion and was honorably discharged from the Army on Jan. 29, 1946. He was a teacher, coach and athletic director until his retirement in 1979. He taught and coached in Ritzville, Prosser and Ellensburg. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Betty Jean Buehler of Ellensburg; sons,...
George F. Dettmann died at the age of 80 on Aug. 17 after a long illness. He was born on Feb. 27, 1933 to Fred W. and Wilhemena “Minnie” C. (Freese) Dettmann in Spokane. He graduated from Ritzville High School in 1952 and was a honorary life member of the USAF air defense team. He served for five years with Detachment 1 4755th Ground Observer Squadron (ADC) United States Air Force. He also briefly served in the United States Army with an honorable discharge. In 1983, he mar...
Lois Marian (Ottmar) Strohmaier died at the age of 83 on Aug. 14 in Spokane, after fighting a courageous battle against leukemia. She was born on Sept. 19, 1929, to Jacob and Barbara Ottmar and grew up on the family farm near Tokio. She graduated from Ritzville High School in 1947 and attended WSU for one year. She married Clarence Strohmaier on Sept. 19, 1948, on her 19th birthday, and they would have celebrated their 65th anniversary in September. Together they ran the... Full story
The Ritzville Nazarene Church’s Caravan Program will begin on Wednesday night Sept. 11 with registration from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at the church. Caravan is a Bible-based scouting program for children ages four years through sixth grade. Each Wednesday night, children participate in an evening of worship and learning that incorporates life skills training, scripture memorization, and instruction in Bible truths. During the course of the Caravan year, children will have the opportunity to earn badges, participate in ministry o...
For a lot of us that live here in Ritzville, Division and Seventh Street will never be the same especially after the final brick is cleaned up from the site of Old RHS. For those of us living here, we understand this project is a long time coming. For those alums who live far away it is a sad time for them. Well, it is also sad for us living here but quite necessary. For 30 years, there was a hope that the building would get a second life as an apartment complex, community...
The fact that I was at the Benton-Franklin fair last weekend means two things. First, we’re through with harvest – and second, fair season in our part of the state is in full swing. For the next month there’s at least one fair in a 9th District community each weekend, starting with Ritzville this week, then Connell and Colfax, then Othello, then Rockford. If the trip to the Kennewick fairgrounds last Saturday didn’t fit your schedule, I hope you’ll take in another fair in our region this year. Nothing celebrates our agric...
There’s an old saying, “There’s more than one way to catch a cat.” It means, if you don’t succeed one way, try again using a different strategy. In this case, the “cat” is the Columbia River – or more precisely, eliminating the dams and commercial use of the river. The activists’ vision of a wild, free-flowing Columbia River has great emotional appeal, but it would have dire consequences for our state. Those dams produce 75 percent of our electricity, making Washington the largest producer of clean, affordable hydrop...
Scott and Molly McFadden are pleased to announce the arrival of their first child, Aleksandra Grace, born July 26 at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Wash. At birth, Aleksandra weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 21.65 inches in length. Maternal grandmother is Amy Galbreath, and maternal great-grandmother is Alma Galbreath, both of Ritzville. Paternal grandparents are Terry McFadden and Loni Nealy, both of Wenatchee....
Kandis Steele, daughter of Lori Furr of Palm Desert, Calif., and Shawn Steele of Spokane, became the bride of Daniel Duff, son of Patty and Terry Rueb, and Dave and Sherri Duff, all of Ritzville, on Friday, Aug. 16, at Arbor Crest Winery in Spokane Valley. The double ring ceremony was officiated by Pastor Ryo Olson, of the Ritzville Church of the Nazarene. Brooke Pickering served as the maid of honor and Brady Moore served as best man. The couple currently makes their home together in Ritzville, where Duff works as the...
Look for something new in the arena Friday and Saturday when the Ritzville Rodeo busts out of the chutes. The rodeo association has hired a new stock contractor this year: Layton and McMillian Rodeos. With a new contractor comes this exciting new event for Ritzville. During both rodeo performances, ranch bronc riding will be part of the evening’s events. Quickly becoming a popular event in rodeo arenas across the region, ranch bronc riding’s most unique rule deals with who... Full story