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Maeve Morthuis took this photo of the Harding Farm harvest crew. To submit a photo of this year's harvest, email [email protected]....
The Ritzville City Council touched on a number of different topics during its 48-minute meeting on Aug. 20, which included approving a street closure request for the Ritzville Community Parade on Saturday, Aug. 31. The request came from the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce, who requested the following streets be closed from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Aug. 31: Main Avenue, from Jefferson Street to Columbia Street; Broadway Avenue, from Jefferson Street to Division Street (Division Street will remain open for emergencies). Councilm...
Henrietta (Hennie) Denton German died at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake on her 96th birthday in the early morning of Monday, August 19, 2019. Her three daughters, a granddaughter, and a son-in-law surrounded her as she left for a new heavenly life. Hennie was born in Canarsie, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, on August 19, 1923, to William and Marie Denton. She was one of five children. When Hennie was 16 years old, her parents lost their family home as a result of the...
Right around the end of school, Coach Whitmore has a football camp for the middle school kids. It is a great camp to teach these youngsters some of the fundamentals of the game and what to expect as future football players. This is a fun camp and I like to attend to see some of the kids that have interest to play the game of football and when needed teach a few of the techniques that will be used when the Middle School season rolls around. On the last day of camp Coach...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague athletic combine’s 2019 summer fitness program, run by PTA Performance of Spokane, has come to an end. In all, 21 high school athletes and 15 middle school athletes took part in the program. Of the 21 high schoolers, 12 were football players. LRS athletic director Greg Whitmore says the program was a big success. “It was great,” Whitmore said. “It was great seeing everyone working so hard … I was hoping for around 20 kids and we got 36.” Whitmore, who is also the head football coach, said he was...
Sportsmanship was the message of the day at the first Lind-Ritzville/Sprague athlete and parent meeting of the year. “Great sportsmanship takes a great team,” LRS athletic director Greg Whitmore said at the meeting. “Everything in my life is based around a team. I don’t care if its marriage, I don’t care if it’s a coaching staff or a teaching staff. I look at everything as a team. Once you start not being a team, things don’t go well.” Whitmore said it takes a team to make athletics an enjoyable experience for the students, b...
Practice is underway for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos football team, as the beginning of the season is just days away as they prepare to host the annual Ritzville Jamboree. For LRS football head coach Greg Whitmore, the opening weeks of practice is all about making sure his team is well-conditioned for the long season ahead. "We're not in very good shape, we've got to really work on getting in shape," Whitmore told The Journal. "That's always kind of a struggle early in...
Thomas Roddy, 70, passed away in his home on Saturday, August 17th of natural causes....
A memorial service in memory of Charlotte Pollo will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. at the Ritzville Foursquare Church. Cookies and refreshments will be served following the service....
There has been a loud nation-wide conversation about clean and carbon-free energy sources, and I am proud to represent Central Washington, where we are leading in renewable energy production. If you drive through our congressional district, you’re bound to see the rolling hills topped with windmills, whose turbines generate about 3,076 megawatts of renewable energy each year throughout the state. If you keep driving, you may end up in Adams County, where Washington’s largest solar farm opened north of Lind late last yea...
A few years ago on Labor Day, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee presented a compelling commentary on the need for employers and employees to set aside their differences and partner. That very same message should be heeded by our elected officials today. Easier said than done, especially in a vitriolic and politically charged atmosphere punctuated by an absence of listening and a profusion of people shouting at one another. Huckabee bashed those who detest unions and those...
The Thursday night Commercial League bowling group is hosting a meeting tonight, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. at Big Bend Bowl. The league is set to start on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. Any individual who is interested in participating in the league can sign up at Big Bend Bowl or attend the Aug. 29 meeting. Big Bend Bowl is located at 119 E. Main Ave. in Ritzville....
The Old Dogs band will be performing at the Pastime Bar & Grill in Ritzville on Aug. 31. The band will be performing from 8-10 p.m. No cover charge is required....
The Ritzville community is a town built around agriculture, celebrating a rich history of crops harvested from the fields surrounding the city. Throughout the next month, activities and events are slated that honor the heritage of the harvest that made Ritzville the town it is today. Harvest Fest is sponsored by the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce, but the festival is a variety of events hosted by multiple community organizations and businesses. The events kick off with...
Greg Whitmore has several jobs at the Lind-Ritzville Schools co-op. Some of them are pretty high-profile, like head football coach and athletic director. However, if you ask him, Whitmore will make sure you know that he's a teacher, first and foremost. While he has taught several classes over the years that connect well with his jobs in athletics, such as weight training and physical education, he says his main passion is another class; one where he wants to reach athletes...
The Ritzville Community Parade will pay tribute to longstanding members of the community this weekend, as Bill and Karen Curtis were selected to be the 2019 Grand Marshals. The Curtises have lived in the Ritzville area since the summer of 1957. Thirteen years later in 1970, they helped successfully launch the inaugural Ritzville Rodeo. Now, the rodeo will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend, and the Curtises will be playing a big role as the parade's grand...