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The Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking volunteers to help at the ice cream booth during the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. The chamber is looking for donations as well. To volunteer or donate, contact Marsha Smith at 659-0234....
The Ritzville Journal office will be closed on Monday, Sept. 3, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The Journal staff will return to the office at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. The deadline for content for the Sept. 6 edition remains at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 4. The office will also be closing at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31, to accommodate staff scheduling with the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair activities, and meetings....
Families, community members and exhibitors alike are all preparing for the annual Wheat Land Communities’ Fair, beginning Thursday, Aug. 30. The event provides attendees 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. Highlights of the weekend events also include the community parades and barbecue in Ritzville City Park. Friday and Saturday night are filled with h...
Attendees of the Ritzville Community Parade will see two familiar faces at the helm of the event, as Dale and Yvonne Anderson have been selected as the 2018 Grand Marshals. As active members of the community, the Andersons were nominated by members of the public, and then selected for the role by the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce board members. The couple believes volunteerism is the key to a community’s success, and have always been dedicated to giving back to the commun...
The East Adams Library District (EALD) is hosting an exhibit featuring paintings by Lyn Hershey at the Ritzville Public Library. Hershey currently serves as a pastor at the Menno Mennonite Church. Hershey noted some of the paintings on display are a compilation of older and recent work. EALD will host an artist reception for the exhibit on Sept. 14 from 2-4 p.m. He was born and raised in Paradise, Pennsylvania, and has been married to his wife Jeanie Hershey for 60 years. He...
The Adams County Commissioners awarded the McManamon Bridge project bid to Halme Construction Inc., at the Aug. 27 meeting. Halme Construction Inc. came in as the low bidder at $1,742,171.02, which was $100,526.95 under the engineer’s estimate. In other business, the Commissioners approved project applications for the 2019-2021 Rural Arterial Program (RAP). Public Works recommended submitting three projects for RAP funding at a July meeting. The first project is the Lind-Hatton Road Project No. 3, which consists of r...
The Ritzville School District moved one step closer to progressing on the Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS) modernization project, after the Ritzville School Board of Directors unanimously awarded the construction contract to Walker Construction on Aug. 27. The base bid submitted by Walker Construction for the modernization project is $8,725,000. With the consideration of bond and state match monies in mind, the Ritzville Board was also able to award the bid to include five alternate projects. The alternate projects include...
The Washington State Auditor’s Office completed an exit conference with Adams County regarding a financial statement and federal grant compliance audit for the 2017 fiscal year. The conference was held during the Aug. 27 Adams County Commissioners meeting. State Audit Lead Heather Peterson said the audit report will be published on the Auditors’ website in two weeks. Peterson said there were no uncorrected misstatements, or material misstatements in the financial reports during the audit. The auditor’s did not find any signif...
One person was killed after a one-car rollover collision on U.S. Route 395, south of Ritzville city limits on Aug. 23. A Washington State Patrol report stated at approximately 2:45 a.m., Loren McGhan, 18, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Caviler northbound on US 395. The vehicle left the roadway to the left and veered back to the right where it rolled. McGhan was ejected from the vehicle. Joshua Nobile, 41, was driving a semi-truck northbound and was unable to avoid striking McGhan. The report stated McGhan was not wearing his...
With only three commissioners present, but with a quorum, the Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the sale of East Adams Care Center and three parcels of property. The sale does not include the parcel with the maintenance shed, which East Adams Rural Healthcare will continue to utilize. The Commissioners approved a $520,000 bid from Gibraltar Senior Living for the purchase of the property. The amount satisfied the legal requirements of receiving 90 percent of the value of...
A community blood drive will be held at Sprague High School on Monday, Sept. 17, in coordination with the Inland Northwest Blood Center. Donation hours are from 9:15-11:45 a.m. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest....
STUDENTS IN THE Lind-Ritzville Cooperative School Districts went back to school on Monday, Aug. 27....
STUDENTS IN THE Lind-Ritzville Cooperative School Districts went back to school on Monday, Aug. 27. Students in both districts were enthusiastic about returning to school, especially Yasenia Bernal and Landon Williams who were eager to greet Ritzville Grade School Principal Tom Arlt....
During the Aug. 21 meeting, the Ritzville City Council approved an ordinance to modify the 2018 city budget. The ordinance amends the budget and the salary schedule to include wage increases for Ritzville Police Department records clerk Marsha Bradshaw, and part-time officer Jeff Lane. It also includes a wage increase for deputy clerks Michelle Asmussen and Julie Hartz. The wage increases, which the Council approved at the Aug. 7 meeting, will take effect on Sept. 1. In other...
Washington State Senate Republican candidate Susan Hutchinson stopped at the Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum in Ritzville for an event on Aug. 23. Elected officials, and residents of Adams County attended the event, which was hosted by Sherri Brewer, Heidi Hunt, Mike and Connie Klein, and Michele Kiesz. During the event, Hutchinson met with guests and toured the museum. Hutchinson, the former Washington State Republican Party chair, will challenge incumbent and Democratic...
We made it through a few weeks of hot weather like we always seem to do. I know we complain about it, but that just helps us feel good about feeling bad. It happens every year because around here, we do have summer. But the one thing we don’t have a lot of is humidity. That is a problem when dealing with fires, but it is a lot more comfortable without humidity. Interestingly enough, I had the chance to visit with several people from New Jersey on different occasions this s...
The sight and smell of choking haze and dangerous levels of smoke from burning forests have become all too common during our Pacific Northwest summers. Major fires have struck Central Washington time and again, year after year, and nothing will change until we decide we have had enough. This year, Central Washington communities are grappling with the Boyds, Cougar Creek, Crescent Mountain, Grass Valley, McCleod, and Miriam fires, adding up to thousands of burned acres. Okanogan County Fire District 8 volunteer firefighter...
Last April, Washington wheat, apple and cherry growers hoped U.S. and China trade negotiators would resolve differences and prevent imposition of damaging tariffs on our state’s leading crops. Unfortunately, that did not happen and the costs are adding up. Thousands of Washington farmers now find themselves on the front lines of a battle between the two largest economies in the world. Here’s what has happened so far. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on $34 billion of Chinese imports to...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos returned to the gridiron on Friday night to start preparing for the upcoming season. The Broncos hosted the annual Jamboree, with six area teams coming to Ritzville to participate in the preseason contest. The Aug. 24 event serves as an opportunity for teams to play against each other at game speed, and allow the coaching staff with an opportunity to determine line-up positions, as well as allow athletes to fine-tune their skills. Head Coach...
HARVEST FESTIVAL. The second annual Adams County Festival took place in downtown Lind on Aug. 25. Throughout the day, residents and visitors had the opportunity to meet and shop from Adams County vendors. The event culminated with the street dance, which featured a performance from the Spokane River Band. Guitarist and vocalist Rusty Jackson (pictured above) performed a solo to Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.” -Journal photo by Al Stover...
STREET DANCE. Faith Draper dances with Taila Marshall during the street dance at the second annual Adams County Harvest Festival Aug. 25 in downtown Lind. -Journal photo by Al Stover...
May 24, 1944 – August 20, 2018 Robert “Bob” O. Pence passed away at 4:30 pm with his brothers and sisters at his side, at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, WA after suffering a heart attack. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, George Owen and Eleanor Irene Pence, and his sister, Mary Kay Pence. Bob is survived by: brothers: Thomas J. Pence, Lind, WA; Marc A. (Barbara A) Pence, Beaverton, OR; sisters: Judy I. Pence, Lind, WA, Jane M. Pence, Spokane, WA; nephew: Wade (Meli...
The Thursday night Commercial League bowling group is hosting a meeting on Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. The league is set to begin on Thursday, Sept. 6, 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. 30 meeting. Big Bend Bowl is located at 119 East Main Avenue in Ritzville....