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Rodney Neil Biermann was born August 20, 1950 to Ted and Marjorie (Wegner) Biermann in Ritzville, WA. Rod passed away peacefully in his home on September 7 after a two-year battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents Ted and Marge, and his sister Barbara. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Rose, daughter Elizabeth, son Jarod (Kaitlyn), and granddaughter Avery. He resided in Lind his entire life, only leaving for two years to attend college at Big Bend Comm...
Growing up, Joel Boutelle didn’t want to be a teacher; he wanted to be a marine biologist. After 38 years as a teacher though, Boutelle will tell you things worked out pretty well. Boutelle, who is starting his first year as a teacher at Washtucna, spent 36 years teaching in Arizona before spending last year at Moses Lake. In Arizona, he taught in schools with over 2,000 students and always had at least 30 students in his class room. In Washtucna, his smallest class size is four. Family brought Boutelle to Washington from A...
Dr. Stephany Smith was the guest speaker at the 2019 My Farm, Your Table event in Ritzville on Saturday Sept. 14. Smith is a professor at Washington State University and a statewide consumer food safety specialist. Smith's talk, followed by a meal prepared by Chef Dawn Nelson, capped off an afternoon aimed at educating the public about what goes into food production at area farms. Four booths were set up outside Amarican Legion Hall downtown Ritzville. Topics of the booths...
Local employers and educational institutions are signing on to highlight a variety of career paths at the first LRSW Career Showcase on Thursday, Oct. 3, in the Gilson Gymnasium at Lind-Ritzville High Schools. To date, 12 exhibitors are committed to the event and others are expected to register in the coming week. The roster includes Washington Association of Wheat Growers, Adams County Public Works, Columbia Bank, Starbucks, RDO Equipment Company, Big Bend Electric Cooperative, JR Simplot (Othello food processing division),...
Watching a sports telecast has changed throughout my lifetime. As a young lad you really only got to see a play once and if you missed it the people in the TV room would need to explain what happened so you would be caught up to live action again. The instant replay was introduced and as fans we were able to see if the umpires or referees were correct in their calls. I guess we just took for granted that when there was replay that the officials always made the correct...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos volleyball team had a strong opening week of play, defeating Reardan on the road on Tuesday and Columbia Burbank at home on Thursday. Tuesday's match was all LRS as the Lady Broncos won in straight sets (25-13, 25-12, 25-13). Taylor Galbreath led the way with eight assists and six digs for the Lady Broncos. She also had five aces. Eliza Galbreath had six kills and Dakota Killian had three blocks. Thursday's match against Columbia Burbank...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos romped on offense and stymied the Northwest Christian Crusaders on defense in a 36-6 rout in the team's home opener on Sept. 13. The Broncos football team improved to 1-1 (0-0 in league play) on the young season with the victory, avenging last year's 34-13 loss to the Crusaders in Colbert. LRS dominated from start to finish and on offense, defense and special teams. "I was really pleased," said Broncos head coach Greg Whitmore, who added...
A Vietnam-era army helicopter will be serving a new purpose next year in time for the wildfire season. The 49-year-old Huey helicopter was given to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources for free. The DNR will spend $1.1 million to refit the helicopter, which was originally built in 1970. Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz told KING-TV in Seattle that the cost is considerably lower than buying a new helicopter. She said adding another helicopter will make a big difference come fire season. “They’re able to...
“The freedom to read is essential to our democracy.” So begins the Freedom to Read Statement adopted by the American Library Association in 1953, and which libraries across the nation continue to uphold today. At no better time are we reminded of the repercussions of censorship than during Banned Books Week which this year is September 22-28. Started in the 1980s, Banned Books Week is an annual event that celebrates our right to read, highlights the value of free and open access to information—even those ideas some consider u...
Traditionally, media coverage of the Paris Air Show focuses on the battle between Boeing and Airbus over market share for newer large commercial jets. However, this year Mitsubishi shared the spotlight with its state-of-the-art “SpaceJet.” SpaceJet is not the latest aircraft to join British billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic suborbital space fleet. It is a new regional passenger aircraft designed to compete head-to-head with Brazil’s Embraer E-175 for routes...
Across the country, we have seen communities and patients struggle to access and afford healthcare. In rural areas, this struggle is intensified by longer distances and the remote nature of our communities. Living in rural America, we recognize emergency services aren’t always just a phone call away. Many of us travel many miles between our homes and the medical facilities that provide primary and long-term care – not to mention specialized treatments, which are often provided across the mountains in Seattle. For exa...
Aug. 19 — Steven and Vicki Poling, Ritzville, to Charlotte Varner, Thornton; NW 60 feet each of Lots 4 and 5, Block 8, Hauschilds Addition; $115,000. Aug. 23 — Raymond and Patsy Greenwalt, Ritzville, to Trophy Ridge Homes LLC, Richland; Lot 13, Block 70, Greene & Proutys 2nd; $65,000. Aug. 23 — Ron and Joy Russel, Ritzville, to Emily Kinney; Lying in SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 4, TWP 18, RGE 35-1993 27x67 Valley, described as follows: beginning at the SW corner of the NE 1/4; thence North along the West line of said NE 1/4, a dista...
Before the LRHS Open House on Sept. 16, a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by superintendent Don Vanderholm was held for the new LRHS building. Above, Ritzville School Board members work hard at cutting the ribbon as Lind School Board Members look on....
On Friday, Sept. 13, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office detained four male juvenile subjects who had jumped a fence in an effort to avoid paying admission at the Othello Fair. According to the ACSO, one of the four juveniles was in possession of a loaded .380 semi-automatic handgun and was booked into the Martin Hall Juvenile Detention Center. On Sunday, Sept. 15, ACSO announced that sheriff deputies conducted further investigation and went to the juvenile’s home. At the home, deputies say they located a firearm that had bee...
The East Adams Library District will be hosting a presentation and conversation by a University of Washington professor focused on pop culture in the #MeToo era. The public discussion with UW professor Amy Peloff will be held at the Ritzville Public Library on Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. Titled “Should I Still Watch This Show? Pop Culture in the #MeToo Era,” the conversation will be centered around “the value of art and the behavior of the artist in the wake of a nationwide movement.” The presentation is part of Humanities Washing...
For the vendors at the East Adams Rural Healthcare health fair, they all had one simple but important objective in mind: get their information out and let people know that they exist. About 30 vendors set up shop at the health fair on Saturday morning at the fairgrounds in Ritzville, meeting with a steady stream of attendees. Vendors included People for People, Aflac, East Adams Library District, Kaiser Permanente, Premera Blue Cross, Adams County Integrated Health Care...
The medical staff at East Adams Rural Healthcare has grown in numbers this year, with the addition of a new physician's assistant, doctor and now family nurse practitioner, with the hiring of Julie Trofibio earlier this summer. Originally from Daytona Beach, Florida, Trofibio comes to EARH with 18 years of experience as a nurse, working her way up the chain beginning as a licensed practical nurse, then a registered nurse and now as a nurse practitioner. She received her...