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The Lind-Ritzville High School ASB will host the Homecoming pep assembly on Friday, Sept. 21, at 1:45 p.m. in Gilson Gymnasium. The public is welcome and invited to attend....
Writer Layne Hansen will visit the Ritzville Public Library for an author reading on Sept. 22 at 1 p.m. Hansen is the author of “Careful Measurements,” which was released in June. There will be a Q&A session with Hansen following the reading. For more information call 659-1222....
The Lind Senior Center will be serving a brunch for the community on Sunday, Sept. 23, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The menu includes a Denver omelet, biscuits and gravy, hash brown casserole, juice and coffee. The cost of the meal is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 and under. Advance reservations are requested, and can be made by calling 677-3320 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday or Friday. The Lind Senior Center is located at 117 North I Street....
Homecoming week is in full swing for students at Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS) and the Broncos are gearing up for competition in both volleyball and football. On Sept. 14, the Broncos hosted Wilbur-Creston where they faced a 38-36 loss. Athletes like Spencer Gering (photo) will return to the gridiron on Sept. 21 to face Columbia-Burbank in the hopes of earning a Homecoming win. The Lady Broncos will face Liberty on Sept. 20 in Gilson Gym at 6 p.m. in their first home...
The Adams County Historical Society will host their Annual Dinner and Program on Sunday, Sept. 30, at 1 p.m. at the Ritzville Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ. The event is the annual fundraiser for the Society. The cost is $20 per person, and the meal is catered by Tee Time. This event is open to anyone interested in Adams County history. The program will be presented by Richard Scheuerman, entitled “Indian Summers, Stories Behind the Native American Portraits by Anne Harder Wyatt.” Scheuerman was born and rai...
Area residents are invited to attend the second annual My Farm, Your Table event in downtown Ritzville on Sept. 29. The event begins at 1 p.m., and will conclude with a meal comprised entirely from local products. The event will showcase local producers and allows visitors to learn more about where their food comes from. The event is sponsored by the Washington State University Extension Office and the East Adams Library District....
StageWest’s next theatrical production “Love Letters” by J.R. Gurney, will be directed by Ritzville resident Harry Schafer and assisted by Kathryn Schafer. It is the story of a 50-year correspondence between Melissa Gardner and childhood friend, turned love interest Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. It is a touching romance that comes alive through pen and paper and the lives of the characters play out in the viewers’ imagination. To truly appreciate all that “Love Letters” has to offer, just sit there and listen. The words descr...
During the Sept. 11 meeting, the Lind Town Council approved a loan repayment schedule with the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology). The repayment schedule is for the loan for the Storm Water Project. The Council terminated the contract with Stantec Engineering at a March meeting. In March, Stantec Engineering Alan Gay recommended the Town terminate the contract because the company could not complete the project before the June 2019 deadline. Gay said the Town does not owe Stantec any funds. However, Lind would...
At the Sept. 17 meeting, the Adams County Commissioners provided a consensus to Adams County Treasurer Laura Danekas to utilize money from the current expense, and the Treasurer’s operation and maintenance funds to reimburse the Public Works department for cleaning three parcels of foreclosed property in the amount of $12,656.98. Danekas explained $10,536.13 from current expense fund would go toward the expense. The funds are part of $21,500 the county collected from a March 21, 2016, sale of surplus property next to the c...
The members of the Ritzville Chapter of American Association of University Women (AAUW) enjoyed an energetic and informational presentation from Taylor Galbreath on Sept. 12. The local AAUW chapter sponsored Galbreath’s trip to Tech Trek, a camp that is focused on teaching young girls about career opportunities in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Galbreath attended Tech Trek in August, where she focused on learning about cybersecurity. Those a...
BUILDING DEDICATION. Community members packed into the recently completed addition at the Lind Community Church on Sunday, Sept. 16. The new addition to the fellowship building will allow for more space for church events, youth meetings and other functions. Pastor Steve Schofstoll stated the plan is also to make the space available to the community for use. The addition was designed to resemble the add-on to the sanctuary in the 1980s. The space comfortably seats 80 people...
The East Adams Library District (EALD) hosted an artist’s reception for interim Menno Mennonite Pastor Lyn Hershey to showcase his paintings and discuss his artwork with library patrons on Friday, Sept. 14, at the Ritzville Public Library. The reception is a part of EALD’s exhibit on Hershey’s artwork, which will be on display in the library until the end of December. The library began showing Hershey’s work earlier this month. The artwork on display consists of Hershey...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos volleyball team opened Northeast 2B South League play on Sept. 13 in Tekoa, with a 3-0 sweep against the Lady Timberwolves. The Lady Broncos controlled the match with scores of 25-20, 25-15 and 25-13. The win improved LRS league record to 2-0 overall. Head Coach Cari Galbreath said the league victory was a good win for the Lady Broncos. She felt LRS played well throughout the match, as well as capitalized on mistakes Tekoa-Rosalia made during the contest. Lacey Miller led the match...
It has been awhile since I watched Jeopardy but I remember that every once in a while they would have a category that was comprised of questions that were left over from previous shows. I can’t remember exactly what the category was called but today we will call it hodgepodge. So Alex Trebek starts the show with yesterday’s winner who says, “Let’s take Seattle sports for $200.” Alex says, “The latest WNBA champions.” Buzz…Who are the Supersonics? Oh, no sorry. Anyone else? Bu...
Once hunted to near-extinction in the lower 48 U.S. states and listed by the federal government as an endangered species in 1974, gray wolves (Canis lupus) are thriving in the U.S. and in Washington state, with more than 5,000 wolves now living in the contiguous U.S. According to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the state’s wolf population has grown over the past nine straight years to 22 packs that contain at least 120 individuals. In our state, the species’ recovery is bringing wolves into increasing contact wit...
Since President Trump took office, the attention to social media has mushroomed. His pointed tweets are often the top news story each day. Twitter, Facebook and the other apps are pervasive and even though Google and some others have their share of problems preventing leaking of private information, they aren’t going away. Hopefully, posting will begin carrying a more responsible, friendly and constructive tone. While the President’s unfettered tweets may work to his advantage, it is rarely the case for employers, wor...
Lisa Brown is your typical left wing politician out trying to buy votes with our money by promising to vote against cuts in Medicare and Social Security benefits. As an economist she knows, but fails to mention, these programs are unsustainable without sizable infusions of tax dollars, benefit reductions, or both. These programs now account for nearly $2 trillion or half of the $4.1 trillion federal budget. Medicaid spending alone has skyrocketed since 2010 when ObamaCare passed, going from $273 billion to $383 billion this...
To plan where you’re going, you need to remember where you’ve been. It’s worth looking back a bit every now and then. Your District has accomplished quite a lot over the past few years. First and foremost, in 2014 it averted forced closure by the state and the feds over major problems with the physical plant. When the District’s first bond measure failed, the facility was promptly red-tagged and closure was a matter of weeks off. Fortunately, through a sort of loophole in state law, we were able to use a no-bid process for so...
Lavina D. Baumann passed away September 7, 2018 in Everett, WA, at the age of 92. Lavina was the first of two children born to Edmund and Bertha Kusler in North Dakota. The Kuslers moved to Ritzville in 1941; Lavina graduated from RHS in 1943. In 1947 Lavina married Lloyd C. Baumann. They farmed south of Ritzville and raised their family of 4 children. During these years Lavina served as an organist at Trinity Methodist Church, taught Sunday school, and was a deputy county...
SCHOOL DONATION. Members of the Ritzville Eagles No. 2739 delivered school supplies to the Ritzville Grade School after the start of the school year. The school supply items were all donated by Aerie and Auxiliary members of the club. The challenge was for the two groups to “fill the trash bin” with donations, which included erasers, pencils, facial tissue boxes, rulers, scissors, crayons, colored pencils, ear phones, disinfectant wipes, notebooks, filler paper, pencil box...
The Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Schools hired two staff members to serve as paraprofessional educators at Lind Elementary School, Alicia Miller and Joneel Russel. Miller and Russell will serve in a variety of roles at Lind Elementary, focusing primarily on working with special education students. Joneel Russell Joneel Russell was born and raised in a small town in southeast British Columbia. After she completed high school, Russell moved to the United States to attend college....
The Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Schools hired two staff members to serve as paraprofessional educators at Lind Elementary School, Alicia Miller and Joneel Russel. Miller and Russell will serve in a variety of roles at Lind Elementary, focusing primarily on working with special education students. Alicia Miller Alicia Miller grew up in Lind and graduated from Lind High School in 2000. She married her high school sweetheart and together they have a four-year-old son who is...
The Ritzville Cub Scout Pack 73 is inviting local youth to join their ranks. The first pack meeting will be Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. Dens will meet 2-4 times per month as determined by the Den Leader. Pack 73 will meet every month. Registration cost for the year is $45 and will include a handbook, neckerchief and a slide. Registration forms and dues can be completed and turned in at Ritzville Grade School. For more information contact Mark Gibler at 499-1448 or Luke McRae at 650-7...