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The Lind Community Yard Sale is 17 years strong. This year’s yard sale is Oct. 13-14 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Maps are available Jim’s Market and Kindra’s Coffee Shop....
StageWest Community Theatre will be holding open auditions for their next production: Reader’s Theatre “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, adapted by Tony Palermo and directed by Kathleen Bell. This production will be done as a reader’s theatre, similar to old time radio programs. All ages are welcome. Auditions are Friday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m. at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, located at 639 Elm Street in Cheney. Performances will be Dec. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10. For more informa...
Fall Fest, sponsored by the Ralston Grange, will be held at their hall in Ralston on Sunday, Oct. 22, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fall Fest is for children ages 3 to 12 and will include craft projects, games, prizes and snacks. All children from the surrounding communities are invited to attend. There is no admission charge for the event....
The Good Hope Lutheran Church in Lind will host its annual Oktoberfest celebration on Sunday, Oct. 22, at the Lind Senior Center, located at 117 North I Street. Sunday morning worship is at 9 a.m. at the center, under the leadership of Pastor Ginny Johnson. All are welcome to attend. The bake sale will open at 11 a.m. and everyone is reminded to come early for the best choices. Dinner begins at 11 a.m. and will continue until 2 p.m. Take-out orders are available for those unable to stay. The meal features the ever-popular Ger...
On Oct. 9, Ritzville Emergency Medical Services, Ritzville Fire Department and Washington State Patrol responded to a two-vehicle, injury collision on eastbound Interstate 90 at Milepost 237, 13 miles outside of the Ritzville city limits. According to a WSP collision memo, Richard Boring, 76, was driving a 2007 Chevy Silverado on I-90 when his vehicle drifted into the right shoulder. The vehicle then collided with a 2016 Chevy Malibu and its driver, which had stopped at Milepost 237. The Silverado struck Brianna Harper, 21,...
The Alzheimer’s Association is hosting Staying Connected at the H.E. Gritman Senior Center on Monday mornings on Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 6 and Nov. 13. Staying Connected is a free four-week small group seminar for people with early stage memory loss and their care partners. The seminar consists of four weekly 90-minute sessions and includes a specific topic, discussion, time for socializing and a homework assignment. It also provides education for both individuals with early stage memory loss, and their care providers and c...
Adams County voters can expect to see ballots for the Nov. 7 General Election in their mailbox as early as Oct. 20. On the ballot are numerous items and elected official positions for residents to vote on. The first elected position is at the Adams County administrative level. Interim clerk Paulette Teske is running for the clerk position, which is for an unexpired term. East Adams Rural Healthcare in Hospital District No. 2 has two uncontested six-year term commissioner positions on the ballot. John Kragt is running for Comm...
The Ritzville Fire Department will be acquiring new equipment for one of its vehicles. At their Oct. 3 meeting, the Ritzville City Council allocated up to $10,000 for the Ritzville Fire Department to purchase six wireless headsets and two wireless base stations for one of the department’s trucks. Assistant Chief Joel Bell explained the fire department’s vehicles produce a lot of noise, making it difficult for firefighters to communicate with each other during an emergency. He said the headsets will block out the noise and... Full story
The Lind Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum on Oct. 4 for those on the upcoming General Election ballot in November. The Lind Town Council has one contested position and four uncontested races. The forum featured Town of Lind Mayor incumbent Jamie Schmunk who is seeking a third term and is running against Council Member Paula Bell. Incumbent Jim Dworshak is running for Council Position No. 5, Richard Baldwin for Council Position No. 3 and Rosemary Elkington is...
Students at Benge Elementary School received a special visit from members of the Benge Fire Department on Sept. 27. Benge Assistant Fire Chief Lenny Graves, Commission Chair Jerry Whitman and Volunteer Firefighter Paul Coon stopped at the school to meet the students and show off three of the department’s vehicles. The vehicles included the 1997 Stewart Stevenson military truck the department received from Colorado Springs Air Force Base in April. Graves also shared i...
APPLE BUTTER. Smoke lifts into the air Maurice Briggs melts apples into a large, hot copper kettle to make apple butter. The apple butter was sold in various sizes during the 40th Annual Mennonite Country Auction on Oct. 7. The event raised an estimated $111,000, with nearly $51,000 of the total funds collected coming from the live auction. -Journal photo by Al Stover...
In the hopes of increasing awareness in the field of fire ecology and sparking interest in firefighting, both literally and figuratively, several LRHS students traveled to Central Washington last week. The field trip included a tour of the Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center in Entiat, a visitation to a prescribed burn in Wenatchee National Forest, and a tour of the Okanogan-Wenatchee Rappellers’ Headquarters in Wenatchee. The trip offered behind-the-scenes insight into both the science and dedication required to keep lo...
If you are a football fan in the Pacific Northwest, the state of Washington to be precise, then this is a good year for you to brag about your area teams. The Cougars and the Huskies are playing some great football right now, which is a real treat. When the Cougars dismantled the USC Trojans it was definitely must see football on a rare Friday night college game. Had the game been played on Saturday there is a real good chance the ESPN Game Day crew would have been on campus....
The past few weeks, much of the nation’s attention has focused on devastating hurricanes on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts as well as in the Caribbean. We have come together as a nation to care for those suffering and offer assistance to Americans affected by hurricanes. But in the Pacific Northwest and across the West, thousands of Americans have struggled with a very different kind of natural disaster: wildfires. Since Jan. 1, more than eight million acres of land have burned in wildfires across the U.S. Eight million a... Full story
On a recent Saturday afternoon in Portland, a young woman stepped onto the playing field at the beginning of the University of Montana versus Portland State football game and started singing our national anthem. She immediately drew a blank on the words and briefly stopped, but as she started apologizing, the fans spontaneously took up the singing. After the song ended, they gave her a huge ovation: clapping and cheering. For a moment, they were not Grizzlies or Vikings, they were all just proud American patriots at...
Larry Dick Schroeder, 76, was born May 18, 1941, in Ritzville to Alvena Stockman and Aaron Schroeder. Larry died Oct. 2 in Odessa. He served 12 years in the Washington Air National Guard. Larry worked as an auto and machinery parts man from 1960 through 2004 when her retired. He lived in Odessa for the last 42 years. He enjoyed hunting and fishing on his lake property in Stevens County and referred to his time at the lake as “lots of good times together.” He was an NRA lif... Full story
Bessie Gladys Sutton Allen was born on Jan. 16, 1928, in Spokane to Gladys and Levi Sutton, and died in her home on Aug. 11, where she lived all of her 89 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, loving husband of 57 years, Amos Perry Allen, daughter Elizabeth Jane Allen Fitzgerald, son Floyd Gale Allen, baby Allen, sister and brother-in-law Mary (Sutton) and Glenn McFarland and granddaughter Megan Christina Allen. She is survived by her sons, Perry Levi (Sue) Allen,... Full story
The Davenport Gorillas traveled to Ritzville on Oct. 6 ready to upset the Broncos and take the Homecoming night win. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague team struggled to jump start their offense, and suffered a 21-0 loss to the league rivals. Throughout the night, the Broncos made slow progress down field, being forced to punt or turn the ball over on downs. Head Coach Greg Whitmore said the Broncos were outsized and outmatched against the Gorillas, and the team could not move the... Full story
In the sole match of the week, the Lady Tigercats hosted Garfield-Palouse on Oct. 5 for the LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus Homecoming contest. The LWK team earned their second league win with a four-set win over the Lady Vikings: 25-20, 13-25, 26- 24, 25-9. The Lady Tigercats had a strong start during the match, but a lack of communication in the second set led to GP taking the game and leaving the two teams locked at one each. In the third set, the LWK team began to regain...
The Broncos boys and girls cross country teams entered the last leg of the regular season. Four athletes from the Broncos’ team competed at the District 7 1B/2B League race at Mary Walker High School on Oct. 3. Rose Melville won the girls’ three-mile varsity race with a time of 20 minutes and 18 seconds while Hannah Brittain finished the race in 25:23. Ethan Hughes finished the three-mile boys’ varsity race in 31:08, while Erik Hughes clocked in at 31:56. No team scores were recorded for the Broncos due to lack of eligi... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos volleyball team continued their path to the postseason after going 2-1 during Homecoming Week. After a 3-0 non-league loss against Almira-Coulee/Hartline on Oct. 3, LRS had back-to-back 2B Northeast South League victories. They recorded a 3-0 win against Tekoa-Rosalia on Oct. 5 and a 3-2 victory against Asotin on Oct. 7. ACH swept the Broncos in three sets: 25-18, 25-20, 25-23. Head Coach Cari Galbreath said the team did not flow very...
The H.E. Gritman Senior Center will host a Pancake Breakfast on Friday, Oct. 13, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Breakfast will feature pancakes, a choice of ham or sausage and coffee with a suggested donation of $5 per person. The breakfast serves as a fundraiser for the senior center and is held the second Friday of every month, except during the summer. The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is located at 118 West Main Avenue in downtown Ritzville. For more information contact the center by calling 659-1921....
SPEED TRAILER. Donations from Love’s Travel Stop of $5,000 and Caring Neighbors donation of $750 gave the Ritzville Police Department the resources to purchase a speed advisory trailer. Those involved in the donation are (from left) Love’s Manager Russ Murphey, Caring Neighbors Board Member Dale Anderson and Ritzville Police Chief Dave McCormick.... Full story
As part of a Farm Bill policy reform Summit in Washington DC today, groups including The R Street Institute, Taxpayers for Common Sense, The Heritage Foundation, and other like-minded groups have called for policy changes to the Farm Bill that the Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) finds short-sided and will ultimately harm the farming community and rural America. In response to the Summit, Ben Adams, President of WAWG and Coulee City, Washington farmer, made the following statement: “Contrary to the belief of cer... Full story
FOUR SCHOOLS recognized their Homecoming royalty on Oct. 6 and they included (from left) Lind-Ritzville Queen Laurel Hayes, LR King Camden Smith, Washtucna Queen Jazzmyn Gordon, King Aarron Phelps, Kahlotus Queen Hailey Ayers, Kahlotus King Clayton Hartwell, Sprague Queen Madison Miller, Sprague King Sydney Layne, Kahlotus Princess Kiernen Hartwell, LR Escort Mason Brausen, LR Junior Princess Kierstin Witt, LR Escort Easton Nelson, LR Sophmore Princess Ellie Gering, LR Escort...