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The annual Lind Community Yard Sale will take place on Oct. 14 and 15 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will be located in downtown Lind on Second Street. Some of the items available for purchase include hunting supplies, fishing equipment, tools, clothing, furniture, books and a variety of childrens items. Food will also be available. For more information contact Cheryl Haase at 509-347-6210 or Kindra Haase at 509-428-9496....
The Good Hope Lutheran Church in Lind will host its annual Oktoberfest celebration on Sunday, Oct. 23, at the Lind Senior Center located at 117 North I Street. Sunday Morning worship is at 9 a.m. at the Senior 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 meals are available for those unable to stay. Featured is the ever-popular...
There will be a meeting of the Adams County Wheat Growers on Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. at the Ritzville Club House. Agenda items include updates from industry representatives of Washington Wheat Growers and Washington Grain Commission, and also a legislative update. The meeting also includes a dinner for attendees. For more information, contact Jake Klein at 659-1933....
The Lind Calvary Assembly of God is again sponsoring the Goodwill Truck in Lind on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m-3 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 30, from 12-2 p.m. The truck will be parked next to the Lutheran Church at 120 West Third Street. No couches, recliners or mattresses accepted. It is asked that items from the weekend’s community yard sale be saved for donations. The proceeds will support summer camp and Women’s Ministries. For more information or to schedule a possible pickup of items, contact Carin Monroe 509...
East Columbia Basin Irrigation District announced the filing period is now open for the position of Director for Division No. five. This Director Division is that part of the East District located in Franklin County and that part located in Adams County, bounded on the north by the Grant-Adams County line and on the east by the East District boundary. The West boundary of this Director Division follows Booker Road from the Grant/Adams County line to Cunningham Road where it then follows Cunningham Road to the east for three...
Ritzville residents had the opportunity to learn about Theodore Roosevelt’s 1903 presidential tour around Washington and the positive impacts he had on preserving wildlife in the state. Humanities Washington is a nonprofit organization that holds events and programs led by scholars and cultural experts who discuss Washington State history, philosophy and current social issues in communities. Their mission is to create environments where people can come together and reflect on the past, present and future in order to p...
The Ritzville City Council discussed the topic of water billing and landlord delinquency at their meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The meeting began with a request from Frank Payne, a contractor from Spokane, regarding an agreement made in 1997 between him and the City of Ritzville. Payne explained in 1997, his company, Ernst and Payne Inc., provided their services in Ritzville on the old high school with the plan to redesign the building to become housing for senior citizens. Due to the daily commute from Spokane to Ritzville...
Voters can expect to see ballots in their mailbox as early as Oct. 22 for the Nov. 8 General Election. Ballots are mailed on Oct. 21 to voters statewide concerning local, statewide and federal measures. Locally, the Benge School District has a proposition on the ballot concerning finance maintenance and operation expenses. The replacement levy is for collection in 2017 and 2018 with an approximate collection rate of $2.41 per thousand of assessed valuation. The Adams County Fire Protection District No. 4 has a proposition on...
CANCER AWARENESS. Tessa Jantz took the opportunity to speak to the large crowd and her teammates about cancer and the positive influence support has during the battle, at the Lady Broncos’ match on Oct. 4. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
HEARTFELT DONATION. On Sept. 25, the Ritzville High School Class of 1989 presented three ICU/CCU Patient Monitors to the Ritzville EMTS in memory of their friend and classmate Mike Kin Kade. Those involved in the donation were (from left) Jeff Williams, Chris Johnson, Walt Weber, Heidi Kinkade, Roni Kinney, Phil Bowman, Lou Kyzivat, Savannah Carruth, Kristy Carruth, Scott Carruth, Maurice Root, Mikki Kin Kade, Kari Frederick, Cindy Petersen, Mark Kin Kade, Becky Colbert and...
Currently residing in Cheney, Shannon Callant is the new English Language Arts teacher at the Lind-Ritzville Middle School. Callant grew up in Spokane Valley before attending Eastern Washington University (EWU) to pursue a career in education. In 2011, she graduated from EWU with a degree in reading education. Aside from education, theater is her passion, stated Callant. She has been involved with many theater productions and competed with several comedic improvisation teams,...
As cancer continues to be one of the top 10 causes of death in America, victims of the disease often reach for support from family and friends. Those who have had loved ones diagnosed with cancer understand the importance of moral and community support during a time of need and recovery. The Lady Broncos showcased their support for the victims, survivors and family members of people diagnosed with the disease during their home non-league game against ACH on Tuesday, Oct. 4....
While homecoming week invites alumni to return to their alma mater, emphasizing the concept of home highlights how far away LRHS’s foreign exchange students are from their respective hometowns. This year, six foreign exchange students are enrolled at LRHS: Pius Prosinecki of Germany, Miguel Sáez of Spain, Mathilde Bach Knudsen of Denmark, Samuele Bartolato of Italy, Melisa Kilaj of Switzerland, and Elanie Chiu of Taiwan. Pius Prosinecki traveled 5,100 miles to Ritzville from Stuttgart in southern Germany. Of his mo...
I hope that some of you had a chance to watch either the UW-UO Duck game or the WSU-Stanford game last weekend. I got to watch most of the WSU game and heard updates of the UW game. I would hope that the Cougs and Huskies might look back on the previous week when the Huskies played Stanford and the Cougs played Oregon. It seems to me that the Washington schools helped their rivals by smacking around those teams making things a lot easier this past weekend. I can’t imagine t...
Alley Cats – Sept. 21 Rehn Grain 7-0, Ball Busters 7-0, Napa 4-3, Ritzville Hardware 3-4, Gutter Queens 0-7. High Scratch Games: Stephanie Geschke 167, Hattie Werner 163, Debi Balfe 152. High Scratch Series: Hattie Werner 465, Debi Balfe 439, Stephanie Geschke 434. Alley Cats – Sept. 28 Napa 11-3, Rehn Grain 10-4, Ritzville Hardware 7-7, Gutter Queens 7-7, Ball Busters 7-7. High Scratch Games: Kathy Geschke 187, Stephanie Geschke 181, Debi Balfe 174. High Scratch Series: Stephanie Geschke 531, Hattie Werner 465, Debi Bal...
After weeks of battling against the league’s top ranked team while also overcoming the loss of athletes due to injuries, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos posted a strong performance against the Davenport Gorillas on Oct. 7. The Broncos went on the road to earn their second season victory, returning home with a victory score of 47-20. Davenport jumped out to an early lead, scoring on the second play of the game and making the Broncos work even harder for the win. The Broncos responded with a 18-yard pass from Bryce Esser t...
The Lady Tigercats had a successful league outing in Palouse on Oct. 6 when they faced Garfield-Palouse. The LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus team swept the match against the Lady Vikings with final scores of 25-11, 25-10, 25-6. LWK Head Coach Sandy Martin said Garfield-Palouse has struggled recently with the loss of athletes, and is in a rebuilding time on the court. The Lady Tigercats proved to be the superior team with a consistent performance by all of the athletes and improvement on communication. The Lady Tigercats ended...
Two million lives. That is the number, according to the Charlotte Lozier Institute, of lives saved by the Hyde Amendment. Many Americans may not be familiar with the Hyde Amendment, named after the late Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL), and first enacted by Congress on Sept. 30, 1976. The Hyde Amendment, which must be renewed every year, prevents federal taxpayer dollars from paying for abortions, particularly through Medicaid. Last month was the 40th anniversary of this important piece of legislation, which has been passed by Congress...
The costs to fight wildfires has risen so high that a pair of Montana’s senator suggest the U.S. Forest Service should be renamed “U.S. Fire Service.” Senators Jon Tester (D) and Steve Daines (R) told the Billings Gazette in late August the rising costs are crippling the agency’s essential non-fire related work. Fire suppression costs now consumes over half of the Forest Service budget compares with 16 percent 20 years ago. The lawmakers introduced legislation to appropriate $1.4 billion more to fight forest and range f...
It’s annual budget time at the City of Ritzville. This happens every year, and is always a challenge. Like everyone who must create budgets, it creates a plan for the next year, and just as importantly let’s us see how we did in 2016. We had some inevitable surprises for this year. We helped the golf course with a new (used) gator for maintenance, public works got a new trailer and all the equipment thankfully operated with only minor repairs. Our new well is still not operational, but we have a reasonable expectation for...
The Lady Broncos had a busy week with two home games and one match in Asotin. The week began with the team being defeated by Almira-Coulee/Hartline during their match on Tuesday, Oct. 4. ACH claimed victory by winning three of the four sets. The scores of the sets for the Broncos were 21-25, 19-25, 25-22, 14-25. Head Coach Cari Galbreath said the team sustained a decent level of play up until the fourth set. She said the mentality of accepting defeat before the match ended...
Tom and Nancy Meise of Moses Lake, formerly of Washtucna, recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a dinner at Michael’s On The Lake in Moses Lake. Their children Stan and Pat Meise of San Jose, California; Randy Meise of Kennewick, Marvin Meise of Kennewick; Wayne and Monica Dainty of Moses Lake; JC and Debbie Meise of Washtucna and Fred and Darla Meise of Moses Lake hosted the dinner. Tom and Nancy were married on Sept. 22, 1956. They currently have 11 g...
The Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency receives farm loan funds annually by Congressional Appropriations. Such appropriation levels may fall short of demand, especially direct farm ownership loan funds, then funds are allocated to states. There are separate loan funds allocated to SDA and beginning farmer-targeted funds. An SDA applicant is defined by law as one who is a member of a socially disadvantaged group whose members have been subjected to racial, ethnic, or gender prejudice because of the identity as a me...
Heath Adam Barden was born on Nov. 28, 1976 in Anchorage, Alaska. Heath passed away very unexpectedly on Sept. 21 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. He spent his early life in rural Alaska on his grandparents homestead on the Kenai Peninsula before moving to Ritzville. He graduated from Ritzville High School in 1995. Heath was a familiar face in the restaurant business in Spokane. He is survived by his parents, Dave and Jacki Barden of Cheney; his brother Ryan (Rae-Lynn) Barden; and his nephew and niece, Hudson and Ev...