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  • Middle School installs new grade policy

    Katelin Davidson|Updated Oct 17, 2013

    Lind-Ritzville Middle School underwent changes in staffing, administration and class periods this year, and now a new policy has been installed for students failing one or more class at the school. The policy is now in its third week and is using the school’s learning center as a resource area for students to use in order to raise their grades. Lind School District Principal Guy Strot implemented the learning center this year in order to provide students with a place they could study, serve detention or have one-on-one t...

  • Barking Points

    Emma Aldrich, Student Correspondent|Updated Oct 17, 2013

    Last May, a handful of honors students at Lind-Ritzville Middle School were inducted into a newly created chapter of National Junior Honor Society (NJHS). All 13 of the inductees, along with their supervisor Ms. Maureen Harder, are determined to increase positivity, honor and respect throughout the school and communities. As a result, they have many philanthropic projects planned that will enlighten and support residents of Lind, Ritzville, Adams County, and beyond! For their first project of the school year, the...

  • Julie Holland: A love of learning and the opportunity to give back

    Janis Rountree|Updated Oct 17, 2013

    For some people growing up in a small town teaches them the value of relationship building, and for Julie Holland it became a valuable part of her life and now her career. The daughter of Joe Holland and Vi Holland, Julie graduated from Lind High School in 1991. After graduation, she continued her education at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications specializing in broadcast journalism in addition to a...

  • Historical Society sets annual meeting

    Updated Oct 17, 2013

    An afternoon of historical facts and trivia, as well as a fully catered meal, is on tap as the Adams County Historical Society hosts its annual meeting on Sunday, Oct. 20, at Zion Philadelphia UCC in Ritzville beginning at 1:30 p.m. Back by popular demand is Gene Wirth with more interesting historical facts about Adams County and the surrounding area. Wirth is a professor at Columbia Basin College. His family is a longtime name in the Lind area, and his interest in history is substantial. Blue Bike Catering Co. is in charge...