Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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Lucille E. Kubik passed peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 11. She was born November 16, 1923, in Lind to Charles and Pauline (Koch) Rushmeier. She attended grade school in Prosser and graduated from Lind High School in 1941. She and George Kubik eloped and married June 4, 1941. They farmed in the Ritzville area until retiring in 1983. They spent the next 25 years as “snowbirds,” traveling to Yuma, Ariz., every winter and exploring the southwest. She enjoyed painting, taking cla...
Oct. 2, 10:51 a.m. – Chief Dave McCormick responded to a possible theft in the 200 block of East Wellsandt Road at the high school. Upon contact, the complainant advised that approximately two weeks ago, while decorating for homecoming, their child had a Kindle Fire and skull candy headphones stolen from their backpack. The complainant advised they contacted Kindle to have the operation shut down so the unit cannot be used until Kindle re-activates the unit. The value of the Kindle is $200 and the headphones are valued at $10...
For anyone and everyone who knows me it should be no surprise when I tell you that I am not a Yankee fan. It goes back to my days as a Dodger fan and the heartbreaks I had when the pin stripers would defeat the Dodgers in the World Series. I was able to celebrate on a couple of occasions when the Dodgers turned the tables on New York to win it all. I’m not sure how bad of a Dodger fan I was when those few events took place but to the victor goes the spoils and it sure was nice...
After many years of business owners and concerned citizens requesting something be done about the bicyclists, skateboarders and rollerbladers on the downtown business district sidewalks, the City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting these modes of transportation on the sidewalks between Adams Street on the west, Columbia Street on the east, Broadway Avenue on the north and Railroad Avenue on the south. The penalty for violating this ordinance is $100. The intent is not to issue citations and refer juveniles to the Adams...
In 1951, if farmer Henry Bakken had told you there was oil under his prairie land in Williston, N.D., you would have thought he was a few bricks short of a load. As it turns out, he was right. North Dakota’s economy is going gangbusters, thanks to millions of barrels of oil being recovered from what today is known as the Bakken formation. The Bakken formation stretches about 200,000 square miles beneath Montana, North Dakota and Saskatchewan. The U.S. portion of the Bakken is estimated to hold up to 10 billion barrels of o...
John and Megan (Wellsandt) Munro are pleased to announce the arrival of their third child, a son, Cooper Tate Munro, born on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at Deaconess Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Spokane. At birth Cooper weighed 9 pounds and measured 22 inches in length. He joins five-year-old sister, Gracie, and three-year-old brother, Tristan. Maternal grandparents are Steve and Robyn Wellsandt of Ritzville. Paternal grandparents are Dick and Barbara Munro of Renton. Gre...