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Bingo will be played at the Lions Den in Washtucna this Saturday, Oct. 22, beginning at 7 p.m....
The Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Community Recognition Night this Saturday, Oct. 22, at the C.J. Newland American Legion Memorial Hall. Advance tickets – available at the visitor’s center, Columbia Bank, U.S. Bank and Sterling Savings Bank – are $20 per person for the catered event until 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21. The event serves as an opportunity to recognize community leaders, volunteers and students. Nine awards will be presented: Volunteer, Employee, Business, Boy, Girl, Educator, First Respo... Full story
Ritzville's rising musical star Chelsey Heidenreich will take center stage at the Conseco Fieldhouse (home of the Indiana Pacers) in front of 45,000 FFA members. She has been selected to perform at 12 p.m. (Pacific Time) on Friday during the "Sixth Session" of Friday's National FFA Convention. The performance will be televised live on RFD-TV....
Lind Lions Club is teaming up with the Inland Northwest Blood Center for a Lind Community blood drive this Friday, Oct. 21, at the Lind Fire Station from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome. Contact Lind Lions Club members Ruben Fode or LeRoy Watson to sign up, or sign up online at http://www.myinbc.org. Sixteen and seventeen year olds can donate with parental consent....
The East Adams Rural Hospital October board meeting is set for the fourth Thursday of the month, Oct. 27. Previously the hospital community calendar stated it was Oct. 20.... Full story
Mail ballots will be sent from the Adams County Elections Office on Friday to registered voters in the entire county. The general election officially is Tuesday, Nov. 8. Ballots can be returned immediately, but at the latest, must be postmarked by Nov. 8. Ballots can be returned via the mail or hand delivered to the county’s auditors office. The Adams County Courthouse will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on election day for those who are delivering ballots on that day. For additional information regarding the election, c...
Pat Clark is the technical support engineer for Adams County and the challenger in the general election race for Adams County Assessor. He is a graduate of Kamiakin High School in Kennewick. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Whitman College in Walla Walla. During his junior year of studies he lived abroad and studie at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Clark and his partner, Mary, have lived in Ritzville for three years. Self-described as...
Sherri Brewer currently serves as the Adams County Assessor. She was appointed to the position following the resignation of David Anderson. Brewer has had a long career of working within the agency, having spent about 11 years as the administrative assistant/appraisal office supervisor under two county assessors, Anderson and Jerry Crossler. Prior to that she worked in the county’s public works department and as co-owner/manager of the Ritzville Les Schwab Tire Center. B... Full story
It was an afternoon of food, fun, music and games for all ages at Lind’s Harvest Celebration, hosted by Lind Community Church on Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Lind Community Park. The day was filled with events for the kids including a potato sack race, pumpkin rolling, potato tossing and decorating corn. The day ended with free food and live entertainment by members of the church. The celebration was so much fun that the attendees look forward to its return next y... Full story
Here is a list of this year’s winners and champions in various departments as provided to the newspaper by the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair. Photography Superintendent was Dawn Wolf. Total number of entries for this department was 177; which included 48 open youth and 129 adult. Best of Class Awards went to Haley Oestreich for “Piano,” Kate Schell for “The Fence,” Stephen McFadden for “Teasel” and “Balancing Act.” Michelle Hennings for “Cheese” and Ryan Stemkoski earned B... Full story
I thought you did not edit paid articles to the editor. My article last week had six doctor negotiation demands. The sixth one was just as important as 1-5. I don’t know how you missed number six, I had them labeled 1-6 as such. Not listing the sixth item took some of the impact out of what I was trying to say. So here goes again, 6. The hospital shall also agree not to compete by hiring additional family practitioners or P.A.’s during the life of this agreement and for no less than two years following termination of thi... Full story
Thank you, Stephen McFadden, for your interviews with the candidates seeking election or reelection to the EARH board. Thank you, American Association of University Women, for providing the forum, which gave us the opportunity to hear the candidates express their opinions, hopes and fears. A thank you also to each candidate, for making yourselves available in print and in person. How different are matters regarding the candidates for city council positions. Not a peep out of any of them. No interviews in the Journal, no...
In Grant Miller’s letter last week, he described himself, accurately, as confused. Let us see if we can unpack and resolve some of the confusions, point by point. 1. An “anonymous letter” is a claim or an expression of opinion that has no signature and thus no validation; a document received from an anonymous source is still that document, independent of who delivered it, and carries its own authenticity. Many of the most important news stories in modern history have depended on anonymously provided documents. Such docum...
On an October day, 2010, I remember being told by an EARH employee, ‘If you care about your doctors and your hospital, you better get involved.’ I did, as did many of us. Mr. Barglof arrived first as interim CEO in May 2010 and was signed to his contract as CEO Sept. 1 of the same year. The signals were beginning to sound. The meeting in January 2011 at which all contract negotiations with Doctors Sackmann and Eckley were severed resulted in a fracturing wail of the community from which rose Hometown Family Medicine and saw...
It is time that the hospital board takes a new direction. Because trust has been broken, healing in our communities cannot happen. That is why I am voting for Stacey Plummer, Jerry Snyder and Jeff Reynolds. I encourage all voters to look at the issues and to support these people who can bring the change we need and restore the trust we deserve from our elected officials. Kris Schwisow, Ritzville...
My letter is to support the re-election of Stacey Plummer and election of Jeff Reynolds and Jerry Snyder. I would be remiss, however, in not mentioning Mr. Grant Miller’s paid advertisement. The only significant point in his advertisement is the opening, “I am confused…” Everything else in his advertisement is quite simply “should have, could have, would have” rhetoric. The negotiations – or lack thereof – are old news and meaningless at this time. Neither Doctor Sackmann nor Doctor Eckley has been employed at the EARH Cli...
Think we ought to hang him? Since the hiring of Mr. Barglof, he has done nothing right! Or so the January meeting and the rumor mill has proclaimed. Has anyone heard one single positive thing he has said or done since he’s been here? I’ve heard him called a crook in a public meeting. I’ve heard that he is spending the hospital into bankruptcy and that he certainly shouldn’t be driving a Jaguar. Why isn’t he in jail? Not only was he fired from the Odessa Hospital but he doesn’t even live here! Clearly, many people in this com...
After participating in the candidate forum sponsored by the Ritzville AAUW in September, I learned more about how uninformed my opponent is on the current issues facing East Adams Rural Hospital District. For a board member that has served 10 years and been a part of reviewing contract negotiations and approving hiring contracts, I would expect my opponent to know what was in those contracts. When asked if mileage was being paid to out of town employees and if so how can this be justified, her answer was, “I am not privy t... Full story
Thank you, Grant Miller, for the rest of the story. Kim Schofstoll, Ritzville... Full story
The Mission Board of Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ would like to invite other area churches, community groups, businesses and individuals to join with us as we attempt to meet a community goal of collecting 1,111 jars of peanut butter and 1,111 jars of jelly for the Ritzville Food Pantry, our local food bank, by Nov. 11, 2011. This effort is a local response to a nationwide UCC commitment to collecting one million items of healthy food for local food banks and shelters across the United States between Nov. 1,... Full story
For the last several years I have written an article each fall about an organization I belong to called Moms in Touch. In each article I gave the facts – what Moms in Touch is and when and where we meet. This year I chose to write a letter so I can express more fully the heart of Moms in Touch. Moms in Touch is an organization that started in the 1970s when two women in California began praying together for their children. It has grown into an international ministry, but the purpose is still the same – moms praying for the... Full story
New winter hours will begin at the Ritzville Public Library on Monday, Nov. 7. The library will then be open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday the library will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with no evening hours and on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public library is closed on Sundays....
For most of the game it was a back and forth affair until Touchet scored three unanswered touchdowns in the second half to take a league win last Friday, 48-36. The LaCrosse-Washtucna Tigercats’ fourth straight loss ended their season hopes of advancing to the playoffs with three games remaining. “Lack of speed is killing us,” head coach Jeff Nelson said. “Other teams have it and we don’t and if anyone breaks loose we end up giving up long touchdowns. Eight-man is a speed gam...
The lady Broncos were bounced twice in volleyball action, falling to Davenport on Thursday, Oct. 13, 17-25, 14-25, 25-21 and 21-25. Monday night Connell took a win in three games, 22-25, 20-25 and 25-22. It was the little things that prevented a win against Davenport. “We played much better volleyball the last two games of the match but we made little mistakes which added up to give Davenport the victory,” head coach Cari Galbreath said. “We are definitely capable but we must put our ability into action.” Jenna Bennett...