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Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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Zach Swanger and Ethan Melville, both seniors of Sprague High School, with the help of Sprague Horizons, a non-profit organization, coordinated and sponsored a “Hungry and Homeless” event on Saturday, Sept. 29, in the Sprague City Park. The event raised $1,200, and proceeds will be split between the Sprague Summer Lunch Program and the Family Resource Center of Lincoln County. Swanger and Melville pledged $100 each and along with other area students, they slept in car...
Our national debt has increased from $10.6 trillion to $16 trillion in 4 years. Each taxpayer owes more than $140,000 as their share of the debt. Not a person in any nation of the Euro zone owes as much as we do. Our national debt increased more in the last 4 years than it did in the previous 17 years. Thirty-two cents of every dollar our government spends is borrowed. We spent $479 billion on interest this year and that figure would have been larger except a lot of our debt is borrowed at low interest. Last year our credit...
The cost of water in the City of Ritzville is going up. Welcome to Reality! When you live in an arid climate, water is precious and expensive. Hopefully, when the city drills its new well they will find a sufficient flow of good water in the first hole drilled. Many of us who live in Adams County know that doesn’t always happen. Alice and Jake Weber, Ritzville...
Eight or so years ago it dawned on the members of the city council that the city had serious water issues? Are we speaking of the city water system that has not been properly maintained for 30 years or longer? The city water storage tank has not been maintained since 1985. Was this discovery of the need to make major improvements before or after the city had considered a new well which would have cost a mere one million dollars? Now we are told a well will cost more than $3.5 million? A rumor on the street claims the well...
Last week, Big Bend Electric Co-op hosted a BPA utility conservation roundtable at the Wheat Growers Annex. Over 40 people from Portland, eastern Oregon, Walla Walla, Tri-Cities, Prosser, Ellensburg, Spokane and Moses Lake attended the two-day meeting. After the Monday session, a group of about 25 went to the Depot Museum for a tour of the historic structure. L.R. Keith spent about a half hour talking to the group about trains and telegraphs. These people were very impressed with our museum and appreciated the time L.R....
Farm Service Agency Administrator, Juan Garcia, announced the sign-up period for the 2011 crop year Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program has opened effective Monday, Oct. 22. The SURE program is part of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill). Under the 2008 Farm Bill, SURE authorizes assistance to farmers and ranchers who suffered crop losses caused by natural disasters occurring through Sept. 30, 2011. “Any eligible producer who suffered losses during the 2011 crop year is encouraged t...
Congratulations goes out to the Broncos of LRS after two big victories over Reardan and Colfax. Both victories were huge to say the least. Shutting out the Indians on Jimmie Snider Field was a significant feat. But to follow that up with a long road trip to Colfax where a league championship was on the line would not be easy. In order to earn a league championship you need to knock off the reigning king of the hill. Reardan’s victory over the Bulldogs nearly three weeks ago p... Full story
Recently a Ritzville resident posted on her Facebook page that she was in Spokane for the evening, including pictures of the location she was at with friends. When she got home in the early morning hours, she discovered she had been the victim of a residential burglary, in which a substantial amount of cash and personal items had been taken. The victim feels the suspects were acquaintances of hers as she could not find any signs of forced entry into the residence and it happened while she was in Spokane that evening. That...
Neil D. and Evelyn L. (Arnst) Reeve are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary on Friday, Oct. 26. They were married in Ritzville at Evelyn’s parents’ home, with Gene Reeve and Vivian (Myers) Schultz attending, on Oct. 26, 1947. Starting off in Ritzville, their many career/household moves over the years involved a year spent on Adak Island, Alaska; and a year spent on Guam Island, South Pacific, all with five children in tow: Terry, Jim, John, LuAnn and Ron. Neil’s... Full story