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Othello’s 17th annual Sandhill Crane Festival is this weekend, March 28-30. The event includes numerous guided tours to view some of the thousands of sandhill cranes that visit the Othello area each spring as they migrate northward from their wintering grounds in California to the coast of Alaska, where they spend the summer. Their flyway takes them through the Othello area. The cranes stop at area cornfields to feed and regain energy before making the last leg of their journey. The cranes stay in Columbia Basin for four t...
The annual Adams County free residential yard waste clean up day is scheduled for Saturday, April 5. The county transfer stations are accepting non-commercial green waste and loads of yard debris from residents from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 6. Appliances and electronics are also accepted free of charge at the transfer stations during the event. Household hazardous waste is collected at no cost every day the transfer station facilities are open for public use. Residents are asked to separate green woody material from the non-...
The Eastern Central Washington Area Aglow International group is hosting the Spring Retreat on April 11-12 in Ritzville. The event theme for the year is “I Give You Life” and the registration deadline for the event is April 1. The event begins early Friday afternoon with a prayer and worship at the Ritzville Foursquare Church. Registration runs from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the church and is immediately followed by the opening session. At 9:30 p.m. on Friday, the group is welcome to attend “Afterglow” and bring an appetiz...
The annual Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) class is scheduled for Sunday, April 13, at 2 p.m. at the Bronco Farm Supply. All 4-H and FFA members who plan on exhibiting a market animal at any fair or show in the State of Washington are required to attend a PQA (Pork Quality Assurance) class. The event is hosted by Bronco Farm Supply. Students attending are asked to bring a pencil, mailing information and birth date information to the class. Any questions can be directed to Brad Gering or Andy Williams at 659-1...
The Lind-Ritzville FFA Agriculture Issues Team will present their topic on “Safety of Animals and Workers in the Slaughterhouse” at the Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) Class on Sunday, April 13, at 2 p.m. at Bronco Farm Supply in Ritzville. The Agriculture Issues Career Development Event is where FFA members present the pros and cons of an agriculture issue. Those attending the PQA class are encouraged to bring and ask questions to the Ag Issues Team to help them prepare for their presentation at the Washington State FFA Con...
The outgoing DYW court stands with the incoming court and their sophomore sisters, while waiting to hear the announcement of the new Distinguished Young Woman of Ritzville. Together, the girls represent the sophomore through senior classes at Lind-Ritzville High School. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
Katie Manke displays her talent of tap dancing at the DYW program on Friday night. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
Outgoing finalist Elizabeth Schofstoll hugs her mom, Kim, while her father, Steve looks on. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
Katie Manke, Cassie Ewing and Kymberlee Webb line up after the formal portion of the program. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
During the opening number, (from left) Dalyn Killian, Cassie Ewing, escort Tyler O’Brien, sophomore sister Hallie Jo Galbreath, Caitlin Schoessler and Katie Manke join arms for a dance. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
Cassie Ewing leaps in the arm during the fitness routine at the DYW program on March 21. Fitness is just one of the categories the participants are judged on. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
At the Friday night program, the court for the upcoming year was announced. From left: finalist Kymberlee Webb, Distinguished Young Woman of Ritzville Cassie Ewing and finalist Katie Manke. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
At the Distinguished Young Woman program March 21, outgoing royalty (from left) Maya Wahl, Caitlin Schoessler, Elizabeth Schofstoll and Dalyn Killian performed a Wizard of Oz dance routine. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
GREAT CROWD. The Horse Crazy Band entertains a nearly sold out audience in the Ritz Theatre on Saturday night during the theatre’s return to action after a long hiatus. The benefit event was held as a soft opening and as an effort to raise money to complete the renovation of the local landmark, and to help facilitate the purchase of a digital projection system. The digitial projection system is needed in order for the theatre to return to offering first run motion pictures. T...
During the Winter Olympics, viewers around the world marveled at the pristine snow-capped mountains surrounding Sochi, Russia’s Black Sea resort city. One American camera crew even took a ride on the Siberian railroad filming the picturesque countryside. Too bad they didn’t go all the way to Norilsk, some 1,800 miles from Moscow in the middle of Siberia. Norilsk is Russia’s most polluted city. It reminds you of an America mining town a century ago. It is pockmarked with tall smoke stacks belching out nearly 500 tons each...
In the second golf match of the season on Monday, this one played on their home course, Tessa Jantz and Mike Shields, both freshman, recorded their career best games. Jantz finished with a 50 and Shields shot a 39. The LRS boys team finished in second place behind Colfax. The Bulldogs posted a team score of 213. The Broncos came in with a 227. Inchelium finished with a 247. Cusick shot a 301 and St. John-Endicott fired a 302. Thursday, March 20, the LRS golfers opened their season at St. John. The boys team won the event... Full story
The SJELWK track and field team traveled to Lapwai, Idaho, for the Central Idaho Invitational on Saturday, March 22. The boys’ team finished ninth overall with a total of 23 points, while the girls’ team came in 10th with 28 total points. Men’s Results 100: 5, Wilson Lundberg 12.10. 18, David Alguea 12.78. 200: 16, Graham BeDell 26.98. 18, Alguea 27.22. 400: 7, Adam Blakeley 59.85. 13, Alex Whitman 1:05.09. 21, Jacob Blakeley 1:09.07. 800: 6, Weston Miller 2:20.03. 9, Luke Bailey 2:29.93. 12, Eric Harder 2:37.56. 18, Jacob Jo...
The LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague tennis teams faced off in a non-league match in Ritzville on Saturday, March 22, to kick off the season. The LRS team also faced Mead in a practice match, before taking on Odessa-Harrington in the first league games of the season. LWK also played Davenport in the first league match of the season on March 25. In the Saturday match between LRS and LWK, the Broncos won the preseason match with wins in almost every...
The season’s first doubleheader Tuesday didn’t end quite the way the Broncos would have liked. They split the outing with Connell, winning the second game in five innings, 12-2, but lost the first game, 13-12, after leading 11-0. The first game was anchored early by ace Tyler Frederick, who turned in four-plus innings on the mound. After four innings, with an 11-0 lead, Frederick had thrown 43 pitches, struck out two and walked one. “Our goal was for him to throw 65 pitch... Full story
Three wins in four games means the LRS Lady Broncos’ fastpitch team is headed in the right direction. Tuesday, LRS recorded wins in a doubleheader with Moses Lake High School’s C squad, giving the seven eighth grade athletes a chance to gain experience in a high school outing. Going into the games, head coach Paul McAnally said he planned to play a lot of girls in a lot of different positions. The team took the first game 16-6 in six innings. Jana Mattox got the win as pit...
This month has been busy with many things going on at the Middle School. Bi-County, Honor Band, the Zillah Robot Challenge, Band Contest, the ASB World’s Finest Chocolate sale, and March Madness. The annual Bi-County Academics Competition was held on March 13 in Wilbur. Many ribbons were won by third through eighth grade participants from Lind-Ritzville. Students competed in Spelling, Math, Geography, Impromptu Speech, Persuasive Speech, and Interpretative Speech competitions. Bi-County Honor Band was held on March 17 in the... Full story
Local singer Chelsey Heidenreich is currently on a release tour for her self-titled, acoustic album and is traveling back to her hometown this weekend to perform for one of the last times as a solo artist. Heidenreich is hosting a release party for her album at Cow Creek Mercantile on Friday, March 28, from 6-8 p.m. Ritzville is Heidenreich’s third stop on her Spring Tour before she continues traveling throughout the state, with one additional stop in Portland, Ore. Heidenreich explained the album is a stripped down v... Full story
Lind-Ritzville FFA chapter members competed in the District 9 contests throughout March and now have a long list of teams and individuals moving on to the state competitions in a variety of events. The chapter members competed in a extensive list of Career Development Events (CDE) at the district level. There are 24 CDEs students can participate in, according the National FFA Organization’s website, and every competition is designed to showcase the individual and team skills of FFA members. The members’ skills are tested in...
Dozens of students from three local schools traveled to Wilbur on March 13 to compete in the Bi-County Academics competition this month. The students from Lind Elementary School, Ritzville Grade School and Lind-Ritzville Middle School returned home with an impressive amount of awards from placing in the academic contest. The Bi-County Academic contest is an annual event that brings students in third through eighth grades to compete in various academic events. Students...
Three young women have been named by their respective high schools as scholars to be honored by the local Ritzville Branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW). The three young women, their parents, and a teacher chosen by each to share in the honor, will be guests for a dinner meeting April 9 at the Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ social room. Each scholar will receive a certificate awarded by the Washington State AAUW. Each student is of the junior...