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The sounds of praise singers are coming to Ritzville on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 11 a.m. at the Trinity Methodist Church. The choral group is composed of 30-40 singers from various churches in the Spokane area. Any community members are welcome to attend the concert, with refreshments served afterwards. The event is sponsored by the Ritzville Seventh-Day Adventists....
With a new leadership team in place, the Lind Fun Fair returns to the Lind Elementary School on Friday, Nov. 2, from 6-8 p.m. All proceeds from the event go back to the school to directly benefit the students. The booths at this year’s event are a marshmallow shoot, jewelry engraving, spin art puzzles, photo booth, Minute to Win It, fishing pond, dice roll, dance-off, cookie station, bottle toss, balloon darts, penny toss, cake walk, surprise wall, raffle table, sucker tree, potty toss, pumpkin race, nail painting and hair c...
The Ritzville Festivals Association is hosting a Penny Auction on Saturday, Nov. 3. The event takes place in the Zion Philadelphia Church’s social room and doors open at 11 a.m. Winners are announced at 1 p.m. and the Ritzville Festivals Association is serving a lunch. Zion Philadelphia Church is located at 301 East Broadway in Ritzville....
Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 is beginning the annual fall food drive for the Ritzville Food Pantry on Nov. 1 to Nov. 14. Ambulances will be driving around town the evenings of Nov. 5 and Nov. 6 from 5-6 p.m. to collect donations from any community members that would like to donate. Residents should watch for the flashing lights of the ambulance or leave the donation on the front steps for pick up. The schedule for the ambulances will be Nov. 5, First Street through 11th Street, and Fairway Avenue, and Nov. 6...
Adams County voters must postmark ballots by Nov. 6 to be counted in the general election. Residents may also use the drop box locations at Ritzville City Hall and at the Adams County Auditor’s office. The ballot includes two county commissioner positions with candidates vying for the four-year term. Adams County Commissioner District No. 1 candidates are incumbent Rudy Plager and challenger John Marshall, while district two candidates are incumbent Roger Hartwig and challenger Oscar Garza. Washtucna residents are voting o...
The Lind Community Church (LCC) Women’s Fellowship group will hold the 30th annual Election Day Soup Supper and Auction on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the LCC fellowship hall. Five varieties of soup are on the menu, in addition to salad, bread and homemade pies. Food is served from 5-6:30 p.m. and the cost of the meal is $7 for adults, and $3 for children six and under. The live auction begins at 6:30 p.m., with Dr. Warren Kragt and Grant Miller serving as auctioneers. One of the returning featured items at the auction is a pieced q...
Visitors to the First Friday art reception at the Ritzville Art Gallery can expect to be enthralled by the bright, colorful creations of Jake Rehm. The reception begins at 5 p.m. and concludes at 7 p.m. at the Ritzville Art Gallery on Main Avenue. Inspired by a variety of artists, Rehm brings the Andy Warhol style of pop art to the gallery, using a color contrast and combinations to portray people who have inspired him. Rehm, who did not take any formal art classes in...
The Ritzville Lions Club is selling raffle tickets for the annual Turkey Bingo, which takes place at the American Legion Hall from 2-10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10. Raffle tickets can be purchased for one dollar from Ritzville Lions Club members and the proceeds benefit the Ritzville Lions Club Civic Improvement Fund. The first prize drawing happens at 10 p.m. and the lucky winner walks away with $150 cash. The second prize is for $100 and the winner is drawn at 9 p.m. At 8 p.m., the third prize drawing for $75 takes place and...
A night of awards and celebration, with a theme of “East Meets West,” takes place at the annual Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Community Recognition Night and Auction on Saturday, Nov. 17, in the C.J. Newland American Legion Hall. The night begins with a social hour and silent auction at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m., and the auction and award ceremony. Tickets for the event are $25 and can be purchased at the Visitors’ Center, Columbia Bank and Sterling Bank. The meal is catered by Blue Bike Caterin...
The Ritzville Community Theatre’s (RCT) production of “Let Him Sleep ‘Til It’s Time for His Funeral,” will be performed Nov. 8-10, in Trinity United Methodist Church’s social room. Each night doors open at 6:30 p.m. and curtain is at 7 p.m. Under direction of Harry Schafer, the three-night performance features veteran RCT actors, Jean Richards, Kathryn Schafer, Bill Sager, Lee Egnew, Ed Riederich and newcomer, Kymberlee Webb. The two-act comedy was written by Peg Kehret. The story involves a loving wife, Edna, who decides...
An open house celebration for the completion of high-speed broadband in Ritzville is scheduled for Nov. 9 from 12-2 p.m. at the Ritzville Public Library. The celebration provides community members with an opportunity to discover how high-speed Internet can benefit businesses, schools, hospitals and the residents of Adams County. Snacks and refreshments are provided at the event. NoaNet is overseeing construction of two federal American Reinvestment and Recovery Act grants to bring high-speed Internet to schools, hospitals,...
Sterling Bank will continue to take the reins of organizing the annual Giving Tree, according to Kayla Meise of the Ritzville branch. Qualifications for this year’s Giving Tree are: • Limited to children ages newborn to 18 years of age • Senior citizens ages 65 and older • Recipients must live in the household fulltime and live within Ritzville, Lind, Washtucna or Benge Assistance request letters were sent last week to previous participants, and forms are available at the bank for anyone wanting to participate. Complet...
Local residents were joined by individuals from the Connell and Tri-Cities area for the Adams County Historical Society’s annual meeting on Oct. 21. After a meal catered by Cathy Jo’s Catering, guest speaker Gene Wirth opened the afternoon meeting with a quote. “Time immemorial, what is it?” he said. “That’s how long ago grandpa’s grandpa remembered the stories of his youth and told ‘em to you.” His presentation was informal, and he encouraged questions from the audience. Sev...
Ritzville’s annual Holiday Bazaar, sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), is quickly approaching. The bazaar is held in the Ritzville Grade School gymnasium on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Chairperson Sherie Schafer, expects 40-50 vendors from all over Eastern Washington to be in attendance. A variety of gifts, decorative items, food items, Santa Claus photos and a lunchtime meal are available at the event. AAUW members are also selling Scholastic children’s books and themed bas...
The Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce will change to its permanent winter hours beginning Monday, Nov. 5. Hours for Monday through Wednesday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. while hours for Thursday and Friday are 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. The chamber’s website, http://www.visitritzville.com, is available 24 hours a day. Individuals may also contact the office directly in person at 111 West Main Avenue, by phone at 659-1936 or via email at [email protected]....
Fall is here and with it comes the time to be vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza. Commonly referred to as “the flu”, Influenza is caused by a virus and is spread by coughing, sneezing and contact with nasal secretions. Anyone can get the flu, but rates of infection are highest among children. For most people, symptoms last only a few days and include: fever and chills, sore throat, muscle aches, fatigue, cough, headache and a stuffy or runny nose. Young children, older adults, pregnant women and people with certain und...
The pertinence and severity of pertussis is growing in Adams County, especially with the confirmed case of a four-month-old girl. Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has been declared an epidemic in the state of Washington since April 3. The Adams County Health Department is stressing the importance of residents receiving the appropriate vaccinations in order to stop the spread of the disease. There have been eight confirmed cases of whooping cough this year within Adams County, and it is believed many other cases...
A recent teacher in-service day provided local administrators and educators with the opportunity to attend a workshop about developing a Professional Learning Community (PLC), led by Janel Keating. The workshop took place on Oct. 5 in Gilson Gymnasium during regular school hours. Keating is the co-author of the book, “Every School, Every Team, Every Classroom: District Leadership for Growing Professional Learning Communities at Work,” and is the superintendent at the Whi...
Living on the west coast, the voters have a problem of feeling rejected or unimportant as the electoral process doesn’t count the individual votes and so far too many of us stay at home and don’t vote. I can remember driving home from work and hearing the radio telling me that the national press has determined by exit polls that we have a new president. We need to try harder to break our old habits and vote, because there are other races that are important. Many of these races are important and I believe that it is very imp...
The Liberty Christian team proved why they are ranked as the number one team in the Northeast 1B league, when they defeated the LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus Tigercats, 78-0. The Tigercats traveled to Liberty Christian for an afternoon game on Friday, Oct. 26, and returned home with their second loss in league play. Head coach Jeff Nelson explained that it was one of those games where nothing goes quite right. While he believes the Liberty Christian team is a solid team, possibly the best in the state, he did not expect the...
The Lady Tigercats played their last game this week, ending with a loss and the conclusion of the season. The Lady Tigercats played Tri-Cities Prep on Thursday, Oct. 25, and lost in four sets with scores of 25-19, 10-25, 8-25, 21-25. “The team had a strong first set. They played really well as a team, communicating really well and working hard. We fought hard and didn’t give up the fourth set. The girls did a good job covering, which we have been working a lot on. The girls focused on their serves and...
With a win at districts over Springdale, in five games, 14-25, 25-22, 14-25, 25-18 and 15-4, the LRS Lady Broncos have earned a trip to the Regional Volleyball Tournament at West Valley High School in Spokane beginning on Saturday, Nov. 3. The Lady Broncos will meet Colfax in the opening round of the tournament at 11:45 a.m. on the main court. If they win the opening round match, the Lady Broncos will face the winner of the Tri-Cities Prep and Davenport match in a 3:15 p.m....
It was a 46-8 victory that was even sweeter than what the scoreboard was declaring. The LRS Broncos had handily defeated Liberty, finished the regular season with an unblemished record and finally celebrated as the undisputed league champion. Last Friday’s win at Jimmie Snider Field cleared the way for the Broncos to enter the playoff cycle and they did so in grand fashion with scores from several players. Matt Fryberger opened the scoring assault with a 35-yard touchdown rece...
BRONCOS CELEBRATE. The Broncos trampled Liberty on Friday to finish the regular season undefeated and in the top spot among league opponents. They host Asotin Friday in the first round of playoffs....
The LRS Broncos and their fans did more than honor the seniors on Friday night before the Liberty game. They took the opportunity to recognize head coach Greg Whitmore and his wife, Karen, on their 24th wedding anniversary. Whitmore said if he had known he was going to be a head football coach back then, they would have gotten married in the summer. –Journal photo by Stephen McFadden...