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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of extra Hatton City Council meeting on November 18th at 6 pm. November 7, 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE Adams County Planning Commission meetings scheduled for the fourth Thursday of each month will be held on the third Thursdays for November and December in 2019 due to holidays....
Karla passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 1, 2019 after a battle with cancer. Karla was born July 21, 1945 in Pittsburgh, California to Don Burton and Annie (Mickelson) Van Vleet. She was raised in Priest River, Idaho. In 1963 Karla married Thayne Fowles in the LDS temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, and they started their family in Sandpoint, Idaho. In 1966 they moved to Lind, Washington, where they raised their two sons, Donald and Dwayne. Karla worked as a...
Shannon Jean Morris was born on December 8, 1961 in Tonasket, Washington to Keith and Mary (Feddersen) Morris, the second of five children. Shannon grew up on a cattle ranch in Hooper, Washington. She attended elementary school at the little Hooper school, then went to LaCrosse and finally graduated from Ritzville after her family moved to the Harder Ranch outside Ritzville. After high school Shannon attended Spokane Falls Community College, graduating with a degree in Early...
Etta Irene Snouffer passed away peacefully on October 20, 2019, at Olathe Hospice House. Etta and twin sister Ella were born to Oscar and Katie Gillogly in Louisburg, Kansas on February 19, 1919. Etta grew up in Miami County Kansas. She graduated from Louisburg High School in 1937. Following graduation, she tested and qualified to teach school. She taught in one room elementary schools including Moore School near Louisburg. She furthered her education at Ursuline Academy in...
I made the trek to Roos Field with my good buddy Kenny G on Saturday. Ken has access to special opportunities with his ticket package and Saturday it was a meet and greet with school president Mary Cullinan and Athletic Director Lynn Hickey. When we got to the Reese Court we visited with some folks that are definitely in the PR world which is something I can appreciate. Then we got to meet with Mary. She is a very nice lady and someone that Ken has gotten to know the last...
A week after Lind-Ritzville/Sprague's Linnea Schafer was named All-League at the District 7 championships, Schafer finished No. 7 at the regionals in Chewelah, easily qualifying for the state championships this Saturday in Pasco. Schafer is the lone LRS athlete to qualify for state. The top 28 girls and the top 35 boys qualified. Schafer finished 21:07,71. She qualified by almost two minutes. The final qualifier finished with a time of 22:58.25. "[Schafer] had a big [personal...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Bronco volleyball team hoped to advance to the state tournament by winning the Northeast 2B championship tournament. That’s not going to happen after LRS fell to Chewelah in the first round Tuesday in straight sets. Lily Kirry had 16 kills, two aces and two blocks as Chewelah won 25-15, 25-19, 25-15. Taylor Galbreath had eight kills and Ellie Gering had eight digs and three aces for LRS. The Broncos will still have a chance to advance to state. Four teams will advance and the third and fourth p...
With just about two minutes left in last Friday's Senior Night game, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos held a 13-7 lead over the visiting Asotin Panthers, thanks to a stifling defense that prevented big plays and forced four turnovers in the game. And then, with just 1:50 left to play, Asotin scored on a 48-yard touchdown to take a 14-13 lead. It would be the game's final score. The loss can only be described as heartbreaking for the Broncos (0-4 in league play and 2-7...
The U.S. wind industry is booming—expanding from 1.5 gigawatts of cumulative installed capacity in 1998 to 96.4 gigawatts of installed capacity in 2018. At the same time, the cost of these projects continues to go down. According to the newly-released 2018 Wind Market Technologies Report from the U.S. Department of Energy, the average cost of constructing a wind energy project in 1983 was $4,478 per kilowatt hour. In 2018, the cost dropped to just $1,468 per kilowatt hour. This stunning $3,010 decrease per kilowatt hour is i...
The trial of Michael Anthony Kuest, the man charged with rape in the first degree in connection to an alleged incedent in June, has been delayed until January after Kuest saw another court-appointed attorney withdraw from his defense. The trial had been set for Oct. 22, but defense attorney Douglas Phelps requested release from the case earlier in the month. Kuest’s new attorney, Timothy D. Trageser of Spokane, requested the trial be moved back to give him time to learn the case and prepare. The trial had been scheduled to st...
Oct. 20 — Sheriff deputies assisted the Ritzville Police Department with a reported stabbing at the 100 block of E. 3rd Avenue in Ritzville. Oct. 20 — A complainant advised he was in a dispute involving residency and property issues at the 200 block of W. 2nd Street in Lind. Deputies responded and provided a standby for peace while the complainant removed some of his property. Oct. 20 — A complainant on N. St. Clair Avenue in Lind reported she wasn’t allowed to see her adult daughter while she was at a residence in Lind. A...
CF Industries superintendent Dennis Schilling presents a check of $1,200 from CF Industries to Roni Kinney, who is representing the Ritzville Volunteer Ambulance Association....
Attendees enjoying the Washtucna Heritage Museum 'Fun'raiser that was held on Oct. 12. The fundraiser raised over $8,900, according to event organizers, and was attended by more than 100 people. An ongoing raffle to benefit the museum will be held at the Ritzville Bazaar and the Odessa Bazaar. The final drawing will be held on Dec. 21 at the Washtucna Lions Club Christmas Party....
When I talk to farmers in Central Washington and across the country, having access to a stable and legal workforce is often their number one concern. Each year, it becomes harder to hire domestic workers, and farm owners have become increasingly dependent on the H-2A agricultural guestworker program to grow and harvest their goods for market. This has amounted to a critical labor shortage for our agriculture industry – one of the most important sectors of our nation’s economy. Since I was elected to Congress, making ref...
To taxpayers, it’s just plain common sense. Elected officials, public employees and supporting boards and agencies cannot use taxpayer resources to campaign for or against a candidate or office or to endorse or oppose any ballot measure. To make sure elected officials and government workers understand that, Revised Code of Washington 42.17A.555 specifically says: “No elective official nor any employee of his or her office nor any person appointed to or employed by any pub...
The Adams County Farm Service Agency has announced the following candidates have been nominated to serve on the Adams County Farm Service Agency Committee, representing Local Administrative Area (LAA) 3 for the upcoming three year term, to begin January 23, 2020. Trish McRae Trish (Schwartz) McRae grew up working on her family’s wheat, hay, and cattle ranch outside of Reardan, WA. From a young age, her dad taught her that she could accomplish almost anything with a basic understanding of physics and a little luck. She graduat...
An empty seat on the Lind School Board has been filled by Jim Weidemann. Weidemann was appointed by the existing board members on Oct. 28 and will serve through 2021, when the seat will be up for election. Weidemann moved to Lind about a year ago after retiring as a special education teacher in Nevada, a role he served in for 11 years. Altogether, he has more than 20 years experience as a full-time and substitute teacher. Weidemann told The Journal that he became interested in serving on the school board after being...
The East Adams County Healthcare Foundation went back decades for its old-school dance-themed auction and dinner, raising several thousands of dollars at the annual event on Nov. 2. Along with a dinner catered by Classy Country Catering, the event featured an expansive silent and live auction that raised thousands of dollars. The funds raised during the evening by EACH go to a plethora of different causes in the Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 communities, such as...
The Lind and Ritzville school boards voted to adopt 10 new policies at their monthly meeting on Oct. 28. Highlighting new additions is Policy 2409, which allows Lind-Ritzville Schools Co-Op Superintendent Don Vanderholm to create a program that recognizes and rewards students for learning a world language. Under the program, students will be able to earn high school credits by learning a language on their own and passing a proficiency exam. “We are excited to add language proficiency exams to our menu of credit options,” Van...
The Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 Board of Directors approved its 2020 budget at its Oct. 23 board meeting, clearing the annual budget hurdle a month earlier than last year. The board also reflected some on the 2019 budget and how this year has actually played out. 2019: A wide gap between expectations and reality The board is hopeful that the actual figures in 2020 will more closely align with the 2020 budget than this year's figures have with the 2019 budget,...
A gorgeous photo of a sunset taken near the Tokio Weigh Station around 6 p.m. last week by Free Press Publishing publisher Roger Harnack. With the end of Daylight Savings Time on Nov. 3, sunset in Ritzville now comes at around 4:30 p.m., before most employees get out of work for the day....
Ritzville Mayor Gary Cook is on his way to being re-elected to a second term as Ritzville's mayor on Tuesday night, currently receiving 77.78% of the vote against challenger David Ahrens. The race was the only contested matchup on the 2019 general election ballot in eastern Adams County. As of 9:15 p.m. on Nov. 5, 225 votes have been counted in the mayoral race. Cook has received 175 of those votes, while Ahrens has received 50 votes. It is unclear exactly how many votes remai...
The Lind Community Church is making final preparations for their annual Soup Supper and Auction. It will be held this Saturday, Nov. 9, at their church in Lind. Serving time will begin at 5 p.m., as well as the silent auction. Serving will end at 6:30 p.m. and the live auction will begin. Four soups will be featured, most of them gluten free, along with salad, bread and pie. There will be a salute to veterans with a reduced price for them of $5. Otherwise, adults will be $10, and an immediate family price is $25. Takeout...
The Ritzville Lions Club will be holding their annual Turkey Bingo this Saturday, Nov. 9, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. Attendees can win one of the 160 large turkeys being awarded to bingo winners on Saturday. Hamburgers, fresh pie and soft drinks will also be available for purchase from the kitchen. All proceeds from the event will go toward the Ritzville Lions Club Civic Improvement Fund....