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ODESSA — After a week’s hiatus, the undefeated Odessa Tigers boys football team returns to the field this week for a state playoff game. Odessa, ranked No. 1 in Class 1B, received a bye last week after the Nov. 4 thrashing, 62-26, of the Mary Walker Chargers. This week, the Tigers will face off against No.8-ranked Nasettle at noon Saturday, Nov. 19, at Lions Field in Moses Lake. Coach Jeff Nelson said the team needs to be more attentive going into playoffs. “We need to be sharper,” Nelson said. “There are too many mistakes...
Winterizing your car entails more than just getting the studded tires out of the garage and rushing to have them installed. According to some commentators, there are a few basic preparations a driver should make before venturing out in the snow. Checking tire pressure every morning before you leave: Tire pressure tends to fluctuate with falling temperatures, even if your car is sheltered. This can result in reduced traction and deformities in the tire itself. Is your windshield wiper fluid rated for forecasted temperatures? S...
Extreme winter weather can make vehicle breakdowns especially dangerous. The National Safety Council encourages drivers to be prepared at all times by keeping these items in the trunk: Properly inflatedspare tire, wheelwrench & tripod jack Jumper cables Multipurpose utility tool Flashlight & spare batteries Reflective triangles & brightly colored cloth Compass First-aid kit Nonperishable food Drinking water Reflective vest Car cell phone charger Fire extinguisher Duct tape Rain poncho Warm clot...
RITZVILLE – Here are the meals being offered by the H.E. Gritman Senior Center in Ritzville and the Lind Senior Center in Lind. H.E Gritman Senior Center The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is serving the following: • Wednesday, Nov. 16 – Meatball lasagna, ceasar salad and garlic bread. • Thursday, Nov. 17 – Potato soup and BLT sandwich. • Monday, Nov. 21 – Orange chicken, chicken fried rice and spring rolls. • Tuesday, Nov. 22 – Thanksgiving dinner. • Wednesday, Nov. 23 - Goulash green salad and biscuit. • Thursday, Nov. 24 - C...
Thanksgiving is a beloved holiday. Families may have their own unique Thanksgiving traditions, but one staple of this kickoff to the holiday season is bound to make its way to Thanksgiving dinner tables no matter how unusual families’ holiday celebrations may be: turkey. Much effort goes into picking and preparing a Thanksgiving turkey. Depending on the size of the bird, turkeys can take many hours to cook. Thanksgiving celebrants are no doubt familiar with oven-roasted turkey, which is the most traditional way to cook t...
YAKIMA – The Northeast 2B girls volleyball teams competing at state all advanced to the state quarterfinals with wins Thursday morning, Nov. 10, in the Yakima Valley SunDome. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington swept the previously undefeated Goldendale Timberwolves. Colfax swept Granger. And Liberty (Spangle) won, 3-1, over Brewster. Initially, the Broncos fell behind the Timberwolves. But down 14-7, Coach Cari Galbreath called her girls into a huddle. “ I just told them we have a shot at this; we’re a good team,...
Thanksgiving menus are on the minds of many area cooks. Turkey, beef roast, ham, or a combination? What sides and desserts will fit in range and refrigerator space? What oven dishes will cook in the meat standing time? Fresh turkeys should be kept refrigerated until ready to use. If you are brining a turkey, keep the brining bird refrigerated. A frozen turkey will need to be thawed under refrigeration, beginning 4 to 5 days before use, depending on size. Be sure to put a pan...
It has been a good fall for the local high school teams. The football team was league champions along with Liberty and Chewelah. Unfortunately the league doesn't settle ties for the playoffs by playing a tiebreaker against the other teams or use the RPI rating like the state does to seed teams. No they just settled it by drawing cards high card number one etc. Disappointing for the Broncos for sure but it doesn't take away from their highly successful last two seasons. The...
RITZVILLE – Local scouts are helping feed local residents while also educating them about the danger of carbon-monoxide poisoning. On Saturday, Nov. 12, Boy Scout Troop No. 888 and Cub Scout Pack No. 73 had a canned-food drive benefiting the local food bank. They also helped raise money for the Gritman Senior Center, which offers discounted meals and other services to local senior citizens. At the same time, they partnered with Avista to help educate the public about the dangers of carbon-monoxide poisoning. The four-hour e...
I was disappointed to learn President Joe Biden’s USDA is giving out more than $223 million in grants and loans to expand the nation’s slaughter capacity. Instead, the department should have invested these funds into cultivated-meat research. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without killing. Propping up traditional animal agriculture is a betrayal of the progressive values Biden campaigned on. cultivated meat requires a fraction of the greenhouse-gas emissions that raising livestock does....
RITZVILLE — There won’t be a new sheriff in Adams County, at least not in the near future. At the end of the first day of counting in the Nov. 8 general election, incumbent Dale J. Wagner of Othello was leading challenger Matthew Carlson of Ritzville. In the early tally, Wagner had 1,091 votes (56.24%); Carlson received 832 votes (42.89%). “I’m happy with the results, thus far,” Wagner said. “I just want to get back to the business of the Sheriff’s Office.” On election night, Carlson was working a shift for the Ritzville P...
PASCO – Local farm girl turned political newcomer Tiffany Smiley securely has all 20 of Eastern Washington's counties in her corner. In fact, she won 28 of the state's 39 counties in the Tuesday, Nov. 8, general election. Yet, she still lost to career politician Patty Murray, D-Shoreline. As of press time, Smiley, a Pasco Republican, was trailing Murray by more than 400,000 votes. Murray had 1,591,893 votes (57.09%); Smiley had 1,190,279 votes (42.69%). Smiley was unable to b...
RITZVILLE — Twenty-two votes. That’s the difference between the two candidates running for the Adams County Commissioner District No. 3 seat as of press time this weke. After the initial count Nov. 8, incumbent Terry Thompson had a small lead. But late-arriving ballots have flipped the outcome. As of press time Tuesday, Miguel A. “Mike” Garza had 1,772 votes (49.65%. Incumbent Thompson had 1,750 votes (49.03%). Garza has a 22-vote lead, but there may potentially be some late-arriving ballots that will have to be counted...
SPOKANE – Incumbent Congress-woman Cathy McMorris Rodgers easily defeated her 5th Congressional District challenger in the Nov. 8 general election. As of press time, McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, had amassed 168,708 votes (59.25%). She led every county in the district. Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Natasha Hill of Spokane was a distant second with 115,391 votes (40.52%). The two were vying to be the representative of Washington’s 5th Congressional District, which includes Asotin, Garfield, Columbia, Whitman, Spokane, Lin...
SUNNYSIDE – Despite being censured by most Republican committees in the 4th Congressional District, incumbent Rep. Dan Newhouse has been re-elected. Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, defeated Democratic challenger Doug White in the Nov. 8 general elections. Newhouse is one 10 Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol protest. As a result of his failure to support the president, Republican central committees across Central Washington voted to censure him. But in the Nov. 8 general e...
Jail Log RITZVILLE – The Adams County Jail reported the following individuals in custody from Nov. 7-14: Nov. 8 Lorna Villanueva-Ozuna, 23, possession of a stolen vehicle. Nov. 7 Rayana Al-Dossari, 34, possession of a stolen vehicle. Jorge Escoto-Garcia, 28, possession of a stolen vehicle and second-degree theft. Sheriff’s Log RITZVILLE – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from Nov. 6-11: Nov. 6 Medical call in the 2100 block of West May Street, Othello. Stolen vehicle recover...
1 Years Ago Ritzville-Journal Times November 16, 1922 Three Fires Take Place During Week Several fires have occurred during the past week. Only one caused much damage, that was a barn near the Henry F. Shafer house on West First Ave. which burned during the noon hour Saturday. The barn was completely destroyed. It was the property of Elmer Snooks. Wm. Thom looked after it though he had nothing in it except some doubletrees. It is supposed that some transients had been...
RITZVILLE – A local entrepreneur is entering her third month operating a delivery business. With input from ladies at the local Nazarene church and encouragement from her sister, Ashlee Simonsen. 31, started a delivery service in September. "I was working at Akin's Fresh Market and we received a lot of phone calls from people who needed shopping help. I thought, 'This is the perfect time,'" she said. "I gave Akins a month's notice and worked harvest to earn enough to get s...
Forest health, climate change, and a plan that got almost no input before being announced is at the heart of the "carbon project" announced by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources last week. The project, developed by Finite Carbon, proposes to set aside 10,000 acres of forest in Western Washington, once set aside for marbled murrelet habitat and then cleared for logging, for carbon offsets that can be purchased by large companies in trade for their greenhouse...
Give President Joe Biden some credit for mid-term election Democratic successes when most everyone, including the media, predicted otherwise. Instead of focusing on himself, he quietly avoided states where he’s unpopular and helped Democrats win Pennsylvania where he grew up and is still popular. He presented us with our country’s greatest challenge: to save our democracy from autocratic ambitions of the MAGA faction that dominates the Republican party. He inherited a mess and time spent cleaning it up detracted from tim...
YAKIMA – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos suffered a loss in a quarterfinal matchup on Nov. 10 at the WIAA 2B State Tournament in Yakima. This loss meant that the Broncos couldn't finish better than a fifth-place finish in the tournament. To get to that the fifth/sixth-place game, they had to defeat league rivals Liberty (Spangle). Which is exactly what Lind-Ritzville/Sprague did. "It's so exciting to be able to redeem ourselves after losing to (Liberty) in the D...
RITZVILLE — Here are the unofficial Adams County only Nov. 8 general election results as of Nov. 14. The tally does not include ballots cast in other counties or areas of the state: Federal Senate Patty Murray 23.50% Tiffany Smiley 76.22% House District No. 4 Dan Newhouse 72.96% Doug White 25.01% House District No. 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers 83.28% Natasha Hill 16.23% State Advisory Vote No. 39 Repealed 84.01% Maintained 15.99% Advisory Vote No. 40 Repealed 78.08% Maintained 21.92% Secretary of State Steve Hobbs 24.06% Julie A...
RITZVILLE – It all started a hundred years ago. Back then, government officials and others saw great potential in the high desert lands of Adams County and surrounding areas. Originally, the Columbia Basin Project — with Grand Coulee Dam as its centerpiece — was designed to provide irrigation water to over a million acres of land in the central part of Washington State, including the counties of Adams, Douglas, Franklin, Stevens, Okanogan, Grant, Lincoln and Walla Walla. But the project stalled and remains unfinished. Colum...
RITZVILLE – The City Council mulled over a lease agreement for the golf course restaurant known as Porky’s Clubhouse Grill during its regular meeting Nov. 1. The terms of the proposed lease require the restaurant to pay the city a monthly rental fee of $350 for November and December 2022. The agreement exempts the months of January and February, but rental charges will resume next year and continue from March through December. If accepted, the lease will require the restaurant to provide, at a minimum, snack food, beverages a...
OTHELLO – A Moses Lake woman was arrested Nov. 7 for possession of a stolen vehicle following a traffic stop. Lorna Paol Villanueva-Ozuna, 23, of Moses Lake was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and booked into the Adams County Jail. Adams County Sheriff's Office records show a man her car was released. According to a report, a deputy patrolling West Bench Road was alerted to a stolen car by his in-car automatic license plate reader. The deputy followed the car a...