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Third and Fourth Grade Students Answer: What are you grateful for this Thanksgiving? Benge Third Grade I am thankful for my family, dogs, turkeys, and stuffing. Turkey is good with stuffing and I like mashed potatoes and the food that my grandma makes, like pretzel salad. This is the first Thanksgiving that my dogs have had with us. My sisters are totally fun and my brother is very fun. When we play football my brother always catches it. Then when I play with my dogs they chase me, it is really fun at Thanksgiving. That is al...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos football team held its end-of-season banquet at the Ritzville Grade School on Nov. 16. The theme of the banquet was a taco bar, as coaches, players and their families celebrated the 2018 season. Pictured to the left are the student-athletes who were honored for their contributions to this season’s team. Top row (left to right): Shontz Yaeger, Captains Award; Bryce Kelly, Captains Award; Spencer Miller, Captains Award; Morgan Brausen, C...
A group of Master’s in Public Health (MPH) students from the University of Washington will be coming to Adams County in the last week of November to conduct a rural public health project. One important public health responsibility is to work with schools and other community partners to prevent and control outbreaks of all diseases, including those that are preventable through vaccination. The student’s project will focus on reviewing countywide information on immunization sta...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos volleyball team recently held its end-of-season banquet. Players, coaches and their families came together to celebrate a season that saw the Lady Broncos make a deep run into the district playoffs, falling just one match short of reaching the state tournament. Pictured to the right are the student-athletes who were honored for their contributions to this season’s team. Left to right: Lacey Miller, Captains Award and Most Valuable P...
One of the consequences of Venezuela’s economic ruin is infectious diseases are reaching epidemic proportions and spreading to neighboring Latin American countries. Venezuela, a country of 30 million people, sits on large oil reserves but when global crude prices plunged, its economy was clobbered and inflation skyrocketed. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasted an inflation rate of 2,350 percent for 2018. The breakdown of Venezuela’s health system has turned wha...
As the holidays quickly approach, the feeling of nostalgia begins to creep into each of our lives. We begin to watch our favorite holiday movies and long for the simplicity and happiness each of the plots possess. Residents, business owners and organizations in Ritzville are proud of being able to offer hometown hospitality and holiday festivities, which is part of this year’s Winter Fest event. The City of Ritzville will serve as the venue for the first Winter Fest event, sponsored by the Ritzville Area Chamber of C...
On Sunday, December 2 the Ralston Grange will host it’s annual Christmas Potluck and Party at their hall in Ralston beginning at 5:00 p.m.. This traditional event is open to everyone and has been a way for families to kick-off the Holiday season for 88 years. Those attending are asked to provide a potluck dish or two to share; the Grange provides beverages, rolls and table service. The program consists of entertainment provided by those attending, with musical, dance, and instrumental numbers, children’s recitations, or any...
While this year’s election season is over, as I mentioned in last week’s commentary, the general election itself isn’t wrapped up quite yet. As of yesterday the outcome of elections for two Senate positions was still up in the air. Hopefully things will be settled well before November 27, which is the deadline for county election offices to certify and turn in their results to the state. As Senate Republican leader I look forward to knowing exactly how many members will be on our side of the aisle. In the meantime, we are g...
Thanksgiving is a wonderful American holiday. But as we celebrate it in 2018, we do so as a deeply divided country. This has been very evident with the recent midterm elections. Although the two main political parties seem to be drawing further and further apart in their visions of what the future of the United States of America should look like, it is sometimes pointed out that what unites us far surpasses what divides us. I believe this is true, but what can be done to reverse the widening chasm of what continues to tear...
I think we’ve all said it before but here goes again, “What happened to the year?” Here we are at Thanksgiving time once again wondering if we accomplished all of those things or at least one or two of those things on our New Year’s resolution list or for some the proverbial ‘Bucket List’. I only had one thing on a list and that was to retire. So I did but I’ve kept busy doing a lot of things but having the option to take a day or two during the week for leisure has been grea...
While making plans for the big holiday feast, be sure to add travel prep to the Thanksgiving to-do list. The Washington State Department of Transportation urges all travelers to “know before you go” and plan head for smoother travel during the busy holiday weekend. The agency also provides several tools to help plan holiday travels: consult WSDOT’s travel times charts, which use historical information to help drivers know before they go; check out online tools, including mobile apps, traffic cameras and email alerts; visit...
With the holiday season in full swing, The Giving Tree is making its return to Umpqua Bank ahead of the Christmas season. Forms for The Giving Tree are now available to be picked up at Umpqua Bank on 108 E 1st Ave. The forms need to be turned back into the bank no later than Nov. 30. The bank will not accept any forms that are turned in late. The community can start picking tags off the tree the first week of December to purchase gifts for the families. All presents will need to be dropped off no later than Friday, Dec. 14....
The recovery of the gray wolf is a success story for the Endangered Species Act, and the best available science should determine whether species remain listed. I am proud that the House voted last week to approve of legislation I co-introduced with Rep. Sean Duffy: H.R. 6784, the Manage Our Wolves Act, which will return management of the gray wolf species to the states. The states are best-equipped to provide more effective and accountable management that responds to the needs of the ecosystem, other species, and local...
A wide array of items were on the agenda at the East Adams Rural Healthcare (EARH) Board of Commissioners meeting on Nov. 15, including the approval of the 2019 EARH budget. The meeting—which lasted nearly two-and-a-half hours—also covered the board’s recruitment for a new CEO ahead of CEO/CFO Gary Bostrom’s departure next June, provided an update on the training being provided by the public accounting and business advisory firm Eide Bailly to the hospital’s billing staff, and talked about how the hospital could better retain...