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Ritzville transfer station will be closed Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in observance of Thanksgiving Nov. 24-26....
The Ritzville Police Department is gearing up for the annual Shop with a Cop program. Local law enforcement, including the Adams County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol will take selected children (at least 10) shopping for Christmas gifts for their siblings and parents. The children will then gather at Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ where they will have help wrapping the presents. They will also enjoy hot chocolate and treats. Police Chief David McCormick is looking for donations to support the e...
Vendors may still reserve a table at AAUW’s holiday bazaar at the Ritzville Grade School on Saturday, Dec. 3. Shoppers are reminded that the bazaar hours are from l0 a.m. until 2 p.m. Lunch service is available by Blue Bike Catering; children’s books, homemade goodies, soups, gifts, raffle chances and more will be available to shoppers. To reserve a table, call Sherie at 659-1424....
The Ralston Grange is hosting the 81st Annual Christmas party and potluck on Sunday, Dec. 4. The potluck will begin at 5 p.m. followed by the Christmas program. Everyone is welcome to attend. Table service will be provided to those attending and it is requested that families bring a potluck dish or two to share. Children, as well as adults and family, are strongly encouraged to participate in the program by sharing a reading or musical number. Families are also requested to bring gifts, as Santa will be making an appearance...
Sterling Savings Bank will be hosting another Giving Tree this year. Ornaments can be picked up before Thanksgiving for Black Friday shopping. Donations of wrapping paper, ribbons, bows, and bags are greatly appreciated....
The Lind High School drama class will present its fall performance on Wednesday, Nov. 30, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Lind Junior/Senior High School gym. Students will take center stage in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "The Monkey's Paw." In addition, the choir students will provide musical pieces to enhance the performance. Tickets are available from drama students as well as at the door the night of the performance. Adult tickets are $5 and student tickets are $3. Children under the age of five are admitted at no...
Wheat growers, agricultural industry personnel, and scientists will meet Dec. 1 to discuss the next stages in the design of new deep-furrow drill prototypes. The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Wheat Foundation Building in Ritzville, located at 109 E. First Avenue. According to Bill Schillinger, Washington State University professor and meeting organizer, deep-furrow drills currently used by wheat growers are not able to pass through heavy residue which limits the adoption of conservation tillage in the...
Ritzville Community Theatre presents their new play “Three in a Row: A Game Show.” The play will take place from Dec. 7-10 at Casuela’s Grill. “Three in a Row: A Game Show” is written by Miles Athey and Harry Schafer, and directed by Harry Schafer. The play is a “take-off” of the TV show Hollywood Squares that was popular from 1966 to 1981. The play is based on audience participation and will have prizes throughout the play. The cast, characters to be portrayed and set design still have not been finalized at this time. Di...
Ritzville High School is sponsoring an Inland Northwest Blood Center Drive to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants can sign up online at www.inbcsaves.org, using sponsor code ritzvillehs. Anyone who has questions or needs further information can contact Lindsey Ross, Ritzville school counselor, at 659-1720 or via email at [email protected]....
Sterling Savings Bank presented the local schools with their collection of donated coats on Friday, Nov. 18. Sterling Savings Bank is a partner in the KXLY Coats 4 Kids drive that raised a total of 18,474 coats this year. Chad Hoeft, Sterling Savings Bank branch manager presented the local school district representatives with the coats. The branch had a total of 120 donated coats this year. Robert Roettger received the coats on behalf of both the Lind and Ritzville school...
Agricultural producers have until Dec. 2, 2011, to apply for financial and technical assistance through Washington’s most popular conservation program, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced recently. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary, technical and financial assistance program designed to help farmers improve irrigation efficiency; manage nutrient run-off and/or animal waste; improve the health of native plant communities; and reduce soil loss. In most instances, pro...
It has been brought to my attention that there are many questions in our community about Project 56 and what our goals and expectations are. Our group is very excited about the progress that we are making in achieving our dream of having an all-weather track constructed and an irrigation system put in at the football field. This group was established in 2005 with members of the Class of 1956. They returned to their alma mater and were quite amazed that the old cinder track that they used 50 years earlier was still in use....
I would like to applaud the Bronco football team. The communities of Lind, Sprague and Ritzville have been represented well all season. Saturday was no exception. You showed character and resiliency no matter what the opposition or mother nature threw at you. Hold you heads high and Congratulations on a fine season. Proud to be a Bronco. Colby Schell, Ritzville...
Today is the day we set aside to give thanks. Just how we accomplish the task is as diverse as the makeup of our country. The freedom to celebrate our way is one of the reasons our country is a great place to live in. Many of us will use this day to consume copious amounts of holiday fare, ultimately succumbing to a mandatory Thanksgiving Day nap. A good portion of us will warm by the glow of our flat screen televisions as football rules the day. Others will gather their children in the morning and share in the tradition of...
Sheep producers will not want to miss Shepherds Information Day scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 10, announces Tom Platt, Washington State University Extension Educator in Davenport. Shepherds Information Day will be held at the Spokane County/WSU Extension Learning Center in Spokane located at 222 N. Havana beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. Registration and morning refreshments begin at 9 a.m., and an association meeting will follow between 3 and 4 p.m. Admission is free to area sheep producers, young and old alike....
The Project 56 committee held a public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 17, to discuss the current progress and plans for the ongoing project. The group unanimously decided to refocus and continue the plans for expansion of the track, and only the track. The refocused project goal is to produce an eight lane all-weather track with two straight of ways, one down either side of the track. Spatially, this track will fit at the already designated location and will allow multiple field events to occur at the same time. Currently, the...
No one can imagine the feelings and emotions they will experience after someone has broken into their home and taken their personal belongings. Many never consider the possibilities until their privacy has been shattered. Toni Ronan knows all too well the emotions that overtake a person after a stranger breaks in. Ronan’s home in the 100 block of Broadway Avenue was burglarized in broad daylight on Monday, Nov. 14. Ronan had left that morning to see her granddaughter in Spokane. Shortly after 10 a.m. her sister stopped by Ron...
Jen Kronvall from the American Cancer Society spoke at the Chamber of Commerce General Membership meeting on Thursday, Nov. 17, to discuss the upcoming 2012 Relay For Life of Ritzville event. The Relay For Life of Ritzville event will continue to be hosted at the high school track as it has for the last five years and with the money raised going to the American Cancer Society. During those past five events, the Ritzville community has been able to raise around $183,000 for cancer research. Last year alone, the Ritzville...
A former Adams County resident is one of the latest inductees into the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences Hall of Honored Alumni. The late Otto Amen graduated from then Washington State College in 1937 with his degree in pharmacy. After graduation, he worked as a pharmacist until assuming management of his parents’ farm halfway between Ritzville and Odessa where he and his wife, Doris, farmed for most of their lives. Amen became active in a variety of farm-related o...
Saturday’s WIAA 2B State Quarterfinal could easily be dubbed the Snow Bowl. The LRS Broncos and Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals met in Edgar Brown Stadium in Pasco on artificial turf for the playoff battle. They were greeted by freezing temperatures and snowfall that was heavy at times. Ultimately the Broncos were handed a playoff loss, 42-7. While the Cardinals earned the right to advance to the state semi-finals, the game score didn’t tell the whole story. The Broncos defense t...
The Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Center for Quality Communities Scholarship will be awarding four $1,000 scholarships for high school seniors who are actively involved in their community and want to pursue post-secondary education. The Ritzville City Council has decided to support this scholarship and allow students the opportunity to apply. Students who are eligible for this scholarship must meet the following requirements. The student must be involved with a city government or community/school leadership...
Ritzville FFA Chapter placed eighth in the state soils contest held Nov. 2 in Lincoln County. Ritzville had two teams at the state contest this year making a total of 28 teams that competed. Team No. 1 members for Ritzville included Palmer Phillips, Drew Hartz, Colby Starring, Tyler O’Brien and Sydney Nelson. Team No. 2 members were Brooke Pichette, Ashley Ambers, Tyler Greenwalt, Tyler Frederick and Haley Oestriech. Team No. 1 finished eighth and Team No. 2 finished 12th. The top eight teams in the state received plaques g...
Ritzville Third Grade What I like best about Thanksgiving is all the food my family and I get to eat. I help my mom cook the turkey and set the table. When everybody arrives we all sit down at the table and start eating. I wait until everyone is done eating then I eat the rest. We have apple pie for dessert and I eat most of it! -Kaytlyn Daley-Allen What I like best about Thanksgiving is that every other year we go to my aunt Sue’s house. She lives in Walla Walla. I get to see my aunts and uncles. I also get to see my c...
The Ritzville FFA Trap Team finished in first place at the Lind FFA Trap Shoot held on Nov. 5 at the Lind Gun Club. Ritzville Team No. 1 members were Jake Dewald, Jacob Anderson, Joel Anderson, Johnny Carson and Andrew Witt. Ritzville Team No. 2 members were Ryan Frederick, Tyler Greenwalt, Matt Leffel, Grant Wengeler and Skyler Oestreich. There were 16 teams at the shoot. Ritzville Team No. 1 had a score of 141 out of 150. Jake Dewald placed first high individual for the contest hitting 49 out of 50 birds. Jacob Anderson...
The 2011 State Land Judging Contest was hosted by the Lincoln County Conservation District on Nov. 2 at the Keith and LeAnna Schafer farm on Highway 28 five miles west of Odessa. Attending the contest were 135 students from the FFA chapters of 18 eastern and central Washington high schools. Schools sending one or two FFA land judging teams to the contest included Almira-Coulee-Hartline, Cheney, Davenport, Freeman, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Lacrosse, Lind, Moses Lake, Odessa, Pomeroy, Prosser, Ritzville, Rosalia,...