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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 for this year includes, Kirk Danekas, Joan...
Bronc Boosters are having a silent auction fundraiser this Saturday, Dec. 10, at the first home basketball game. Donations for the silent auction are to be given to Rita Fryberger. Questions should be directed to Melva Eichner, Colleen Ruzicka or Debbie Gering, 659-0497....
Bill and Jeanette Wills have the honor of being the Grand Marshals for the Lind Chamber of Commerce’s 12th annual Lind Christmas Parade on Sunday, Dec. 11. Jeanette Wills was born and raised in Lind, while Bill Wills grew up in Kentucky. Jeanette wanted to remain in Lind and as Bill said, “She wanted to come home, and I followed.” After Bill returned from the service, he moved to Lind with Jeanette. The Wills’ are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursda...
The Ritzville High School Theatre Arts students will be putting on a production called “The Fearsome Pirate Frank” on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. in the grade school gym. Pat Lydersen wrote “The Fearsome Pirate Frank” and it is presented courtesy of Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. The play is a pirate farce with 20 actors playing more than 60 different characters. Ashley Carruth will be playing the Pirate Frank while Caleb Olson will be playing the part of Frank, the pirate actor. Narrators for the play will be Alessa Neilan and Dezarae...
Senator Mark Schoesler is inviting residents of the Ninth Legislative District to take part in a tele-town hall meeting Tuesday, Dec. 13. “The more convenient I can make it for people to get involved with their government, the better, and these telephone town halls are convenient: instead of a long drive at night on icy roads, just stay at home and pick up the phone for 15 minutes, or 50 minutes, or whatever works. It’s no wonder thousands of people have ‘attended’ the meetings I’ve had by phone in the past few years,” S...
Ritzville High School will be hosting a financial aid night on Thursday, Dec. 15. This meeting will be held at the high school in room 12 and will begin at 6 p.m. and is expected to last about an hour. This meeting is for parents who have a senior that plans on attending a post-secondary school. The topics that will be covered are FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the college financial process and scholarships. This is a great opportunity for parents to bring their questions and learn about planning ahead...
Sterling Savings Bank has extended the deadline of the Giving Tree event to conclude on Friday, Dec. 16. There are still 30 ornaments left on the tree waiting to be adopted by community members. The ages of those in need range from 0-18 year olds and people 65 years and older. Gifts purchased can be left under the tree wrapped or unwrapped at the bank. Please attach the ornament to the gift to let the staff know what has already been purchased. Ornaments can be picked up and gifts dropped off during regular business hours at...
Ritzville lost a business today when the Perkins Family Restaurant was closed about 3 p.m. today (Thursday), Dec. 8. A sign on the window states the restaurant has been closed permanently. No reason was given for the closure. Employees were not notified in advance of the closure....
Big Bend Community College has donated eight more computers to the Ritzville library for the community to use. The computers will be located downstairs in the library and will be available for full use sometime in the next few weeks. There are already seven computers at Ritzville High School and five at Lind High School that have been donated by Big Bend. All of these computers are being donated because of a grant that Big Bend received earlier this year. LeAnne Parton from Big Bend hopes that these computers will help...
The coming weeks will be devoted to one of this city’s sport’s heroes, coaching legend Benner T. Cummings. Here is the second installation. — M. M. Athey & The Ritzville Swim Club Part Two: The Summer of 1953 The Ritzville Swim Team competed in the Inland Empire AAU Swimming Championships in Spokane on Aug. 3 and 4. The event attracted 350 competitors including six former Olympians. The Ritzville Swim Team was short-handed for this meet with only Dan Schwisow, Gordon Gering, Vern Kiehn and Benner Cummings able to compet...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos delivered two wins to the start of their season, hanging on to defeat Columbia-Burbank last Friday in overtime, 50-48. They rode that momentum into Saturday where they defeated Warden, 56-26. In Friday’s game, Davis Killian led with 12 points followed by 11 from Dalyn Killian. Brooke Pichette scored nine and Chelsey Heidenreich had eight points. Jenna Bennett and Kailey York each scored five. The Warden game featured Davis and York who scored 13 and 12 respectively. Pichette added n...
The first wrestling outing of the season was a good tune up for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos as they prepare for a season on mat action on the road. The Broncos, who will host just one home match this season, traveled to Kennewick Saturday for the Bob Mars Tournament. Head Coach Jason Hilzer said his mat team faced a number of junior varsity wrestlers in from a variety of larger schools. Checking in at 106 pounds this season Kyle Ritz won one and lost one. After being pinned in the first round, locked horns with an Othe...
The LaCrosse-Washtucna boys gained their first win against Garfield-Palouse on Saturday, Dec. 3, with a final score of 53-35. The starters for the Tigercats were Darcy Stamper, Matt Stubbs, Austin Summers, Justin Wargo and Jake Aune. Stamper lead the team in points with a total of 19 points, nine of those in the second quarter alone. “Everyone that went in to the game worked extremely hard,” said head coach Mike Jones. “It was effort that won the game.” Aune scored 11 points for the Tigercats, Jed Zimmer scored 10, Summers...
Friday’s battle with Columbia-Burbank ended on a positive note as the LRS Broncos opened their basketball season with a win, 41-38. The jubilation ended there when a scrappy Warden team dismantled the Broncos on Saturday 55-40 with a dominate second half effort powered by perimeter shooting and three-point buckets. “It was disappointing going in there and losing like that,” said head coach Dustan Arlt. A specific set of final numbers left him astounded. The Broncos’ collective shooting percentage was 23.5 after the team co...
The LaCrosse-Washtucna lady Tigercats played their first non-league basketball game against Garfield-Palouse on Saturday, Dec. 3. The Tigercats lost their game 22-33 and look forward to playing Gar-Pal in league play on Friday, Dec. 9. The lady Tigercats led the game with a first quarter score of 4-3 and a halftime score of 10-9. Hayley Dorman, Kadie Whinery, Jenna Goude, Anne Fleming and Logan Harder started the game for the lady Tigercats. “The girls played good defense the entire game,” said Coach Tim Stamper. “But we ca...
The holiday season is said to be the ‘season of giving,’ and this holiday season, a local teen is doing just that. Brandon Knodel is a senior at Lind High School and for his senior project he has started a fundraiser titled “Hams from the Heart.” Knodel decided on this project after looking under the gift tree in the high school at the food donations that are collected underneath and realized what he saw is what families would be eating for Christmas dinner. “I looked and saw Mac and Cheese,” said Knodel. “And then I thought...
A group of Lind students, and some parents, gathered together early Sunday morning in the high school cafeteria to begin the revitalization of the Christmas spirit. The cafeteria had been previously decorated by Mickie Stanley, the head cook at the high school, and was tragically destroyed by vandals in the prior weekend. Mackenzie Ellis had the idea to re-decorate for Stanley when she and her dad, Brian, were discussing the vandalism one night at the dinner table. Everyone...
We are writing this letter to express our thanks and gratitude to the members of Project 56 and the many donors who have supported the Ritzville track project and to ask for your continued support. Though we have been out of school for a few years now, our fondest memories of high school are our track seasons. Our grandpa, Harold Undeberg, was the starter for all of the races for nearly all of the meets for 25 years. His love of kids and track was obvious to everyone who attended or participated in a track meet. Throughout th...
I am writing this letter in regards to Project 56. As a former track and field athlete both at Ritzville as well as in college I have had the opportunity to visit several facilities across the nation both at the high school and collegiate level. Our current facility is inferior to most I have seen, including some of the poorer rural areas in Alabama. The good news is that we have a great footprint and a dedicated plan to bring the facility to a much higher level. As mentioned two weeks ago by Lori Olson, the Project has been...
What a wonderful weekend for our community! I always look forward to the first weekend in December with the Ritzville traditions. It was nice to sing Christmas carols, while sipping hot chocolate at the Tree Lighting event on Main Street. It was a cold, windy evening. Our mayor, Linda Kadlec shared a wonderful Christmas message. It reminded me, that we need to open our hearts to those around us and share our Christmas joy. The weekend went on with the AAUW Bazaar – a place, where you can find a gift for each person on your li...
The Saturday, Dec. 3, American Association of University Women Holiday Bazaar was well attended this year, with steady numbers of shoppers during the four hour event. Vendor numbers were down slightly but vendors indicated increased sales, AAUW co-chairs noted. For the past l0 years AAUW has sold raffle tickets on their themed baskets. Profits this year were the best ever, with more than $500 taken in. This money will fund scholarships for local girls who graduate from area high schools. Basket winners this year were Angie...
Big Bend Community College Foundation scholarship applications for 2012-13 are available now in the Financial Aid Office and on the college’s website. “An estimated $190,000 in scholarships will be awarded to 145 students for the 2012-13 academic year that starts in September of 2012,” said Doug Sly, executive director of the BBCC Foundation. The deadline is March 16, 2012, for receiving completed applications in the Financial Aid Office. Only completed applications submitted by that date will be considered. Appli...
Stepping into Remember When… antique shop, you might not realize that it is actually a business. The warmth of a wood stove and the smell of fresh brewed coffee are the first things that greet customers to the house. Carly Gillette bought the house that her parents lived in for 31 years and turned it into an antique shop that opened on Dec. 3. Her mother, Liz Gillette, is helping with the business that started because of Carly’s passion for antiques. “My dad had an antique sho...
Franklin Corwin “Frank” Sellars Jr. age 82, of Gearhart, Ore., died Nov. 3, 2011, in Seaside, Ore. He was born Jan. 14, 1929, in Ritzville to Franklin Corwin Sellars Sr. and Helena Clodius. After losing his father at an early age, he was raised by his mother during the Depression, and worked at restaurants and odd jobs. He was educated in Ritzville, transferring to North Central High School in Spokane his senior year, where he graduated. On July 1, 1949, he married his high school sweetheart, Emogene Grace “Emie” Reimann at Q...
George Francis Crawford, age 89, died peacefully on Nov. 29, 2011. He was born in Frederick, Okla., on Nov. 28, 1922, to Maude and Marlin Crawford. He was the oldest of four children. He graduated from school in Bray, Okla. He joined the U.S. Army after high school and served as a medic in Germany. After he came home from Germany, he worked in the oil fields for Halliburton. In 1950, he traveled north, building pipelines. He was working on a pipeline crew when he met his...