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Girls basketball The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls basketball team improved to 3-1 Tuesday with a 64-21 home victory against Upper Columbia Academy. Eliza Galbreath paced the Lady Broncos with 13 points while Julia Klein and Dakota Killian added 11 points apiece. The Lady Broncos had a balanced attack that saw all eight of the core varsity players score. LRS head coach Steve Wellsandt was pleased with how his team played defense against UCA. Wellsandt preaches defense and said...
A free pancake breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus will be held this Saturday, Dec. 14, from 9-11 a.m. in the Ritzville Eagles dining room. Children attending the breakfast must be accompanied by an adult....
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Athletic Director Greg Whitmore announced on Dec. 6 that LRS home basketball games will be streamed live this season. Lind-Ritzville High School, with the help of the Bronc Boosters, has partnered with the NFHS Network to invest in new technology that will allow the school to broadcast every game from Gilson Gym. For a monthly or annual fee, family and fans will be able to stream the games live if they’re unable to attend the game in person. Games will not include a play-by-play announcer for the t...
Andrew G Hennings was born in Spokane, WA on Aug. 27, 1968. Andrew passed away peacefully on Dec. 2, 2019 in Anchorage, AK. He graduated from Ritzville High School in 1987. He was a kind, hard working man who loved the farm but Alaska was his home. Becoming a private pilot was a proud moment for him and his dad, but playing football for coach Lynch was special, "Go Broncos." He worked as an outside field supervisor for GCI in Anchorage, and was a telecommunication engineer...
On December 7, 2019, Joseph William Holland (age 78) passed away peacefully at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, WA, after a battle with pneumonia. A loving father, grandfather and friend, he was a valuable part of the community fabric of Lind, WA, his home for 53 years. Joseph was born to William Claude Holland and Lucinda Anne (Pearson) Holland in Chewelah, WA on July 10, 1941. He was the ninth of ten children. As one of the youngest members of his large family, he learned to...
Irene M. Scheeler, age 86. A long-time resident of Lind, WA until her final two years, passed away on November 22, 2019 in Spokane Valley, WA. Irene was born on May 10, 1933 to Theodore "Ted" Fode and Lydia (Sackmann) Fode, one of 8 children: Clarence, Esther, Alfred, Richard, Elmer, Harold, and Reinhold. In addition, Irene had lots and lots of aunts and uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews, with whom she liked to stay in touch. Irene graduated from Lind High School, and...
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls basketball head coach Steve Wellsandt was anxious to see his 2019-20 team in action. After seeing his team play three games in five days, he is looking at a team that is 2-1 and playing strong. The Broncos opened the season with a loss on the road to Columbia Burbank 46-35 on Friday before returning home to beat Riverside 62-46 in their home opener on Saturday. On Tuesday, LRS defeated Oakesdale on the road 49-47. Wellsandt wasn't very happy with...
LRS boys basketball head coach Dustan Arlt said his team exceeded his expectations in almost every facet of the game in the 2019-20 season's opening weekend, as his team went 2-0 to start a season for the first time since 2013-14. The Broncos took to the road and dispatched the Columbia-Burbank Coyotes 51-38 in the first game of the season on Dec. 6, and then beat the Riverside Rams--a 1A school--at Gilson Gym 51-42 the next day in the team's home opener. "After last year...
In the coming decade, investors are betting that hydrogen will become a prominent fuel which can eliminate CO2 discharges from the vehicles it energizes. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) the transportation sector has dominated the growth in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions since 1990, accounting for 69 percent of the total increase. It is important that hydrogen technology advances rapidly because cars, trucks and buses are a growing contributor to gr...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1146 held its annual essay awards program at the American Legion Hall last Sunday afternoon, highlighting students from fourth through ninth grade who participated in the contest. Students from area schools were invited to participate in the contest, and the first place winners read their essays in front of the audience, which included members from the VFW and American Legion. The program was moderated by Dennis Greenwalt. Fourth and fifth...
Science, technology, engineering, and math – more commonly known as STEM – have become some of the most highly demanded careers in our nation’s economy. Schools across the country and in Central Washington have emphasized education programs to help prepare students for future careers in fields from chemistry and earth sciences to computer engineering and physics. Quality STEM education programs are essential to train the next generation of American minds. Central Washington’s students are bright, and many of them are interes...
With winter break fast approaching, Lind-Ritzville Schools’ music department is hosting its annual winter concerts. Dec 9 was the Ritzville K-4 concert. Dec. 11 was Lind’s concert featuring students in grades K-8. Finally on Dec. 19, the Ritzville fifth grade band and the Lind-Ritzville High School band will perform at Gilson Gym in Ritzville at 6 p.m. Jennifer York, who teaches band in both Lind and Ritzville for students fifth grade and above, says the concert on Dec. 19 will be a lot of fun because it will give the aud...
Four juveniles led Adams County Sheriff deputies on an 18-mile chase at speeds greater than 100 mph last week. All four have been arrested and booked into the Martin Hall Juvenile Facility in Airway Heights. Deputies performed a traffic stop in Ritzville on a vehicle driving in the dark with no lights on the night of Nov. 26. According to the sheriff's office, the driver of the car fled heading south on the northbound lanes of Highway 395. The car was later found to be stolen...
Adams County Health Officer Dr. Alexander Brzezny issued an alert regarding influenza activity in the county in a news release on Dec. 9. The Adams County Health Department said it has received an increasing number of reports of influenza cases, primarily influenza B. Karen Potts, the county's Community Health Director, said that about 90 cases of influenza have been lab confirmed through testing in Adams County laboratories to date, most of which have been influenza B. The...
The Ritzville City Council voted to approve the $14.5 million 2020 budget ahead of schedule at its Dec. 3 council meeting, a budget that calls for the hiring of a fifth officer at the Ritzville Police Department. Much of the discussion by the council and city officials about the budget was centered around the proposed hiring of a fifth police officer. Several councilmembers questioned whether the revenue sources being used to support the hiring of the additional officer were being accurately projected in the budget. To fund...
A group of children hug Santa following the annual Children's Movie Matinee on Dec. 7. Santa arrived with members of the Ritzville Fire Department, who met with and handed out goodie bags to the children....
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that it is now hiring temporary Census Takers in Adams County in advance of its Nonresponse Followup Operation for the 2020 Census. The pay rate is $16 per hour. Applications can be made online at 2020census.gov/jobs....
Both the H.E. Gritman Senior Center and the Lind Senior Center will be hosting Christmas meals next week. The Gritman Senior Center will be hosting a ham dinner with all of the fixings on Thursday, Dec. 19. Reservations must be made by 12 p.m. on Dec. 18. The Lind Senior Center will be hosting a Christmas dinner with baked ham, potatoes & gravy, green bean casserole and pecan pie next Friday, Dec. 20....
When graduation comes this June, teachers everywhere will be saying goodbye to a class of students. For many teachers, this means saying goodbye to children they have worked with over the course of the year. But for Lind-Ritzville Schools' band teacher Jennifer York, this means saying goodbye to a senior class full of students she has taught for 13 years. York teaches band to students in grades 5-12 in both Lind and Ritzville. Before the merger of the schools, she taught...
The H.E. Gritman Senior Center will be holding its monthly pancake breakfast tomorrow, Dec. 13, from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Anyone is welcome to attend the breakfast. Membership to the senior center is not required....