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REARDAN--71 school superintendents, principals and athletic directors across Eastern Washington, including 20 from Lincoln County, have signed onto a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington State Legislature requesting the return of extra and co-curricular activities for all students, including sports. The letter was written as part an effort headed by Reardan superintendent Eric Sobotta and Davenport superintendent Jim...
RALSTON – Grange members hosted Santa for a drive-through gift-giving and wish-making event Saturday, Dec. 12. Ralston Grange President Jerry Snyder said the event has been taking place since 1932. “We were going to miss this year, with the restrictions in place, and we hadn’t missed a single year,” Snyder said. “You sit down and you brain storm, and we came up with the drive-through idea.” Volunteers decorated the parking lot with a lighted drive-through, with stops at tw...
Pastors messages appreciated Area church leaders are invited to send their annual “Pastor’s Message” about the Christmas season in for publication in our Dec. 23 issue. Please send your letter to [email protected] by the end of business Friday, Dec. 18. Santa’s checking his list twice Kids wanting to send last-minute letters to Santa are welcome to submit them to the Journal before Monday morning, Dec. 21. Santa will be checking his list twice, so there’s still time to write. Please include the school you attend, a...
DECEMBER 4 Traffic Offense - West Spur Lane Road and South Saddle Road Othello During a traffic stop at the location, the driver was found to be suspended in the 3rd degree. 43-year-old Charletta Braziel of Othello was arrested, cited, and released from the scene. Suicide Attempt - 100 block West May Avenue Washtucna Complainant advised her boyfriend took a large dose of prescription narcotics and left the area on foot. Deputies attempted to locate the subject in the nearby hills. Later, the subject returned home and was...
The Washtucna School principal will be getting a pie in the face, Thursday, Dec. 17. after students were able to collect more than 400 pounds of food for the Washtucna Food Bank. As of the end of last week, the students had collected over 635 pounds of canned goods. Principal Michael Amend said it was an extra special show of generosity, in a school district where the majority of students were on free or reduced lunches. At 500 pounds, the students were able to select a second teacher to get “pied.” With the students hit...
AVA LAVELLE WAHL, a former long-time resident of Lind, Washington, peacefully passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 in Walla Walla Washington. Ava was born September 14, 1931, to Forest (Bus) and Edith Neal Gunter in Sheridan Wyoming. The family later moved to Post Falls, Idaho and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho where Ava attended high school. After high school Ava attended Kinman Business School where she met her future husband, Lenard L. Wahl. They were married in Coeur d...
Yes, even in a pandemic, the time of the season when football coaches are fired is upon us. You remember just three, four, five or six years ago when the athletic director walked into the press conference to announce the hiring of the next coach who will bring a new energy and sometimes dignity to the football program? At this point in time, the newly hired and very humble coach walks up to the podium telling the press corps about how he plans on recruiting and showcasing a...
It’s been a difficult year for us all. I know that’s an understatement. But methinks I shouldn’t have to go into many details to explain why. Unfortunately, those reasons are still all around us. It’s said hard times bring out the best and worst in people. I’ve come to see the truth in that first-hand, and — put mildly — it’s disheartening. I’ve seen people come together as a community to support each other, and I’ve seen people who talk about the need for community support refusing to do so by undertaking the sim...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Dec. 16, 1920 SAYS STORY WAS A FAKE John J. Burfiend and bride arrived home from New York December 3. John says the big story sent out by a New York reporter and copied in western papers was a fake. The story told that after going east to claim a bride, he and the lady fell out, only to have him strike a match with the girl’s sister. John says that he married the girl he went back to marry, and that he is at a loss to understand w...
COLFAX — A new airline may be flying into Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport in the near future. During a meeting Monday, Dec. 7, Whitman County commissioners approved a $400,000 request for a profit guarantee for SkyWest/United Airlines to fly from Pullman twice per day to Denver. In a four-year, ongoing process, the airport has garnered interest from the airline — SkyWest has a partnership with United — to add the route. The potential service was made possible by the Pullm...
RITZVILLE – A dozen kids got to shop with a cop Saturday, Dec. 12. The program, organized by Police Chief Dave McCormick, has been going on for a couple decades, and while concessions had to be made this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event provided a great deal of joy, based on the smiles all around. Etenia Slater-Burns, Sequoia Slater-Burns, Chaska Slater -Burns, Jaxon Duchesneau, Michealah Sherman, Samantha Cody, Erickah Cody, Lana Adamson, Aiden Instasi, Dante R...
RITZVILLE – Adams County Health Officer Dr. Alex Brzezny reported to county commissioners Dec. 9 that he expected to see COVID-19 vaccines arriving in the county in the next couple of weeks. He said the FDA is currently reviewing two different vaccines, including one made by Pfizer which requires ultra-low temperatures for transportation. “As soon as that approval takes place, the vaccine will be released,” Brzezny said. “I know that within another couple of days, a vaccine which does not require these ultra low tempera...
PASCO — A prominent Eastern Washington businessman and lifelong farmer was killed in a head-on crash Thursday afternoon, Dec. 10, on Interstate 182. Gale A. Easterday, 79, of Mesa, was deceased at the scene near the Fourth Avenue interchange about 3:30 p.m., the Washington State Patrol said. Five other victims escaped injury, including Benjamin T. Garfias, 51, of Kennewick; Alejandro Magana, 44, of Pasco; Andrii Konko,46, of Pasco; Volodymyr Konko, 34, of Pasco; and Aarn E. B...
RITZVILLE – This year’s inaugural Santa Parade, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce Dec. 12, had lots of colorful entries. Participants dressed up in a wide variety of Santa outfits, joined by Ritzville police, Adams County Sheriff’s deputies, Ritzville Volunteer Fire Fighters, East Adams Rural Healthcare staff, Mayor Gary Cook and other community members. The parade of cars headed out from City Hall at 1 p.m. and wound their way down Main and Broadway, with volunteer fire...