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The Life Care Center of Ritzville staff members are hosting a raffle for a relaxation basket, with proceeds going to the survivors of the typhoon in the Philippines. Raffle tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the Life Care Center. The raffle basket includes two bottles of wine, four hand painted wine glasses, trivet, picture frame, a variety of snacks, and a wide array of bath and body health products. The value of the basket is estimated at $120. The raffle drawing takes place on Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. The Life Care... Full story
Due to the Christmas holiday, the Christmas edition of The Journal is being published on Tuesday, Dec. 24. The deadline for news submissions and advertisements has been moved to Friday, Dec. 20, at 12 p.m. The following week, the New Years edition, will have the same deadline with a Friday afternoon cutoff for news and advertising submissions. News items can be sent to [email protected] and advertisements can be emailed to [email protected]. For questions, call 659-1020....
With the Christmas holiday just around the corner, many of the local churches are preparing special worship services to celebrate the holiday. Emanuel Lutheran Church is hosting a candlelight communion service on Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. New Hope Center is having a special Christmas concert with musician and singer Valerie Hicks on Dec. 22 at 1 p.m. Trinity United Methodist Church has its annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. Ritzville Nazarene Church is having Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., followed...
With holiday shopping in full swing, local business owners are encouraging area residents to shop local this season in an effort to support the business, the community and benefit area residents. Businesses throughout Ritzville have catered their products for holiday shoppers in an effort to bring more customers through the doors to purchase holiday gifts from a local vendor. While many residents are wrapping up gift shopping for the season, businesses throughout Ritzville provide shoppers with an opportunity to make a... Full story
The holidays are often a time when family and friends visit their parents or other aging relatives whom they haven’t seen since the last holiday season. And when they visit they discover their loved ones aren’t doing so well. Maybe mom and dad appear frail and their typically tidy house is in disarray. They might find unopened mail and bills tucked in a drawer. These can be the signs of declining health and triggers that mom and dad need some assistance to remain safely at home. The Alzheimer’s Association has put toget... Full story
State Senator Mark Schoesler and Representative Judy Warnick were awarded Honorary Life Memberships by the Columbia Basin Development League during their Conference and Annual Meeting held in Moses Lake last month. Clark Kagele, a League board member said that, “Legislators from the 9th and 13th Districts provided the leadership to get the job done and worked to secure the largest state investment ever in Project infrastructure. Schoesler, the Senate Republican Leader and Warnick, the then Ranking Republican on the House C... Full story
Every year, door-to-door salesman and solicitors wander through Ritzville attempting to sell products to residents and are generally greeted with apprehension from many area citizens. As Ritzville Police Officer Tom Gracie said during his presentation for the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce’s general membership meeting last Thursday, residents should take the necessary precautions when opening the door to a solicitor. While Officer Gracie explained the winter months are generally a slower time for solicitors to move t... Full story
The Adams County Commissioners unanimously approved the 2014-2019 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) during the morning session on Monday, Dec. 9. During the two previous Monday meetings of Adams County Engineer Scott Yaeger presented the TIP plan explaining the specific differences and changes from the previous years. Yaeger explained seven projects on the current program are proposed programs that funding has not yet been secured for. Funding for the projects comes from a variety of different organizations.... Full story
The Lind Chamber of Commerce members completed the judging for the 2013 Lind Lighting Contest in the community on Dec. 12. The Chamber members named three residences as the top decorated homes in Lind and one business. The 2013 winners of the Lind Lighting Contest are Brad and Darlene O’Neill. Second place is awarded to Ken Kanzler and rounding out the top decorated homes is Marlynne Vandervloedt. The best-decorated business is the Lind Senior Center.... Full story
Aaron Wilks grips his present from Santa Clause at the Ralston Grange Christmas Party on Sunday evening. Children had the opportunity to sit on Santa’s lap and tell them their Christmas wish list before receiving a gift and a candy bag. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
As the holidays—and winter break, starting Dec. 23—rapidly approach, school at Lind-Ritzville Middle School has progressed into a snowy, busy blizzard of assignments, band concerts, basketball games, and tests. The LRMS National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) is offering a break to make travel through December’s crazy storms more pleasurable with a treat for the students and simultaneously, a donation to help a worthy cause. The Lind-Ritzville NJHS is conducting a school-wide candy cane sale to benefit the Ritz Theatre as their...
The deadline for the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Center for Quality Communities scholarship is March 7. Applications for the scholarship can be picked up at Ritzville City Hall during regular business hours. The AWC Center for Quality Communities scholarship awards four $1,250 scholarships for high school seniors who are actively involved in their community and want to pursue post-secondary education. The Ritzville City Council decided to support this scholarship and allow students the opportunity to apply....
The LWK Tigercats started off the league games on the right foot after earning two back-to-back wins against Southeast 1B teams last weekend. The Tigercats defeated Tekoa-Oakesdale 58-30 on Friday night, before traveling to Richland Saturday and winning 71-53 against Liberty Christian. The Tigercats did not have long to rest before taking the court again on Monday to battle against Walla Walla Valley Academy. The 2B team defeated the Tigercats in the nonleague competition, 60-55. Going into the Friday game, head coach Mike... Full story
Being short on practice time didn’t hinder the LRS Broncos as they opened their basketball season with a 42-35 road win over Columbia-Burbank. The team, behind most teams in terms of practice time, proved its players’ talents are solid enough to be competitive right out of the blocks. Head coach Dustan Arlt said the team had four full practice sessions before the game. Many of the basketball team’s players just finished postseason football action on Saturday. They immediately shifted gears into basketball mode. “Our defense w...
The Lady Tigercats took to the hardwood for the first time this season to battle against Tekoa-Oakesdale on Friday night. The team had a packed week, playing two league games over the weekend and competing in a nonleague game on Monday. The opening game proved to be a rough beginning to the season, but head coach Pete Schweiger explained that while the girls approached the game timidly, they gained confidence that helped them in the later games. The Lady Tigercats hosted...
LRS Lady Broncos’ Dalyn Killian battles against a pair of Wilbur-Creston defenders last Thursday in an attempt to score a basket down low. The Lady Broncos lost to WC, 64-62. Killian scored 11 points in the contest. Freshman Tommi Swannack had 14 and Jenna Bennett led with 16. The team lost on Friday to Columbia-Burbank, 48-41. They opened league play on Tuesday with a 46-43 win over Springdale. Tessa Jantz led the scoring effort in the win with 15. Killian delivered 12 p... Full story
A couple of years ago I received a phone call from my fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Maureen Bourne. She proceeded to tell me that her husband Lloyd had read my column in the Journal that week and he said, “You’ve got to read Dale’s column.” She told me that she read it and then Lloyd insisted that she read it to their grandchildren. The column as I remember it now was about the importance of hard work and team work and that success doesn’t come easy but it is worth all of the swea...
Carl J. LeMay died Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata at the age of 78. He was born Jan. 1, 1935, in Nespelem, Wash. Carl worked part time and retired from Grant County Courthouse. Before moving to Ephrata, Carl lived in Washtucna. He was a loving husband and father, and will be deeply missed. Carl is survived by his wife of 43 years, Nancy; children Mark (Bonnie) LeMay of Seattle; Ken (Amy) LeMay of Coeur d’Alene; David (Debbie) LeMay of Bountiful, Utah; and Tracy (Dave) Wilson of Ephrata; four g...
On Dec. 5, Jesse Robert Kovash, 36, died at Hospice House of North Idaho after he bravely and courageously fought brain cancer for an extended period of time. He was a loving father, husband, son, grandson, brother, nephew, cousin, and friend. Jesse was born on Aug. 25, 1977, in Livingston, Mont., to Myron Kovash and Kathy (Peterson) McCabe. He attended many schools growing up including Livingston, Mont, and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He graduated from Park High School in Livingsto... Full story
The Caring Neighbors board recently donated $3,000 to the Lind Elementary School. The donated money was used to help fund the Raising a Reader program at the preschool in Lind. The check was presented by Dale Anderson (photo left) to preschool teacher Lori Olson (center) and Superintendent Rob Roettger (right). The school received the books, which were distributed to the youngsters at special luncheons in November. Caring Neighbors is a non-profit entity established by Big... Full story
The 2014 legislative session begins in a month. Because we won’t be assembling new state budgets from scratch, the upcoming session is scheduled to last just 60 days rather than the 105 allowed by the constitution in budget-writing years. My one prediction for the 2014 session is this: Our bipartisan Senate majority, now in its second year will continue to concentrate on encouraging job creation, and improving our state’s public-school system, and spending tax dollars wisely. There are many other issues on the table, I realiz...
This summer, the nation sweltered in a deadly heat wave. High temperatures hovered near 100 degrees, the heat buckled highways in several states, and firefighters in Indianapolis evacuated 300 people from a senior living community when the air conditioning failed. Cities from New York to Seattle set up cooling centers as demand for electricity hit all-time highs. This fall, the nation froze in near-record cold. Temperatures in the upper Midwest recently plummeted to -31 degrees. Freezing temperatures and ice storms snarled ai...
Jethro Lawrence Kiesz born Nov. 14 to Brady and Kelley Kiesz of Anchorage, Alaska. At birth, Jethro weighed eight pounds, nine ounces and was 21.5 inches long. Jethro joins three and a half year old sister, Audreyann. Maternal Grandparents are Kelley Messinger and Roberta Messinger of Rosalia. The paternal grandparents are Randy and Michele Kiesz of Ritzville. Paternal great-grandparents are Larry and Della Kiesz of Ritzville....