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Editor's Note: Here are Letters to Santa from Mrs. Lavigueur's class. Due to an email error, the letters did not get published in the print edition of the Dec. 22 edition of The Ritzville Adams County Journal. Dear Santa, How are you doing and Mrs. Claus for Christmas I want a Gaddy Doll house and more Lol Dolls. My favorite season is winter. I really want Rainbow High Dolls. Love, Addy Dear Santa, I want a Lol for Christmas. I want OMG dolls. I want a Barbie. You are a great...
Dear Santa, I would love it if you got me a harry potter figure, (any kind will do) Hedwig, a harry potter sweater (preferably one with all the houses on it) and a harry potter bed set. If you can't get any of this you can just get anything close. Anything close to these will be fine. I have been good for the most part!! Thank you, Alex Dear Santa, I would like $100 worth of vbucks so I could buy outfits for Fortnite. I also want a PC so I can watch Youtube and play roblox. I...
RITZVILLE – Young and old turned out, Saturday, Dec. 18, for Winter Fest activities. An inch of fresh snow fell overnight contributing to the festive winter setting. The first activity of the afternoon was the Fly-In Santa. Due to inclement weather at the departure location, Santa Claus was not able to take off in the Life Flight helicopter. But, the Ritzville Fire Department saved the day, delivering Santa Claus to the grade school on time. Dozens of cars lined up on "...
LIND - Columbia Grain International launched its Cultivating Community Christmas Campaign partnering with local charities to give back to local communities this holiday season. The company's Lind office has partnered with the Ritzville Food Bank to bag and distribute food donations to indigent residents. In nearby Pullman, the company is also working with food banks in Whitman County. "Our employees have a great understanding of how they can best serve their communities at...
HO, HO, HO, Ho, Ho, Ho, we hear this a lot this time of the year and we all know where it comes from, Santa Clause, right. Every time we hear the words Ho, Ho, Ho, joy begins to rise in our mind. For some people this is the happiest time of the year but for others it is filled with stress, depression, high blood pressure, that we shouldn’t have. In the book “The God Prescription” Dr. Avery M. Jackson III who is a neurosurgeon writes about the treatment of Laughter for Patients and he writes that Laughter will Lower your stres...
RITZVILLE – Fifteen local youngsters got in some Christmas shopping, Saturday, Dec. 11, with the help of more than a dozen members of local law enforcement agencies, first responders and members of their families. The annual event organized by Police Chief Dave McCormick provided shopping opportunities for the children to shop at Ritzville Drug Store and Love's Travel Stop. Participating families were also given gift certificates for local grocery stores. In all $1,600 worth o...
OLYMPIA – The white sturgeon fishery opens Jan. 1 for some the lower Columbia River. Fishing for legal-size white sturgeon opens New Year’s Day in Bonneville Pool between Bonneville and The Dalles dams, The Dalles Pool between The Dalles and John Day dams, and the John Day Pool between John Day and McNary dams. While Bonneville Pool and John Day Pool will be open daily, The Dalles Pool only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, officials said. The Dalles Pool closed to sturgeon retention just a few days after opening in 202...
Ritzville Les Schwab Manager Mitch Fode, center, presents a trophy and $100 gift card to the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos football team for being named October Team of the Month. The award is presented each month to teams around the state for exceptional play during the month. Representing the Bronco football team are Hayden Melcher (No. 30), Chase Galbreath (No. 15), Cooper Miller (No. 20) and Nick Labes (No. 13)....
For those folks that follow football in the college and professional arenas I’m sure that you heard about the firing of Jacksonville Jaguar head coach Urban Meyer. His less than one year at the helm was problematic. Note to yourself, if you plan to do any trips to your own bar late at night realize that if you are famous and the owner of the bar keep your hands to yourself because someone has a camera phone and they will use it. Just sayin’. Also don’t kick the kicker. Meyer...
SHERIFF’S LOG RITZVILLE — Here is the dispatch log for the Adam’s County Sheriff’s for December 5 to December 12 Dec. 5 Suspicious behavior in the 2100 block of West Margaret Lane, Othello. Agency assist in the 1200 block of East Rainer Street, Othello. Burglary in the 600 block of South Saddle road, unknown subject tased and restrained, Othello. Dog bite call in the 2100 block of West Panama road, Othello. Malicious mischief call on the 2100 block of West Highway 26, Ritzville Pop machine damage at the Schrag rest area, R...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys basketball team won two more games last week, improving to 4-2 on the season. Meanwhile, the girls basketball team is still looking for its first win. Both teams hosted Reardan on Tuesday, Dec. 14. The boys won, 60-44. Jayce Kelly scored 18 points; Chase Galbreath added 12 and Hunter Dinkins had 9. The girls lost, 45-21. Then on Friday Dec. 17, both Broncos teams traveled to Warden to take on the Cougars. The boys won, 74-43. Brock Kinch led all scorers with 16 points, including t...
Earlier this year, state legislative leaders said they wanted to reduce institutional racism in the public schools by enacting Senate Bill 5044 and similar bills to require that school and university employees attend mandatory Critical Race Theory sessions. This flawed political ideology teaches that white people in all situations are oppressors and other groups are automatically oppressed. These leading lawmakers, who ironically control the very power structure they condemn,...
Darrel Stephen Koss, 87, of Ritzville, Wash. passed away on Thur., Dec. 9, 2021 at Holy Family Hospital in Spokane Wash. Born in Yakima, Wash. in 1934 to Thelma Brackney and Arthur Stephen Koss, he was raised in Wapato, Wash. growing up on the family farm. Darrel thrived on hard work all his life, helping his family raise hogs and beginning his life-long interest in the garbage business. He helped his dad, hauling waste at an early age along with brother, Ralph. He purchased...
LIND – A local man is being held in the Adams County Jail on $50,000 bail for allegedly violating a protection order and resisting arrest and assault. Charles William Rushing, 46, of Lind, was arraigned in Adams County Superior Court on charges of protection order violation-domestic violence and third-degree assault and resisting arrest, records show. He was arrested Dec. 14, in connection with an assault in progress in the 100 block of West Third Street, records show . According to the Sherriff’s Office, Adams County dep...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several Eastern Washington airports will receive federal grant funds thanks to the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program. The funds can be used to improve airport safety, capacity and security, as well as addressing related environmental issues. This year, $71 million is being disbursed to airports in Washington state. East of the Cascades, airports receiving funding include: • Spokane International Airport, Spokane, $6.43 million • Tri-Cities Airport, Pasco, $3.34 million • Moscow/Pullman Regional Airport i...
With Christmas coming up, I’ve been out shopping for gifts for family members. During these busy times, I’m sure all of you have noticed (like I have) that many items in stores – especially groceries – have increased quite a bit in recent months due to inflation. Now, you’d think Gov. Jay Inslee would be well aware of the financial hardship that this historic inflation — we’re talking the worst inflation since the early 1970s — is causing families and individuals sta...
OTHELLO – A Wenatchee man is being held on $20,000 bail after allegedly attempting to meet a minor for sex in the park lot of the city swimming pool. Royal Eaton Dana, 32, of Wenatchee, was arraigned Friday, Dec. 17, in Adams County Superior Court for second-degree attempted rape of a child and prostitution. Dana was formally charged Monday, Dec. 20, in Adams County Superior Court on second-degree attempted rape of a child. The prostitution charge was dropped. He was arraigned Friday, Dec. 17, before Judge Andrea Russell, who...
OTHELLO – A bicyclist was injured Dec. 15 in a collision with a pickup on state Highway 26. The crash occurred at 5:30 p.m. near Milepost 39, about a mile west of the city. According to the Washington State Patrol, Wayne S. Allen, 48, of Seattle, was westbound in a 2019 Ford F350 pickup truck, at the time of the crash. The bicyclist, Marco A Martinez, 29, of Othello, was riding westbound on the shoulder of the highway, but crossed into the westbound lane of travel as the pickup approached, the patrol reported. He was s...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Dec. 22, 1921 Wants Gen. Geothals to investigate Columbir River Basin Project Gen. G.W. Goethals, builder of the Panama canal, will decide whether this state shall ask Congress to favor the Columbia River or Pend Oreille projects in the Columbia Basin improvement plan if Dan A. Scott, Director of Conservation and Development, can get him here. Mr. Scott is anxious about $10,000 worth to get Gen. Goethal's opinion after all the reconnai...
RITZVILLE – Adams County commissioners held public hearings on the proposed 2022 county budget. During the Monday, Dec. 13, hearing, Commissioner Jay Weise outlined the budget process, saying it was “a little different from previous years.” He explained a series of workshops took place with all elected officials and department heads attending in an effort to share and learn about what other department budget requests include, and why. The 2022 proposed budget is a status quo budget which provides for continued opera...
RITZVILLE – Winter weather hit Monday morning, Dec. 20, resulting in significant snowfall and multiple collisions on Interstate 90 near Schoessler Road. According to the state Department of Transportation, the trouble began around 8:30 a.m., when a collision involving a semi closed the left lane of westbound I-90 at Milepost 225. By 9:15 a.m., there were multiple collisions and slide-offs in the area due to compact snow and ice on the road, delaying travel in both d...
RITZVILLE — Sen. Mark Schoesler’s efforts to halt implementation of the new longterm care tax on workers in Washington state may be paying off. For months, Schoesler, R-Ritzville, has been trying to upend the tax on workers income to pay for a delayed longterm health care benefit. He even prefiled Senate Bill 5503 earlier this month calling on the Legislature to step back from the tax and look at alternatives. “Many workers won’t be able to afford it – people earning an average wage will lose hundreds from their paychecks...
SPRAGUE – A Tyler man is being held in the Lincoln County Jail on $15,000 bail in connection to a burglary at a Sprague address. Bruce Paul Havens, 48, who resides on the 25400 block of South Columbia Basin Highway south of Tyler, is charged with second-degree burglary following his Dec. 10 arrest. He was apprehended by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies and two Washington State Patrol troopers in connection with stolen scrap metal from 9243 Wollweber Road, records sho...