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The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is hosting the final potluck of the year at the center on Dec. 27 at noon. The event is open to the public and everyone is invited to attend. Music has been planned as entertainment during the potluck. The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is located at 118 West Main Avenue in downtown Ritzville. For more information contact the center by calling 659-1921....
Zion Philadelphia will be having Candlelight Christmas Eve services at 6 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Emanuel Lutheran Church is hosting a candlelight communion service on Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. Trinity United Methodist Church has its annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. The Ritzville Nazarene Church is hosting a Candlelight Christmas Eve Service with Communion on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. The Good Hope Lutheran Church is hosting a Candlelight Worship service on Dec. 24 at 6 p.m. St. John’s Lutheran h...
The Ritzville Medical Clinic will close at 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. The clinic, a part of Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2, will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day....
The Ritzville Downtown Development Association has received a $2,000 grant from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, through the Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund. The grant funding is being used to restore and reconstruct the neon, along with the main marquee and awning at the Ritz Theatre. The grant funds assist the community-led rehabilitation of the art deco theatre in downtown Ritzville, which is listed on Ritzville’s National Register-listed Historic District. Each year, through the Valerie S...
The success of Washington Grown continues to expand. Following a successful program launch in October on Northwest Cable News (NWCN), Washington Grown will also be available on Eastern Washington PBS stations starting in January. Beginning Jan. 6, the 30-minute program launches on KSPS (Spokane) and other PBS affiliates. Washington Grown will air on PBS Mondays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. It will also continue to air statewide on NWCN through June on Sundays at 12 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Plans for a second season are a... Full story
Birds of Play 4-H club held a GPS meeting on Friday, Nov. 29, in Washtucna. The club had coordinates for five geocaches and followed the first one to Eternal Rest, Bemis Cemetery. Jake Sitton was able to tell us more about the early days of the cemetery. After locating the geocache and signing it we headed for the next one. We found Limbow, Cupid’s Cousin and Shoveling Wheat Seed. Then we went to the German Methodist Cemetery and found the geocache hidden there. Some of the tombstones we could not read so our leader Scott H...
Jerry Snyder will be the new chairman of Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 in 2014. He steps into the role held by Stacey Plummer during the past two years. Plummer remains a member of the hospital board. Ross Heimbigner was elected to serve as the vice-chaiman of the board. Eric Walker will serve as the board’s official secretary. The reorganization occurred during the commissioner’s meeting on Dec. 19.... Full story
EMT Phil Bouman sprints to the ambulance for supplies during the rescue effort.... Full story
Firefighters and EMTs carry a patient to a waiting ambulance....
Rural fire chief Scott Kembel was a busy man trying to keep the fire department’s resources organized during the chaos of last week’s tragic pile up....
Local emergency crews were highly taxed during last week’s multi-car wreck. Look for a detailed article next week regarding everyone who was involved in the lifesaving effort....
The Ritzville Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary continued their Christmas tradition of adopting a local family for the holidays. Last week they presented Timothy and Brandi Fannin with a car load of presents for their family including Lilly, 6; Zoey, 4; and Aubrey, 15 months. Pictured are auxiliary members Susie Kirkendall, Peggy Crossler and Sharon Oestreich. The Best Western Plus Bronco Inn also donated an overnight stay for mom and dad to have a mini escape. The project is... Full story
A snow storm on Friday, Dec. 20, led to a multiple vehicle crash and resulted in one fatality on Interstate 90 seven miles east of Ritzville around 12:45 p.m. The collision involved nine vehicles, including two semis, and resulted in one death and four injuries. After initially being announced as a double fatality collision, Washington State Patrol issued a follow-up press release stating one individual had been transported to East Adams Rural Hospital with life-threatening...
The girl basketball games last week were great! Monday we played against Wilbur-Creston and Thursday against Almira-Coulee/Hartline. Wilbur-Creston scores were A squad 31-6 LRMS won. B squad 20-17 LRMS won. Almira-Coulee-Hartline score was A squad 28-31 LRMS lost. B squad 22-14 LRMS won. Mrs. Fryberger, coach of the B-team, commented about Monday’s game, “Our game against Wilbur-Creston started out slow. We were struggling to keep our defense together and we were really lethargic on offense. The girls rallied at the end and w... Full story
In the same way that every successful ship needs a wise captain, every successful troop needs a brave general, and every successful business needs a bold founder, every successful school needs a strong principal. When Guy Strot, principal of LRMS took the reins of the school this past summer, he installed a set of programs to improve the structure of the school. Strot’s initiatives, such as the learning center and the introduction of the high school prep class, have positively affected student learning and development. The a...
The LRS Broncos had seven athletes named to the Associated Press All-State football team, with senior quarterback Dylan Hartz being named the Class 2B Player of the Year. Hartz also received first team honors on offense as quarterback, and first team designation as a defensive back. Senior Connor O’Neill is named to the first team offense as a running back. Ryan Whitmore received first team honors as a receiver for the Broncos. Jarradd Morley earned first team offensive line designation and also first team defensive line. T...
The St. George’s Dragons are all that, and well rested as they settle into their basketball groove. The LRS Broncos discovered that in person Saturday when they fell in league play, 63-41. Head coach Dustan Arlt expected a struggle. “Really at this point I don’t know if I would say I was surprised by the outcome,” he said. “It’s really not much different from when we played them the first time last year.” Connor O’Neill was the bright spot for the Broncos. He scored 20 point... Full story
After having the St. John-Endicott game cancelled on Friday due to weather conditions, the LWK Tigercats went on the road Saturday, Dec. 21, to face the Touchet Indians. After a close, competitive first half, Touchet ran away with a 54-40 win over the Tigercats in the league match up. The Tigercats went out to an early lead over Touchet when the team ended the first quarter 15-8. Touchet reversed the roles in the second quarter and the two teams went into halftime tied at 27... Full story
On Friday the Lady Broncos looked solid as they dismantled Reardan, 53-33. The next evening things didn’t bounce their way in the final seconds of a league outing against St. George’s. LRS dropped that game, 46-45. With 4.5 seconds remaining in the game, the Lady Broncos had the ball out-of-bounds under their own basket on Saturday. The inbound pass didn’t reach its target and bounced away, giving St. George’s the win after LRS had battled back in the fourth quarter to take... Full story
The Lady Tigercats went on the road to face Touchet on Saturday night and returned home with another league loss, with a final score of 54-18. The loss leaves the Lady Tigercats with a 0-3 record in league. The LWK team had a hard time containing Cierra Jo McKeown from the Touchet team, who ended the night with 32 points. The leading scorers for the Lady Tigercats in the league game were eighth grade athlete Jazzmyn Gordon and freshman Nicole Harder, who both had six points... Full story
Being a fan of local and regional sports is not always easy. The teams that I’ve cheered on have had their share of victories in some years and taken it on the chin in others. This year seemed to be different. The Broncos were victorious on the gridiron and won their second consecutive state 2B championship. The Eastern Eagles had a year for the ages by going undefeated in the always-tough Big Sky conference. On Saturday, they had the opportunity to go back to the National Cha...
Jimmie R. Knodel, 71, Moses Lake resident, formerly of Morton, Wash., died Thursday, Dec. 19, at his home. An online guestbook to sign or leave note for the family is available at http://www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are in care of Kayser’s Chapel & Crematory in Moses Lake....
In the early morning of Dec. 19, Florence Esther Kiehn died peacefully at the Columbia Crest Care and Rehabilitation Center in Moses Lake of natural causes. Family, friends and familiar staff members just prior to her passing had visited Florence. She was the daughter of Albert and Lena Dehnel. Lena was the oldest daughter of Johann and Wilhelmina Wellsandt who lived on Wellsandt Road south of Ritzville. Born Oct. 21, 1906, Florence at about the age of three was afflicted... Full story
The Life Care Center of Ritzville celebrated three graduates from the Certified Nursing Assistance (CNA) class at the center. Graduates are (from left) Amie Allan Olson, Danielle Scoles and Whiski Hilzer, joined by Elizabeth Wood, RN. -Photo courtesy of Ann Telecky... Full story
Army Reserve Private Tyler J. Greenwalt has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military...