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HARRINGTON – The Studebaker Garage antique car museum hosted its 10th annual Studebaker Car Show on Saturday, May 21. The car show lined both side of Third Street downtown and vehicles were also on display in the Studebaker Garage parking lot. The show included motorcycles, trucks, tractors and many different muscle cars. A variety of awards were up for grabs to participants. Awards included Favorite Car for several different eras, including before 1929 and newer than 1980, S...
LIND – The combined Lind and Ritzville school boards unanimously approved adding the Harrington to the existing Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna athletic combine during a meeting Monday, May 23. Earlier in the month the Harrington School Board voted to accept an offer to join the combine, by a 3-2 vote. In other business, Lind-Ritzville Superintendent Don Vanderholm reported the combined school district currently has five open positions, including athletic director, which could be filled in one of three possible c...
HARRINGTON – The Broncos athletic combine appears to be growing, with more athletes joining local teams. The School District annonced that it is joining the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna athletic combine on a one-year trial basis. Lind-Ritzville Athletic Director Greg Whitmore welcomed Harrington to the combine in an email Friday, May 13. “This will be quite a change for Harrington, but I know it won't be long until they are also saying ‘It's great to be a Bronco,’" he said. The change to the athletic combine is awaitin...
Olivia Harnack, 19, landed a couple nice-sized trout on opening day of lowland lake fishing season Saturday, April 23, at Deer Lake west of Harrington....
HARRINGTON – Only two golfers from Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna traveled to Harrington for a league match, April 21. Amelia Court and Brock Tracy, accompanied by Coach Bryce Court, made the trip. Both golfers played in four-somes with golfers from Jenkins High school (Chewelah). Also at the match were teams from Davenport, Asotin-Anatone and Colfax. Final results were not reported, but during the round Tracy avoided the water hazard and made a 3 on the par 3 seventh h...
KETTLE FALLS – Girls from the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtunca tennis team traveled to Kettle Falls, April 20, for a league match, and came home with five wins and no losses. In singles, Destiny Wells beat her opponent 6-0, 6-0. Liberty McClanathan won her match 6-2, 6-3 ,while Destiny Phelps dispatched her opponent 6-4, 6-2. Faye Niccols prevailed with a 9-8 win. In doubles, Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher posted a 6-2, 6-1 win over the host Bulldogs. The Broncos returned home, April 23, for a league match against H...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times April 27, 1922 Farmers must not cultivate county roads The county officials have announced an order forbidding farmers to cultivate the right-of-way alongside their fields. This has been a very common practice all over the wheat country and has been done in order to keep down the weeds. The reason the county is now forbidding it is that in building roads the center is carefully crowned and the drainage provided at the sides, and the su...
RALSTON – Ralston Grange No. 943 will be getting a new well thanks to funding from Innovia Foundation of Spokane. Innovia awarded the grange $15,000 to drill a new well on its property to supply potable water, officials said. The well must be completed no later than March 23, officials said. According to Innovia, the funds will pay for drilling the well hole and purchasing items need to connect the well to the grange hall. The allocation was among $1.01 million in grants the agency announced last week. Five other organization...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague tennis team hosted Harrington and Wilbur-Creston for a March 24 jamboree. Destiney Wells won two girls singles games against Anica Walters and Laura Nivoloni, both of Harrington. The girls doubles team of Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher also won two games, the first over Allie Crawford and Kaydance Brown from Harrington and the second over a pair of boys from Wilbur Creston. On the afternoon, the Broncos recorded 6 wins and 5 l...
RITZVILLE – About 80 student-athletes turned out for spring sports in the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos athletic combine. This year, the combine welcomes up to six girls from the Harrington School District to play softball, school officials said. And golfers welcome two middle schoolers to the program. Under Washington Interscholastic Activities Association rules, middle school golfers can participate in practices, but cannot compete in matches. The Broncos are also fielding a boys baseball, girls fastpitch softball and c...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Several aspiring leaders in Adams and Lincoln County were recognized during the Feb. 3 Future Business Leaders of America’s winter conference Lind-Ritzville/Sprague students brought home 14 awards, Odessa 12 and Harrinton one. Students from Cheney, Davenport, Colfax and other areas also received awards. Area winners include: Harrington Caroline Slack, 2nd, Healthcare Administration; Lind-Ritzille Alyssa Williams -- 2nd, Agriculture Business Taylor Galbreath -- 3rd, Agriculture Business Hunter Cameron -- 3rd...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Feb. 23, 1922 Emerson heads baseball team About sixty baseball fans were present at the meeting held Monday night to discuss the 1922 season in baseball. The boys were "rearing to go" and as soon as the snow is off and the sun warms up a little they will be loosening up their arm joints after a winter's rest. L.D. Emerson was re-elected president and Dr. H.F. Adler was chosen secretary. A board of five directs was chosen, consisting...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Following the lead of the Kettle Falls and Richland school boards, superintendents from across Northeast Washington sent a letter late Tuesday night, Feb. 15, to Gov. Jay Inslee requesting an end to mask mandates for students, staff and visitors. The letter was also sent to Dr. Umar Shaw of the state Department of Health and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal. “We are writing on behalf of districts in the NEWESD (Northeast Washington Educational Service District) 101 region to encourage...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Jan. 12, 1922 Farmer shot near Paha: George Schutz of Paha killed yesterday while on rabbit drive George Schultz, a farmer living near Paha, was fatally wounded yesterday afternoon by the accidental discharge of a shotgun during a rabbit drive held in the Paha country. He died about six o'clock through profuse bleeding. The drive was over and the men were standing around, according to the report received here, Schutz happened to swing...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Jan. 5, 1922 To Finish State Road: Arrangements made for the completion of gap between Ritzville and Paha during 1922 Word has been received from Olympia that the state highway department will call for bids for the building of the road between Paha and Ritzville., 12.3 miles, which is the last link on the Central Washington Highway. The road will be graded and graveled during this year. The completion of this road is made possible at...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Dec. 8, 1921 To complete road at Lind Mitchell Bros. were awarded the contract for surfacing five and three quarters miles of the Central Washington Highway south from Lind by the board of county commissioners on Tuesday afternoon. There were seven bids presented, the competition being unusually keen. During the war years some times there were very few bidders on road jobs, but now conditions are more settled, the risks to contractors...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times October 27, 1921 FORD BURNS UP While driving home last Thursday night after work at the Pastime Pool Hall, Henry Wellsandt lost the Ford car he was driving in, by fire. In some manner, the fire started under the hood and when he stopped the car and raised the hood it was in flames. The gas line got afire and they were forced away from fighting it. The car was badly damaged and as it was left on the road overnight travelers coming...
HARRINGTON – The Harrington Golf and Country Club closed for the season Oct. 3. Asked how the season went, General Manager Melissa Gilmore said, "Awesome!" A labor shortage caused the Cafe and Pro Shop to move the closing time from 7 p.m. to 4 p.m. for most of the season, she said, adding, "When we were open we were busy." The course will reopen April 1. In the meantime, the course is available for play under the "honor system". But the Cafe and Pro Shop are closed, and no c...
Christopher Raymond Mann was born in Harrington, Wash., Feb. 1952 to parents Arthur & Pauline Mann. He passed away in Fort Hood, Texas Aug. 10, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents Arthur and Pauline Mann, and step-mother Phyllis Mann. He is survived by his wife JoAnn (Doherty), two daughters, one son and one grandson. He is also survived by his brother Mike of Seattle and his sister Shelly of Calif., step sister Gail Eastman Heide of Cheney and step sister Diane...
SPANGLE — Two Northeast 2B league football teams are among the Top 10 being ranked in the state as the season prepares to kickoff. According to ScorebookLive.com’s rankings, The Northeast 2B-North powerhouse Jenkins Cougars made the cut at No. 6. The Northeast 2B-South perennial juggernaut Liberty (Spangle) Lancers are ranked No. 7. The Colfax Bulldogs, Davenport Gorillas, Lind-Ritzville Broncos and Reardan (formerly Indians) compete in the division. In the Class 2B ran...
PULLMAN – Washington State University professor Lav Khot has been named interim director of AgWeatherNet. Khot takes over as director for Dave Brown, who stepped down. “We want to make sure this high-quality data is collected and distributed to grower stakeholders so they can make informed decisions that benefit their operations and the state of Washington,” Khot said. Khot will serve an interim term of two years and is an associate professor in biological systems engineering. The weather data will also help AgWea...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times May 12, 1921 MAY LOCATE COLLEGE HERE That Ritzville is being very favorably considered as a possible site for the location of the new Lutheran College to be erected by the Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran church is the word which was brought to the Commercial Club last Monday evening. The club named a committee to act for the community in an aggressive way with the aim of offering suitable inducements to the governing body of...
RITZVILLE - School district transportation supervisor Lynn Sackmann was recognized for going "Above and Beyond" at the April 28 school board meeting. "In an extremely challenging year of transportation, Lynn continues performing his duties admirably. He has repeatedly problem-solved with significant flexibility and creativity while distinguishing himself with the persistence of a true professional. Whether it's a last-minute request or a ruined, well-conceived plan, again and...
DAVENPORT – "BOOM!" What sounded like a bomb going off to Sami Guhlke hit the sky's soundwaves as the Reardan resident walked with her dog to pick up eggs from her family farm's chicken coop three miles south of town after the sun set March 25. 45 seconds later... "BOOM!" A second clap...then 45 seconds after that, a third... "BOOM!" "At first I thought something went wrong at Fairchild (Air Force Base)," Guhlke said. As it turned out, Guhlke wasn't the only person, locally or...
LIND – Mayor Paula Bell reported David Christian resigned April 13, and advertisements for his replacement had no response as yet, at the April 27 council meeting. She reported Chris Miller has also submitted a two-week notice, with his employment to end May 7. Council approved hiring Cagney Wills for full-time employment at $15 per hour, with retro-pay beginning April 24. Bell reported Wills had performed the rounds at the treatment plant Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24. Bell reported ongoing problems at the lift s...