Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Sorted by date Results 226 - 250 of 365
Frances M. Manke, 94, died June 4 at Claire Bridge (Brookdale Assisted Living) in Spokane. Frances and her twin sister, Virginia, were born in Ritzville, on March 19, 1922, to Conrad and Katie (Becker) Hein. She attended Odessa, Ritzville and Harrington grade schools and graduated from Harrington High School in 1941. Frances married Harold Manke on Nov. 19, 1944. Together they raised two sons, Howard and Tom. Harold and Fran farmed the Manke ranch south of Harrington for 35 years. Fran was a “true” farmers wife... she cou...
With the beginning of warm weather comes the end of school. The Ritzville Public Library has planned a packed summer to provide activities for local children to remain entertained. The free reading program will kick off the summer. This year it is themed “On Your Mark, Get Set… Read!” to tie in with the Summer Olympics. The reading program is open to all children, from newborns to teenagers. The reading club will start on June 13 when participants can pick up their reading packets. Children can sign up at the library or at...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos tennis team competed in the first day of the District Tournament on May 7. The LRS team now has five athletes moving on to compete in the second day of the tournament on May 14. Head Coach Liz Melville said all of the LRS athletes performed extremely well at Districts. The LRS girls No. 1 doubles team did not qualify for the second round of Districts, but Coach Melville said the duo faced tough opponents and truly played competitive matches throughout the tournament. The Broncos had two...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague tennis team is winding down on league competition and preparing for post-season play. In the past matches, the team has had varied success, but the No. 1 singles players for the Broncos remain undefeated in league competition. The Broncos hosted the LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus Tigercats on April 12. The LRS girls’ team won by default, as the Tigercats did not have any female athletes competing that day. The LRS boys’ team defeated LWK 2-1 during the competition. The matches began with Travis Ste. Ma...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague golf team had one match cancelled last week due to weather but were able to compete in a non-league match in St. John on March 24. In the boys division Colfax, Pomeroy, Dayton, Odessa-Harrington, Tekoa-Rosalia, St. John and LRS were all present. Colfax took the boys medal during this match. Michael Shields earned 41 strokes followed by Ryan Frederick with 50, Morgan Brausen with 51 and Pake Taylor put up 58 strokes. For the girls division only LRS, Dayton, St. John, Tekoa-Rosalia and Colfax were...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos golf team stepped onto the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course for the first match of the season on Tuesday, March 15, at 2 p.m. and hosted the Colfax Bulldogs and the Inchelium Hornets. There were six Broncos participating in this match with Head Coach Nick Weishaar present for this league nine-hole match. Colfax was the only team with enough boys to qualify for a team score. They won this by default with a team score of 228. The boy’s m...
Music is known as the universal language because regardless of a musician’s background, it is understood by all. Music unites people, including students across the Bi-County. Each year, junior high and high school musicians from local schools combine to perform in Honor Band and Choir. This year, Bi-County Honor Band and Choir performances will be Monday, March 14, at the INB Performing Arts Center in Spokane. The program will begin at 7 p.m. All community members are i...
The Lind Town Council met for their first meeting of the month on Tuesday, Feb. 9, and discussed the ongoing stormwater project phases as well as the codification of the Town’s ordinances. The meeting began at 6:30 p.m. with a 30-minute Executive Session with the Town’s attorney present via phone, followed by the regular meeting. Alan Gay from Stantec was not present during the meeting but had met with Mayor Jamie Schmunk earlier in the day. Upon drilling a test pit at one of the locations to be used for the stormwater pro...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos wrestling squad traveled to Reardan High School for the Regional Tournament where 14 weight classes took to the mat to battle for the top five spots in each class. The top five head onto the State Tournament, which takes place Feb. 19-20 at the Tacoma Dome. Four Broncos wrestlers fought for these spots and three of them will head to Tacoma to compete for the state title. Head Coach Jason Hilzer said the team wrestled well and were able to...
It certainly is too bad the community public bathrooms downtown are not open year round. Our town waited years to have this needed facility. The same type of bathrooms stay open (example is Kahlotus and Harrington) every day for 24 hours. What is the problem in Ritzville? Chris Clinesmith, Benge...
July Local teams competed in the Hoopfest three-on-three basketball tournament during the last week of June in Spokane. The team of Alarah Pierce-Pulliam, Kyle Gimmaka, Bryson Gering and Abby Gering won the high school co-ed team consolation bracket and received the infamous King of the Losers t-shirts. August On Aug. 10 the annual Puttin’ on the Ritz ladies golf tournament took place. Over 30 women participated in the event and afterwards enjoyed lunch provided by Fairway Café. The Digs Men’s tournament then took place on Au...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos had a full week of competition, playing three games before preparing to face the undefeated Northwest Christian Crusaders. The Broncos started the week against Odessa-Harrington, before facing league competitors Tekoa-Rosalia and Liberty. Against Odessa-Harrington on Dec. 29, both teams had a slow start after having four days off and only a single practice before the game. The Broncos eventually earned a 67-34 win against the Titans. The firs...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos are proving their coach’s early predictions for the season true. They spent the last week bringing in the New Year by winning all three of their games. The girls now have a 3-2 league record and a 6-3 record overall. Head Coach Gary Kelly said, “This week has been very humbling and rewarding. I think we all enjoyed the feeling of these wins over the weekend, but today we are ready to face the next few tough matches.” He went on to discus...
The Lady Broncos played the Freeman Lady Scotties in a nonleague game on Tuesday, Dec. 22, where they were able to earn the third victory of their season. The game was hard fought with an ending score of 44-42, the Lady Broncos winning by just two points. Head Coach Gary Kelly stated, “It was pretty ugly but a win is a win and the game went as we expected.” He went on to say the team is still recovering from multiple sicknesses and he was happy they beat a school like Freeman while being out of condition. Kelly said he fel...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos hosted the Freeman Scotties on Dec. 22 in a nonleague competition, and were unable to match the physicality of the 1A school. The Broncos lost the game with a final score of 42-60. Head Coach Dustan Arlt said while the Broncos came out strong in the first two minutes of the game, the team quickly lost momentum and Freeman jumped out to a double-digit point advantage. The Broncos suffered from poor shooting throughout the game, and could never close the 12-point gap the Scotties earned by...
Georgia Ann Callaway died peacefully early Monday morning on Dec. 14, at the place that she has called home for over five plus years: East Adams Care Center, formally known as the Ritzville Life Care Center. In her last days she was surrounded by friends and family who held her friendship at the most highest. Preceding her in death were both parents, twin siblings who passed away at a very young age, a brother, a daughter, and a granddaughter. Georgia was born in Spokane. To...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos continued their successful league season by defeating Tekoa-Rosalia in Gilson Gym on Dec. 19. The Broncos established a 3-0 league record after the Saturday game, and now hold a 3-2 record overall this season. The first half started out slow for the Broncos and the team worked to find unity on the court. The team’s intensity level spiked in the second half and allowed the Broncos to walk away with a 62-41 victory. Head Coach Dustan Arlt s...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos fought the Tekoa-Rosalia Lady Timberwolves for their first league win of the season on Saturday, Dec. 19, at Gilson Gym. They started the game off slowly but went on a scoring run in the third quarter to seal a 50-43 win over the Lady Timberwolves. The last week was open for the team but they had multiple players out sick which held them back from practicing. Additionally a practice was cancelled due to the weather conditions in the...
Shirley M. Swartz, 88, died on Nov. 24, in Spokane. She was born June 18, 1927 in Mohler, Washington, to Donald and Lorena (Kupers) Hawkins. She attended school in Harrington and married her high school sweetheart, Orville “Yogie” Swartz on June 15, 1944. They lived in Harrington, Ephrata, Odessa and Ritzville; where Yogie died at the age of 56. Shirley worked as a bookkeeper in Odessa and at the Ritzville Hospital, where she retired. Following retirement, Shirley and her goo...
It is interesting when something that happens now can trigger a memory from days gone by. I’m sure many of you heard about the Gonzaga-Pittsburgh game played last Friday. If not then here is a synopsis. This is year four for the Armed Forces Classic game. Two NCAA basketball teams play in a venue at a US Armed Forces base around the world. This year’s game was at a Marine base in Okinawa, Japan. This is quite an honor to be selected for this game as it gives the players an...
For the past six years, the Bi-County Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Challenge has been providing middle school and high school aged students with the chance to put their STEM skills, but more importantly their collaboration and communication skills which always accompany the application of STEM, to the test. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Lind-Ritzville’s STEM club brought their team to the Bi-County STEM Challenge. The team consisted of six members, Hawk Busayok, Emily Rosen, Jack Anderson, MicKayla Hall, Emma A...
The Lady Broncos began their season playing against the Warden Lady Cougars as well as matching against multiple teams in the Bronco Invite. On Thursday, Sept. 10, in their match up in Warden the Lady Broncos fell to the Lady Cougars 1-25, 15-25 and 13-25. The team was also down three of their veteran starters, Madison Harder, Tessa Jantz and Peyton Curtis. Head Coach Cari Galbreath said that “nerves were very present,” in this team’s first time on the court. Though the team...
Frances L. (Fran) Lenhart, 97, died on August 28. Frances was born May 4, 1918, on a farm outside of Odessa, the fifth of six children born to Anna Mary and George Heimbigner. Frances grew up on farms in the Spangle, Odessa and Harrington areas and graduated from Harrington High School in 1935. She attended Cheney Normal School (EWU), graduating in 1938. Frances began her teaching career, first at Lakeland Village and then teaching junior high in Hay, during the war years....
A few weeks ago I was chatting with someone about the athletes we watched when we were growing up. The players that wore the hometown colors were the ones we loved to cheer for while the ones from the other towns were not really liked at all. Some were down right hated by many of us because we perceived them to be a little bit dirty. Some were just really good but we failed to see that with the types of eyewear we possessed. As time went by and we had the opportunity to get...
Annette D. Huddle, 91, died June 19, 2015 in Spokane. She was born January 21, 1924 in Pasadena, California to Jess and Daisy (Goff) Ryckman and was a graduate of Okanogan High School, Class of 1941. She married Joseph A Huddle May 2, 1942 in Grand Coulee. They resided in Harrington for 8 years before moving to Washtucna. They farmed there for 32 years before returning to Cheney. She was a member of the Washtucna Community Church, Rebekah’s Lodge, BVD Club and several b...