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Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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The Ritzville Public Library is hosting a book signing on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The featured books are the award-winning “The Burntwater Cook’s Kitchen Guide” by Dave Michaelson of Harrington and M. M. Athey’s fast-paced, new historical fiction book about Ritzville in 1882, “Crab Creek Chronicles: The Beginning.” Athey’s book is the first of three about the settling of the Washington Territory and focuses on Ritzville’s cowboys, railroad expansion, enterprising business men and women, immigrant farmers, ran...
Oct. 15, 11:38 p.m. – City of Ritzville police department reported a white male six feet tall, weighing 200 pounds, wearing khaki shorts and a red shirt walking very slowly toward town on Danekas Road near Templin Terminal. Not a local subject, staggering a bit. Officer Hunter Klewin assisted with the call since Deputy Ben Buriak, was in Washtucna. Officer Klewin made contact with the subject prior to Buriak’s arrival. Subject decided to walk back to Ritzville and stay the night in a motel. Oct. 15, 3:06 p.m. – A Washt...
The past week has been a busy one for the Lady Broncos in volleyball action. They won three consecutive matches, starting with an outing against Odessa-Harrington last Thursday. They lost the first game, 25-16 and rebounded to win the next three games 25-19, 25-23 and 25-13. “Needless to say there was a ton of energy and excitement,” coach Cari Galbreath said of the homecoming match. The Lady Broncos then won a road battle against Almira-Coulee/Hartline on Saturday 14-25, 25-25, 26-28, 25-21 and 15-4. This was the first var...
For the past two years, the Columbia Basin Ground Water Area (GWMA) has been developing a sophisticated computational groundwater model of four Columbia Basin Counties – Adams, Franklin, Grant and Lincoln. This year the state appropriated $1 million for GWMA “to use the model to help answer critical questions about ground water supply, recharge and aquifer storage,” according to Paul Stoker, GWMA Executive Director. The 2011-2012 GWMA groundwater projects are: • Construction of hydrologic assessment of each municipal water s...
Jeff Nelson, head coach of the LaCrosse-Washtucna football team, was recently named NFL High School Coach of the Week by the Seattle Seahawks and Sterling Savings Bank. Nelson picked up the honor after the Tigercats defeated Odessa-Harrington, 30-14....
“Well earned.” That was how head coach Jeff Nelson described his team’s win Saturday night against Odessa-Harrington in eight-man football. To begin with, the game was originally scheduled for Friday night, but a blown transformer just before the opening kickoff resulted in a change of plans. Both teams had to return to the field on Saturday once the field lights were restored. The result was a 30-14 win for the LaCrosse-Washtucna Tigercats in what could be described as battl...
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, there was a band open house. If you missed it or couldn’t go, it’s ok. You can call Mrs. Jennifer York or Jamie Nichols at the grade school at 659-0232 to order supplies or pay band fees for your student. On Monday, Sept. 26, cameras will be flashing and some kids will show their toothless smiles for picture day! Pictures will be taken in the Grade School gym. When the office knows the time the photographers will be here, there will be a schedule created. For now, on Monday, the preschool – Monkey Group...
The Harrington Opera House Society (HOHS) continues to work hard to find funding for the rehabilitation of the historic Bank Block Building including the Harrington Opera House auditorium. The small but dedicated group of volunteers also endeavors to bring a variety of events for audiences from around the area to enjoy. Recent events included hosting the Harrington Historic Preservation Commission’s public presentation on historic preservation in August and on September 10th a concert by a well-known country rock group, T...
The Ritzville Public Library is one of seven libraries in Adams and Lincoln counties that will soon have extra materials on their shelves through a grant administered by the Washington State Library. The Connecting Libraries through Resource Sharing grant program has provided $5,000 for the seven public libraries. Ritzville is the lead library receiving the grant, and the Odessa, Davenport, Harrington, Hesseltine (Wilbur), Reardan and Sprague public libraries are partners. The grant will be awarded equally among the seven lib...
Almira-Coulee/Hartline roughed up the Lady Broncos a bit in four games Tuesday night, taking the win, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-13. “We started off pretty strong early in the first game,” coach Cari Galbreath said. “Actually we were dominating. But then we couldn’t keep playing at our level and we lost our focus. We missed too many serves at crucial moments. We were not smart offensively with lots of hitting errors, and we let ACH control our game.” Jenna Bennett had seven assists, two service aces and one dig. Kaytlin P...
After a decent start in the first half, outscoring Kootenai 16-8, the LaCrose-Washtucna Tigercats blew the game wide open and rolled to a 42-14 win. The eight-man grid team was led by the scoring prowess of Sawyer Hostetler, who racked up five touchdowns. Hostetler scored all but one of the Tigercats touchdowns, rambling across the goal line with a variety of efforts. He scored in the first quarter on a nine-yard run. In the second quarter it was a four-yard effort. He followe...
Five volleyball teams will pay Ritzville a visit Saturday when the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos host their annual volleyball invitational at the Gilson Gymnasium beginning at 9 a.m. The gym will be divided in half to allow varsity and junior varsity squads to play at the same time. The schedule for the varsity is: • 9 a.m. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (LRS) versus Odessa-Harrington; 10 a.m. Liberty versus St. George’s; 11 a.m. Reardan versus Northport; 12 p.m. Odessa-Harrington versus Reardan; 1 p.m. LRS versus Liberty; 2 p...
A matriarch of two pioneer families will take a spin through downtown Ritzville this Saturday as the grand marshal in the community parade. The Ritzville Festivals Association will host the annual Ritzville Community Parade, with the younger generation parading through downtown at 10:45 a.m. and the main parade beginning at 11 a.m. Alma (Scott) Galbreath has watched numerous fairs and parades as a lifelong resident of Ritzville. She remembers parades that followed the same...
Two new names emerged at the top of the winners’ list from the 24th Annual Combine Demolition Derby Extravaganza in early June. The men, who will share the crown until next year’s event, are first-time winners. Keith Pouley of Lind piloted his “Keystolope Resurrection” to a share of the 2011 title with Othello’s Nick Johnson who captained the combine dubbed “Back in Black." Both drivers shared the prize money, each taking home $1,100 for their efforts in the finals. The compet...
A total of 45 cars participated in the event. The awards are as follows: Fast time: Shawn Clausen, Warden, #143 Fast trophy dash winner: Shawn Clausen, #143 Slow trophy dash winner: Henry Boersma, Warden, #11 Powder puff trophy: Melissa Dugger, Garfield, #56 Men’s heat #1: Shawn Clausen, Warden, #143, first; Dustin Lasz, Waverly, #37, second; Kellen Hays, Washtucna, #187, third Men’s heat #2: Bob Larsen, Greenacres, #76, first; David Stoddard, Quincy, #24, second; Kirk Dug...