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DAVENPORT — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos came to town and used strong serve attacks and solid defense to sweep Davenport (0-1) in three sets, 25-13, 25-20, 25-10. It was the first match for either team since Fall 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players had to wear masks and sit six feet apart from each other on the bench. The two teams didn't shake hands before or after the game, but acknowledged each other through a friendly wave and "hello" across the net before t...
REARDAN— Football was back in muddy, jamboree form Monday, Feb. 22, as the Reardan Indians hosted the Davenport Gorillas and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos for varsity and junior varsity scrimmages. Each varsity offense played each school’s varsity defense once, with the same scenario for junior varsity. Each series ran between 8-14 plays, as officials let teams finish drives, all of which intentionally started at the opponent’s 40-yard-line. Davenport solid Both the varsi...
COLFAX - Coming off a sweep of Davenport in the season-opener, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos (1-1) dropped three in a row to the host Bulldogs on Tuesday night, Feb. 23. Colfax (1-0) won the sets 25-16, 25-10 and 25-19. Junior setter Justice Brown led the Bulldogs with 18 assists and 6 aces as teammate senior hitter Sophie Klaveano had nine kills. Anni Cox added 10 digs. "It was great for our first night out," Colfax Coach Brandy Brown said after the win. Individual stats...
REARDAN—Football was back in jamboree form Monday, Feb. 22, as the Reardan Indians hosted the Davenport Gorillas and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos for varsity and junior varsity jamboree-style scrimmages. Each varsity offense played each school’s varsity defense once, with the same scenario for junior varsity. Each series ran between 8-14 plays, as officials let teams finish drives, nearly all of which intentionally started at the opponent’s 40-yard-line. Davenport cruises on offense, looks solid on defense Both the varsi...
REARDAN - The Lind-Ritzville-Sprague Broncos took to the gridiron Monday night, Feb. 22, at the 'Mudbowl Jamboree.' The Broncos faced off against Northeast 2B conference rivals the Reardan Indians and Davenport Gorillas on a muddy field. Look for our coverage in this week's print edition of the The Ritzville Adams County Journal....
DAVENPORT — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos came to town and used strong serve attacks and solid defense to sweep Davenport (0-1) in three sets, 25-13, 25-20, 25-10. It was the first match for either team since Fall 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players had to wear masks and sit six feet apart from each other on the bench. The two teams didn't shake hands before or after the game, but acknowledged each other through a friendly wave and "hello" across the net before t...
SPRAGUE – The Sprague School District levy was passing solidly as this paper goes to press Monday, Feb. 15. The levy has 155 "yes" votes and 61 "no" votes for a total of 216 votes. The "yes" votes make up 71.76% of the votes, with the "no" votes coming in at 28.24%. "We're very happy with our levy passing!" Sprague School District Superintendent and Principal Bill Ressell said Friday evening. "We are very appreciative to the Sprague community for their overwhelming support by voting yes for our school and, more i...
January 29 DUI - South Taylor Road Othello Juan Pineda, 30, of Othello was arrested and later booked into jail for physical control of a motor vehicle while impaired following a call about a vehicle stopped on canal access roadway. Traffic Hazard - West Cunningham Road and South Danielle Road Othello Report of an open manhole. Public works fixed the issue. Standby Peace - 1000 block West Davis Road Ritzville Standby peace requested at the location. Due to call volume, service had a delayed response. Suspicious - 2600 block We...
Willard Carsten Hennings, 92, passed away peacefully at his home in Marengo, WA on February 1, 2021. He was born at his family’s farm, the Norris place, on January 24th, 1929 to Carsten Herman Hennings and Elizabeth (Boyd) Hennings, the youngest of six children. He said that he grew up with two “big bosses” and five “mini bosses”. The five mini bosses were the ones to apply the most discipline with his oldest sister Ann being the one with the babysitting duties. He attended...
SPRAGUE — Unofficial special election results tallied Tuesday night, Feb. 9, show the School District levy passing with overwhelming support. According to the Lincoln County Auditor's Office, the initial tallied showed with 145 votes in favor of the measure and 60 votes opposed. That's 70.73% support in the first count of the measure that included 0 ballots returned from Adams County precincts in the district. The replacement, two-year educational and operational levy would tax property owners $1.68 per $1,000 of assessed val...
SPRAGUE – Voters will be deciding whether or not to approve a two-year educational and operational levy for the Sprague School District. Ballots were mailed out Jan. 20, and must be returned postmarked no later than Feb. 9. The levy would replace an expiring two-year levy approved in 2019, and the rate will not be increasing. “We’re not asking for what we could,” said Superintendent Bill Ressel. “We are anticipating at least 76 students, which doesn’t sound like a lot for most districts. But we could be asking for $2,650 per...
SPRAGUE – Loi Lutes was selected from nearly a dozen nominees as the Sprague Citizen of the Year at the Chamber of Commerce Jan. 21 meeting. Chamber vice president Tim Wilken said it was the most nominations the chamber had ever seen. Wilken, who sat on the committee to select the Citizen of the Year with other past Citizens of the Year, said Lutes was someone who “goes above and beyond” in her career, while finding time to help with the local 4-H, her church and other group...
SPRAGUE – The Chamber of Commerce installed officers and board members at their Jan. 21 meeting, with Pastor Bob Bridge of the Community Church administering the oath of office. Tim Wilken was sworn in as president; Chris Day, appearing over the phone, as vice-president; Joy Wilken as Treasurer (non-signer); and Melissa Salisbury as secretary. Additional board members sworn in were Jill Sheffels, Dave Davisson and Sherry Stowell. The board honored former president Dorothy Gidd...
County planning Broadband Action Team OTHELLO – An informational meeting will be held Thursday, January 28, at 2 p.m. to discuss forming an Adams County Broadband Action Team (BAT). “Economic development, public safety preparedness and response, access to healthcare and education rely on a strong broadband internet connection for rural communities across the U.S.,” Janis Rountree, BAT Coordinator and manager of the Adams County Development Council said. “Increasing quality of, and access to, broadband is a widespread communi...
Adams County joins Voluntary Stewardship Program RITZVILLE – Adams County, along with 27 other counties, has enrolled in the Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP) to protect fragile and/or hazardous natural resources – referred to as “critical areas,” while ensuring agricultural viability. “This is a collaborative process that helps Washington communities ensure healthy landscapes and strong farms today and for the future,” Eric Bell of the Adams County Noxious Weed Board said Jan. 14. For further information contact joh...
January Ritzville woman killed in wrong-way crash By Brandon Cline Two people were killed and five more injured in a wrong-way crash about eight miles south of Lind on State Route 395 on the evening of Dec. 29. According to the Washington State Patrol one of the vehicles, a 2015 Toyota Prius, was driving southbound in the northbound lane of State Route 395, and struck a 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan head-on in the northbound lane head-on near milepost 71 around 6 p.m. One of those...
REARDAN--71 school superintendents, principals and athletic directors across Eastern Washington, including 20 from Lincoln County, have signed onto a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington State Legislature requesting the return of extra and co-curricular activities for all students, including sports. The letter was written as part an effort headed by Reardan superintendent Eric Sobotta and Davenport superintendent Jim...
The facts are COVID-19 has cost the city in lost tourism dollars as many events were cancelled. Sprague Days, Little League and other softball tournaments, plus several events at our Historical Railroad Museum just to name a few. The schools certainly have been impacted by the pandemic with their many community functions. Senior graduation was scaled back, but to the school and parents’ credit, they found a way to make it memorial for the graduating class. They all deserve m...
There is an old saying that news travels fast. But it seems that bad news travels even faster with no brakes. Today’s subject is, of course, the wedding. We first heard about it as a Facebook post. The ‘Ritzville Wedding’ was all the rage. But the questions most asked were: Who got married? Where was it at? Did you get invited? We all now know that the wedding was ‘near’ Ritzville, as in about 20 miles near our little burg. Twenty miles is a fair distance isn’t it? I recei...
RITZVILLE – Joanna McCrady, who shared the story of her cousin Adolph Gram’s invaluable service to General Dwight D. Eisenhower at the end of World War II, recalled details of civilian life during the war. She grew up on a farm near Sprague before moving to Ritzville in October of 1945. She said she got to visit her cousin Adolph, who grew up on a wheat farm in Ralston, but “during the war, you didn’t go visiting very much because of gas rationing.” She said people received...
OCTOBER 30 Citizen Dispute - 2000 block East Highway 26 Washtucna Investigation is ongoing into the complain of a neighboring land owner illegally dumping and moving his fence line onto complainant’s property. Suspicious - 200 block East 3rd Street Lind Complainant advised someone dropped off a dead deer at the location. The complainant was worried about being reported for poaching. Traffic Hazard - South Schaake Road and West Hatton Road Othello Anonymous report of debris from hemp field blowing across the roadway. S...
RITZVILLE - The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook in advance of expected snowfall overnight. The outlook was issued at 3:06 p.m. today, Monday, Nov. 9. Snow is expected to accumulate overnight, with less than an inch in the Ritzville area and from 1-3 inches in the Palouse from Sprague, Washtucna and Kahlotus east. "... The Palouse can expect winter driving conditions by morning," the weather statement said. Tonight's predicted snowfall is the...
ADAMS COUNTY – Area electrical customers have been experiencing short but frequent power outages for the past couple of weeks. Towns affected include Ritzville, Washtucna, Lind, Sprague, Reardan and Davenport. Avista spokesman David Vowels said after examining the system and miles of power lines, Avista crews identified ice build-up and animal interference as apparent causes of the electric service interruptions. “Crews are working to resolve these issues and, in the meantime, have rerouted power to minimize further interrupt...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Oct. 25, 1920 LOCAL HOSPITAL WILL BE CLOSED The Ritzville Hospital which has been maintained for several years will be closed. Miss C.L. Stegman, who has been the superintendent, is just getting over an attack of typhoid fever she contracted while nursing a patient. She does not feel strong enough to continue the work through the coming winter. "I had planned to continue the hospital another year," said Miss Stegman yesterday, "but I...
RITZVILLE – A Revised 2020 Dance Performance held on the main stage at Wheatland Communities Fairgrounds Saturday, Oct. 3, featured dancers from beginning to advanced. Instructor Karen Kinch has been teaching dance in the area for many years, after dancing professionally in musical theater and rehearsing with the Spokane Ballet Company when they first began. "It's just been a joy to be able to pass on my love of dancing," Kinch said. She said Saturday's recital was a m...