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Washtucna High School juniors Drake Gloyn (French horn) and Hannah Hille (clarinet) were recently selected for the Washington State Wind Symphony. They will rehearse and perform with other top high school Washington musicians at the Washington Music Educators Association Convention in February in Yakima. Their conductor will be Kaitlin Bove of Diablo Valley College. Drake has also been selected for the Washington Music Ambassadors and will be performing in England, France and...
RITZVILLE – Local resident Barbara Freese Jolly will preside over this year's Ritzville Community Parade as grand marshal. Jolly, 87, has been active in local rodeo and 4-H activities for decades. A former extension agent, she attended Washington State and Colorado State universities. Outside of agriculture, Jolly is active in genealogy....
Rodeo events on tap Friday, Saturday RITZVILLE – It's rodeo time. The Ritzville Rodeo takes over the fairgrounds arena on Friday and Saturday nights, Sept. 2-3. Grand entry starts at 7 p.m., with rodeo action to follow. Cowboys and cowgirls will be competing for buckles and $500 in added cash for a number of events. On tap this year are bareback, saddle bronc, ranch bronc and bull riding; breakaway roping for boys and girls ages 14 and younger, calf and team roping, steer wres...
RALSTON – Ralston Grange volunteers will be offering food Friday through Sunday inside the Wheat Land Communities Fair area outside the rodeo arena. The Grange menu will include kraut ranza, German sausage, soft pretzels, Wilma's popcorn balls, popcorn, cotton candy and – new this year – elephant ears, along with beverages. On Wednesday evening only, a potato bar with all the fixings will be available. In addition to food sales, the Grange hopes to offer Bingo again at its building on Friday afternoon and all day Satur...
RITZVILLE - Lind-Ritzville's Distinguished Young Women Showcase event brought four young women vying for scholarships and awards to the stage to show off their talents Sunday, Mar. 28. Dakota Killian was chosen as the 2022 Distinguished Young Woman, with her friends and colleagues in the competition honored for their own individual strengths. Sydney Kinch was chosen as the First Finalist, and Amelia Court and Annika Holland each earned the title of Second Finalist. All four...
WASHTUCNA — The Palouse Falls Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will be hosting several upcoming events. Eastern Washington University Professor Dr. Judd Case will be speaking on "Early Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna from Northern Idaho" Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. Presented by Columbia Basin Geologic Society and the EWU Department of Geology, the live webinar will allow for questions and a discussion at the end. To attend via Zoom, visit https://ewu.zoom.us/j/92925952006. "Judd Case will be sharing some of his recent and c...
We started offering curbside pickup on June 8 and it’s been heartening to see bags of library materials going out the door again. Patrons can call 509-659-1222, email [email protected], visit the online catalog at catalog.ritzvillelibrary.com, or send a Facebook message to “East Adams Library District” to request items. Once your items are ready we’ll arrange a time for you to pick up your items from the library using zero contact. Our current Ritzville hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For Benge, Lind, a...
RITZVILLE -- Mayor Gary Cook and city council members approved opening the city's golf course and parks earlier this week. Public works staff had the yellow police tape removed and restrooms clean and ready to go Tuesday, May 5, in time for Governor Jay Inslee's relaxing of restrictions. Carolyn Grace, her daughter Holly Ramirez, and her granddaughters Grace, 6 and Francesca, 4, were grateful for the opportunity to get out and stretch their legs Friday afternoon on a trip...
RITZVILLE – Sixty-seven people attended “1917,” shown at the Ritz Theater last weekend. “It was a good movie. And with 67 (in attendance), it was a money-maker for us,” said John G. Rankin, running the recently remodeled 1937 theater for non-profit owners, the Ritzville Downtown Development Association. Rankin said he needed at least 50 people to view it in order for a movie to break even. “Last week it was just 17 (attending “Bombshell”), and that’s not good.” Rankin said studios take a $250-$350 deposit, plus a $40...
Blues, Southern Rock and Country sounds are destined for Main Avenue in Historic Downtown Ritzville on Sunday, May 26, 2019. Free live entertainment is being made possible through the efforts of Brenda Owens and her H.E. Gritman Building Nonprofit organization. The new event is free to all ages and will include music, vendors and raffle drawings. Music on Main will coincide with the annual Ritzville Classics on Main car show hosted by the Ritzville Classic Car Club. The stage...