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Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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Congratulations Coach Heidenreich! The LRS Girls Track and Field won a team state championship this past weekend and it was a fitting end to Randy Heidenreich’ s coaching career. I had the privilege of running for Randy in high school and it was always comforting to know you were getting the best advice and coaching you could get. He was the coach who always would stay late to work on things and had the ability to make the sport fun. Now having helped Randy coach the past 4 years it has been a great education to see how he c... Full story
We have one citizen in the Town of Lind that has been cleaning up vacant lots, street gutters, sidewalks, vacant house lots, etc. Dennis Hill is proud of our town and wants it to look much, much better for Derby Weekend. He is asking for nothing nor is he receiving payment by the town. A few individuals have given him money for gas, but otherwise he is doing it on his own time and expense. The town of Lind has five paid employees and Dennis has done more than those five employees toward preparing our town for this event. A...
Hello Ritzville Community, We are getting ready to start our annual fund raising and donations requests for our annual fireworks show. We as always truly appreciate our community members, residents and businesses who have continued to support our annual event. This year we want to continue with the tradition of extending an invitation to the Ritzville Community to come spend the evening with us to enjoy music, entertainment, food and the spectacular fireworks that fill the sky with bursting colors and sounds to enjoy with...
I just read an article that says, “Cows can feel the heat just like people. Heat stress can significantly reduce cows’ appetite, fertility and milk production levels during the summer, according to Cargill Inc. The stress can begin when the temperature-humidity index reaches 68, which is still a comfortable level for most people. Cargill thinks it has a solution.” (http://www.startribune.com/cargill-new-feed-products-can-protect-overheated-cows-during-summer-heat/303520921/) Let’s hope it works. Because globally we just ha...
On behalf of the Ritzville Eagles Aerie No. 2739, I want to welcome Ritzville Alumni and invite you to visit the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what you experience when you walk through the door. Earlier this year a group special individuals and businesses made significant contributions of their time, talents and treasures to assist the Ritzville Eagles undertake major building repairs. There were literally dozens of volunteers who spent many days over the winter m...
Most of my life I remember that there was a serious penalty for doing or saying things that could cause a riot or serious injuries. It is also deeply imbedded in my memory that we have freedom of speech that I believe has been abused by using these incendiary statements. During the last decade it seems that our great Republic has seen some African-American leaders abuse the law about free speech to the point these words have helped incite riots. These riots appear to be getting larger in scope and longer in duration....
My wife and I attended The Doghouse Boyz performance last Friday night at The Ritz Theater. It was an incredible show. Two very talented performers kept us totally entertained for over two hours. The venue was impressive-our local theater has been lovingly restored with comfortable seating, ample leg room, and a new stage setup that worked beautifully. The performance was an eclectic mix of jazz and blues with incredible guitar and bass talent clearly evident. The new stage system allowed us to watch the performance with a... Full story
After reading yet another letter from Gerald R. Ray, Spokane, I am compelled to ask him to start providing specific sources for the statements he makes. In his latest, “English needs to be the official language”, he managed to misstate the effect of President Clinton’s Executive Order 13166 and the stated goals of La Raza with regard to ballot languages. These things are easily ascertainable. Perhaps The Journal should employ a fact-checker when faced with yet another letter from Gerald R. Ray, Spokane. Lynn Walker, Ritzv...
Had a interesting conversation with an officer from the Ritzville Police Department this morning April 29, 2015. This concerns left wheel to the curb parking. That is to say parking on the wrong side of the street. Facing on coming traffic. The police officer told me that there is a state law against this kind of parking. It is not illegal to park left wheel to the curb on a one way street. If I understood the police officer, this practice of parking on the wrong side of the street is over looked. The police officer told me...
Congress is still fighting about whether or not La Raza (Liberals) will win and we would legally become a multi-lingual country. The Red party would like to pass “The English Language Unity Act” that would make us a Legal English Language Republic. This Bill has been viable for years but there were not enough votes to pass it. La Raza would have voters faced with ballots in over 200 Languages. The number of people and their languages is increasing thanks to our lack of immigration laws that have teeth! Former President Cli... Full story
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dave Ahrens (Ritzville Lumber) for taking on the enormous task of cleaning up the eyesore at the old tire shop on 1st Avenue. This has long been an embarrassment to many of us that call Ritzville home and it’s a pleasure to go by and see the changes Dave has made. Not only has he emptied the building, hauled massive amounts of “junk” to the dump, power washed the outside and donated hundreds of bikes to a charitable organization, he actually has plans to utilize this landm... Full story
Re: Fossil Fuels Aren’t Going Away Soon (3/26/15). The author states three reasons for “not giving up on fossil fuels: (1) they’re plentiful; (2) despite billions in subsidies, alternative fuels have trouble competing; (3) the third issue …is carbon emissions.” He asks why not “encourage research and development of cleaner fossil fuels, along with solar and wind?” The 20th century business model of relying on fossil fuels is outmoded not in our best interests. Here’s why. (1) Fossil fuels are a finite resource; (2) t...
I am an avid viewer of Facebook and know many others are as well. Recently I have been seeing posts from the Lincoln County Sheriffs Department displaying criminal activities (Sprague kidnapping) as well as positive notes of their department and local area. It would be a wonderful thing if Adams County Sherriff’s department could to the same thing. So many people now get their news online and now many people are fed the news via Facebook. It would be a splendid opportunity for our local sheriff’s department to post cri... Full story
Now, aren’t you proud of yourself/selves? Isn’t it bad enough our little town has lost so much in the past 50 years, you have to go around shooting the windows of buildings to make things worse. It costs the building owner big bucks to replace those windows, so we may just have boarded up openings. Aren’t you making it look worse to out-of-town people who come for the Alumni Banquet, Mother’s Day, the Combine Demolition Derby?? You may want to consider this….YOU may end up paying for replacing all that glass. Think about tha...
May 2 is Bloomsday in Spokane, and Empire Health Foundation would like to offer its newly renovated Philanthropy Center as a resource for rural community members traveling to Spokane for the event. Empire Health Foundation is a private health conversion foundation in Spokane that formed as a result of the 2008 sale of Empire Health Services. With approximately $80 million in philanthropic funds under our stewardship, we strive to transform Eastern Washington into the state’s healthiest region. We serve the following seven cou... Full story
Seattle’s new $15 minimum wage law began going into effect on Wednesday, April Fool’s Day. This pricey west coast city is basically the first metropolis to push employers into providing higher wages. I think it is unfortunate that the west side doesn’t consider what the east side population thinks or how it is going to affect them! I know in my life time I have heard the west side being labeled as being selfish and inconsiderate a large number of times. It will be interesting to see what the business community will do to tr...
Below is an email that was sent from Judge Brueher to the Adams County Prosecutor Randy Flyckt, and the Othello Chief of Police on March 19th, 2015 (This was however an Adams County arrest). Dear Randy, Mr. Quiroz is and has been in custody since November 25, 2014. He was transferred from the Adams County jail to the Toppenish jail on March 6, 2015. To date he has served some 114 days. He does have an extensive alcohol related driving record - 2 DUI’s in 2008, 1 in 2009. He is serving 177 days on those charges. The current c...
When we think about economic development many of us have different ideas: Some of these ideas are sound with good merit, some are extravagant but may be worth consideration, some are expensive, and some may take a lot of volunteer effort…… but lets look at some simple things that we can do to help our businesses and our local economy. 1) First we all need to be good ambassadors to our town; When we are out and about we should all try to temper our comments to promote the good points of our town. When we are frustrated wit... Full story
The Soul Café is a Washington State non-profit corporation, governed by a Board of Directors. As such, the Soul Café is empowered to protect itself and its Directors, for its own best interests. The Soul Café exists to provide a gathering place for the communities in the area. We will be offering activities that are geared to people of all ages. We have hosted people from distant places that have been traveling through our community, as well as those closer to home. In most instances, the people have commented on similar ga...
I would like to publicly thank our Mayor, Jamie Schmunk, for the great job she is doing as our mayor! I have lived in Lind nearly ten years now and have been involved with the community almost the whole time. While serving on town council I had the opportunity of serving under two different mayors and seeing the changes made under Jamie’s direction have been quite encouraging. She has quite the passion for our little town and has spent the time learning at every opportunity she has and has developed networking connections v...
Last month a tragic death occurred in Lind of a young father leaving behind an expectant wife Maria and three young children, all whom attend school in Lind. With the birth of a fourth child fast approaching in March, community members have asked how they can help. Financial assistance of any amount would best meet the needs of the family at this time, therefore the Lind Ministerial Association is receiving donations. Checks should be made payable to the Lind Ministerial Association, c/o Columbia Bank, 201 W. Main,...
H.E. Gritman Senior Center is gearing up for 2015. Dues of $10 are due, per the constitution of the organization this gives you voting privileges during the year. These funds also help with operating expenses and the use of the facility. We serve pancake breakfast the 2nd Friday of each month, lunches 3 times a week, a monthly potluck, fund raisers from time to time and community events. Dues are not required to take part in these activities; we are open to the public. Everyone is welcome! The past year we have had our... Full story
With the Republican gaining control of both houses in 2015 we have our best chance of getting English established as the official language of our great Republic. However, we must act fast as La Raza is growing in the number of supporters that want America to be a multi-lingual country. La Raza really has a head start as they have been very successful at getting millions of dollars from congress to further their agenda. We need to find out WHY!!! Their headquarters are just blocks from the White House. La Raza’s Lawyers l...
To concerned library patrons, There has been much interest in our proposed elevator project at the library in recent years. Since I became director in late 2010, the library board and I have been researching options and meeting with architects to determine what would be the best solution to make our beautiful historic Carnegie library ADA accessible. After deciding that ramps would have a substantial and negative visual impact on the building, we decided to focus on a three-stop elevator that would have outside access at our... Full story
Library patrons please read this. A few months ago there was a letter or article about Carnegie Library putting in a elevator from main floor to basement for handicapped patrons. How are these patrons going to get from outside to main floor. You directors had better make an outside ramp to get into the main floor. Ramps are not hard to build but there are rules to follow. I know I have helped build two ramps-one on a house and one on a public building. Bessie Allen, Washtucna...