The Long Goodbye...

For a lot of us that live here in Ritzville, Division and Seventh Street will never be the same especially after the final brick is cleaned up from the site of Old RHS. For those of us living here, we understand this project is a long time coming. For those alums who live far away it is a sad time for them. Well, it is also sad for us living here but quite necessary.

For 30 years, there was a hope that the building would get a second life as an apartment complex, community center, business park or fill in the blank with your own ideas.

It is interesting how we can romanticize this building. Yo...