Fire truck ride available for second grade students

The Ritzville Fire Department will be taking second grade students on a fire truck during the parade this weekend.

Parents can drop their children off at the fire station on First Avenue at 10:30 a.m. before the parade begins. At the conclusion of the parade children can be picked up back at the fire station.

Fire Chief Jim Bostic had hoped to use the new fire truck purchased for the city in the parade but its delivery has been delayed approximately a month due to the rioting in Ferguson, Missouri and the discovery of a mechanical issue.