Mayor thanks volunteers for storm clean up efforts

Well once again Ritzville was hit with one of those wind storms. They tell us these are called a “haboob” a rolling dirt storm and it certainly did its share of damage —though not to the extent of the previous one.

Clean up was required pretty much all over the city and once again this community has pulled together to help with these efforts.

We would like to thank many individuals plus the city crew of Larry Swift, Justin Ziebell, David Breazeale, Nathan Bucher, Wayne Marshall and Mike Geschke.

Citizens helping to clean up the City Park and golf course are as follows: Dan Duff, Justin McKenzie, Mary Draper, Dave Aherns, Lucky Robinson, Jim Wellsandt, John Perry, Bruce Benzel, Kris Boness, Maynard Lund, Jeff Snider, Dale Swift, Dan Haarstad and Brady Moore. Hopefully we haven’t left anyone out, so if you were over looked, you know who you are and we appreciate you also.

We thank all of you for your help and want you to know that Ritzville is a cleaner and better place to live because of people like you!

I would like the citizens of Ritzville to know that our new bathrooms are now located downtown in the Pioneer Plaza, directly across from the train depot museum. They will be locked up in the evenings but will remain open six days a week.

Mayor Linda Kadlec, Ritzville