Plant sale sells out early

RITZVILLE - The annual Ritzville Volunteer Ambulance Association had to postpone its plant sale by a day due to an unexpected delivery delay last week, but that didn't impede sales.

In fact, the EMTs and volunteers sold out by noon Thursday and had to make a run to Deer Park on Friday morning to pick up more. Back in town and open for business by 1 p.m., they were again sold out around 4 p.m., leaving shoppers planning to hit the sale Saturday out of luck.

"The community has been very supportive this year," Ambulance Association President Neva Malby said Friday.

She and her son Jeffrey Staley...