Beautification continues in historic downtown

Katie Teachout, The Journal | Last updated Oct 01, 2020 9:34am0

Katie Teachout count

John Rankin of Flying Arts Ranch, Inc. works on window restoration at the H. E. Gritman Building Monday, Sept. 21. The lift was rented for Rankin to work on the Gritman building and the Ritz theatre, and for Tracy Tremaine to work on the Greene mansion.

RITZVILLE – Restoration work on historic buildings downtown continued last week, with the rental of a lift shared by Brenda Owens, John Rankin and Tracy Tremain of Tremaine Builders.

Rankin, owner of Flying Arts Ranch, Inc. and manager of The Ritz theatre did some touch-up painting at The Ritz before moving on to Gritman building.

Rankin said he was doing window restoration work at the Gritman building and a little bit of cosmetic painting.

"If I have time tomorrow, I'll do a little further up the turret," Rankin said Monday, Sept. 28.

"Even though COVID-19 is going on, restoration work is sti...