|

|

Journal photo by
Jennifer Larsen
Welcome.
Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce Vice President Connie Galbreath
(left) presents Kim and Paul Lewis a Welcome to Ritzville gift. The
gifts are available to all newcomers by contacting the chamber office.
|
May 8, 2008
•Chamber revives Welcome Wagon
•Lind Alumni banquet is Saturday
•Town’s water project nears completion
•John McGregor to lead Lind School District
•Rising fuel costs take a bite out of road projects
May 1, 2008
•County to seek sales, use tax increase
•100 plus quilt entries expected for annual show
•Health department to offer First Aid Course
April 24, 2008
•Meals On Wheels ends in Adams
County
•Wampum auction to benefit local fair
•Swing-A-Thon, pets at the park Saturday
•County commissioners okay McManamon
Road payment
April 17, 2008
•Washtucna
honors new Eagle Scouts
•Canines
soil Ritzville business district sidewalks
•Blues
Fest introduces new logo
•Relay
For Life team collecting cell phones
April 10, 2008
•Town turns out to save Lind chamber
•Grant launches fund-raising
effort
•Reading month called a success in Lind
•Volunteers needed for American Cancer Society programs
•Join the fight against cancer – Wear Purple
•Rescheduled Gumball Rally rolls on Sunday
•Telegraphers to convene in Ritzville
April 3, 2008
•Mayor calls for city-wide clean up
•County slates free disposal days
•Grange members plan Earth Day
activities
•Lind chamber’s fate hangs in the
balance
•Relay For Life committee to meet
Monday
•City, county maps at chamber office
•Child Find Clinics set in Washtucna,
Kahlotus
March 27, 2008
•Benefit
dinner for Jackson Nichols is Friday
•Five
to vie for Ritzville Junior Miss
•Radar
trailer added to traffic safety arsenal
•Governor
signs Schmick bills in Spokane
•Town
approves street closure for Coaster Car Races
•High-flying
kites earn honors in Lind
March 20,
2008
•Benefit
dinner for Jackson Nichols slated for March 28
•Washtucna
Motel torched for firefighter training
•Mosquito
control already underway
March
13, 2008
•Starving
dogs rescued
•Pet
Rescue needs financial support
March 6, 2008
•Schoesler
to hold tele-town hall
•Services
today for Dee Ruser
•Council
allocates $6,000 for historic commission
February 28,
2008
•$2.1
million earmarked for sewer plant
•Gilson
gym’s floor saga continues
•Committee
assignments made at hospital board
•Lind
school superintendent notes community support
February 21,
2008
•Adams
County voters pick McCain, Clinton
•Hailey
champions Ritzville wastewater treatment project
•Public
hearing slated for Lind’s proposed sewer, garbage rate hikes
•Dino
Rossi to headline Lincoln Day dinner
•Assistance,
donations needed for local family
•Greenwalt
named to RPDA, Koss steps down
•Gumball
Rally goes on a roll March 30
February 14, 2008
•Area Republicans pick McCain
•Local Democrats vote 7-6 for Clinton at caucus
•Johnstone joins school board
February 7, 2008
●Both
parties slate local caucuses for Saturday
●County
exceeds snow removal budget
●Grade
schools’ Box Tops for Education deadline nears
●It’s
time to register your team for Ritzville’s Relay For Life
●Large
sum of cash needs to be claimed
January 31, 2008
●Snow
blankets region
●New
CEO to lead hospital district
January 24, 2008
●Bidding
tops $10,000 at chamber benefit auction
●Keep
fire hydrants clear
January 17, 2008
●Schmick
draws key committee appointment
●Council
to consider special parking request for downtown business
●DARE
program receives $461 boost
●Iltz
to chair planning commission
●Library
to move Kendrick Collection to Cheney archive for preservation
●Koss
can serve as council member
January 10, 2008
●Snow
storm blankets region, delays schools
●Mayor
wants your vision for Ritzville’s future
January 3, 2008
●Lind
School District requests M&O levy request
●State
adds three Adams County barns to heritage list
●EMTs
garner Thank You bonus
December 27, 2007
●Winter
water rescue nets stranded Spokane hunter
December 20, 2007
●Commissioners
deny weed control board’s request for increase
●Davenport
incident under investigation
●Hospital
district delivers holiday cheer en masse
●Police
chief says: Keep your eyes and ears open
December 13, 2007
●Big
Bend RC&D to meet in Ritzville
December 6, 2007
●More
riders needed to keep free bus service
●Santa
to visit Ralston Grange Hall this Saturday
November 29, 2007
●AAUW’s
annual bazaar Saturday
●ExxonMobil
donates $500 to RHS
●Jumpstart
the holidays Friday night
●Pretty
Good Grocery moves, expands
November 22, 2007
●Burglars
violate Frank R Burroughs’ museum
●Interim
hospital administrator hired
●QHR
to conduct hospital CEO search
November
15, 2007
●Commissioners
to decide Waste Management deal
●Judges
air concerns about public defense
November
8, 2007
●2007
General Election Results
●Hospital
board considers interim
●Kadlec
leads race for mayor
●Bank
of Whitman launches food drive
●RDDA,
RPDA request funding for Ritzville’s future
November 1, 2007
●RCT
to present ‘Murder In The Court’
October 25, 2007
●General election features many local candidates
●McGregor
attracts historical society
crowd in Hooper
●Flu
vaccine clinic next week
●Wheat
museum group to meet monthly
●Hazardous waste collection Nov. 2
●Library to start charging late fees
October 18, 2007
-Dead
fish mean economic development for resort
-Mayoral
candidates state their positions
-FFA
team heads to nationals
-Chamber
contest
October 11, 2007
-
Journal earns 26 state press association awards
-
Weed board votes to increase assessments
-
Historical group to host Alex McGregor
-
Lind chamber’s annual auction
-
Choruses,
quartets converge Saturday
-
Ralston
Grange Fall Festival
October 4,
2007
-
Fire destroys granary
-
Burning season opens in city, county
-
Hospital’s CEO resigns
-
Tyler signs on as write-in candidate
|