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The Ritzville Rodeo Association is holding its annual banquet on Jan. 14 at the American Legion Hall. The event will include the welcoming of the 2018 royalty Queen Aaliyah Yaeger and Princess Brianna Kin Kade, as well as the farewell of 2017 Ritzville Rodeo Queen Merlee Liberty. The banquet begins at 3 p.m. with the annual meeting and voting of new officers and board members. At 5 p.m. is the welcome dinner provided by James Wahl. The queen coronation will be at 6 p.m. The Ritzville Youth Drill Team will receive recognition...
Adams County Fire Protection Districts No. 1 and No. 2 responded to multiple collisions from Dec. 28 to Dec. 30, including one resulting in a fatality. Lind Fire Chief Kevin Starring said the agency responded to four collisions in a span of 24 hours, from Dec. 29-30, including a one-vehicle collision on westbound Interstate 90 at milepost 202, 18 miles west of Ritzville. According to a Washington State Patrol report, Patrick Conley of Shoreline, was driving a Jeep Cherokee in the westbound lake when he lost control of the...
RIBBON CUTTING. The Adams County Hospital District No. 2 Board of Commissioners (from left) Ross Heimbigner, Jerry Crossler, Eric Walker, CEO/CFO Gary Bostrom, Stacey Plummer and Jerry Snyder, proudly cut the ribbon to announce the substantial completion of the renovations and construction at East Adams Rural Healthcare. The Commissioners and staff at EARH welcomed a large crowd of community members to the facility on March 30 for the ceremony. -Journal file...
January Julia Klein was announced as the Credit For Kids program winner through Spokane Teachers Credit Union (STCU). Lind School District Principal Cindy Deska nominated Klein for the program for her outstanding community service and involvement with the school. Klein received $500 from STCU, which will go towards supporting the Lind School District. Merlee Liberty was crowned the 2017 Ritzville Rodeo Queen during a coronation banquet where she received her crown from former...
I saw a lot of football games in the last couple of weeks. I thought there would be some good match-ups and a few of the early games weren’t too bad. But there were a few blowouts and mismatches, and it was good that there was a basketball game or two to watch once the bowl games were unwatchable. The Pac 12 sent nine teams to bowl games, but only the Utah Utes came away with a victory. Coach Kyle Whittingham’s Utes dominated West Virginia in the Heart of Dallas Bowl 30-...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos wrestling team returned to action to compete in the Pomeroy Tournament on Dec. 29. The next day, they traveled to Coulee City to compete in the Banks Lake Brawl Tournament. At the Pomeroy Tournament, Aarron Phelps took fifth place in the 220-pound weight class. In his first match of the day, Phelps lost to Potlatch athlete, who pinned him in the first period. Phelps rebounded from the loss to pin a Colfax wrestler in the first round of their match. After he was pinned by a Clearwater Valley...
Alley Cats Dec. 13 Rehn Grain 30-19, Napa 29-20, Ritzville Hardware 20-29, The Strays 19-30. High scratch games: Stephanie Geschke 174, Debi Balfe 169, Nancy McBroom 150. High scratch series: Debi Balfe 444, Stephanie Geschke 429, Lily Staley 393. High handicap games: Lily Staley 229, Debi Balfe 225, Stephanie Geschke 218. High handicap series: Lily Staley 648, Debi Balfe 612, Diane Spain 590. Alley Cats Dec. 27 The Strays 10-4, Napa 9-5, Rehn Grain 5-9, Ritzville Hardware 4-10. High scratch games: Kathy Geschke 229, Debi...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos basketball team ended 2017 on a high note, with a 53-14 nonleague win against Dayton on Dec. 30. Head Coach Steve Wellsandt said the Lady Broncos had a consistent lead throughout the game, but started slow against the Lady Bulldogs, scoring only 11 points in the first quarter. The team maintained the advantage, adding 13 in the second quarter and 11 in the third. The Lady Broncos had a surge of momentum in the fourth quarter, outshooting Dayton, 18-7, with eight of those points coming...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos had one outing during the winter break to compete in a nonleague game against Dayton on Dec. 30. The Broncos were initially scheduled to play Columbia-Burbank on Dec. 28, but dangerous weather conditions postponed the game until Jan. 2. Head Coach Dustan Arlt said after nearly a week without competition, he was concerned about how the Broncos would perform against Dayton. The nonleague game served as an opportunity for the LRS team to jump back into competition and prepare for tough...
10 is now behind us; we are mid-way through the 115th Congress, and it is timely to take stock and focus on the progress made for Central Washington and the country during the past year. As your representative in Congress, two of the most important responsibilities on behalf of the Fourth Congressional District are responding to constituents’ questions and assisting constituent when they deal with the federal government. In 2017, my office has responded to nearly 30,000 letters, calls and emails from constituents. Over the...
Have you seen the usual claims about how New Year’s resolutions fail? Would you admit that you’ve made a few New Year’s resolutions and the promises you made to yourself failed to pan out? Perhaps it’s not the promises that failed, but rather it is you who failed to follow through. It’s easy to blame the goals for not panning out, but if we are honest, it is we who fail to keep our own word to ourselves. In the Gospel of St. Matthew, Jesus told his hearers not to make vows since he knew that people are incapable of keeping t...
Curbside recycling bins are packed with cardboard shipping boxes from Christmas online shopping. The uptick in consumer shipments is not only good news for the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx and UPS, but our nation’s papermakers. According to Mastercard Spending Pulse, U.S. year-end holiday retail sales rose nearly five percent compared to the same period last year while online purchases shot up more than 18 percent. USA Today reported “despite thousands of store closings this year, Americans supplied a final flurry of spe...
10 was a year of monumental discoveries. With potential to drastically change the future, these discoveries should be acknowledged as the bridges that will lead to new breakthroughs in the New Year. In February, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Spitzer Space Telescope observed seven Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting the dwarf star Trappist-1. Found in the Aquarius constellation, the observation is significant for the exoplanets’ similarities to Earth. Michaël Gillon, an astrophysicist at the Univ...
LIONS CLUB. In December, the Ritzville Lions Club held their annual Christmas party. During the event, members celebrated Herb Janzen’s 55 years as an active member. Lion Janzen (right) received the honorary letter and chevrons of recognition from Lion Warren Kragt. -Photo courtesy of Diane Leffel...
Tamara (Tami) Lynn Hayes died Dec. 28 at 59 years old after a short battle with cancer in her Moses Lake home. She was born Feb. 2, 1958, in Mount Vernon, to Phyllis (Oppewall) Kinsman and Bert VanOssenbruggen. As a child, she loved music and singing. She once sang “Harper Valley PTA” to her elementary PTA; she sang in country bands and eventually went into the Karaoke business. She married the love of her life Wes Hayes on July 4, 1997, in Post Falls. They loved to vac...
STUDENT HONORS. The Lind Elementary School students who earned Student of the Month awards for December are (back row, from left) Caden Gimmaka, Aiko Valles-Ceciliano, Sonia Landis, Jackson Phelps and Ashlynn Bates. Front row: Freya Roth, Yael Valles-Ceciliano, Logan Ziebell, Caelyn Gimmaka, Marilese Donaldson, LeaCadia Bren and Jayce Schilling. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
Memories Diner opened its doors to their customers one last time on Dec. 30. Lori Gorman-Anderson and Scott Gorman, who both own and worked in the restaurant, held a semi-retirement party as a way to say thank you to their customers and the community for all of the years of support and business. Memories Diner opened on its doors April 22, 2013. The diner was opened by Jessika Wolf and her mother Lori Gorman-Anderson. The duo spent numerous weeks renovating and decorating the...