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  • Adams County Sheriff's Office

    Updated Jan 5, 2012

    Dec. 3, 10:27 p.m. – Deputy Dan Verhey located an open door on a property at East Second Street, Lind. The building was checked and nothing was out of place. Door was locked by Dep. Verhey. Dec. 3, 4:42 p.m. – Ritzville complainant contacted the Adams County Sheriff’s Office dispatch regarding a theft taking place on North Plager Road. Deputy Verhey contacted the complainant by phone to get more information. Complainant told Dep. Verhey a suspect admitted taking a laptop computer and selling it. Dec. 3, 2:15 p.m. – While o...

  • Being a Great Fan...

    Dale Anderson|Updated Jan 5, 2012

    Typically on New Year’s Day I sit around in my Lazy Boy watching college football bowl games. But since January first was on Sunday there were only pro games on the tube. So we got tickets to the Gonzaga women’s basketball game. The Zag women played St. Francis of Pennsylvania. It didn’t take long to see that the Red Flash women were in over their heads against the quicker Lady Bulldogs. Now that might be enough of a story line to talk about but there is a lot more to a baske...

  • Electric chickens have come home to roost

    Don C. Brunell, president|Updated Jan 5, 2012

    For years, energy experts warned us that regulations and policies that reduce the supply of affordable conventional energy would result in higher prices for American families. Now it is clear the warnings were well founded. The USA Today recently reported that electricity bills have skyrocketed. The newspaper reports that American families paid, on average, a record $1,419 a year for electricity in 2010. Demand for electricity remains high even as energy supplies shrink. In addition, prices are rising due to the cost of... Full story

  • A Pastor's Perspective

    Pastor Richard Lee, New Hope Center|Updated Jan 5, 2012

    “It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22, 23. With each new year, there come the usual resolutions. A humorous cartoon depicts one character saying to another that New Year’s Resolutions are a “to do” list for only the first week of January. Instead of resolving to do better this year and diminishing undesirable habits, all of us may best be served with just acknowledging our natural imperfectio...