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The first planning meeting for the 2014 Ritzville Relay For Life is Jan. 29 at 5:30 p.m. in the Best Western Plus Bronco Inn conference room. The meeting is open to any individual interested in participating in Relay For Life. The former committee plans to discuss plans of modifying the annual event into a 12-hour, weekend activity instead of an overnight event. Any individual with ideas about restructuring the Relay For Life activities is encouraged to attend. For more information, contact American Cancer Society...
Adams County Pheasants Forever is hosting the 15th annual Pheasants Forever Banquet on Saturday, Jan. 25, at the C.J. Newland American Legion Hall at 5 p.m. Happy hour begins at 5 p.m., followed by a barbequed pork roast meal and buffet at 7 p.m., with the auction following at 8 p.m. Master of Ceremonies for the evening is Alan Thompson, while the auctioneer is Craig Schafer of Warden. A silent and live auction will be held for Ringnecks, 18 and under, and a general auction will also take place. Raffle drawings occur...
The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is hosting the annual meeting and potluck on Friday, Jan. 24, beginning at noon. Individuals are reminded to pay dues prior to the meeting in order to have voting privileges. Any individual attending the potluck is asked to bring utensils. The senior center is located at 118 West Main Avenue in Ritzville. For more information, call 659-1921....
LRS Bronco State Football Championship apparel for the back-to-back championships is now available for preorder through Bronc Boosters. Any individual who is interested in purchasing the apparel can stop by the Bronc Boosters booth at the basketball games on Jan. 24, or place an order by emailing [email protected]. The deadline to place an order is Friday, Jan. 24, at the home basketball game....
Ballots for the Feb. 11 Special Election will be mailed to voters in participating precincts on Friday, Jan. 24. Voter registration files are closed to address changes and registration changes within Washington state, but people not currently registered to vote in Washington may register in person until Feb. 3 and will be eligible to vote in the Feb. 11 election. Voters registering in person may do so at the Adams County Auditor’s Office 210 West Broadway Avenue in Ritzville. Contact Heidi Hunt, Adams County Auditor at 6...
The Lind Fire Department and Washtucna EMS responded to a one-vehicle rollover on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 5:33 a.m. on U.S. 395 at milepost 69. The accident site was 26 miles south of Ritzville and two miles from the Hatton Rest Area. There were four passengers in the 2004 Chevrolet K2 pickup. The 41-year-old male driver, Jeremy Hall, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the Washington State Patrol, three other victims, ages 39, 15 and 11 were injured and transported to East Adams Rural Hospital in Ritzville. The...
Alcoholic Anonymous meetings have restarted at the St. Agnes Catholic Church on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning at 7 p.m. The meetings are held twice a week, every week. For more information, contact Joe at 793-8354. St. Agnes Catholic Church is located at 404 East Fifth Avenue in Ritzville....
Each year, Senator Mark Schoesler sponsors area students who take part in the Senate Page Program. During the program, pages assist senators with legislative duties such as mail delivery, running errands, and presenting the flags at the start of a daily session in the Senate chamber. In “page school,” students learn about parliamentary procedure and have a chance to practice drafting bills and engage in mock lawmaking sessions. The program assists students to learn about state government over the course of a week. The Sen...
Community leaders in Lind are reaching out to residents in an effort to create a Lind Improvements For Everyone (LIFE) committee within the town. The intent for the LIFE committee is to create a networking organization within the Lind community that benefits the town by having individuals volunteer their time to assist with a variety of projects. The idea of creating a LIFE committee began after Mayor Jamie Schmunk learned about the LIFE committee active in Leavenworth, and how the efforts of the committee helped rebuild and...
After discussing and making slight adjustments to the 2014 budget, the Lind Town Council unanimously approved the budget during the final council meeting in the month of December. The council also approved to amend the 2013 budget during the Dec. 23 meeting. The one amendment from the 2013 budget included a $212,000 amendment to the town’s water fund. The original amount of $541,851 was revised to $753,851. The water fund has been the primary point of concern for council members during the budget discussions. With the Town o...
After suffering a devastating loss of the former Adams County Pet Rescue (ACPR) building to a fire in 2009, ACPR has spent years attempting to rebuild the animal shelter. After breaking ground last year and finishing the preliminary structure, ACPR is being provided with a rare and extremely unique opportunity to reach completion of the project. ACPR has been selected to be the pilot project for a potential network reality show through the Animal House organization. Animal House announced their decision on Saturday, Jan. 19,...
Siblings Emilee and Ben Holt of Caldwell, Idaho, exhibited a Hereford heifer they raised, HOLT 138X Sadie 226Z, to a triple-crown championship at the Western Nugget National Hereford Show held in early December in Reno, Nev. Emilee, 16, and Ben, 13, are the children of Scott and Kim (Kanzler) Holt of Caldwell and the grandchildren of Gilbert and Alice Kanzler of Ritzville. They both have raised and shown Hereford cattle since the age of seven. “Sadie” was named champion of...
Guard Felicia Ziemer brings the ball up the court as St. George’s defenders manuever to cut her off during last Saturday’s home game. The Lady Broncos will host three straight home games starting with Liberty on Friday. -Journal photo by Stephen McFadden...
A nondenominational, community Women’s Bible Study course is available beginning on Feb. 3 at the Ritzville Nazarene Church. The 12-session course consists of Monday night meetings from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m. Babysitting is available on Tuesdays, and the cost of the class is $9 for the study book. In this 12-session DVD Bible study titled “Twelve Women of the Bible,” a group of leaders will look at the spiritual lessons learned from 12 biblical women and how the lessons apply to today...
The Lind-Ritzville Middle School has some great programs and classes for students to participate in. Some of these are band, leadership class, ASB, Family, Career, Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and Honor Society. Some students in band recently made a poster for the LRMS band teacher, Mrs. Jennifer York’s, birthday. She was super surprised when she walked in her room! York said, “It made my day.” The band kids have also done a good job playing in the pep-band to support the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Bronco baske...
Pencils scribble and textbook pages fly towards third quarter at Lind-Ritzville Middle School. In the dead of winter, the weather changes on a day-to-day basis, but Rita Fryberger and Shannon Davis’ high school prep students are forecasting something a bit more long-term than storm clouds or sunshine: their futures. As the windy weather blows by assignments and midterms, Fryberger and Davis’ High School 101 Career Search project helps students mold their plans for the future and prepare them for hastily approaching high schoo...
The Caring Neighbors board recently donated $1,000 to the Lind Elementary School. The donated money will be used for the Kindergarten and first grade students’ educational program called Turning Technologies, which provides immediate feedback and the opportunity for instant remediation. This allows teachers to support differentiated and data-driven instruction throughout their lesson plans. Caring Neighbors is a non-profit entity established by Big Bend Electric Co-op. The m...
In third place with a Northeast 2B League record of 7-3 and an overall record of 11-5, the LRS Lady Broncos had a productive and challenging week recently. They defeated Davenport and then Reardan, before losing in the final seconds of their Saturday night home game to the St. George’s Lady Dragons. With the trio of league games in the books, the Lady Broncos find themselves sitting in third place, behind undefeated Northwest Christian and Colfax. With four league games r...
After reaching the midseason mark, the Lady Tigercats have begun to show tremendous improvements on the hardwood in league competition. The Lady Tigercats hosted Liberty Christian on Friday night and challenged the Lady Patriots in a hard fought battle, eventually ending in a 45-30 loss for the Lady Tigercats. The Lady Tigercats stayed neck-in-neck with Liberty Christian until the third quarter when the Lady Patriots outscored the LWK team, 19-6. The Lady Tigercats had only...
The LWK team started a three game winning streak after securing a win in Kahlotus Friday night against Liberty Christian. The Tigercats took the win from Tekoa-Oakesdale on Saturday before rolling to a win over St. John-Endicott on Tuesday. Friday night served as a bit of an unknown game for the Tigercats, who played their first game in the Kahlotus gym against a much-improved Liberty Christian team. Head coach Mike Stubbs said from a coach’s standpoint, he had some u...
In the first half Saturday, it was all LRS. The players, the coaches and the fans were energized as the team went after the powerhouse St. George’s with reckless abandon. Dylan Hartz sped up the offense and ignited an early firestorm with four huge three-point buckets. At one stage in the first half LRS had a 12-point lead over the undefeated Dragons. At the end of the first quarter, LRS was up 21-18. At the half, the Dragons quickly closed their deficit in the final minute w...
Time is quickly approaching when the seniors from the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will be recognized at the last home game of the season on Tuesday night. So far seniors from volleyball, football and wrestling have had those important recognitions. It is fun to see the athletes meet their parents, giving mom a rose and a hug. I’m sure most people take this time for granted and for a very few, think it takes too long. I’m not sure when this tradition started, but it was...
Improving Highway 167 could help change the face of global commerce and the future of Washington state. Really. Traffic congestion is causing bottlenecks at our ports, creating costly delays for the shippers that use Puget Sound ports. Failing to eliminate that congestion will make our ports less competitive, costing us jobs, business and tax revenues. That is true now more than ever. This legislative session, the transportation improvements to be voted on by legislators in Olympia are linked to world trade and events in...
Dec. 23, 10:34 a.m. – Trinidad, Calif., complainant advised he had paid Adams Automotive to tow his vehicle and now won’t be allowed to collect his belongings out of the vehicle. Sergeant Ben Buriak called the complainant and was advised there was another tow en route to move the vehicle. Buriak contacted both tow companies to advise of the situation before contacting the complainant again and advising him to make a complaint to the tow inspector in reference to the matter. Dec. 23, 10:00 a.m. – Ritzville complainant advis...
A year ago our new Majority Coalition Caucus was formally assuming leadership of the state Senate, and the transition from 10 years of one-party control made the first week of the 2013 legislative session a bit of a bumpy ride. Still, as I wrote to you then, it was encouraging to already see open discussion of ideas that had been stifled for many years. There were no such bumps during the first week of the eight-week 2014 legislative session. Why? I have to believe the senators now on the minority side, having seen what our...