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Ritzville Youth Wrestling will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the Gilson Gymnasium, with a parent meeting and first practice. All practices will run from 6–7:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. Tournaments will be held every weekend in March. Cost to participate is $30 and is open to age groups in first through eighth grades. For more information please contact David Meise by calling (509) 771-1359 or by email, [email protected]....
Ryan L. Atkinson, a 1994 Ritzville High School graduate, was recently promoted to Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Master Sergeant Atkinson is stationed at Little Rock, Arkansas, as a loadmaster on a C-130. He has completed 16 years in the Air Force after his high school graduation....
Lyndsey (Bolin) Clouse and Alicia Bolin celebrated their 18th birthday on Monday, Jan. 23. Lyndsey and Alicia are the daughters of Ron and Toni Bolin of Ritzville. Lyndsey and her husband Tanner Clouse, son of Monica and Trevis Clouse of Royal City, welcomed their own twin baby girls around 8:40 a.m. Monday, adding to the celebratory day. Rylee Jean weighed in at 4 pounds 6 ounces and Amaya-Lynn Marie weighed 3 pounds 11 ounces and were born at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane.... Full story
The Ritzville Grade School students in grades five through eight participated in the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars essay competition and the VFW selected the top three essays for each class. Dennis Greenwalt of Post 11446 announced the essay winners during an assembly at the grade school on Jan. 13. The fifth grade class responded to the topic “What is an American,” while the sixth through eighth grade wrote about the topic, “Are you proud of your country?” Every year, b... Full story
A reception for Lavonne Saunders is tonight (Thursday), Jan. 26, at 5:30 p.m. at the Ritzville Journal office in honor of Lavonne’s 22 years of service to The Journal. She is retiring on Friday....
The Lind robotics team had a week off due to snow days and is back in action this week. The media side received our PLATT electrical grant that we applied for. This will give us $500 to use toward our build project. To show our thanks the business side has been writing thank you letters to the people and companies that have given us money or assistance. We have also been in charge of putting together the basketball hoop that the robot will use to practice. The engineering side has been working on the electrical aspects and...
After the first joint school board meeting with both Lind and Ritzville school board members, the group decided to continue with joint board meetings. The meetings will be held on the fourth Monday of every month beginning at 6:30 p.m. at alternating locations. The next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 27, at Ritzville High School in the band room.... Full story
Nineteen reproductions of national FFA awards belonging to Ritzville High School have been completed at a cost of $7,883.26, according to the Ritzville School Board. School board members approved the general fund accounts payable on Dec. 19, including a payment to Wildrose Graphics for $3,941.63 for creating the replacement plaques. Only one board member, Shannon Flynn, voted against the measure. Flynn said she is opposed to spending the public’s money to replace the awards. Just how the replacement awards will be paid for is... Full story
The coming weeks will be devoted to one of this city’s sport’s heroes, coaching legend Benner T. Cummings. Here is the seventh installation. — M. M. Athey & The Ritzville Swim Club Part Seven: The Summer of 1959 “It is always a pleasure to see a group of young unknowns from a small community such as yours come through and surprise perhaps even the better known clubs. It is significant enough to note that one of your swimmers (Tom Jones) achieved the second fastest recording in the state last year for the mile swim. And othe...
Violetta June Hille, age 86, died on Jan. 21, 2012, at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. She was born on March 29, 1925, to David and Lydia Carolina Dirks in Ritzville. She graduated from Ritzville High School and met the handsome Alvin “Joe” Hille at a dance in Ritzville, she was courted by him until they married on Sept. 24, 1944. Alvin served in the U.S. Army during World War II from December 1944 to November 1947 while his bride was home praying for his safe ret...
Viola M. (Schwandt) Blauert died at the age of 100, on Jan. 19, 2012, at Life Care Center of Ritzville. She was born on Aug. 2, 1911, at Pullman, Wash. She married Fred Blauert on June 15, 1932, and celebrated 54 years of marriage before his death in 1986. They spent their married life on a farm near Spangle, Wash., where they raised their five children. In 1969 they retired to Spokane where they became active in the Lincoln Heights Congregational Church. She was active with...
Janice K. (Reiber) Baker died on Jan. 9, 2012. She was born Sept. 12, 1940, to Cecile and Ervin Reiber in Washtucna and graduated from Washtucna in 1958. She retired from Haskins Steel in 2005, after 33 years of service as their bookkeeper. She enjoyed many activities in life like square dancing, camping, gardening (she loved her roses), sewing, reading and cheering for Cougar and Gonzaga Basketball. She enjoyed her book club family and lady’s dining group very much. Friends and family have said that Janice had a huge, loving...
Ernest Morgan Sr., age 61, died surrounded by his family on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at his home outside of Ritzville after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born Jan. 11, 1951, at Hillsboro, Ore., to Vernon Sr. and Sue Gladys Morgan. He had eight siblings, James Morgan (Eleanor), Ilene Morgan Lockhart (Charlie), Julie Morgan Wilkerson, Susi Morgan Tenity (Jay), Jeff Morgan (Robin), Valerie Morgan Horgan, Vernon Morgan Jr., (Teri) and Connie Morgan Martin. He attended...
David and Kayla Meise of Ritzville are the parents of a son, Elias “Eli” James, born Dec. 17, 2011, in Spokane. At birth Eli weighed 9 pounds 13 ounces and measured 21-1/2 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Shad and Courtney Hunter of Bremerton. Paternal grandparents are Dave and Julie Niezwaag of Ritzville....
I can remember some times in my life that were very satisfying, to say the least. They are little things but they were much appreciated by me, which is very important. One of those things was the first time my mom made a batch of oatmeal scotchies. As a youngster eating a warm cookie with my favorite chip was like I imagined heaven would be. Yes, I kissed my mom and thanked her a bunch. I remember the first time I had prawns with my dad. I wondered where these tasty little... Full story
It’s been “snow week” here at the Capitol. There was a good dusting in the Olympia area a week ago when I returned from a hunt with a dear friend and former fellow legislator on the Olympic Peninsula (no ducks, but two geese in the bag). On Wednesday, a foot or so of additional snow fell – a record for that particular day and about as much as Olympia ever sees at once – and Thursday brought an ice storm and widespread power outages. The place where I live south of Olympia was among the many that lost power, which not only...