Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Sorted by date Results 1 - 21 of 21
RITZVILLE — An online community forum is planned for Wednesday evening, March 3, from 6 to 7 p.m. "Say Yes to Education — Expanding Community Support for Education in Lind Ritzville" is the kick-off event to a two-year effort to bring greater resources and support to local students and schools. "Together, community members, parents, teachers and school administrators will begin to shape common hopes and dreams for children growing up in Lind and Ritzville," Superintendent Don Vanderholm said. "Participation is an ess...
RITZVILLE - Lind-Ritzville School District Greg Whitmore announced superintendents from the district continue to meet to review and set guidelines for the safe implementation of athletic competitions while also trying to avoid any setbacks in current learning models. Whitmore said for now, the league has decided to limit spectators to fans of the home school district and parents of opposing/visiting Senior (Gr. 12) student athletes only. For middle school events, no visiting...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville High School students were allowed back together on campus as a full student body Wednesday, Feb. 17. The school board approved the campus moving to Stage 5 at their Jan. 26 board meeting, allowing all high school students on campus for the first time since March 13, 2020. "I would put this week in the category of successful," High School Principal Kevin Terris said Friday. "Our staff and students made a shift to some new guidelines pretty s...
DAVENPORT — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos came to town and used strong serve attacks and solid defense to sweep Davenport (0-1) in three sets, 25-13, 25-20, 25-10. It was the first match for either team since Fall 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players had to wear masks and sit six feet apart from each other on the bench. The two teams didn't shake hands before or after the game, but acknowledged each other through a friendly wave and "hello" across the net before t...
REARDAN— Football was back in muddy, jamboree form Monday, Feb. 22, as the Reardan Indians hosted the Davenport Gorillas and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos for varsity and junior varsity scrimmages. Each varsity offense played each school’s varsity defense once, with the same scenario for junior varsity. Each series ran between 8-14 plays, as officials let teams finish drives, all of which intentionally started at the opponent’s 40-yard-line. Davenport solid Both the varsi...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos were ready to join area schools at St. George in Spokane Saturday, Feb. 20, but the event was cancelled Friday, due to snow. They are next scheduled to travel to Asotin, Saturday, Feb. 27. Their first league meet is scheduled for March 6 at Mt. Spokane High School. Coach Morgan Hunt is in her third year of coaching the Broncos, and said she has four returning runners from her varsity team this year. Samuel Michaels, the only senior on the team, along w...
Gerald "Tony" Dennis Lutes passed away Feb. 18th, 2021 at his home in Sprague, Wash. His years-long battle with multiple myeloma, diabetes, and many other health ailments ended peacefully and surrounded by so much love from near and far. Tony was born on Mar. 24, 1948 in Butte, Mont. to Lua David and Helen Marie (Todahl) Lutes. His family eventually moved to St. Louis, Mo where Tony graduated from Berkley High School in 1967. He joined the United States Air Force in 1968 and...
I think that most people look at the coming week and will either be excited or maybe a bit apprehensive. If your calendar looks like ours does, you would most likely think really? That’s this week? Last week with President’s Day the schools were out and it was snowing on top of it. Middle School football was supposed to get started on Tuesday in Lind but with the snowstorm it was decided that the schools would stay closed to in class learning and instead it would be onl...
RITZVILLE – Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) students competed in the 2021 Winter Conference, held online January 30 - Feb. 12. Advisor Steve Greenwalt said 25 students from Lind-Ritzville competed in various competitions, both team and individual events. There were 14 high schools competing, along with a middle school out of Cheney. Greenwalt said about 250 students registered, down from the over 400 that usually attend. "I think for this year, with what is going on, it is a really good turnout," Greenwalt said. "...
RITZVILLE – High school cheerleaders received awards earned during last year's sports seasons Thursday, Feb. 18. "Due to COVID, we were not able to have our awards banquet last spring, so I handed out the awards during their practice," Coach Connie Miller said. All the girls earned their varsity letter, and a few won additional awards. Laura Miller was awarded "Most Improved," Grace Saint John was awarded "Most Inspirational," Malea Canaday was selected for the "Rising S...
RITZVILLE – The Chamber of Commerce is planning events around St. Patrick's Day including an open house night for businesses and a scavenger hunt. "Our hope is the hunt will end with coupons to local businesses, and our Board members are working on that project now," Chamber Secretary Phyllis Wormsbecker said. "Our promotions committee consists of Nichole Thiel and Becky Main, and they will coordinate with Katelin Davidson of KD Consulting to complete promotion for the event." The Chamber is updating their Tourism Guide a...
We are fast approaching the halfway point of the 2021 legislative session. There have been some challenges conducting business as usual for the Legislature during this unusual time in our lives. The governor’s decision to close off a large portion of the Capitol grounds to the public is concerning, as are his ever-changing metrics and policies when it comes to reopening our state. I’m very pleased that all parts of our state have been able to move to Phase 2 of the latest reop...
February 12 DUI- 700 block South Thacker Road Othello Suspicious vehicle near a residence at the location. The vehicle was in a collision. Oscar Pineda-Aploinar, 32, of Othello was arrested and booked into jail for DUI. Suspicious - 800 block South Taylor Road Othello Report of a suspicious vehicle parked near the front of a residence at the location. Lost/Found Property - West Urquhart Road Ritzville A wallet found at the location was placed into evidence. Citizen Dispute - 600 block South Taylor Road Othello Complainant...
Malinda (Jantz) Zilliox was born Mar. 25, 1921 in the family home near Ruff, Wash. She attended a country school for three years. In 1930 the family moved to a farm near Ritzville, Wash. where she continued her education graduating from Ritzville High School. She went on to obtain her BA degree in education from Eastern Washington University and taught elementary school for over thirty four years. Her teaching took place in eastern Washington schools the last two being in...
In the past 22 years, by working together with our thousands of heroic supporters, we’ve qualified 17 statewide initiatives for a public vote. They all limited the governments’ power over us and have saved taxpayers $46.9 billion (please make “$46.9 billion” a hyperlink to: https://permanentoffense.com/about-us/). And our four 2/3-vote-to-raise-taxes initiatives have saved taxpayers billions more by stopping and deterring tax increases. While other initiatives spend $1.2 million to qualify, we averaged $672K because we run...
RITZVILLE – County commissioners signed a resolution saying they will hold all their regular meetings at the County Courthouse except for one meeting per calendar quarter outside the county seat. Previously, commissioners held meetings once a week in Ritzville, the county seat, and once a week at the County Services Building in Othello. Othello residents Sean and Eleanor Bates are furious about the situation, appearing at The Journal office two weeks in a row to complain. "The commissioners used to hold 24 meetings a year i...
CASHMERE – The Columbia Basin Development League will be holding their annual conference virtually this year, March 4 from 8:45 to 10:45 a.m. This year's conference theme is "With One Voice," and topics will include the economic impact of the Columbia Basin Project, partner collaboration on the project, information and updates on irrigation district projects, an update on the Odessa ground water replacement program, steps to completion of the Columbia Basin Project, the role of Washington water law and secondary use permits,...
RITZVILLE – A public hearing for the Grainland Acres Annexation, Comprehensive Plan and Zone Amendment held at city council's Feb. 16 meeting had one participant from the public. Mark DeWulf, attorney general counsel for Big Bend Electric, said Big Bend Electric does not want to be annexed into the city, but wants to operate as they are doing now under the current zoning. DeWulf said he spoke with the city's attorney, Mike Connelly, who assured him Big Bend Electric is not part of the annexation. "If there are any changes t...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Feb. 24, 1921 BIG PARTY AT WELLER HOME A big party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Weller near Ralston last Friday night. There were about 70 people present but the spacious and beautiful home of the Wellers was able to accommodate the guests nicely. In the fore part of the evening the men folks enjoyed pinochle, and later the most of the company turned to dancing which was accommodated on the second floor. At midnight a big...
RITZVILLE – City Hall opened their doors to the public for the first time in almost a year Wednesday, Feb. 17. The opening came following unanimous approval by city council at their regular meeting Feb. 16. "I'm glad we're finally open, and I think it's long overdue," Council member Dede Boyer said. "I have been pushing for this from the beginning. I never thought we should have closed." "I'm glad we're open," Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Michelle Asmussen said. "We should have o...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville School District has been named as one of five rural school districts to participate in a rural education initiative. Innovia Foundation received a $150,000 grant for the College Spark Outcomes Acceleration fund, aimed at strengthening school-community partnerships and increasing post-secondary success for students in rural Eastern Washington communities. School districts participating in the project along with Lind-Ritzville, a 2B school, are Dayton (1B), St. John-Endicott (1B), Riverside (A), a...