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The annual Bi-County Honor Band and Choir concert will begin at 7 p.m. at the INB Performing Arts Center in Spokane. Family, friends, and community members are encouraged to attend not only to support local student musicians, but also to experience a night of musical engagement. Each year, junior high and high school students from small schools across the area come together to practice and perform choir and band pieces. Junior high students are selected randomly while high...
Leila Bernadine Kayler, 95, died Feb. 25, at the Odessa Memorial Care Center. She was born June 7, 1921, the daughter of Otis Paul Gordon and Avis Maryl Gordon, in Great Falls. Her early childhood years were spent in Okanogan, until moving to Pullman, when she was 12, meeting her first sweetheart, Fred Kayler, who proved to be her life long love. She graduated from Pullman High School and enjoyed two years at Washington State University in dietetics. On Fred’s furlough from t...
Amparo “Ampy” Townsend, 76, (née Mapa) died at her home surrounded by loved ones on Friday, March 3, in Oak Harbor. Ampy is survived by her children Chona Townsend, Arlene (Gregg) Gibeau, Daniel (Jennifer) Townsend, grandchildren Christopher and Maria Stocke, Brittany (Ian) Furgason, Levin, Jeremy, and Madeleine Townsend, and great-grandchildren David and Abigail Furgason, and brothers Gorgonio C. Mapa, Jaime C. Mapa, and sister Josefina M. Tulle of the Philippines. She is p...
Emmitt D. Cain died on Feb. 24. He was born July 25, 1957, to Emmitt L. and Flossie Cain. He was raised with wheat and cattle in Hooper. He graduated LaCrosse High School in 1975. He attended Washington State University where he was a beloved AGR brother. Farming was always Emmitt’s calling. He stayed in the Palouse to help out after his father passed. He met Jullie Kagele in 1982. They were married June 29, 1985. It was then Emmitt assisted his father in law and brother in l...
Robert G. Templin, age 93, of Post Falls, died Feb. 28, at the Schneidmiller House in Coeur d’Alene. He was born Sept. 23, 1923, in Ritzville, to August and Elsie (Wellsandt) Templin. He grew up in the Ritzville area and got started in the restaurant business as a 13-year-old boy washing dishes. The family lived on a farm but Bob lived in town during his high school years. He washed dishes until 1 a.m. at Lan’s Café in Ritzville after school. That made studies rough but it w...
JULIE GALBREATH. Members of PEO Chapter AR gathered on March 2 to celebrate Julie Galbreath’s 50-year anniversary with the organization. Galbreath was initiated into the chapter on Jan. 19, 1967. Members present were (back row, from left) Debbie Knodel, Nancy Miller, Theresa Fitch, Harriet Lynch, Kathy Yerxa, Jennifer Aldrich, Erika Hennings, Sandi Atkinson, Joyce Preston and Trish McRae. Front row: Karen Baumann, Cari Galbreath, Julie Galbreath (50 years), Vicky Johnson, C...
On Wednesday, Feb. 1, 10 members from the Lind-Ritzville Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) group competed in the regional winter conference. This year’s winter conference saw the largest group of students competing with a total of 576 students competing in 57 different events. The students competed in a variety of events, which encompassed objective tests, web design, electronic career portfolio and a variety of speaking and presentation events. During the awards cerem...
Lind-Ritzville High School announced the list of Honor Roll students for the first semester. Students who have maintained a 4.0 GPA for the first semester are Emma Aldrich, Samuele Bortolato, Hawk Busayok, Cole Cameron, Peyton Curtis, Eliza Galbreath, Ellie Gering, Spencer Gering, Katheran Gingrich, Jessica Heater, Tessa Jantz, Emily Kinney, Haley Kulm, Erica Leffel, Lorria McCauley, Spencer Miller, Rachel Nygren, Kerra Ridgeway, Cailey Vallone-Boettcher and Tamera Wolf. The n...