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The Menno Mennonite Church is hosting a music group on Saturday and Sunday, March 17-18, and all community members are invited to attend. The Saturday performance is at 6:30 p.m., and the Sunday service begins at 10 a.m. The family music group is a part of the Gospel Echoes Team Prison Ministry, who travels throughout the country sharing the gospel message. From gifts and offerings at performances, the group then provide ministry to prison inmates. For additional information, contact Pastor Lyn Hershey at 208-642-2796 or...
The annual Ralston Grange Easter Egg Hunt will be held at the Ralston Park on Saturday, March 24, at 9 a.m. The egg hunt begins at 9 a.m. and a continental breakfast and games in the Ralston Grange Hall will follow. Kids of all ages, from toddler on up, are welcomed to participate. Every child taking part in the hunt will go home with eggs and a candy treat. Each family participating is asked to donate one dozen hard-boiled, decorated eggs. The eggs can be left at 410 West 10th Avenue in Ritzville on Friday, March 23. Anyone... Full story
The Lind Chamber of Commerce is hosting a bingo family entertainment night on Saturday, March 24, from 4-8 p.m. The event will be held at the Lind Lions Club building. Bingo cards can be purchased for $.50 each, per game. The prizes for the event include Easter hams, eggs with coloring kits and much more. Food will be available at the event, including chili, hotdogs, popcorn, drinks and brownies....
Carly Gillette, owner of the local antique store “Remember When...?” will present a program featuring some of the unusual and interesting items in her shop following the Ralston Grange’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 20. The meeting and program are open to the general public and begin at 6:30 p.m. at the grange hall in Ralston. Attendees are encouraged to bring an antique, family heirloom, or collectible from their own collection to share with the group too. Upcoming activities of the Ralston Grange also include the a... Full story
The Wheat Land Communities’ Fair Board is accepting applications for 2018 fair royalty. Three positions are open to young ladies, 14-18 years of age, who live within the boundaries of the Lind, Ritzville and Washtucna School Districts and are currently enrolled in school, entering grades 9-12 in the fall of 2018. Those selected to represent the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair will be the official hostesses at this years’ fair, which will be held Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30 through Sept. 2. The royalty will help with fair entri...
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced the start of the fourth annual Congressional Art Competition for the Fourth District, inviting all high school students in Central Washington to participate. Every spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition. Last year’s winner was Elly Teske from West Valley High School in Yakima for her entry, Heart Strings. The winning entry will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol, and this year’s winner will receive two airline tickets to visit Washington, D... Full story
MEMORIAL FUND. Pat and Jensen Yerxa (left) present East Adams Library District (EALD) Director Kylie Fullmer with a $2,500 check from the Kathy Yerxa Memorial Children’s Book Fund. Kathy served as an elementary school teacher for over 40 years. She passed away on Oct. 19, 2017. Because of her passion for reading, both personally and to children, the memorial fund was created to help benefit local children. Fullmer stated she was amazed by the generosity of the community and t... Full story
Rural Washingtonians are one-step closer to having access to reliable high-speed Internet. A measure sponsored by Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy removes the restrictive definition of “rural” from the existing statute and lets all ports build optical fiber networks to homes and businesses where in the past private companies had difficulty financing these projects. Ports now can build optical fiber infrastructure to reach underserved communities across the state. House Bill 2664 now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk for signa...
During the March 6 Ritzville City Council meeting, the Police Chief Dave McCormick informed the Council the Police Department will be joining the Central Basin Investigation Team (CBIT) through an interlocal agreement. According to CBIT’s website, the team was formed to investigate officer involved shootings, major accidents and use-of-force incidents that resulted in an injury. In 2009, the CBIT’s board, which is comprised of police chiefs and sheriffs, decided the team would also be available to assist in homicide inv...
The Adams County Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) approved the updates to the county’s Solid Waste and Moderate Risk Waste Management Plan (SWMRWMP) with a vote of 8-1 at their March 7 meeting. The SWMRWMP is a document recommending strategies to manage solid waste and moderate risk waste generated in Adams County. According to the document, the plan serves the need to establish a coordinated, regional approach to solid waste management within the county and enables decision makers to manage resources most e...
Janie Lee Geriene died in her sleep on Jan. 8 at her home in Kenmore, Washington. She was born Janie Lee Orr in Wichita, Kansas, to Leslie Milton Orr and Charlene Bernice Mclean on Feb. 1, 1934. She had two siblings, Marylin Orr Bassett and Danford Orr. Always bright in school, Janie rarely studied, relying on her near photographic memory to get through exams. She was a gifted athlete, ballet and figure skating among her many talents. But she was also adventurous in nature, going against her parents’ wishes and boarding a t... Full story
Ester Marie Cech Hein died Feb. 3 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was born on Sept. 29, 1925, to James and Wilma Cech. She joined two older brothers, Amil and Orin. She grew up in Montana and Oregon, and graduated from Grants Pass High School. She attended Biola University in California. She joined the Cadet Nursing Program and attended Whitworth University where she graduated with her degree as a Registered Nurse. While at Whitworth she met the love of her life. She and... Full story
Robert (Bob) Schultz died in the late afternoon on Sunday, March 4, while resting peacefully at the family farm where he was born and raised. He was born to Adolph and Lydia Schultz, also of Harrington. Robert is survived by his wife Vivienne of 68 years, son Randy (Myra) Schultz, daughter Marita (Ed) Moriarity, son Rick (Juanita) Schultz, sister Lois Rogers, and many loving grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, extended family, and friend to everyone he met. In...
Steven J. Hays, 86, died on March 10. A full obituary and service information will be published at a later date....
AWARD WINNERS. During the annual Ritzville Gun Club Trophy Shoot, Joe Cushner (left) received the Miss-N-Out award and Jason Heider earned the Annie Oakley award....
Memorial Trophy Winners were (from left) Justin Benzel receiving the Hanson Memorial (16-yard) and Carl Schell Memorial (high handicap and high 16-yard) awards; Wes Frederick earning the Clarence Dirks Memorial (high handicap) trophy; and Ryan Frederick receiving the Walt Renner Memorial (high doubles) and Leonard Ferderer Memorial (high overall) awards....
TROPHY SHOOT. The doubles winners at the Ritzville Gun Club on March 4 were (from left) Jim Heider, Class C; Dave Breazeale, Class B; and Garrett Frederick, Class A....
Handicap winners. The handicap winners and the classification they received awards in during the annual Ritzville Gun Club Trophy Shoot were (from left) Justin Benzel, Class A; Garrett Frederick, Class B; Kari Frederick, Ladies Class; Kyle Bauer, Class C; and Mike Bauer, Class D....
7-yard AWARDS. The 16-yard winners at the annual Ritzville Gun Club Trophy Shoot were (from left) Travis Dewald, Class A; Justin Simonson, Class B; Jim Heider, Class C; Mike Geschke, Class D; Mike Bauer, Veteran; Kim Yaeger, Ladies; Morgan Brausen, Juniors; and Gage Bauer, Sub Juniors....
From the time students begin their first day of preschool, they are faced with the infamously daunting question: what do you want to be when you grow up? Through the years, the answer changes hundreds of times. Exposure to new opportunities causes the answers to evolve from “Princess” or “King of Space” to equally exciting and more feasible options: like the careers found in health sciences. Seven students traveled to Washington State University/Eastern Washington University’s Riverpoint campus in Spokane for a tour of t...
The NCAA brackets have been announced and there are a lot of people that are disappointed, angry, infuriated, questioning and flummoxed. Well, I’m sure that at least a couple of people are flummoxed. Seeding 68 teams cannot be easy. There are so called bracketologists that have been getting face time during NCAA conference tournament games taking up half the screen when most of us just want to watch the games. I must admit that seems like a pretty good gig. Study basketball t...
Several Lind-Ritzville High School students competed at the Washington State Math Council (WMSC) Region 1 contest at Eastern Washington University on March 7. Ellie Gering, Shontz Yaeger and Julia Klein won the Team Problem event. Bryce Kelly, Grace St. John and Grace Greenwalt were second in the event. Drew Kelly, Eliza Galbreath and Jacob Miller placed third. Erica Haynes, Brinley Moore and Klein were first in the Topical Team Problem category. Devin Schafer, Gering and Linnea Schafer were second in the event. Sophie Smart... Full story
The legislative session ended late Thursday night, on schedule. Unfortunately, wrapping up on time was about the only good thing I can say about our entire final week in Olympia. We saw the new Senate majority ignore the state constitution, starve the state’s rainy-day fund, and refuse to roll back the school-tax increase that has caused a property-tax spike statewide, and that was just in the final two days of the session. I’m glad it is over, and I am looking back to getting home and onto a tractor. In what is probably my...
Something that has been lacking in the current national debate on firearms is trust and good faith. Responsible gun owners mourn the innocent victims of mass shootings. Responsible gun owners want to keep our communities safe. Parents on both sides of this debate worry about our children’s safety. All of us agree that mentally unstable or dangerous individuals should not have access to firearms. We must ensure that laws are effectively enforced – especially considering that there were clear signs that the Parkland, Flo...
This St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, the Irish have lots to celebrate. Ireland is cleaner, greener and more prosperous. Ireland is an island nation roughly one-third the size of Washington with 4.7 million people. It is no longer the agrarian country, which its patron saint converted to Christianity in the early Fifth Century. Today’s Ireland attracts tourists, high tech companies and manufacturers from around the world. One of the keys to its economic growth is its low corporate tax rate of 12.5 percent, which is nine poi... Full story