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The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague tennis team has competed in a variety of non-league matches to prepare for the league season to begin this week. The Broncos started with a non-league match against Freeman on Thursday, March 14, and the LRS girls played Odessa-Harrington on March 19. The Broncos hosted a jamboree in Ritzville on Saturday, March 23, with Wilbur-Creston, LaCrosse-Washtucna and Odessa-Harrington traveling to compete. Against Freeman, the Broncos only played pro-sets in...
The Lind-Ritzville FFA chapter members have been busy competing in the district Career Development Event (CDE) contests over the past two weeks. In the creed competition, 10 contestants from District 9 competed for the top three places to earn a trip to state in the FFA Creed Contest. The Lind-Ritzville FFA chapter proved extremely successful and three members are continuing on to the state competition. Hallie Galbreath placed first overall, followed by a second place finish...
The Lind-Ritzville Middle School Associated Student Body (ASB) officers had the unique opportunity of participating in a national symposium on March 8. The ASB officers completed a presentation about online dating and relationships, and spoke live during a webinar conference with a variety of other presenters. The ASB officers were the only middle school participants that presented as part of the national symposium through Campus Outreach Services. The symposium is part of “Think Luv,” which informs students and adults abo...
The Lind-Ritzville FFA Ag Issues team is presenting to the Ritzville Gun Club members at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, as practice for an upcoming competition. The Ag Issues team has presented for the Ritzville 4-H club, Lind Lions Club, Ritzville Lions Club and at a school board meeting during the past week. The team is presenting about the issues surrounding the hunting of gray wolves in the state of Washington....
Victor E. Borth died at the age of 85 on March 26 in Ritzville. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, at the Lind Community Church. Danekas Funeral Home of Ritzville is entrusted with the arrangements. A full obituary will run at a later date....
Glen Marvin Tompkins died at the age of 76 on March 15 in Richland, Wash., from Parkinson’s Disease. He was born Nov. 27, 1936 to Harry and Mary (Kissler) Tompkins in Hatton, Wash., the youngest of six children. They later moved to Ritzville where he attended school and graduated from Ritzville High School in 1954 before attending Eastern Washington University. He was very active in sports during high school playing football, basketball and track. He was the first player f...
I know there are bunches of you who are as disappointed as I am that the Gonzaga Bulldogs were knocked out of the NCAA tournament. There are also a lot of naysayers who didn’t think the Zags deserved to be rated No. 1 in the polls or receive a No. 1 seed in the tournament. To that I say, really? I don’t remember the Bulldogs blabbing that they deserved a top seed or suggest they should be voted number one in the nation. I do remember Coach Mark Few say that he and his tea...
With senators back to working fulltime in committees it probably seemed certain to most Olympia-watchers that this week’s high point would come Wednesday with the release of the latest state revenue forecast. Not so fast. On Tuesday our Majority Coalition Caucus did what no one else expected during a legislative session so focused on basic education: we stood up for higher education with a simple, thoughtful approach that would reduce tuition while increasing support for Washington’s state-run colleges and universities. Tha...
March 2, 1:12 p.m. – Deputy Dan Verhey stopped a vehicle for speeding on East Hwy 26 near milepost 77. The driver came back suspended for unpaid tickets. Hope Elizabeth Seubert was arrested for drive while license suspended in the third degree. March 1, 8:01 a.m. – Ritzville complainant advised of cows on the roadway at East Rosenoff Road and North Marcellus Road. Deputy Jeffrey Lane was unable to locate any cows out in the area. Feb. 28, 1:26 p.m. – WSDOT advised the man door on the loader shed located on Hwy 21 just south...
Shuree Boylen and Greg Hurst of Pullman are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Cortnie Campbell, to Ty Strohmaier, son of Tom and Lori Strohmaier of Lind. The future groom is a 2007 graduate of Lind High School, and a 2010 and 2013 graduate from Washington State University. The couple makes their home in Pullman. A June 16 wedding is planned in Lind....