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The H.E. Gritman Senior Center will host a Pancake Breakfast on Friday, April 8, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Breakfast will feature pancakes, a choice of ham or sausage and coffee with a suggested donation of $5 per person. The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is located at 118 West Main Avenue in downtown Ritzville. For more information contact the center by calling 659-1921....
Residents may have been wondering about changes happening to the building located at 408 West First Avenue in Ritzville over the past few months. A new coat of paint on the previous Blue Bike building and the addition of a structure resembling a greenhouse have created much curiosity in the community. Resident’s questions have been answered with the coming Grand Opening of Boxwood Home and Garden on April 9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Husband and wife duo, Aimee Guiles and Dave B...
West Plains Skydiving will present a program at the Ralston Grange Hall, located 10 miles south of Ritzville on State Highway 261, on April 19 at 6:30 p.m. Anyone who is interested in learning more about this unique Ritzville-based business, or may be thinking about making a tandem jump or who just have ever wondered why someone would jump out of a perfectly good airplane, are invited to attend. An educational and entertaining program is promised. West Plains Skydiving is located on Schoessler Road, just off I-90 at Exit...
The Ralston Grange will be sponsoring a bingo fundraiser at their hall in Ralston on Saturday, April 16. Funds raised will be used to continue sponsoring community activities and to cover ongoing maintenance and improvement costs to their hall and the Keppler Memorial Park. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. and bingo will start at 5 p.m. and continue until 8 p.m. A wide assortment of prizes will be offered throughout the evening. Barbecue beef sandwiches, hot dogs and beverages will be available for purchase....
To celebrate the 250th Anniversary (1766-2016) of the establishment of the colony of Yagodnaya Polyana in Russia, the Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University is hosting a seminar series at The Icicle Village Resort, in Leavenworth on April 27-29. Registration is $125 per person. The public is invited to attend. Dr. Brent Mai, Director of the Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon, will be one of the speakers of the day. Featured presenter Dr. Richard Scheuerman of Seattle...
Washington State Patrol (WSP) responded to a rollover collision on April 2 on southbound US Route 395, 10 miles south of Ritzville. WSP said the cause of the collision, which injured two people, was distracted driving. The collision occurred just after 1:30 p.m., when Portland, Oregon, driver Kelly Williamson drifted off the roadway before overcorrecting and causing the vehicle to roll. The 2001 Ford Escort came to rest off the roadway. Williamson, 56, and Geraldine Speaks, 76, were both transported to East Adams Rural...
The Ritzville chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is honoring five local young women who have been selected for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) AAUW Scholars Program. The five young women and their parents are honored guests at the April 13 meeting of the AAUW Ritzville chapter. The program begins promptly at 6 p.m. and includes dinner and a meeting at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Ritzville. The Lind-Ritzville High School...
The Lind-Ritzville FFA chapter has continued their success in the Agronomy contest, by having a team win the state competition and earn a trip to the FFA National Convention for the 10th consecutive year. The FFA chapter had two teams compete in the state contest on March 23. The team members who won the competition and will travel to Indianapolis this fall in hopes of bringing back the national title are Madison Harder, Tessa Jantz, Peyton Curtis, Nathan Naught and Camden...
The Ritzville Grade School hosted a Spring Concert including singing and instruments for the community on March 24 in the grade school gym. Susan Schafer directed the performance, which included musical numbers from the Preschool and Kindergarten classes and first through fourth grade classes. The first through fourth graders also showed off their rhythmic skills using instruments such as drums and xylophones. The concert closed with a performance from the newly formed RGS...
The Ritzville Public Library is hosting a Teen Photo Contest during the month of April. Teens can submit up to five of their best photos relating to the theme “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” on Instagram or by email. There will be three judges including teen and adult community members to choose a winner, a runner up and a second runner up. There will be a ceremony on May 7 at 1 p.m. where winners will be announced and an award for “Crowd Favorite” will also be presented based on Instagram likes. Entries will be disp...
Rudy Thaut, 98, died at Sacred Heart Hospital on Saturday, April 2. His service will be held at the Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ in June....
Norma Jean Clink Davey died on March 28 in Lind. She was born on Jan. 14, 1940, to Leslie and Thelma Spray Clink in Spokane. Norma graduated from Moses Lake High School in 1958. She had numerous jobs through the years, but her passion was always the cattle business and she successfully built one of the largest Registered Black Angus operations in the state. The American Angus Association had recognized the Davey Angus ranch for excellence on several occasions. She is preceded in death by her husband Carl, son Donald Mark,...
Watching the NCAA tournament has been a lot of fun. I wish the Zags would have been able to play on. It is fun to see a team play long past the time that league play is over. It is exciting to see kids make great improvements from one season to another. Unfortunately some folks believe that merely getting a year older and wiser will automatically make any team member better. If only it was that easy then most anyone could be all-league or even all state. But it isn’t that e...
At the District 9 1B/2B meet on March 29 in Dayton, the LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus girls brought home a fourth place finish with 43 total points. Individually, each of the LWK athletes on the girl’s team placed third or higher in an event. Boy’s Results Shot put: 7, Keith Zimmer 32-11. 24, Janek Hertenberger 18-11. Girl’s Results 100: 8, Alynn Harder 15.46. 100 hurdles: 4, Autumn Meyers 21.56. Shot put: 3, Jessica Guske 27-02. Discus: 2, Jazzmyn Gordon 79-00. 3, Guske 75-08. Javelin: 2, Meyers 62-01. High jump: 2, Gordo...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague tennis team competed in three matches to begin the season for the Broncos. Head coaches Liz Melville and Lorrie Swanger are returning to lead the team, and with so many new and young players, the coaches are preparing for a rebuilding year. The Broncos took the court first against the St. George’s Dragons at Whitworth University on March 22. The day started out with early success by both of the No. 1 singles players for the Broncos, but both the girl’s and boy’s teams ended the day with a 1-4 recor...
In the March 24 edition of The Journal, the family who donated funds to erect a memorial in the Ritzville City Park was the Sprenger family. In the East Adams Care Center Easter Egg Hunt photo in March 31 edition of The Journal, Patrick Repp was misidentified....
President Ronald Reagan once put it simply: “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. So governments’ programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth.” Sadly, Reagan’s comments on the lack of accountability for taxpayer dollars are no joke. Reagan points out the truth that the natural tendency of government is to grow, so it is up to the people and the people’s representatives in Congress to keep government accountable...
Boeing’s new cost-reduction plan has deep ramifications for Washington because the bulk of the 4,500 job cuts are likely to land here. CEO Dennis Muilenburg asked investors to view the savings initiative as “playing offense in a competitive marketplace” even though Boeing has a $431 billion backlog of 5,800 aircraft orders. Translated, Muilenburg means the aerospace giant needs to find ways to lower the price tag of its airplanes. Boeing leaders worry because Airbus’ A320 scooped up 63 percent of the orders last year in head...
The Legislature has adjourned for the year. We wrapped up our voting late Tuesday night, on the 20th day of an overtime session that would not have been necessary if my leadership counterparts in the House of Representatives had simply followed the rules about preparing a budget proposal. Now that the 2016 legislative session has ended, the scoring has begun. Groups representing business, labor, environmental and other interests will look at voting records and decide who deserves their praise. Newspaper editorials are...
Last weekend numerous young families were outdoors enjoying themselves in the park, riding bikes, or strolling down the street. Before very long, these youngsters will be in our schools. They deserve to have secure and updated facilities for them to get a good education. The current request for the Ritzville School Bond is basically for modernization of the elementary and the high school. The district is not asking for a marbled courtyard, an indoor swimming pool, or decorative statues. No, it is needed for improvements to...
Reaching out from our small town to yours. Washtucna alumnist class of 1992, Joe Maestas who now resides in Nebraska, has an opportunity to send his son Kordell Maestas to Australia. Kordell has a once in a lifetime chance to experience competing internationally. Kordell was selected to be on the Central Conference Track and Field Team. So exciting to see this young man get a chance at a once in a lifetime experience. So I am asking the community to find it in there hearts to give Kordell a chance to shine. What a great...
In the March 10, 2016 edition of the Ritzville Journal, Mayor Gary Cook commented on “the commitment and sacrifices of those who made Ritzville the unique community it is.” My great-grandfather Henry Koch Jr. was one of those pioneers who worked to create this community. Henry immigrated with his family to eastern Washington in 1892 at age seven. Learning to read and write English was a priority for a child who at that point only spoke German. He was no different than any of his neighbors who recognized the value of edu...
I am writing to explain why I am voting YES on the upcoming school bond and why I believe it is important for others to vote YES also. First: the most important reason is for the kids. As has been explained numerous times, our schools are badly in need of updating in order to provide good conditions for student learning. You can learn more about these details in the excellent informative flyer that has been sent out and by reading previous articles printed in this paper. Second: for our community. Various groups and many...
The Washtucna FFA Chapter had one team and three individuals compete at the annual District Convention, with one individual moving onto state. The Agronomy team of Hunter Gibson, Mike Phelps, Brittany Gordon, Jazzmyn Gordon and Dillion Blake placed third in Districts. Brittany Gordon is moving onto state to compete in Job Interview, after placing first in the district contest. Individually, Garrett Correll placed second in Districts in Job Interview. Also competing for the...
Irene Ruth Bennett was born in Reardan on March 15, 1928. She was the eighth of nine children born to Henry and Anna Mann and grew up on a wheat farm north of Reardan. She graduated from high school in 1946 and enrolled at Eastern Washington College of Education in Cheney, where she met Bill Bennett, whom she married in 1947. After graduation, Irene taught for one year in Brewster before returning to Spokane to teach at Hutton Elementary School. The family moved to Yakima,...