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The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is hosting a pancake breakfast on Friday, April 13, from 7:30 a.m. until noon. The center hosts a pancake breakfast on the second Friday of every month. Pancakes are served with the choice of ham or sausage, with a suggested donation of $5 per person. The breakfasts serve as fundraisers for the group. The senior center is located at 118 West Main Avenue in downtown Ritzville....
A speaker/teacher, Janice Seney, has agreed to come to Ritzville to speak to the women’s group as she presents on topics that the group is currently studying. Seney is the founder of the Storehouse Ministries and PropherticTeachings.com, which works with individuals to develop spiritual maturity and unite in faith. Seney lives in Austin, Texas, but her personal assistant is driving from Olympia to bring her CD’s, DVD’s, books, etc. that are available for purchase. Seney focuse...
The Lind community is hosting a blood drive with the Inland Northwest Blood Center. The drive is set for Tuesday, April 17, from 8:30 – 10 a.m. at the Lind Fire Station. To be an eligible donor you must be at least 16 years of age and be in general good health – including free of any cold of flu virus symptoms. For more information, contact Leroy Watson at 677-3536. To register, go online to http://www.inbcsaves.org and use sponsor code “lindcomm....
The Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting the annual bean feed to celebrate the end of tax season on Monday, April 16. The event is free for individuals who have paid their taxes. Uncle Sam is making a guest appearance at the event. Every person receives a cup of chili, crackers and a cup of water. Pork and beans are also available as a substitution for chili. The bean feed begins at 3 p.m. and runs until 6 p.m. The event takes place in the Ritzville Chamber of Commerce office, located at 111 W. Main...
The Ralston Grange is having a meeting on Tuesday, April 17 at the hall in Ralston. The evening begins with a presentation by students from Washtucna and LaCrosse about an educational trip taken to Washington D.C. last year. The students raised money for the trip. The program begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the general public and the Grange meeting begins immediately following the program. The litter pick-up been planned by the Grange for this Saturday has been postponed until this fall. The litter pick-up activity is part...
The Lind Senior Center is hosting a seminar and workshop on Wednesday, April 18 at 12:45 until 2:15 p.m. The speaker at the event is Timothy Eitreim from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a faith-based, non-profit membership organization. Eitreim, a financial representative for Thrivent, is speaking about long-term care and estate planning. Eitreim can be contacted by phone at 509-924-8777, extension three. Refreshments are provided at the event and individuals are welcome to attend lunch, but must contact the center by 9:30...
The ladies of Emanuel Lutheran Church are set to host an afternoon tea on Sunday, April 22. The tea begins at 3 p.m. in the church fellowship hall. The program speaker is Andrew Buriak, he plans to discuss a special project entitled, “Houses for Haiti.” A freewill offering is being taken for the project. For more information or to place a reservation, please contact Nancy Burke at 659-4086....
The 19th annual Job and Career Fair at Big Bend Community College features a diverse and high-quality group of employers and is to be held on Thursday, April 19. The fair is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the ATEC building. New employers at the fair this year are ChinaSoft International and Pacific Coast Canola. “It is exciting to see the new companies and the opportunities they represent for jobs, economic development and positive change for Grant County,” said Rebecca Milligan, Job and Career Fair Committee Chair. Emp...
The Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce is having the general membership meeting on Thursday, April 19 at 7 a.m. The no-host breakfast is at Jake’s Café on West First Avenue. The meeting schedule is to recognize the current members, to provide an opportunity for those in attendance to win door prizes and to show a preview of the new website. For more information about the event, contact the Chamber of Commerce office at 659-1936 or by e-mail at [email protected]....
The Adams County Sheriff Posse is sponsoring a Poker Ride fundraiser on Saturday, April 28 at the Bar U Ranch in Washtucna. All funds from the event are used for the purchase of new equipment for Adams County Sheriff Posse, Search and Rescue. All riders must be pre-registered by April 28. The first rider on the ride leaves at 9 a.m. and the last rider leaves by 12 p.m. with an estimated ride time between three and four hours. For riders who pre-register by April 21, the cost is $10 per rider, which includes one poker hand,...
The Lind High School Senior Transition Class is doing presentations at Lind High School on April 23 and 24, starting at 6:30 pm. They are utilizing three classrooms, and conducting nine presentations per night. Schedules are posted on the clasroom doors the night of the presentation. Students in the class are required to create a writing portfolio with samples of their high school work, a “High School and Beyond Plan,” a Senior Project – that can be a school, community, or pe...
East Adams Rural Hospital began removing asbestos from the boiler room and crawl space running underneath the hospital on April 2. The asbestos abatement project keeps all of the asbestos in a self-contained area, limiting the potential exposure. The crawl space is having the asbestos removed in order to allow electricians to safely work in the area during a future electrical project. The boiler room is having one boiler removed and asbestos from pipes in the boiler room. Asbestos was used throughout the hospital when it was...
Getting from one side of the tracks to the other in Ritzville will be a bit more challenging for the next week even when there are not any trains. Crews from Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) began work Wednesday on the crossings at Adams and Division Streets. Both crossings are expected to be closed until Thursday April 19, as crews make improvements. The City of Ritzville are also tackling a project at the Adams Street railroad crossing at the same time. Public Works Director Larry Swift said crews are replacing a...
The Adams County Mosquito Control District began checking early spots of standing water for mosquito larva the last week of March. There are several small areas throughout Adams County that have produced mosquito larva in the early spring for years. Products used are: Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, Bacillus sphaericus and Methoprene for larva control and Monomolecular Surface Film and refined petroleum distillates for pupa control. These products have been used for years. There are no restrictions for the larva control...
WEBER ROAD. The construction crew continues to work towards the widening and expansion of Weber Road, set to conclude in late May. The work began on April 2 and the road is currently closed to thoroughfare traffic. –Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
The Ritzville Volunteer Ambulance Association (RVAA) applied for a $1,000 grant from Walmart’s Hunger Outreach Grant Program to assist the Ritzville Food Pantry in December. The RVAA received an e-mail on Jan. 24, announcing they received the grant, along with additional funds, totaling $7,000. Roni Kinney, an EMT for the RVAA, applied for the grant during Walmart’s “12 days of giving” last December. Kinney applied for the first day of the Christmas grants, titled “Fighti...
Next week is class picture day! Monday, April 16, is when the Yellow Kindergarten group, Preschool (Monkey group), and grades 1-8 will have their pictures taken. On Tuesday, April 17, the Blue Kindergarten group and the Preschool (Tigers, Lions and Zebras) will have their pictures taken. Picture packets will go home this week. If you have any questions, please call Jamie Nichols in the Grade School at 659-0232. Track started and the first meet is in Ritzville April 10 at 4 p.m. The coaches are Coach Biladeaux, Coach Flynn...
The Ritzville FFA Chapter participated in the District 9 Team Career Development Event (CDE) competition at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake on Friday, Mar. 16. Ritzville FFA took one Food Science Team and two Ag Mechanics Teams to the competition. The food science team members included Haley Campbell, Ashley Ambers, Brooke Pichette, and Haley Oestriech. Food science members took a 50 question test, evaluated customer complaint letters, determined safety violations in the workplace, performed a triangle test on...
The Caring Neighbors board recently donated $700 to the Lind School District’s First Robotics Team. The donated money is put towards the purchase of items to build the robot and travel expenses to Eastern Washington University in April where the competition takes place. Caring Neighbors is a non-profit entity established by Big Bend Electric Cooperative. Big Bend Electric Co-op members have donated the funds for Caring Neighbors....
The Ritzville High School leadership class has recently made a list of projects to complete before the academic cooperative next school year. The main goal for the group, composed of six students, is to create a positive and welcoming environment for the students from Lind. The students in this semester’s leadership class are Taylor Murphy, Kailey York, Dylan Hartz, Tyler O’Brien, Davis Killian and Brittany Ste. Marie. The business teacher, Guy Strot, who has been working wit...
Young and old combined to win the Ritzville Golf Association’s Ice Breaker Open recently. Ozzie and Logan Morley teamed up to win the nine-hole best ball/scramble with a score of 55. Second place went to Alan Thomspon and Craig Ulleland with a 56. There was a three-way tie for third place with teams posting a 57. The pairings were Gayle and Gaynel Gering, Warren and John Kragt and Gary and Ronna Galbreath. Ozzie Morley picked up an extra honor for longest putt. The closest to the pin awards went to Bruce Benzel and Joe K...
President, LaCrosse Community Pride Sterling Bank has announced that it will open a branch in LaCrosse to serve rural and business customers in our area. LaCrosse Community Pride is extremely happy to confirm and announce that LaCrosse will soon have a bank again in our community. Our thanks go out to Sterling Bank for making a commitment to our community by establishing a branch bank in LaCrosse. Our organization is also proud of the support that our local businesses provided including The McGregor Company, Startin’s R...
Sterling Bank (Sterling) announced on April 11 that a branch is opening in LaCrosse to serve new rural consumer and business customers. “We look forward to providing banking solutions to people in Lacrosse and around eastern Washington,” said Ezra Eckhardt, president of Sterling Bank. “We are dedicated to providing our customers with great products and services and are ready to continue building a strong connection to the region.” Sterling partnered closely with the LaCrosse Community Pride to create new banking alterna...
Tim Fackenthall and Micki (Werner) Anglin are happy to announce the birth of a son, Logan Grant Fackenthall, born Sunday, March 25, at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. At birth Logan weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and measured 21 inches long. He joins brother, Easton, 11 years and sister Morgyn, four years. Maternal grandparents are Jim and Hattie Werner of Ritzville and Darlene Van Essen of Spokane. The late great-grandparents are Alex and Sarah Werner and Ted and Viola...
I hope you all had a very nice Easter. I know we did and we really didn’t need to do much other than go to church and have a nice dinner together, which was easy since the weather was warm enough to barbecue. Our Easter actually started on Saturday. My wife and I took her mom on a nice drive and we had a chance to see spring start to take off after a wild week filled with rain, snow and hail. But the warmth of this weekend was very enjoyable. We had a game plan and traveled a...