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Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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There are a lot of changes that take place on a day-to-day basis. We’ve all experienced those changes for the good and the bad. Sometimes they’re hard to accept and sometimes we jump for joy. As long as we adapt we’ll certainly be okay. So when I read last week about Stephen McFadden’s future career, it brought back a lot of memories about when he arrived in Ritzville as the new publisher of The Ritzville Adams County Journal. My wife and I made sure we were in attenda...
Ryan Whitmore moved on as the only NE 2B League Champion for the LRS Broncos track and field team. Whitmore finished first in both of the hurdle races during the NE 1B/2B League Qualifier meet at Mt. Spokane High School on Tuesday, May 13. Many other Bronco athletes are joining Whitmore at the District track meet at Whitworth on Tuesday. All athletes who placed in the top eight of the short distance races or relays moves on, while the top 12 in distance races also moves on. All field events automatically move athletes onto...
Amalia Perez of Ritzville made the Seattle Pacific University 2014 Winter Quarter Dean’s List. Students on the Dean’s List have completed at least 12 credits and attained a 3.50 or higher grade point average. Perez is a 2013 graduate of Lind-Ritzville High School. Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific University is a leading Christian university that equips people to engage the culture and change the world. Its comprehensive academic program serves more than 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students....
Last month, an inspector general for the Treasury Department revealed that from 2010 to 2012 the Internal Revenue Service handed out $1 million in bonuses to 1,150 workers who owed back taxes. Over the same period, the IRS paid out an additional $1.8 million in bonuses to workers with disciplinary problems, including misusing government credit cards, drug use, threats of violence and unemployment benefits fraud. Give us a break! Apparently, IRS workers don’t have to follow the same rules as the rest of us who pay their s...
When Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, the intent was clear: the federal government, in cooperation with the states, should ensure our water quality is protected for current and future generations. Specifically, the law stated that the federal government would have jurisdiction over navigable waters, like the Columbia River, while states would retain control over everything else. There is no question that we must ensure the highest quality of our nation’s drinking water. However, over time, the Clean Water Act h...
If you stop along Division Street when a local Little League game is being played out, you will be entertained by the games while witnessing “community” in action. While Little League is a massive nationwide organization, at the local level, volunteers are at the heart of the program’s success. From the local governing board to coaches and umpires and countless supportive parents, Little League succeeds here on the backs of those who want to do something good for their community. This season, between Lind, Odessa and Ritzv...
Price gives Kenyon a high five after being called safe at first base. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
With the beginning of spring, the local Little League games have begun in Lind and Ritzville. Above, Devon Kenyon of the Ritzville Broncos T-ball team sprints for first base before the Zip’s team member, Malachi Price, fields the ball. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
Jason and Rebecca Snyder of Ritzville welcomed their first child, Jaren Benton Snyder, on March 20 at Trios Health in Kennewick. At birth, Jaren weighed 9 pounds, 13.5 ounces and measured 21 inches in length. Paternal grandparents are Jerry and Gretchen Snyder of Ritzville. Paternal great-grandfather is Lester Snyder, also of Ritzville. Maternal grandparents are Greg and Debi Nelson of Walla Walla. Maternal great-grandparents are William and Roberta McHutchison of Stone...
Matthew Stuart Augustine died on April 29 in Moses Lake. He was born to Mort and Ruth Augustine on May 20, 1950, in Seattle. Born to one of the original pioneer families in Washington state, Matthew lived his childhood years in Mountlake Terrace. When he wasn’t in school, he spent much of his time hunting, fishing and learning about real estate and acreage with his father, long time realtor Morton B. Augustine. Matt and his dad would spend days in the backcountry of S...
Henry Vostral Ph.D., age 78, died on Saturday, May 10, in the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, Ill. Henry was born Nov. 22, 1935, in Ritzville, the son of Henry John and Martha F. Miessner Vostral. On Aug. 21, 1964, he married Lois J. Matter in Hooker, Okla. He had met Lois while working on his Doctorate degree in Agronomy at the University of Wisconsin. Henry could identify every weed in the United States and had taught college level classes on the subject of Agronomy. His...
The annual preview for the float designed by Ritzville Festivals Association is tonight, Thursday, May 15, at dusk. The float begins its loop, led by the Lind-Ritzville marching band, down Main Avenue at dusk. The Distinguished Young Woman of Ritzville Cassie Ewing, and the Ritzville Distinguished Young Women representatives Kymberlee Webb and Katie Manke will be riding on the float. This year’s float theme is “Wonder Land” and based on Alice in Wonderland. Community members are invited to line the streets and welcome the d...