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The Lind and Ritzville School Board of Directors are meeting on Tuesday, May 26, at the Ritzville Grade School. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in Room 15....
The Ritzville Journal office will be closed to the public on Monday, May 25, for the holiday and for staff members to attend community events.... Full story
The Memorial Day weekend always provides residents and visitors with an endless amount of activities during the holiday weekend. This year, the entertainment begins on Friday evening with a screening of “Dryland” and the activities continue until Monday afternoon. Here is a schedule and brief description of events occurring this weekend. Friday, May 22 A screening of “Dryland”, a documentary film based around residents of Adams County, shows at The Ritz Theater at 7:30 p.m. The film predominately follows the story of Lind re...
Ritzville High School Alumni will gather for the 110th annual banquet and meeting this Saturday, May 23, at Gilson Gymnasium. Ticket sales for this year’s banquet have closed. Alumni who have not yet received their tickets and name badges need to contact Marilyn Sielaff as soon as possible at 509-347-6188 or email at [email protected]. A total of 331 alumni will spend the evening at the event, which is catered by Classy County Catering of Ritzville. The banquet begins at 6 p.m. Toastmaster for the evening i...
Geocaching returns to the Ritzville area this weekend with the Third Annual Ritzville Small Town Cache Cow Event. Hosted by the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce, the event will feature a new activity and an awards dinner. Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices, such as SmartPhones, tablets and GPS units. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and attempt to find the hidden geocache. During the Memorial Day weekend activities, caches are placed prior to the... Full story
The Ritzville Classic Car Club rolls out the red carpet every Sunday of Memorial Day weekend for auto enthusiasts and visitors during its annual extravaganza. The event, Classics on Main Street, is being displayed in downtown Ritzville for the second consecutive year, as it is a location well suited to highlight the unique and spectacular styles of the vehicles. The show in downtown Ritzville begins at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 24, and lasts until 3 p.m. Residents are advised Main Avenue will be closed from Division Street to... Full story
Members of the honored classes at the 110th Annual Ritzville and Lind-Ritzville High School Alumni Banquet on Saturday, May 23, in Ritzville are reminded all class photos are taken prior to the start of the banquet. The Journal is onsite at Gilson Gymnasium from 5:45 p.m. until the start of the banquet at 6 p.m. to take photos. Honored classes can also contact Katelin Davidson at The Journal about scheduling class photos at other locations, if the classes intend on meeting at a different time on Saturday, May 23. Davidson... Full story
Memorial Day services have been planned at the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery and the Washtucna Pioneer Memorial Cemetery on Monday, May 25. Volunteers are needed on May 22 at 5:30 p.m. to assist the Ritzville VFW Post No. 11446 and American Legion Post No. 51 with setting flags up at the cemetery. The flags are taken down the evening of May 25 and volunteers are also needed to assist at the cemetery on Monday evening. In Washtucna, the memorial service begins at 11 a.m. with a prayer, readings and an opportunity for residents... Full story
The Ralston Grange is hosting a dinner and program at the hall in Ralston on Wednesday, May 27. The event is open to the public, and the men of the Grange cook the dinner. The dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and is followed by a program about exchange student programs. Local representatives from two student exchange programs, AFS-USA and EducationFirst, will be on hand as well as the students they sponsored this year. Liz Smith with EF and Paul McAnally with AFS will highlight some of their programs features, while the students... Full story
Ritzville Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary will be hosting a benefit dinner Saturday, May 30, to help support local resident Joanne Sipe battle her second round of cancer within the last year. The Eagles will be donating barbecue ribs, baked beans and salads for the dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m.... Full story
This year’s annual statewide “Click It or Ticket” campaign will take place between May 18 and May 31. During these dates, motorists in Washington can expect to see extra seat belt patrols, which will include an emphasis on children who are not properly restrained. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional deaths among children in the United States. Between 2010 and 2012, in Washington State, 26 child passengers age 12 and younger died, and another 122 were seriously injured as a result of traffic crash... Full story
The regularly scheduled Ritzville Museum Volunteer meeting held at Memories Diner on Tuesday, May 12, began with updates regarding the Dr. Frank R. Burroughs’ Home and Train Depot museums. Needed repairs to the Burroughs Home porch was made with the project totaling roughly $1,000. The museum volunteers had applied for a grant, which will reimburse the committee funds. The landline telephones have been removed at both the Train Depot and Burroughs’ Home in an effort to save on expenses. For any questions, comments or tou...
Eighty-eight candidates have filed for election in the 2015 Primary Election. There are currently 77 offices filed for though a variety of county offices. The offices span from the legislative district to town council positions to park and recreation commissioner positions. The positions available include positions in Othello, Endicott, Lamont, Sprague, Warden and LaCrosse. For Legislative District 9, the three candidates and their preferred party are, Mary Dye, Republican; Richard Lathim, Republican; and Kenneth E. Caylor,... Full story
Bur buttercup, sometimes mistaken for puncturevine due to its spiny bur appearance, is an early spring annual growing 2–5 inches tall and often in a dense like mat. Though not on the county weeds list, this obnoxious weed can be controlled by hoeing, digging, pulling or with the use of certain herbicides. It is best done before flowering and seed occur. For more information, visit the Adams County Noxious Weed Control Board office at 201 West Broadway in Ritzville or call 659-1806....
FLOAT PREVIEW. The Ritzville Festivals Association unveiled the new parade float in downtown Ritzville at dusk on Tuesday, May 12. On the float decorated with the theme of Cinderella, the Distinguished Young Woman of Ritzville Hallie Jo Galbreath (middle) served as Cinderella, while Holly Nygren and Samantha Asmussen serve as her fairy godmothers. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
REBATE CHECK. Douglas Kelley from Avista Utilities presented Superintendent Rob Roettger with a $27,792 rebate check for the Lind School District. The district received the rebate check after completing multiple energy efficiency projects through a bond last summer. The money is now in the Capital Projects Fund. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson... Full story
Ritzville Police and Ritzville Fire Department responded to an explosion at the Sonnendorf Apartments just after 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 26. The call came into dispatch advising of an explosion occurring in Apartment 23 of the complex. The explosion blew out three windows in the second-floor apartment, leaving glass on the sidewalk below. Upon arrival, fire department personnel forced entry into the apartment. According to Ritzville Police Chief David McCormick, four adults... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos have athletes named to the All-Opponent teams in baseball and softball. For the 2015 NE 2B baseball year, Cort Ruzicka was named to the first team. For 2015 NE 2B softball, Jana Mattox and Kim Gimmaka were named to the All-Opponent second team. The three athletes are listed among the list of the top 18 athletes in the Bi-County league....
Commercial League, April 30 Herb’s Farm 94-53, Kagele’s Kandies 84-63, Herb’s Body Shop 79.5-67.5, Kragts 75-72, Ritzville Tire Co. 55.5-91.5. Team high scratch series: Ritzville Tire Co. 2533. Individual high scratch series: Justin Benzel 636, Andy Lefevre 635. Individual high scratch games: Andy Lefevre 244, Don Rosentrater 244, Lindsey Lefevre 227, Tony Vostral 226, Randy Benzel 224, Justin Benzel 214, Yvette Armstrong 213. Commercial League, May 7 Herbs’s Farm 107-61, Kagele’s Kandies 92-76, Kragts 90-78, Herb’s Bo...
Besides being a rising field of study with great potential, engineering is beneficial for students because it is interdisciplinary. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) was incorporated with problem solving skills, communication, and perseverance this month when a group from Lind-Ritzville High School’s STEM club attended the Fifth Annual Bi-County STEM Challenge. Seven schools from the region met on May 7 at Odessa High School to compete in two fast-paced, hands-on STEM challenges, which ultimately s...
Norma (Russell) Myers, A celebration of life will be held Saturday, May 30, in Pullman, at the Hilltop Inn from 1-3:30pm, All are invited to join family in remembering and celebrating the life of Norma....
The Lady Broncos traveled to Springdale Tuesday, May 12 to play against Reardan in the first, loser-out, round of district softball. The game, which ended with an 8-3 win over the Indians, advanced the Lady Broncos to a second, same-day, game against Springdale. The first game started slow and stayed consistent into the top of the sixth inning with Reardan ahead 3-0. The Lady Broncos played very tentative their first game, mentioned Head Coach Todd O’Brien. They began districts with no aggression at the plate. Jana Mattox p... Full story
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague tennis team traveled to West Valley High School in Spokane to compete in the district tournament on Saturday, May 16. The team had two singles players, two doubles teams and one alternate qualify to advance to the Regional Tournament. The team now travels to the Regional Tournament at Mead on May 22-23. The LRS girls’ team won districts, while the boys team earned a second place finish. Head Coach Liz Melville said on the girls’ side, there was not a dominant team but the LRS girls were for...
I’m sure many of you read the paper last Wednesday published in a city northeast of here that told the world about five players that decided to leave Eastern Washington University’s women’s basketball program. The story focused on Coach Wendy Schuller’s coaching style and how the girls were unhappy with several aspects of the season, the most successful in Schuller’s 14-year career at the Cheney campus. According to the story the girls seemed disappointed that Athletic...
No American should fear that their government has made a false choice between prioritizing either national security or civil rights. Our nation needs a continuing, robust debate on the proper balance the federal government should strike in defending American lives and freedoms. As that debate continues, Americans deserve more transparency and accountability—the federal government must address legitimate civil rights concerns and reform intelligence agencies’ approach to surveillance in a manner that maintains security of the... Full story