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The Ritzville Public Library is in the process of moving back into the downtown building, which is set to reopen on Aug. 7. The Library will continue to operate out of the Lind-Ritzville High School library in the meantime, and continue at regular hours of operation. For more information, call 659-1222 or visit the Ritzville Public Library website, http://ritzvillelibrary.com....
The Ritzville Branding Committee will reveal the new city brand and video to the community during the Branding Launch Harvest Party on Wednesday, Aug. 9. Social hour for the event begins at 5 p.m., followed by the brand reveal at 6 p.m. in Pioneer Plaza. The launch party will celebrate Ritzville’s history, lifestyle and culture. A no host dinner and dessert options will be available. Chelsey Heidenreich will also perform during the event. For more information to contact Julie Flyckt at [email protected] or 6...
Multiple offices did not receive filings during candidate filing week and has opened for a three-day special filing period on Aug. 7-9. Only the positions that did not have candidates file will be open during this period. In Lind, the Lind School Board has a position opening for Director Position Five. It is a four-year term, previously held by Rena Wahl. For the City of Ritzville, Council Ward Position Five is open. Michael Schrag previously held this four-year position. For the Town of Washtucna, a candidate is needed to...
Fourteen Washington high school seniors will participate in the Aug. 5 Distinguished Young Women Washington scholarship program at Washington State University’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. Participants in the 2017-18 program include Josie Pierce, Almira-Coulee-Hartline (ACH); Nicole Connor, Asotin; Andrea Franks, Chewelah; Hannah Latella, Clarkston; Jantzen Larsen, Colfax; Ali Hennigar, Colton/Uniontown; Ashlyn Cox, Ellensburg; Tessa O’Brien, Lind-Ritzville; Elizabeth Bravo, Mattawa; Jana Osborne, Moses Lake; Kai...
Hank Buchmann’s years has been filled with adventure; both in his personal life and the world he creates in the pages of his novels. Buchmann has been a Ritzville resident for the past six years, and now he is looking forward to sharing his stories and passions with residents during a book signing and author reading on Friday, Aug. 11. Under the pen name Buck Edwards, Buchmann has developed a series following U.S. Marshal Boone Crowe. During the author reading on Aug. 11 at t...
Rep. Mary Dye’s passion in bringing the essential service of broadband fiber and infrastructure to rural Washington continues to be one of her main legislative priorities. With Dye’s dedication to this key issue, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has officially appointed her to serve on the standing committee on Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce. “It’s an honor to be selected as one of Washington state’s representatives on this national committee,” said Dye, R-Pomeroy. “I will con...
With approximately 90 percent of Washington’s wheat being exported overseas, it isn’t an exaggeration to say that trade is the lifeblood of Washington wheat farmers. The agriculture industry relies heavily on funding from the Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program to develop new markets and support existing ones. Studies have shown that these programs generate a net return of more than 25 to 1 for U.S. farmers. Funding for these programs was eliminated in President Trump’s proposed budget...
The Lind and Ritzville School Boards are preparing for the upcoming school year as construction moves towards completion at Ritzville Grade School and the boards approved budgets during the July 24 meeting. As students prepare to return to school, the students at Ritzville Grade School will return to find multiple facility updates. Superintendent Matt Ellis explained the majority of the duct work and HVAC installation has been completed, as well as the installation of new doors. The roofing and window replacement is still...
A good portion of the July 25 Lind Town Council meeting was once again the Steve Nelson show. Nelson, who works with Century West out of Spokane, informed council, Mayor Jamie Schmunk and residents in attendance, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has obligated $942,225 in grant money to the Town of Lind to repair streets damaged during the storms in January and Feburary. Nelson said the grant money would go toward fixing portions of Third, Fourth and Seventh streets, as well as repairing virtually all of...
Several overlay projects are about to be underway in Adams County, including a couple outside of the City of Ritzville. Two of the projects will be done on Danekas and Schoessler roads. Adams County Public Works Director Todd O’Brien explained that the Danekas Road project is from the city limits to Schoessler Road. The Schoessler Road project will begin from where the Danekas Road project ended and go to Klein Road, which is a 1.37 mile stretch of roadway. Crews will also work on Taylor Road Urban Overlay Projects No. 1 a...
The Aug. 1 Primary Election results show successful levy measures for the Lind, Washtucna and Ritzville communities. Lind’s Park and Recreation District 3 maintenance and operation (M&O) levy is passing with a 68.63 percent success rate. The Park and Recreation District 4 in Ritzville also shows strong support for the M&O levy for the Ritzville Water Park. The ballot measure received 399 votes in favor of the measure during the initial count, accounting for 70.87 percent of total votes. For Washtucna, the Cemetery District 1...
The Adams County Hospital District No. 2 Board of Commissioners reviewed the Dec. 31, 2016 and 2015 audit report, prepared by Dingus, Zarecor and Associates, during their regular meeting on July 27. The audit revealed two material findings for the District, and displayed the final financial reports for East Adams Care Center. The District received a clean opinion rating, DZA Representative Joe Lodge explained, and the District ensured all information was presented in a clear and accurate manner. At the end of 2016, Lodge...
Lind Assistant Fire Chief Mike Doyle summed up the week best when he said, “mutual aid is a good thing.” Local fire departments had another busy week of putting out blazes. On the morning of July 26, the Lind and Ritzville fire departments responded to a wheat fire on property north of Lafayette Road. Lind Fire Chief Kevin Starring said the department received the call at around 9:30 a.m. The Ritzville Fire Department received the mutual aid call minutes later. Both dep...
Edward Schmidt, 100, died July 7. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 10 a.m. at Lind Cemetery. Danekas Funeral Home and Crematory-Ritzville is handling arrangements....
Nettie M. Sager was born Oct. 22, 1920, in Bonesteel, South Dakota, and died on July 25 in Odessa. She was preceded in death by her son Kenneth, daughter in law Gloria, granddaughter Karla in 1987 and husband Kenneth L. in 1989. She is survived by three daughters: Wanda Garbe of Sacramento, California, Yvonne (Jerry) Brenner of Washington, Pennsylvania, and Elaine Burns of Huntsville, Texas, and one son William (Bill) of Ritzville. She leaves behind 12 grandchildren, many great and great great-grandchildren, plus numerous...
Lora Louise (Dainty) Meline, 58, died at her home on July 22 after battling colon cancer. Lori was born on March 13, 1959, in Spokane. She grew up on the family farm just outside of Washtucna with her parents Rex and Sharon and her two brothers, Wayne and Brian. While attending high school she was involved in basketball, volleyball, tennis and cheerleading. A memorial service will be held for Lori and her father Rex Dainty on Aug. 12 at 11 a.m. at the Washtucna School gymnasium. A luncheon will immediately follow at the...
Rexford Wayne Dainty, 78, died at home in Pasco on Wednesday, July 19. Rex was born on April 27, 1939, in Pittsburg, Kansas. He resided in Kansas until his sophomore year in high school when the family moved to Spokane. He was very involved in the community of Washtucna. He served on several boards including the Washtucna Cemetery, Washtucna Grange Supply, Washtucna Grain Growers as well as the Ritzville Hospital Board. Rex was very active in the Washtucna Lions Club for 42 years. He was also an Elder of the Washtucna...
July 19, 11:41 a.m. – A Washtucna complainant requested a vehicle history report for a junk vehicle on North Main Street. July 19, 4:19 p.m. – An abandoned vehicle was reported behind a building on West First Street in Lind. July 19, 8:24 p.m. – Deputy Hunter Klewin handled a call for the Ritzville Police Department while they were responding to an injury collision scene. Complainant advised of juveniles at the skate park threatening children. One skateboarder said children were throwing rocks at the skate ramps. They were...
It is a bit difficult when the temperature is hovering around triple digits to think about football, but the NFL teams have reported to their respective camps to get ready for the preseason and of course the regular season, once the calendar reaches September. The college teams will also be starting their camps soon to get their players in shape to face another demanding season. For the most part the local teams are predicted to do well. EWU is predicted to be in the upper ech...
In 1991, Japanese physicist Sumio Iijima published a paper on carbon nanotubes that revealed their potential to revolutionize society. Since then, research and subsequent discoveries have continued to uncover new applications for carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes, graphite and diamond are all allotropes of carbon, meaning they are composed of carbon atoms arranged in a different shape. Specifically, carbon nanotubes are cylindrical structures of elemental carbon. This structure gives rise to unique properties, including...
Multiple Lind residents received degrees from Whitworth University. Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Schools Counselor Annie Trunkle-Smart earned a master’s of education in school counseling. She will continue to work for the Lind-Ritzville Districts helping students at both the grade school and high school levels. LRHS alumna Brittany Dew received bachelor degrees in both accounting and business management. Dew also made the provost Honor Roll for the 2017 spring semester. She qualified for the academic honor society by m...
Delivering high quality health care in rural communities – including those in Central Washington – has long been a growing challenge. Access to primary care can be time-consuming and costly for medically underserved rural residents. Less-populated areas are facing a devastating shortage of primary care physicians compared to urban areas. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, while 20 percent of the nation’s population lives in rural areas, only 10 percent of physicians practice in those same areas. I have...
More than once in this column I’ve mentioned the eternal optimism I have, being a dryland wheat farmer, and how that spills over to my work as a state legislator. But I don’t remember Olympia testing my optimism like it has this year – and particularly this month. Ten days ago I would have said we had a good shot at concluding the 2017 legislative session on a positive note. Then good old-fashioned politics threw a wrench into things. That’s why I am home on the farm, with harvest under way, with the Legislature still l...
Our thanks and admiration goes to Washtucna for participating a second year in the America in Bloom awards program. Special thanks go to Lora Hille, Washtucna in Bloom Chair and all their members, city staff, participants, sponsors and volunteers for organizing a full day of remarkable tours and meetings on July 18. We have enjoyed meeting and spending time with many of you as you showcased all the reasons Washtucna should be proud. America in Bloom envisions communities as welcoming and vibrant places to live, work, and...
The Ritzville Ministerial Association is hosting an Ice Cream Social on Sunday, Aug. 6, at the Ritzville City Park. The free event begins at 3:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Those attending are asked to bring their own blanket or lawn chair for seating. For more information, contact Charles Jingling at 660-0128....