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  • Palmer Dean’s List includes Jacob Kragt

    Updated Aug 25, 2011

    Jacob Kragt, of Ritzville, a current fourth trimester student in the Doctor of Chiropractic program at Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa, has been named to the Dean’s List for the third trimester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.50 in all studies for the respective term. The highest possible GPA is a 4.00. Palmer was established as the first chiropractic college by Daniel David Palmer in 1897. Palmer College of Chiropractic received accreditation fro... Full story

  • AAUW fetes Ritzville branch for contributions

    Jennifer Larsen|Updated Aug 25, 2011

    The Ritzville branch of AAUW (American Association of University Women) was recently recognized at the 2011 AAUW National Convention in Washington, D.C., for achieving first place in total branch giving to the AAUW Action Fund. Marsha Smith and Mary Nell Mason accepted the award at the 2011 AAUW-WA Leadership Conference at Central Washington University on July 30. According to AAUW Action Fund’s website at http://aauwaction.org, “The AAUW Action Fund advances equity for women and girls through member activism and voter mob...

  • Journal’s website to become subscriber-based offering

    Stephen McFadden|Updated Aug 25, 2011

    There is a tremendous amount of time and effort involved in gathering news, feature stories and pictures for a weekly newspaper. Producing a community newspaper is a labor of love, one that has been accomplished in Ritzville for 125 years. The Journal is the prime source of community news for Benge, Lind, Ritzville and Washtucna. Delivering local news, sports, features and local advertising is our specialty. It’s what a community newspaper is meant to do. A National Newspaper Association survey recently determined that 73 p...

  • Dorothy Fenger Tufts

    Updated Aug 25, 2011

    Dorothy (Fenger) Tufts died July 28, 2011, at Promise Hospital in Mesa, Ariz., due to respiratory failure. She was born Jan. 24, 1921, at Lothair, Mont., the daughter of Fred and Marie Fenger. She graduated from high school in Galata, Mont., and worked as a cashier in the local store. She married John Tufts on Nov. 16, 1944, in Trinity Lutheran Church in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. She was a housewife, mother and wife who kept the records for the family electrical and refrigeration business. She lived and raised her family in R...

  • Recognition Time...

    Dale Anderson|Updated Aug 25, 2011

    We have hit that time of the year where there is a lot of hurry up and wait in the sports world. You know it as the days before the NFL, college and high school football seasons kick off and the Mariners finish playing games that really only matter for the athletes looking for playing time next year. For you Seattle Storm and Seattle Sounders fans your seasons are still going on with possible championships still in play. I was asked by a Sounders fan this past week to say...

  • Women’s Bible study returns in September

    Updated Aug 25, 2011

    This fall, the women of Benge, Lind, Ritzville and the surrounding area will gather together for a Bible study by Beth Moore, “Stepping Up… a journey through the Psalms of Ascent.” The teaching DVD is a study of Psalms 120-134. } This non-denominational study will be held in the basement of the Ritzville Foursquare Church at 204 East Second Avenue. All women are invited to attend and bring friends. Because of the number of women who attended last year, two weekly meeting times are available this year: • Monday evening... Full story

  • Bolin, Sackmann exchange wedding vows

    Updated Aug 25, 2011

    Danielle Sackmann, daughter of Dennis and Connie Sackmann of Ritzville, and Jacob Bolin, son of Ron and Toni Bolin of Ritzville and Zana Parent of Issaquah, were married in a small ceremony last Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, with close family in attendance. A reception with family and friends will be planned at a later date. The groom is currently employed with REC Silicon of Moses Lake as a silane operator. The couple resides at their home in R...

  • Ritzville Police Report

    Updated Aug 25, 2011

    Aug. 16, 12:40 a.m. Sergeant Mark Cameron responded to the 400 block of West Eighth Avenue for a welfare check. According to the reporting party, a woman had taken a large number of pills. The female subject told Cameron they had taken 80 pills of some kind. Cameron convinced her to let him drive her to the hospital. He later returned to the residence, at the emergency room doctor’s request, to search for an empty pill bottle. Cameron located a prescription bottle and took it to the hospital. Aug. 15, 4:42 p.m. — Officer Tom...

  • Elected officials omit the whole story about Obamacare, debt crisis

    Updated Aug 25, 2011

    Did you know that under Obamacare as it kicks in over the next few years you may no longer see your own doctor but will be subject to treatment determined by a team? I learned of this for the first time in an article in USA Today written by Kevin Pho, a primary care physician and member of the newspaper’s board of directors. I haven’t seen it anywhere else although the New York Times is quoted on it. Rules proposed last March by the Department of Health and Human Services, says Pho, would encourage health providers to ope...

  • Boeing’s prospects are bright — for now

    Don C. Brunell, president|Updated Aug 25, 2011

    You may have missed it, but amidst the global economic turmoil, riots in London and our volatile stock market, there is some good news. Boeing has completed flight tests on its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner and has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to certify the plane for production. The company is hoping to earn FAA approval in time to start delivering planes in September. Despite the delays, the 787 remains a major source of future income for Boeing. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Jim Albaugh says they have 830... Full story

  • Adams County Superior Court

    Updated Aug 25, 2011

    July 26, 2011 Arturo Brenes-Vidal pled guilty in Adams County Superior Court to one count of a felony driving while under the influence charge in a case filed on June 17, 2011. Judge Richard W. Miller sentenced Brenes-Vidal to 33 months with the DOC and nine to 18 months of community custody. Brenes-Vidal is responsible to pay $500 crime victim assessment, $200 criminal filing fee, $30 sheriff’s fees, $350 court-appointed attorney, $500 fine, $175 DUI fines, $100 crime lab fee and $100 DNA fee. An interlock device is r...