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LIND – A Renton businessman is in the final stages of purchasing the dilapidated DeVore Motel for development as a residential halfway house for inmates who have served their time. “I prefer calling it a discipleship training center,” Peter Spairring said Monday, noting he has made an offer on the motel at 206 E. Second St. The sale is expected to close in a few weeks, he said. Once the sale goes through, Spairring will begin meeting with state correctional agencies to find...
Volleyball coaches still needed RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville schools were scrambling Monday to find two more volleyball coaches even as the first high school practice was allowed to begin. The high school team was to start practice Monday, Aug. 23, and the middle school is set to begin Monday, Aug. 30. The high school is looking for a C-Squad coach and the middle school is in search of an assistant coach. The middle school position was thought to have been filled already, but the prospective coach withdrew following Governor J...
RITZVILLE – The Ritzville Water Park closed for the season Sunday, Aug. 22. Manager Donna Kessler described the season as "hot." She went on to say the park had "pretty consistent attendance all season." The park operated five days a week, instead of the usual six days, due to staff shortages, she said. The park was also closed for five days during the summer due to unhealthy air quality, she said. Closing comes a week early this year. "We are down to six guards" Kessler s...
If you are anything like me, maybe I should rephrase that. If you are a football fan like me that enjoys the fall because of football then hopefully we can resume a happy lifestyle by watching high school athletes play the game. Yes, this coming Saturday there will be the high school football jamboree at Jimmie Snider Field at 1:00. Out Lind-Ritzville-Sprague-Washtucna Broncos will again be the host. And football is going to be played at the traditional time of year with a...
RITZVILLE – After a year absence, the Ritzville Golf Course was once again the site of the annual Danekas Invitational Golf Tournament on Sunday Aug. 22. More than 50 golfers competed in "DIGs," divided into three flights by handicap. Flight 1 included golfers with handicaps of 1-11. Flight 2 was a group of relatively evenly matched golfers, with handicaps bunched from 12-16. Flight 3 was the largest and included golfers with handicaps from 17-30. The Flight 1 gross winner w...
Christopher Raymond Mann was born in Harrington, Wash., Feb. 1952 to parents Arthur & Pauline Mann. He passed away in Fort Hood, Texas Aug. 10, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents Arthur and Pauline Mann, and step-mother Phyllis Mann. He is survived by his wife JoAnn (Doherty), two daughters, one son and one grandson. He is also survived by his brother Mike of Seattle and his sister Shelly of Calif., step sister Gail Eastman Heide of Cheney and step sister Diane...
Shaikh Hamid (86) Passed away on Aug. 19, 2021 in Spokane, Wash. A visitation will be held Tue. Aug. 31, 2021 from 9 am -5 pm at Danekas Funeral home Ritzville, Wash....
Flea Market coming to St. John ST. JOHN – Flea Market and More will hit the St. John Fairgrounds from Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 25-27. The event runs from 11 a.m. to dark Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to dark Thursday and Friday. Flea Market and More features vendor selling antiques, collectables and some “just plain junk,” organizers said. The flea market is still in need of vendors. Anyone interested in participating can contact Teri Garrett at 360-770-4136. Vendors will set up at 9 a.m. Wednesday for the three-day event...
Martha “Toni” Schrenk, 99, passed away of natural causes on Aug. 14, 2021, at her home in Moses Lake, Wash. Martha Kaiser was born on Aug. 1, 1922, in the Schular district near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She was the sixth of 12 children born to George and Catherine Schafer Kaiser: George, Katherine, Jack, William, John, Martha “Toni”, Herbert, Caroline, Edwin, Albert Rose, and Margaret. Three of her siblings, Jack, John and Edwin, died very young. All the children went by nick...
Mark Weigand is well aware of the issues which face Ritzville and the issues which the majority of the city councils have taken over the years that have had negative consequences for the residents of Ritzville. Mark Weigand has not supported bad financial decisions that sometimes the majority of some councils have supported. Unfortunately, we have not had candidate forums in Ritzville for many years so candidates for office of this city have not had to explain why they should be City Council members and why they promoted or...
RALSTON – The Ralston Grange concession at the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair will open at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1. There will be a potato bar that evening only, Grange officials said. Fair superintendents and judges with tickets eat free; tickets will be collected when meals are picked up. There is a charge for all others. From Friday through Sunday at the fair, the Grange will be offering kraut ranza, German sausage, soft pretzels, popcorn balls, popcorn, cotton candy and beverages. The grange concession booth is ope...
It has now has been over 530 days since Gov. Jay Inslee proclaimed a state of emergency and again issued another order without going through the Legislature. He ordered that all state employees and healthcare professionals working in private facilities must get the COVID-19 vaccine or face termination. Workers have until Oct. 18 to show proof of full vaccination. If they do not, they will likely be shown the door with “non-disciplinary dismissal.” It is beyond debatable that the governor has abused his emergency powers and...
When stopping the spread of the COVID virus mattered most, Washington state officials failed badly Key Findings 1. State mortality data show that the governor’s restrictions may have increased the number of deaths by 50% during the COVID pandemic. 2. While some lock-down requirements may have helped, they were not as meaningful as has been claimed, and states that imposed fewer restrictions had lower per-capita death rates. 3. The strict lock-down restrictions imposed a health cost of their own, with state data showing that f...
RITZVILLE – As the area gears up for the annual Wheat Land Communities Fair, the past and present superintendents for plants and flowers are offering some tips to remember when deciding what flowers to bring to a fair: • Judges really do follow Premium Book directions. For example, dahlias should have two or four leaves and no buds. • Use a clean knife to remove side buds well before showing. The center of the plant should show only in single or collarette varieties • Will your flower be at the proper stage of bloom when th...
Believe it or not, it really is time to plant a fall vegetable garden. I know, I know, it is hot right now and probably will be for some time. However, those cold hardy plants need to germinate in warm soil now. By the time cooler weather arrives, the plants will be growing. Here’s a list of fall veggies to consider: beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, green onion, kale, lettuce, peas, radishes, spinach, Swiss chard, turnips. According to, Grant-Adams Master Gardener specialist Kris Nesse, most of our growing locations are ...
John Rankin paints the new "Welcome to Broncos Country" on the side of a building at the stadium on Wellsandt Road Aug. 19. Rankin is the president of Flying Art Ranch and a local businessman....
RITZVILLE – Two Adams County protests last Tuesday over Gov. Jay Inslee's student-mask mandates had decidedly different outcomes. A protest planned for 4-7 p.m. in front of Ritzville High School drew only 3 people prior to 6 p.m. Officials said the number of parents protesting the governor's newest mandate requiring public school children to be masked grew to about 21. "It's said the community didn't come out to support our rights as parents," organizer Briana Osborn said. M...
RITZVILLE – The City Council held show cause hearings, Aug. 17, related to six alleged nuisance properties in the city. The properties are alleged to be in violation of provisions of the nuisance ordinance. Resolutions were passed on three of the properties requiring cleanup of the conditions by the city, or its designee, at the expense of the property owner. Those properties are 304 E. Dogwood Ave., 205 Turner St. and 508 E. First Ave. No property owners or occupants appeared at the hearings. Ralph Elmes, a renter at 109 W....