Articles from the August 29, 2013 edition
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Second graders welcome to ride fire truck
Students beginning the second grade this September are invited to take a ride through downtown Ritzville on a fire truck for the annual Labor Day weekend parade the morning of Aug. 31. Second graders are to meet at the fire... — Updated 8/29/2013
Journal closed Friday, Monday
The Ritzville Journal office will be closed on Friday, Aug. 30, to cover events at the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair and Ritzville Rodeo. Additionally the office will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of the Labor Day h... — Updated 8/29/2013
Endless entertainment provided at fair, rodeo
Families, community members and exhibitors alike are all preparing for the annual Wheat Land Communities’ Fair, beginning on Thursday, Aug. 29. The event provides visitors with four fun-filled days of family friendly activities, y... — Updated 8/29/2013
Benzels serve as grand marshals
Bruce and Vicki Benzel have been lifelong residents of Ritzville, and Saturday morning, the couple is being honored for their service to the community as grand marshals of the... — Updated 8/29/2013
Golf tourney to benefit area museums
The Ritzville Museum Volunteers are hosting a golf tournament at the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course on Sunday, Sept. 8, at 1 p.m. The golf tournament used to be held on an annual basis, but recently underwent a five-year hiatus.... — Updated 8/29/2013
Annual football jamboree moved to Lind, Sept. 6
The annual Lind-Ritzville/Sprague high school football jamboree is being played in Lind this year due to the ongoing construction of an all-weather track at Jimmie Snider Field in Ritzville. The jamboree kicks off the football... — Updated 8/29/2013
Washtucna Community Church, new church wide program
Washtucna Community Church has announced a new church wide 31-week program called “The Story,” set to begin on Sunday, Sept. 8. This program engages all ages within the congregation so that worship, Sunday school, and adult cla... — Updated 8/29/2013
Hunt appointed as Adams County Sheriff
The Adams County Commissioners unanimously moved to appoint current undersheriff John Hunt as Adams County Sheriff, effective on Sept. 1. The position becomes vacant at midnight on Aug. 31 following the retirement of Sheriff Doug... — Updated 8/29/2013
Stay out of demolition site
Mayor Linda Kadlec is asking residents to stay out of the old high school demolition site. The area is dangerous and the debris pile is not stable for people to walk on. Construction crews and their heavy equipment are the only... — Updated 8/29/2013 Full story
Hospital foundation changes event date
East Adams County Healthcare Foundation Board has decided to change the date of the annual Wine and Microbrew Tasting and Auction to Saturday, Oct. 19, due to schedule conflicts with other area events. Ticket information will be... — Updated 8/29/2013
ALL DOWN
The remains of the old high school building on Seventh Avenue scatter the property. Eastside Wood Recycling finished dropping the walls Tuesday afternoon. Division Street was... — Updated 8/29/2013
TRACKING
The new all-weather track surface project at Jimmie Snider Field made a major leap forward this week. Monday crews laid a thick base layer of gravel down. Tuesday the asphalt layer... — Updated 8/29/2013
“The building did it” campaign failed for bond
The real grass roots Friends of EARH are the folks who faithfully supported the maintenance and operations levies, while the hospital commissioners who were elected to serve these citizen taxpayers, were quietly stashing cash and... — Updated 8/29/2013
Women’s Bible study course begins next month
A non-denominational women’s Bible study is being held this fall on the Biblical Old Testament character of Gideon. The study is based on the writings of Priscilla Shirer. She and her husband, Jerry, lead Going Beyond M... — Updated 8/29/2013 Full story
Clyde Buehler
Clyde Warren Buehler died at the age of 90 on July 24 in Ellensburg. He was born on May 16, 1923, to John Oliver and Laura (Alfred) Buehler in Miller, S.D. He was a part of the 17th Airborne Division, was in the 464th Parachute... — Updated 8/29/2013
George F. Dettmann
George F. Dettmann died at the age of 80 on Aug. 17 after a long illness. He was born on Feb. 27, 1933 to Fred W. and Wilhemena “Minnie” C. (Freese) Dettmann in Spokane. He gra... — Updated 8/29/2013
Lois Strohmaier
Lois Marian (Ottmar) Strohmaier died at the age of 83 on Aug. 14 in Spokane, after fighting a courageous battle against leukemia. She was born on Sept. 19, 1929, to Jacob and... — Updated 8/29/2013 Full story
Caravan program begins Sept. 11
The Ritzville Nazarene Church’s Caravan Program will begin on Wednesday night Sept. 11 with registration from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at the church. Caravan is a Bible-based scouting program for children ages four years through sixth g... — Updated 8/29/2013
The Long Goodbye...
For a lot of us that live here in Ritzville, Division and Seventh Street will never be the same especially after the final brick is cleaned up from the site of Old RHS. For those... — Updated 8/29/2013
Legislative Commentary
The fact that I was at the Benton-Franklin fair last weekend means two things. First, we’re through with harvest – and second, fair season in our part of the state is in full swing. For the next month there’s at least one fair... — Updated 8/29/2013
Different strategy, same results
There’s an old saying, “There’s more than one way to catch a cat.” It means, if you don’t succeed one way, try again using a different strategy. In this case, the “cat” is the Columbia River – or more precisely, eliminating the... — Updated 8/29/2013
Aleksandra Grace McFadden
Scott and Molly McFadden are pleased to announce the arrival of their first child, Aleksandra Grace, born July 26 at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Wash. At birth, Aleksandra... — Updated 8/29/2013
Steele, Duff exchange vows
Kandis Steele, daughter of Lori Furr of Palm Desert, Calif., and Shawn Steele of Spokane, became the bride of Daniel Duff, son of Patty and Terry Rueb, and Dave and Sherri Duff, all of Ritzville, on Friday, Aug. 16, at Arbor Crest... — Updated 8/29/2013
Chute Time: Ranch bronc riding makes its Ritzville debut
Look for something new in the arena Friday and Saturday when the Ritzville Rodeo busts out of the chutes. The rodeo association has hired a new stock contractor this year: Layton... — Updated 8/29/2013 Full story