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CELEBRATION. The Ritzville Public Library, now rebranded as the East Adams Library District, celebrated the official installation and completion of the elevator project in the local historic building. The Grand Reopening ceremony took place in the morning on Sept. 2, when community members, Library Board members, Library staff and former librarian Marge Dyke (center) gathered to celebrate the completion of the monumental project. Dyke addressed Library Director Kylie Fullmer,... Full story
One of the new attractions at this year’s Wheat Land Communites’ Fair was the Lego Barn. The barn previously housed sheep and goats during the annual fair, but was converted into a play area for children. During the fair, several children went into the barn and created structures out of Legos as well as particpated in activites sponsored by the East Adams Library District. The barn was created in memory of Cole Melcher, who loved playing with Legos. The building was located ne... Full story
The Ritzville Community Parade attracted a large crowd of onlookers on Saturday, Sept. 2, as they gathered on the sidewalks to watch 65 entries make their way down Main Avenue. The diverse and brightly colored entries provided entertainment and excitement for all ages. The Junior Parade, with a theme of It’s A Small World, attracted seven entries. The entries ranged from princesses, to cowboys and cowgirls. After the Junior Parade, the Ritzville Community Parade began with t...
Aug. 22, 4:28 p.m. - Disorderly conduct was reported on West Second Street in Lind. Aug. 22, 6:37 p.m. – A Lind complainant advised they were flying their drone on West Seventh Street. The drone just took off from them and complainant was unable to recall it. Drone was described as black with two red lights on the front that looks like a smiley face. Washington State Patrol was advised of the situation. Aug. 23, 6:57 a.m. – Deputy Ned Bernath responded to a single rollover with minor injury to the only occupant in the veh... Full story
I do a fair amount of driving on I-90 and Hwy 395 and I see a lot of vehicles including semi-trucks that sport the logos of teams mostly from this area of the northwest. The ones I see most are WSU, UW, EWU, Gonzaga, Seahawks and Mariners. I also see the folks driving the cars from Oregon with the O in their rear window for the University of Oregon. I can’t say which ones are the best drivers, although it seems to me that most of the people with out-of-state plates prefer t...
In the Fourth Congressional District, the August district work period has been a busy time for me traveling up and down Central Washington to meet with constituents and hear their concerns firsthand. Many communities in our area are dealing with dry weather and wildfires, which are a constant reminder of the vital need for federal land management reform. I held a Forest Service Advisory Panel in Omak with community members, and the feedback I received is that the U.S. Forest Service needs to improve forest health through acti...
All of the things that went wrong in New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina in 2005 appear to have been corrected with Houston’s recent Hurricane Harvey. Chalk it up to a series of important lessons learned. By now everyone knows that Harvey came ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, dumped a record 51 inches of rain on 22 million people from Corpus Christi to Port Arthur, Texas, and sent thousands to shelters. The hurricane hit Houston, America’s fourth largest city and an urban area, which accounts for 3 percent of our nat...
Dean Stewart Caldwell was born on March 13, 1933, to Cecil Elward and Ruth S. Steward Caldwell in Eugene, Oregon. He graduated from Cottage Grove Union High School in 1951 and then attended college in Oregon. On June 11, 1955, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps. He was stationed in Korea and Japan and played the clarinet in the Marine Band. He was honorably discharged in 1959 due to his parents’ illness. Upon returning home, he married Susan Wright in 1960 and they had t... Full story
The event sponsors not pictured in the Sept. 7, 2017, issue of the Ritzville Adams County Journal are: McDonald Zaring Insurance, Bareback; Ron and Ann Hennings family, Steer Wrestling; Newton’s Car Corner, Barrel Racing; Zip’s Drive-In, Breakaway Roping; Umpqua Bank and Ritz Food Mart, Skagit Rein Riders; Legacy Telecommunications and Chris Green family, Ranch Bronc Riding....
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Five new full-time teachers joined the ranks of Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Schools this year. Charlie Moffet, Kate Gantz and Morgan Walker currently teach at Ritzville Grade School. Allyssa Barnett joined the staff at Lind Elementary School and Christina Heater was hired at Lind-Ritzville Middle School. Christina Heater teaches sixth-grade and seventh-grade math classes, and Algebra. Heater, who grew up in the Tri-Cities, attended Columbia Basin College in Pasco where she rece...
Five new full-time teachers joined the ranks of Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Schools this year. Charlie Moffet, Kate Gantz and Morgan Walker currently teach at Ritzville Grade School. Allyssa Barnett joined the staff at Lind Elementary School and Christina Heater was hired at Lind-Ritzville Middle School. Allyssa Barnett, who teaches fifth-grade, grew up in Walla Walla with her family, and currently lives in Spokane with her fiance. Barnett attended EWU where she received her... Full story
Five new full-time teachers joined the ranks of Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Schools this year. Charlie Moffet, Kate Gantz and Morgan Walker currently teach at Ritzville Grade School. Allyssa Barnett joined the staff at Lind Elementary School and Christina Heater was hired at Lind-Ritzville Middle School. Morgan Walker, a fifth-grade teacher, grew up in Raymond, Washington. After she graduated high school, Walker earned a degree in elementary education from EWU. Before she... Full story
Five new full-time teachers joined the ranks of Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Schools this year. Charlie Moffet, Kate Gantz and Morgan Walker currently teach at Ritzville Grade School. Allyssa Barnett joined the staff at Lind Elementary School and Christina Heater was hired at Lind-Ritzville Middle School. Kate Gantz, who teaches second-grade grew in Eagan, Minnesota. After high school, she attended Concordia University in St. Paul where she acquired her degree in music...
Five new full-time teachers joined the ranks of Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Schools this year. Charlie Moffet, Kate Gantz and Morgan Walker currently teach at Ritzville Grade School. Allyssa Barnett joined the staff at Lind Elementary School and Christina Heater was hired at Lind-Ritzville Middle School. Charlie Moffet, who teaches kindergarten, grew up in Odessa. Moffet said she became a teacher because she loves working with kids, and both her father and grandmother were... Full story
“We chose to go to the moon in this decade and do other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard,” emphasized President John F. Kennedy in his famous 1962 moon speech. Aside political motivations of the Cold War, JFK believed that the inevitable growth from overcoming adversity was reason enough to pursue a challenge. Many students at Lind-Ritzville High School agree: engaging in rigorous classes is the only way to improve oneself as a scholar and as an individual. The upper level electives in the cou...
The first game of the season did not go in favor of the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos, as they went on a long road trip to face the Asotin Panthers on Sept. 1. Prior to Friday’s game, Head Coach Greg Whitmore said the Broncos would have to play a nearly perfect game to earn the win over Asotin. Whitmore said the game quickly fell in Asotin’s favor, with the Panthers marching down the field quickly after the opening kickoff. The Broncos struggled to contain them, and the LRS... Full story