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The LRS Lady Broncos hit a few unwanted bumps during league volleyball play in the past week. The team picked up one win in three outings, starting with a loss to Colfax on Thursday, Sept. 27. In the Colfax game the team fell in three matches, 14-25, 15-25, and 20-25. They rebounded on Saturday to defeat Liberty in three straight, 25-21, 25-16 and 25-21. Tuesday when they hosted Northwest Christian, things didn’t go their way and they fell in three matches, 18-25, 12-25 and 18...
The Broncos did something they normally struggle to accomplish when playing in Springdale. They scored early, putting up seven points in the first quarter before rolling to a 33-0 lead at the end of the first half. “We even got to practice our two-minute offense, no huddle, getting out of bounds and spiking the ball,” Whitmore said of his team’s successful outing. The scoring started with an explosive run by Cort Ruzicka that kicked off a night that saw the team gener...
The third and fourth grade classes in Washtucna greeted new teacher Amy Whipple to the classroom and the school district. Whipple is originally from Sprague and currently resides in Pullman. Whipple received her bachelor’s degree and professional teaching certificate from Eastern Washington University. She has spent the past three years teaching in the Royal City School District. Before teaching, she did her student observation for a year and a half in the Medical Lake S...
Para educator Mary Anna Replogle joined the staff at Ritzville Grade School to begin working with students in the special education class. As a Para educator, Replogle works one-on-one with a specific child throughout the entire school year. For the past four years, Replogle has served as a substitute teacher at Ritzville Middle School, working specifically in the special education and music classrooms. Originally born in Ritzville, Replogle and her family moved to Nevada...
Preschool students and the preschool teacher, Nicky Talkington, arrived at Ritzville Grade School for the first time at the start of the school year. A recent graduate of Gonzaga University, Talkington currently resides in Lamont and was recently hired as the preschool teacher for Ritzville. Talkington has an endorsement in special education and in early childhood development. She has previously worked at Millwood Early Childhood Center and at Salnave School in the Cheney...
Lind and Ritzville Grade Schools are sharing and learning from the experience of music teacher, Eleonora Robinson. Originally from Russia, Robinson moved to the United States 11 years ago and brought with her 20 years of teaching experience. Robinson served as a teacher at a music college in Russia and taught a student orchestra course. Her experience in music spans through band, choir, orchestra and general music education. When Robinson first moved to the US with her...
For Lind-Ritzville Middle School, the newest addition to the staff is language arts teacher Jennifer Kendall. Aside from teaching sixth through eighth grade language arts, Kendall serves as the seventh grade advisor. The mother of two, Kendall and her husband Scott currently reside in Spokane. Kendall has served as a substitute teacher in the Spokane area for the past seven years. Kendall received her bachelor’s degree from Eastern Washington University (EWU) and earned her m...
Loren Woodside passed away on Saturday, Sept. 29. Memorial services are to be held on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 11 a.m. at the Memories at Sunset Event Center located at 915 Bypass Highway in Richland, Wash. A full obituary will run in next week’s edition of The Journal....
Evelyn Weber passed away on Saturday, Sept. 29. Services are to be held on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 11 a.m. at the Heritage Church in Odessa, Wash. A full obituary will run in next week’s edition of The Journal....
Judson “Jud” R. Parkins passed away at the age of 65 on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Valley Hospital in Spokane Valley after a three-year battle with cancer. He was born to Anna and Edward Parkins in Yakima, Wash. on Dec. 25, 1946. He grew up in Ephrata and graduated from Ephrata High School in 1965. He attended Washington State University where he received a degree in education in 1969. He had a 40-year teaching career that included coaching many sports. He taught his las...
The LaCrosse Community Pride board of directors has announced that long-time Whitman County resident and her family have been selected to open a grocery business in the historic LaCrosse general store building. Wendy Holliday grew up on her family’s ranch in nearby Benge in Adams County and has worked for agricultural businesses in Whitman County for more than 20 years. Her parents, Mike and Bonnie, have been long time community supporters, recently completing their annual tradition of providing brushes, curry combs and o...
Bright colors and intense designs will captivate any and all visitors to the First Friday Artist Reception on Friday, Oct. 5, with featured artist Terri Cody. The reception begins at 5 p.m. and concludes at 7 p.m. at the Ritzville Art Gallery on Main Avenue. Cody is well known for her figure vases, three legged mugs and fish heads that she has created for the past 20 years. The reception is highlighting some of her newest creations and more elaborate pieces that have not...
Audrey Schaible remembers making a big splash in the real estate business back in 1990. There wasn’t really any water involved, so the splash was more a figure of speech. Twenty-two years ago Schaible successfully sold a defunct municipal swimming pool, bathhouse and trio of tennis courts in Lind for $8,000 on behalf of the Lind School District. Today, she chalks that up as one of her most memorable transactions. The recollection comes as Schaible sat down to reflect on her c...
Sept. 15, 11:12 a.m. – Lind complainant requested a hulk vehicle form on East Third Street. Deputy Ned Bernath responded with the hulk vehicle report. Sept. 15, 10:32 a.m. – Lind complainant requested a hulk vehicle form on West Main Street. Dep. Bernath responded with a hulk vehicle report. Sept. 14, 10:46 p.m. – Deputy Ben Buriak responded to a citizen assist in Lind. Complainant from Portland advised they needed assistance obtaining fuel due to the pumps not operating properly. Dep. Buriak assisted as needed. Sept. 14, 1...
I know there are going to be a fair amount of you who will not agree with me at all on this particular subject but here is my opinion anyway. My topic concerns the mercy rule in sports as in the 10 run stoppage of play after a certain amount of innings in baseball. There used to be a 45 point rule in 8-man football but I think they went to a running clock after seeing a couple of scores from Friday night. I think the running clock is actually a pretty good idea. Trust me,...
When the so-called Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, President Obama promised that health care would be affordable and repeatedly assured Americans that if they liked their health plan and their doctor, they could keep them. Neither promise has come true. Millions of people are losing their preferred coverage, tens of thousands of doctors plan to retire rather than deal with the ACA, and costs are skyrocketing. Last March, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) doubled the original cost estimate of “Obamacare” to...