Articles from the October 12, 2017 edition
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Lind Community Yard Sale
The Lind Community Yard Sale is 17 years strong. This year’s yard sale is Oct. 13-14 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Maps are available Jim’s Market and Kindra’s Coffee Shop.... — Updated 10/12/2017
StageWest Community Theatre holding auditions
StageWest Community Theatre will be holding open auditions for their next production: Reader’s Theatre “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, adapted by Tony Palermo and directed by Kathleen Bell. This production will be... — Updated 10/12/2017
Fall Fest in Ralston on Oct. 22
Fall Fest, sponsored by the Ralston Grange, will be held at their hall in Ralston on Sunday, Oct. 22, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fall Fest is for children ages 3 to 12 and will include craft projects, games, prizes and snacks. All... — Updated 10/12/2017
Annual Oktoberfest at Good Hope Lutheran Oct. 22 in Lind
The Good Hope Lutheran Church in Lind will host its annual Oktoberfest celebration on Sunday, Oct. 22, at the Lind Senior Center, located at 117 North I Street. Sunday morning worship is at 9 a.m. at the center, under the leadershi... — Updated 10/12/2017
Vehicle versus pedestrian collision occurs on I-90 outside of Ritzville
On Oct. 9, Ritzville Emergency Medical Services, Ritzville Fire Department and Washington State Patrol responded to a two-vehicle, injury collision on eastbound Interstate 90 at Milepost 237, 13 miles outside of the Ritzville city... — Updated 10/12/2017
Alzheimer’s Association hosting Staying Connected seminar
The Alzheimer’s Association is hosting Staying Connected at the H.E. Gritman Senior Center on Monday mornings on Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 6 and Nov. 13. Staying Connected is a free four-week small group seminar for people with... — Updated 10/12/2017
Ballots mailed to voters by Oct. 20 for November General Election
Adams County voters can expect to see ballots for the Nov. 7 General Election in their mailbox as early as Oct. 20. On the ballot are numerous items and elected official positions for residents to vote on. The first elected positio... — Updated 10/12/2017
Ritzville Council approves headsets for city fire truck
The Ritzville Fire Department will be acquiring new equipment for one of its vehicles. At their Oct. 3 meeting, the Ritzville City Council allocated up to $10,000 for the Ritzville Fire Department to purchase six wireless headsets... — Updated 10/12/2017 Full story
Lind candidates speak at community forum
The Lind Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum on Oct. 4 for those on the upcoming General Election ballot in November. The Lind Town Council has one contested position and... — Updated 10/12/2017
Benge firefighters visit elementary school students
Students at Benge Elementary School received a special visit from members of the Benge Fire Department on Sept. 27. Benge Assistant Fire Chief Lenny Graves, Commission Chair Jerry... — Updated 10/12/2017
APPLE BUTTER
APPLE BUTTER. Smoke lifts into the air Maurice Briggs melts apples into a large, hot copper kettle to make apple butter. The apple butter was sold in various sizes during the 40th... — Updated 10/12/2017
Field trip ignites interest in forest management, firefighting
In the hopes of increasing awareness in the field of fire ecology and sparking interest in firefighting, both literally and figuratively, several LRHS students traveled to Central Washington last week. The field trip included a tou... — Updated 10/12/2017
Northwest Football
If you are a football fan in the Pacific Northwest, the state of Washington to be precise, then this is a good year for you to brag about your area teams. The Cougars and the Huskie... — Updated 10/12/2017
Making Washington’s voice heard on wildfires
The past few weeks, much of the nation’s attention has focused on devastating hurricanes on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts as well as in the Caribbean. We have come together as a nation to care for those suffering and offer... — Updated 10/12/2017 Full story
Players taking a knee hurting NFL
On a recent Saturday afternoon in Portland, a young woman stepped onto the playing field at the beginning of the University of Montana versus Portland State football game and started singing our national anthem. She immediately... — Updated 10/12/2017
Larry Dick Schroeder
Larry Dick Schroeder, 76, was born May 18, 1941, in Ritzville to Alvena Stockman and Aaron Schroeder. Larry died Oct. 2 in Odessa. He served 12 years in the Washington Air National... — Updated 10/12/2017 Full story
Bessie Gladys Sutton Allen
Bessie Gladys Sutton Allen was born on Jan. 16, 1928, in Spokane to Gladys and Levi Sutton, and died in her home on Aug. 11, where she lived all of her 89 years. She was preceded... — Updated 10/12/2017 Full story
Davenport takes Homecoming night win from the Broncos
The Davenport Gorillas traveled to Ritzville on Oct. 6 ready to upset the Broncos and take the Homecoming night win. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague team struggled to jump start their... — Updated 10/12/2017 Full story
Lady T-cats earn Homecoming win
In the sole match of the week, the Lady Tigercats hosted Garfield-Palouse on Oct. 5 for the LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus Homecoming contest. The LWK team earned their second league... — Updated 10/12/2017
Bronco runners continue to stride through the season
The Broncos boys and girls cross country teams entered the last leg of the regular season. Four athletes from the Broncos’ team competed at the District 7 1B/2B League race at Mary Walker High School on Oct. 3. Rose Melville won... — Updated 10/12/2017 Full story
Lady Broncos end Homecoming week with two league wins
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos volleyball team continued their path to the postseason after going 2-1 during Homecoming Week. After a 3-0 non-league loss against... — Updated 10/12/2017
Pancake Breakfast Friday, Oct. 13
The H.E. Gritman Senior Center will host a Pancake Breakfast on Friday, Oct. 13, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Breakfast will feature pancakes, a choice of ham or sausage and coffee with a suggested donation of $5 per person. The... — Updated 10/12/2017
Love's, BBEC donate for speed trailer purchase
SPEED TRAILER. Donations from Love’s Travel Stop of $5,000 and Caring Neighbors donation of $750 gave the Ritzville Police Department the resources to purchase a speed advisory... — Updated 10/12/2017 Full story
Crop insurance vital in light of current economic, weather conditions
As part of a Farm Bill policy reform Summit in Washington DC today, groups including The R Street Institute, Taxpayers for Common Sense, The Heritage Foundation, and other like-minded groups have called for policy changes to the Fa... — Updated 10/12/2017 Full story
Homecoming Week recognizes local royalty
FOUR SCHOOLS recognized their Homecoming royalty on Oct. 6 and they included (from left) Lind-Ritzville Queen Laurel Hayes, LR King Camden Smith, Washtucna Queen Jazzmyn Gordon,... — Updated 10/12/2017