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Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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Runners, walkers and turkey trotters are invited back to the streets to participate in the 27th Annual Turkey Trot in Ritzville. The event begins in front of the Ritz Theatre at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27. The three-mile Ritzville Path circles from the Ritz Theatre, to the Wheat Land Communities’ Fairgrounds, along the Heinemann Forest above Emmanuel Haag baseball field, and back onto Division Street along the Little League Field. The Turkey Trot has been held each year since 1988, when three members of the Ritzville S... Full story
The Ralston Junior Grange is hosting a craft morning on Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. until noon. The grange club is currently looking for donations of used Christmas cards and wide mouth quart jars to complete their project. The group leaders are also asking all families to call in advance, as a head count is needed in order to have adequate supplies on hand. The event is open for children from five to 14 years of age, and a parent must come with them. For more information or to confirm attending the event, contact Codi Titus at... Full story
Umpqua Bank is organizing its annual Christmas Giving Tree for this holiday season. Currently, they are accepting gift requests for the program. The program is limited to children, newborn to age 18, and seniors 65 years of age or older within the communities of Ritzville, Lind, Washtucna or Benge. To participate in the program individuals must complete registration forms for their family members. Qualifications are based on Washington’s assistance programs guidelines. It is recommended that a necessity item like clothing b...
With the Ebola crisis hitting national and world news organizations’ headlines the Adams County Health Department hosted an informational session with its community partners and community members. The purpose of this meeting was to outline the facts of Ebola infection, inform about safety procedures and dispel myths surrounding the disease. Currently there are no confirmed cases of Ebola in Washington State and only a handful of people are being monitored. They have recently been to areas where Ebola is present but are not c... Full story
At the regular meeting of the Lind Town Council on Nov. 11, the council approved multiple pay requests for the various ongoing projects in the town. With Stantec representative Alan Gay not present at the meeting, Mayor Jamie Schmunk presented the reimbursement requests to the council for their approval. The first was to request funds from the Washington State Department of Commerce grant to be released, in the amount of $3,599.30, to cover work done by Gay and Stantec for the bid process of the Well Rehabilitation project. W... Full story
The Washtucna Lions Club is hosting the first annual “Light Up Washtucna” decorating contest for the holiday season. Washtucna residents are encouraged to decorate their homes and yards with lights and other holiday decorations. Awards are presented to the top three best-decorated homes or businesses prior to Christmas. All houses are being judged on Dec. 20. To enter the contest, sign up by noon on Dec. 20 by contacting Kat Zupan at 646-3242 or Stoess Manufacturing at 646-3292....
The Ritzville Museum Volunteers held a dedication at the Depot on, Oct. 18 to thank the many volunteers who contributed to the installation of the semaphore signal. L.R. Keith took the microphone to list the number of steps required to install the signal, which is the original type used when the train station was in operation. On Oct. 15 a “thank you” coffee was held at the Dr. Frank R. Burroughs’ Home to honor the more than 40 volunteers who staff the Depot and docto...
Ritzville Fire Chief Jim Bostic spoke at the regular meeting of the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 13 regarding fire safety in the home and the importance of using smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Bostic also updated those in attendance about the fire department’s current rating and the programs the department has completed in the past few months. Bostic began his presentation explaining the difference between the Ritzville Fire Department and Adams County Prot...
Nearly 60 people attended the Justin Clouse Memorial Bench Dedication at the end of October to honor and remember former Sprague student, Justin Clouse. Justin was killed in the line of duty in June. Justin’s parents Rob and Tina attended the ceremony, as did several other members of his family. His brother Roger spoke on behalf of the family during the ceremony. Prior to the ceremony, students of Sprague and Lamont schools attended an introduction ceremony for the bench, where they were informed on the importance and s... Full story
The Soul Café board has been hard at work preparing the building for its opening day as a community-gathering place for all to enjoy. The vision began many years ago with the board being organized last year to organize a community center for people of all ages to enjoy. Currently the area is used as a meeting place for Celebrate Recovery and the Strengthening Families programs but John Hunsberger, pastor of the Trinity United Methodist Church and manager of the Soul Café is c...
BINGO. Douglas Olson gets a little help from his grandmother, Donna Biddick, at the annual Ritzville Lions Club Turkey Bingo and Raffle on Saturday, Nov. 15. Olson ended up winning one of the 180 turkeys given away that day by the Lions Club. The club reported the event was very well attended. With around 100 people playing at times the Lions Club cooks ran out of food to serve to the hungry crowds in attendance. Raffle items won at the event included a flat screen T.V., John... Full story
To be thankful is to recognize the important things in life and reflect upon the good fortune, positive forces, or even luck that influences your life. To maintain a high quality of life, everyone needs to express some gratitude and give thanks, even if it is concentrated on one day of the year. The fourth Thursday in November is a day of history, tradition and reflection for people across the country, including the students of LRHS. While the history of Thanksgiving and its evolution from 1621 to the feast spread across... Full story
The Seattle Seahawks announced on Nov. 6 that Greg Whitmore, Head Coach of the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague football team, was selected as one of the Week Nine “NFL High School Coaches of the Week” for Washington. “I’ve never really truly ever thought of these as individual, in fact they’re not individual awards to me.” Whitmore said. “I don’t get these without a great coaching staff and good players and supportive parents.” Whitmore has been the recipient of this award three times now. With this honor he receives a $500 cash donat... Full story
The Daughters of Ethel C. Anderson are saddened to announce our Mother’s death on Friday, November 14. Funeral services are being held in Seattle, Friday, Nov. 21, at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, 8900 35th Avenue N.E., 11:00 a.m. Lunch Immediately following in the Church Reception Hall. Burial Service will be held in Ritzville, Saturday, November 22, Ritzville Memorial Cemetery, 11:30 a.m. Lunch Immediately Following at Memories Diner. In lieu of flowers donations to the following in Ethel’s name would be app... Full story
The success that a team has in any given year takes many years of hard work and dedication. I know that a lot of people will look at a group of kids playing little league baseball, pee wee basketball or flag football and they tend to dream about that championship season where records are broken and opponents are defeated in numbers. What they often forget about is that there are a lot of other communities or schools who see the same thing in their little tykes. Success is neve...
Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program’s enrollment period opened Nov. 1 and provides the opportunity for families with young children to start an account and begin saving for college with the state’s 529 prepaid tuition plan. The enrollment period runs through May 31, 2015. While enrollment continues to grow, so does the number of Washington families who are cashing in on their savings. Student distributions have now surpassed the half-billion-dollar mark ($598 million), with nearly 38,000 students using... Full story
As my time representing you in Congress winds down, I wanted to take this opportunity to provide answer to some questions that I have been hearing from my constituents. What issue important to Central Washington has evolved during your years in Congress? When I was first elected in 1994, the listing of the Spotted Owl under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the resulting adoption of the Northwest Forest Plan decimated the timber industry in the Pacific Northwest. This cost thousands of jobs in small communities throughout...
Should we fear Ebola, Enterovirus R-68 or the yearly influenza that kills many tens of thousands each year? I am concerned about all of the above! However, I will not waste time worrying as we have had epidemics in several countries over several centuries that have killed millions. Here in America we had a flu epidemic that killed millions as the First World War was being fought. I agree with Winston Churchill who said “all we have to fear is fear itself.” We are getting conflicting information from various sources so we nee... Full story
I would like to take a moment and thank the community for their support in the recent Cub Scout popcorn sales drive. Popcorn sales is an important part of the cub scouting program. The money that is raised through the sales goes towards programs and activities that contribute to supporting young boys in developing interests and skills that help them to become leaders of the future. Ritzville has the second largest pack in the council. The community makes that possible. I would also like to thank all of those that volunteer...
Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast in 2005, flooding cities and towns in four states and killing more than 1,800 people. The government response to Katrina, especially by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), became the poster child for an inept and incompetent bureaucracy. But out of this disaster has come a story of success. The hurricane gave New Orleans educators the opportunity to reinvent the city’s failing public schools. Two years before the storm struck, the state had created the Louisiana Recovery S...
Ruben John Fode died Nov. 17, at age 82. He was born December 16, 1931 to John and Emelia Fode. Ruben graduated from Lind High School in 1950 then earned his BA in Agriculture at WSU in 1954. While at WSU he was a Charter member of Farmhouse Fraternity. After serving in the Air Force he returned to Lind and found the Love of his life Patricia Smith. They married on September 24, 1960. They settled on the family farm, had 2 children and 4 grandchildren. Ruben received Jaycees O...
Robert J. Lloyd, age 85, died Tuesday Nov. 11 at Heartland of Beavercreek in Beavercreek, Ohio. Bob was born in Tacoma on August 31, 1929. Bob’s parents, Cecil and Mollie (Kanzler), moved when he was an infant to a wheat farm in Ralston, where Bob grew up attending Ralston Elementary School and graduated from Ritzville High School in 1946. Bob went on to earn a degree from Washington State University in 1951. That same year he married Eleanor Borgens, daughter of Henry and E...
Bonnie Replogle died on Nov. 1 in Carson City, Nevada at the age of 52. She was born Bonnie Belle Putnam on Jan. 30, 1962 to Bruce and Christine Putnam in Sutton, Mass. She moved to Reno, NV with her father and step-mother in 1971 where she went through the Washoe Co. School System and then graduated from Hug High School in 1980. She worked at JC Penney for over 20 years and later finished her career at Washoe Valley Veterinary Hospital. In 1995 she was wed to Albert Replogle...
Logan Miller: Parents Sandi and Dennis Miller -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...
Jason Wigen: Parents Donna and Dean Wigen -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson...