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Patricia Allene Hennings Nov. 13, 1933 - Nov. 24th, 2021 Our loving mother and grandmother Patricia Allene Hennings, 88, passed away peacefully on Nov. 24th, 2021 after a brief illness. She was born in Spokane on Nov. 13, 1933 to parents Judge Richard B. and Allene (Mills) Ott. Her early years were spent growing up in Ritzville on 4th Street and spending time in Sprague, Wash. with her grandmother. During WWII, while in 5th grade, she moved with her parents briefly to Fort... Full story
H.E. Gritman Center RITZVILLE – Here are the meals available from the H.E.Gritman Center during the next week: Beginning January 2, 2022 all meals will increase to $6.00 Wednesday, Dec. 8 – Hamburger Stroganoff, noodles, vegetables. Thursday, Dec. 9 – Barbecue pulled pork sandwich, pasta salad, vegetables. Monday, Dec. 13 – Biscuits and gravy, sausage patty. Tuesday, December 14 – Beef stew, salad, roll Wednesday, December 15 – Bavarian pork chops, mashed potatoes, vegetables To reserve a meal, call the center at 509-659-192...
WASHTUCNA – The town will be receiving a grant from the state Washington State Public Works to provide broadband services directly to homes. The agency’s board of directors approved 15 funding requests for broadband expansion during its Dec. 3 meeting. According to Chairman Kathryn Gardow, $44.6 million was made available to fund the projects. Washtucna will receive $788,946 to bring broadband to homes, the agency said, noting it is fully funding the request. Construction her...
RITZVILLE - Here are the land transactions released by the Adam's County assessor's office between November 23 and December 6 Nov. 22 From Robert B. Sawyer, Deceased, of Othello, to 1210 East Hamlet Street to Ruth L. Sawyer of Othello, $0.00 Nov. 23 From Olsen Holmes, LLC, 890 East Columbia Street of Othello, to Eduardo L. Martinez-Montanez and Cassandra Jean Martinez of Othello, $294,860.00 From Adrian Deleon of Othello, 2075 West Olga Lane of Othello, to Adrian Deleon and Ubaidina Deleon of Othello, $0.00. From Ash...
RITZVILLE – Three Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wrestlers have been picked in the Top 15 pre-season rankings in their respective weight classes. Junior Johnny Ryan is ranked No. 2 in the 113 pound weight class. Ryan competed in the state Mat Classic tournament last February at 106 pounds. During the state tournament, he received a first round bye, won his first match and then lost to eventual state champion Waylon Thomas of Tonasket. In the consolation round he lost to Cody White o...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys (0-1) and girls (0-2) basketball teams both fell to Tri-Cities Prep on Tuesday, Nov. 30. The Bronco boys lost to the Jaguars, 57-54. Chase Galbreath had 18 points and J.T. Kelly had 14 in the losing effort. The boys team was also scheduled to play Medical Lake (0-1) at home Tuesday night, Dec. 7; The Journal went to press before the game started. The local girls also fell , 43-38. Hannah Chang led all girls on the court with 20 points for the Jaguars. Grace Fedie paced the B...
Fall sports have concluded with the football state championships determined last weekend. So let’s go back and give credit to our local teams. The girls’ volleyball team battled valiantly a few weeks ago at the state tournament in Yakima. A couple of injuries to key players made things tough to get to the placing round. But the girls did battle after a first round loss to Raymond the girls would get to Friday’s round with a chance for a trophy. I had a chance to watch this...
Pull the left back to the center I’m 77, retired and sometimes vote independent. Right now, the Democrats need to slow down their liberal progressive agenda. We’re some $27 trillion in national debt and have yet to establish the fiscal year budget. We needed an infrastructure bill. But no the several trillion dollar so-called “build back better” bill passed by the House and now in the Senate. Let’s stop the blunders, open borders, improper Afghanistan desertion (left much military equipment), the high inflation, federal u...
Under the guise of water conservation, the state Department of Ecology is once again moving to take water rights from farmers, ranchers and other private holders. Last month, the agency announced plans to fund creation of local “water banks,” in addition to the state “water bank” already in existence. The agency says the program helps municipalities buy water rights from private owners. It has set $14 million aside for the program. The goal, agency spokesman Jimmy Norris...
Due to the federal government changing the unemployment benefit eligibility rules mid-pandemic, some Washington residents, who have been receiving unemployment benefits, will now have repay the benefits despite being approved to receive benefits initially. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, launched shortly after the pandemic started, did not fully verify that a benefit claimant was eligible for program benefits. Claimants that applied under the rules of the...
Last-chance to recertify for pesticide credits CLARKSTON — The last chance to re-certify for pesticide credits this year is Dec. 10. Washington State University and University of Idaho are offering the program from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Clarkston Campus of Walla Walla Community College, 1470 Bridge St., or online. There is no charge to participate. Five Washington and Oregon and four Idaho re-certification credits have been applied for during the program. Topics for the program include are: • Invasive and Noxious Weed Ma...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Dec. 8, 1921 To complete road at Lind Mitchell Bros. were awarded the contract for surfacing five and three quarters miles of the Central Washington Highway south from Lind by the board of county commissioners on Tuesday afternoon. There were seven bids presented, the competition being unusually keen. During the war years some times there were very few bidders on road jobs, but now conditions are more settled, the risks to contractors...
RITZVILLE – There's a new business downtown. The Main Event opened at 116 W. Main Ave. on Nov. 27. Owned by Amy Guiles and her parents Sherrie and Ron Guiles of Spokane, Main Event is a gift and coffee shop with a holiday theme. Borrowing from the classic 1942 film "Holiday Inn," starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, the store will only be open on holidays, or more specifically months with significant decorating and gifting holidays included. The store will remain open 10 a...
Hailey Kerr, 2, and Dean Kerr, 4, both of Lind, get a hug from Santa Claus at Saturday's bazaar in Ritzville. See more photos in the Community section on pages 7 and 10....
RITZVILLE – The East Adams Rural Hospital board is considering an $11.4 million operating budget next year. The proposed 2022 budget includes an 8% increase in fees for outpatient ancillary services. It also includes a 3% increase for salaries, and a 3% non-salary inflation factor. East Adams Rural Hospital Chief Financial Officer Kimberly Polanco submitted her proposed operating and capital budgets for the 2022 fiscal year during the board’s November meeting. The executive summary balance sheet shows total assets for 202...
OLYMPIA - The state Supreme Court on Friday, Dec. 3, declined to redraw new legislative and congressional maps. The decision follows an attempt by the Redistrict Commission to reapportion the state in the wake of the 2020 Census. And it means that the maps previously submitted by the commission will likely be the establishing documents for new legislative and congressional districts. If the maps are retained, Franklin and Adams Counties will be split between legislative...
RITZVILLE – A shortage of officials here and across the nation are interrupting middle and high school sports. According to Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Athletic Director Greg Whitmore, the shortage has prompted the cancellation of at least one high school basketball game already this season. “The number of officials in all sports has been declining over the years, but COVID has created an even bigger shortage,” Whitmore said in an email last week. “We have already been bitten by this and had to change the basketb...