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LIND - The following residents are celebrating anniversaries and birthdays between Oct. 16-22: Anniversaries Oct. 17 - Mike and Tammy Doyle Oct. 22 - Ron and Debbie Kulm Birthdays Oct. 16 - James Stevenson Oct. 17 - Myra Horton Oct. 18 - Tim Smith and Kim Lobe Oct. 19 - Beverly Kulm and Roger Smart Oct. 20 - Brent Bowman and Dominic Cole Perry Oct. 21 - Jean Gardner, Gretchen Youngren, Kelsey Knodel and Paisly June Davis Oct. 22 - Kaylin Hopkins, Lynda Branson, Kacen Kramer...
A geomagnetic storm created colorful lights in the sky over Eastern Washington last Thursday night, Oct. 10. Geomagnetic waves were visible pulsating in the color. At the bottom of the image, the red tail lights from a passing car leave color of their own....
Local stargazers looking to the west, left of Venus and about 20 degrees above the horizon, can catch a glimpse of the comet C/2023 Ag Tsuchinshan-ATLAS this week. The photo above was taken between Tyler and Cheney on Monday. The comet is faintly visible for about an hour starting at sunset through Oct. 26.....
OTHELLO - The Adams County Sheriff's Office inaugural Great Pumpkin Trophy was awarded to deputy Jesus Montes. The Great Pumpkin Contest pitted Sheriff's Office employees against each other to see who come up with the best decorated gourd. Residents were able to vote for their favorite pumpkin design via social media. Montes' pumpkin featured a deputy wearing a hat and sporting a goatee. "His creativity and attention to detail made his pumpkin the clear favorite," Sheriff...
Fall weather, cool nights and sunny days call for end of gardening season recipes. Squash and pumpkins are fully ripe and a light frost has hardened the rinds for long winter keeping. Soups and stews are common fare in area slow-cookers and savory breads and luscious desserts round out menus. Crustless Pumpkin Pie from the website Cupcakes and Kale Chips, is a gluten free recipe, more like a custard than pie, but very rich and smooth. The recipe calls for canned pumpkin but...
LIND — The following residents are celebrating birthdays and anniversaries from Oct. 19-15: Anniversaries Oct. 10 — Brad and Darlene O’Neill Oct. 15 — Pastor Steve and Kim Schofstoll Birthdays Oct. 10 — Debbie L. Kohm, Cody Kulm, Ronny Davis and Haylley Ramos. Oct. 11 —Corine Branson-Larson, Willy Perez, Evelyn Strohmaier and Luke Philips. Oct. 12 — Andrea Steinmetz and Camden Stout Oct. 13 — Michelle Smith Oct. 14 — Glenn Aby Jr. and Ryder Senn Oct. 15 — Nathan Knodel...
Enjoyed visiting with so many Welcome to My Kitchen readers who came to Deutschesfest in Odessa, this past weekend. Looking forward to receiving all the recipes we talked about. Over the next few weeks I will be testing the recipes I recently received from several readers and plan to have them in the next column. Near freezing nights in the last week are bringing area gardens to the end of their productive season. Time for relish, and soup recipes to use up the last of the...
RITZVILLE — More than three dozen businesses and agencies will be on hand Thursday, Oct. 10, to showcase career opportunities in the Adams County area. Students from Lind-Ritzville, Harrington and Washtucna high schools will be issued a “passport” to help them keep track of business and governmental jobs highlighted by the Lind-Ritzville Career Showcase. The showcase, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., is being organized by Kyle Niehenke, executive director of the Adams County Development Council. “The goal with th...
Charlie Nienehke, 5, of Ritzville, and Paxton Oestrich, 12, of Harrington, show off the five goldfish they won at the Harrington Fall Festival on Saturday by tossing ping pong balls into cups....
RITZVILLE - As the fall season sets in, the Adams County Sheriff's Office gets into the Halloween spirit with a creative team-building activity: a pumpkin-decorating challenge. Country Cousins donated pumpkins for all staff members, and employees from every department-administration, dispatch, corrections, and patrol deputies-are participating in the fun. Each employee received a pumpkin and was encouraged to carve or paint it in their own unique style. Some staff members...
Lind Birthdays LIND — The following local residents are celebrating anniversaries and birthdays from Oct. 2-8: Anniversaries Oct 6 — Taylor and Karlee Kerr Oct. 7 — Jeff and Michelle Cody Birthdays Oct. 2 — Bentley Davey Oct. 3 — Tina Conner Oct. 4 — Liz Biermann, John Storhmaier and Kody Hilsinger Oct. 5 — Traven Smith and Chase Fritchies Oct. 7 — Darryl Lobe, David Lobe, Bridger Smith and Rose Biermann Oct. 8 — Douglas Morris, Jr., Jake Jacobsen and Normal Wall...
Kennea Estler, 25, of Ritzville, makes cotton candy during the Fall Festival on Saturday in Harrington. Her Tumbled Sweetly business was among several vendors in the Harrington City Park....
OTHELLO – Thursday at 8 a.m., people were lined up at the Othello Christian Church, waiting for Second Harvest and Othello Food Bank to set up and distribute free food to the small rural community. It wouldn’t be for another two hours, however, that they would see the food banks pull in to set up. Second Harvest – a nonprofit that supplies a network of partner food banks in 21 counties in Eastern Washington and five counties in North Idaho – has been traveling to Othello and partnering with Othello Food Bank, as well as othe...
The Lind-Ritzville Marching Band performed Saturday morning during the annual Deutchesfest parade through downtown Odessa. Sporting colorful red and black uniforms, the band featured numerous instruments. The only other band was the Wilbur-Creston Marching band. Deutchesfest ran from Thursday through Sunday and included Bed Races, Tryke Racing, music, vendors and beer and brats. Several Ritzville-area residents participated in many of the activities, including performing as...
Othello woman makes honor roll SPOKANE — An Othello woman has been named to the Spokane Community College honor roll for the summer quarter. Cassandra Gonzalez-Garza was among students maintaining a 3.0 grade-point average or better during the quarter, the college announced Friday. Gefre receives $25,000 scholarship RITZVILLE — Miss Ritzville Temple Gefre has been awarded a $25,000 national scholarship. The Horatio Alger Association selected her for the award honoring outstanding leaders who have already overcome adv...
LIND — The following residents are celebrating birthdays and anniversaries from Sept. 25 through Oct. 1: Anniversaries Sept. 25 — Ben and Jamie Williams Sept. 26 — Cameron and Briana Osborn Sept. 30 — B. Jay and Pam Heider Oct. 1 — Jarod and Kaitlyn Bierman Birthdays Sept. 25 — Traci Wills and Gery Bittick Sept. 26 — Brandon Boettcher and Tanner Davis Sept. 27 — Bama Ramos Sept. 29 — Jeff Field Sept. 30 — Colton Dixon Oct. 1 — John Lobe, Elmer Sackmann and Terry Foster...
Two local businesses competed in the annual Deutchesfest Bed Races on Thursday, Sept. 19, in Odessa. At right, the McGuire, DeWulf, Kragt and Johnson team included John Kragt, Matthew Johnson, Mark DeWulf, Jacob Montgomery and Michelle DeChand. The other local team competing was Leffel, Otis and Warwick, not pictured....
Sporting a neatly trimmed moustache and colorful balloons, a Sprague School District bus was among the popular entries in the Sprague Days parade on Saturday, Sept. 14. for more photos from Sprague Days, see Page 3....
RITZVILLE - It's past time a for a local sports pub to open in Ritzville. And Ryan Reilly, a 2001 graduate of Lind-Ritzville High School, is tired of waiting. Reilly will be reopening the Pastime Bar and Grill, at 119 W. Main Ave., as the Pastime SportsCenter next month. "It'll be a sports and community bar," Reilly said, noting his goal is to have a grand opening on Oct. 3. Reilly said his new venture will have five TVs featuring a variety of sports. "I'm a big sports fan. I...
The Othello Fair board posed for a photo at the annual four-day event at the fairgrounds. They appropriately posed for a photo at the Othello Agricultural Commodities display, highlighting the importance of agriculture to the city and Adams County overall....
LIND — The following residents are celebrating anniversaries and birthdays from Sept. 18-25: Anniversaries Sept. 19 — Cam and Jewel Stevenson Sept. 21 — Dylan and Micheala Nichols Sept. 23 — Derrick and Rachel Laird Sept. 25 — Ben and Jamie Williams Birthdays Sept. 18 — Mitch Fode Sept. 19 — Corbin Sager Sept. 20 — Timothy Phillips Sept. 23 — Pam Heider and Dwight Houchen Sept. 24 — Mayan Watson and Jarod Biermann Sept. 25 — Traci Wills and Gerry Bittick...
The Journal RITZVILLE — Several students from schools around the are have received scholarships, including: • Blake Earle of Ritzville, $2,000 Willard and Patricia Hennings Scholarship. He is attending Gonzaga University in Spokane. • Julia Guske of LaCrosse High School, $1,000 David & Frances G. Ray Scholarship. Guske will be majoring in nursing at Lewis and Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. “I think I will enjoy helping people and learning about nursing. I love to travel and really enjoy learning about differe...
A lot of people like to make New Year’s Resolutions at the start of January. It’s a new year and a chance to start fresh. A good time to plan to lose a few pounds, workout more or spend more time doing something you enjoy or value. I’ve always felt like September can be a great time to do this as well. Children are heading back to the classroom to start a new school year. The change in seasons is right around the corner. The summer heat is ending and the cold, dark days of winter are not yet here. And when it comes to faith...
