The Ritzville Adams County Journal - Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887

The Journal's teacher profile series has spoken to several teachers who came to east Adams County from a larger area in seek of a smaller community to call home. The opposite can be said for new Lind-Ritzville High School social studies teacher Bryce Court.

"My last town didn't have any fast food restaurants," Court said smiling.

Court grew up in Winthrop, Washington, which has a population of 394. He experienced larger cities in college before beginning his teaching career in St. Paul, Oregon, (population 421). He then went on to teach in Garden Valley, Idaho, (population 395).

Court sa...