By Katie Teachout
The Journal 

Combine Demo Derby canceled

Town of Lind streetlights will not be illuminated

 

Last updated 5/8/2020 at 7:42pm



LIND – The Lind Combine Demolition Derby has fallen casualty to the coronavirus pandemic.

During an April 28 Town Council meeting,

Mayor Paula Bell said the Lions Club has cancelled the event for this year.

The news reached Sen. Mark Schoesler quickly.

“As a past champion of the Lind Lions Club Combine Demolition Derby, I was sorry to learn this past weekend that one of the local casualties of the Inslee shutdown is the 2020 derby,” Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, said May 1 while also responding to the governor’s decision to keep the state shut down through May.

Schoesler, the Senate minority leader, quoted Boyd Funk as saying the decision to cancel the club’s annual event/celebration was not made lightly.

“It is one of the main reasons we can help support our local Lind community,” he said.

When Councilman Richard Baldwin asked about the street lights during the Memorial Day weekend — when the derby is typically scheduled — Bell said they would not be on, but flags will be flown for Memorial Day weekend.

Author Bio

Katie Teachout, Editor

Katie Teachout is the editor of The Ritzville Adams County Journal. Previously, she worked as a reporter at The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle, the Oroville Gazette-Tribune, Northern Kittitas County Tribune and the Methow Valley News. She is a graduate of Western Washington University.

 

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