Flowers added downtown

Katie Teachout, The Journal | Last updated May 28, 2020 12:39pm0

Katie Teachout | The Journal count

Kim Yeager and former mayor Linda Kadlec plant flowers in front of a downtown business Monday morning, May 18.

RITZVILLE - Former mayor Linda Kadlec, with a team of volunteers, planted flowers in pots along downtown streets Monday morning, May 18, before most businesses were open.

"The news is so drab, we have to bring a little brightness to downtown, where it's needed," Kadlec said.

Joining Kadlec in her mission were Kim Yeager, Marsha Smith, Mayor Gary Cook and his wife Cris.

Kadlec said the flowers are compliments of the Willard Hennings Foundation, which sponsors the flowers annually.

"He even bought the pots about five years ago," Kadlec said.

"We just ask businesses to occasionally water the flowers. The petunias are pretty low-maintenance. You don't even need to dead-head them," Kadlec said. "Just give them a little water and they will explode."f

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.