By Katie Teachout
The Journal 

CARES Act-funded grants sent out to small businesses

 

Last updated 11/20/2020 at 12:36pm

Katie Teachout

Lions Club Secretary Cory Bartlett receives a $10,000 grant courtesy of the Adams County Commissioner's CARES Act funds. Presenting the check is Janis Rountree, Adams County Development Council Manager. Seated is Lions Club member Markham Nichols.

RITZVILLE – The Lions Club received a check for $10,000 from Adams County Development Council Nov. 10, one of several county businesses that qualified for grants from the Adams County Commissioners' CARES Act funds, according to Adams County Development Council Manager Janis Rountree.

Warren Kragt, a 30-year member of the Lions Club, said the money would be used to help offset the lack of funds traditionally coming in from event rental of the American Legion Post in Ritzville.

"We also lost out on three days of sales at the Chicken Shack since the rodeo was cancelled this year," Lions Club Secretary Cory Bartlett said. "And we lost out on the annual Ritzville Lions Club Calendar sales. That was a big deal. The last 60 years, Lions Club members have gone door to door to sell calendars and get birthday listings."

This past Saturday, the Lions Club Turkey Bingo was cancelled.

"We still sold turkeys, but we didn't raise as much money selling them outright as we would with Turkey Bingo," Bartlett said.

A press release with the names of additional grant recipients was not available from Rountree before this article went to press.

According to the Adams County Development Facebook page, recipients from the second round of grants from the Working Washington Small Business Grant Program include: In Othello, Brian Lumsden's B's Rubs; Timm and Lori Taff's Conversation Coffee Roasters; Gustavo and Diana Castro's GDJ Trucking; Julia Garza's Jewel Logistics; Khai Quang and Tam Thi Minh Tran's K&T Nails; and Francisco Sanchez's Sanchez Transport; along with Raquel Gutierrez's RJ Trucking and Buck Rountree's Grill Skills Catering Company in Lind.

In Ritzville, grants were given to Phil Peterson's Angle Iron Ranch; Ryan and Heidi Tracy's Iron Legacy Ranch; King Mercantile Company; and Free Press Publishing's Ritzville Adams County Journal.

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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