Restroom coming to city cemetery

Katie Teachout, The Journal | Last updated Apr 15, 2021 1:10pm0

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City Public Works crew level freshly-poured cement on a concrete pad for a restroom at the Ritzville City Cemetery Wednesday, April 7. From left are Kevin Schaefer, Public Works Director Dave Breazeale, Justin Ziebell and Nick Steffen. The cement was delivered by AAA Readymix out of Moses Lake.

RITZVILLE - A restroom is being built in the city cemetery off Division Street.

The unit will be added to the side of the storage building already in place and freshly painted by Eagle Scout Chase Galbreath.

Public Works Director Dave Breazeale said by utilizing materials leftover from past projects, the restroom will only cost the city about $1,000. It will feature a single toilet, and be closed during the winter season like all the city restrooms, in order to prevent frozen pipes.

"People have been asking for one for a long time," Breazeale said. "It was re-roofed a year or two ago, and new windows were put in. It has been a work in progress for a lot of years."

Breazeale said he hoped the project would be complete by Memorial Day, "but you never know what's going to happen from one day to the next around here."

The restroom will be wheelchair accessible.

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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.