Letters to the Editor

School events shouldn’t compete with community

Labor Day weekend has been a time when the communities of Benge, Lind, Ritzville, Sprague and Washtucna come together to celebrate and display what have been some of the great mainstays of our communities since their beginnings in the Wheat Land Communities Fair and Ritzville Rodeo and the Ritzville Chamber of Commerce Parade.

I was disappointed on Saturday of the Labor Day Weekend to learn that our school was participating in an out-of-town athletic event that took many students, parents and community members away for the day.

That event impacted...