The Ritzville Adams County Journal - Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887

When Mayor Kadlec asked me if I would like to take care of the flower boxes on Main Street, I said, “Sure, why not? I’d much rather be outside in the sunshine than in the stuffy indoors.”

I’m here to tell you that this project has been both an entertaining and a learning experience.

Let me explain what I’ve seen and heard every day on Main Street as I’ve been watering the flowers:

Monster semis with trailers thundering through town with their loads of grain headed for the elevators.

All kinds of vehicles including speed demons, slowpokes, police cars, delivery trucks, and also b...