The Wheat is Up; The School is Down

We drove over the hill to the ranch before church this morning to check on the winter wheat. It had all been seeded last week, but nothing was up. Today, the furrows are showing green.

It's nice to see the nice green shoots coming up --

On our way back home, we drove through Ritzville to take a look at the site of the old Ritzville High School. The building has been abandoned for over twenty years, It's had various owners with all kinds of ideas about possible uses of the building, but nothing ever seemed to work out. The roof had collapsed and one of the walls was falling down. It was finally declared a public nuisance and the City ordered it to be demolished.

Forry and I both went to high school in this building as did both of my parents and two of my sisters. Daughter Mary Mae went to school here and Son Sean was in the last class to graduate from here.

It's been quite sad to see this beautiful old building decay and go to ruin.

 

It will be interesting to see what will become of the lot the old high school was on. It's immediately adjacent to the City Park -- maybe they'll decide to extend the park...