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DAVENPORT--Local infants through fifth-graders enjoyed the Easter Egg hunt put on by the Davenport Lions Club at City Park Saturday morning, April 3. Kids grabbed eggs that were filled with candy and goodies by the FBLA club at the high school....
DAVENPORT – The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet, and local schools received a rude reminder of that over the weekend. Davenport High School and the entire Reardan-Edwall School District went to remote learning for this week after cases rose in the schools. Davenport middle and elementary schools followed suit for April 1-2. In Davenport, eight high school students had tested positive for the virus as of press time March 31, forcing 16 students and two staff members considered close contacts to quarantine. Additionally, thr...
DAVENPORT – The sewer lagoons owned by the city on the northeast side of town north of the baseball fields off McInnis Roads will be farmed by Matt Schneider on a 2/3-1/3 profit agreement. Council approved a final, five-year contract between the city and Schneider at its March 24 meeting. Schneider will receive two-thirds of the crop, while the city will receive one-third, with an equivalent cost-covering process. The parcels that need various cropping procedures are the north irrigated circle of 38 acres, the south irrigated...
DAVENPORT--As the list of students who tested positive for COVID-19 grows to eight, with three additional close-contact positives outside the student body, the school district made the decision for all schools, including elementary and middle school, to go remote April 1-2. Next week is spring break. All sports practices and activities are cancelled until April 12. Additionally, the district recommends that anyone at the March 25 Senior Night volleyball game monitor themselves for symptoms and, if possible, get tested for COV...
DAVENPORT--The Gorillas closed out the regular season with one of their better efforts of the season, but ultimately fell to Northwest Christian (Colbert) in four sets (25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 25-13) Thursday, March 25. Davenport finished the regular season 3-8 and will take on Reardan Monday, March 29 in the postseason game. Thursday's match was Senior Night, and before the game, Davenport recognized its three seniors: Kenzie Gerlitz, Lola Phillips and Haley Greenwood. Look for...
DAVENPORT--Two minutes into the second half of Thursday's NE2B semifinal match between Davenport and Northwest Christian (Colbert), Ellie Telford struck a corner to Darby Soliday, whose header rolled into the back of the net. That proved to be all the Gorillas needed and all the Gorillas would get, as the Davenport defense pitched a shutout en route to a 1-0 victory. With the win, Davenport advanced to Saturday's NE2B league final against the winner of the second semifinal...
DAVENPORT – Per Economic Development Council (EDC) director Margie Hall’s request, the Lincoln County Commissioners approved an updated list of strategic investments for the county and its municipalities at the commissioners’ March 15 meeting. The plan includes investments in business, workforce, transportation and community development. Some plans are for the whole county, while many are centric to the county’s eight municipalities. The plan includes a description of projects for investment, the project’s location,...
REARDAN – A 22-year-old Reardan man serving four days in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of cyberstalking stemming from a November incident allegedly stole a small amount of marijuana from his mom’s boyfriend’s trailer on the 300 block of North Lake Street. Quintin J. Wright was serving his sentence in Lincoln County Jail from March 18-22. On March 19, Reardan reserve officer Chris Stein was contacted by Jeffrey Stevens, whose girlfriend’s son is Wright, according to police records. Stevens told Stein he believed Wrigh...
DAVENPORT – Tim Zeiler was going through the 2019-20 academic year just like he had his previous 15 years as the athletic director and P.E. teacher at the high school. Then, a little virus called COVID-19 hit, sports were cancelled, school was shut down and the last year has been unlike anything he ever expected to face. "It put us all on our heels, because we weren't trained to teach the way we were being asked to teach," Zeiler said. "Kids deserve the best, and online is n...
REARDAN – Council deliberated over a request from Marvin Devoe to receive a variance to add a 1995 manufactured home to his trailer park on the northwest corner of Birch and Railroad Streets before ultimately accepting the request 3-1 during council’s March 18 regular meeting. Devoe had previously gone to the planning commission with a request to put in two manufactured homes, but after reviewing a town ordinance, the commission told him he would have to put in just one home due to the age of the homes. The commission app...
REARDAN – Despite four linemen being out due to injury, the Reardan Indians didn't have much trouble dispatching of the Northwest Christian Crusaders Friday, March 19. Reardan topped NWC 29-6 to improve to 3-1 this season, while the Crusaders dropped to 0-3. Reardan's defense pitched a shutout. Junior Wyatt Raczykowski's fourth quarter, 43-yard interception return of his own put the game away for Reardan and ensured the Reardan defense would outscore NWC's offense. Freshman A...
DAVENPORT – It was Senior Day for the Gorilla core that helped start the program that would win a 2B state title in 2019, and the seniors stepped up again to score seven of Davenport's eight goals in a convincing 8-1 victory over Reardan March 20. Darby Soliday, the team's leader, scored three goals. Milei Floyd added two goals, and Ellie Telford and Anella Faumulna added scores of their own. “This is the bunch I grew up with…it’s been 13, 14 years with them,” Davenport...
COLBERT– The Davenport, Chewelah and Northwest Christian (Colbert) high school boys ran neck and neck at a meet hosted by NWC at Mountainside Middle School March 20. The final tally showed a tie at the top, with the Gorillas and Cougars with 57 points and the Crusaders just behind with 58 points. It was the final regular season meet in the NE2B league. The high school qualifying meet is Saturday, March 27 in Kettle Falls. The top seven qualifiers at that meet advance to the league title meet in Asotin April 3. Freshman J...
REARDAN--The Indians battled for a couple sets, but it was the favored Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos that came away with a three-set win (25-23, 25-19, 25-14) in Reardan Thursday, March 18. Reardan fell to 2-6 with the loss. The first set was a battle and was tied at 23 apiece, but LRS scored two straight. Reardan built an 11-7 lead in the second set, which eventually became a back-and-forth affair that was tied 15-15. Then, LRS pulled away for the 25-19 set win. The Broncos...
DAVENPORT – If a local here is looking to sell their house, now may be the time. Davenport is currently a seller’s market, with demand outweighing the supply. “If houses are priced (correctly) they sell right away…sometimes within hours,” Katz Realty designated broker and city councilmember Patrick Katz said. “Prices have been increasing over the last month…offer prices are usually above what the (house) was listed for.” When a house does sell, it’s usually to an out-of-towner looking to move to a place with more of a se...
DAVENPORT – City council elected at its March 10 to do a second reading of the sewer lagoon contract pending an agreement with a farmer before the contract, which is looking to be a five-year, 2/3-1/3 split agreement between the city and farmer, is officially awarded. Council was planning to meet with the farmer the evening of March 17 to see if a contract can be worked out. If so, the contract would then move for final approval to council’s March 24 meeting. The city received two bids after re-advertising the need for the...
DAVENPORT – Per Economic Development Council (EDC) director Margie Hall’s request, the Lincoln County Commissioners approved an updated list of strategic investments for the county and its municipalities at the commissioners’ March 15 meeting. The plan includes investments in business, workforce, transportation and community development. Some plans are for the whole county, while many are centric to the county’s eight municipalities. The plan includes a description of projects for investment, the project’s location,...
REARDAN – The dog days have arrived at Reardan High School. Charlie, a therapy goldendoodle with a purebred poodle father and purebred golden retriever mother spends her days wandering the halls visiting students, assisting with one-on-one sessions with students who are struggling and greeting students as they arrive at school. Charlie's "home base" at school is the office of student assistant professional Desi Westphal, who conducts one-on-one meetings with students who have...
OLYMPIA – Senate Bill 5454, a bill aimed at providing property tax relief to Washington citizens who lost their homes in Labor Day 2020 fires, passed 49-0 through the Senate March 9 and will move to the House for potential further passage. Originally introduced February 12 by 9th District Senator Mark Schoesler and sponsored by nine others, including 13th District Senator Judy Warnick, the bill would create a property tax exemption for three years to anyone making any physical improvements to single-family dwellings upon r...
DAVENPORT—It can be an easy trick to fall victim to: A call comes from an unrecognized number. Perhaps this caller is informing someone that they owe money to the bank, or that their child has been arrested and needs bail money over the phone. However, almost always, these calls are not legitimate, and people that give money to these scammers are being duped. But when one has a landline without caller identification, or can’t tell whether a request for money is legitimate or fake, how can they figure out some telltale sig...
ODESSA — A woman with an address here was arrested and released from Lincoln County Jail on March 2 on a charge of animal cruelty after appearing in Lincoln County Superior Court. Rebekah Southard, 26, entered a not-guilty plea March 2 on three counts of animal cruelty. She is accused of being criminally negligent toward three dogs to the point of starvation, according to county clerk records. Through charging documents, Prosecuting Attorney Adam Walser is accusing Southard of criminal negligence and starving the three d...
REARDAN – The town’s ordinances will soon be digitally organized after council approved a motion to have Code Publishing Company perform the service for the town at council’s March 4 meeting. The town will pay the Seattle-based company $18,250 in start-up costs and a $480 start-up fee to get all ordinances codified. The exact timeline for project completion isn’t yet known. Code Publishing Co. has done code publishing work for many smaller municipalities around the state, including Davenport, Harrington, Odessa, Wilbur...
REARDAN – Substitute House Bill 1356, which would ban the use of Native American names, symbols or images as public school mascots, logos or team names has passed through the House fairly convincingly and is in committee in the Senate, indicating it may be well on its way to passing legislature and landing on the governor’s desk. However, after advocacy from superintendent Eric Sobotta and an amendment to the bill inserted before passing through the House, the bill wouldn’t apply to the Reardan-Edwall School District, which...
CHEWELAH – The Reardan middle school boys sent seven boys to the 2B cross country meet at Jenkins High School in Chewelah Saturday, March 8. Four finished in the top 10, and the whole team finished in the top 13. The effort helped the Indians win the 1.25 mile middle school boys race with 25 points. St. George’s was the runner-up with 34 points. Seventh-grader Colton Lonning finished in first place by 1.01 seconds (8:06.81) over St. George’s Finn Horsted (8:07.82), while sixth-grader Maveric Sobotta was the fastest in his g...
SPOKANE – Senior Darby Soliday had already found the net multiple times in each of Davenport’s first three games. She took the scoring to another level last week, scoring a hat trick at St. George’s in a 3-1 Gorilla victory March 6 and netting five goals against Mead’s junior varsity team March 9. Soliday now has 15 goals in five games. Saturday’s win for Davenport exacted some revenge over a Dragons squad that won at Davenport in the first game of the season Feb. 25 3-2. Soliday’s three goals all came in the first 20 mi...
