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HARRINGTON - The mayor of the city will change after 2023. Jesse Silhan announced on his 75th birthday Friday, May 19 he wouldn't be seeking re-election to the seat after his two-year term expires. "On my birthday I let people know...over a piece of pizza and a glass of water at the Harrington Haus," he said. The 75-year-old Silhan was elected and took the seat Dec. 31, 2021. "I've just decided I'm going to spend a little more time being a 75-year-old man," Silhan said. "I'll...
HARRINGTON — The first-year school district superintendent here will “explore” retirement at the end of the school year. John Cordell plans to depart the school district when his contract expires Friday, June 30. The 59-year-old Cordell, who is also the superintendent of the Tekoa School District, arrived here at the beginning of the school year. He also plans to retire from his position at the Whitman County district. “The ESD approached me about coming out and helping here,” Cordell said. “I still enjoy it, to be honest wit...
DAVENPORT — A teenager was arrested in connection with several reported mail and package thefts around the city last week. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested 18-year-old Anastasia Brandenberg Wednesday, May 17 on charges of second-degree identity theft, second-degree theft and third-degree theft. However, charges had not been filed with the Clerk’s Office by the Prosecutor’s Office as of press time. Deputies also requested charges for a 17-year-old girl believed to be involved in the alleged crimes, but such ch...
DAVENPORT — Once the clock struck 4 p.m. Friday, May 19, bringing an end to filing week, 103 candidates had signed up to run for election in the Aug. 1 primary election. Thirty-one candidates did so after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, our cutoff to get their names in last week’s paper. Here are the candidates in Davenport, Reardan, Odessa, Sprague and Harrington that filed after press time last week. Lincoln County Fire District No. 4 (Reardan/Edwall) Seat No. 3 — Jerry Dougherty and Dawn Bennett. Fire District No. 5 (Davenport/Deer...
DAVENPORT — 103 candidates filed for various positions ahead of the Aug. 1 primary election during the regular filing period last week, but that wasn’t enough to fill all the positions up for election. 11 races in our coverage area didn’t have anybody file for candidacy. Elections deputy Norm Caley confirmed a special three-day election will be held to try and seek candidates for those positions, but a date hasn’t been set yet. The local races that went unfiled were: • Davenport city council position No. 2, presently...
DAVENPORT - A new Drama Club here is debuting its first play soon. The Davenport Drama Club is performing "The Enchanted Bookshop" at Davenport High School Saturday, June 3. The Drama Club was started as a Davenport Public Library program in Sept. 2022 under the direction of librarian Delia Breedlove, who is directing the play originally penned by Todd Wallinger. "We want to give kids something to do that wasn't sports," Breedlove said. "Drama gives kids a social outlet and...
ODESSA - Longtime teacher and current PreK-12 principal Jamie Nelson will retire at the end of the school year. Her resignation/retirement notice was accepted by the school board at a special meeting Monday, May 8 and will become effective Friday, June 30. Nelson will depart Odessa after nine years as principal. She's spent 30 years in education overall. "While I have enjoyed my time as a teacher and then administrator, I am looking forward to some extra time to follow my...
DAVENPORT - A high school freshman was crowned Miss Davenport Wednesday night, May 17. Rikkiana Chavelas , 16, received her 2023-24 crown in a Pioneer Plaza ceremony. Chavelas, who was the lone applicant, said she was inspired to put her name in the hat by outgoing Miss Davenport Abby Breithaupt, who wished her well in a speech prior to the coronation Wednesday. "I saw how she helped the community," Chavelas said. "That really inspired me." Chavelas is the niece of Lance and...
ODESSA — A new police officer has been patrolling the town for several weeks. Gordon “Gordy” Bentler, 49, was hired by the town Jan 26 and has been on patrol for the last month. Bentler, who now resides here, came from a stop with the Liberty Lake Police Department. Prior to his stint there, during which he lived in Spokane Valley, he worked for the Seattle Police Department near his hometown of Renton. “I like the close community niche,” Bentler said of his decision...
DAVENPORT — The case of 16-year-old Koedi V. White, who facedcharges of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm stemming from the Feb. 22 death of 15-year-old Shadrach Hall-Turner in Reardan, will be remanded from Lincoln County Superior Court to Juvenile Court, attorneys said at a readiness hearing Tuesday, May 16. White was originally automatically charged as an adult per state RCW and entered a not-guilty plea at a court appearance in February. The move to Juvenile Court comes after a p...
DAVENPORT — 72 candidates had thrown their name in the hat to run for 65 different public offices in Lincoln County as of 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17. Filing week began Monday, May 15. Candidates have until 4 p.m. Friday, May 19 to submit their candidacy for the primary election Aug. 1. Here are the candidates that had filed by press time Wednesday. We’ll run an update for the later filers next week. County races County commissioner: Incumbent Jo Gilchrist was the lone candidate to file. Municipality races City of Dav...
In my first nearly three years working for The Record-Times, I rushed to a local, quiet, rural school exactly zero times to cover breaking news of threats, violence and other issues plaguing other schools and communities around the country. But in the past month, it’s happened on two different Wednesdays; once in April for a bomb threat emailed to Davenport superintendent Chad Prewitt and dozens of other supers around the state, and once last week for a so-called ...
DAVENPORT - The local FFA chapter took home several top-10 honors at the 93rd state Convention and Expo in Kennewick Thursday, May 13-Saturday, May 15. The most successful team was the ag sales group of Trevor Lenocker, Jacob Harvey, Eric Mooney and River Crandall, who finished third, advisor Todd Hargrave said. The conduct of chapter meetings team of Shelby Hargrave, Scout Sewall, Holden Moriuchi, Tanner Zaugg, Kate Guhlke and MacKenzie Peterson placed sixth. Shelby Hargrave...
ODESSA - The local high school FFA chapter headed to the 93rd state Convention and Expo in Kennewick and took home several honors Thursday, May 11-Saturday, May 13. The team of Tucker Walter and John Melcher finished sixth in tractor driving, while the milk quality team of Miller Stout, Aiden Schmierer, Hudson Watson, Rebecca Bramer and Melcher finished seventh, advisor HaLee Walter said. Melcher placed eighth in the individual milk quality category. Additionally, the...
MEDICAL LAKE - A rivalry softball game had the opportunity to advance to the District 7 2B playoffs on the line when Davenport and Reardan faced off Monday, May 15. It was the Gorillas who managed to pull away with a 16-6 victory to keep their season alive. Reardan had opportunities to score throughout the game, loading the bases in the top of the first inning with no outs and coming up empty. Davenport got one in the first to take a 1-0 lead. The Screaming Eagles got some off...
SPANGLE — The Odessa baseball team came up one game short of advancing to the state playoffs, falling to eventual No. 6 state seed Sunnyside Christian 14-4 in a loser-out District 7/9 1B playoff game at Liberty High School Saturday, May 13. Odessa came into the matchup underdogs against a strong Knights lineup, but the Tigers struck first with a run in the top of the second inning after both teams stranded a runner at third base in the first inning. Senior pitcher Collin Martin came out strong, tossing three straight s...
SPOKANE — After two days of district postseason matches involving the Reardan tennis team and the lone player from Davenport, one local player is still in contention to advance to state after play at Whitworth University Saturday, May 13. Sophomore Kerstin Lundgren of Reardan will compete in a loser-out match at Mead High School Saturday, May 20. She must win three straight matches to be one of two players from District 7 to advance to state in girls singles. Lundgren defeated St. George’s freshman Jessie Sawyer and fell to...
CHEWELAH—Local middle school track teams were at Snyder Field for the NE1B/2B championships Monday, May 15, with several squads finishing top-5. The Odessa girls had the best finish of any local team, finishing second. Reardan’s girls were third and Davenport was seventh. Davenport’s boys finished third, while Reardan was fifth and Odessa ninth. Liberty won the girls meet, while Chewelah took the top prize in the boys meet. Here are all the local results from Monday’s championship meet, the final middle school meet of the...
DAVENPORT — A 911 threat of an unhappy community member entering local schools with an AK-47 was quickly deemed to be a hoax Wednesday, May 10. Sheriff Gabe Gants said the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office 911 dispatch received a call around 11:20 a.m. from a man who said he “moved here recently” and “hasn’t been treated well.” “So he was upset with that and (said he) was going to take an AK-47 to school, and there were gunshots in the background of the call,” Gants said. Police quickly responded to the two school campuses and...
LIBERTY LAKE - Four local high school golfers qualified for the state golf tournament with combined performances at sub-district and district tournaments. Juniors Jacob Scrupps, Chad Strebeck and Melloney Deife of Odessa and Maddox Schumacher of Davenport used their combined scores at the two tourmaments to advance. Strebeck shot a 79 at subdistricts in Deer Park and 80 at districts at MeadowWood Golf Course to qualify, while Scrupps shot an 83 and 90. Deife shot 98 and 108...
Editor's note: This is part 4 of a 4-part series. DAVENPORT - Sometimes, you just need to take a drive. Whether it's a quick 20-minute getaway or a four-hour day trip, going for a drive is a method people often employ to clear the head and see more of the world. And some of those drives are right here in Lincoln County. The final drive of this 4-part series is the longest described in the newspaper, taking about three hours to complete. It's best ventured on a sunny fall day,...
DAVENPORT - The local Historical Society, which consists of over 30 volunteers, is preparing for this season's opening of the Lincoln County Museum at 600 Seventh Street. This year, the season begins at noon Saturday, May 20. Hours will be noon-4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday through Sept. 30. Several new exhibits will be on display, director LaVon Stiles said. "We have a brand-new firefighting equipment exhibit," she said. She also noted that the train exhibit in the museum will be rem...
DAVENPORT - While Creekside Pharmacy's doors have been closed for multiple months, the building space at 639 Morgan Street remains under the same ownership. Ryan and Lanae Wiater, who live between Davenport and Reardan and opened Creekside in 2019, plan to retain ownership of the building space and lease it to prospective business tenants. "Eventually it will be leased," Lanae Wiater said. "We are going back and forth with a business. If that doesn't work out, we'll be...
RITZVILLE - The requirement to advance past the 1B District 7/9 Championships held Wednesday, May 10 were simple: Be a top-eight finisher in laned events, and/or be a top 12 finisher in long distance and field events. For the Odessa track and field team, several athletes were successful in advancing to the 1B District 7/9 Regional Championships in Colfax Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20. The bar will only raise higher from there, as the top-three finishers in each event...
RITZVILLE - For the athletes competing at the NE2B Sub-district meet Tuesday, May 9, the goal was simple: Sprinters had to finish in the top eight, and distance/field competitors had to finish in the top four to keep their seasons alive in said events and advance to the 2B District 7 Regional Championships in Colfax next weekend. This year, coaches and administrators "passed on" the top eight competitors in sprinting events and top 12 competitors in distance running and field...
