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DAVENPORT--It certainly wasn't pretty, but the Gorillas got the job done and are on to state. Davenport knocked off the Lake Roosevelt Raiders in a District 6/7 2B crossover game 24-13 to clinch a state 2B playoff berth and keep its season alive Friday, Nov. 5. Davenport scored on its opening drive with a one-yard touchdown run by junior wingback Brenick Soliday that was set up by a 39-yard run by junior fullback Sam Schneider. It wouldn't be Schneider's last big play. Lake...
DAVENPORT--Incumbent Matt Schneider has taken an ever-so-slight lead over Don Staley in the race for Fire District No. 5 commissioner No. 2. The incumbent Schneider, of Davenport, trailed Staley, of Deer Meadows, 263-235 after the first count Tuesday, but after a second count Thursday afternoon, Schneider leads 323-315. The Lincoln County Auditor's Office estimates there are 320 total ballots countywide left to tally, with the next count coming Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. Incumbents are still trailing in races for Fire...
REARDAN-Veteran's Day is next Thursday, Nov. 11, and the holiday recognizing those who have served in the military carries special meaning for one local family. If one has the Neuschwander or Williquette surname, there's a good chance they've served in one of the military branches. The senior in town, Dave Neuschwander, was one of three brothers to serve in the military. Neuschwander was in the Marine Corps from 1957 to 1960 and was stationed at Point Arguello next to...
DAVENPORT—City council approved four new business items and held a public hearing for the 2022 budget at its Oct. 27 regular meeting, where no comments were made. The first approved resolution allowed mayor Brad Sweet to assist Century West Engineering to conduct a pedestrian safety evaluation and analysis on Highway 2 through the city, where speeding and pedestrian crossings have been an oft-discussed and complained topic in the city. Council also approved $2,000 to the chamber of commerce for tourism and $2,500 in A...
REARDAN-Ian Wagner, a farmer with three children in the school district, has wrapped up his time with the Reardan-Edwall School District after five years on the board. He was recognized at his last board meeting Oct. 27. Wagner had been on the board since 2016. He had served just over two two-year terms and went through the election process twice. "It's just time," Wagner said of his decision to leave the board. "Five years is plenty. It's time for some new ideas and a change...
Government and community meetings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas from Nov. 5-11. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Wednesday, Nov. 10 Reardan school board workshop at 6 p.m. in the Commons Davenport city council @ 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council @ 7 p.m. in City Hall Sprague-Lamont school board meeting @ 8 p.m. in the Sprague conference room...
Reardan and Harrington celebrated their fall senior athletes last week. Harrington recognized volleyball senior Emily Nixon (top left) Friday, Oct. 29. That same night, Reardan recognized its football, cheer, cross country and band seniors. Reardan honored its volleyball and soccer seniors Tuesday, Oct. 26. Reardan photos by Drew Lawson. Harrington photo submitted by Sharon Kruger....
ASOTIN-The Reardan volleyball team's run ended in the district tournament Wednesday, Nov. 3. The girls lost in four sets to the Asotin Panthers in a loser-out game 25-18, 10-25, 16-25, 23-25. Reardan entered the double-elimination NE2B District 7 tournament as the eighth and final seed to make the field after an 8-6 regular season. Their prize draw was the top ranked and undefeated Colfax Bulldogs in the first round. The girls battled hard against the top dogs, but fell in...
COLFAX-Sophomore Jaeger Jacobsen has been Davenport's best cross-country runner all season, and Saturday, he proved he's one of the best B runners this side of the Cascades with a first-place finish at the District 7/9 B Regional Championships. Jacobsen's finish, along with a top-10 finish by senior Jake Coffman, helped the Gorilla boys qualify for state with a third-place team finish. The top four teams qualified for state, and the Gorillas were joined by St. George's,...
ODESSA – The Odessa Booster Club auction held last Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Odessa Community Center was successful in raising over $50,000 for Tiger athletics, say booster club member Suzie Deife and club treasurer Danielle Hardung. The venue was decorated in a black and white Tiger theme, even the dessert bar, where community members outdid themselves baking and purchasing sports-themed desserts for attendees to enjoy, was Tiger- and sport-themed. New this year, entire t...
Lonnie LaRae Zundel was an amazing artist... extraordinary in every sense of the word at all forms of quilting, painting, needlework, and homemaking. She was a devoted wife to Russell Lloyd Zundel. High School sweethearts, she always remained his little "half-pint.” Married in Davenport's First Presbyterian church in 1951, Lonnie and Russell celebrated their 70th Wedding Anniversary together on June 24, 2021. A devoted Christian, and very private person, Lonnie was loved as a...
Mary Ann Good Remmers, 89, was welcomed into Jesus' arms at Hospice House of Spokane North on Oct. 11, 2021. She was born on Feb. 13, 1932, in Sundance, Wyo. to Lawrence C. Good and Josie E Williamson Good. As a young girl her family moved around from Wyo., Mont., Ore. and finally settling in the Reardan & Spokane, Wash. area. Mary Ann loved sewing. It seemed she always had a project going. Her children fondly remember her sewing gifts for them when there wasn’t enough m...
Laurie Jo (Harrison) Bowman, daughter of Dave and Norma Harrison of Vancouver, Wash, passed away on Oct 14, 2021. Laurie was born Sept. 21, 1960, at Coulee Dam, Wash. She spent her early years of grade school at Davenport, Wash., enjoying Little League games, the swimming pool, twirling her baton and going to basketball games with friends. She liked taking baton lessons with her big sis and delighted in many escapades with her brother, Karl. Laurie spent her junior high and...
Barbara Ann (Hopp) Miller passed away peacefully early on the morning of Oct. 27, 2021, due to heart failure and Covid 19. Barbara, the first child of Henry and Lydia (Eckhardt) Hopp was born July 2, 1929, in Odessa, Wash. The Hopp family added four more siblings over the next several years: Norma, twins Yvonne and Richard and Paul. With her birthday so close to the 4th of July she often talked of using the nickel she got from her grandfather, Con Hopp, to buy sparklers or...
ODESSA – On Oct. 28, the Odessa Tigers volleyball team became the league champions and top seed to the district tournament this week with their win in three straight sets over Wilbur-Creston-Keller at Creston. Odessa vs. WCK The Tigers played well against a competitive WCK team, but the win gave them not only the league championship but also the home-court advantage in the district playoffs. Odessa 25 25 25 3 WCK 19 20 15 0 Odessa's offense was pretty evenly shared, with E...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Oct. 25 Traffic stops: 1 A Creston woman said her neighbor’s dogs were in her yard on the 39200 block of Sherman Road North. An Odessa woman asked for information regarding her son’s mental health issues. A caller...
ODESSA – Due to an inability to find officials for the game scheduled between Odessa and Cusick for Friday, Oct.29, the game was instead moved to Thursday, Oct. 28. Odessa 24 16 16 6 62 Cusick 6 6 0 6 18 Quarterback Collin Martin rushed for 98 yards, passed for 82 yards and added another 25 yards in punt/kickoff returns for a total of 180 yards to lead the team. He also scored three touchdowns and a two-point conversion to also lead the team in points with 20. Davey M...
HARRINGTON – City council discussed cemetery endowment funds and senior meals at its Oct. 28 meeting, which took nearly two hours to complete. There were questions on several items with Mid-County Senior meals. There currently is no contract with anyone as the city has been using an old agreement. The agreement with OCTN doesn’t pertain to Mid-County Seniors now and council wants to revisit this in the spring. The owners at 305 and 307 Sherlock would like to have the lot lines going north and south instead of east and west. T...
Some area gardeners have lots of green tomatoes box ripening. They are great for soups and sauces but not as exciting for salads or other fresh tomato recipes. I recently came across this recipe for Cream of Tomato Soup on the www.asweetpeachef.com website. With the addition of a stalk of celery and substituting evaporated milk for almond milk, this is nearly the flavor and texture of Campbell's. Following is the recipe as posted, with my changes following in the notes. Cream...
It’s no secret that Gov. Jay Inslee wants the removal of the four federal dams on the lower Snake River between Clarkston and the Tri-Cities. Back in December 2018, his proposed 2019-21 operating budget included $750,000 for a state study on breaching Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams. U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse, officials from electric utilities, ports and groups representing agriculture and economic development all oppo...
Regarding lawsuit claiming Johnston is negligent I was gobsmacked when I read a newspaper article that reported that a lawsuit has been filed against Lincoln County based on election supervision duties performed by former Auditor Shelley Johnston in the last election(s). The suit apparently alleges “vote flipping, ballot box stuffing, lax signature verification, etc.” I worked in the courthouse as a prosecutor and judge from 1989 until 2015. I have extensive involvement with Shelley as a fellow dept. head and as an att...
Wash. State Advisory Vote # 36 Repealed 2,013 78.94% Maintained 537 21.05% Wash. State Advisory Vote # 37 Repealed 2,272 85.60% Maintained 382 14.39% Wash. State Advisory Vote # 38 Repealed 2,173 82.74% Maintained 453 17.25% Lincoln Co. Prosecutor Adam Walser 2,199 97.64% Write-In 53 2.35% Odessa Councilman # 3 Landon Lobe 200 93.89% Write-In 13 6.10% Odessa Councilman # 4 Alberto Reyes 137 58.54% Amanda Wallace 95 40.59% Write-In 2 0.85% Odessa SD 105 Director # 1 Janie Steward 295 98.00% Write-In 6 1.99% Odessa SD 105 Direc...
ODESSA – At about midday on Tuesday, Nov. 2, a call went out to Odessa firefighters about a building on fire in the countryside. The first crews on the scene found the home formerly owned by the late Curtis Finck fully engulfed in flames. More crews were called upon to assist, and it took between three and four hours to put out the fire, according to firefighter Landon Lobe. The farmhouse is under new ownership, but no one was home when the fire started. One of the owners arrived home while firefighters were still battling t...
DAVENPORT – A long day of budget hearings took place at the Lincoln County Commissioners’ meeting Monday, Nov. 1 as commissioners Scott Hutsell, Rob Coffman and Mark Stedman were tasked with meeting with several department heads as they work to pull together a tight 2022 budget with raises due or proposed for several county employees. According to the 2022 requested budgets listed in the county’s 2022 preliminary budget report, eight county employees would receive a base...
