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DAVENPORT—Brian and Stacy Graham purchased six acres of farmland in 2017 with the goal of turning the largely run-down structures on the property into usable buildings for family and livestock use. That goal took another step toward reality when the Heritage Barn Register awarded the Grahams a $20,000 grant to fix the roof of the main barn on the property, which has been damaged over the years due to age and weather deterioration. Brian Graham said the barn was constructed in...
ELLENSBURG—Three local students achieved honor roll at Central Washington University for fall quarter in 2021. Students from Davenport and Reardan were represented. Students must achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher while completing at least 12 credits to achieve quarterly honor roll at CWU. Hannah Warwick of Davenport and Zane Perleberg of Reardan were the lone students at CWU to make honor roll from the east county area, according to Central’s honor roll online log. This year, we have covered honor roll students at CWU, Com...
Davenport celebrated its winter sports seniors before the basketball games against Upper Columbia Academy Tuesday, Feb. 1. Pictured are boys basketball seniors Jake Coffman and Jarrett Jacobsen, wrestling seniors Isaac Harvey and Willie Waters, girls basketball senior Hanna Orvis and cheer senior Olivia Hawley....
DAVENPORT—The Gorillas’ full-court, three-man pressure was far too much to handle for the Upper Columbia Academy Lions in the second quarter of Tuesday’s Senior Night contest. Davenport outscored UCA 31-2 in the period, taking a 54-16 lead into halftime and forcing a running clock in the second half en route to an easy 83-35 win. “I’d like to be able to run it (going forward),” Davenport head coach Matt Henry said of his team’s full-court press. “We have too much length and sp...
DAVENPORT-After a five-week long stretch in which the Gorilla varsity girls didn't win a game, things began to click. Davenport has now won four of its last five games in an eight-day span and could finish as high as fourth in the NE2B ahead of the district playoffs Monday. The most recent victory was a 43-25 handling of Upper Columbia Academy on Senior Night Tuesday, Feb. 1. That was preceded by a 47-20 win over Chewelah last Saturday and a comeback, gritty 38-35 win at...
COLFAX—The Reardan boys and girls had the same experience that most teams have going into Colfax, with the girls falling 69-45 and the boys falling 69-42. It was the boys’ third straight loss as Reardan works through a tough stretch that has included games against Liberty and Colfax. John Lustig led all scorers with 22 points, while senior Cody Sprecher led Reardan with 19 points. Reardan fell to 8-9 with the loss and sits in sixth place in the NE2B. The girls, meanwhile, had...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington the week of Feb. 4-10. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Feb. 4 Davenport basketball at Liberty @ 6 p.m. Reardan basketball at St. George’s @ 6 p.m. (boys only) Harrington basketball at Odessa @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 Reardan girls wrestling at Sub-Regional Tournament in Spangle @ 10:30 a.m. Davenport basketball vs. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague @ 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7 Davenport and Reardan basketball at District 7 Tournament a...
The school district will also be searching for a new athletic director after the board officially approved Tim Zeiler’s resignation, effective at the end of June. Zeiler has intended to retire from his educational career since the beginning of the school year, and that move was made official Monday....
The Reardan-Edwall School District has narrowed its search for Eric Nikkola’s successor as head football coach to three candidates. The candidates include assistant coach Matt Clouse and two candidates outside the district. Interviews are scheduled to be conducted Friday, Feb. 4. The lead candidate is expected to be brought before the school board at the end of February before a public introduction at the district’s “50 Years of Reardan Football” banquet in April....
The school district will be looking for several new spring sports coaches after four coaches announced their resignations, all of which were approved at the school board’s Jan. 31 meeting. Head track and field coach Brian Telford won’t be returning to his position as he prepares to run a campaign for Lincoln County Sheriff this election cycle. Additionally, head tennis coach Eric Timm submitted his resignation. Two assistant coaches have also resigned, with Sarah Raugust resigning as junior high girls basketball ass...
COLBERT-The Reardan boys wrestlers will be well-represented at the regional tournament in Warden Feb. 12 after a strong performance at the district sub-regionals at Northwest Christian Saturday, Jan. 29 that included three individual first-place finishes and a first-place team finish. Davenport, meanwhile, finished fourth as a team with one individual first-place finish and will also be represented at regionals. Reardan's girl wrestlers, Vaea Lamoreux and Shelby Summers, will...
ODESSA – Public input at the Jan. 27, 2022 meeting of the Odessa hospital board was the first item on the agenda after board chair Brian Fink called the meeting to order. Each person desiring to speak to the board was given five minutes to air their concerns. The common theme among the three who chose to speak was frustration with the levels of care at the clinic and in the emergency department. One person addressed the turnover of recent months, the rumors of possible m...
RITZVILLE – In Ritzville on Jan. 25, the varsity girls faced the Broncos of Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna in a non-conference game they lost, 33-52. Odessa's Hayden Schuh and Ashlyn Neilsen were tied for the scoring lead with 13 points each. LRSW 13 14 11 14 52 Odessa 6 14 8 5 33 Laela Hardung led the team in rebounds with six, while Neilsen added five. The game scheduled for Jan. 28 against Mary Walker High School in Springdale had to be cancelled due mainly to illness o...
RITZVILLE – A league win over Mary Walker and a league loss to Cusick, plus a loss to the larger Bronco co-op of LRSW was the story for the Tiger boys last week. Most games were able to be played in the local 1B league despite Covid still doing its best to sideline players from many different teams. The Tiger boys fell to the 2B league's Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna team, 38-76. Jacob Scrupps scored 14 points to lead the Odessa team. LRSW - - - - 76 Odessa - - - - 38 S...
OLYMPIA – Washington students in grades K-12 are invited to participate in a contest that encourages them to learn more about the history of their community and state. The “What’s in a Place Name?” contest offers students the opportunity to explore their neighborhoods and identify a sign or label on a public place named after a person, location, or landmark that is part of Washington’s history. “What’s in a Place Name?” asks participating students — or teams of students — to find out how that name fits into the state’s hi...
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. Jan. 24 Traffic stops: 10 A Springdale man reported a one-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 2. A landline call came from a home on the 7000 block of Highway 21 North in Odessa with a static line. A caller said he saw...
Eleanor Walter, 90, passed away peacefully on Dec. 17, 2021 in Odessa, Wash. Eleanor was born on Jan. 24, 1931 on the family farm in Odessa, Wash. to Henry and Lottie Braun. She grew up in Odessa and attended school, graduating from Odessa High School in 1949. Eleanor married Ivan Walter on Feb. 4, 1950 in Odessa and this is where they made their home and raised their daughter, Marilyn. Eleanor was a member of Heritage Church who served on the funeral bereavement committee...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West reminds small nonfarm businesses in 24 Washington counties and neighboring counties in Idaho and Oregon of the Feb. 22, 2022, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by the drought in the following primary counties that began April 1, 2021. Primary Washington counties: Ada...
First and foremost, Happy New Year to everyone. The year 2021 saw a lot of changes at OMHC, from personnel to a new computer system to figuring out how to spend the CARES funding. It is my belief that 2022 will be somewhat smoother, but you have to throw the word COVID into the mix as a wild card. Personnel saw the hiring of a new CEO, John Serle, and at the same time Kim Dalrymple took over the CFO duties. Also, later this past fall, Jace Angelly was hired as the clinic director. At the same time, we lost several long-time...
ODESSA – The first-semester honor roll has been released by the Odessa School District for both high school and junior-high students. Students must have a grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0 to be on the honor roll. Honorable mention requires a GPA of 3.25 to 3.49. High school Members of the senior class who achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA were Nathan Carstensen, Drew Hardung, Alyssa McKinney, Emily Scrupps and Paul Sheldon. Also listed on the honor roll are Chloe Winkler, Emma Schmidt, Hayden Miller, Daeton Deife, Nathan M...
In an emergency, governors need broad powers to act fast. Legislative bodies inevitably take longer to assemble and act than a single executive, so they temporarily delegate their power to the executive in emergencies. But these powers are supposed to be transferred for a limited period of time. For example, in Wisconsin a state of emergency cannot exceed 60 days unless it is extended by a joint resolution of the legislature, and in Minnesota, a governor must call a special...
As we conclude National School Choice Week 2022, people around Washington state are about to hear a familiar refrain: Public schools need more money. Official reports, however, show that isn’t true. In a world of online misinformation and fact-checking, it’s more important than ever for the public to get an accurate picture. Official figures show public schools in Washington state now receive record levels of funding, even as the system has fewer students. Citations to the...
ODESSA – The Youth Group of Odessa and adult volunteers are holding a food drive for the Odessa Food Bank this month. On Wednesday, Feb. 16, beginning at 5 p.m., bags containing a list of needed food items will be distributed throughout the community. Filled bags will be picked up from front porches the following Wednesday, Feb. 23, beginning at 5 p.m....
The Record ODESSA – The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library and via ZOOM on Wednesday, Jan. 26, preceded by a workshop held in the district office right before the regular meeting. Present were board chair Ed Deife; board members Janie Steward, Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Carmen Weishaar; Superintendent Dan Read, Principal Jamie Nelson, Operations Supervisor Justin Parr; Athletic Director Bruce Todd; Assistant Business Manager Staci Claassen and visitor Andy Carlsen. The b...
The results for week #4 of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot held Sunday, Jan. 30, are reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. After week #3, the Marlin-Odessa team was leading the Yakima Valley Sportsmen by two points, 296 to 294 Odessa results None of Odessa’s shooters managed to hit all 25 targets. Shooting 24 were Wyatt Haase and Garrett Braun. Brian Wraspir shot 23. Tyler Smith, Jared King, Stan Dammel and Deric Schmierer all hit 22 targets. Hitting 21 were Nathan Melcher, Nic...
