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DAVENPORT--Several years ago, Davenport was home to a town pet in one friendly wild turkey. He walked into town as a stranger but over time became so well known that the people around town gave him the name of Clyde. Clyde could be seen roaming the streets of town where people would stop to wave hello or offer him something to eat. He stayed around town for many months despite being injured in a series of clashes with the motoring public, as he'd stop in the middle of Morgan S...
Joseph Donald Coombs passed away Feb. 9, 2022 at the Palouse Country Assisted Living in Fairfield, Wash. He was a resident there for 3+ years, until the time of his death. Josephs Funeral Service will be on Friday, Feb. 25 at 1 P.M. at Strate Funeral Home, 505 10th Street. Davenport, WA 99122....
DAVENPORT—A Yakima truck driver originally charged with second-degree assault stemming from an incident in May 2021 entered a guilty plea on an amended charge and won’t face jail time. Ernest Vern Windisch, age 62, pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment in Lincoln County Superior Court Tuesday, Feb. 15. Windisch was handed $700 in total fees but given zero days in jail after his guilty plea, according to court records. The sentence stems from a prosecutor’s review of a report filed by Lincoln County Chief Crimin...
DAVENPORT—Retired accountant Dick Wandling wants to see the Chamber of Commerce here become an active organization instead of a stagnant group with a few dozen members that pay dues and do little else. That’s why the former accountant for Leffel, Otis and Warwick is putting on a Chamber meeting at the Avista meeting room on Morgan Street this Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 7 a.m. The Chamber currently has between 20-40 members, but hasn’t been active since late 2019. In its heyday, it hosted the annual Chamber banquet, held month...
Ranae Coleman, 84, passed away Feb. 8, 2022. She was born on July 21, 1937 in Granger, Wash. to Ralph and Soliel Basler. Ranae married her high school sweetheart, Dick Coleman, on Jan. 25, 1953 in Spokane, Wash. and they made their home in Davenport, Wash. Ranae was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church in Egypt where she served as a Sunday School Superintendent and Deacon for many years. She was a volunteer for the Davenport Care and Share for more than 30 years and was an active member of the Senior Center. Ranae...
Reardan senior guard Ayden Krupke was named one of the WIAA’s Athletes of the Week last week, the WIAA announced last Wednesday, Feb. 9. Krupke was one of 12 athletes recognized statewide for Week 21. Krupke earned the honor after averaging 23.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.2 steals per game over a three-game stretch to close out the regulation. “She is an incredible athlete with a competitive spirit that rarely gets overshadowed by her opponents,” the nomination stated. Krupke helped lead the Reardan girls to th...
SPOKANE VALLEY-The seventh-seeded Reardan boys basketball team saw its season come to an end in the second round of loser-out play at the District 7 2B Tournament at West Valley against St. George's after the sixth-seeded Dragons erased an 18-point fourth quarter en route to a 69-65 overtime victory Tuesday, Feb. 15. Reardan had previously fallen to Colfax in the second round of the winners bracket last Thursday after defeating Chewelah 58-50 Monday, Feb. 7 in the...
SPOKANE VALLEY-No. 2 Colfax never trailed in its 59-58 win over No. 3 Davenport in a District 7 semifinal matchup, but the Gorillas made it mighty close in the final minute Thursday, Feb. 15. After leading by as many as 11 points throughout the game, Colfax found itself up by a point 58-57 with 1:25 left after a fierce Davenport comeback. "We were able to isolate the ball who wanted it to get to on defense," Davenport head coach Matt Henry said. "And we were able to get...
SPOKANE VALLEY-The seventh-seeded Davenport girls' basketball team saw its season come to an end after two games at the District 7 2B Tournament at West Valley High School. The Gorillas fell to the St. George's Dragons 62-46 in a loser-out game Saturday, Feb. 12. Davenport played the fourth-seeded and favored Dragons closely in the first quarter, with the score tied 11-11 after eight minutes. St. George's then built a 32-24 lead by halftime before building a 22-point...
SPOKANE VALLEY-The No. 1 Colfax girls varsity team has been on a crash course for the District 7 2B title game all season, and an upset bid by upstart Reardan didn't give the Bulldogs much trouble deterring that course. The Bulldogs topped No. 5 Reardan 61-27 in a district semifinal Tuesday, Feb. 15. Reardan came out swinging behind seven points from senior Ayden Krupke, taking a 7-5 lead and forcing a Colfax timeout. The Bulldogs took the lead 13-12 despite 10 points from...
WARDEN-East Lincoln County will be well-represented at the State Mat Classic in the Tacoma Dome this weekend. Four wrestlers from Davenport and four from Reardan qualified for the state meet at regionals last Saturday, Feb. 12 and will represent their schools and cities on the West Side. Davenport's Sam Schneider, brothers Brody Schillinger and Brock Gustaveson and Matthew Wines qualified for the Gorillas, while Reardan will be represented by Preston Neufeld, J.C. Marriott,...
Odessa – February 12, 2022- Odessa School District Ag Shop is pleased to announce receiving a grant from Washington State FFA Foundation for $56,700. Proceed will go towards the implementation and advancement of the CASE AFNR (Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources) and CASE APT (Agriculture Power Technology) Curriculum. "I am excited to start purchasing necessary supplies to start the full implementation of CASE APT and advancement of CASE AFNR. This hands-on, s...
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. Feb. 7 Traffic stops: 16 An Almira woman said her neighbor on West Main Street has multiple dogs out early in the morning and until midnight constantly barking and waking neighbors up. A Lincoln County Jail inm...
ODESSA – The Tiger boys ended their season last Friday night at home in Odessa. This was a loser-out game, so both the Selkirk and Odessa teams were playing with great intensity. After leading through most of regulation time, the Tigers were unable to hold off a late surge by the Rangers that tied the game at 54-54 as the buzzer sounded to end the fourth quarter. Three Tiger starters had fouled out by the end of the game, as had a couple of players from the opposing team. F...
ODESSA – Last Friday's playoff game at home against the Northport Mustangs was a win for the Tiger girls, 58-36. It was a loser-out game, so Northport's season came to an end. Ashlyn Neilsen scored 26 points, while teammates Melloney Deife and Hayden Schuh also scored in double figures with 13 points each. Northp 6 10 2 18 36 Odessa 16 16 17 9 58 Schuh was the team leader in rebounds with eight. On Feb. 14, the team faced a very fired up Wellpinit team at home in Odessa and l...
Kathryn Burnett won first place in the FFA Employment and Skills CDE at the sub-district competition. Kathryn completed a resume, cover letter and job application. She then had a "job interview" by a panel of three judges. She will move on to district competition in March....
Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers announced that as of February 14, 2022 Text-to-9-1-1 service is available in Lincoln County. T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T and Inland Cellular Wireless customers in Lincoln County can now send a text message to 9-1-1 in an emergency. Texting to 9-1-1 is a new, important service. It is intended to benefit people who may not be able to speak due to an emergency such as a home invasion or abusive partner, as well as individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities. “Don’t abu...
HARRINGTON – The local kindergarten class celebrated 100 days of school on Friday, Feb. 11 by visiting downtown. The eight children, led by their teacher Taunya Sanford and assisted by Tammy Putney, began their field trip at the Harrington Opera House/Bank Block Building. There they viewed 100 bricks outlined on the historic building built in 1904. In the lobby, which once was a bank, each student received play money to purchase a ticket and a mask and proceeded upstairs to a...
Craig N. Simpson, secretary and manager of the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District, says that the District will begin filling the East low Canal for the 2022 irrigation season on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The East Low Canal serves the Moses Lake, Warden and Othello areas of the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and the Connell (Block 18) area of the South Basin Irrigation District. Deliveries from the East Low Canal will begin on March 28. Deliveries to the East District’s Block 49, from the Potholes East Canal, w...
Mid-County Seniors The Mid-County Seniors held their quarterly meeting in January. Present were President Tim Campau, Lorraine Gilliland, Aileen Sweet, Billie and Gordon Herron. Discussion centered on the need for a substitute cook for Elizabeth Wolfe when she is unable to be there. The program is presently managing on donated funds, but more funding is needed to keep Senior Meals afloat. Since expenses are said to be higher than income each month, suggestions were to send a letter to organizations in town requesting yearly...
Washington Sen. Patty Murray and Gov. Jay Inslee announced in October, they’ll listen to diverse viewpoints with open minds to recover salmon and potentially breach the four Lower Snake River dams. Their focus on restoring Snake River salmon and steelhead runs is too limited. It needs to be expanded to cover the entire Snake River drainage. Currently, the four lower dams---all in Washington---are targeted to determine if they should be torn down to improve ocean-going fish r...
1 years ago Feb. 17, 1922 R.S. Crowl, former publisher of the Record dropped off No. 4 last night and is today renewing the acquaintance of his many friends here. Ralph is now located in Fresno, California, where he now owns a prosperous job printing business. During his ten years absence Father Time has been good to Crowl for he looks hardly a day older than when he left here. He reports also that Mrs. Crowl and their son, Robert, also enjoy the best of health in the sunny south, which according to his ideas now is the onl...
Week #6 of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 13, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results Jared King was the only Odessa shooter to hit all 25 targets. Shooting 24 were Nick Tebow, Anthony Paszkiesz, Ryan Lewis, Jon Fink and Brian Wraspir. Garrett Braun, Tyler Smith and Tom Schuh shot 23. Jared Praetorious, Markus Smith and Trevor Smith all hit 22 targets. Hitting 21 was Mitch Wraspir. At 20 and under were Holden Iverson, Lexi Eden, Colley W...
At a recent press conference, Gov. Jay Inslee was asked several questions about the state’s nursing shortage, a problem that existed long before the COVID-19 era. Reporters were stabbing around at various solutions being proposed in the Legislature. Should we regulate hospital working arrangements? Should we limit what contract nurses are paid? How does the government protect nurses from burnout? Gov. Inslee summed up the concerns well: “The best solution is to produce mor...
ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met on Feb. 14 in the public library with Mayor Bill Crossley presiding. Council members Vickie Iverson, Landon Lobe, Amy Gimmestad and Marlene Kramer attended in person and Abby Reyes was present via telephone. The council members discussed distribution by the state of Covid relief dollars to nonentitlement units of local government (local governments typically serving populations of under 50,000) and the associated reporting requirements for receiving the funds. Under new business, the O...
