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DAVENPORT-This time, it was the Gorillas doing the sweeping. After getting swept in their first two matches against Lind-Ritzville/Sprague and Liberty, Davenport (1-2) bounced back in a big way Thursday with a convincing victory over the Chewelah Cougars (1-1) in straight sets (25-17, 25-7, 25-12). It was Davenport's first victory over Chewelah since the two teams began playing twice a year in league play in 2018. "The girls came out strong and they executed the things we...
DAVENPORT – Throughout the end of January and beginning of February, 22 members of the Davenport FBLA chapter virtually attended the FBLA Winter Business Leadership Conference. Our members competed in a variety of events including, but not limited to: accounting, website design, parliamentary Procedure, sales presentation and economics. The following is a list of our winners who will move on to compete at the FBLA State Business Leadership Conference: 6th Place Accounting I - Tate Foster-Nonnemacher 3rd Place Advertising - B...
DAVENPORT – Davenport Elementary held a Kindness Week February 8-11! Each day of the week there was a kindness theme: You Matter Monday, Thankful Tuesday, There for you Wednesday, and Gorillas are Crazy for Kindness Thursday! Thursday included a red & white/gorilla gear dress up day. It was great to see everyone's school spirit! Throughout the week students had the opportunity to participate in our own version of "The Great Kindness Challenge," where students tracked c...
OLYMPIA – Reeling from a December dats breach that allowed hackers to access the personal information of roughly 1.6 million state residents, lawmakers are working with Gov. Jay Inslee to establish a new office to protect computers. Sponsored by Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, Senate Bill 5432 would establish a new Office of Cyber Security. Officials from the Office of the Governor said Inslee requested the bill in response to the December data breach tied to resident unemployment claims filed in 2020. The data was in the p...
Tonia Carruth 1975 - 2021 It is with great sadness that the Carruth family announces the passing of Tonia Carruth, 45, on Feb. 15th, 2021. Tonia was born on Aug.21, 1975 to Eddie Dixon and Debra Chalmers in Talmage, Calif. Tonia decided to serve our country and went into the Air Force right after high school. She was an Information Management Specialist for the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Airforce Base in Spokane. During her tenure in the military, she received...
Gerald "Tony" Dennis Lutes 1948 -2021 Gerald "Tony" Dennis Lutes passed away Feb. 18th, 2021 at his home in Sprague, Wash. His years-long battle with multiple myeloma, diabetes, and many other health ailments ended peacefully and surrounded by so much love from near and far. Tony was born on Mar. 24, 1948 in Butte, Mont. to Lua David and Helen Marie (Todahl) Lutes. His family eventually moved to St. Louis, Mo where Tony graduated from Berkley High School in 1967. He joined...
M. James Kintschi 1930 - 2021 It is with joy in the promise of our Lord's gracious gift of eternal life that we announce the passing of our Dad, Morris James (Jim) Kintschi, into the presence of the Lord. He died at the age of 90 on Feb. 17, 2021 in Spokane Valley, Wash. Dad was born on July 19, 1930 in Cheney, Wash. to Morris and Anna (Tanner) Kintschi. He had three older sisters, Irene, Bernice, and Marie, and two younger sisters, Shirley and Deanna. He loved being the only...
Editor's Note: See the Feb. 18 issue of The Times for part 1 of this historical feature. As safecracker Edward Leroy Lucas laid dying in the Lincoln County Jail, he requested officials notify his wife of his pending death. Spokane investigators responded to Davenport with belief that Lucas and C.H. Lea had been involved in other burglaries and crimes across eastern Washington. Two identity and fingerprint experts were dispatched to Davenport and recognized Lea as an escaped...
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. February 14 Traffic stops: 2 The hospital requested deputy assistance with an unruly patient in the emergency room. A man requested assistance after he locked his keys in his car while it was running. A caller in an...
REARDAN – It may have been the inaugural game in program history, but that didn't stop the Reardan Indians from scoring early and often in a 7-1 drubbing of the Kettle Falls Bulldogs Tuesday, Feb. 23. Freshman Noelle Raczykowski scored the first goal for the Indians and didn't stop there, following up her first goal with a three-score rampage in the last 10 minutes of the first half. Raczykowski had four first-half goals total, and Reardan let 4-0 at intermission. Junior M...
Feb. 18 @ Wilbur-Creston: Lost 3 sets to 0 (11-25, 8-25, 7-25). Feb. 20 vs. Mary Walker (Springdale): Lost 3 sets to 0 (3-25, 5-25, 8-25). Feb. 23 @ Wellpinit: Lost 3 sets to 1 (12-25, 25-20, 9-25, 16-25)....
REARDAN – Football was back in jamboree form Monday, Feb. 22, as the Reardan Indians hosted the Davenport Gorillas and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos for varsity and junior varsity jamboree-style scrimmages. Each varsity offense played each school's varsity defense once, with the same scenario for junior varsity. Each series ran between 8-14 plays, as officials let teams finish drives, nearly all of which intentionally started at the opponent's 40-yard-line. Davenport c...
REARDAN – Melloney Diefe had 21 assists and the Odessa Tigers got a road victory in Reardan over the Indians Thursday, Feb. 18 in straight sets, 25-16, 25-21, 26-24. It was the first game for either school since Fall 2019, as the season has been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Emily Scrupps added 12 kills for Odessa, while Maddie Scrupps had eight digs. Diefe added four aces, and Jocelynn Hottell had three blocks for the victorious Tigers. Kendall Little had 10 digs and t...
DAVENPORT-Some late-game heroics from Davenport's Darby Soliday were overshadowed by even later heroics from St. George's Margreit Galow. Galow scored a high-arching goal from about 25 yards out in the last minute and the Dragons (2-0) topped the Gorillas (0-1) 3-2 Thursday in Davenport's first game in 15 months after winning the state 2B title in 2019. Soliday tied the game with her second goal with 6:30 remaining, but the celebration was short lived after St. George's...
ODESSA – The Odessa Tiger football team started off their new season, finally, with a huge win over Wellpinit, 98-0. The boys were itching to get on the field and prove their mettle as the reigning state champions in the 1B category. Senior Tim DeWulf was back in action after missing all of last season recovering from foot surgery. He proved his value with five pass receptions for 105 yards and four touchdowns. On defense, he racked up five solo tackles and two assists. Fellow...
ODESSA – The Tiger volleyball team opened its season Feb. 18, after the long Covid-induced wait, with a non-league win over Reardan in three straight games. OHS vs. Reardan Emily Scrupps was back in fine form after having missed last season due to shoulder surgery. She led the team with 12 kills. The match was broadcast via the NFHS Network and could be viewed online. There was no play-by-play announcer, and the camera was located way up in the bleachers. Therefore, f...
HARRINGTON – Friday, Feb 12, the Harrington Library Board (Susan Larmer, Betty Warner, Katie Steward, Grace Moeller and Stacey Rasmussen) met with Librarian Marge Womach and Mayor Nathan Luck to discuss recent changes in the interior of the building and to consider options on minor remodeling projects to accommodate better use of space. With the alterations that occurred in the past weeks due to snow melting into the interior of the west end of the building, the mayor chose to personally inform the library crew of the p...
Darlene Kittilson Eldredge, 89, left this earthly realm on Feb.16, 2021, after a 20 year battle with COPD. Though Darlene’s health was failing for years, few people knew the extent to which she struggled. Her indomitable spirit and quick wit kept her pushing through the hard days. Darlene was born in July of 1931 to Elva Bland Caldwell and Edwin Caldwell in Wenatchee, Wash. She had two sisters born before her; Elva and Anna. Caldwell sisters grew up near Leavenworth, Wash. w...
Recipes do fail. Recently I tried a recipe for orange cake with fresh orange syrup. It was circulating the Internet last December. Taking into consideration different tastes among folks, this recipe still falls in the flop category. You won’t find the recipe repeated here, and it will soon disappear from my Pinterest “To Try” board. It is very, very heavy, dense, overly sweet, yet lacking flavor. You can eat it, but it’s not worth wasting calories on, nor time figurin...
In the past 22 years, by working together with our thousands of heroic supporters, we’ve qualified 17 statewide initiatives for a public vote. They all limited the government’s power over us and saved taxpayers $46.9 billion (see https://permanentoffense.com/about-us/). Our four 2/3-vote-to-raise-taxes initiatives have also saved taxpayers billions more by stopping and deterring tax increases. While other initiatives spend $1.2 million to qualify, we averaged $672,000, bec...
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson’s $33 billion plan to remove the lower Snake River dams is unwise. However, if he pushes it, he needs include the impact of breaching dams in his home state which completely shutoff salmon and steelhead migration. Simpson, a Republican representing eastern Idaho, announced he wants to rupture the four lower Snake River dams— Ice Harbor, Little Goose, Lower Monumental and Lower Granite—-all in southeast Washington. Those impoundments have fish...
The first buttercup of 2021 was submitted to The Record this week by Stan Mustard of Odessa. The bright yellow flowers were sighted just beyond the town limits....
ODESSA – Lincoln County Treasurer Jody Howard has completed the 2021 Tax & Assessment roll for collection, providing notification that the treasurer shall now accept payment and issue receipts for the 2021 taxes and assessments per RCW 84.56.020. 2021 tax statements are scheduled to be mailed within the next two weeks. Taxpayers, whose mortgage companies request their tax statement, will not receive a statement. For further information or questions, contact the Treasurer’s office, 450 Logan, Davenport, WA, (509) 725...
ODESSA – The Odessa Clinic sprang into action Monday, when the Lincoln County Health District called to announce that 180 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine would be delivered to Odessa. Clinic manager Barb Schlimmer and her team quickly began organizing a mass inoculation clinic for folks who had already signed up to be on a waiting list for the shots. On Tuesday afternoon, setup began taking place in the community center after town officials agreed to its use a...
ODESSA – The hammer is about to fall. After numerous requests via letter and in person, as well as citations issued by Odessa Police, nuisance properties within the Town of Odessa, that are not just unsightly but also health hazards affecting neighbors and/or anyone else needing to access those properties (delivery drivers, utility workers, etc.), the Odessa Town Council is taking action to clean up the properties and place liens against them in order to recoup the cost of remediation. At Monday evening’s meeting of the cou...
