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ODESSA- The varsity baseball team lost their first game of their double-header to Curlew on April 16. Odessa had 16 hits with four errors, all while scoring a total of 13 runs. Meanwhile, Curlew had five hits with one error all while scoring 23 runs in a 7-inning game. The highlight of the night was a 5-run 7th inning comeback that came up a little short. The second game Odessa lost by a score of 7- 1. Odessa scored one run on two hits with no errors. Curlew scored seven runs...
DAVENPORT-Don't get too confused: The track meet was here, but it was hosted by Reardan. In any case, the Gorillas had a fine day in the windy conditions, with both boys and girls teams getting first place finishes in the District 7 2B North League Meet Tuesday, April 19. The Reardan boys finished in second place and the girls finished third. Five schools participated in the meet, including Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, Northwest Christian (Colbert) and St. George's. The Davenport...
DAVENPORT—Either Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers will stand trial on his criminal charges or a resolution will be reached between the state and his defense, the parties said at a court date Wednesday, April 20. Magers, who entered a not-guilty plea on charges of obstructing a law enforcement officer, making a false or misleading statement to a public servant and rendering criminal assistance in the third degree last July, was not present for the Zoom-only court date. Presiding judge Thomas W. Cox of Garfield County g...
DAVENPORT–Lincoln County will remain in the 9th Legislative District after the state Supreme Court declined to redraw new legislative maps that could have placed Lincoln County back in District 13 in a decision made Dec. 3. Lincoln County had been in the 13th District for the previous 10 years but was moved to the 9th Legislative District after a 2021 redistricting process that occurs every 10 years following new census data. The 9th Legislative District covers rural areas l...
REARDAN—The town and Lincoln County have reached an agreement on a contract for district court, prosecutor, defense, dispatch and jail services. The two-year contract will run through the end of 2023 after town council OK’d the deal at its April 7 regular meeting. According to meeting documentation, the town will be charged $63 per inmate day, a rate that will increase to $66 per day in 2023. That rate will increase 2% per inmate day each year beginning Jan. 1 of every calendar year thereafter if the agreement isn’t terminate...
ODESSA--The Chamber of Commerce met for their regular noon meeting on April 12 at the Odessa Golf and RV clubhouse. Secretary pro tem Laura Estes reports that the preliminary results from the Stumpjumpers’ Desert 100 weekend showed nearly double profits from the last held race year in 2019. Planning is said to be underway for having greater participation by vendors from Odessa and for ways to encourage and facilitate shopping in Odessa for those attending the event. Additional signage pointing to Odessa and paper handouts lis...
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. April 11 Traffic stops: 4 A commercial burglary alarm was reported going off at Buddy Boy Farms in Devil’s Gap. A caller said she bought a dog from a breeder in Sprague where there were terrible living conditions for...
DAVENPORT—The Chamber of Commerce’s new president, possible future events and attempts to generate more community involvement were amongst the topics of discussion at the Chamber’s monthly meeting in the Avista meeting room on a nippy Thursday morning April 14. The Chamber is currently president-less as some locals seek to revive the group that has been largely inactive for the past two years before meetings in the last couple months. Kathy Hedgcock reported that Dan Verhuel of Strate Funeral Home was interested in being...
Each candidate aiming for public office in the 2022 election is required to register their campaigns with the Public Disclosure Commission within two weeks of filing for candidacy with the county during filing week, which begins May 16. Some candidates, however, are getting an early start by registering in the weeks leading up to filing week. We’ll run this tracker each week candidates register campaigns with the PDC until filing week in mid-May. Keep an eye on our print paper and website for election updates that week. A...
Government and community meetings and gatherings in Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington and Sprague for the week of April 22-28. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, April 25 Davenport school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the K-8 Library Odessa town council meeting at 7 p.m. in the Public Library Tuesday, April 26 Fire District No. 4 commissioners’ meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 Parks and Recreation District No. 3 meeting at 9 a.m. in Memorial Hall Odessa sch...
REARDAN-It was double trouble in Reardan for the Davenport baseball team, which fell in a pair of games to the cross-county rival 4-0 and 15-0. In the first game, Davenport ace Denton Deal struck out 13 batters while giving up just five hits, but the Gorilla offense was unable to generate more than two hits to give the senior run support. Caden Day, Noah Meyer and Greg Alvarez all drove in runs for Reardan in the first game. Day got the win, going 4 2/3 innings on the mound...
REARDAN-A youthful Gorilla softball team was able to procure its first win of the season Tuesday before host Reardan bounced back to earn a victory in the second game of a doubleheader between the two Tuesday, April 19. Davenport took care of business in the first game 10-3, with senior Kylee Buchanan earning the win on the mound. Reardan then flipped the script in the second game for a convincing 16-3 victory. Davenport is now 1-5 after six games and hosts Kettle Falls...
Program has been approved and funded for watershed planning through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. The allocation of $775,000 in federal funding will come through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and be used to develop a watershed plan to assist in obtaining future funding for the design and construction of the program’s remaining large infrastructure projects. Since 2004, the state of Washington has invested more than $126 million, and the B...
DAVENPORT–Washington Department Fish and Wildlife hunting and fishing permits won’t be sold at Davenport Sporting Goods anymore, the business announced on its Facebook page Friday, April 15. Co-owner Jonathan Chapman said a worker with Fish and Wildlife reported that the store was charging a service fee for the permits in order to avoid losing money in labor with the transactions. Fish and Wildlife then came and said the store couldn’t charge a service fee any longer, which Chapman said forced the store’s hand. “We hadn’t ha...
CHENEY–Odessa’s Track team competed in the Van Kuren Invitational Saturday, April 16. The weather for the event was a little chilly, but the athletes kept warm by competing in their respective areas. The event allowed two athletes per track event for each school Two athletes were allowed to compete per field event from each school. One relay team per school was allowed entry. Here are all the Odessa results from the meet. Mens Results 100 Meters Varsity - Finals 23. Anthony Elder 12.36a 10 David Strode DNS 200 Meters Var...
OLYMPIA—Hunters can submit special hunt applications for 2022 deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, bighorn sheep and fall turkey seasons from April 19 through May 19. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will conduct a random drawing from this year’s applicants to select 2022 permit winners in June. Qualified hunters with a special permit gain the opportunity to hunt at special times or places authorized by a general hunting license. Special hunt permits offer a chance to participate in a unique hunt while dir...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Harrington the week of April 22-28. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, April 22 Reardan baseball and softball vs. Colfax @ 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23 Reardan track at Mooberry Relays at Rogers High in Spokane @ 10 a.m. Odessa track at Quincy @ 10:30 a.m. Davenport tennis at Kettle Falls @ 11 a.m. Reardan tennis at Chewelah @ 11 a.m. Harrington tennis at Lind-Ritzville/Sprague @ 11 a.m. Odessa baseball vs. Almira-Coulee-Hartline @...
Easter festivities often lead to an abundance of hard boiled eggs. Normally the cooked eggs will keep in the refrigerator for 5-6 days, but if they have been out for several hours or overnight, they should be used up right away. Potato salad is often a dish of choice for using the abundance and the dye used to decorate the eggs can make for a colorful salad. The basic ingredient in Potato salad is, of course, potatoes. Any type of potato may be used, depending on personal tastes. Additionally many recipes include boiled...
ODESSA--Grant Weber and Jeff Kissler from “Vets on the Farm” will present a full-season approach to organic gardening at the Odessa Public Library on Wednesday, April 27 at 2 p.m. reports librarian Julie Jantz. Weber and Kissler will cover several areas of gardening interest for both beginner and veteran gardeners who want to maximize the growing season by using diversification planting, soil dressing, composting and generally creating a planting cycle for home gardeners who want to raise produce for their own use and hea...
ODESSA- A proposal to place a flagpole within the Industrial park was approved by the Public Development Authority with approval from town council and the state pending. The flag pole would be 60 feet tall and cannot affect airspace in the surrounding area. No updates were given on the industrial park signage. The biodiesel plant has a potential buyer. A motion was made by Clark Kagele to approve bill payment. The board approved the motion unanimously. Discussions of how to proceed were discussed briefly with ideas for a...
HARRINGTON–City council discussed several upgrades that are needed in Town Square at its April 13 regular meeting. Cindy Haase gave an update on the town square project. They were able to obtain another grant under the chamber’s guise, but not as the chamber. The grant was for $6,200. The Town Square Committee will put off the sidewalk concreting as they try to get the remainder of the project completed. Jay Gossett will be attempting to contact a company to obtain donations for the sand and gravel. The sand and gravel nee...
Davenport birthdays April 22: Donna Sitko, Heather Panke, Samuel Choate April 23: Ken Jacobsen, Maile Quisano, Mary Sorensen, Arliene Jungblom April 24: Leslie Schweiger, Reece Johnson, Kinsley Kragt, Kinley Miller, Jeff Lust April 25: Steve Plasencia, Bernice Jackson April 26: George Arland, Ken Deal, Mamiko Patterson April 27: Libby Mattox, Brian Morcom April 28: Sami Guhlke Davenport anniversaries April 23: Scott and Denise Liebing April 25: Brad and Jamie Chappell, Patrick and Wendy Bodeau, Gene and Manuela Hinkey Reardan...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS–The Eastern Washington University Alumni Association held a gala awards ceremony last Friday, April 15, at Northern Quest Casino. This annual event honors EWU alums who have achieved success in various walks of life after having graduated from the university. This year the top award, the Lifetime Achievement Award, went to a married couple, both of whom are EWU alumni currently residing in Spokane. Jon Heimbigner is well known to most Odessa area readers as a 1...
Reardan High School students were on track for a "freight" time at Senior Prom, which was held at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum last Saturday, April 19....
ODESSA-- The Healthcare Foundation is happy to announce plans are coming together for “Denim & Diamonds”, the 30th annual wine tasting, microbrew sampling and auction on Friday, May 6, 2022. This will be an in-person event beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Odessa Community Center. The community center will be decorated, the wine pourers will be ready to serve guests, Rocky Coulee Brewing Company microbrews will be on tap, wine by the bottle will be available for sale, “Corks for a Cause” and “Ace in the Hole” games will be rea...
