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HARRINGTON - The high school football field was a palette of color as kids in Lincoln County's new youth soccer league honed their skills in games Saturday, May 13. "We have 175 kids between the ages of five and seven participating on 17 teams from Davenport, Wilbur, Harrington, Reardan and Odessa," league president Jon Evans said. Evans, a deputy with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, started the league out of his love for basketball. "Kobe Bryant said, 'Soccer...
Harrington School hosted "Muffins with Mom" Friday morning, May 12 on the school lawn. Mothers, grandmothers, aunts and children gathered to enjoy muffins provided by Carolyn Mattozzi ahead of Mother's Day weekend....
HARRINGTON — City council denied a request to expand North End Mobile Home Park from three units to four at a regular meeting Wednesday, May 10. Owners Mike and Virginia Fries asked for a variation in the number of units after saying they found a way to put in a fourth unit without exceeding regulated distance between them, according to meeting minutes. Councilman Stephen Hardy said the city ordinance concerning the related procedure wasn’t up to date, and the city doesn’t have precedence for the expansion of a mobile home...
DAVENPORT — The City Council tabled two action items, one involving airport procedure and the other involving ARPA funds at a regular meeting Wednesday, May 10. The city is considering changes to the Municipal Airport operations manual “setting forth definitions, policies, rules and regulations concerning airport usage.” Those changes were tabled so council could further consult city administrator Steve Goemmel, who was attending Wednesday’s meeting virtually, on the policies. A request from Care and Share for $9,500 in ARPA...
In my first nearly three years working for The Record-Times, I rushed to a local, quiet, rural school exactly zero times to cover breaking news of threats, violence and other issues plaguing other schools and communities around the country. But in the past month, it’s happened on two different Wednesdays; once in April for a bomb threat emailed to Davenport superintendent Chad Prewitt and dozens of other supers around the state, and once last week for a so-called ...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County was awarded its fourth broadband-related grant Monday, May 1. The county’s Deer Meadows and Seven Bays FTTx project will receive up to $8,921,342 in Coronavirus Capital Program Funds in the 2021-23 state capital budget. The funding was approved by the state Broadband Office based on the Nov. 22 Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program. The grant was awarded on a matching basis, but commissioner Scott Hutsell said Monday the county won’t have to use capital dollars for that match. This is the fourt...
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee is busy signing bills. I think he should start putting his John Hancock on apology letters to former state workers who were terminated because of his vaccine mandate. I doubt he will. In a press release about the move, the Inslee administration says that the end of the employment requirement “aligns with the end of the federal public health emergency and the lifting of vaccination requirements for federal employees and contractors on May 11. La...
With everybody’s property taxes in Lincoln County due recently, I can imagine we are all in a bit of a shock. We put our house in Davenport up for sale last year and the very next day, a new assessment of the property was mailed. Coincidence? Maybe. No dollar amount was listed, just the new assessed amount. I called and asked for an approximate amount of our new tax bill but was not given an answer. I guess I was supposed to feel better when I was told homes were reassessed only every six years in Davenport. There was an i...
HARRINGTON — The 11th Annual Harrington Car Show is coming up from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Saturday, May 20. Cars dating back earlier than 1929 will line Third Street, with several prizes dished out. Awards will be given for favorite cars and trucks in each decade from before 1929 to 1980 or newer, as well as special prizes such as favorite tractor, longest distance driven, people’s choice and more. All makes and models of cars can be entered. There is a $20 fee to enter. In addition to the car show, a quilt show and rummage sale wil...
Olga Viola Kassner-Byers Aug. 21, 1916 – Mar. 8, 2023 Olga Viola Kassner-Byers was born in Hartington, Neb. Aug. 21, 1916 to Julius and Antoinette Grindvold. She passed away peacefully on March 8, 2023 in Spokane Valley, Wash. at the age of 106 1/2. She and her family moved to Circle, Mont. where she met and married her husband Don Kassner in 1940, moving to Tacoma, Wash. where they had 2 daughters, Donna and Dorothy. In 1947, they moved to Davenport, Wash. where she lived unt...
CHENEY — Three students from Davenport and two from Harrington received Partners Advancing Character Education awards at the 2023 Ceremony and Breakfast at Eastern Washington University Friday, May 12. Davenport senior Matthew Wines, eighth-grader Marty Munio and fifth-grader Lou Ek were the Gorillas recognized, while Harrington seventh-grader Reagan Korthuis and sixth-grader Sterling Kruger represented the Panthers. Students were recognized for “consistently dem...
Area seniors playing Pictionary at their luncheon Friday, May 12 at Reardan Presbyterian Church. The luncheon is held at 11:30 a.m. on the second Friday of each month. Anyone 60 years or older is invited to attend....
Marianne G. Brommer June 29, 1937 – May 8, 2023 Marianne G. Brommer passed away May 8, 2023 in Spokane, Wash. Marianne was born June 29, 1937 in Spokane, Wash. to Otto and Marian Remmers. Marianne married Edward Brommer on Feb. 9, 1957 in Cheney, Wash. and then made their home in Reardan, Wash. Marianne was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church and enjoyed Gonzaga basketball, the Spokane Indians baseball, family history, yard work, her flower garden, going to the cabin o...
DAVENPORT - The local FFA chapter took home several top-10 honors at the 93rd state Convention and Expo in Kennewick Thursday, May 13-Saturday, May 15. The most successful team was the ag sales group of Trevor Lenocker, Jacob Harvey, Eric Mooney and River Crandall, who finished third, advisor Todd Hargrave said. The conduct of chapter meetings team of Shelby Hargrave, Scout Sewall, Holden Moriuchi, Tanner Zaugg, Kate Guhlke and MacKenzie Peterson placed sixth. Shelby Hargrave...
Rosemary Reagan Oct. 19, 1956 – Jan. 15, 2023 Rosemary Reagan, 66, passed away on Jan. 15, 2023 after an almost two year battle with cancer. She was born on 10/19/1956 in Cut Bank, Mont. to Bob and Nedra Reagan. Throughout her life she lived in Montana and Washington. She had one son, Lee Arden Pete, who was the one true love of her life. She graduated college in Missoula, Mont., but the majority of her adult years she resided on a family farm near Davenport, Wash. She r...
SPOKANE - Several local youths from Lincoln County were award winners at the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane during the first weekend of May. Lydia Wicks of Reardan was named a 2022-23 ambassador and a scholarship recipient. Sister Olivia Wicks took second in the intermediate division for 4-H Livestock Judging. Brothers Owen and Weston Wagner of Reardan won Junior Grand Champion for 4-H demonstrations. Kate Guhlke of Davenport was named Senior Reverse Grand Champion in the...
REARDAN - The school's FFA members attended the Washington FFA Convention May 11-1, at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick to determine how they stack up against other Ag students. In the inaugural FFA Barbeque competition, the team of Rysen Soliday, Bryson Flaa and Aiden Chilson brought home the state championship with pork spareribs. The team of Emma Flaa, Logan Flaa, Vaea LaMoureaux and Lydia Wicks defeated 15 other teams to place second with their Agricultural...
ODESSA - The local high school FFA chapter headed to the 93rd state Convention and Expo in Kennewick and took home several honors Thursday, May 11-Saturday, May 13. The team of Tucker Walter and John Melcher finished sixth in tractor driving, while the milk quality team of Miller Stout, Aiden Schmierer, Hudson Watson, Rebecca Bramer and Melcher finished seventh, advisor HaLee Walter said. Melcher placed eighth in the individual milk quality category. Additionally, the...
On Good Friday and Easter, or more appropriately, Resurrection Sunday, Christians celebrate the death and victory over it, of our Savior, Jesus Christ by rising from the dead. Some of the physically observable events surrounding His death are truly astounding. The gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke, tell us darkness covered the whole land from noon to 3 pm. The original Greek, from which our English translations are taken, leaves no doubt. This darkness covered the whole world. Later historians verified this worldwide lack of...
Gus Wulbrecht, age seven, tries to score a goal on his mother Ally at the Partners in Education sponsored Mom and Son Sport Night Friday, May 12, in Reardan....
The Davenport High School boys golf team won the academic state championship for the second straight year this season. The award was announced by the school Monday, May 15....
MEDICAL LAKE - A rivalry softball game had the opportunity to advance to the District 7 2B playoffs on the line when Davenport and Reardan faced off Monday, May 15. It was the Gorillas who managed to pull away with a 16-6 victory to keep their season alive. Reardan had opportunities to score throughout the game, loading the bases in the top of the first inning with no outs and coming up empty. Davenport got one in the first to take a 1-0 lead. The Screaming Eagles got some off...
SPANGLE — The Odessa baseball team came up one game short of advancing to the state playoffs, falling to eventual No. 6 state seed Sunnyside Christian 14-4 in a loser-out District 7/9 1B playoff game at Liberty High School Saturday, May 13. Odessa came into the matchup underdogs against a strong Knights lineup, but the Tigers struck first with a run in the top of the second inning after both teams stranded a runner at third base in the first inning. Senior pitcher Collin Martin came out strong, tossing three straight s...
SPOKANE — After two days of district postseason matches involving the Reardan tennis team and the lone player from Davenport, one local player is still in contention to advance to state after play at Whitworth University Saturday, May 13. Sophomore Kerstin Lundgren of Reardan will compete in a loser-out match at Mead High School Saturday, May 20. She must win three straight matches to be one of two players from District 7 to advance to state in girls singles. Lundgren defeated St. George’s freshman Jessie Sawyer and fell to...
CHEWELAH—Local middle school track teams were at Snyder Field for the NE1B/2B championships Monday, May 15, with several squads finishing top-5. The Odessa girls had the best finish of any local team, finishing second. Reardan’s girls were third and Davenport was seventh. Davenport’s boys finished third, while Reardan was fifth and Odessa ninth. Liberty won the girls meet, while Chewelah took the top prize in the boys meet. Here are all the local results from Monday’s championship meet, the final middle school meet of the...
