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ODESSA – The members of the Odessa Athletics Hall of Fame committee have been meeting regularly for the past several months, working to select the 2021 inductees. These individuals and team members will be honored June 19 at the Odessa High School gymnasium foyer. Larry Weber, chairman of the Hall of Fame committee, will present plaques to each of the athletes present or to family members, assisted by vice-chair Jon Heimbigner. Even though the alumni banquet has once again b...
DAVENPORT – Lincoln County Commissioners hosted a public hearing regarding Community Economic Revitalization Board funding for Lincoln County’s rural broadband project during a meeting May 17. Economic Development Director Janice Cepeda presented the portion of the project, which would provide high-speed, open access broadband to Wilbur, Creston, Almira and Harrington by August 2022. No member of the public spoke. The CERB grant funding application approved by commissioners is for $2 million. The county would have to mat...
DAVENPORT – The city maintained its revenue and expenditures plan in the first quarter to remain in the black, according to the financial report released and discussed at the finance committee’s May 12 meeting. The committee, which consists of councilmembers Nathan Hansen, Lance Strite and Theresa Telford, was left with only one question. Strite inquired about the property tax revenue, which has been $2,055 so far…just 0.8% of the budgeted $265,000 for the year. City clerk Dave Leath explained that typically property taxes...
PULLMAN – Washington State University professor Lav Khot has been named interim director of AgWeatherNet. Khot takes over as director for Dave Brown, who stepped down. "We want to make sure this high-quality data is collected and distributed to grower stakeholders so they can make informed decisions that benefit their operations and the state of Washington," Khot said. Khot will serve an interim term of two years and is an associate professor in biological systems e...
DAVENPORT – Seven department heads or representatives gave updates and shared goals/requests at the School Board’s quarterly meeting Monday, May 17. The presentations followed the approval of the consent agenda, which included hiring Morgan Hunt and Kyra Arland as elementary teachers, Tracy Winzer as secondary ELA, Jennifer Hargrave as ALE/Options Program teacher/director and Tim Zeiler as junior high boys basketball head coach. Sarah Sweetser gave a food services presentation and described how food service workers have tra...
Masks are coming off. Most residents wanting a coronavirus vaccination have gotten one. Sports are on and students are back in the classroom. It’s not a coronavirus emergency that’s keeping Washingtonians from going back to work. Over the past several weeks, I’ve had numerous conversations with owners and managers trying to get their small businesses back on solid financial ground. Given residents’ frustration of being pent up for more than 14 months, you’d think that woul...
We knew it was coming. The moment lawmakers tried to get clever and thought they could gain support for a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (House Bill 1091) and Cap and Trade (Senate Bill 5126) by linking the policies with a future transportation tax package, it was clear what the governor would do – veto the restriction. Never mind the fact it appears to be illegal to do this. But since he has previously issued questionable line-item vetoes, there was never any doubt that he would do...
Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Senate Bill 5228, to existing standards and training for public school workers, to combat institutional racism in our public schools. Next, state government will require students to learn the same as part of their curriculum. That will further divide them against each other in and out of the classroom. There is nothing "critical" about the human race, only the politically correct disease pushed on to the American people in the guise of racial compassion, where there is no systemic racism, but...
HARRINGTON – One woman honoring her father's dream brought literally hundreds of people to Harrington on Saturday, May 15, for the 9th Annual Car Show. Naturally, Jill Barth did have assistance to pull off this fete. Her father's dream continues. This year there were 153 registered cars with more than 200 cars in attendance. Many of these were first-timers registering for the event. "This was our first year hosting vendors onsite and our first year with a food truck. Everythin...
HARRINGTON – Miss Harrington Lexy Crawford crowned her successor Caroline Slack during the Harrington Car Show on Saturday, May 15. Lexy is the daughter of Janese and Troy Crawford. She was crowned last summer in a socially distanced outdoor ceremony with a few Harrington Homemakers and the Crawford family present. Her coronation was celebrated with a parade of cars through Harrington streets. Ms. Crawford's reign was overshadowed by the pandemic but she served as a p...
The Inland Northwest Rail Museum hosted Railroad Days last weekend. Here, a young boy helps his father drive a spike into a track....
Planning a few long weekends or a vacation may have you rethinking your garden plans. Don’t let time away from home stop you from growing flowers and vegetables in containers. Irrigation systems with timers and self-watering pots are options to make container gardening and vacation care easier. You may, however, just be looking for ways to adapt your existing container gardening care while on vacation. Find a plant sitter and take time to provide needed plant care instructions. It can be difficult, but you may be able to conv...
DAVENPORT – 1st Place - Computer Problem Solving: Gunnar Knutson; Knutson will participate at the FBLA National Leadership Convention. 1st Place - Partnership with Business Project: Navia Bowdish, Kylee Buchanan and Allison Jorden; This group will participate at the FBLA National Leadership Convention. 4th Place - Business Plan: Zackary Bruce, Evan Gunning and Jesse Raugust; This group will participate at the FBLA National Leadership Convention. 6th Place - Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure: Zackary Bruce 6th Place - L...
Ruth Rose (Morrison) Van Buren 1945 - 2021 Ruth Rose (Morrison) Van Buren passed away peacefully May 1, 2021, at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur D' Alene, ID. We bid goodbye to our loving mother. She was born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin on April 9, 1945 to Gladys G Petta Morrison and James Hugh Morrison. Ruth was one of three children; proceeded in death by her brother Gary and survived by her brother Ron. Ruth served in the Special Services Department of the Navy from 1965 to...
Grant A. Van Buren 1949 - 2021 Grant A. Van Buren, 72, passed away peacefully April 26, 2021, at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. The Good Lord invited Grant to the great hunting ground and brought him home. Grant was born Feb. 10, 1949 to Clara Reinbold Van Buren and Otto Van Buren in Ritzville Wash. Grant grew up in Davenport and was one of 5 siblings. He was preceded in death by his sisters Dona Van Buren Patti, Sandy Van Buren Knapp and survived by his brother Glenn...
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. May 9 Traffic stops: 12 A woman reported a suspicious male wearing a denim shirt and brown pants sleeping next to her fence. A Davenport woman reported a lost llama. A Davenport man said he wanted more patrols in the...
REARDAN – There was no league championship at stake, but the Reardan baseball team leveraged its home field advantage to win the four-team NE2B consolation playoff with wins over Kettle Falls and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague during a full day of America's pastime Friday, May 14. The playoff kicked off with the Indians hosting the Bulldogs in a morning tilt. Reardan, technically the visiting team, scored two runs in the top of the first inning. But Kettle Falls tied the score in the...
DAVENPORT-When the Lady Gorillas needed a bucket in their season opening game against Northwest Christian (Colbert), they just forced the ball inside to Ellie Telford. The senior delivered with a career-high 29 points while adding 10 rebounds and three blocks while Davenport knocked off NWC 52-40. Telford was 11-for-19 from the field and 6-for-11 from the free throw line. Darby Soliday was the only other Davenport player in double figures with 13 points. Soliday added five...
DAVENPORT-It wasn't an easy fight, but the Gorillas were able to snare a win in their first game of the season against the Northwest Christian (Colbert) Crusaders 70-65 Tuesday, May 18. Sharp-shooting point guard Brenick Soliday and high-flying wing Tennesee Rainwater scored 24 big points apiece for Davenport. Soliday knocked down five key three-pointers on 10 attempts and hit three important free-throws down the stretch after Rainwater fouled out with three minutes left in th...
REARDAN – The Colfax Bulldogs came to town for the season hoops tip-off and came away unscathed. The Bulldog varsity boys pounded the Reardan Indians 67-34, while the varsity girls used a stout zone defense to pull away in the second half of their game 41-24 in both team's opening match May 15. In the boys game, Colfax started strong and never looked back, jumping out to a 15-5 lead in the first quarter while forcing turnovers and getting out in transition. Reardan s...
SPOKANE-The Davenport and Harrington golf teams headed to Kalispel Country Club to wrap up the spring season at the Spokane area high school golf championships Thursday, May 13. The Davenport boys finished 10th of 12 teams that finished, while the Harrington boys and girls didn't finish. Kristof Panke, Davenport's top golfer all year and the NE2B player of the year, finished tied for 13th. He shot an 80, which was good for eight over par. Mead's Ty Anderson and Gonzaga Prep's...
RITZVILLE-The Reardan boys and girls basketball teams weren't able to enter the win columns in their first road tilts of the season at Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Tuesday, May 18. The Broncos knocked off the Indians 44-26 in the girls game and 72-53 in the boys game. Drew Kelly and Chase Galbreath scored 20 points apiece to lead the Bronco boys, while Josh McClure contributed 13 points. Reardan was led by Tristo McCrea with 17 points, and Aiden Kieffer scored 15 for the Indians....
RITZVILLE – Davenport senior Darby Soliday finished a standout, record-breaking career with three district titles at the District 7 NE2B championship meet May 13. She was one of three Gorillas to finish first. Soliday took first place in the girls 200 meters, girls 100 meter hurdles and girls 100 meter hurdles. She was joined in the winner's circle by her sophomore brother, Brenick, who won the boys 110 meter hurdles. Junior Jarrett Jacobsen was victorious in two events, w...
DAVENPORT--Six more candidates in the Davenport/Reardan/Harrington/Sprague area filed for candidacy in various positions up for election yesterday, three of which were for Sprague mayor. That race now becomes a contested race between four candidates. Trace De Garmo filed Tuesday, while Sunnie Fortin, Scooter Dearing and M. Shawn Coombs filed yesterday. Locally, Lance Strite filed for Davenport city council, Jennifer Cox filed for Reardan-Edwall School District's board of directors and Shelley Quigley filed for Harrington...
