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DEER MEADOWS - A new pub-style restaurant and bar has opened at Sunday Bay Resort. The Maverick Pub has been open for three weekends and serves a variety of drinks, artisan pizzas and revolving food options. The pub, which is owned by former University of Washington and NFL defensive lineman and Cheney native Steve Emtman, is in the downstairs of Sunday Bay Resort on Sunday Bay Resort Road North. It's currently open Thursday-Sunday from 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Monday service will...
EDWALL - The Fire District No. 4 fire station here was the checkpoint for the SCM1000 Road Rally that passed through town Monday, June 12, giving those who wished a glimpse of some of the rarest pre-1975 sports cars in the world. The inaugural 1,000-mile rally was held in Oregon in 2018. The event was so popular that organizers decided to continue the event, but to find alternative routes each year. This year, between June 11-16, 40 car owners from across America and Canada...
SPRAGUE - The Rusty Vikings will be bringing old school rock 'n' roll music to Medical Lake to play at Founders Day for the first time Friday, June 16. Formed in Sprague, they have deep ties to the area. The Rusty Vikings band comprises four Sprague High School alums who attended between 1967-1970, including keyboardist Roger Shawgo, bass guitarist Dick Sharp, drummer Jim Cree and guitarist Kevin Gaffney. "Being small-town folks, we appreciate the rich history of eastern...
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. June 4 Traffic stops: 6 A Reardan woman said her mother got drunk, started arguing with another woman and that woman pushed her mother down. A woman that fell and started bleeding was reported at SpeedTrap Tap Hou...
From cars to bigfoot to high-speed sprint boats, you don’t have to look very far to find something to do this weekend. But dad won’t care if you take him somewhere or just spend time with him. For dad, Father’s Day isn’t about spending money, it’s about time – time to connect, reflect and enjoy each other’s company. Dads spend a lifetime taking care of the needs of their children. Through their children’s formative years into college, fathers bring structure, discipline, log...
Sometimes, to better inform the future, we need to learn from the past. And a newspaper tends to be a rural county’s historical record, so turning to the newspaper for that past is a logical step. Plus, we received many requests to bring back our “Looking Back” section, and the Lincoln County Historical Society recently reached out with several interested writers hoping to contribute historical articles covering our area. So, this summer and starting this issue, we’ll have a...
DAVENPORT — Changes in the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office now allow some business previously required to be in person to be online, Auditor Chandra Schumacher said this week. Documents that can be released via public records can be searched online via the Auditor’s website and sent electronically via phone payment. Online records are currently redacted, Schumacher said, because many old recordings contain social security numbers and other private information. But the public can search for the records, make a request and h...
DAVENPORT — A Spokane boy pleaded guilty to an amended charge of harassment-rendering criminal assistance in the second-degree for his role in the Feb. 22 death of Shadrach Hall-Turner in Reardan. 15-year-old Izaiah T. Paige pleaded guilty in Lincoln County Juvenile Court Tuesday, June 13 and was sentenced to six months community supervision and five days in juvenile detention, which will be served at the direction of the Juvenile Court Administrator based on compliance with a disposition order, according to court records. P...
ODESSA - Local "pizza baker" and musician Nate Lathrop will be putting on a music festival full of Christian music, prayer and testimonials from residents Saturday, July 22. The downtown Christian Freedom Music Festival will take place outside Rolling Thunder Ministries -- also known as Rolling Thunder Pizza – at 13 W. First St., from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Stand, an Idaho-based band, will headline the event, he said. Others performances include Flog a Mocker, JESUS Family M...
HARRINGTON — The third installment of Vintage Country Fair will be downtown from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 17. A pie sale sponsored by the Harrington Homemakers will be in Town Square, while the Opera House hosts a quilt show. Tractors will be showcased, while vendors will sell handmade and vintage goods. A corn hole tournament at the corner of Willis and Third Streets begins at 11 a.m. Food will be sold all day....
1 years ago - Harrington's nine members of the Class of 2023 were celebrated, including valedictorian Lexie Hirst and salutatorian Jake Tanke. - The Lincoln County Commissioners appropriated $4,000 through the end of the year for a youth-oriented health education program. 25 years ago - 39 graduates made their commencement march at Davenport High School, including valedictorian Suzanne Schreck and salutatorian Kylene Marriott. - Dawn Mining Company's closure plans on State...
ODESSA — The Historisches Museum was conceived in 1970 and incorporated in 1971 with the establishment of a historical society to serve the Southwest Lincoln County area. As a physician, new to the Odessa area, Dr. John E. Gahringer was impressed by the historical accounts that patients and neighbors recounted to him regarding the settlement of the land by German-Russian immigrants. He realized it was important that this special German-Russian heritage be preserved. About this same time, Dr. Gahringer had purchased an e...
Davenport birthdays June 16: Caili Schimek, Autumn Cursi June 17: Ed Ensor, Jim Golden, Debbie Merserve, Andrew Bennett, Chantel Heath June 18: Barb Curtis, Ashley Jay, Brayden Duff June 19: Gerry Rambo, Chris Gunning June 20: Todd Winzer, Shelly Johnston, William Briggs, Luke Hammond June 21: Harlow Janke, Cody Johnston, John Badgley, Hannah Mielke June 22: Kyte Stout Davenport anniversaries June 16: Billy and Wanda Hopkins, Todd and Jennifer Hargrave June 17: Duane and Becky Oehlwein, Jerry and Cindy Warner, Reid and...
DAVENPORT - A sizable, 45-member Class of 2023 was recognized in front of a similarly packed crowd in the High School Gym at the 2023 Graduation Saturday, June 10. Graduates began the processional out of the hallways entering the locker rooms before curving around the back of the gym and back up the center of the aisle onto the stage, which was situated on the south side of the festivities. "Pomp and Circumstance" accompanied the class as performed by the middle and high...
Patricia A (Piper) Senter Jan. 4, 1932- May 31, 2023 Patricia A (Piper) Senter passed away May 31, 2023 in Davenport, Wash., her home being in Reardan, Wash. Patricia was born to Charles and Freda Piper in Spokane, Wash. on Jan. 4, 1932. She grew up in Spokane before moving to Reardan where she graduated from Reardan High School. Upon graduation, she attended Beauty School in Spokane where she received her license. She met Robert Senter, who was stationed at Fairchild AFB and...
ODESSA - Tiger white, orange and black filled the High School Gym as the 19-member Class of 2023 was celebrated with a late morning graduation ceremony Saturday, June 10. Graduates entered through the back doors and proceeded down the center aisle in pairs and trios for the opening ceremony before the National Anthem to begin the festivities. Principal Jamie Nelson offered a welcome to the attendees, then announced Citizenship Awards for two students "symbolizing outstanding...
REARDAN - After starting their high school career under the cloud and uncertainty of Covid, the graduating Class of 2023 enjoyed a sense of normalcy their senior year which culminated with a 45-minute commencement ceremony attended by hundreds Saturday, June 10 in the school gymnasium. As guests slowly filed into the gym, they were handed a program with each of the graduates' pictures and an insert that listed their plans and any scholarships they received. They found their...
LIND –– The lone driver from Lincoln County made his presence felt Saturday, June 10, during the annual Lind Lion's Club Combine Demolition Derby. Farmers from across the state brought their battle-ready combines to Lind to see which would still be running at the end of a weekend. William Mann of Sprague drove the Ritzville-based "Suds." The combines competed in five heats, with the fifth marking the grand finale. This year, several teams entered the derby. And several car...
DAVENPORT — The 2B state champion boys basketball team is one of three finalists for Region Boys High School Team of the Year in the 2023 Spokane Youth Sports Awards. Award winners will be announced at a downtown Spokane ceremony Tuesday, May 20. Davenport, the Wellpinit boys basketball team and the Chewelah boys cross country team are the candidates for the Region award. Recently graduated Tennessee Rainwater is up for Region boys Athlete of the Year against Medical Lake’s Reid Headrick and Freeman’s Boen Phelps. The first...
REARDAN — The second annual Reardan Slam Basketball Tournament tips off in the Main Gym and Smith Gym Friday, June 16 and runs through Sunday, June 18. 12 high school girls varsity and junior varsity teams will compete in the round robin tournament organized by girls basketball head coach Bob Swannack. Varsity teams competing include Reardan, Priest River, Medical Lake, Colfax, Freeman, Tonasket, Ridgeline, Kettle Falls, St. George’s, Northport, West Valley, Northwest Christian and Chewelah. Junior varsity teams are Rea...
ODESSA - The high school baseball coach will be coaching the football team this fall. Local Joe Schlomer was given the job as approved by the school board Tuesday, June 6. Schlomer will take over for longtime coach Jeff Nelson, who announced his retirement as football coach in January. The 48-year-old Schlomer is coaching tackle football for the first time. He said he has five years of flag football coaching experience and applied for the high school job after baseball...
ODESSA - A 39-year coaching veteran and a WIAA Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee has been hired as the high school boys head basketball coach. Mike Carlquist, who was an assistant coach under HP Carstensen last year, accepted the job as approved by the school board Tuesday, June 6. The 64-year-old Carlquist brings a long history of coaching stops to a program looking to climb back into state contention. He started as an assistant coach for two years in his hometown of...
PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BID LINCOLN COUNTY Construction/Provisioning of Colocation Facilities in Almira, Creston, Harrington, and Wilbur NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County, Washington that bids will be received until 12:00 p.m., Thursday June 29, 2023 at one of the following locations: Electronically: lcbroadband@ co.lincoln.wa.us Or Regular Mail: Board of Lincoln County Commissioners P.O. Box 28 Davenport, WA 99122-0028 Or In Person/FedEx: Office of the Board of County...
PUBLIC NOTICE LINCOLN COUNTY NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE (DNS)STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (SEPA) (RCW 43.21C) SEPA RULES (WAC 197-11) AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FILE NO. Conditional Use Permit – 04-23 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL: Adding a 3,750 sq ft building for an existing i502 license. The building will be used for indoor production – processing. PROPONENT: Zach Schmelebeck PO Box 768 Odessa, WA 99159 LOCATION OF PROPOSAL: 5458 SR 21 N Odessa, WA 99159 LEAD AGENCY: Lincoln County Land Ser...
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL: Pursuant to 28A.335.120 RCW, Reardan-Edwall School District hereby gives notice of intent to sell the following described property: ALL THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN, STATE OF WASHINGTON, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT PORTION OF THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE 39 E.W.M., MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 14; THENCE NORTH 01°53’35” WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID...
