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Summer weather has taken its sweet time arriving this year, but the Davenport Water Park opened Tuesday, June 14. That allowed divers and swimmers to enjoy the outdoors as the sun began to break through the clouds Wednesday, June 15....
DAVENPORT-Partisan candidates running for Lincoln County audiences had a chance to speak to the public and, in some cases, answer questions from concerned citizens at a forum hosted by the county Republican Central Committee at the high school auditorium here Friday evening, June 10. After moderator Sue Lani Madsen offered an invocation and Committee chair Mary Blechschmidt led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance, uncontested candidates Adam Walser (prosecutor), Chandra...
HARRINGTON- The burn pile is closed to public use, Mayor Jess Silhan reported at council’s June 8 meeting. He said the landowner was concerned about liability issues due to the burn pile. The landowner was also concerned that the burn pile was not being used for the intended purpose. Other materials that were not green waste were repeatedly left behind. Steven Marsh of Spokane gave an update on Adams Street construction. The paving of the street will be done by June 15. The construction is expected to be done by June 20. L...
ODESSA-Police Chief Les Jimerson reported multiple incidents at the council meeting Monday, June 12. Jimerson reported a drug overdose with the victim succumbing. He reported seven speeding tickets and one failure to stop. There was a report of a suspicious vehicle. He reported that junk vehicles had been removed. An investigation has started concerning a child rape. Jimerson also reported a runaway teenager. The theft of $300 was reported. A no contact order violation was also reported. Public works director Anthony...
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 5 Traffic stops: 18 A panic alarm was reported going off at Cenex in Davenport. A caller said she believed the bridge on Sunset Highway Road just east of Davenport could collapse. A caller said her brother was f...
DAVENPORT-Adam Johnson may be in law enforcement outside Lincoln County, but the Airway Heights officer believes the position of Lincoln County Sheriff is a natural next step for him. Johnson is running for Sheriff after considering a campaign for the past 18 months. "When I first got into law enforcement, I thought that every place I've ever gone...I worked my way up," Johnson said. "Sheriff has always been one of those opportunities that I want to make, and I can tell you...
CRESTON-The current trio of Lincoln County Commissioners has been in office together for nearly a decade. Jason Debord wants to change that, and he's running against incumbent Rob Coffman for the District 3 seat in this year's election. Debord, who is the project manager for Huppin's in Spokane and has been with the company for 17 years, said he decided to run the week before Filing Week in May after several people told him he should throw his hat in the ring. "I talked with...
Odessa birthdays June 17: Mellonet Deife June 18: Jacob DeWulf, Milo Holman, Cora Holman June 19: Lori Weber, Silas Sebesta, Jody Tschritter, Aubrey Iverson June 20: Lincoln Lovgren, Angela Weber June 21: Jason Scrupps June 23: John DeWulf Davenport birthdays June 17: Andrew Bennett, Debbie Merserve, Chantel Heath, Jim Golden, Ed Ensor June 18: Barb Curtis, Ashley Jay, Brayden Duff June 19: Chris Gunning, Gerry Rambo June 20: Luke Hammond, Shelly Johnston, William Briggs June 21: Harlow Janke, Hannah Mielke, John Badgley, Lib...
Government and community meetings and gatherings in Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington and Sprague for the week of June 17-23. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Tuesday, June 21 Lincoln County commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the County Courthouse Wednesday, June 22 Lincoln County Parks and Recreation District No. 3 meeting at 9 a.m. in Memorial Hall Sprague city council meeting at 6 p.m. in the Library Odessa school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the Library Davenport c...
REARDAN- The Class of 2022's excitement was felt at the June 11 ceremony. The gym was decorated with school colors of maroon and gray. The Senior Band played the national anthem. Class President Darby McLaughlin gave the welcome speech. She expressed how excited they were to graduate. She thanked the parents and school faculty. Valedictorian Alyssa Boyd expressed a thoughtful perspective. "Our teachers began asking adult questions, as if we would know everything at 18," Boyd...
DAVENPORT--The Lincoln County Commissioners are accepting applications to expand the Lincoln County Board of Health in response to updates to RCW 70.05.030. The updated statue requires equal representation between elected officials and nonelected community members to sit on the local Board of Health. In Lincoln County, this change will expand the Board from the current three county commissioner structure to include three nonelected community members representing public health, healthcare facilities and providers, a consumer...
LIND – With names like "General Lee," "Let's Go Brandon" and "The Bandit," politics were on full-display Saturday along state Highway 21. Dozens of "Trump Country," Trump 2024" and patriotic flags flew along the highway as motorists honked and waved entering town. Anti-President Joe Biden flags waved from high atop farm combines, pickups and campers. But it wasn't the anti-Biden sentiment that brought thousands of people to town, it was the 33rd annual running of the Lind C...
ODESSA – The kids' fishing derby held Saturday morning, June 11, on private property at Schafer's pond south of Odessa was sponsored by the Crab Creek Alliance, the second event held this year by this newly organized Odessa non-profit. Many contributors to the event provided fishing poles for those who did not have them (although most brought their own), as well as everything from nightcrawlers for bait, hand-tied fishing flies by Rennie Tassell of Rosalia, and even c...
Roger Peterson, 72, farmer, cattleman, cowboy, died on June 8th, 2022 surrounded by family and holding a fistful of wheat at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Wash. He's now farming fields where the bushel count is always high and stripe rust never happens. Roger was born Oct. 6th, 1949 to Chester and Katie Peterson. Roger attended Reardan High School. After graduating, he got in his brand-new Pontiac GTO and drove down to WSU, where he always carried a briefcase to class and...
Ray was born to Clara and Archie Hoople on Nov. 20, 1927 in Davenport, Wash. and passed away June 5, 2022 in Moses Lake, Wash. Ray had an older sister Irene and younger brother Edward. After graduation from Davenport High School, he enlisted in the US Coast Guard and married Eleanor Hopkins in 1948. They were married for 73 years before her passing Jan. 2022. Ray worked for Texaco and Phillips 66 Oil Company in Davenport and Soap Lake, Wash. He farmed many years for the Rux fa...
Cool and rainy weather makes for a productive rhubarb year. I was asked how to freeze rhubarb so it works well in recipes. Freezing rhubarb is easy. Just slice or dice to desired size pieces, spread on cookie sheets in a single layer and freeze. When firm, package in airtight containers and return to the freezer. Using frozen rhubarb requires a little attention to detail. For most recipes, do not thaw before using. Using in the frozen state will keep the end product from being...
Clara Dorothea “Dot” Klein, 87, passed away peacefully May 23, 2022 at her daughter and son-in-law’s home in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born Aug. 1, 1934 to Clara and LeRoy Duncan on her maternal grandparent’s farm in Dietrich, Idaho, joining an older sister. Clara’s parents were ministers, so the family moved quite a bit in her early years. The family lived in Indian Springs, Idaho until she was about three years of age, then moved to Deer Lodge, Mont., where she started e...
Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray, both Democrats, issued a draft report which estimates that breaching the four lower Snake River dams and replacing their electricity and other benefits would cost between $10 and $27 billion. Meanwhile, the lone Idaho Republican, Congressman Mike Simpson, supporting dam removal---impoundments located in a neighboring state--is willing to pony up $33 billion tax dollars. That’s a lot of taxpayer money even today when President Biden and C...
The message from voters was crystal clear, but elected officials apparently don’t want to hear it. In 2019, nearly 80% of voters in the city of Spokane approved an amendment to the city charter – in essence, a local constitutional amendment – requiring collective bargaining talks between the city government and city unions be open and transparent. It’s a simple concept – since the salaries of government workers make up such a large portion of the city’s budget, taxpayers h...
