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DAVENPORT – City councilmembers discussed an ordinance placed before them that would give the local fire chief authority to enact a fireworks ban on the Fourth of July during times of extreme fire danger, such as the dry conditions oft discussed this year. The discussion took place at council’s July 14 meeting. Mayor Brad Sweet and Fire District No. 5 issued a ban this year which reduced firework usage in the city, but legally, the ban had no teeth. State law dictates that a municipality must have an ordinance written int...
DAVENPORT – Chandra Schumacher, CPA, was selected by the Lincoln County Commissioners to replace former county auditor Shelly Johnston as interim auditor through Johnston’s elected cycle. Schumacher will begin Sept. 1 and will be sworn in around that time. Schumacher, who comes from a third-generation farming family and lives in Harrington, got a degree in accounting from Eastern Washington University. She spent time accounting for several companies in the Seattle area before moving to Odessa Union for five years. She the...
LINCOLN COUNTY – Washington State’s Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) recently awarded Lincoln County a broadband construction grant. With a unanimous vote from CERB, Lincoln County was awarded a $2 million grant to start the first fiber build. The grant comes after the county applied earlier this year. That application passed the required threshold, and representatives from the county were invited to present “Connecting Lincoln County” to CERB July 14. Petrichor Broadband will handle management of the network...
DAVENPORT – The city has spent just 43% of its budgeted expenditures through the second quarter of 2021, leaving the city in the black through two quarters this year. $3,249,078 was budgeted for spending, and just $1,403,084 has been spent. $741,299 has been spent from the current expense fund, which pays for legislative and executive positions, law enforcement, fire, animal control, planning, building, park/pool and interfund transfers. Law enforcement was the highest expenditure at $159,094 aside from “all others (including...
Milton James (Jim/ Zimpy) Zimprich May 13, 1937 - July 11, 2021 Milton James (Jim/Zimpy) Zimprich, 84, passed away July 11, 2021 at the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center after a long battle with cancer. Jim was born on May 13, 1937 in Spokane, Wash. to Milton and Betty Zimprich. Jim is survived by his wife Lora, four children Denise (Benny), Jim (Sue), Tammi and Tony; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren that brought him such joy and his...
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. July 11 Traffic stops: 7 An Odessa woman reported a man trying to get in her neighbor’s car on East Fourth Avenue. Two lost dogs were reported on East Fifth Avenue in Odessa. A person was reportedly looking in a vehic...
DAVENPORT – The Fishing Derby, Chalk Art Contest and Parade all had winners at this year's Pioneer Days festivities. Here are the winners of each contest and how each contestant won their respective competition. Fishing Derby 1st Place 2nd Place Under 4 Quincy Montgomery Rogun Reinbold 0.906 lbs 0.853 lbs Age 5-8 Lincoln Johnson Alexandria Kent 0.869 lbs 0.858 lbs Age 9-11 Rayland Barger Ryan Reetz 2.985 lbs 2.974 lbs Age 12-14 Jacob James Alyssa Breedlove 0.950 lbs 0.708 l...
ODESSA – The July 4 car, truck and bike show held in downtown Odessa drew 12 car entries, six truck entries and six motorcycle entries to town. Ed Riederich of Ritzville entered a vehicle he has dubbed Atilla Da Hun Da. Roger and Melissa Simmons of Soap Lake brought their Laguna-type S-3. Roger Egbert of Davenport entered a 1956 Chevrolet. Charles Green of Moses Lake brought a 2009 Dodge SRT8 called Midnight Wolf. Stan Vangen, also of Moses Lake, entered a Chevrolet C...
1 years ago July 15, 1921 Not a bumper crop this year. The wheat crop is not so good, as was expected early in the season due to the burning during the last week of much of the spring wheat. The winter wheat is now ready for harvest. G.W. Finney made a trip through the country around Marlin, Ruff and Wheeler and reported that the crops north of Marlin promised the largest yield, some farmers expecting 25 to 28 bushels to the acre. Around Ruff he thought 6 to 12 would be the best that could be expected, while the Odessa...
Ashley Roper of Harrington has earned a place on the Spokane Falls Community College honor roll for spring quarter 2021. Students must earn a grade point average of 3.0 or higher to be on the honor roll. Christopher Wyatt of Harrington and Sara Kramer of Odessa have made the honor roll at Spokane Community College. The honor roll lists those students who achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or above in spring quarter. Kaitlin Estep, Colton Hunt and Camden Weber, all of Odessa, have been placed on the Dean’s List at E...
HARRINGTON – The Harrington Opera House Society met July 12 in the lobby of the opera house. Mark Stedman and Karen Robertson offered to contact the Spokane Historical Preservation group for information regarding a structural engineer. An event has been approved for the Aug. 8, 2021, 4 p.m., which will feature Andres Jaramillo and will be coordinated with Stephen and Becky Hardy. Hardy volunteered to pay for the piano tuning prior to the event. Other upcoming events include th...
Last week, the largest teacher’s union in the country announced that it will conduct opposition research with regard to the growing grassroots campaign to stop Critical Race Theory from being forced on schoolchildren. This very demographically diverse group of angry activists, mostly composed of concerned parents, showed up vocally, passionately and totally unexpected at local school boards nationwide. They shocked the professional liberal elite and National Education Association leaders all across the nation. Clearly, p...
Jeffery Loren Ramm Andrews, loving husband, father and friend, passed away April 15, 2021 as a result of a motorcycle and car accident. Jeff was born May 7, 1965 in Odessa to Larry and Kathleen (Lobe) Ramm. Jeff grew up in Walla Walla before moving to the Seattle area after high school graduation. Early in his working career Jeff spent several years at a wrecking yard, where his love of cars grew. While completing his education, Jeff accepted a position at an optical company...
It’s shaping up to be the year for conspiracy fans. UFOs are confirmed by the U.S. military and now government censorship through social media platforms is acknowledged. “We are in regular touch with social media platforms … We’re flagging problematic posts for Facebook,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said during a July 15 press conference. She was speaking alongside Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy about information provided about COVID, treatments and vaccinations. Psaki outlined steps the Biden Administr...
OLYMPIA – Washingtonians will begin to see fewer plastic bags littering the state’s roadsides, parks, and streams beginning Oct. 1 when the statewide plastic bag ban goes into effect. The bag ban prohibits the distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags by restaurants, retail, small vendors and grocery stores. The ban was originally scheduled to begin Jan. 1, 2021, but the limited availability of compliant bags prompted Gov. Jay Inslee to delay it through a proclamation. The proclamation was recently rescinded. “Si...
VICTORIA, British Columbia — The border closure between British Columbia and Washington will be lifted for some U.S. residents beginning Aug. 9. Canada will allow vaccinated Americans into the country, provided they have been “fully vaccinated at least 14 days prior to entering Canada,” according to a press release. “All travellers, regardless of vaccination status, will still require a pre-entry COVID-19 molecular test result.” If the number of coronavirus cases doesn’t explode after that, the Canadian government...
