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DAVENPORT-Former Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of third-degree criminal assistance and was ordered to complete 40 hours of community service by Garfield County District Court Judge Thomas W. Cox Wednesday, Aug. 24, concluding an 18-month saga stemming from a Feb. 2021 incident involving Magers and his son, Colton W. Magers. Wade Magers' official sentence was 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine, all of which was suspended by the presid...
DAVENPORT--An inmate has escaped Lincoln County Jail, and authorities are encouraging the public to call 911 if spotted. Cody James Magruder, 37, was booked on July 5 on a failure to comply with a Kittitas County felony warrant and a restricting-contact order violation. As of 9:14 p.m. Monday, the Sheriff's Office believed Magruder could be in the downtown Davenport corridor. Magruder stands 6'5" and was last seen wearing a brown shirt and orange striped pants. Lincoln...
Editor’s note: Record-Times editor Drew Lawson added to and slightly tweaked this article that ran in the Wilbur Register Thursday, Aug. 4. DAVENPORT--As of early July, Lincoln County residents have two medical air ambulance services available and area entities are urging everyone to buy memberships for both. There are differences in membership requirements for each service. In order to get membership in the Life Flight service, people need to sign up and pay the annual fee. Unlike Life Flight, Airlift Northwest requires t...
Wheat harvest continued this week. Some farmers have finished already, but many are still working hard, long days to retrieve the 2022 crop. This harvester was cutting wheat Wednesday across from the WSU Extension just east of Davenport off Highway 2....
A fire on Second Street was started due to an electrical issue Thursday, Aug. 11. The Odessa Fire Department received a call just after 7 p.m. A fire started in one garage and spread to another adjacent to the fire. An investigation is pending on the cause and where it started....
DAVENPORT—A defendant’s answer, affirmative defenses and counterclaims filed in Lincoln County Superior Court Wednesday, Aug. 10 by the city denied most claims levied against the city and airport in a lawsuit filed in July by Wilbur-based Greg’s Crop-Care Company while launching counterclaims asking the court to order the removal of the company from the city airport. The 21-page filing begins by responding to the accusations brought by the company and its owner, Kevin Leyva. The city denied that the airport ever enter...
SPRAGUE-- Dick and Claudette Sharp have been announced as the 2022 Grand Marshal for the Sprague Days Parade, which will be Saturday, Sept. 10. Dick Sharp was born and raised in Sprague, graduating from the high school in 1967. He worked for the Sprague Advocate and later was hired by a newspaper in Tri-Cities where he moved to for a year before returning to work for John Deere dealers in Spokane, Cheney and Sprague. He also worked for several area farmers over the years...
DAVENPORT—10 defendants were listed in a suit filed by Jim and Sherri Keyes of Reardan against several county entities and employees Monday, Aug. 8 accusing the Assessor’s Office and Board of Equalization of various malpractices. Named as defendants are assessor J Scott Liebing, appraiser Christine Tareski, Board of Equalization members Anne Filion, Dale Vaughan, Ralph Nachtigal and Jim Knapp, prosecuting attorney Adam Walser, Lincoln County, the Lincoln County Assessor’s Office and the Board of Equalization. The suit alleg...
HARRINGTON- Mayor Jess Silhan announced the city received a grant of $750,700 from the Washington State Department of Ecology at the City Council meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 10. In the middle of June a concerned citizen came to Mayor Jess Silhan due to three inches of standing water on their property. Upon further investigation the council found standing water on the hillside by the railroad tracks. At the end of June the city was able to dig up the leak to investigate further. Silhan said the ground was so soft their backhoe...
ODESSA- Groundwater levels in Lincoln County are declining due to various predicaments. In 2021 The Washington State Department of Ecology and Office of Columbia River provided funds to the Lincoln County Conservation District. The funds were to help characterize water levels in Lincoln County Aquifers. A study was conducted June 2017 through June 2021. The report found 33 wells displaying declining water levels, most of which are in the Grand Ronde aquifer in Pullman. The overall objective of the project was to conduct a...
Government and community meetings and gatherings in Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington and Sprague for the week of Aug. 19-25. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Aug. 22 Davenport school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the K-8 Library Odessa town council meeting at 7 p.m. in the Library Wednesday, Aug. 24 Lincoln County Parks and Recreation District No. 4 meeting at 9 a.m. in Memorial Hall Sprague city council meeting at 6 p.m., location TBD Odessa school board m...
Davenport birthdays Aug. 19: Erich Hein, Hunter McCluskey, Dean Morgan ♱ Aug. 20: Lynn Richardson, Chris Honey, Ryan Cash, Avery Cash, Lance Johnson, Matt Wagner, Tim Zeiler Aug. 21: Rusty McGuire, Peyton Smith, Johnathon Cannon, Donna Gamache, Patti Anderson, Tonia Carruth ♱ Aug. 23: Jerry Wahl, Shirley Gunning, Rusty Warwick Aug. 24: Quinton Withey, Desirae Wagner, Scout Sewall Davenport anniversaries Aug. 21: Collin and Lila Woodland Aug. 22: Tony and Amanda Boggs Aug. 23: Matt and Kylee Balance Aug. 24: Doug and Ann...
DAVENPORT-Freshly mowed, albeit slightly bumpy, grass. Getting run formations down pat. 20% of the roster absent because of wheat harvest. It's all a staple of the beginning of football season in Lincoln County as teams held their first practice in the morning heat Wednesday, Aug. 17. Davenport is looking to build off a state playoff appearance in 2021. First practices don't often indicate much, but senior Sam Schneider, traditionally a fullback, took the majority of reps as...
Gooseberries, an old fashioned fruit, born on prickly branches that deter even our local voracious scabland deer, were plentiful this year. I did a little experimenting with kuchen recipes to come up with a good one for Gooseberry Kuchen. The not too sweet custard with a hint of nutmeg is the perfect balance to the tart fruit. Gooseberry Kuchen Dough for one kuchen 2 cups gooseberries, fresh or frozen 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 egg 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 1/2 Tbsp...
Paul Frederick Horak, 75, of Odessa, Wash., passed away on Aug. 5, 2022. Paul was born in Odessa on April 26, 1947 to Frank and Mary Louise Geissler Horak Kern. After graduating from high school in ’65, Paul played football for Eastern Washington (College) University. Paul often spoke fondly of those years, the games played, friends remembered, and classes missed. These stories always produced ear to ear smiles and addictive belly laughs. When his four years of football w...
David was born April 30, 1943 in southern Calif. Dianne was born Feb. 2, 1944 in southern Calif. Dave & Dianne met in 8th grade and were best of friends. They went their separate ways after high school, only to reconnect a few years later. They fell in love and tied the knot on March 5, 1967. Their son Landon came along in 1969 and daughter Elaina in 1971. David joined US Navy at 18 years old, served from 1963-1968 repairing submarines. He achieved the rank of Patternmaker...
Having lived a life full of love, and one devoted to faith, family, friendship, and service, after 101½ years, Arloine “Barlee” Brown went to be with the Lord on July 30, 2022. She passed away peacefully with family by her side. Barlee was born to Eugene “Gene” and Mildred “Milly” Boyk at the home of her grandparents, E.J. and Mary K. Boyk, on Jan. 22, 1921, in Rocklyn, Wash. She was the third child of four, with siblings Leland Boyk, Adeline Schmidt, and Lois Brown. In 19...
If you want a glimpse of parched river bottoms behind “would be breached” lower Snake River dams, look at recent photos of European rivers and lakes. On parts of picturesque Rhine River there is often more dry land than flowing water. Europe is in the clutches of another drought—the second since 2018. It is so severe that countries across the continent are imposing water restrictions. There are massive fish kills and desiccated croplands. Shipping is endangered on the Rhine...
The local news coverage of the celebration for units returning from Iraq and Afghanistan left me with mixed emotions. I was delighted that our fighting men and women were being embraced by our community. At the same time, however, I couldn't help feeling an emptiness as I recalled the lack of welcome for those of us who returned from Viet Nam. We came home to an ungrateful, and sometimes hostile, nation. In some extreme cases, we were spit on as we got off the plane. Some of...
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. Aug. 8 Traffic stops: 28 A one-vehicle rollover crash was reported on Highway 25 at milepost 8. A Davenport man said a man and dog were in a broken-down Dodge pickup at the Lincoln County Transfer Station and nee...
