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ODESSA — A local man whose application for a conditional use permit to grow marijuana indoors on a property north of town was denied is suing Lincoln County and a Montana man after the commissioners denied his application Monday, Aug. 7. In a petition for review of land use decision filed in Lincoln County Superior Court Thursday, Aug. 17 against the county and Ervin Schmelebeck of Kalispell, Zach Schmelebeck claimed that the commissioners erroneously adopted a Hearing Examiner’s report that the proposed pot grow was wit...
MEDICAL LAKE – Carl Grub, lifelong resident, philanthropist and advocate for area youth, died in the Gray Fire Friday, Aug. 18. He was 86 years old. Grub was born in Medical Lake in 1937. He served in the Air Force reserves for 22 years, sold real estate and was a cattleman. In 2008, he and his brother Craig established the Jensen Memorial Youth Ranch, which serves as a place for 4-H and FFA members from Reardan, Medical Lake, Cheney and Fairchild Air Force Base to keep t...
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. 13 Traffic stops: 2 A Davenport woman said her daughter was so intoxicated she couldn’t stand up. Drugs were found, and Wilbur Auto assisted with a resulting impound. An abandoned dog was reported on the 300 b...
GRAND COULEE — A vacant home and five other smaller structures burned in a roughly 150-acre fire at 5897 Spring Canyon Road Friday, Aug. 18. According to reports from the Wilbur Register, Lincoln County Fire District No. 9 commissioner Ron Rosenburg spotted the fire at a vacant home around 11:45 a.m. Two trailers and three small wooden outbuildings were reportedly lost in the fire. District No. 9 crews were assisted by Mt. Tolman firefighters, along with crews from Wilbur, Almira and Electric City. The Bureau of Land M...
REARDAN - Several young men from LincolnCounty served in Spruce Squadrons during World War I, including Reardan men August Mahrt Sr., Gustave Wagner and John Hickenbottom. Most World War I soldiers do not include the Spruce Squadron designation on their tombstones, making them hard to find, so there are probably many more. There were about 19,000 men serving in Washington and Oregon. Wagner learned about the Spruce Squadrons while doing his basic training at what was then...
DAVENPORT - Lincoln County Sheriff's Office deputy Dain Harden has officially been hired as the local school resource officer. His hire was approved by the school board Monday, Aug. 21. Harden, originally from Kellogg, Idaho, has been with the Sheriff's Office since Nov. 2017. The process of hiring a school resource officer has been in place since the departure of school safety officer Mike Jacoby at the end of last school year. The desired presence of an officer was...
The Odessa School District hosted a mobile sports physical event for its student athletes with the Odessa Medical Clinic Tuesday, Aug. 15. The mobile clinic was purchased in 2021 and operates out of an RV-like bus. Pictured are Alberto Reyes and Jace Asgelly with the Medical Center, student Katherine Roberson, superintendent Steve Fisk and secondary principal Cori Kane....
On Friday afternoon, Aug. 18, spirits were high. I’d just finished up work for the day, and I was planning to grill up some brats and baked beans for an enjoyable BBQ summer dinner. The summer weekends were running out, and we wanted to make them count. Little did we know, that naïve plan was about to go out the window. After resurfacing from my home office on the north side of Medical Lake, I noticed a massive plume of smoke emitting from the south. I instantly knew it wa...
Note: This is Part 2 of a 2-part Beef Cattle Mythbuster series. Now back to the discussion of nutrients. Those of you that have heard me give presentations on forage quality and nutrition will probably remember that I emphasize protein being the “first limiting nutrient” when dealing with low quality forages. That means until the deficiency of protein is corrected, performance (keeping up body condition and milk production) will not be very good in those cows. During dro...
ODESSA - Old Town Hall is currently undergoing "much needed" renovations in its bathrooms and entry hallway, local Terri King shared this week. "The Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society has received several grants and funds from Lincoln County Health Department for the Odessa Senior Center are helping to fund this project," King said. "The Innovia Foundation, affiliated with the George and Dorothy Gies Family Foundation, provided the funds to replace the funders to replace the...
Davenport birthdays Aug. 25: Braxton Collins Aug. 26: Alex Merserve Aug. 27: Brilee Sewall, Joshua Walker, Ellie Telford, Jimmy Cunningham Aug. 28: Jody Howard, Irene Wilkie, Brock Gustaveson Aug. 29: Leslie King, Cam Jessup, Mike Kunz, Ilene Hein, Lisa Lehman Aug. 30: Brian Telford, Steve McLachlan, Peggy Elliott, Shae Parker Aug. 31: Emily Warwick, Nick Morgan, Michael Wade Davenport anniversaries Aug. 25: Ken and Teresa Vesneske, Tyler and Kalah Dehn, Andrew and Janie Schreck Aug. 26: Bo and Victoria Gunning, Ralph and...
Gerald Walter Zellmer 1935 - 2023 Gerald Walter Zellmer was 88 when he went to be with the Lord on Aug. 12, 2023 in Davenport, Wash. His family extends heartfelt appreciation to the staff at TCU, Lincoln Hospital, for the wonderful care he received the past year. Gerald was born May 5, 1935 to Walter and Frances Zellmer of Davenport and graduated from Davenport High School in 1953. His first 2 years of college were completed at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho,...
1 years ago • Davenport farmer W.H. Peart was arrested by Sheriff F.J. Gilpatric for having the wrong license on his car. Peart was slapped with a $15 fine. • Senator Charles E. Myers held rallies for his Congressional campaign in Davenport, Wenatchee, Omak and Okanogan. • Davenport city council heard a report that paving Morgan Street would cost the city $24,518.80. 75 years ago • 60,000 bushels of grain set for a ground shipment out of Lincoln County were halted due to a government embargo on wheat for export. • Reard...
Grant Wagner keeps the sizzle going during the last session of Go Odessa Summer Recreation Cooking. For the last session, students made spaghetti pie....
REARDAN — The Patriot Guard Riders will be escorting the Alaska Airlines Fallen Soldier Cart around Eastern Washington in September, and two of their stops are in Lincoln County towns. Most notably, the Riders will visit the Joe E. Mann Memorial in Reardan Town Park at 205 Oak Street around 10:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16. There, Mann, a World War II hero from Reardan who sacrificed his life at 22 years old by jumping on a grenade to save fellow soldiers, will be honored. Locals will have the opportunity to view the Fallen S...
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TOWN OF ODESSA DRYING BEDS AND LIFT STATION REPLACEMENT PROJECT Sealed bids will be received until 3:00:00 P.M., Friday, September 8, 2023 at the Odessa Town Hall, 21 E 1st Ave, (PO Box 218), Odessa, Washington 99159, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for the construction of the improvements. The project generally consists of demolition of the existing lift station equipment, abandonment of the existing wet well, and construction of a new lift station. The project will also i...
Note: This is Part 2 of a sermon from July 4, 2021 and is slightly adapted from the original. Second, Jesus has a higher labor and livelihood of His own that He calls us to share in. This is shown to us by Jesus’ interruption of Simon’s work to teach the Word of God, and by His calling of Simon (and James and John) to “catch men.” The Gospel says, “On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on [Jesus] to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen...
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF DAVENPORT SCRUB SEAL PROJECT Sealed bids will be received at Davenport City Hall, 411 Morgan Street, PO Box 26, Davenport, WA 99122, until 10:00:00 am, Thursday August 31, 2023, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Base Bid: The base bid work generally consists of completing a scrub seal over approximately 14,390 SY of existing asphalt and including a fog seal over the finished scrub seal. Contractor shall also replace striping on Adams Road after completion. Contractor...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR SPOKANE COUNTY NO. 23-4-01680-32 In the Matter of the Estate of: SALLY J. RUX, Deceased. The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the deceased must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal...
Reardan junior quarterback Rysen Soliday throws a swing pass at practice Wednesday, Aug. 16. The Screaming Eagles have had 30 athletes at practice thus far, and are looking to string together some wins under second-year head coach Matt Clouse. Reardan's rivalry opening game against Davenport was cancelled after the Gorillas had to move to 8-man football due to low turnout. A tentative home matchup with Lake Roosevelt has been scheduled for Friday, Sept. 1....
NOTICE OF SURRENDER OF PRELIMINARY PERMIT (July 10, 2023) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Daybreak Power, Inc. Project No. 15088-000 Take notice that Daybreak Power, Inc., permittee for the proposed Halverson Canyon Pumped Storage Project No. 15088, has requested that its preliminary permit be terminated. The permit was issued on June 28, 2021 and would have expired on May 31, 2025. The project would have been located at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Lake Roosevelt in Lincoln County, W...
DAVENPORT-One of the most popular events in Lincoln County arrives to the Fairgrounds this weekend: The annual Lincoln County Rodeo, which starts at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 and continues at the same time Saturday, Aug. 26. Friday night is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Night, and attendees are asked to wear purple. The pre-rodeo activities begin at 6:30 p.m. with mutton busting. Competitors that signed up include: Hesston Stanford, Joanna Roberts, Ryder Vargas, Beth Vargas,...
DAVENPORT — Low athlete turnout has prompted local high school administration and coaches to decide that the Gorilla football team will play an independent, 8-man football schedule this fall season, athletic director and head coach Tim Rasmussen confirmed this week. Just 12 to 15 students have turned out for football practices, which began Wednesday, Aug. 16. “We have low turnouts, so we informed our league that we’ll be playing an independent schedule this year,” Rasmussen said. “We’re trying to find some 8-man teams with...
ODESSA - Coming off a state semifinal appearance, the Tiger football team is back at practice this week gearing up for what it hopes is a return trip to the state playoffs and championship contention. And for the first time, Odessa will be seeking that contention status under rookie head coach Joe Schlomer, who said he'll be relying on three seniors and a bevy of juniors to carry the load for this year's squad. "We're actually not looking too bad," Schlomer said after the team had completed three practices. "Team-wise, we're...
The sun sets over the Mondovi wheat fields just north of U.S. Highway 2 Thursday, Aug. 17. The sunset capped a three-day stretch of 100-plus degree temperatures in Lincoln County....
