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Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington the week of Sept. 8-14. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Sept 8 • Davenport volleyball at Yakima Sundome Tournament, time TBA • Odessa football vs. Oroville @ 7 p.m. • Reardan football at Northwest Christian in Deer Park @ 7 p.m. • LRS football vs. Liberty @ 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 • Odessa and LRS volleyball at Bronco Invite in Ritzville @ 9 a.m. • Davenport, Reardan and LRS cross c...
A McMillan trick rider from Wilson Creek displays the American flag at the Ritzville Rodeo Saturday, Sept. 2....
Harrington City Hall is in a new downtown location. Previously in the library, its new address is 1 North Third Street and is one block north of the original City Hall location. The move took effect Tuesday, Sept. 5, according to a City Facebook post. The drop box is to the right of City Hall's main door....
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. 28 Traffic stops: 1 A caller said her alarm was set off. A caller from Serene Meadows in Davenport said a resident died overnight. A welfare check was requested near Spring Canyon Campground. Suspicious cir...
OLYMPIA – The work-related records of public employees are indeed public, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, Aug. 24. In a public records-access lawsuit filed by the Freedom Foundation, the state’s highest court ruled that access to employees’ full names, dates of birth, job titles/positions, work email addresses, annual salaries, work location stations, employment statuses, their union representatives names and titles, and other information are public. The Foundation’s lawsuit was seeking the information to inform...
As you shop for back-to-school supplies for your kids, consider this: The clerks, shelf stockers, truck drivers and factory workers who make that possible can all be legally forced to pay money to a union or else be fired. You see, Washington is currently one of the 23 forced-unionism states in America. Why? Since Washington doesn't have a right-to-work law to guarantee union membership and financial support are strictly voluntary for workers, a union boss can legally have a...
DAVENPORT - The Davenport Motel at 1205 Morgan Street is under new ownership. Gurleen Kaur, Abhey Virk and Ravinder Virk purchased the motel from Elaine Suder Friday, Sept. 1. Property listings show the building was sold for $675,000. Kaur, 23, said she moved here from Spokane Valley to own and run daily operations at the motel. She will also maintain her job as a dental assistant in Spokane. "We've been looking to get into the motel business," Kaur said. Kaur said the sale...
For several months, drivers and businesses have had to endure the sharp increase in fuel prices since the state’s cap-and-trade program – or “cap-and-tax,” as I like to call it – went into effect Jan. 1. But consumers, especially those who rely on natural-gas furnaces for heat, soon will feel pain in their wallets thanks to cap-and-tax. The state Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission recently approved a request by Puget Sound Energy to increase its natural g...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Commissioners considered two bids presented by Fair Office Manager Dawn Canfield to move the steel covered structure at the Fairgrounds currently next to Widmer Arena to near the outdoor stage area Tuesday, Sept. 5. The move will include placing a concrete slab under the current structure where swine, goats and sheep are shown at the Fair and creating a sort of pavilion park area. It comes after funding was secured in this year’s legislative budget for a new covered arena at the Fairgrounds anno...
DAVENPORT - Old-timey harvesters, combines and tractors will once again be on display in this year's Vintage Harvest at the Guhlke farm 1.5 miles east of the city Saturday, Sept. 9 and Sunday Sept. 10. Visitors should arrive at 40801 U.S. Highway 2 East by 9:30 a.m. both days to view cutting as it was done "in the old days." Organizer Todd Guhlke said internationals, 1936 John Deeres and 1932 Cases are among but not the only vintage farming equipment that will be displayed...
Davenport birthdays Sept. 8: Barb Doty, Audrey Oehlwein Sept. 9: Roy Alspach Sept. 10: Savannah Plasencia, Scottie Kilps Sept. 12: Chris Harper, Chloe Morgan, Elijah Morgan, Lenora Cooper, Colt Johnston, Kasara Storer Sept. 13: Sara Jacobsen, Danyel Deane, Kristen Wilkie Sept. 14: Floyd Warwick, Ashlee Biles Davenport anniversaries Sept. 8: Jesse and Jill Morrison, Cody and Libby Murdock, Matt and Desirae Wagner Sept. 9: Nick and Debbie Marriott Sept. 10: Cody and Shae Parker, Tom and Samantha Wilkie Sept. 11: Doug and Julian...
David Berne Barnard 1923 - 2023 David Berne Barnard passed away on Aug. 28, 2023, shortly after reaching his goal of celebrating his 100th birthday. He was the 2nd of 3 children born to Burton and Dorris Barnard. He graduated from Reardan High School in 1942 and entered military service in 1943. He served in Italy, France, and Germany, including the Anzio Landing, the Southern France Landing and up to Berlin with the Army Combat Engineer Corps. He was honorably discharged in...
1 years ago Lincoln County Clerk Fred B. Squire died from illness at age 54. Miss Edna Graham was hired by Davenport High School to teach bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting and senior English, while Miss Margaret Clancy was hired to teach freehand drawing. Work on the concrete foundation for the additional electric generating unit of the Long Lake power plant of the Washington Water Power company was completed. 75 years ago Over 5,000 people attended the Lincoln County Fair, which included two parades, a crowning of Fair...
REARDAN - For most Lincoln County locals, the iconic concrete grain elevators stand to define our home towns. When one is lucky enough to fly over the area, they first look to the elevators to identify which town they are flying over. The six at Reardan have stood there for nearly 70 years. But how did they get there? Were they just born or plopped down there? In Jan. 1952, Reardan woke to realize that its oldest building and best-known landmark had burned to the ground. The...
NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE AUCTION First Price Sealed Bid. September 12, 2023 at Johnson Family Towing, 33435 SR 28 E, Harrington, WA. Viewing 9am, Bids Due 10am, Results 10:30am, Vehicles must be removed by 4pm. Available vehicles subject to change. Visit www.johnsonfamilytowing.com for additional details. Published September 7, 2023...
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 728 On Monday, April 24, 2023, the Town Council of the Town of Odessa, Washington approved and adopted Ordinance No. 728, the main point of which may be summarized as by its Title: AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH LINCOLN COUNTY FOR FIBER OPTICS A full text of this ordinance is available for reading at the Clerk’s Office and may be viewed on the website, www.odessawa. org/clerk-1 Dated this 29th Day of August, 2023 Meri Jane Bohn Clerk-Treasurer Published : September 7, 2...
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 729 On Monday, August 14, 2023, the Town Council of the Town of Odessa, Washington approved and adopted Ordinance No. 729, the main point of which may be summarized as by its Title: AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO A PERIODIC UPDATE TO THE SHORELINE MAST PROGRAM (SMP) A full text of this ordinance is available for reading at the Clerk’s Office and may be viewed on the website, www.odessawa. org/clerk-1 Dated this 29th Day of August, 2023 Meri Jane Bohn Clerk-Treasurer Published : September 7, 2...
7 SCHEDULE REGULAR MEETINGS The 2023 regular Lincoln Hospital District #3 Board Meetings will be located in the Lincoln Hospital Board Conference Room and scheduled as follows: September 28, 2023 @ 3:30 pm October 26, 2023 @ 3:30 pm; November TBD, Public Hearing for 2023 Budget; November 16, 2023 @ 3:30 pm; December 21, 2023 @ 3:30 pm (third Thursday of each month). The regularly scheduled meetings will be held at Lincoln Hospital, 10 Nicholls Street, Davenport. Published August 31 and September 7, 2023...
COLBERT — The Davenport cross country team got its first taste of competition against other school’s runners at the Josh Wright Memorial 2-Mile Jamboree at Northwest Christian School Tuesday, Sept. 5. Individually, Davenport had several top-10 finishers. In fact, on the girls side, four of Davenport’s five competitors were in the top 10 of the 17 competitors that also included runners from host NWC, Liberty, Newport and Colfax. Charlotte Soliday finished second to NWC’s Allie Robertson with a time of 15:50, while Josie W...
DAVENPORT – Here are the official results of the Aug. 25-26 Lincoln County Rodeo: Bareback Riding – 1. Duke Hanson, 76; 2. Mason Payne, 73; no other qualified rides. Saddle Bronc – No qualified rides. Ranch Bronc – 1. Steve Maupin, 84, 2. Zoe Johnson, 79; 3. Dustin Hennigs, 67; 4. Devin Newman, 67; 5. Tristan Newman, 61. Bull Riding – 1. Connor Dean, 92; 2. C.J. Schultz, 89; no other qualified rides. Steer Riding – 1. Dustin Dean, 80; no other qualified rides. Chute Doggi...
WATERVILLE—It was a new head coach, but a familiar result for the Odessa football team in the Tigers’ season opener in Douglas County. The Tigers traveled to Waterville and pulled away from the Shockers 68-22 on a hot afternoon Saturday, Sept. 2. The win was the first for rookie head coach Joe Schlomer, who took over the job after Jeff Nelson retired from the gig after last season. “It went well, but it was so hot,” Schlomer said. “I played everybody on the sidelines because of the heat, which if you ask me, is a great thi...
The Davenport football team got a bit of semi-official game action at a jamboree hosted by Wellpinit High School Friday, Sept. 1. The Gorillas competed against Columbia (Hunters) and Entiat. Against Columbia, Davenport's offense managed to move the ball 40 yards, resulting in a 10-yard Brody Schillinger touchdown. Davenport's offense struggled against a larger Entiat team, which also managed to grab a score on the Gorilla defense. Here, freshmen Asher Peterson (No. 4) and...
ST. JOHN - The Odessa volleyball team put up a fight in every set, but was ultimately swept by the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles in three sets Tuesday, Sept. 5. The Tigers and Eagles battled in the first set, but SJEL earned a tight 33-31 victory. Odessa then fell 18-25 and 20-25 in the two subsequent sets. Hayden Schuh led Odessa with five kills, two aces and 16 digs, while Melloney Deife had 18 assists and two aces. The Tigers will look to bounce back quickly against a...
Davenport sophomore Naomi Rainwater digs out a serve against Medical Lake at the Medical Lake Jamboree Thursday, Aug. 31. The Gorillas played three matches against three schools Thursday, each to 25 points with a 35-minute time limit. Davenport dropped its first match to the Wilbur-Creston Wildcats 15-25, but bounced back to earn a pair of wins against Medical Lake by a score of 25-19 and the Liberty Lancers 25-20. The Gorillas are headed to the Yakima Sundome Tournament...
REARDAN - The Screaming Eagles football team opened the 2023 season by defeating Lake Roosevelt 14-12 in a non-conference 2B game on an idyllic autumn evening, Friday, Sept. 1. After receiving the opening kickoff, Reardan unleashed an impressive running game behind the blocking of Jonathan Holdway and his offensive line mates. Zander Thornton and Aiden Chilson picked up large chunks of yardage on the team's first offensive drive. With 6:56 remaining in the first quarter,...
