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REARDAN - Reardan High School is among the inaugural winners of the new Schools on the Rise Award. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction officially announced the awards Sept. 25, even though they were selected earlier this summer by the Association of Washington School Principals. Only seven of the 21 winning schools were in Eastern Washington. According to the principals association, "This award celebrates schools where students and adults collaborate to...
ODESSA - A local man "just trying to give back" to his community and neighbors has received an Angel Flight award. Stan Dammel, 80, was recently awarded a trophy for providing 200 flights to people who needed to travel to distant locations for medical procedures and doctors appointments. Dammel said he flew his first Angel Flight 20 years ago and "just kept plugging along." Before he knew it, he hit the 200 million milestone and received a trophy in the mail. "It was kind of...
J.J. Wenzel and Kathy Milne were among the hundreds of Deutchesfest-goers to hit the dance floor last weekend during the town's annual celebration. For more on Deutchesfest, see Pages 6 and 7...
REARDAN - A Minnesota boy is serving three days in juvenile detention this week after pleading guilty to burglarizing Reardan Store. Wayne J. White, 12, of Hancock, Minn., was sentenced Sept. 24 after pleading guilty in Lincoln County Superior Court to second-degree burglary, third-degree theft and second-degree malicious mischief. He was ordered to serve 3 days in juvenile detention, starting Sept. 24. He was also sentenced to 7 additional days to be served at the discretion...
SPRAGUE — A child abduction case file will be sealed, but it won’t be vacated. During a Tuesday, Sept. 24 hearing in Lincoln County Superior court, the case of James R. Stocker was sealed by the court. Stocker, 25, now of Spokane, was convicted of second-degree kidnapping when he was a juvenile in 2015 in Sprague. Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Walser said the case was sealed in accordance with the law, as Stocker had met all the statutory requirements for the records to be closed to the public. However, Walser arg...
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. Sept. 14 Traffic Stops: 9 9:25 a.m. – Report of a male in a black pickup shooting in a no shooting zone by the trail head in Fishtrap, Sprague. 2:37 p.m. – Report of a white cow in the middle of the roadway on Redw...
In 2021, the Biden Administration passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which included a provision to give $42.5 billion to the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program to provide under-served and rural areas with internet access. To date, it has connected nobody. The plan required U.S. states and territories to submit plans for investment and deployment by the end of 2023, which all have done. Expected roll out won’t occur until 2026 by most optimistic d...
America needs a statesperson of the stature, capability, and perspective of Daniel J. Evans as our next President. Dan Evans died on September 20 at the age of 98 after serving as our state’s three term governor, two term U.S. Senator, a state legislator and in many prominent civic and public positions beginning in the late 1950s. He was political and partisan, but Evans was pragmatic, tough and a problem-solver. He was a visionary who was not afraid to take a risk even if it...
ODESSA - The Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center bed race team took home the trophy for first place Thursday night, Sept. 19. The bed racers were among the first two events to open the 2024 Deutchesfest celebration downtown. Bed racers sped down Division Street, stopping for a quick game of water pong before heading to the finish line at First Street, in front of the Lincoln County Record-Times office. Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center's winning team included Kennedy Boyes,...
Enjoyed visiting with so many Welcome to My Kitchen readers who came to Deutschesfest in Odessa, this past weekend. Looking forward to receiving all the recipes we talked about. Over the next few weeks I will be testing the recipes I recently received from several readers and plan to have them in the next column. Near freezing nights in the last week are bringing area gardens to the end of their productive season. Time for relish, and soup recipes to use up the last of the...
ODESSA - The annual Deutchesfest celebration got underway Thursday night with tricycle and bed racing. As the bright sun slowly set on the west end of Division Street, it was 3-year-old Connor Douglas of Odessa by a block, the first tricycle racer to win a heat. Douglas was crowned ages 2-3 champion. Neave Nelson, 2, of Odessa was a distant second. In the ages 4-5 division, Cole Sebesta, 5, of Odessa, took the title honors as the first racer to reach the East First Avenue...
HARRINGTON — JayDean Ludiker’s Group Therapy Fiddle Orchestra performed Sept. 14 at the Harrington Opera House. The popular group played old-time fiddle tunes and music familiar to many old-timers. The group comprising a couple dozen fiddlers, half a dozen guitarists, three bassists, and two mandolins and a harmonica player. Opera House member and centenarian fiddle player Harold Skinner of Spirit Lake, Idaho, who has taught some wonderful tunes from the early years of fiddle music to other members, performed, too. The aud...
DAVENPORT – Glenna Soliday, Charlotte Soliday, Kenley Hille and Hayley Suttenfield each scored goals in the Gorillas 6-0 win over rival Reardan in a soccer matchup Tuesday, Sept. 24. Because of Davenport's relentless attack on offense, the first half was played in front of the Screaming Eagles' goal. Junior Glenna Soliday kicked off the scoring five minutes into the game when she rifled a shot at the Reardan goalkeeper. The ball hit the goalie's hands and dribbled across t...
Compiled by Kelli Wilkie The Record-Times 100 years ago Folks in Davenport will be able to get their mail in the evenings instead of the next day due to a change in the Westbound train on the Central Washington branch leaving Spokane at 2 p.m. instead of 4:10 p.m. A. N. MacDonald of Seattle addressed about 250 people at Fraternal Hall in Harrington. A large cross lit with electricity burned all evening on a vacant lot across from the hall. A contract will soon be let for the construction of a branch line of the Great...
Davenport birthdays Sept. 26: Derik Oliver, Brandon King, Luke Jacobsen, Lane Sewall, Kylee Ballance Sept. 27: Dallas Gustaveson Sept. 28: Katie Vesneske, Ed Hendrickson Sept. 29: Aaron Carruth, Matthew Parsons, Nick Marriott, Cody Murdock, Shane Stiles, Ethan Wynecoop, Carissa Abbott Sept. 30: Rick Roemer, Everett Bailey, Theo Hein Oct. 2: Patrick Bodeau, Jason Pentzer Davenport anniversaries Sept. 27: Gene and Kathy Johnson, Alex and Brenda Guhlke, Jake and Kaycee Hennings Sept. 30: Daryl and Jan Ziemer, Garrett and Megan...
MEDICAL LAKE - The Cardinals got a pair of touchdown passes from Aiden Suddeth and used a 14-point third quarter to pull away from Davenport, 36-16, on Sept. 21. Suddeth connected with Dakotah Phillips for an 80-yard scoring play in the first quarter and Cruz Gomez followed with a 36-yard run in the second quarter to stake the Cardinals (1-2) to a 14-6 lead at the break. After the Gorillas (0-3) took a 16-14 lead early in the third quarter, touchdowns from Cylas Puzycki, a...
REARDAN – Injuries took a toll on the Screaming Eagles as they lost to Jenkins (Chewelah) 31-18 in their matchup Friday, Sept. 20. For three quarters, the Reardan offense moved the ball behind the running of Zander Thornton and Blake Wynecoop and the passing of quarterback Rysen Soliday, who tossed touchdown passes to Hunter Flaa and Shane Book. "We played well for three quarters," Reardan head football coach Matt Clouse said, "but after suffering key injuries in the fourth q...
MEDICAL LAKE — The Bulls Eye Hunter’s Buckout rodeo series gets underway this Saturday at the Bar N Rodeo Arena. The action begins at 7 p.m. at the 25421 W. Hallett Road arena. This is the first event in a six-part buckle series, which will run monthly throughout the fall and winter, offering opportunities for both kids and adults to compete. Bar N Rodeo Chairman Val Nussbaumer said the event will feature traditional rodeo competitions such as bull riding, steer dogging, chute dogging, bronc riding and more. Children wil...
ODESSA - The community celebrated the Odessa Tigers on Friday night, as the local boys overpowered the visiting Waterville-Mansfield Shockers, 68-14, during the Sausage Bowl. With Odessa leading 34-6 at halftime, students took to the field for the Chicken Dance, a tradition at both the game and downtown when Deutchesfest is celebrated. The Shockers (1-2) opened the scoring on their first possession of the game, putting 6 points on the board on a Max Murison off-guard run with...
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