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Spokane County Superior Court Judge Annette S. Plese will preside over a case filed in Lincoln County Superior Court against the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office by the Washington Election Integrity Coalition and Jerry Schulz of Reardan, according to a Nov. 9 court filing. The lawsuit alleges a lack of election integrity by the auditor’s office during the 2020 general election season. Lincoln County Superior Court judge Jeff S. Barkdull recused himself from presiding over the case earlier in November. Plese has judged in Spo...
Local named athlete of the week Melloney Deife, daughter of Dalles and Suzie Deife of Odessa, is the Athlete of the Week selected by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association for 1B volleyball a week ago. Football wins academic award The Odessa High School football team has won the Academic State Championship award. Its 20 team members have the highest combined grade-point average (3.730) among 1B schools statewide. Volleyball team appreciation The 1B all-opponent volleyball team from District 7 includes Odessa Ti...
Big brother is always watching I see you had a mostly maskless Deutsches Fest. I have a friend whose relative went home from the Fest infected with Covid. Real men or women don’t wear masks? More deaths from Covid are happening in Lincoln County. Death is apparently less scary than losing a sense of power (control). Looking from the outside in, I grudgingly acknowledge not one chink of doubt in your “suits of armor” has changed your white conservative beliefs. I remember a night in the 1980s when my partner Chuck and I entere...
Superior Court Judge Barkdull recuses self from auditor case DAVENPORT – Lincoln County Superior Court Judge Jeff Barkdull recused himself from presiding over a case against the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office and auditor Chandra Schumacher, according to court documents filed Oct. 22. The case, filed by the Washington Election Integrity Coalition United and Jerry Schulz asserting unproven claims of vote-flipping, additions and deletions, ballot box stuffing and party preference tracking by the auditor’s office during the 2...
This voter's guide covers seven contested races around Lincoln County including the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas. Each contestant was given the opportunity to submit biographical information, a photo and answers to two to three questions specific to their race in an effort to help local voters make informed decisions on their ballots this election season. 11 of the 14 candidates covered in these races responded with all or most of the requests, as...
DAVENPORT—The Washington Election Integrity Coalition United (WEICU) and Jerry Schulz of Reardan filed a “first amended verified complaint for equal protection” and demanded a jury trial in its latest filing in a lawsuit against the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office and auditor Chandra Schumacher. WEICU and Schulz are seeking a trial and “seek a judgement for violations of their state constitutional rights stemming from the Auditor.” The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit two weeks ago based on unproven allegations of vote-flippi...
The Washington State Democratic Central Committee filed a motion to intervene on a lawsuit filed last week by the Washington Election Integrity Coalition United and Jerry Schulz of Reardan against the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office alleging election misconduct by the office and former auditor Shelly Johnston during the 2020 election. “Nearly a year after the 2020 election…the plaintiffs have filed a complaint filled with entirely fabricated claims of election fraud,” the motion reads. “The plantiff’s effort to delegitimize t...
DAVENPORT – A lawsuit filed in Lincoln County Superior Court Monday, Oct. 4 by the Washington Election Integrity Coalition United (WEICU) and Jerry Schulz of Reardan accuses the Lincoln County Auditor’s office and former auditor Shelly Johnston of election violations during the 2020 general election. WEICU has filed similar lawsuits around the state in recent weeks, including in Snohomish, Whatcom and Clark Counties, with more expected of press time. The group has maintained thus far unproven claims of election fraud sta...
Poland and America are like two trains passing each other in opposite directions. That is becoming increasingly clear as President Biden rolls out his progressive agenda. The key question looking forward: “Will government or consumers drive our economy?” Poland broke the shackles of Soviet communist domination three decades ago. Free for the first time since World War II, Poland cast off its yoke of government control and central planning in favor of an American-style free enterprise system where consumers, not elected offici...
REARDAN – Nick Landt submitted his resignation from the Reardan-Edwall School District Board of Directors after almost 12 years on the board. The remaining and present board members accepted his resignation at the board's June 28 meeting. Landt said he resigned to avoid a conflict of interest as his wife, Shannon Landt, a longtime substitute teacher in the district, looked to apply for the position being vacated by Larae Peterson. He said his proudest accomplishment he h...
DAVENPORT – Ballots for the Aug. 3 primary election were mailed to Lincoln County voters July 14, and most residents should receive their ballots July 15 or 16. For many voters, the only race that will appear on the primary ballot will be to appoint either Adam Walser or a write-in candidate as county prosecuting attorney. Walser, a Republican, is running unopposed for a one-year term as the prosecuting attorney. He was appointed prosecuting attorney in January after Jeff Barkdull was elected Lincoln County Superior Court Jud...
HARRINGTON – Harrington High School Graduation Activities Harrington High School’s Baccalaureate service was held Sunday, May 30, in the city park. The seniors next event will be the Harrington High School Graduation Parade, walking up Third Street to the school for commencement at 5:15 p.m. June 4. Banners, each with a photo of a graduate, are flying on Third Street near city hall bearing the following names: Nagib Ayache, Riley Roller, Izabelle Burke (Kramer), Ashley Breault, Aidyn Lee and Alexys Crawford (Miss Har...
HARRINGTON – Harrington High School's Baccalaureate service was held Sunday, May 30, in the city park. The seniors next event will be June 4 at 5 p.m. for the Harrington High School Graduation Parade, "marching towards greater heights," walking up 3rd Street to the school for Commencement at 5:15. Banners, each with a photo of a graduate, are flying on 3rd Street near city hall bearing the following names: Nagib Ayache, Riley Roller, Izabelle Burke (Kramer), Ashley Breault, Aidyn Lee and Alexys Crawford (Miss Harrington f...
LINCOLN COUNTY – School levies in Reardan, Sprague and Odessa are on the ballot for the Feb. 9 special election here, as is a levy for Lincoln County Hospital District No. 1. Ballots were mailed in the entirely vote-by-mail Lincoln County Jan. 20, and must be postmarked by Feb. 9. Reardan-Edwall School District seeks three-year replacement levy By Drew Lawson The Times REARDAN – The school district is looking to pass a three-year replacement levy for collection in 2022, 2023 and 2024 of $2.00 per $1,000 of assessed pro...
The Record supports the passage of all three levies, two proposed by the Odessa School District and one by Lincoln County Hospital District #1 (which is the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center). Voters in the Odessa area have received their ballots requesting approval of three different levies supporting the local school and the local hospital district. Odessa’s school and medical facilities are important to those living here or thinking about living here. The Educational Programs and Operations levy requested by the Odessa S...
Continued from last week OCTOBER In-person instruction at the Odessa School District increased from one to two days/week. OHS junior Emily Scrupps was named the state’s FBLA Member of the Month. Odessa Quilt Club members were busy planning events for the coming new year. Planning included contingencies for complying with Covid restrictions imposed via government edict. Odessa farm resident Kelly Korpinen, 71, was killed a traffic accident during a severe dust storm. She and her husband Don had supplied food, including t...
HARRINGTON – The Harrington Opera House Society met for their 2020 annual meeting wrap-up on Jan 4, 2021 in the Art Room with the following present: Ellen Evans, Becky Moeller, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Gordon and Billie Herron and Linda Wagner. The group approved payment of membership dues to the Harrington Chamber of Commerce for the 2021 year. Billie Herron had met with a representative of Leffel, Otis & Warwick regarding continued auditing and filing of tax returns, when Herron’s computer is removed fr...
TOLYMPIA – On Monday, Dec. 14, Secretary of State Kim Wyman presided over Washington’s 2020 Electoral College. The state’s 12 electors cast ballots for Joseph R. Biden for president and Kamala D. Harris for vice president, both of whom won the popular vote in the Nov. 3 General Election. The Electoral College vote was held in the Legislative building in Olympia, which is not open to the public. To ensure public health and safety, and in adherence to health guidelines, attendance was limited to the electors and alter...
DAVENPORT—A country glued to the news sat in stunned silence on Jan. 6, as a pro-President Donald Trump far-right extremist mob rushed the Capitol building as Congress and Vice President Mike Pence convened to read the results the electoral vote of Dec. 14 that certified the 2020 general election results confirming Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as president-elect and vice president-elect. Rioters broke into the Senate rotunda, with one man famously dressed like a buffalo sitting in Pence’s seat. (The vice pre...
LINCOLN COUNTY – In the wake of the still uncertain 2020 election results, local Republican party leaders say they are disappointed with how the election has gone so far. Two major elections in Washington, both for state governor and U.S. President are awaiting certification although it is projected Democrats will win the seats. Democrat Jay Inslee is leading the Washington State Governor’s Race with 56 percent of the vote statewide over challenger Loren Culp who is pulling 42 percent of the votes. Democrat Presidential Can...
REPUBLIC – Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp said he lost his job as police chief and sole officer in the city after the council voted to disband the Police Department. Culp made the announcement the day after he was presumably defeated by gubernatorial incumbent Democrat Jay Inslee in the Nov. 3 general election. Inslee leads statewide with 57.73 percent of the vote as of Friday. In a Facebook Live video Wednesday, Culp said the City Council had a special m...
LINCOLN COUNTY – During an initial count in the Nov. 3 general election night, voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots for incumbent President Donald J. Trump. Lincoln County voters led the state with 72.29% support for President Trump and running mate Vice President Mike Pence. Only 25.69% of voters here supported Democrat challenger Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. Only two Eastern Washington counties – Whitman and Walla Walla – were leaning toward Biden. Statewide, Biden was leading with 60.76% to Tr...
DAVENPORT — On the Lincoln County voters’ ballot, two spots were being heavily watched during the 2020 general election. Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, will likely retain his 13th Legislative District seat for two more years. The incumbent legislator leads with 69 percent of the vote district-wide over Democrat challenger Eduardo Castañeda-Díaz of Quincy. County voters are also backing Jeff Barkdull, who currently serves as Lincoln County prosecuting attorney, to replace retiring Lincoln County Superior Court Judge John Stroh...
On the Lincoln County voters’ ballot, two spots were being heavily watched during the 2020 general election. The 13th district legislative house seat will be retained by Rep. Tom Dent (R) for the next two years, with the incumbent legislator pulling 69 percent of the vote in Lincoln County over his Democrat competitor Eduardo Castañeda-Díaz. The people of Lincoln County also chose Jeff Barkdull, who currently serves as Lincoln County Prosecutor, to replace retiring Judge John Strohmaier. Barkdull ran against current Dis...
I’ve lived in two exclusive vote-by-mail states during my time as an eligible voter. My first ballot ever cast was via the mailbox in Oregon. There the ballots are due in the hands of election officials by 8 p.m. on election night to be counted. Now living in Washington, I’ve trained myself not to worry about election results until the Friday following election day due to the state’s postmark deadline eligibility for ballots. I’ve often wondered how the country would react to...
