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Davenport basketball Nov. 30 vs. Kettle Falls (nonleague) Dec. 3 at Liberty Bell (nonleague) Dec. 7 vs. Liberty (Spangle) (nonleague) Dec. 10 at Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (nonleague) Dec. 11 vs. Reardan Dec. 14 at Odessa (nonleague) Dec. 17 vs. Northwest Christian (Colbert) (nonleague) Dec. 28-30 at West Valley Christmas Tournament Jan. 4 vs. St. George’s Jan. 7 at Kettle Falls Jan. 8 vs. Liberty Bell Jan. 11 at Almira-Coulee-Hartline (nonleague) Jan. 14 vs. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Jan. 18 vs. Chewelah Jan. 22 at Colfax Jan. 25 a...
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. Nov. 15 Traffic stops: 10 A Lincoln woman said a car rear-ended her car on Harrington-Tokio Road and left the scene. A caller said there was a Doberman loose on the 1400 block of Sinclair Street in Davenport. A cal...
DAVENPORT—Gorilla football head coach Justin Young was informed last week that he was named the Seattle Seahawks High School Coach of the Week for Week 8 amongst statewide 1B, 2B, 1A and 2A schools. Davenport throttled Chewelah 42-18 in Week 8 to clinch a top-two seed in the NE2B standings and a home District 6 crossover game to advance to the state playoffs, in which the Gorillas topped Lake Roosevelt to secure their playoff spot. Young led Davenport to a 9-2 season overall. Young, a self-proclaimed Seahawks fan, won $500 f...
MOSES LAKE – The Odessa Tiger football team will play the Mountain Lions of Liberty Bell High School of Winthrop at Lions Field in Moses Lake on Saturday, Nov. 20, with kickoff at 3 p.m. The other three quarterfinal games will also be played Nov. 20. The Naselle Comets play the Pomeroy Pirates in Pomeroy with kickoff at 1 p.m. The Almira-Coulee-Hartline Warriors face off against the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats, and the Quilcene Rangers play the Winlock Cardinals at times and locations that were not available at press t...
The Odessa Tigers volleyball team has gotten stronger as the season has progressed. The team is helped by the return of Grace Nelson following ankle surgery. Freshman Lily Starkel, who stepped in for Nelson early in the season, did a very credible job especially in getting blocks at the net. But Nelson's stronger offense and other players' more judicious choice of hits is helping the team to shine in the second half of the season. The Tigers are the league champions and #1 see...
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. Nov. 1 Traffic stops: 21 A Harrington man called the Sheriff’s Office to argue about the medical necessity of COVID-19 vaccines. A Spokane man reported a possible overdose situation. A caller said she hit a deer, but...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library and via ZOOM on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 6 p.m., preceded by a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the 2022 levy proposals. Present were board chair Ed Deife; board members Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Carmen Weishaar; Superintendent Dan Read; Principal Jamie Nelson; Assistant Business Manager Staci Claassen; Operations Supervisor Justin Parr, Athletic Director Bruce Todd and Chelsea Watson, parent. Board...
ODESSA – The Odessa Booster Club auction held last Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Odessa Community Center was successful in raising over $50,000 for Tiger athletics, say booster club member Suzie Deife and club treasurer Danielle Hardung. The venue was decorated in a black and white Tiger theme, even the dessert bar, where community members outdid themselves baking and purchasing sports-themed desserts for attendees to enjoy, was Tiger- and sport-themed. New this year, entire t...
HARRINGTON – The week's volleyball action was all in the win column for the Odessa Tigers. Odessa vs. Harrington The Tiger volleyball team traveled to Harrington on Tuesday, Oct. 19, to face the Panthers. It is a rebuilding year for Panther volleyball, so the Tigers dominated once again in this contest. Odessa 25 25 25 3 Harrington 0 0 6 0 Hayden Schuh led the offense with 9 kills and also got the team's only block. Ashlyn Neilsen had 2 digs, and Melloney Deife had 18 a...
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. Oct. 18 Traffic stops: 7 A caller said his elderly neighbor, who has dementia and uses an oxygen tank, might be missing after they went hunting the day prior. A report came in of a man shooting a two-point buck nea...
ALMIRA – Last week Tuesday, Oct. 12, the Almira school building that normally housed elementary grades 1 through 5 and ACH Middle School grades 6, 7 and 8 caught fire and burned to the ground in a raging conflagration. The fire burned all through Tuesday night as about 100 firefighters from Almira and its neighboring fire districts battled the blaze and kept it from spreading into residential areas. Fortunately, no one was in the building that Tuesday, as school was c...
DAVENPORT-5th Congressional District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was here Friday morning, Oct. 15 for a broadband demonstration by several companies (see page 2). Rodgers met with a sparse crowd of voters at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds prior to the demonstration and had a brief conversation with The Times after the demonstration. Rodgers, a Republican, spoke to around 10 gathered inside for about 30 minutes. She first read a passage from the U.S. Constitution before...
DAVENPORT-The impact of last week's Almira School burning left an impact county-wide. Students and staff have been forced to move classes to Coulee City, the Almira church and Almira Community Center after the total loss to the K-8 building in town. A couple Davenport locals have ties to the lost school and shared their thoughts and memories with The Times. Tony Hein, who grew up in Davenport and graduated from the high school in 1974, spent his entire 39-year teaching career...
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. Oct. 11 Traffic stops: 10 Northeast Washington Alliance Counseling in Davenport requested a welfare check on a woman who was hard to understand over the phone. Johnson Family Towing said they impounded a vehicle ove...
ALMIRA—Flames engulfed the elementary/middle school here in a fire that began Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 12 and burned into the early morning Wednesday, Oct. 13. The school building was ruled a total loss, and the local community has lost its school. A cause of the fire hasn’t been made official, but authorities believe it may have been caused by an electrical issue, according to Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers. The call of a fire came at 4:12 p.m. Tuesday after someone ins...
ODESSA – The Odessa Tiger football team lost its first game since the beginning of the 2018 season to the Almira-Coulee-Hartline team this past Friday night. The game saw another Tiger injury, as Gage Starkel was tackling a Warrior runner and took a knee to the kidney in the tumble that followed. Reports from the family say he is doing well and does not require surgery, but he will be out of action for at least four weeks while his wound heals. Meanwhile, Jacob Scrupps is a...
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. Oct. 4 Traffic stops: 4 A Harrington woman reported a Volkswagen bug that reportedly overshot Highway 2 into a field and was left abandoned. A 76-year-old Sprague man was reported having a heart attack. A porcupine ne...
DAVENPORT—The Lincoln County Commissioners approved the official bond and oath of office for Chandra Schumacher as county auditor. Schumacher has replaced Shelly Johnston, who was the auditor for 33 years before her resignation earlier this year and began her post Sept. 1. Schumacher will fill Johnston’s term, which runs through 2022. She will then have to file for re-election. She indicated to the commissioners in July that she intends to run for re-election. The commissioners also approved agreements for law enf...
Varsity games, meets and matches in Davenport, Reardan and Harrington from Oct. 8-14. Game dates and times are subject to change. Friday, Oct. 8 Davenport football at Liberty (Spangle) @ 3 p.m. Reardan football at Chewelah @ 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 Davenport cross country at Tracy Walters Invite in Colfax, time TBD Reardan cross country at CAN-AM Invite in Kettle Falls @ 10 a.m. Reardan volleyball at Almira-Coulee-Hartline @ 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12 Reardan and Harrington cross country league meet at St. John/Endicott @ 3:30...
LINCOLN COUNTY—Fall hunting season is in full swing for many species, while many begin in the coming weeks. Lincoln County hunting prospects are down for some animals, specifically white-tailed deer, but look solid for turkey and mule deer. The county has land in Game Management Units (GMU)130, 133 and 136, with 133 and 136 being almost entirely Lincoln County. GMU 133, the “Roosevelt” unit, has an eastern boundary of Highway 231 up to the Spokane River. To the north, it travels from the Spokane River on the Lincoln Count...
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. 27 Traffic stops: 5 The Sheriff’s Office reported receiving a lot of 911 calls from a woman not reporting emergencies but talking about her husband snoring and her singing voice. A truck with a flat tire was d...
ODESSA – Reporting on the Tiger volleyball team has hit some snags in the past two weeks, but we now have details going back to Sept. 21. Odessa vs. Harrington On Sept. 21, Odessa faced Harrington at home, winning 3-0, with only the junior varsity playing for the Tigers. Odessa 25 25 25 3 Harring 11 16 8 0 No stats for this match. Odessa vs. Mary Walker Odessa faced off against the Chargers of Mary Walker High School in Springdale on Sept. 23, losing a close match by a s...
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. 20 Traffic stops: 5 An Idaho man said he received several calls from his sister who told him he needed to call the police on her behalf. A Davenport man said someone was illegally dumping garbage in the dit...
DAVENPORT--14 Eastern Washington youths were lucky enough to be recognized as market champions at the 2021Lincoln County Fair at the end of August. Eight competitors are from Davenport or Reardan, while a third hails from Almira to make nine Lincoln County winners. Not pictured above are: Amelia Ray of Reardan for her grand champion 4-H market steer, Jack Baser of Pomeroy for his grand champion overall market hog, Emma Wilson of Colbert for her grand champion 4-H market goat,...
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. INCIDENT LOG Sept. 12 Traffic stops: 9 An Odessa woman said her power was out and she could hear a prowler outside. A Reardan woman said a vehicle had been driving around her house and pulling into her driveway and her nei...
