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ODESSA - Thanks to John Hardt and the Fronen Steppdecker Odessa Quilt Club, 254 crosses with sewn rosettes will adorn the graves of veterans at the cemetery off Cemetery Road Memorial Day weekend. To celebrate Memorial Day, Hardt and a handful of other veterans will place 24 flags on light poles on First Avenue and 254 crosses on graves at the cemetery. On Monday, May 27, a public service to honor Odessa's veterans will be held at 10 a.m. at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center....
PULLMAN - Two area FFA teams qualified for the National Convention with first-place, state championship performances at the 94th State FFA Convention and Expo May 9-11. Both the Reardan FFA Ag Issues team and a Davenport Middle School agriscience team will compete at Nationals in Indianapolis in late October. Davenport's pairing of eighth-graders Brooke Bell and Sage Kresser competed in a division of agriscience in April 20 competition in Puyallup. Bell and Kresser competed...
DAVENPORT - A local woman has joined the newspaper as an office specialist and advertising saleswoman. Kelli Wilkie, 54, of Davenport will be selling advertising and holding regular office hours for The Record-Times. Wilkie is a 34-year resident of Davenport, carrying previous employment at Zion Lutheran Church and Davenport Vision Source. She also has newspaper experience. In 1991, Wilkie worked for pressman Randy Warwick as a pre-press specialist assisting in the production...
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. May 12 Traffic stops: 9 An Odessa man said he could hear someone shooting inside town limits. An accidental medical alert for a 79-year-old female went off. A caller said someone drove through his fence, tore up his...
Summer barbeques include savory sides and salads. Kathy’s Shoe Peg Salad, another recipe submitted by Spokane Valley Herald reader Mary White, is a pasta salad filled with crunchy vegetables and tangy condiments, with just a hint of sweetness. This side salad is the perfect complement to a chicken, beef or pork barbeque. The recipes unique name comes from the style of canned corn included in the ingredients. Shoe peg corn is corn removed from the cob whole without cutting, a...
Greetings and God’s peace to you all from our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ, Several years ago now a survey was taken about, “Why don’t people get to know their neighbors anymore (in the United States)? It was stated then, that a third of the population knew their neighbor’s names and interacted with them socially at least once a week. The decline in interaction amongst people being neighborly could have resulted in several of these possibilities; urbanization, technology, busy lifestyles, safety concerns, communi...
ODESSA - A Ritzville boy who is graduating from the high school here was one of five students in the state to be named a 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Jacob Scrupps, who carries a 4.0 grade point average and plans to study ag systems management at the University of Idaho, was named a Presidential Scholar in CTE Thursday, May 9. Scrupps joins Ashwin Joshi of Southridge, Lexi Molnar of Goldendale, Siddharta Dylan Pant of Lakes and Kosha Upadhyay of Bellevue as the five...
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. May 5 Traffic stops: 2 A one-vehicle noninjury crash was reported near Highway 28 and Nemo Road outside Odessa. A caller said a shady-looking pickup was parked near the Fishtrap exit on Old Sprague Highway Road. A o...
DAVENPORT — Over 120 candidates relevant to the citizens of Lincoln County filed for public office in anticipation of the Aug. 6 primary election during filing week Monday, May 6 to Friday, May 10. County voters will see federal, congressional, statewide, legislative, countywide and judicial candidates on their ballots this summer. Locally, incumbent County Commissioners Jo Gilchrist and Scott Hutsell filed for re-election and won’t be challenged. Victoria Iverson and Adam Walser will both advance to the general election as t...
Davenport birthdays May 17: Vanessa Easley, Adam Robb, Melody Mielke May 18: Matthew Fisk, Brian Warwick, Cruz Plasencia, Tony Sawyer, Nathan Reinbold, Missy Sullivan May 19: Linda Patterson, Becky Bailey, A.J. Floyd, Ashley Gunning May 20: Kenny Pearcy, Kathy Coley, Tim Honey, Dan Walsh, Megan Geissler, Allison Jorden May 21: Joann Wood, Kira Branch, Elizabeth Wandling, Bailey McKeehen, Lucy Falk May 22: Lana Bowdish, John Hiccox, Diane Wade, Beau Duff, Ashlynn Allinger, Kristy Blauert May 23: Shirley Larson, Erik Hanchett,...
RITZVILLE - For the first two innings, it seemed like a bit of small ball on offense and some solid defense behind Bo Walter might allow the Odessa baseball team to fight for an upset against the favored DeSales Irish. But a nightmarish third inning for the Tigers unraveled the game, leading to a 17-1 route by the eventually state-bound Irish in the District 7/9 1B Tournament Saturday, May 11. The loss ended Odessa's season in the District tournament for the second straight...
RITZVILLE - Some athletes have already qualified for the WIAA State Championship meet, while others advanced out of preliminary heats into Saturday's finals during the first of two days of District 7/9 1B and District 7 2B Regional action Wednesday, May 15. All field competitions and some running events held Wednesday were finals to determine state qualifiers, while other running events were preliminary heats to qualify for final heats on Saturday. At the 2B level, where...
ASOTIN - Five Odessa golfers and two Davenport linksmen are headed to Tumwater for the WIAA State Golf Tournament after qualifying at Districts Wednesday, May 8. The Odessa boys also took home a District title in their efforts. A senior-laden squad of Tigers is Tumwater-bound. Chad Strebeck, Jacob Scrupps, Jared Valverde and Melloney Deife all qualified for state, while junior Levi Hardung rounds out the Odessa bunch. Deife finished third at Districts, shooting a 178 between...
DAVENPORT - The two incumbent Lincoln County Commissioners with expiring terms are both seeking re-election. District No. 1 Commissioner Jo Gilchrist and District No. 2 Commissioner Scott Hutsell both filed for the August primary election during filing week this week. Gilchrist, of Bluestem, has long planned to file for a 4-year term after being appointed to the seat vacated by Mark Stedman in early 2023. But Hutsell, of Davenport, had intended as early as last year to retire...
Heath Voise pours a glass of wine for Blayne Albertson at the 32nd Annual Odessa Healthcare Foundation Wine Tasting, Microbrew Sampling and Live Auction held at the Community Center Friday, May 3. The event raised an estimated $25,000, according to organizers....
ODESSA — A 4-month long wait to move back home will finally end for Quail Court residents this month. Memorial Healthcare Center CEO Brett Antczak announced that residents of the assisted living facility run by the Healthcare Center will move back into the repaired and renovated Court Thursday, May 23. Antczak made the announcement to appreciative applause at the Healthcare Foundation Live Auction, Wine Tasting and Microbrew Foundation Friday, May 3. Quail Court residents have been living at an assisted living facility in M...
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. April 28 Traffic stops: 20 A broken-down Mazda was reported on Highway 2 at milepost 229. A caller said someone dropped a lot of garbage on the side of the road on Old Sprague Highway Road just before Brown Road. A v...
ODESSA - The local Police Dept. is asking the public to keep an eye out after two golf carts and several golf clubs were stolen from a storage unit at the local Golf & RV Club Thursday, May 2. According to the Police Dept., two E-Z-Go golf carts with Washington State University Cougars and Las Vegas Raiders decals and several sets of golf clubs that belong to private parties storing the carts and clubs at the Golf & RV Club were stolen. The estimated stolen value is $25,000....
1 years ago Directors of the Washington Wheat Growers association voted to suspended 1924 crop operations to reorganize the association so the next year’s crop could be handled. Davenport High School won the 18th annual Lincoln County track and field meet. Individually, Fred Livasy of Almira and Lyle Bailey of Harrington tied for individual high point scorers. J.H. Landers of Sprague was jailed on a charge of getting married to one woman in the city while already having a wife and two children in Montana. 75 years ago G...
Families all have a collection of favorite recipes. They may be great-grandma’s go-to potluck dish, mom’s midweek special or a Pinterest find. Most lists include a favorite cookie, and Marble Cookies, submitted by Kelly Weber, Odessa, are a favorite in her family. The recipe comes from a Mrs. Fields cookbook. Marble Cookies 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup salted butter, soften...
SPOKANE - Odessa FBLA attended the State Business Leadership Conference Spokane from April 24-27. After many long nights and weekends of preparation, 32 students competed in 21 events and made it on stage by placing in the top ten for 13 competitions. Orlando will be the destination for 27 students as they move on to compete in the national FBLA conference from June 27 to July 3 this summer. The chapter received the Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit for participating in state a...
Davenport birthdays May 10: Josh Miller, Brett Alspach May 11: Marsha Hendrickson, Kaycee Hennings, Kevin Schweiger, Sharon Buck, Frosty Freeze May 12: Ricci Husky, Rochelle Hopp, Jalaina Jacobsen, Tyler Bailey, Alan Steinolfson, Willa Winzer May 13: Olivia Orvis, Emily Dixon, Elizabeth Waldher May 14: Justin Wood May 15: Hailee Ensor, Wyatt Morcom, John McElfish May 16: Ethan Carruth, Isaiah Bircher, Rachael Bambino, Josh Zeiler Davenport anniversaries May 11: Clif and Sabrina Warwick May 13: Dave and Deana Barta May 16: Mar...
Odessa senior Hayden Schuh is heading to Spokane Falls Community College to run track and field next school year. She said she looks forward to staying close to home and potentially transferring to Washington State University or the University of Idaho after receiving her 2-year degree. Schuh plans to study architecture while completing her general requirements. The Tiger senior is the defending state 1B champion in 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles and javelin and will...
ODESSA - The spring sports postseason has arrived, and that means District Tournament action for local baseball and softball teams. Two area teams are still in the mix: Odessa baseball and Davenport softball. The Tigers have consistently sported the best team in the county this season and finished third in the District 7 following 26-1 and 20-5 wins at Selkirk Thursday, May 2. Odessa now heads to the District 7/9 1B Tournament in Ritzville Saturday, May 11. The Tigers take on...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of May 10-16 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. Friday, May 10 • Davenport golf at Harrington @ 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11 • Reardan-Davenport and LRS tennis at Districts at Whitworth @ 10 a.m. • Odessa baseball vs. DeSales at District 7/9 1B Tournament in Ritzville @ 1 p.m. • Odessa baseball vs. Sunnyside Christian, Pomeroy or Wellpinit at District 7/9 1B Tournament in Ritzville @ 4 p.m. if necessary Tuesday, May 14 • Davenport, Odessa an...
