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Tekoa High School sophomore Alexis Taylor, 15, of Tekoa, served as a page in the state House of Representatives from 19-24 at the state Capitol in Olympia. Taylor was sponsored by Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy. The student lives in the 9th Legislative District represented by Dye. During her tenure as a House page, Taylor wrote a mock bill for a later school start to give students more time to sleep in and be well-rested for their classroom studies. Taylor is the daughter of...
REARDAN -After placing fourth at the ESD 101 regional tournament Friday March 3, the high school's Knowledge Bowl team will move on to the state tournament at Wenatchee High School Saturday, March 11. Advisor Tyler Smedley said the Knowledge Bowl is an academic competition open to any student. Those on this year's team are Joey Matusik, Jon Holdway, William Chilson, Dom Board, Wyatt Stolp and EJ Preuschoff. At the state tournament the team will take part in preliminary...
Davenport High School senior Lexi Cormier was surprised by three representatives from the University of Washington with a personally signed letter from university president Ana Mari Cauce describing Cormier's admission into UW's Engineering program. Cormier was one of 14 students statewide and three in Eastern Washington to receive the award from the Seattle-based university....
Davenport Elementary School was one of four schools statewide to receive a Distinguished School Award from ESEA for this school year. The elementary school won its award for helping to close achievement gaps. The school celebrated its accomplishment with a school-wide assembly Friday, Feb. 24....
ODESSA — The annual Chamber Banquet is returning to Old Town Hall at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 10. The event was canceled for the last few years due to the pandemic. It will be held at Old Town Hall this year due to the community center renovations. Happy hour begins the evening as an icebreaker for attendees to mingle. Odessa Golf & RV will provide refreshments with a no-host bar. A prime rib dinner will be served and comedian Michael Gliztmaier will be the night’s entertainment. A Chinese raffle will take place and raf...
Davenport birthdays March 10: Vinny Bellotti, Mack Dehn, Sawyer Semprimoznik March 11: Mike Honey, Mark Downey, Whitney Mead, Rachel Jorden March 12: Ridge Gunning, Camryn Slahtasky March 13: David Cole Thomas, Levi Schenk March 14: Jake Hennings, Lynn Leisle, Mike McDaniel, Sidney Fleming, Mary Morgan-Gamble March 15: Jan Ziemer, Peggy Semprimoznik, Kendra Hosking, Brad Floyd, Lynee Carpenter March 16: Emmett Kilps, Rob Hopkins Davenport anniversaries March 10: Forrest and Jen Rief Reardan birthdays March 10: Johanna Ellis...
A touch of spring, then winter returned for another round. Fortunately, we have more soup and stew recipes to share. Ham and Hominy Chowder is a lightly spiced mixture of vegetables and chopped cooked ham. Hominy may not be familiar to everyone, but it lends a chewy texture to the vegetable mixture, tending to take on the flavors of the other ingredients in a recipe. Ham and Hominy Chowder 1 Tbsp olive or vegetable oil 1 pound cubed red potatoes, unpeeled 1 medium onion, peele...
Davenport birthdays March 3: Tami Odenrider, Angie Duff, Wayde Badgley, Rebecca Manville-Current, Sarah Raugust, Ripp Coffman March 4: Michelle Dodson, Briana Becker, Kelsie Mann March 5: Wyatt Boggs, Donna Fisher, Paul Fitzsimmons † March 6: Angie Nicholls-Stiles, Dixie Guhlke, Jake Mattox, Lynnzee Zeus, Jennifer Gill March 7: Jesse Morrison, Trissie Sanguinet, Ginny Hein, Alex Guhlke, Macie Hopkins, Benaiah Brooks March 8: Piper Kowalkowski, Gio Bellotti, Gabe Gants, Matthew Orvis, Becke Alexander March 9: Casey Parsons, I...
DAVENPORT - Rikkianna Chavelas, McCall Knopp and Faith Bell, co-chairs of the local FBLA chapter's Partnership with Business project have partnered with Some Like It Hot! Espresso. From Nov. 23 to Dec. 16, DHS FBLA and Some Like It Hot! Espresso partnered for a campaign called 'Gorillas Go Social' where the lucky winner would win 52 free coffees, DHS and FBLA gear along with other items. The ways that DHS students could enter the campaign was through following Some Like It...
DAVENPORT — The local Senior Center temporarily closed in January and is still short on the funds required to re-open. A local group hopes that such a re-opening can happen by mid-March but needs more donations to make that happen. Vice president Jim Wilson and locals Barbara Badgley and Georgia Smith are working together toward a hopeful re-opening of the Senior Center, which provides meals and community to local senior citizens. “We could really use the help of the community to keep us viable until our funds/grants com...
Davenport Elementary students participated in Kindness Week last week. Fifth-grader Corbin Walters (middle) was the Grand Prize winner. The two runner-up prize winners were fifth-grader Emmalee Rasmussen (left) and third-grader Wyatt Abernathy (right). The kids worked on completing multiple kindness challenges each day last week. The kids also celebrated Kindness Week by dressing up throughout the week. Students earned special red pride cards during the week by doing random...
ODESSA — 100 years ago Feb. 22, 1923 The weather has modified so that it now looks like spring and everyone seems satisfied. The thermometer has ranged between four and 28 above all the past week at maximum and minimum temperatures. The snow has been melting slowly and now it looks like it is half gone, without any water running. Henry Horst Sr., a retired wheat raiser who for a number of years past has made Odessa his home, brought back from his trip to Colorado last week a bride. Mrs. Horst was formerly Mrs.Katherine F...
PULLMAN - A Davenport native is part of an 11-member meat judging team at Washington State University that has won both contests it has participated in this year. Ashley Gunning, a 2019 graduate of Davenport High School, is the lone Lincoln County native on the squad that won two meat judging contests in January and is heading to Houston for a third contest Tuesday, Feb. 28. The team won Champion Team Overall for the A-Division at the National Western Stock Show in Denver...
Davenport birthdays Feb. 24: Gene Stuckle, Bob Johnson Feb. 25: Jim Buchanan, Weston Sharer, Jarrett Jacobsen Feb. 26: Grant Harper, Karissa Stedman, Tyson Lacy, Karissa Taylor Feb. 27: Melissa Quisano Feb. 28: Hailey Arland, Hailey Stiles, Carey Guhlke, Christy Emery, Danielle Telford, Anthony Bambino March 1: Jeremy Sewall March 2: Jersey Sanford, Donna Gauch Davenport anniversaries Feb. 24: Tom and Tanya Scharff Reardan birthdays Feb. 27: Jenny Sobotta March 1: Krissi Bell Odessa birthdays Feb.27: Lakley Null Feb. 29:...
Davenport birthdays Feb. 17: Phyllis Luiten, Sean Deane, Ana Wilkie, Taylor Morgan Feb. 18: Kaylee Leep, Doug Branch, Gary Phillips Feb. 19: Sydney Schneider, Mackenzie Fisk Feb. 20: Penny Strite, Wade Guhlke, Christopher Briggs, Brian Curtis, Jeter Sanford, Brilee Madison, Karyn Lee Feb. 21: Barbara Badgley, Caitlyn Katz, Harold Patterson † Feb. 22: Greyson Wilkie, Sadahiro Patterson, Payton Critchlow, Holly Branch Feb. 23: Jacob Furman, Thomas Furman, Jess Bartell, Joyce Nonnemacher, Todd Stiles Davenport anniversaries F...
DAVENPORT - Zackary Bruce, Ally Slahtasky and Josie Wynecoop, who are co-chairs of the local FBLA chapter's American Enterprise Project, taught local sixth graders about the basic principles of the American Enterprise System. From there, the sixth graders were split into groups and had to create their own "small business." After a few weeks of the sixth graders working a business poster and what their good or service for sale, the elementary students were able to attend the...
Springtime means mid-week soup suppers for many area folks. Some cooks have a signature soup they bring to every soup meal, while others like to try a new recipe each time. Soups range in flavors from savory to spicy, with a few having sweet/sour overtones. Some are thick with vegetables or a cream base broth; others are meat or vegetable broth-based with plenty of liquid for sopping up with some toasted bread or crackers. French Chicken Stew is a combination of both styles....
Odessa crab feed photos...
Davenport birthdays Feb. 10: Chris Holderby, Cory Hollis, Logan Briggs, Glenda Mitchell † Feb. 11: Riley Utley Feb. 14: Evan Gunning, Tom Scharff, Todd Guhlke Feb. 15: Shelly Morgan, Trey Cartensen, Dillon Hollis, Charlotte Sellin, Colton Hosking, Adam Collins Feb. 16: Scott Cannon, Molly Hale, Tanner Zaugg, Rob Harper, Holly McDaniel Davenport anniversaries Feb. 16: Rob and Michelle Hopp Reardan birthdays Feb. 10: Jancey Adams Feb. 12: Merit McRae Feb. 16: Sherry Hieb Reardan anniversaries Feb. 13: Jason and Inge Gray O...
HARRINGTON - Around 120-150 people came to show their support for a local family who suffered an accident in Dec. 2022 through a Booster Club-sponsored spaghetti feed held at the school cafeteria Saturday, Feb. 4. Gary Cox and Carol Richey relocated to the area with their five children last year due to growing safety concerns in Spokane and what they deemed better schooling locally. "Our son was getting into trouble in the bigger schools," Cox said. "We needed a change, somewh...
HARRINGTON-Gary Cox and Carol Richey were enjoying new beginnings here last Christmas break. The couple engaged to be wed in April 2024 had moved themselves and their five children from Spokane seeking a smaller city experience and better schooling for the kids. Times were tough financially, but Cox had a job driving a semitruck to make ends meet. Then, on Dec. 23, 2022, disaster struck. He was driving a semi across Snoqualmie Pass in disastrous winter conditions that...
Davenport birthdays Feb. 3: Blake Warwick, Jeanne Morrison, Sydney Abbott, Braelynn Carruth, Susan Coffman, Jason Raugust Feb. 4: Dawn Shaver, Grayson Sawyer Feb. 5: Don Larson, Erin Utley, Avery Young, Jeff Barkdull Feb. 6: Della Reinbold, Jesse Raugust, Tyson Linstrum, Wendy Bodeau Feb. 7: Katie Hiccox, Lillian Lyle Feb. 8: Jesse Gamache, Easton Chappell Feb. 9: Jackson Guhlke, Brynna Hopkins, Chuck Woodland, Alex Zeiler Davenport anniversaries Feb. 6: Troy and Dawn Canfield Feb. 7: Scott and Kim Hardin Feb. 8: Kelly and...
Meal planning as a season ends can get stuck in the rut of the same old thing. Adding a new side dish and company meals will bring interest to every day. Debbie Buscher brought a potato casserole to a winter potluck that was well received. Based on a recipe she found in the Staff of Life II, Odessa Memorial Hospital Cookbook. The original recipe, attributed to Ann Keyes, is a variation of what is known locally as funeral potatoes. Debbie changed the recipe to accommodate...
DAVENPORT - The local high school FFA team has come within one or two places of a first-place finish at state in Nursery Landscape the last two years, but hasn't been able to notch that first-place spot to qualify the school for the national competition. This year's team, which has handily won its first two contests, is hoping to change that. The team took first place at the Yelm Nursery Landscape Contest last weekend. The school was in first place in three of the five...
Davenport High School FBLA members and American Enterprise Project co-chairs Zackary Bruce, Ally Slahtasky and Josie Wynecoop hosted a number of local business professionals who were interviewed by Davenport Middle School sixth-graders about their careers and exposing students to the variety of career and business opportunities located in the Davenport community. Leading up to the interviews, DHS FBLA members taught about the basic principles of the American Enterprise System...
