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DAVENPORT--After the high school graduation this afternoon, family members and community folks lined the streets to celebrate the 42 graduates. Fire trucks from Fire District No. 5 and deputies from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office gave an escort as the graduates went from the baseball field, by the courthouse, down Morgan Street, by the schools and to City Park. Look for more photos and coverage from the graduation ceremony, as well as ceremonies and parades in Reardan...
DAVENPORT – Joe Lilje had completed his Naval flight training and was ready to serve in the Pacific flying planes onto aircraft carriers in 1945. A month later, however, Japan surrendered after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the war was over. That's not the story Lilje prefers to tell, however. "My story is that the enemy got word that I was ready to join the fleet and they surrendered," Lilje said. The 98-year-old Davenport local w...
DAVENPORT—Superintendent Jim Kowalkowski will sign off on his educational career following the 2021-22 school year, he informed the school board via a resignation letter that was accepted at the board’s May 24 meeting. Kowalkowski’s retirement, which becomes official June 30, 2022, will come after 15 years as superintendent here. “I have been very fortunate to have served as your superintendent since 2007,” Kowalkowski’s letter read. “These past 14 years have been very rewarding and I have been blessed to work with an amazi...
DAVENPORT-Lee Swain hasn't been in Vietnam serving in the Army since 1968, but the 79-year-old longtime Davenport resident who recently moved to Spokane remembers his experiences well as Memorial Day weekend approaches. Swain enlisted in the Army in 1966 just before his graduation from Northeast Missouri State University and went to Fort Jackson, South Carolina for basic training. Less than two years later, in 1968, he was a lieutenant and was heading to Vietnam where he was...
DAVENPORT—Three teenagers were arrested Saturday, May 22 on charges of theft of a motor vehicle and made their first appearance in Lincoln County Superior Court Tuesday, May 25. 15-year-old Dylan Doughty, 15-year-old Paul Russell Miller, Jr. and 14-year-old Chantal Tapia were arrested by Lincoln County Sheriff Sergeant Jerad McLagan and booked in Martin Hall Juvenile Detention Center, according to records. Doughty was also charged with minor in possession of alcohol. All three entered not-guilty pleas May 25. According to r...
DAVENPORT—Early filing week ended with 88 candidates filing for 70 offices in Lincoln County. In the Davenport, Harrington, Sprague, Reardan and Edwall area, eight races are contested. In some races, open positions had no filings, while in some others, incumbents didn’t file for re-election. Here are all the local filings, beginning with all contested races. Incumbents are indicated, whether they filed or not. Following local filings will be unfilled positions. A three-day special filing period will be held this summer str...
REARDAN-In light of the Spokane Tribe's decision to disallow public schools from using a Native American reference in a mascot or logo and the Reardan-Edwall School District's subsequent choice to do away with the "Indians" mascot by this fall, the school district has revealed six finalists for its new mascot. The mascot will be decided through a community vote open exclusively to school staff, students, parents and alumni, as well as community members. Voting will take place...
DAVENPORT-The Gorillas continued their winning ways in their third game of the season against the Kettle Falls Bulldogs, taking care of a team that made the state tournament last season but lost many key players. Davenport won soundly 63-34 after taking a 23-8 lead in the first quarter and holding a halftime lead of 38-13. Tennesee Rainwater had his best game of the season to date, scoring 26 points and converting 11-of-15 shots from two-point range. He continued to struggle...
Boys game gets chippy after Davenport builds first-half lead REARDAN-It was a rivalry game, after all. That just didn't show until the second half, after Davenport jumped out to a 35-11 halftime lead and held on for a 67-38 final victory over the rival Reardan Indians. "It was our defense. We were able to get out and be a little more aggressive and limit them to one shot," Davenport head coach Matt Henry said. "We knew what was going to come (in the second) half and were able...
DAVENPORT—Council passed five resolutions at its regular council meeting May 12 after hearing reports from the finance committee, fire/police committee and mayor Brad Sweet. The first resolution allows the city to surplus unused supplies and equipment. Bids on the following items will be accepted June 1-14: A 1992 Chevy 4X4 pickup, a 1972 GMC 5500 series flat-bed truck, a Whitco pressure washer 4100, steel stamped street signs, a 1999 Wells Cargo trailer, a bookshelf, miscellaneous runway/taxilane lighting fixtures, an A...
DAVENPORT—What the city’s partnership with Lincoln County Fire District No. 5 will look like in the future was a point of discussion at the police/fire committee meeting that took place before city council’s regular meeting May 12. Fire District No. 5 Commissioner Mike Piper and Chief Craig Sweet attended the meeting with committee members Heath Becker, Cory Hollis and Patrick Katz and mayor Brad Sweet. City administrator Steve Goemmel and clerk Dave Leath were also part of the discussion. Three options for city fire servi...
DAVENPORT – The city maintained its revenue and expenditures plan in the first quarter to remain in the black, according to the financial report released and discussed at the finance committee’s May 12 meeting. The committee, which consists of councilmembers Nathan Hansen, Lance Strite and Theresa Telford, was left with only one question. Strite inquired about the property tax revenue, which has been $2,055 so far…just 0.8% of the budgeted $265,000 for the year. City clerk Dave Leath explained that typically property taxes...
DAVENPORT – Seven department heads or representatives gave updates and shared goals/requests at the School Board’s quarterly meeting Monday, May 17. The presentations followed the approval of the consent agenda, which included hiring Morgan Hunt and Kyra Arland as elementary teachers, Tracy Winzer as secondary ELA, Jennifer Hargrave as ALE/Options Program teacher/director and Tim Zeiler as junior high boys basketball head coach. Sarah Sweetser gave a food services presentation and described how food service workers have tra...
REARDAN – There was no league championship at stake, but the Reardan baseball team leveraged its home field advantage to win the four-team NE2B consolation playoff with wins over Kettle Falls and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague during a full day of America's pastime Friday, May 14. The playoff kicked off with the Indians hosting the Bulldogs in a morning tilt. Reardan, technically the visiting team, scored two runs in the top of the first inning. But Kettle Falls tied the score in the...
DAVENPORT-When the Lady Gorillas needed a bucket in their season opening game against Northwest Christian (Colbert), they just forced the ball inside to Ellie Telford. The senior delivered with a career-high 29 points while adding 10 rebounds and three blocks while Davenport knocked off NWC 52-40. Telford was 11-for-19 from the field and 6-for-11 from the free throw line. Darby Soliday was the only other Davenport player in double figures with 13 points. Soliday added five...
DAVENPORT-It wasn't an easy fight, but the Gorillas were able to snare a win in their first game of the season against the Northwest Christian (Colbert) Crusaders 70-65 Tuesday, May 18. Sharp-shooting point guard Brenick Soliday and high-flying wing Tennesee Rainwater scored 24 big points apiece for Davenport. Soliday knocked down five key three-pointers on 10 attempts and hit three important free-throws down the stretch after Rainwater fouled out with three minutes left in th...
REARDAN – The Colfax Bulldogs came to town for the season hoops tip-off and came away unscathed. The Bulldog varsity boys pounded the Reardan Indians 67-34, while the varsity girls used a stout zone defense to pull away in the second half of their game 41-24 in both team's opening match May 15. In the boys game, Colfax started strong and never looked back, jumping out to a 15-5 lead in the first quarter while forcing turnovers and getting out in transition. Reardan s...
RITZVILLE – Davenport senior Darby Soliday finished a standout, record-breaking career with three district titles at the District 7 NE2B championship meet May 13. She was one of three Gorillas to finish first. Soliday took first place in the girls 200 meters, girls 100 meter hurdles and girls 100 meter hurdles. She was joined in the winner's circle by her sophomore brother, Brenick, who won the boys 110 meter hurdles. Junior Jarrett Jacobsen was victorious in two events, w...
DAVENPORT--Six more candidates in the Davenport/Reardan/Harrington/Sprague area filed for candidacy in various positions up for election yesterday, three of which were for Sprague mayor. That race now becomes a contested race between four candidates. Trace De Garmo filed Tuesday, while Sunnie Fortin, Scooter Dearing and M. Shawn Coombs filed yesterday. Locally, Lance Strite filed for Davenport city council, Jennifer Cox filed for Reardan-Edwall School District's board of directors and Shelley Quigley filed for Harrington...
DAVENPORT – A Lincoln County Jail inmate has been found dead for the second time in the last month. Mark W. Robinson, 45, was being held in jail and awaiting transfer to the state Department of Corrections when he was found dead during a routine cell check around 11:30 p.m. May 6. Officials believe Robinson committed suicide. Family members have been notified. Two days earlier, Robinson was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to five felony no-contact order violations. He was found mentally competent b...
DAVENPORT – A Creston man convicted of first-degree child molestation was sentenced to 12 months confinement in Lincoln County Jail. Mathew Scott Chafin, 31, will also serve lifetime probation and five years of treatment after he was found guilty of the charge in Superior Court May 4. Chafin originally pleaded guilty Dec. 15. A jury trial date had been for March 20 and readiness status set for Feb. 16, according to Lincoln County Superior Court records. At that Feb. 16 court appearance, a 40-day mental evaluation was a...
REARDAN – Council approved a request of police chief Andy Manke to begin the hiring process of two new reserve officers at its May 6 regular meeting. Manke is eligible to retire near the end of 2022. Candidates are not set in stone yet, but council’s motion allows the police department to begin the process of hiring new law enforcement reserve officers for when Manke steps away. The unanimously approved motion was council’s only official action taken. During the public comment section, a roughly 20-minute discussion betwe...
HARRINGTON - Caroline Slack, a junior at the high school here, has enjoyed the FBLA experience she's been a part of all three years thus far, but she never expected to qualify for national competitions by her junior year. But she didn't just qualify for nationals in one event at the state competition. She qualified for three. "I did not expect to place that high at state as a junior," Slack said. "That's crazy." Due to FBLA rules, she must choose one to compete in. She chose h...
REARDAN – Three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning was enough to dig the Indians out of a deep hole in their district playoff game against the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos Tuesday, May 11. Reardan ended its season with a 15-6 loss at home and finished the truncated campaign 5-8. LRS jumped on Reardan early, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. The Indians held the Broncos scoreless for the following three innings, but three runs in the fifth, five runs i...
CHEWELAH – Split between events and individuals, the Davenport track and field team will have 42 representatives at the District 7 2B championships in Ritzville May 13 after the North qualifying meet May 7. Reardan, meanwhile, totaled 13 qualifications after the South qualifying meet in Colfax. The top eight finishers in each event qualified for districts. If an event featured fewer than eight participants, all finishing participants qualified. Any athletes that scratched d...
