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ODESSA - A permanent superintendent has been hired by the school district here. Former Colville superintendent, North Central High School principal and Richland High School principal Steve Fisk was chosen through interviews with the school board and a recommendation from ESD101. Fisk, 57, will begin duties July 1 and will also act as K-5 Principal. "This particular position offers me the ability to be an elementary principal as well," Fisk said. "I was looking for a smaller...
HARRINGTON - One unique element of a small school graduation is that there's enough time in an hour-plus for each graduate to offer a speech. That was the case at Harrington High School's graduation Friday, June 2, which featured six local seniors receiving their diplomas and thanking those who helped get them to that point. This year's graduates included Karter Brown, Allie Crawford, Annika Walters, Alaina Parker, Ethan Gravning and Taleaha Davenport. After the six took the...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Health Department has lined up about $197,000 in funds from the state Department of Health for local Senior Centers, Director Ed Dzedzy confirmed this week. In return for the funds, the Health Department will use the Centers as outreach points for senior citizens to receive information about COVID-19 vaccination booster shots and test kits, Dzedzy said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to reach seniors that weren’t able to get to their doctors or to Spokane or Moses Lake (during the height of the pandem...
DAVENPORT - A Moses Lake man has been found guilty of murdering his wife about 12 miles northwest of Sprague in Sept. 2022. 55-year-old Charles R. Bergman entered a guilty plea of second-degree murder and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Lincoln County Superior Court Tuesday, May 30. Bergman was originally charged with first-degree murder after being extradited from Pennsylvania to Lincoln County by U.S. Marshals last year, but the charge was reduced to a second-degree...
DAVENPORT - A packed Lincoln County Courthouse watched 17-year-old Koedi V. White plead guilty to first-degree manslaughter and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm in Juvenile Court Tuesday, May 30. White was sentenced to 124-130 weeks in juvenile detention on the first charge and an additional 30 days confinement with credit for 30 days served on the second charge by presiding judge Jeffrey S. Barkdull per a plea agreement between both parties after the case was...
YAKIMA - For the first time, Lincoln County's top track and field athletes joined the best 2B and 1B competitors in the state at Zaepfel Stadium on the campus of Eisenhower High School for the Track and Field Championships Thursday, May 25-Saturday, May 27. The sun beat down on the turf and track for 2.5 days before the clouds rolled in and a lightning strike forced a 2-hour delay Saturday. When all the dust settled, local teams had yielded four state champions and 16 medalist...
HARRINGTON - The mayor of the city will change after 2023. Jesse Silhan announced on his 75th birthday Friday, May 19 he wouldn't be seeking re-election to the seat after his two-year term expires. "On my birthday I let people know...over a piece of pizza and a glass of water at the Harrington Haus," he said. The 75-year-old Silhan was elected and took the seat Dec. 31, 2021. "I've just decided I'm going to spend a little more time being a 75-year-old man," Silhan said. "I'll...
HARRINGTON — The first-year school district superintendent here will “explore” retirement at the end of the school year. John Cordell plans to depart the school district when his contract expires Friday, June 30. The 59-year-old Cordell, who is also the superintendent of the Tekoa School District, arrived here at the beginning of the school year. He also plans to retire from his position at the Whitman County district. “The ESD approached me about coming out and helping here,” Cordell said. “I still enjoy it, to be honest wit...
DAVENPORT — A teenager was arrested in connection with several reported mail and package thefts around the city last week. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested 18-year-old Anastasia Brandenberg Wednesday, May 17 on charges of second-degree identity theft, second-degree theft and third-degree theft. However, charges had not been filed with the Clerk’s Office by the Prosecutor’s Office as of press time. Deputies also requested charges for a 17-year-old girl believed to be involved in the alleged crimes, but such ch...
DAVENPORT — Once the clock struck 4 p.m. Friday, May 19, bringing an end to filing week, 103 candidates had signed up to run for election in the Aug. 1 primary election. Thirty-one candidates did so after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, our cutoff to get their names in last week’s paper. Here are the candidates in Davenport, Reardan, Odessa, Sprague and Harrington that filed after press time last week. Lincoln County Fire District No. 4 (Reardan/Edwall) Seat No. 3 — Jerry Dougherty and Dawn Bennett. Fire District No. 5 (Davenport/Deer...
DAVENPORT — 103 candidates filed for various positions ahead of the Aug. 1 primary election during the regular filing period last week, but that wasn’t enough to fill all the positions up for election. 11 races in our coverage area didn’t have anybody file for candidacy. Elections deputy Norm Caley confirmed a special three-day election will be held to try and seek candidates for those positions, but a date hasn’t been set yet. The local races that went unfiled were: • Davenport city council position No. 2, presently...
DAVENPORT - A new Drama Club here is debuting its first play soon. The Davenport Drama Club is performing "The Enchanted Bookshop" at Davenport High School Saturday, June 3. The Drama Club was started as a Davenport Public Library program in Sept. 2022 under the direction of librarian Delia Breedlove, who is directing the play originally penned by Todd Wallinger. "We want to give kids something to do that wasn't sports," Breedlove said. "Drama gives kids a social outlet and...
COLFAX - The Davenport boys track team was challenged by Chewelah but took home a District 7 2B title at the Regional Championships Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20. Davenport won the title with 135 team points, holding off the 127-point Cougars. St. George's was a rather distant third with 101 points. The Davenport girls finished second amongst 2B girls with 119.5 points. St. George's dominated the field with 215.5 points. Odessa's girls finished third amongst 1B...
ODESSA - Longtime teacher and current PreK-12 principal Jamie Nelson will retire at the end of the school year. Her resignation/retirement notice was accepted by the school board at a special meeting Monday, May 8 and will become effective Friday, June 30. Nelson will depart Odessa after nine years as principal. She's spent 30 years in education overall. "While I have enjoyed my time as a teacher and then administrator, I am looking forward to some extra time to follow my...
DAVENPORT - A high school freshman was crowned Miss Davenport Wednesday night, May 17. Rikkiana Chavelas , 16, received her 2023-24 crown in a Pioneer Plaza ceremony. Chavelas, who was the lone applicant, said she was inspired to put her name in the hat by outgoing Miss Davenport Abby Breithaupt, who wished her well in a speech prior to the coronation Wednesday. "I saw how she helped the community," Chavelas said. "That really inspired me." Chavelas is the niece of Lance and...
ODESSA — A new police officer has been patrolling the town for several weeks. Gordon “Gordy” Bentler, 49, was hired by the town Jan 26 and has been on patrol for the last month. Bentler, who now resides here, came from a stop with the Liberty Lake Police Department. Prior to his stint there, during which he lived in Spokane Valley, he worked for the Seattle Police Department near his hometown of Renton. “I like the close community niche,” Bentler said of his decision...
DAVENPORT — The case of 16-year-old Koedi V. White, who facedcharges of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm stemming from the Feb. 22 death of 15-year-old Shadrach Hall-Turner in Reardan, will be remanded from Lincoln County Superior Court to Juvenile Court, attorneys said at a readiness hearing Tuesday, May 16. White was originally automatically charged as an adult per state RCW and entered a not-guilty plea at a court appearance in February. The move to Juvenile Court comes after a p...
DAVENPORT — 72 candidates had thrown their name in the hat to run for 65 different public offices in Lincoln County as of 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17. Filing week began Monday, May 15. Candidates have until 4 p.m. Friday, May 19 to submit their candidacy for the primary election Aug. 1. Here are the candidates that had filed by press time Wednesday. We’ll run an update for the later filers next week. County races County commissioner: Incumbent Jo Gilchrist was the lone candidate to file. Municipality races City of Dav...
In my first nearly three years working for The Record-Times, I rushed to a local, quiet, rural school exactly zero times to cover breaking news of threats, violence and other issues plaguing other schools and communities around the country. But in the past month, it’s happened on two different Wednesdays; once in April for a bomb threat emailed to Davenport superintendent Chad Prewitt and dozens of other supers around the state, and once last week for a so-called ...
DAVENPORT - The local FFA chapter took home several top-10 honors at the 93rd state Convention and Expo in Kennewick Thursday, May 13-Saturday, May 15. The most successful team was the ag sales group of Trevor Lenocker, Jacob Harvey, Eric Mooney and River Crandall, who finished third, advisor Todd Hargrave said. The conduct of chapter meetings team of Shelby Hargrave, Scout Sewall, Holden Moriuchi, Tanner Zaugg, Kate Guhlke and MacKenzie Peterson placed sixth. Shelby Hargrave...
ODESSA - The local high school FFA chapter headed to the 93rd state Convention and Expo in Kennewick and took home several honors Thursday, May 11-Saturday, May 13. The team of Tucker Walter and John Melcher finished sixth in tractor driving, while the milk quality team of Miller Stout, Aiden Schmierer, Hudson Watson, Rebecca Bramer and Melcher finished seventh, advisor HaLee Walter said. Melcher placed eighth in the individual milk quality category. Additionally, the...
MEDICAL LAKE - A rivalry softball game had the opportunity to advance to the District 7 2B playoffs on the line when Davenport and Reardan faced off Monday, May 15. It was the Gorillas who managed to pull away with a 16-6 victory to keep their season alive. Reardan had opportunities to score throughout the game, loading the bases in the top of the first inning with no outs and coming up empty. Davenport got one in the first to take a 1-0 lead. The Screaming Eagles got some off...
SPANGLE — The Odessa baseball team came up one game short of advancing to the state playoffs, falling to eventual No. 6 state seed Sunnyside Christian 14-4 in a loser-out District 7/9 1B playoff game at Liberty High School Saturday, May 13. Odessa came into the matchup underdogs against a strong Knights lineup, but the Tigers struck first with a run in the top of the second inning after both teams stranded a runner at third base in the first inning. Senior pitcher Collin Martin came out strong, tossing three straight s...
SPOKANE — After two days of district postseason matches involving the Reardan tennis team and the lone player from Davenport, one local player is still in contention to advance to state after play at Whitworth University Saturday, May 13. Sophomore Kerstin Lundgren of Reardan will compete in a loser-out match at Mead High School Saturday, May 20. She must win three straight matches to be one of two players from District 7 to advance to state in girls singles. Lundgren defeated St. George’s freshman Jessie Sawyer and fell to...
CHEWELAH—Local middle school track teams were at Snyder Field for the NE1B/2B championships Monday, May 15, with several squads finishing top-5. The Odessa girls had the best finish of any local team, finishing second. Reardan’s girls were third and Davenport was seventh. Davenport’s boys finished third, while Reardan was fifth and Odessa ninth. Liberty won the girls meet, while Chewelah took the top prize in the boys meet. Here are all the local results from Monday’s championship meet, the final middle school meet of the...
