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REARDAN--Gonzaga head baseball coach Mark Andrew Machtolf was arrested by Reardan Police and booked into Lincoln County Jail on a charge of driving under the influence late Thursday, June 9, according to Reardan Police Chief Andy Manke, the Lincoln County Jail roster and Reardan Police arrest reports. Machtolf, who just completed his 19th season at the helm of the Bulldogs' diamond squad, had a blood-alcohol level as high as 0.284 at the time of booking according to tests admi...
DAVENPORT—A Ritzville man charged with fourth-degree assault, harassment and disorderly conduct stemming from an incident involving state Sen. Mark Schoesler last October was sentenced for one charge last week. Glen Roy Stockwell of Ritzville was convicted of fourth-degree assault in Lincoln County District Court Tuesday, May 24, but had charges of harassment and disorderly conduct dismissed, according to court records. Presiding judge Dan B. Johnson sentenced Stockwell to 12 months supervised probation, 12 months u...
DAVENPORT-A months-long search to fill a vacant principal position came to a conclusion in early May with the hire of Sarita Hopkins as the new elementary principal. The school board approved Hopkins' hire Monday, May 9. The hire moves Noelle Carstens to secondary principal as Chad Prewitt prepares to take over the superintendent role from the retiring Jim Kowalkowski. Hopkins comes to Davenport from Cheney Middle School, where she is wrapping up her third year as the...
DAVENPORT—High school seniors around Lincoln County ready to conclude their grade school ventures are about to see that dream realized. Many local graduations are coming up this weekend, while a couple have either already occurred or are a couple weekends away. Harrington graduation is first on tap this weekend, with a 6 p.m. ceremony at the school scheduled for the four local graduates. Davenport and Odessa’s graduations are both Saturday, June 4. Odessa’s ceremony is at 11 a.m., while Davenport celebrates its gradu...
DAVENPORT—A caller from Lincoln Hospital twice reported seeing a cougar behind the hospital Saturday, May 28, but authorities were unable to track down and vanquish the puma. According to police records, a hospital employee called the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office to say another employee saw a cougar walking around while depositing trash into hospital dumpsters. Two deputies and one sergeant from LCSO and a trooper with National Parks Service responded to the initial call, which came at 9:52 p.m. Saturday. Officer Chr...
DAVENPORT—A resolution to terminate a private lease with a tenant at the airport here was tabled by city council pending further discussion at council’s regular meeting Wednesday, May 25. The airport committee met prior to council’s meeting and discussed a resolution going before council to allow Mayor Brad Sweet to revoke Gary Stuckle’s lease “for non-compliance,” according to council documentation. The committee, chaired by Jonathan Chapman, however, recommended that the resolution should be tabled to allow for further dis...
SPOKANE – A three-run lead through two innings gave the Reardan baseball team sights on a state playoff bid, but four runs scored in the following six innings by the Colfax Bulldogs dashed those hopes. Colfax topped Reardan 4-3 in eight innings in a District 7 NE2B third-place game at Whitworth University to claim the league's final state 2B tournament bid Saturday, May 14. Reardan quickly plated two runs in the bottom of the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Caden Day t...
DAVENPORT – There will be a new Tim patrolling the gym starting this fall in Davenport. Current Lake Roosevelt athletic director and head football coach Tim Rasmussen is moving from District 6 to District 7 and replacing the retiring Tim Zeiler as Davenport's athletic director this coming school year. Rasmussen will make the hour jump southeast after this school year, which is his fourth at Lake Roosevelt and 15th in education overall. "I loved the history and tradition of h...
SPANGLE – The Reardan softball team suffered a loss in its first District 7 NE2B game but staved off elimination with a victory in a loser-out game. Davenport, meanwhile, played into the tournament but was eliminated on the first day. Reardan entered the tournament as the seventh seed and fell to the Liberty Lancers in Spangle 11-4 in their first postseason game Tuesday, May 17. The Screaming Eagles stayed alive in a loser-out game, however, fighting off the Kettle Falls B...
REARDAN—For the first time in three days, the local Mule Days celebration is a go this upcoming weekend from Friday June 3 to Sunday June 5. Mule Days, which began in 1904 and has only been interrupted by World War II and the COVID-19 pandemic, was renamed Community Day several decades ago and features many local events. Chief amongst those events is the Mule Days Parade, which this year is on Spokane Street from Cedar Street to Lake Street. Attendees can expect to see community floats, equestrian showcases, rodeo royalty a...
CHENEY-A personal record jump of six feet three inches gave Reardan sophomore Richard Alsept Lincoln County's lone individual 2B state champion at the WIAA 2B State Championships held at Roos Field on the campus of Eastern Washington University Thursday-Saturday May 26-28. Alsept's high jump mark was two inches higher than his second place competitor, senior Tre Seydel of Raymond. Senior Jarrett Jacobsen of Davenport finished third in the event. The Davenport boys had the...
DAVENPORT – The 2021 project at the airport here to shift, extend and re-construct Runway 5-23 was named the Airport Project of the Year by the Washington Airport Management Association, city administrator Steve Goemmel informed council at the regular meeting Wednesday, May 11. The project "significantly improves the safety and efficiency of the airfield for its local and regional users, while extending overall pavement life," according to the award nomination letter. "More t...
REARDAN-Two varsity high school coaches are leaving their posts. Longtime head wrestling coach Rick Perleberg and inaugural girls soccer coach Brian Scott both resigned from their positions in letters accepted by the school board Wednesday, May 25. Perleberg, who said he is just retiring from the position and not from his teaching career, has been the head coach since 2015 and worked with the wrestling program since his arrival with the district in 1999. In that time he's...
DAVENPORT-Lincoln County Public Works director Rick Becker considered pushing for 40 years employed with the county, but decided 39 years was enough. Becker will head for retirement effective June 30. He's leaving the director position that he's held since August of 2007 and a county he's worked for since 1983. "I'm just ready to retire...maybe do some more golfing," Becker, a member of the board at Harrington Golf and Country Club, said. "I don't plan to work, except for...
DAVENPORT—The school board heard about and discussed the district’s finances at a budget meeting Monday, May 9 that included projects for enrollment figures of 540 and 565. Business manager Dana Telecky shared an initial draft budget for 540 students that projects a 3.11% revenue increase and 3.10% expenditure increase for the capital budget. Under the projected budget, the district would receive $10,139,089 and spend $1,313,958, which would be a negative net of $174,869. Telecky said, however, that the proposed revenue fig...
DAVENPORT-The local Sporting Goods store will be transitioning to a mostly-online model by the end of the month, store ownership announced on the business Facebook page last week. The store will be closing its in-person business and will sell firearms online, the post said. "We have to adapt, so we're adapting," co-owner Kevin Hupp told The Record-Times this week. Hupp bought the store, located at 712 Morgan Street, with Johnathan Chapman seven years ago. He said in-person...
CHEWELAH-Like their Reardan neighbors to the east, Davenport track and field will be abundantly attending the District 7 Championships at Ridgeline High School in Liberty Lake May 20-21 after another successful meet at the North Division Championships Tuesday, May 10. The Davenport boys won yet another team meet while qualifying a good chunk of their athletes, while the girls finished in second place behind St. George's. The top four athletes in laned events and the top six...
RITZVILLE-Reardan was well-represented at the NE2B South Division track and field championships. Both the boys and girls teams finished in first place in the meet that included competitors from Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, Asotin, Liberty and Colfax. The girls had 138 points, while second-place Colfax had 123 points. The boys had 160 points to second-place Colfax's 137. Individually, the top four competitors in all laned events and the top six competitors in field and mile-plus...
DAVENPORT—If either NE2B softball team from Lincoln County is going to make a state tournament run, it will take a string of upsets and players across the board to step up. Reardan enters the NE2B district tournament as the No. 7 seed, while Davenport will have to win a pigtail game for an opportunity at the league’s top seed. Davenport finished last in the league with a league record of 2-12 and an overall record of 3-13 after splitting a pair of games with Lind-Ritzville/Sprague on Senior Night Tuesday, May 10. The Gor...
COLBERT—The No. 3 seeded Reardan baseball team has a chance to make the state regional tournament after splitting a pair of games at the NE2B District Tournament at Northwest Christian (Colbert) Tuesday, May 10. The team defeated Asotin in a loser-out game 14-4 before falling to the state-bound Crusaders 11-1 in the district semifinals. Reardan’s bats came alive after surrendering two first-inning runs against the No. 6-seeded Panthers, led by three triples and five runs batted in by senior Abe Nelson and a home run from cat...
CHEWELAH-Davenport couldn't hit Cougars ace Zack Bowman's 83 mph fastball, and as a result, the Gorillas were sent home in the first round of the NE2B District Tournament Tuesday, May 10. The Gorillas were shut out by the top-seeded team in the league, the Chewelah Cougars, 11-0 in five innings. Davenport managed one base runner in 16 plate appearances against Bowman, which came in the first inning on a single by senior Denton Deal. Bowman struck out the Davenport batters 11...
REARDAN-Two more senior high school students from here will play basketball in college. Mady Dewey signed with the Community Colleges of Spokane this week, while Ella Curry signed with Everett Community College last Thursday. Both signings followed Ayden Krupke signing with Bushnell College, making it three girls' basketball players from the 2021-22 roster heading to the next level. Both CCS and ECC are in the Northwest Athletic Conference and usually play each other once or...
DAVENPORT-Local baseball and softball teams have about one week left in their respective regular seasons before heading to districts. Baseball districts begin this weekend, while softball regular seasons run through next Tuesday. Several local teams were in action this week and over the weekend as the regular season winds down. Tigers overpower Wellpinit, fall to ACH The Tiger baseball team had little trouble overcoming Wellpinit on Apr. 26, winning both games of the...
COLFAX-The Davenport boys track and field team got another win Tuesday. The Gorillas took care of their league opponents with a convincing victory at the NE2B League Championships with a score of 144 points, clearing second-place Chewelah (109 points). The Davenport girls finished a distant second with 86 points. St. George's won for the girls with 138 points. The Reardan boys finished in fourth place with 70.5 points, while the Reardan girls were also fourth with 70 points....
DAVENPORT – The Willow Ridge apartment complex and safe house for victims of abuse or violence may officially be transferred from Family Resource Center to Rural Resources in the next 30 days, Cruze Thompson and Ryan Berendsen of Rural Resources told the Lincoln County Commissioners Monday, May 2. However, the 30-day timeline has been floated for months, commissioner Mark Stedman noted. “We’ve been hearing 30 days since back in January,” he said. Berendsen told the commissioners that the transfer, which is being overseen by t...
