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Davenport sophomore Tessa Cormier keeps an American flag from touching the ground as she and her classmates install scores of flags at the Davenport Cemetery in advance of Memorial Day Friday, May 26. Rhonda Brommer Kalous places a flag at the marker of Lt. Roger Mahrt at the Reardan Cemetery, Friday May 26. Mahrt was an accomplished pianist at Reardan High School who graduated in 1942. After graduation he accepted a music scholarship at the Eastman School of Music in...
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...
DAVENPORT – The air around schools will be full of "Pomp and Circumstance" in the next couple weekends as the Class of 2023 graduates. At Davenport High School, the commencement ceremony begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 10. 45 students are expected to receive their diploma during the ceremony in the high school gym, 801 Seventh Street. Earlier that day, 19 students should graduate from Odessa High School, 311 South First Street. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. And at the same t...
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 21 Traffic stops: 4 A Wilbur man requested an ambulance for a 23-year-old man who was forgetting things. A Lincoln woman said two bears had come on her porch and property on the 23300 block of Peterson Lane for...
Three individuals and one team from Lincoln County won state championships in their track and field events at the 1B/2B State Championship meet in Yakima Thursday, May 25-Saturday, May 27. Individual champions included Odessa's Hayden Schuh (top, left), who won the 1B 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles along with a fourth-place finish in 1B javelin, Odessa's Lily Starkel (top, third from left), who won the 1B high jump, and Davenport's Glenna Soliday (right), who won the...
REARDAN — The 119th edition of Mule Days will begin Friday, June 2 and will conclude with a community church service on Sunday, June 4. The event, founded in 1904, was originally a day of family fun and community fellowship. It is now that, and a lot more. Besides offering activities everyone can enjoy, the event raises funds for community projects. Mule Days will kick off Friday at 8 p.m. with a teen dance at the Reardan High School commons. For those who are not teenagers, the fun really begins the following morning, S...
Kowalkowski resigns from race DAVENPORT — Incumbent mayor Brad Sweet no longer has a challenger for the seat in the November general election. J.J. Kowalkowski withdrew his name from consideration last week. The Davenport School District employee and former employee of the city, originally filed for the seat during filing week earlier this month. “(My) heart isn’t 100% in,” Kowalkowski said in a text message last week. “That’s not fair to Davenport.” Sweet, who also filed during filing week, will now race for re-election u...
The deal reached between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to increase our nation’s debt limit was a welcome compromise. It appears to avert our nation’s defaulting on our financial responsibilities and is a step toward bringing government spending under control. However, it is just a start; and the hurdles ahead are much higher. While the federal government operates differently than a family or business, people are starting to realize that if our nation def...
In a victory for private property owners, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the “significant nexus” test in its Sackett v EPA ruling. The ruling changes how “waters of the United States” can be applied by leaving wetlands that are not directly flowing into “rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water that flow across or form a part of State boundaries” out of consideration as WOTUS. The “significant nexus” test was established in Rapanos v United States. The “significant ne...
Larry Monroe Anderson Sept. 8, 1947 – Jan. 20, 2023 Larry Monroe Anderson, 75, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Jan. 20, 2023 in Spokane WA. He was born on Sept. 8th, 1947, in Tacoma, Wash. to Stanley E Anderson and Lilah E Anderson. Larry is survived by his sisters: Janet E Slagle (Dan) of Kennewick, Wash.; Cheryl Anderson Parrill (Eric) McDermott of Nevada; brothers: Stephen A Anderson of Bremerton, Wash., Russell A Anderson of Salt Lake City, Utah; nephews: Jason W Sl...
Davenport birthdays June 2: Laurel Hansen, Christine Jenkins June 3: Ryan Buchmann, Joe Coppersmith, James Current, Connie Lust June 4: Maddilynn Collins, Gavin Boggs, Heath Becker June 5: Janaye Wilkie, Bonnie Booth, Corday Umtuch June 6: Shelby Hargrave, Addison Smith, Gary Kersten, Debbie Keller June 7: Ruth Oehlwein, Kaysa Panke June 8: Jeff Semprimoznik, MyKenzie Deverell, Jasper Linstrum Davenport anniversaries June 2: Max and Hannah Mielke June 3: Harold and Claudia Thompson, Steve and Roberta Telecky, Mike and Dawn Ha...
Eileen Ellen (MCKay) Millikan Sept. 28, 1916 – May 5, 2023 Eileen Ellen McKay Millikan was born Sept. 28, 1916 to W. James McKay and Hilda Foshaug McKay. Eileen passed away on May 5, 2023 at the age 106. She was the eldest of six children. Eileen grew up on a farm 10 miles north of Almira, Wash., where she loved to follow her daddy around. She went to a small elementary school; then quickly into high school. Eileen moved down the road to live on the McKay homestead with her A...
EDWALL - The four members of Christian Heritage School's Class of 2023 were recognized at their graduation by family, teachers, friends and community members during a ceremony in the high school gym Saturday, June 27 . After flag bearers Amy Colvin and Zach Colvin entered the gym, all eyes turned to the back door as Pomp and Circumstance played. With measured steps, Rebekah Headrick, Kaylee Klein, Kiernan Michael and Austin Vaughn walked down the center aisle and took their...
Jim Wacker Dec. 14, 1955 – May 7, 2023 Jim Wacker, was born on Dec. 14, 1955 in Odessa, Wash., and passed away on May 7, 2023 in Spokane, Wash. Jim graduated from Odessa High School in 1974 and continued to receive a bachelor's degree from Eastern Washington University. Jim made a positive impact on many students in his years of teaching and coaching in several area schools. His fun personality brought laughter everywhere he went. Jim was an avid hunter and fishermen and l...
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...
PUBLIC NOTICE OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS June 14, 2023 Purpose: The City of Harrington, WA will conduct two Open Public Meetings for the purpose of providing information concerning two projects. Public dialog will be welcome regarding each project. #1: 7:00-7:20 P.M. South addition to Harrington Block 78: Gavin Wagner has requested a variance on a sidewall height from 10’ to 17’ on an unfinished pole building kit. #2: 7:20-7:40 P.M. SW side of Harrington Blocks 4 & 5: Mike Fries has requested a variance for a 4th mobile home to...
PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE/TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHT UNDER ONE (1) GROUND WATER CERTIFICATE TAKE NOTICE: That Marlin HB Trust of Marlin, WA, has made an application for change/transfer of water right in order to add points of withdrawal and change a portion of the place of use as granted under Ground Water Certificate No. G3-01558. That Adjudicated Ground Water Certificate No. G3-01558 authorizes the withdrawal of 1400 gallons per minute, 1520-acre feet per year,...
NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF SPOKANE CASE NO. 23-4-01028-32 In the Matter of the Estate of: RAMONA R. MATHER, Deceased. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The Administrator named below has been appointed as Administrator of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent that arose before the decedent’s death must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or...
PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) LINCOLN COUNTY FIBER MATERIALS PROCUREMENT - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County, Washington that proposals will be received until 12:00 P.M. Friday, June 16, 2023 at one of the following locations: Electronically to lcbroadband@ co.lincoln.wa.us OR Regular Mail to PO Box 28, Davenport, WA 99122-0028 OR in person/ Fed Ex to Office of the Board of County Commissioners Clerk of the Board’s Desk at 450 Logan Street, County Courthouse, Lower L...
PUBLIC NOTICE 2023 MRSC ROSTERS SMALL PUBLIC WORKS, CONSULTANT, and VENDOR ROSTERS FOR PARTICIPATING WASHINGTON STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LOCATED IN EASTERN WASHINGTON The Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC) hereby advertises on behalf of the below listed local government agencies in Washington State (local governments) in Eastern Washington (Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Adams, Whitman, Garfield, Asotin, Spokane, Lincoln, Ferry Stevens, and Pend Oreille counties), including - but not...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR LINCOLN COUNTY No. 23-4-00034-22 In the Matter of the Estate of: JAY A. SCRUPPS, Deceased. The Personal Representatives named below have been appointed as personal representatives of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent that arose before the decedent’s death must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving o...
