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DAVENPORT — The city won’t have a mayor for at least the first 10 days of 2024. City council unanimously voted Wednesday, Dec. 27 to table a second tally for its mayoral selection until the first meeting of the New Year. Two weeks ago, city council was split three votes apiece between incumbent Brad Sweet and current councilman Jonathan Chapman. That split vote pushed further discussion to the final meaning of 2023, which was Wednesday night. After a roughly 40-minute executive session, councilman Lance Strite motioned to...
DAVENPORT - It may be hard to believe, but another year has come and gone. As usual, there was plenty going on in Lincoln County in 2023. Here's a look back at the top news items from the year, January to June. July through December will be covered in next week's newspaper. January Odessa was left without a police chief after Leslie Jimerson's quiet resignation. The town didn't "advertise" the vacancy for a short time due to concerns of sparking a rise in crime. Julie Murphy...
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. Dec. 17 Traffic stops: 11 A commercial burglary alarm was reported going off on the 1100 block of Morgan Street in Davenport. An abandoned car blocking the turn lane was reported at Highway 2 and Waukon Road. A Dav...
DAVENPORT —The Lincoln County Commissioners have until the end of the year to ratify the 2024 county budget, and plan to do so with three days to spare. The commissioners recessed their regular meeting Monday, Dec. 18 to Thursday, Dec. 28 in order to approve a finalized budget. The county usually faces a budget gap between its revenues and expenses. This year is no different, with the gap being about $1.4 million. Commissioner Rob Coffman said that gap may fluctuate a bit between now and Dec. 28 and will be closed with r...
DAVENPORT - In their lone home tournament aside from the A.S.B. Rumble on the calendar for this school year, the Gorilla boys grapplers took fourth place out of 10 schools participating in the Gorilla Invitational here Saturday, Dec. 16. Davenport scored 97 team points, behind Northwest Christian's 137, Kittitas's 127 and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington's 110.5 points. Individual results for the Davenport boys were as follows: In the 165-pound class, Brody...
DAVENPORT - All three of the Harrington boys competing on the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington athletic co-op agreement were on the mats at the Gorilla Invitational Saturday, Dec. 16. The Broncos took third place at the Invitational, securing 110.5 points, just behind Northwest Christian's 137 and Kittitas's 127. In the 144-pound class, sophomore Turner Slack was pinned by Nik Bakhtin of NWC in 0:43, but bounced back to pin Paxton Gaines of Selkirk in 0:49 and beat...
DAVENPORT — Christmastime is here, with Christmas Eve being Sunday, Dec. 24 and Christmas Day falling Monday, Dec. 25. Local churches are hosting services on both days for those interested in attending. Here are the plans for churches who returned attempts for contact from The Record-Times. Davenport Harvest Celebration Church will hold a Christmas-themed service at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, titled “Tell it Again.” Trinity Bible Fellowship meets at 10:30 a.m. Christmas Eve and at 10 a.m. Christmas Day. United Methodist Church meets...
DAVENPORT — The School District joined 11 other school districts in making an appeal to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) last week, and it will be making a separate, independent appeal this Friday. Davenport is appealing Friday, Dec. 22 to move down to the 1B level for athletics, either for football or all sports. The Gorillas are currently a 2B program in District 7’s NE2B league. The school is joint appealing to either move down for all sports, or to just move down to 8-man football at a 1B lev...
This month’s article isn’t so much a Mythbuster, but a retrospective on where we’ve been with cow type and the implications of the changes over time. As I write these lines it’s only several days before Thanksgiving. It is the holiday season and in my line of work, it is really easy to find a lot of things to be thankful for and have hope for a great future in agriculture. I’m the eternal optimist, I also acknowledge that immense stressors are facing our agricultu...
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. Dec. 10 Traffic stops: 8 A 911 caller said a truck “rolled down the hill” at the “star barn” outside Davenport. A Wilbur woman said she was stuck in the middle of a roadway. A caller said his car was stuck and n...
The Davenport location of The Record-Times at 1112 Morgan Street will be closed Thursday, Dec. 21 to Thursday, Dec. 28 to allow for staff vacation. News tips, advertising and subscription inquiries can be directed to Free Press Publishing at 509-235-6184....
Leota Joy Allen June 8, 1936 - Dec. 13, 2023 Leota Joy Allen – age 87 passed away in Odessa, Wash. on Dec. 13, 2023. Leota was born on June 8, 1936 at Odessa, Wash. to Edward & Helen (Hopp) Borgens. Leota graduated from Harrington High School in 1954. She worked at Old National Bank for about 6 years in Harrington. Leota married Earl Allen on Sept. 4, 1960 and together they lived in Odessa where they raised their children Julie Lambert and Debbie (Brad) Nolt. She is also survi...
Davenport birthdays Dec. 22: Brad Sweet, Kevin Katz, Marlee McKeehan, Theresa Blankenship Dec. 23: Ken Vesneske, Regan Oliver, Kelly Graber, Lila Woodland Dec. 24: Rob Morcom, Addison Hosking Dec. 25: Courtney Ellstrom, Manuela Hinkey Dec. 26: Blaine Hendrickson, Emma Piper Dec. 27: Aaron Wilson Dec. 28: Blake Gants, Sydney Zeiler, Gemma Guhlke Davenport anniversaries Dec. 22: Tom and Patty Schreck Reardan birthdays Dec. 22: Carl Shipley, Tom Schultz Dec. 24: Charlene Anderson Dec. 27: Brad Ray, Mike Booker, Jaime Michels...
1 years ago Robert Cress, who was charged by Lincoln Co. officers with breaking into the Sheriff’s Office and stealing 26 cases of bonded whiskey, was apprehended in British Columbia for stealing liquor from a whiskey runner. Evan Wyatt of Tyler was fined $200 and given two months in jail for selling moonshine at a dance in Tyler, even though he claimed he was just making a little Christmas money with the sale. The Davenport High School debate team of Phyllis Wilson and Clifford Halfhill defeated the Reardan team of Iris L...
The Davenport School District recognized its two outgoing board members at the school board meeting Monday, Dec. 18. At left, Deanna Fitzpatrick is leaving her seat after eight years on the board, while at right, Jaymie Bennett was on the board for just over a year. They are being replaced in their respective seats by Erica Winzer and Lorin Lathrop....
COEUR D'ALENE-Reardan's Connor Kline placed eighth at the Tri-State Wrestling Tournament at North Idaho College Friday, Dec. 15. He was the Screaming Eagles' top finisher in the 68-team event that included teams from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. "This is one of the toughest tournaments in the country," Reardan assistant coach Wayne Terry said. Joey Matusik won three of the five matches he wrestled in the 106-pound weight class. In his first match, he pinned Aiden...
The Davenport wrestling team recognized its three seniors prior to the Gorilla Invitational Saturday, Dec. 16. Pictured here with their families, this year's seniors are Noah Everett, Brendon Peters-Biggs and Brody Schillinger....
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Dec. 22-28 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Dec. 22 • Reardan basketball at Okanogan @ 6 p.m. • LRS basketball vs. Columbia (Burbank) @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23 • LRS wrestling at Rogers @ 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27 • Davenport basketball at Eagle Holiday Classic at West Valley, time TBD Thursday, Dec. 28 • LRS girls wrestling at Hanford @ 9:30 a.m. • Davenport basketball...
DAVENPORT - A rivalry game is rarely pretty, no matter how much better one team may be than the other on paper. Take, for instance, this year's Apple Cup, where Washington State forced undefeated Washington to have to put together a game winning drive just to hold off the bowl-less Cougars. Or the Los Angeles Rams always seeming to give the Seattle Seahawks fits despite the Seahawks often sporting the superior roster. And the cliché certainly applied to Tuesday night's...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR LINCOLN COUNTY No. 23-4- 00077-22 In the Matter of the Estate of WILLIAM J. BAKER, Deceased The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as personal representative 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...
DAVENPORT - The Reardan boys basketball team was keen on snapping a two-game losing streak and ensuring that the rival Davenport boys would remain winless this season. Jaeger Jacobsen had other ideas. The senior poured in 31 points and snared 12 rebounds to boot as the Gorillas got their first win of the season in a WinterFest dub over the Screaming Eagles 53-50 Tuesday, Dec. 12. Jacobsen had somewhat struggled from the field in early season losses to Northwest Christian and...
SPANGLE - Davenport's boys wrestlers were among a host of schools that visited Liberty High School for the Brice Williams Invitational Saturday, Dec. 9. And the girls team competed in a league meet at East Valley High School Thursday, Dec. 7. Here are all the Davenport results from the week of competition. Girls at East Valley • In the 125-130 pound class, Emma Cash fell to Heather Wyborney of Wilbur-Creston by fall 2:20 before defeating Anastasyia Halme of Mary Walker by f...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Dec. 15-21 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Dec. 15 • Reardan wrestling at Tri-State in Coeur d’Alene @ 10 a.m. • Davenport wrestling at ASB Rumble @ 1 p.m. • Davenport basketball at St. George’s @ 6 p.m. • Odessa basketball vs. Springdale @ 6 p.m. • Reardan basketball vs. Chewelah @ 6 p.m. • LRS girls basketball vs. Royal @ 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16 • Reardan wrestling...
SPANGLE -Harrington High School may be small, but three of its boys are competing in wrestling for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington Broncos this season. Two of the boys were in action at the Brice Williams Invitational at Liberty High School in Spangle Saturday, Dec. 9. John Branham, wrestling at 190 pounds, was one of two Broncos to win a match at the Invitational. He was pinned in his opening bout by Dylan Valadez of Mary Walker in 2:09. In the consolation...
REARDAN - Joey Matusik and Carson Kline each won three matches to pace the Screaming Eagles in their wrestling meet against Medical Lake, Rogers and Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) Wednesday, Dec. 6. Matusik, competing in the 106-pound weight class, pinned all three of his opponents, Dexter Degenstein of Lakeside (twice) and Charlotte Godinez of Lakeside. Alex Matusik lost his only match of the day to Konnor Spradling of Lakeside in the 113-pound weight class. In the 126-pound weig...
