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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...
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...
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 14 Traffic stops: 10 A possible driver under the influence was reported on Highway 2 at milepost 229. A Davenport man reported a 60-year-old man talking to his grandkids at City Park, claiming the person “lo...
Is media lying about Ukraine? The news is we are going to start training the Ukrainians on F16’s yet in the news it is reported that the Ukrainians have mastered the F16 in 4 months. Years ago I was going to the Nevada Nuclear test site during star wars research. I became acquainted with one of the researchers, a former intelligence officer and we had a conversation about the Iran/ Iraq war and how it was going. I learned then not to trust anything the government tells us . I was young and stupid then, what’s the med...
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...
HARRINGTON - The high school football field was a palette of color as kids in Lincoln County's new youth soccer league honed their skills in games Saturday, May 13. "We have 175 kids between the ages of five and seven participating on 17 teams from Davenport, Wilbur, Harrington, Reardan and Odessa," league president Jon Evans said. Evans, a deputy with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, started the league out of his love for basketball. "Kobe Bryant said, 'Soccer...
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...
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...
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. INCIDENT LOG May 7 Traffic stops: 24 A Creston man reported a reckless vehicle on Highway 2 at milepost 245. A Grand Coulee woman said a Purple Heart recipient was living in a carport. A caller said someone should arrest him and...
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...
DAVENPORT — The City Council tabled two action items, one involving airport procedure and the other involving ARPA funds at a regular meeting Wednesday, May 10. The city is considering changes to the Municipal Airport operations manual “setting forth definitions, policies, rules and regulations concerning airport usage.” Those changes were tabled so council could further consult city administrator Steve Goemmel, who was attending Wednesday’s meeting virtually, on the policies. A request from Care and Share for $9,500 in ARPA...
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 — Lincoln County was awarded its fourth broadband-related grant Monday, May 1. The county’s Deer Meadows and Seven Bays FTTx project will receive up to $8,921,342 in Coronavirus Capital Program Funds in the 2021-23 state capital budget. The funding was approved by the state Broadband Office based on the Nov. 22 Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program. The grant was awarded on a matching basis, but commissioner Scott Hutsell said Monday the county won’t have to use capital dollars for that match. This is the fourt...
With everybody’s property taxes in Lincoln County due recently, I can imagine we are all in a bit of a shock. We put our house in Davenport up for sale last year and the very next day, a new assessment of the property was mailed. Coincidence? Maybe. No dollar amount was listed, just the new assessed amount. I called and asked for an approximate amount of our new tax bill but was not given an answer. I guess I was supposed to feel better when I was told homes were reassessed only every six years in Davenport. There was an i...
Olga Viola Kassner-Byers Aug. 21, 1916 – Mar. 8, 2023 Olga Viola Kassner-Byers was born in Hartington, Neb. Aug. 21, 1916 to Julius and Antoinette Grindvold. She passed away peacefully on March 8, 2023 in Spokane Valley, Wash. at the age of 106 1/2. She and her family moved to Circle, Mont. where she met and married her husband Don Kassner in 1940, moving to Tacoma, Wash. where they had 2 daughters, Donna and Dorothy. In 1947, they moved to Davenport, Wash. where she lived unt...
CHENEY — Three students from Davenport and two from Harrington received Partners Advancing Character Education awards at the 2023 Ceremony and Breakfast at Eastern Washington University Friday, May 12. Davenport senior Matthew Wines, eighth-grader Marty Munio and fifth-grader Lou Ek were the Gorillas recognized, while Harrington seventh-grader Reagan Korthuis and sixth-grader Sterling Kruger represented the Panthers. Students were recognized for “consistently dem...
Marianne G. Brommer June 29, 1937 – May 8, 2023 Marianne G. Brommer passed away May 8, 2023 in Spokane, Wash. Marianne was born June 29, 1937 in Spokane, Wash. to Otto and Marian Remmers. Marianne married Edward Brommer on Feb. 9, 1957 in Cheney, Wash. and then made their home in Reardan, Wash. Marianne was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church and enjoyed Gonzaga basketball, the Spokane Indians baseball, family history, yard work, her flower garden, going to the cabin o...
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...
Rosemary Reagan Oct. 19, 1956 – Jan. 15, 2023 Rosemary Reagan, 66, passed away on Jan. 15, 2023 after an almost two year battle with cancer. She was born on 10/19/1956 in Cut Bank, Mont. to Bob and Nedra Reagan. Throughout her life she lived in Montana and Washington. She had one son, Lee Arden Pete, who was the one true love of her life. She graduated college in Missoula, Mont., but the majority of her adult years she resided on a family farm near Davenport, Wash. She r...
SPOKANE - Several local youths from Lincoln County were award winners at the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane during the first weekend of May. Lydia Wicks of Reardan was named a 2022-23 ambassador and a scholarship recipient. Sister Olivia Wicks took second in the intermediate division for 4-H Livestock Judging. Brothers Owen and Weston Wagner of Reardan won Junior Grand Champion for 4-H demonstrations. Kate Guhlke of Davenport was named Senior Reverse Grand Champion in the...
The Davenport High School boys golf team won the academic state championship for the second straight year this season. The award was announced by the school Monday, May 15....
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...
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...
SPOKANE VALLEY — Reardan’s three boys tennis players were at West Valley High School Wednesday, May 10 seeking to advance to the second day of districts at Whitworth University Saturday, May 13. Sophomore Edmund Preuschoff achieved such a goal, but fellow sophomores Avery Harrison and Dominic Board were unable to advance Wednesday. The girls don’t start district play until Saturday at Whitworth. In the singles department, Sophomore Kerstin Lundgren will battle St. George’s sophomore Jessie Sawyer, while sophomore Hailey...
