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DAVENPORT--If one was lucky enough to get a seat in this years annual Elementary Christmas program Wednesday, Dec. 7, they got to see the fifth grade band play, choir sing and kindergarten through fourth grades perform a production of the Nutcracker. There was no ballet dancing involved with this performance; just a holiday play based on the well-loved story of the Nutcracker. The performance was a musical adapted into a play and was written by Mary Kay Beall, Ruth Artman and...
DAVENPORT-Lincoln County Treasurer Jody Howard's last day in office is Friday, Dec. 30. Howard, 62, only held the elected position for four years but has worked in the Treasurer's Office since 2000. Howard was first employed by Lincoln County in the Auditor's Office as a 28-year-old in 1989. "At the time, I was the youngest person working in the Courthouse," Howard said. "Nowadays, there's plenty more people younger than that." Howard, a native of Wilbur and alumna of Eastern...
DAVENPORT—Lincoln County Commissioner Mark Stedman, a 10-year veteran of the seat, sat on the board at a regular meeting for the final time Monday, Dec. 19. That is, until the meeting was recessed to next week to interview Stedman’s possible replacement. Stedman, 75, is retiring and moving to the Kalama area to be closer to family. His retirement is effective Dec. 31. The longtime Mohler resident was on the Board of Commissioners for 10 years and spent the previous 12 years as superintendent for the Sprague and Har...
HARRINGTON-Julie Jacobsen was four months old when her family moved into a farmhouse in the area. "I was just four months old when we moved into the farmhouse we live in now," Jacobsen said. "I went to grade school up until Junior High, but I graduated from Davenport." She said AG Swag started with one hat she made for her sons as a Christmas present. "AG Swag was started with one hat," Jacobsen said, " A cattle tag with 509 on it." She said she had been looking for gift...
DAVENPORT—Lincoln County is evidently the new hub for politicians to discuss ideas and attempt to get their message out to the public. Okay, maybe not, but two figures involved at the state level have visited here in the past month to meet with local media and stakeholders involved with their respective endeavors. State treasurer Mike Pellicciotti was here Friday, Nov. 18 to meet with Lincoln County treasurer Jody Howard and The Record-Times. Then, 9th Legislative District Senator Mark Schoesler visited The Record-Times a...
Davenport resigns from council position HARRINGTON—Mayor Jess Silhan announced the departure of councilmember Peter Davenport at the City Council meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 14. "It is with my greatest regret that with this letter," Silhan read, "I announce my resignation from my position as Harrington City Council member position number four." Davenport cited health reasons for his departure. The city budget will be completed and voted on by Wednesday, Dec. 28. Chamber names new president ODESSA—Matt Roberson was named the...
Davenport birthdays Dec. 23: Lila Woodland, Ken Vesneske, Regan Oliver, Kelly Graber, Virginia Hutsell ♱ Dec. 24: Rob Morcom, Addison Hosking, Melinda Hein ♱ Dec. 25: Courtney Ellstrom, Manuela Hinkey Dec. 26: Blaine Hendrickson, Emma Piper Dec. 27: Christine Colbert, Aaron Wilson, Linda Hamilton ♱ Dec. 28: Sydney Zeiler, Gemma Guhlke, Blake Gants Dec. 29: Meika Heath, Ericka Johnson, Chris McCowan Davenport anniversaries Dec. 29: Jason and Missy Schimek Reardan birthdays Dec. 24: Charlene Anderson Dec. 27: Mike Booke...
DAVENPORT - A short-handed Gorilla girls team took a loss to defending state playoff participant St. George's 46-38 Friday, Dec. 16, but rebounded to rout Chewelah 66-40 Saturday, Dec. 17. Playing without its starting frontcourt of Lena Waters and Clare Lathrop against St. George's due to injury and illness, Davenport managed to build an early lead of 11-6 behind four points and three boards from Jensyn Jacobsen and four points from Emalie Jacoby. St. George's flipped the...
DAVENPORT - The Gorilla boys basketball team hasn't been challenged much since their opening game at Lake Roosevelt, but the St. George's Dragons put up the best fight a league opponent has offered Davenport Friday, Dec. 16. It didn't matter in the scorebooks, as Davenport beat St. George's 74-55. Davenport then headed to Chewelah and got an 87-65 win over the winless Cougars Saturday, Dec. 17 to remain undefeated at 5-0. The Gorillas sought to slay the Dragons early, jumping...
DAVENPORT-One day, he's conducting elementary schoolers through their annual Christmas concert. Another, he's stirring up the crowd while announcing an ASB wrestling meet. Later that day, he leads the high school pep band for a rivalry basketball game. Such is the life of Rob Harper, a longtime teacher and coach here who has seen many students but remained a steadfast pillar of the school and community. "You talk about someone who has been here the longest and seen it all,...
DAVENPORT—It’s budget season, and the “largest” local budget is that of Lincoln County. Rising medical insurance, risk insurance and other costs have made the 2023 budget a challenge to complete for the Auditor’s Office and county commissioners, but that budget is getting closer to finalization every day. Chief accountant Rhonda Luiten shared department figures with The Record-Times and said these figures likely won’t be adjusted before the budget is finalized. The costliest current expense item budgeted is Sheriff ope...
DAVENPORT-After a snowstorm canceled school events and caused businesses to close last week, Lincoln County could see a potentially record-breaking winter. The National Weather Service has Davenport at 25.5 inches of snow for this winter, which is already more than December of 2021 at 13.8 inches. The most snowfall Davenport has gotten in January was in 1949-1950 at 45.1 inches, but the most snowfall in a season was in 1949-1950 at 74.9 inches. According to National Weather...
DAVENPORT—Local U.S. Postal Service workers are in their busiest week of the year. According to the Postal Service, this coming week will be the busiest of the year as patrons’ delivery needs increase ahead of the Christmas holiday. As a result, Sunday delivery has been expanded in several communities. The Postal Service recommends sending packages as follows, if you want them to arrive by Christmas: · Dec. 16 — Military addresses such as APO/FPO/DPO (except ZIP Code 093). · Dec. 17 — First-Class mail service letters a...
Davenport birthdays Dec. 16: Katie Bageant, Brody Schillinger, Mike Abbott Dec. 17: Finn Curtaccio, Robin Rudolph, Rolf Panke, Jiselle Zaugg, Joan Brock, Wyatt Jay Dec. 18: Katie Harvey, Leslie Cirullo Dec. 19: Vicki Nicholls, Tom Schreck, Kim Hansen Dec. 20: Acacia Plasencia, Rebecca Guhlke, Chuck Jungblom ♱, Sharon Deppner ♱ Dec. 21: Gary King, Mike Storer, Emma Cash, Miranda Sanford, Zeke Johnson, Meghann Steinolfson, Rusty Rosman ♱ Dec. 22: Kevin Katz, Marlee McKeehen, Theresa Blankenship, Brad Sweet Davenport anniv...
DAVENPORT–The Lady Gorillas took care of business against Highway 2 rival Reardan in girls NE2B basketball, winning the game 64-34 Tuesday, Dec. 13. Behind the shooting of Glenna Soliday and Emalie Jacoby, Davenport jumped out to a 27-9 lead and never looked back. A barrage of 3-point shots by Soliday, Jacoby and Kiersten Kemmerer fueled a 15-point run which put the Lady Gorillas up 32-14 at the half. In the second half, Jensyn Jacobsen took control of Davenport's offense b...
DAVENPORT-For the first five minutes of the rivalry boys basketball matchup between Reardan and Davenport, it looked like the visiting Screaming Eagles might have figured something out about the Gorillas. Then, the threes started raining in for Davenport and the Gorillas overcame a slow offensive start to win 74-39. Reardan came out packing the paint, taking away Davenport's driving lanes and forcing contested three-point shots that the Gorillas couldn't hit. This allowed the...
DAVENPORT–The Gorilla boys basketball team showed off its explosive offense in a 75-28 victory over Northwest Christian in an NE2B contest on Dec. 9. The Crusaders were no match for Tennessee Rainwater who scored 25 points, and his supporting cast, Evan Gunning and Cash Colbert who scored 14 and 10 points, respectively. The trio bullied the Crusaders by scoring 32 of the team's points inside the paint, close to the basket. Jaeger Jacobsen contributed eight points and Jason S...
DAVENPORT–The Gorilla girls basketball team outscored Northwest Christian 18-3 in the third quarter en route to a 49-31 victory on Dec. 9. After trailing the Crusaders at halftime, Davenport emerged from the locker room looking like a different team. The Lady Gorillas made life miserable for NWC by contesting each shot and by scoring in bunches. They scored 12 points on 3-point shots. Emalie Jacoby led the charge by scoring 11 of her 14 points in the second half. Glenna Solida...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Dec. 16-22 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Dec. 16 Davenport basketball vs. St. George’s @ 6 p.m. Odessa basketball at Wellpinit @ 6 p.m. Reardan basketball vs. Chewelah @ 6 p.m. Davenport and Reardan wrestling at Tri-State Tournament in Coeur d’Alene, time TBD Saturday, Dec. 17 LRS wrestling at Pomeroy @ 10 a.m. Davenport basketball at Chewelah @ 4:30 p.m. Odessa basketball vs....
DAVENPORT-Once a year, the Gorillas roll out the mats on a school afternoon and the whole district pours into the high school gym to cheer on the team at the ASB Rumble. This year's event against the Medical Lake Cardinals ended in a Davenport victory 42-28. Individual results included: Stormy Conway was pinned by Abram Kane in 0:29. Kayla Andrews was pinned by Samuel Casper in 1:12. Noah Everett was pinned by Hudson Raulston in 1:24. River Crandall pinned Michael Keister in...
SERVICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEEDINGS ORDER ON JUDGMENT DEBTOR STEVEN P. HOLDERBY, BY PUBLICATION IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN No. 18-1-00028-6 STATE OF WASHINGTON, Plaintiff, v. Defendant. The State of Washington to the said Defendant and Judgment Debtor, STEVEN P. HOLDERBY. Pursuant to the Amended Order for Supplemental Proceedings RE: Enforcement of Court Ordered Restitution, signed by the Judge on November 2, 2021, in the above-referenced case, you are hereby required to...
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., Thursday December 29th 2022 at one of the following locations: Regular Mail: Board of Lincoln County Commissioners P.O. Box 28, Davenport, WA 99122-0028 Or In Person/FedEx: Office of the Board of County Commissioners Clerk of the Board’s Desk 450 Logan Street County Courthouse, Lower Level Davenport, WA 99122 It s...
Michael Scott Scheibner May 8, 1954 – Dec. 8, 2022 Michael Scott Scheibner passed away on Dec. 8, at his home in Lincoln, Wash., with his son Andrew and his wife, Eileen, at his side. Scott battled a rare form of liver cancer and fought it diligently for 20 months. Michael, known as Scott or Scotty by most, was born May 8, 1954 in Odessa, Wash. to Ned and Helen Scheibner (Bruce). He grew up on the family farm outside of Wilbur and attended Wilbur school through graduation i...
Question: What is meant by the term protein degradability and what does it mean for beef cows? Protein degradability is a term used in ruminant nutrition and therefore applies only to ruminant animals like cattle, sheep, and goats, etc. To get a handle on this concept let’s define crude protein (CP), and how it is measured, and then relate it to ruminant nutrition. The CP content of feed is measured by analyzing for the total nitrogen (N) in the feed and multiplying by 6.25 (...
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. 5 Traffic stops: 5 A Davenport man said there were fresh tracks going into his neighbor’s 14th Street property while they were out of town. A white SUV in a ditch was reported. Lincoln County Public Works reporte...
