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DAVENPORT--All five levies on the Lincoln County ballot for the Feb. 9 special election, including four school and one hospital levies, were passing as of press time, according to the Lincoln County Auditor’s website. Proposition No. 1 in the Sprague School District had received 145 "yes" votes to just 60 "no" votes for a 70.73% to 29.27% margin. The replacement levy would be an estimated $1.68 per $1,000 of assessed property value for two years. Total collection in 2022 would be $195,000, and the same number in 2023. The l...
DAVENPORT – Lynn and Bill Hein, of Reardan, receive their first Moderna vaccine aimed at preventing COVID-19 at Memorial Hall in Davenport Jan. 21. Last week, Lincoln Hospital scheduled 100 doses for those 65 and older and in the "high risk" category for being negatively affected by the virus. This week, the hospital received 100 more doses and is reaching out to more high-risk individuals. The Lincoln County Health Department, meanwhile, received 100 doses. They were s...
DAVENPORT – On Jan. 17 the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office received a complaint from a Davenport citizen who reported that his wallet was stolen from the Davenport Car Wash as he was detailing his vehicle. Sergeant Gabe Gants took the initial report and was able to gather information on a potential suspect vehicle. A few hours later the reporting party notified Gants that his debit card had just been used at the Airway Heights Walmart in the sum of $500. Deputy Tinsley c...
DAVENPORT –The school board met Monday, Jan. 25 for its regular meeting, approving the consent agenda and three action items while hearing updates from superintendent Jim Kowalkowski, principals Chad Prewitt and Noelle Carstens and business manager Leslie Oliver. In the consent agenda, the board approved a recommendation for hire of elementary paraprofessional Christine Colbert. It also approved an extension of a leave of absence for Karen Brewster and the resignation of head high school baseball coach Kevin Hupp. The b...
DAVENPORT – Adam Walser grew up on the family farm in the northeast corner of Lincoln County near Devil's Gap before pursuing a law career that would make him a judge advocate in the Marine Corps. Now, he is the Lincoln County prosecutor, replacing Jeff Barkdull, who was elected Superior Court Judge in the November general election. Walser was in the Marine Corps as an officer, then became a judge advocate full-time. He said the most interesting case he worked on in his t...
Mabel Julia Gunning (1914-2021) Mabel Julia Gunning, 107, passed away peacefully, Jan. 16, 2021 in Liberty Lake, Wash., after a life well-lived and filled with much love. She will always be remembered as a loving mother, wife, daughter, sister, grandmother, child of God and shining light in all of our lives. She was born Jan. 8, 1914 at Hartington, Neb. to Norwegian immigrants Julius (Bernt) and Antoinette Wangen Grindvold. The family moved to a farm near Circle, Mont. when she was a teenager, and she loved to recount...
DAVENPORT – Your Lions Club has been as active as possible in these restricted times through virtual means, social media activities or small group meetings within the restrictions. We were unable to have our major fundraiser, Turkey Bingo, which is not only a financial resource for the club, but also a time for the community to get together for a fun filled evening for a chance at prizes, turkeys, hams, potatoes and pies. While the active bingo could not be held, the raffle ticket sales conducted was as successful as possible...
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. January 17 Traffic stops: 4 An Edwall woman reported cows were in her pasture. She said this has happened several times. Theft was reported. A caller from the city of Sprague reported an animal attack, saying two Germ...
DAVENPORT – Fall sports may be on the horizon, if COVID-19 metrics cooperate. District 7 athletic directors, which include those in the NE2B and NE1B leagues, met Jan. 22 and approved a move of most fall sports to Feb. 15 in hopes that the East region, which all Lincoln County schools are in, will be in "Phase 2" of the metrics required to compete in most sports. Football, however, would start full practices Feb. 10 if the region is in Phase 2 by that point. In Phase 1, o...
ODESSA – Odessa Public Works Director Rod Webster reported that the town’s coffers might soon be bankrupted by the rising costs of the recycling program provided to Odessa residents at the town’s expense. A fee is charged to the town each time a full bin is removed and replaced with an empty bin. Webster said that the average rate of bin replacement was about once a month until fairly recently, when it began averaging about twice a month. What really worried Webster, howev...
DAVENPORT – A few hundred yards north of the baseball fields off McInnis Road on the northeast side of town lie four sewer lagoons on premises the city uses as spray irrigation for sewer lagoon water. The lagoons are staggered in elevation. Chemicals are put in the top lagoon, and the water flows from one to the other. The roughly 75-acre area now needs a new farmer to partner with the city through a public contract to maintain and farm the land in exchange for the ability t...
DAVENPORT – The Lincoln County Commissioners heard a proposal for administering a tourism tax in 2021 from Margie Hall, director of the Economic Development Council, at the commissioner’s Jan. 19 meeting. The tax, which the county has partnered with the EDC in some form for the last 10 years to administer, would be aimed at increasing tourism in town in 2021. Traditionally and theoretically, 2% of the 8% sales tax the county receives from tourism activities is used for tourism, commissioner Scott Hutsell said. Hall gave a d...
DAVENPORT-The school district here is one of 12 districts statewide participating in a COVID-19 rapid testing pilot program, where staff members voluntarily test themselves using a swab and receive results within 24 hours of the swabs arriving at a lab. The process involves a few coughs and the ability to summon saliva. "Our district is one of 12 school districts that have been recently selected by the Washington State Department of Health to participate in a state-funded COVI...
DAVENPORT – The school district received approval from the Department of Health to extend its in-person learning days to 2 p.m, superintendent Jim Kowalkowski said. The new school day will run in-person from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Friday will remain a remote learning day. The extended school day schedule begins Jan. 26....
DAVENPORT – According to the state’s vaccination plan, teachers will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 inoculation soon. However, local school districts don’t know whether the state will make receiving the vaccine a requirement, similar to MMR vaccination requirements presently in place. Davenport superintendent Jim Kowalkowski said that his staff hasn’t discussed any required vaccine dosage for teachers and staff. He guessed that eventually, the vaccine will be mandated by the state for educators, unless they have a medical...
School Board Recognition By proclamation of the governor, January is School Board Recognition Month. It’s a great time to recognize our elected community members who selflessly give their time and energy in support of high-quality public schooling for our youth. School boards are charged with making decisions that can sometimes be quite difficult, or require sifting through a great deal of information. They also bear responsibility for developing a vision that will guide the school district for years to come. Through c...
DAVENPORT – Gov. Jay Inslee and the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced Tuesday the move into Phase B1 for COVID-19 vaccinations. The phase includes individuals age 65 and over and those over 50 who live in a multigenerational household. Lincoln Hospital and Clinics is now providing COVID-19 vaccinations to this group of people as the vaccine supply is available. “We would love to vaccinate everyone who wants it, but we have to have the vaccine to do it and we have to follow the state’s distribution plan,” K...
DAVENPORT – Arloine "Barlee" Brown, formerly Boyk, remembers World War II, growing up during the Great Depression and has spent over 80 years of her life combined here. Now, she's celebrating her centennial birthday Jan. 22. Brown, who is called "Barlee" by most who know her, was born in Rocklyn, but grew up on a farm about four miles from Bluestem and eight miles from Davenport. She spent her time riding horses and singing with her parents and three siblings, all of whom s...
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. January 10 Traffic stops: 1 A woman reported at least six cows in her pasture belonging to unknown persons. She said this has been a recurring issue. A woman reported an injured cat in her yard. Suspicious cir...
DAVENPORT – Many high school sports leagues around the state are making their own decisions about how to proceed with fall sports, which the WIAA had tentatively planned for Feb. 1. The Northeast 2B League decided to aim to start all fall sports that day after an league-wide athletic director’s meeting Jan. 15, with the possibility of another delay coming. Reardan co-athletic director Eric Nikkola, who took part in the meeting, said that a final decision on whether to start Feb. 1 will come Jan. 25. If COVID-19 case num...
HARRINGTON – The Harrington City Council met by Zoom for its Jan. 13th meeting with the following present: Mayor Nathan Luck, council members Justin Slack, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk, Stephen Hardy and David Buddrius, Clerk Janice Cepeda, announced visitors Joe Armand and Cherie MacClellan and others unidentified. The council is showing interest in questioning the expenditures going out of city hall, as was the habit of Mike Cronrath when he served on the council from 2001 to Jan. 2019. Rubber-stamping of the budget was r...
Allen Ivan Kuest was born on January 11, 1936 to Reinold Kuest and Leona Fink-Kuest at Irvy, WA. Allen passed away on January 14, 2021 in Odsessa, WA. Allen graduated from Odessa High School in 1954 and was a lifelong farmer in Odessa. He is also the former owner of Al’s Roofing. Allen was a member of the Odessa VFW and served 4 years in the United States Army. He served as President for the Vernonia Oregon Booster Club and was also a member of the Odessa Riders Club, M...
JANUARY The year 2020 began with Odessa High School sports as the #1 story of the new year, as the Tiger football team received accolades and honors for its undefeated season, which culminated in the team’s second consecutive 1B state championship. Odessa senior running back Marcus King was named Player of the Year in the 1B category by the Associated Press and was also placed on the first team statewide as a linebacker. He was joined on the first team by wide receiver Brady Walter, linemen Jaden Hunt and Pilot Weishaar and d...
Alice Schmierer – One day at a time sweet Jesus, was a favorite line from one of the many tunes Alice Schmierer loved to sing. Her last day with us here was January 15th, 2021. She passed away peacefully to join her Lord in heaven and to hold hands once again with her husband Alvin Schmierer. Alice was born in a 3 room house just a few miles up a gravel road from Odessa, WA. The town she would call her home for all of her 96 years. She was raised on the family homestead farm w...
1 years ago Jan. 21, 1921 All arrangements have now been completed for the Odessa Fire Department boys’ dance, which will be held at the Community Hall next Friday night. For a number of years the annual firemen’s dance was considered the social event of the season, and the fire lads are determined this dance shall be no exception to the rule. They have engaged the OCB orchestra to furnish music for the occasion and request the dancing public to come early and stay late and have one of the best times of their lives. The...
