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ODESSA - Eight individual athletes, two teams and one coach are among this year's inductees into the Hall of Fame. Athletes earning the honors and the year they graduated are being honored include: • Reubin Kissler - 1932 • Dan Gettman - 1962 • Carol Michaelsen Evavold - 1963 • Nancy Schauerman Glines - 1970 • Karen Nichol Christensen - 1971 • Ryan Walker - 1983 • Nicole Melcher Picicci - 1995 • Marci Smith Grall - 1996 A 1929 Deer Park graduation, Coach Harley Mooers i...
DAVENPORT- With Lincoln County firmly in Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee's four-phased plan to reopen the economy, most downtown businesses have reopened their doors. Subway, Tribune Smokehouse and El Ranchito have all opened their dining rooms to reduced seating. At Subway and El Ranchito, tables have been moved to prevent seating from surpassing 50% capacity. Edna's Drive-In is a notable exception. Their management doesn't plan on opening its dining room this summer, telling The...
1 years ago May 28, 1920 The plans and specifications complete, together with the blueprints for the new Community Hall, were received this week by H.W. Rieke, who says the architect’s estimate of the cost is $26,000, lower than once thought because concrete work and labor would cost less here than in a city. Advertising for bids will begin immediately, and it is expected that the successful bidder can begin construction within three weeks. Con H. Eckhart is an Odessa bidder who has been doing contract work in this are for...
DAVENPORT - About a month after asking some employees to accept volunteer standby unemployment due to reduced income during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lincoln Hospital has recalled all its employees back to work. No mandatory layoffs or furloughs took place at the hospital. The move comes near the same time the hospital reopened its surgery practice and Gov. Jay Inslee announced reduced restrictions on health care facilities. Hospitals had been barred from performing non-urgent...
DAVENPORT — Davenport High School alumnus Ian Hunton graduated May 18 from University of Pennsylvania with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics. Hunton was a 2016 co-valedictorian in Davenport and received a full scholarship to University of Pennsylvania....
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo will not take place this year, officials announced citing concerns relating COVID-19. The fair was planned for Aug. 20-22. “It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the Lincoln County Fair Advisory Board and the Lincoln County Commissioners have made a difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Lincoln County Fair & Rodeo,” an announcement on the fair’s website says. “This decision was not taken lightly, and many facts were gathered to make this final decision.” County Comm...
Lois I. Renken, 86, of Odessa, Wash., passed away May 17, 2020, at her home in Odessa with her family by her side. A full obituary will be published at a later date. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.strate-funeral.com. Strate Funeral Home, Davenport, Wash., is in charge of arrangements....
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. NOTE: Several listings are missing locations because the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office did not include in its report to the media. May 12 A commercial alarm company reported an alarm sounded in the company. A Crest...
DAVENPORT — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife will allow fishermen to catch white sturgeon in Lake Roosevelt beginning Jun 15. The opening remains in effect from Grand Coulee Dam in Grand Coulee upriver to the China Bend boat ramp on Northport Flat Creek Road east of Barstow. The fishery includes the Spokane River from the state Highway 25 bridge upstream to 400 feet below Little Falls Dam, and the Colville River from the mouth to Meyers Falls Dam. The Kettle river is also open upstream to the Barstow Bridge. F...
DAVENPORT - COVID-19 has made 2020 an unusual year for everyone. Few people, however, have been more affected by the virus than high-school seniors, who are missing much of their senior year. Students at Davenport High School, however, will at least get to attend some form of a high-school graduation, the school announced recently. The school has planned a pre-recorded drive-in ceremony at the Lincoln County Public Works parking lot. Principal Chad Prewitt says the plan is a...
Margaret Delrose Jackson, 65, died May 13, 2020, from the end stage of COPD complications at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. A 13-year resident of Davenport, she was born Feb. 17, 1955. She was loved and treasured by her surviving family and will be greatly missed. Margaret leaves behind her two daughters, Kathryn and Peggy Jackson; son, Joseph Jackson; step-son, Darrin Sylvia; and grandchildren, Aurora and Donovin Jackson, and Kira, Jazzie, Emilia and Annebelle...
William "Bill" Gooley passed away May 6, 2020. He was comforted by family via phone and video conference with the help of staff at Brookdale Nine Mile. Other family members were with him in thought and spirit. The youngest of three sons, Bill was born April 15, 1944, to Clarence "Cy" and Eleanora (Fallert) Gooley. After graduating from Harrington High School and later Gonzaga University, he worked for many years on the Alaskan North Slope. He loved the Alaskan wilderness and...
DAVENPORT — The latest cash grain market here shows Soft White Wheat is at $5.34 Hard Red Winter is down at $5.05 Dark Northern Spring is at $5.89 Barley remains at $110 per ton....
ODESSA - Eastern Washington residents are wearing medical masks these days due to the coronavirus pandemic. But longtime resi- dents recall that this isn't the first time they've seen masks covering faces. Some say they can recall the day the morn- ing that daylight turned to night – May 18, 1980. That was the day Mount St. Helens erupted. "It was pitch black," resident Mike Cronrath recalled. "If you put your hand in front of your face, you wouldn't have been able to see i...
DAVENPORT - In March, Lincoln Hospital nurse Michelle Wilkins was offered new position. The infec- tion control manager of the nursing staff retired. The U.S. was still in the early stages of the COVID- 19 pandemic at the time. Taking over infection management at a hospital in the middle of a pandemic may not seem appealing to everyone. Wilkins, who had been with the hospital for almost six years, decided to accept the challenge. "Who volunteers for a job like that, right?"...
1 years ago May 14, 1920 The Odessa vs. Davenport ball game [town team, not high school] broke up in a row in the seventh inning with Odessa leading 5-4. A questionable call was made by the Davenport umpire at home plate after a short fly ball that landed foul, and the Davenport player at third headed for home. Odessa team members and fans said the runner never touched the plate, but the ump ruled him safe. It was also claimed that the runner was off base at the time of the foul pop-up and never returned to tag the base....
Warren Dean Beck, 83, of Odessa, Wash., passed away May 7, 2020, from health issues. Warren was born Sept. 25, 1937, to William "Bill" and Dorothy (Heimbigner) Beck in Odessa, Wash., at his grandparent's home. Warren was baptized at Christ Lutheran Church in Odessa, Wash., on March 27, 1938, and confirmed Sept. 3o, 1951. \ After graduating from Odessa High School, Warren worked for farmers in the area, along with Odessa Trading Co. until he was draft into the U.S. Army in...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’snote:Mostitems in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emer- gency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of indi- viduals who report possi- ble criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this col- umn. Several listings are missing locations because the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office did not include in its report to the media. May 4 An Almira caller reported a door to a vacant house open for the second time...
DAVENPORT - Restaurants, barbers, nail salons and retail stores are among businesses preparing to open as guidelines are issued by the state Department of Health under Gov. Jay Inslee's COVID-19 reopening plan. Businesses are not allowed to open until these guidelines are announced. The guidelines, how-ever, involve more than keeping people six feet away from each other. The first set of Phase 2 guidelines that has been released is for restaurants. In addition to social distan...
By now, everyone in the state knows that there are a few counties that are being allowed to open their economies before others. Theses counties are even being allowed to open restaurant dining rooms—albeit to reduced seating. The handful of counties being allowed to open have populations of under 75,000 and none have had any new cases of COVID-19 in at least three weeks. In other words, they are “low risk.” Let’s keep it that way. Most of the counties opening up are on the...
DAVENPORT — Rural medical centers like Lincoln Hospital and its clinics are struggling to survive during the coronavirus shutdown. A shortage of patients has prompted Lincoln Hospital officials to ask employees to take volun- tary standby unemployment. “We are doing everything in our power to avoid mandatory furloughs,” CEO Tyson Lacy said. The misconceptions of hospitals being overran by patients sick with COVID-19 are scaring would-be patients from visiting for other issues. As a result, rural hospitals are mostly empty...
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. Several listings are missing locations because the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office did not include in its report to the media. April 27 A Wilbur caller found two weed eaters thrown in creek. He thinks they may have be...
DAVENPORT — A charitable organization from Prosser donated 500 KN95 masks to Lincoln Hospital last week. Mustangs for Mustangs, a group comprising current and former staff and students from Prosser High School — the Mustangs, in sports — donated 2,500 masks to rural hospitals. Mustangs for Mustangs is a non-profit emergency assistance organization that provides service for people in the Prosser community. Founder and Director Brett Dillahunt is a history teacher a Prosser High School. Dillahunt says a former student of his re...
SPOKANE — Several Lincoln County students have made the winter quarter honor roll for area community colleges based on their fall quarter grades. To make the list for the quarter, which ended in March, students had to maintain a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. Lincoln County students making the grade include: Spokane Community College Davenport — Avalon Diviney, Jon Knittel and Daniel Moldrem. Edwall — Lillian Nielsen. Harrington — Christopher Wyatt. Reardan — Riley Blauert, Realm Pope, Logan Rosenlund, James Barris, D...
DAVENPORT — A local woman has earned her doctor of pharmacy degree. Elizabeth Wandling graduated May 2 from Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio. A digital ceremony is available online at cedarville.edu/classof2020. An in-person commencement is being planned for the weekend of Oct. 2-3....
