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DAVENPORT-Local schools used the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 10 to hold Veteran's Day assemblies to recognize and remember military members who have served the United States. In Davenport, a short 30-minute assembly featured the playing of the national anthem and the high school choir's rendition of "America the Beautiful," both directed by Rob Harper. John Doyle, a 10-year veteran of the United States Navy, spoke to students about his time in service and why it's important to...
DAVENPORT—U.S. News recently ranked all 442 middle schools in the state, and the middle school here ranked favorably. Davenport was named the best small middle school and third best middle school overall in Eastern Washington, while placing 42nd statewide. The ranking system gave Davenport a score of 90.7 out of 100, noting the district’s 16:1 student/teacher ratio, 62% rate in math proficiency and 77% rate in reading proficiency, ranking 74th and 74th statewide in those categories respectively. Schools were ranked based on s...
Government and community meetings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas from Nov. 12-18. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Nov. 15 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the Lincoln County Courthouse Wednesday, Nov. 17 Reardan school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the Commons Sprague city council meeting at 6 p.m. in City Hall Davenport city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Thursday, Nov. 18 Lincoln Hospital Board of Directors m...
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. Nov. 1 Traffic stops: 21 A Harrington man called the Sheriff’s Office to argue about the medical necessity of COVID-19 vaccines. A Spokane man reported a possible overdose situation. A caller said she hit a deer, but...
HARRINGTON – The Opera House Society met Nov. 1 with Vice President Mark Stedman calling the meeting to order. Others present were Ed and Bunny Haugan, Sheryl Stedman, Becky Moeller, Linda Wagner, Karen Robertson and a guest Heather Slack. With unanimous votes of 7-0, the group approved the minutes to the previous meeting and the financial reports. The society received a request from the Chamber of Commerce for a donation toward the Christmas Baskets project. A motion by Wagner and a second by Robertson allowed a donation o...
DAVENPORT—The race between incumbent Matt Schneider of Davenport and challenger Don Staley of Deer Meadows for Fire District No. 5 Commissioner No. 2 is too close to call after three tallies. Schneider currently leads Staley by three votes: 344-341. Nine write-in votes have been counted in the race. Schneider trailed Staley after the first count 263-235 Tuesday, Nov. 2, but took a lead Nov. 4 323-315. Now, after Staley picked up 26 new votes and Schneider picked up 21, the margin is just three votes. The Lincoln County A...
DAVENPORT--Incumbent Matt Schneider has taken an ever-so-slight lead over Don Staley in the race for Fire District No. 5 commissioner No. 2. The incumbent Schneider, of Davenport, trailed Staley, of Deer Meadows, 263-235 after the first count Tuesday, but after a second count Thursday afternoon, Schneider leads 323-315. The Lincoln County Auditor's Office estimates there are 320 total ballots countywide left to tally, with the next count coming Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. Incumbents are still trailing in races for Fire...
Government and community meetings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas from Nov. 5-11. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Wednesday, Nov. 10 Reardan school board workshop at 6 p.m. in the Commons Davenport city council @ 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council @ 7 p.m. in City Hall Sprague-Lamont school board meeting @ 8 p.m. in the Sprague conference room...
Reardan and Harrington celebrated their fall senior athletes last week. Harrington recognized volleyball senior Emily Nixon (top left) Friday, Oct. 29. That same night, Reardan recognized its football, cheer, cross country and band seniors. Reardan honored its volleyball and soccer seniors Tuesday, Oct. 26. Reardan photos by Drew Lawson. Harrington photo submitted by Sharon Kruger....
COLFAX-Sophomore Jaeger Jacobsen has been Davenport's best cross-country runner all season, and Saturday, he proved he's one of the best B runners this side of the Cascades with a first-place finish at the District 7/9 B Regional Championships. Jacobsen's finish, along with a top-10 finish by senior Jake Coffman, helped the Gorilla boys qualify for state with a third-place team finish. The top four teams qualified for state, and the Gorillas were joined by St. George'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. Oct. 25 Traffic stops: 1 A Creston woman said her neighbor’s dogs were in her yard on the 39200 block of Sherman Road North. An Odessa woman asked for information regarding her son’s mental health issues. A caller...
HARRINGTON – City council discussed cemetery endowment funds and senior meals at its Oct. 28 meeting, which took nearly two hours to complete. There were questions on several items with Mid-County Senior meals. There currently is no contract with anyone as the city has been using an old agreement. The agreement with OCTN doesn’t pertain to Mid-County Seniors now and council wants to revisit this in the spring. The owners at 305 and 307 Sherlock would like to have the lot lines going north and south instead of east and west. T...
Wash. State Advisory Vote # 36 Repealed 2,013 78.94% Maintained 537 21.05% Wash. State Advisory Vote # 37 Repealed 2,272 85.60% Maintained 382 14.39% Wash. State Advisory Vote # 38 Repealed 2,173 82.74% Maintained 453 17.25% Lincoln Co. Prosecutor Adam Walser 2,199 97.64% Write-In 53 2.35% Odessa Councilman # 3 Landon Lobe 200 93.89% Write-In 13 6.10% Odessa Councilman # 4 Alberto Reyes 137 58.54% Amanda Wallace 95 40.59% Write-In 2 0.85% Odessa SD 105 Director # 1 Janie Steward 295 98.00% Write-In 6 1.99% Odessa SD 105 Direc...
LINCOLN COUNTY--Three incumbents are trailing after the first election returns amongst the seven contested races in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas. Challengers are defeating incumbents in races for Harrington school board, Fire District No. 4 and Fire District No. 5. The most closely contested race lies in Fire District No. 5, where incumbent Matt Schneider trails challenger Don Staley. Staley has 263 votes to Schneider's 235, a 52.18% to 46.63% disparity. Fire District No. 4's race is also very...
LINCOLN COUNTY—The 2021 general election season has arrived. Election Day is coming up Tuesday, Nov. 3. Ballots must be postmarked by 8 p.m. that day. The county has drop boxes at the courthouse in the auditor’s office and outside at the east entrance, as well as outside City Hall in Harrington. Ballots can also be submitted by mail. Each county voter will have three advisory votes on their ballot concerning tax increases and will be asked to give their input on whether the tax should be repealed or maintained. Advisory vote...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague during Oct. 29-Nov. 4. If you’d like your community organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Nov. 1 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the county courthouse Thursday, Nov. 4 Reardan town council at 6 p.m. in the United Methodist Church...
Davenport celebrated its fall sports seniors last week, with soccer and volleyball athletes honored Thursday, Sept. 21 and football and cross country athletes recognized Friday, Oct. 22. Above, sixth-grader Alexis Ward starts Senior Night off right with her rendition of the National Anthem. At the right, soccer seniors Cady Zellmer and Hanna Orvis are recognized with their parents. Below, football seniors Cody Jenkins, Jarrett Jacobsen and Tate Foster, cross country senior...
Area scoreboard for games and matches Oct. 21-27 Football Friday, Oct. 22 Davenport 42, Chewelah 18 Colfax 42, Reardan 19 Soccer Thursday, Oct. 21 Northwest Christian (Colbert) 2, Davenport 1 (shootout) Tuesday, Oct. 26 Davenport 4, Reardan 0 Volleyball Thursday, Oct. 21 Davenport 3, Kettle Falls 2 (18-25, 25-19, 25-19, 17-25, 15-12) Reardan 3, St. George’s 0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-20) Wilbur-Creston 3, Harrington 0 (25-8, 25-8, 25-5) Saturday, Oct. 23 Mary Walker (Springdale) 3, Harrington 0 (25-3, 25-9, 25-11) Tuesday, Oct. 2...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington this week Friday, Oct. 29 Harrington volleyball SENIOR NIGHT vs. Columbia (Hunters) @ 6 p.m. Davenport vs. Reardan football at Reardan @ 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30 Davenport vs. Reardan playoff soccer at Davenport @ 1 p.m. District 7/9 cross country regionals at Colfax @ 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2 Davenport OR Reardan vs. Northwest Christian (Colbert) OR St. George’s league championship game, time and location TBD Reardan volleyball district tournament game @ 6...
SPOKANE VALLEY-On the same day he started at cornerback for the Davenport football team, sophomore Jaeger Jacobsen earned his team's highest finish at the District 7/9 league championships at Plantes Ferry Friday, Oct. 22. Meanwhile, Reardan eighth-grader Colton Lonning, Davenport eighth-grader Josie Wynecoop and Davenport sixth-grader Charlotte Soliday earned top-five middle school finishes in the final meet of the middle school season. The Davenport middle school girls...
HARRINGTON – The week's volleyball action was all in the win column for the Odessa Tigers. Odessa vs. Harrington The Tiger volleyball team traveled to Harrington on Tuesday, Oct. 19, to face the Panthers. It is a rebuilding year for Panther volleyball, so the Tigers dominated once again in this contest. Odessa 25 25 25 3 Harrington 0 0 6 0 Hayden Schuh led the offense with 9 kills and also got the team's only block. Ashlyn Neilsen had 2 digs, and Melloney Deife had 18 a...
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. Oct. 18 Traffic stops: 7 A caller said his elderly neighbor, who has dementia and uses an oxygen tank, might be missing after they went hunting the day prior. A report came in of a man shooting a two-point buck nea...
Richard "Dick" C. Sawyer (81), longtime resident of Spokane Valley, Wash. passed away on Oct. 24, 2021, at Sacred Heart Hospital from complications of pneumonia. He was born on Feb. 18, 1940, to Ellis and Eleanor Sawyer. He was born in Harrington, Wash., raised in Davenport graduating from Davenport High School in 1958. After high school he joined the Air National Guard and worked as a civilian as an aircraft mechanic until his retirement in 1994. He then went to work for...
1 years ago Oct. 28, 1921 Catholics buy cemetery site. The Odessa Catholic church has purchased from Joss. Reitner, two acres and a half of land just west of the Odessa cemetery, of which F.L. Kucera is now drafting a plat for a cemetery site. The present Catholic cemetery on the hill southwest of town was thought by members of the church too far from town to keep up in the way that they would like to have it, and offers have been made to those having relatives laid away at the old cemetery, a place to inter them in the...
