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COULEE DAM—A 2022-23 season with state playoff expectations and hopes got off to a good start for the local boys basketball team, which defeated the Lake Roosevelt Raiders on the road 70-56 Tuesday, Dec. 6. Unsurprisingly, Davenport was led in scoring by senior Tennessee Rainwater, who had 30 points. Second was junior Jaeger Jacobsen, whose sharp shooting from the outside led to 18 points. Cash Colbert added 11 points for the Gorillas. The third quarter was where Davenport earned separation. The Gorillas outscored the R...
COULEE DAM—A young Davenport girls basketball team fought but couldn’t come up victorious against the Lake Roosevelt Lady Raiders in a season-opening contest. The Gorillas fell to Lake Roosevelt 65-58 Tuesday, Dec. 6. “Went okay considering we’re quite young…first game,” head coach Stacia Soliday said in a text message. “We had two seniors, four freshmen and an eighth-grader. We missed 12 free throws in the fourth quarter, so that was a problem.” That eighth-grader, Emalie Jacoby, led the Gorillas in scoring with 23 points,...
DAVENPORT-The local high school wrestlers got off to a successful 2022-23 start last weekend, picking up a win in the Gorilla Invitational Saturday, Dec. 3. The boys were first amongst competition from Almira-Coulee/Hartline, Wilbur-Creston, Colfax, Kettle Falls, Selkirk, Kittitas-Thorp, Innovation, Lake Roosevelt, Liberty, Northwest Christian and Oroville. Also competing for the first time this year were female wrestlers from Davenport. Freshmen Stormy Conway and Kayla...
Debra Dawn Zeiler was born in Odessa on May 23rd, 1955 to Donald and Ione (Tootie) Zeiler. Debbie went to Odessa School for 12 years and graduated in 1973. According to her sisters, Deb was the queen or princess of many dances. She loved wrestling where she kept score for 4 years. She played tennis for 4 years. It was said you didn’t want to be on the receiving end of her serve when she was mad. After graduation she enrolled at Kinman Business University in Spokane, Wash. and graduated with a degree in data processing. A...
May 23, 1955 – 2022 Debra Dawn Zeiler was born in Odessa on May 23rd, 1955 to Donald and Ione (Tootie) Zeiler. Debbie went to Odessa School for 12 years and graduated in 1973. According to her sisters, Deb was the queen or princess of many dances. She loved wrestling where she kept score for 4 years. She played tennis for 4 years. It was said you didn’t want to be on the receiving end of her serve when she was mad. After graduation she enrolled at Kinman Business University in Spokane, Washington and graduated with a degree i...
One recent October day, I looked around and suddenly realized things had changed. No, it wasn’t the fact that since my recent marriage, I can’t seem to find where anything is located in the kitchen. It was newspaper-related, and it was an excellent change: We had a staff, a staff that is doing an exceptional job at their vocation. As a result, our advertising has grown (please keep it this way and keep buying ads, Lincoln County businesses, please and thank you), our sto...
COULEE DAM--Effective 12:01 am Friday, Oct. 21, campfires were allowed in established fire rings in campgrounds and day-use areas and on lakeshores below the high-water mark throughout Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Charcoal grills are also allowed at this time. Regulations require beach campfires to be less than three feet in diameter and must be at least ten feet from the nearest beach logs, structure or vegetation. In addition, one can’t use or create rock rings for beach fires or dig pits for fires. Fires 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. Oct. 3 Traffic stops: 3 A pony at large was reported on Highway 28 just west of Bluestem Road. A Davenport man said a vehicle that was in a crash on Sept. 23 was still in his field on Ziemer Road. An officer said a y...
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. Sept. 26 Traffic stops: 7 A caller said he saw two people in his backyard that ran off down an alley when he went outside. A Davenport man brought in a cellphone that he found at Loughbon Landing. A Davenport man repo...
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. Sept. 12 Traffic stops: 5 A caller said every morning a youth was driving extremely fast for a short distance and stopping hard in the road before making a 90-degree turn. A Sprague woman said her landlord was put...
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. Sept. 5 Traffic stops: 21 A caller reported a fire burning south of Highway 2 near Anderson Road in the Almira area. A caller said she needed to go to the hospital because something was coming out of her skin. A cal...
SEVEN BAYS-A lot of brush and trees have charred, but no structures have burned in the Seven Bays Fire that broke out around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4. News began to spread of a fast-moving fire near Miles-Creston Road soon thereafter. The fire began just northeast of Hawk Creek Campground, which was evacuated. It began to move northeast up a canyon and has burned over 1,000 acres of rangeland, stubble and forest land, according to a press release from the Department of...
DAVENPORT-A nine-school volleyball jamboree tournament hosted here Saturday, Sept. 3 featured a strong dose of Lincoln County schools. The Gorillas, Odessa Tigers and Wilbur-Creston Wildcats joined Mary Walker (Springdale), Lake Roosevelt, Chewelah, Republic, Medical Lake and Northport at the festivities split between the high school and elementary school. Davenport won two and lost two of the best-of-three, hour-long matches it played. The Gorillas got a fight from...
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. Aug. 29 Traffic stops: 20 An abandoned vehicle was reported at Lake Valley Loop and Old Sprague Highway. A loose black bull was reported on Max Harder Road and East Lake Lane in Sprague. A Davenport man said he saw...
DAVENPORT—It’ll be a quick turnaround from Friday night’s rivalry football game to an all-day volleyball tournament for district athletic staff. The Gorillas will host their annual tournament beginning at 9 a.m. and running until 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3. 10 schools were signed up to participate by press time: Davenport, Wilbur-Creston, Mary Walker, Republic, Medical Lake, Cusick, Chewelah, Odessa, Lake Roosevelt and Northport. Each varsity and junior varsity team will play four hour-long matches throughout the day. Varsi...
DAVENPORT-The high school football season starts off with a bang this year. The Reardan Screaming Eagles will take the football field for the first time under their new moniker Friday against the hometown Davenport Gorillas, who are looking to make a return trip to the 2B state playoffs. Davenport went 9-2 last year and lost to Toledo in the first round of the state playoffs, while Reardan struggled to a 2-7 record. The Gorillas will see some shifting in personnel due to...
James Schillinger passed away Aug. 20, 2022 in Davenport, Wash. Jim was born on July 2, 1961 in Spokane, Wash. to Jerry and Marilou Schillinger. Jim grew up in Davenport, attended school and graduated in 1981 from Davenport High School. Jim later married Jana Johnson in April, 1982 and they had two girls to this union, Holly and Lacy. Jim was a great mechanic and loved fixing things. He worked for K & J Pontiac and then the WADOT in Davenport as one of their mechanics for 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. Aug. 14 Traffic stops: 28 A Spokane man reported a disabled vehicle without jumper cables or a cellphone on Highway 2 three miles east of Wilbur. A caller reported a white bag in the middle of the road on Highway 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. Aug. 8 Traffic stops: 28 A one-vehicle rollover crash was reported on Highway 25 at milepost 8. A Davenport man said a man and dog were in a broken-down Dodge pickup at the Lincoln County Transfer Station and nee...
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. Aug. 1 Traffic stops: 8 A Davenport woman said she woke up to the smell of someone smoking weed, then saw someone looking in her window. An Odessa woman said she thought someone tried to open her door at midnight the...
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. July 25 Traffic stops: 8 Lincoln County Public Works said a speeding semitruck crashed into a county grader on Olson Road just south of Denny Station Road. A caller reported a transient person walking into the AgL...
Thursdays in the summer are often a slower day in the office. The paper has already printed, local folks are getting ready for a long weekend in the sun at Lake Roosevelt and there’s still a week to consider what the newspaper will look like in seven days. Last Thursday, that led to me finally undertaking a long overdue task not done since I’ve been here, at least: organizing the newspaper archives found in our 12th and Morgan Street office. Sometimes, interested local his...
DAVENPORT—Surging temperatures and dry conditions finally reflecting a true Eastern Washington summer have led local authorities to enact burn bans around the county. Open fires were banned in Fire District No. 5, which includes Davenport, Deer Meadows and the surrounding areas, and Fire District No. 4, which includes Reardan, Edwall, Long Lake and the surrounding areas, effective Monday, July 25. Fire District No. 6, which includes Harrington and the surrounding areas, has had a burn ban in place since July 13. Fires are 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. July 18 Traffic stops: 8 An abandoned vehicle with a note saying the car would be towed the next morning was reported on Highway 2 at milepost 260. A Lincoln County Jail inmate was transported to Eastern State Hos...
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. July 11 Traffic stops: 12 A caller said she thought people that drove into a trailer park were there for her. A Lincoln County Jail inmate was transported to Lincoln Hospital for a COVID-19 test. A recklessly dri...
