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DAVENPORT-This is the last week that the east Lincoln County newspaper will be known as The Davenport Times, but the product for local readers will only be increased in quantity and quality. The Times' merger with The Odessa Record will become effective Tuesday, March 1 and be reflected in the March 3 issue under its new name, The Lincoln County Record-Times. Readers of The Times can use the coupon at the bottom of this page to get a special two-year subscription to The...
Rodney Schlimmer, 80, McMinnville, TN. resident and Wilbur, Wash. native died Feb. 20, 2022 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following a sudden illness. Rodney was born May 10, 1941 and was the son of the late Roger and Florence Zimbelman Schlimmer. Veteran of the United States Air Force and retired Network Operations Manager for Ben Lomand Telephone. He was married to Linda Rowland Schlimmer on Feb. 25, 1967 who preceded him in death on June 16, 2021. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded...
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday that he’ll drop the statewide coronavirus-mask mandate March 21. Inslee said that’s the day when he believes it’ll be safe to remove mask mandates and not overwhelm hospitals. “It would not be safe to do this today,” he said. “We will be removing the mask mandate in our schools and public indoor spaces as of Monday, March 21.” Students may still be required to wear masks on buses. The governor added that he will not end his emergency proclamation at that time, declining to offer a date...
DAVENPORT – Following the lead of the Kettle Falls and Richland school boards, superintendents from across Northeast Washington sent a letter late Tuesday night, Feb. 15, to Gov. Jay Inslee requesting an end to mask mandates for students, staff and visitors. The letter , which was penned by Educational School District No. 101 Superintendent Michael Dunn was also sent to Dr. Umar Shaw of the state Department of Health and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal. “We are writing on behalf of districts in the...
Odessa – February 12, 2022- Odessa School District Ag Shop is pleased to announce receiving a grant from Washington State FFA Foundation for $56,700. Proceed will go towards the implementation and advancement of the CASE AFNR (Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources) and CASE APT (Agriculture Power Technology) Curriculum. "I am excited to start purchasing necessary supplies to start the full implementation of CASE APT and advancement of CASE AFNR. This hands-on, 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. Feb. 7 Traffic stops: 16 An Almira woman said her neighbor on West Main Street has multiple dogs out early in the morning and until midnight constantly barking and waking neighbors up. A Lincoln County Jail inm...
ODESSA – The Tiger boys ended their season last Friday night at home in Odessa. This was a loser-out game, so both the Selkirk and Odessa teams were playing with great intensity. After leading through most of regulation time, the Tigers were unable to hold off a late surge by the Rangers that tied the game at 54-54 as the buzzer sounded to end the fourth quarter. Three Tiger starters had fouled out by the end of the game, as had a couple of players from the opposing team. F...
ODESSA – Last Friday's playoff game at home against the Northport Mustangs was a win for the Tiger girls, 58-36. It was a loser-out game, so Northport's season came to an end. Ashlyn Neilsen scored 26 points, while teammates Melloney Deife and Hayden Schuh also scored in double figures with 13 points each. Northp 6 10 2 18 36 Odessa 16 16 17 9 58 Schuh was the team leader in rebounds with eight. On Feb. 14, the team faced a very fired up Wellpinit team at home in Odessa and l...
Kathryn Burnett won first place in the FFA Employment and Skills CDE at the sub-district competition. Kathryn completed a resume, cover letter and job application. She then had a "job interview" by a panel of three judges. She will move on to district competition in March....
1 years ago Feb. 17, 1922 R.S. Crowl, former publisher of the Record dropped off No. 4 last night and is today renewing the acquaintance of his many friends here. Ralph is now located in Fresno, California, where he now owns a prosperous job printing business. During his ten years absence Father Time has been good to Crowl for he looks hardly a day older than when he left here. He reports also that Mrs. Crowl and their son, Robert, also enjoy the best of health in the sunny south, which according to his ideas now is the onl...
Week #6 of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 13, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results Jared King was the only Odessa shooter to hit all 25 targets. Shooting 24 were Nick Tebow, Anthony Paszkiesz, Ryan Lewis, Jon Fink and Brian Wraspir. Garrett Braun, Tyler Smith and Tom Schuh shot 23. Jared Praetorious, Markus Smith and Trevor Smith all hit 22 targets. Hitting 21 was Mitch Wraspir. At 20 and under were Holden Iverson, Lexi Eden, Colley W...
ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met on Feb. 14 in the public library with Mayor Bill Crossley presiding. Council members Vickie Iverson, Landon Lobe, Amy Gimmestad and Marlene Kramer attended in person and Abby Reyes was present via telephone. The council members discussed distribution by the state of Covid relief dollars to nonentitlement units of local government (local governments typically serving populations of under 50,000) and the associated reporting requirements for receiving the funds. Under new business, the O...
August 28th, 1931 -January 14, 2022 Russell Lloyd Zundel died on January 14, at the age of 90. His wife of over 70 years, Lonnie LaRae, had passed on 82 days before him. Born in Ruff, Washington on August 28, 1931, Russ was surrounded by wheat fields, and that was the life and livelihood he embraced. As a youth, he worked on his parents' farm between Harrington and Ritzville, and attended the Harrington school system for all 12 years - graduating in 1949. He was Student Body...
DAVENPORT – Two newspapers serving Lincoln County readers will soon become one paper covering a larger section of the county. The Davenport Times and Odessa Record are merging to create the Lincoln County Record-Times, Publisher Roger Harnack announced last week. It’s a merger that will become effective March 1 and first be reflected in the March 3 issue. “Given the continued economic stresses on our communities and the lack of prospective employees to fill openings, this merger will enable us to continue to provide a voice...
Tuesday's game against Valley Christian on Feb. 1 was a league win for the Tiger girls. Ashlyn Neilsen was again the scoring leader with 23 points. She also had 10 steals and was named the Odessa player of the game. VC 2 5 6 5 18 Odessa 13 20 14 2 49 Lily Starkel was the team leader in rebounds with five. Thanks to the lopsided score, every player on the bench got into the game. On Feb. 2, the team traveled to Wellpinit and overcame the Redskins by a score of 54 to 49. Neilsen...
Against Valley Christian on Feb. 1, Odessa held on to the win as the Panthers put forth a last quarter surge that nearly upset the Tigers, who had led throughout the game. As it turned out, the Panthers fell short by only two points. Collin Martin was back in the lineup and led the Tiger offense with 15 points. Jacob Scrupps had 14 and Nathan Carstensen 13 for a balanced attack assisted by several other players. VC 11 10 13 21 55 Odessa 19 13 16 9 57 In rebounding, Carstensen...
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. Jan. 31 Traffic stops: 9 A local woman said she locked her keys in her car on the 300 block of Fifth Street in Davenport. A caller reported a man slumped over on the steering wheel in a white Chevy in an und...
Senior Night was celebrated for the girls and boys basketball teams and the cheer team at the Feb. 1 game against Valley Christian. Back row: Jamie, Alyssa and Regina McKinney; Suzie, Daeton and Dalles Deife; HP, Nathan and Cory Carstensen; Maria, Landen and Justin Brooks; Connie Greenwalt; Kevin Schaefer and Gina Schlomer. Front row: Lyndsay Reyes and Chloe Winkler; Wayne and Emma Schmidt; Amy Schaefer, Tori Schlomer and Joe Schlomer....
Ireland Luiten has earned placement on the Gonzaga University Dean's List for fall semester 2021. Students must earn a 3.5 to 3.84 grade-point average to be listed. Ireland is the daughter of Greg and Kellie Luiten of Odessa. Gonzaga University is a humanistic, private Catholic University providing a Jesuit education to more than 7,500 students. Situated along the Spokane River near downtown Spokane, Washington, Gonzaga is routinely recognized among the West's best comprehensive regional universities. Gonzaga offers over 75...
During the Feb. 3 basketball games against ACH, the Warriors brought along their Warrior mascot to help the ACH fans cheer on their team. Since the ACH girls were unable to field a team that day, the Odessa girls coach Travis Schuh had the night off, which allowed him to reprise his role as the Tiger mascot. The two mascots even held a dance contest during halftime....
Valentines Day provides opportunities for cooks and bakers to show off culinary skills. Biscuits and cookies may be cut in heart shapes. Heart stencils will produce valentine embellishment for cookies, cakes, pie crusts, potato salad, even your morning latte. Baking powder style biscuits are easy to make with packaged biscuit mix, but are nearly as easy from scratch. Cut with a heart shaped cutter, biscuits will go nicely with just about any Valentine’s Day menu. Add grated ch...
Week #5 of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 6, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results Jon Fink and Nick Tebow hit all 25 targets. Shooting 24 were Markus Smith, Anthony Paszkiesz and Ryan Lewis. Garrett Braun, Trevor Smith and Cody Stanford shot 23. Tyler Smith, Scott Buchmann, Tucker Walter, Wyatt Haase, Jared Praetorious, Bill Weber and Brian Wraspir all hit 22 targets. Hitting 21 were Jared King and Mitch Wraspir. At 20 and under were H...
The Odessa High School chapter of FBLA traveled to Spokane for the regional winter leadership conference and their first live competition in two years. FBLA advisor Terri King says, "Students spent many hours in the computer lab preparing for their events and relearning the techniques used to give a live presentation in front of judges." Odessa FBLA's teams and individuals received 22 awards at the Spokane conference, and King says the students are excited to attend the...
ODESSA – Public input at the Jan. 27, 2022 meeting of the Odessa hospital board was the first item on the agenda after board chair Brian Fink called the meeting to order. Each person desiring to speak to the board was given five minutes to air their concerns. The common theme among the three who chose to speak was frustration with the levels of care at the clinic and in the emergency department. One person addressed the turnover of recent months, the rumors of possible m...
ODESSA – The Youth Group of Odessa and adult volunteers are holding a food drive for the Odessa Food Bank this month. On Wednesday, Feb. 16, beginning at 5 p.m., bags containing a list of needed food items will be distributed throughout the community. Filled bags will be picked up from front porches the following Wednesday, Feb. 23, beginning at 5 p.m....
