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DAVENPORT—Lincoln County has received a third broadband grant toward building fiber in local, small municipalities. This grant, courtesy of the state Broadband Office, is for $5,218,072 and will provide an eight-mile connection between Sprague and Lamont and a 13-mile connection from Creston to Hawk Creek. The county previously received a $1,963,920 grant from the Community Economic Revitalization Board for Almira, Creston and Harrington fiber-to-home connection and a $4,162,072 grant from the Public Works Board for R...
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. 10 Traffic stops: 4 A Fruitland woman requested a welfare check on her son in Creston. A violation of an order was reported in Odessa. A two-vehicle non-injury crash was reported in an undisclosed location. A c...
ODESSA – The only game played last week by the Odessa girls was against Moses Lake Christian Academy. The Tigers overcame the Lions last Wednesday, Jan. 12 Senior Tori Schlomer was released to rejoin the team after a volleyball injury had her sidelined for a couple of months. Ashlyn Neilsen led the scoring with 26 points. Hayden Schuh contributed another 15 points. MLCA 9 9 9 10 37 Odessa 15 13 12 11 51 Neilsen led the team in rebounds with 10 and Laela Hardung had nine. I...
ODESSA – Another week has passed of Covid messing with the basketball schedule. A non-league game against Moses Lake Christian Academy was scheduled for Jan. 11, then postponed until Wednesday, Jan. 12, when the game was played in Odessa. Collin Martin returned to the lineup, having been released to play by his doctor. The team was thus finally back at full strength. The game was definitely a hard-fought battle. Although MLCA dominated early, the Tigers fought their way back i...
Laela Hardung of Odessa has earned a place on the Spokane Falls Community College honor roll for fall quarter 2021. Students must earn a GPA of 3.0 or higher to be on the honor roll. SFCC offered its congratulations on this academic achievement. Community Colleges of Spokane is a dynamic, 12,300-square-mile state community college district that includes Spokane Community College, Spokane Falls Community College and six rural education sites, serving residents in Pend Oreille, Stevens, Whitman, Ferry and parts of Lincoln...
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. 3 Traffic stops: 11 A caller said she broke up with her boyfriend after he was drinking and using drugs at a party in Omak and said he may be heading toward Cheney after drinking for several days straight. A c...
DAVENPORT—The dawn of the New Year means many hunting seasons, such as deer and elk, are long gone. As winter persists, some hunts remain, while fishing begins to gain steam…both of the ice and standard varieties. Local Fish and Wildlife officer Curt Wood said fishermen are seeing success on Lake Roosevelt for trout and kokanee, both in bank and boat fishing. “I’ve heard of guys finding a lot of kokanee on the west end of the river toward Spring Canyon,” Wood said. Ice fishermen would do well to head to Fourth of July Lake...
MAY Odessa’s Town Council debated whether or not to continue providing recycling service to the town, with the cardboard recycling bin being of particular concern. With the Covid pandemic keeping many folks at home, online ordering of goods skyrocketed, and the cardboard bin began filling up within days of the arrival of an empty bin. The town found it too costly to have the bin emptied more than once a month, leading some folks to leave cardboard on the ground beside the bin once it was full. When the council terminated t...
COULEE CITY – The weather and Covid combined for a double whammy to hit the sports schedule last week. The non-league game against Oakesdale was first moved from Tuesday to Wednesday, then cancelled due to hazardous road conditions. Things settled down some by Friday, when the Tigers went to Coulee City to face Almira-Coulee-Hartline. Saturday's game was to be played in Wilbur, but a major Covid outbreak there caused that game to be cancelled as well. In the one game the T...
COULEE CITY – Of the three games scheduled for last week, only one was actually played thanks to the weather and Covid. Tuesday's non-league game against Oakesdale was cancelled due to hazardous road conditions, but the league contest on Friday in Coulee City went ahead as scheduled. Saturday's game to be played in Wilbur was also cancelled due to a major Covid outbreak there. The Tiger girls got off to a slow start after the holiday break when they faced A...
Doris Yvonne Aikins, 89, of Odessa, Wash. went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, surrounded by her children. Doris was born in Tacoma, Wash. on May 30, 1932, to Theron and Rowena Burrington. She was the youngest of five children. Doris married Donald Shaw on May 7, 1951, in Goldendale, Wash. They started their family on April 7, 1953, with a beautiful daughter named Becky. Over the years they were blessed with seven more children, four boys and three...
Willma Christine “Chris” Manley passed on to the lord on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. Born in the Army Hospital in Richland Wash. on June 5, 1953 to Gary and Burley Schrag, Chris was primarily raised in Seattle until finally moving to Stanwood, Wash. where she graduated from High School in 1972. Before graduating she married Randell “Randy” Manley on March 25, 1972 prior to him going into the US Air Force two weeks later. As a child she dreamed of having children and she soon re...
Crazy weather, causing extended travel delays has cleared area store shelves of a number of often-used ingredients. Items with a short shelf life are quickly bought up and stores wait for fresh orders to come in. What can the meal planner do? Plan ahead for grocery supply interruptions. Substitute ingredients for missing items. Keep a package of powdered milk on hand in case stores run out of fresh milk. Canned milk diluted maybe substituted in most recipes. Canned kidney or...
1 years ago Jan. 13, 1922 American Legion elects officers. The local American Legion boys held their annual election of officers at their regular meeting at the city council chambers Friday night and the following officers were elected to take charge of Rudolph M. Stumpf post for the ensuing year: Cecil E. Jenks, post commander; Joe P. Keller, vice commander; Jake Hopp Jr., adjutant; H.H. Rieke, finance officer; C.A. Bragg, Alex Kramer and Dave Greenwalt, trustees. First new dollar. The first dollar of the new coinage was...
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. Dec. 27 Traffic stops: 13 A caller said she hit a cougar on Highway 2 near milepost 254.5. She said she watched the cougar get up and limp off the roadway. A Spokane woman requested a welfare check on her g...
It’s been an eventful year in east Lincoln County. Here’s a look back at the news that dominated the headlines in the first half of 2021. A recap of the news from the second half of 2021 will be in next week’s issue. January The first batch of COVID-19 vaccinations arrived at the Lincoln County Health Department. 200 doses of the Moderna vaccine were slowly distributed to healthcare workers and the elderly. Drew Lawson, now of Medical Lake and formerly of Vancouver, took the reins as editor of The Davenport Times. Lawso...
ODESSA – Schoonover Farms, LLC of Odessa is voluntarily recalling retail raw whole milk and cream after routine testing by the Washington State Department of Agriculture revealed the presence of toxin-producing E. coli in a raw cream sample on Dec. 23. Out of an abundance of caution, raw whole milk and cream displaying “best by” dates of Dec. 23, 2021 through Jan. 2, 2022 have been recalled. The recalled product was bottled in 8-ounce, quart, half-gallon and one-gallon containers and was sold to local consumers in the Odessa...
ODESSA – The Odessa girls suffered their first loss this season to 2B school Reardan on Dec. 21. Fortunately for the Tigers it was a non-conference matchup. The Tigers are still undefeated in league play. Ashlyn Neilsen scored 20 points, and Hayden Schuh scored 8 for the team's entire scoring effort. Neilsen scored more than half of her points from the free-throw line, where she was 12 out of 13 for a 92 percent success rate. Reardan 14 7 15 12 48 Odessa 4 2 13 9 28 Neilsen a...
ODESSA – Jacob Scrupps returned to the varsity lineup Tuesday and gave a much-needed boost to the team. Playing in Reardan against the Indians, the team lost the game but made a much better showing than in the other games played thus far. In fact, Scrupps led the scoring for Odessa with 16 points, supported also by Nathan Carstensen's 11 points and Dakota Steward's 10. The Tigers took a beating in the first half and trailed 50-19 at the mid-point of the game. Reardan 19 31 1...
Norma Joy (Hopp) Kuch left this world peacefully on Oct. 15, 2021. Always full of life, Norma’s strong-willed spirit remained well intact even in her final moments. She was a powerhouse of a personality. With endless amounts of energy, Norma was a force to be reckoned with. She showed up fully every place she went, which was seemingly everywhere. Unabashedly honest, with a knack for telling you how she really felt, there was never a question as to whether Norma was in the r...
Cooking for a crowd can lead to leftovers. Hosts want to make sure there is plenty for everyone, and if the number attending is in flux, estimating amounts is difficult. At family gatherings, the host usually wants plenty to send home with the kids. “Planned-overs” is the term I prefer to use. Over the years I have collected a few recipes for make-ahead dishes using turkey and ham dinner planned-overs. If you happened to have planned-over prime rib, the solution is easy, pri...
1 years ago Dec. 30, 1921 One hundred years ago, Odessa residents were gearing up for the New Year’s Eve dance sponsored by the American Legion. World War I was in the past, and life had returned to normal. Businesses were doing well, and their proprietors took out ads to thank people for their patronage, including Farmers & Merchants Bank, W.H. Luher & Co., the German-American Mutual Farmers Fire Insurance Association, the Odessa Meat Market, the Odessa Hardware & Implement Co., Michaelson & Koth, the Rieker Motor Co., t...
ODESSA – The members of the Odessa Lions Club have again sponsored the residential Christmas lighting contest. The judges have made their selections and provided photos of the top three homes judged Monday evening, Dec. 20. The home of Keith and Becky Kolterman on south Alder took first place, winning them a $150 gift to spend on next year's decorations. Joel and Danielle Hardung on Fairway came in second in the judging and were awarded $100, while Brad and Jamie Hawley, n...
ODESSA – Odessa Chamber of Commerce met December 14 to elect officers for 2022, hear year end reports and plan 2022 events. While those gathered enjoyed a soup and bread lunch, President Norman Ott opened the meeting. By unanimous ballot, elections set Norman Ott, president, Ed Deife, vice-president, Paige Smith, secretary, Larissa Zeiler, treasurer, Matt Roberson, Phyllis Sebesta and Chuck Watkins, board members. The hospitality tent at the Stumpjumpers Desert 100 weekend, s...
ODESSA – Paul Katovich of HighLine Grain Growers, Inc. met with firefighters Jon Fink and Roger Sebesta in Odessa Tuesday, Dec. 21, to officially announce the donation to Lincoln/Adams Fire District #3 of a flathouse and the property on which it sits in the Town of Odessa. The building lost its roof to fire a few years ago and has stood empty ever since. It came to his attention while visiting his Odessa friends Bill and Carol Bell that the local firefighters were having a d...
