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REARDAN — Town Council unanimously approved a balanced budget for the 2024 fiscal year at its meeting Thursday, Dec. 21. The town is budgeting for $1,597,931 in revenue and $1,315,188 in expenditures which would leave the town $282,743 in the black. In order to offset an expected shortfall in revenue that might have adversely affected basic town service levels, the council implemented a utility tax, which increases utility rates by $66 per month. Resolution 203 increased water rates by $15, garbage rates by $24 and sewer rate...
DAVENPORT - It may be hard to believe, but another year has come and gone. As usual, there was plenty going on in Lincoln County in 2023. Here's a look back at the top news items from the year, January to June. July through December will be covered in next week's newspaper. January Odessa was left without a police chief after Leslie Jimerson's quiet resignation. The town didn't "advertise" the vacancy for a short time due to concerns of sparking a rise in crime. Julie Murphy...
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. 17 Traffic stops: 11 A commercial burglary alarm was reported going off on the 1100 block of Morgan Street in Davenport. An abandoned car blocking the turn lane was reported at Highway 2 and Waukon Road. A Dav...
Davenport birthdays Dec. 29: Chris McGowan, Meika Heath, Ericka Johnson Dec. 30: Kristy Mielke, Bre Bailey, Reid Gants Dec. 31: Allison Hiccox, Justin Piper, Watson Posey Jan. 1: Amanda Plumb Jan. 2: Sabrina Burger, Kaitlynne Guhlke, Samantha Odenrider Jan. 3: Kaitlyn Blauert Jan. 4: Megan Hopp, Kylee Hosking, Brandon Stiles Davenport anniversaries Dec. 31: Phil and Leona Carr, Gary and Leslie Cirullo, Bob and Rita Guhlke, Christopher and Treanna Briggs Jan. 2: Mark and Mihoko Patterson Jan. 3: Greg and Mahta Hein Reardan...
1 years ago • Reardan residents petitioned Northern Pacific to improve passenger and freight service on the Central Washington railroad branch, with a specific request for a gasoline car service from Almira or Wilbur to Spokane. • Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies fired shots at a fleeing car containing two Reardan women who thought the officers were actually road bandits. The Sheriff’s Office had to settle the damages done to the car. • Davenport city council voted to pave Morgan Street from about Fourth Street to...
PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE 2308 The Town of Reardan has passed ordinance 2308. In summary, this ordinance amends the 2023 budget to account for actual beginning balances, forecasted revenue, actual expenses and forecasted ending balances. For a complete copy of this ordinance, please contact Reardan Town Hall at 509-796-3921. Published December 28, 2023...
PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE 2309 The Town of Reardan has passed ordinance 2309. In summary, this ordinance establishes the Annual Budget for the Town for the year of 2024. For a complete copy of this ordinance, please contact Reardan Town Hall at 509-796-3921. Published December 28, 2023...
PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE 2306 The Town of Reardan has passed ordinance 2306. In summary, this ordinance establishes new regulations regarding the imposition of Sewer Utility Taxes. For a complete copy of this ordinance, please contact Reardan Town Hall at 509-796-3921. Published December 28, 2023...
PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE 2307 The Town of Reardan has passed ordinance 2307. In summary, this ordinance establishes new regulations regarding the imposition of Garbage Utility Taxes. For a complete copy of this ordinance, please contact Reardan Town Hall at 509-796- 3921. Published December 28, 2023...
First-graders sing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at Reardan Elementary School's Christmas concert Wednesday, Dec. 13. Turn to Pages 7 and 8 for more pictures from Christmas concerts in Reardan and Harrington last week....
DAVENPORT - In their lone home tournament aside from the A.S.B. Rumble on the calendar for this school year, the Gorilla boys grapplers took fourth place out of 10 schools participating in the Gorilla Invitational here Saturday, Dec. 16. Davenport scored 97 team points, behind Northwest Christian's 137, Kittitas's 127 and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington's 110.5 points. Individual results for the Davenport boys were as follows: In the 165-pound class, Brody...
DAVENPORT - All three of the Harrington boys competing on the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington athletic co-op agreement were on the mats at the Gorilla Invitational Saturday, Dec. 16. The Broncos took third place at the Invitational, securing 110.5 points, just behind Northwest Christian's 137 and Kittitas's 127. In the 144-pound class, sophomore Turner Slack was pinned by Nik Bakhtin of NWC in 0:43, but bounced back to pin Paxton Gaines of Selkirk in 0:49 and beat...
DAVENPORT — Christmastime is here, with Christmas Eve being Sunday, Dec. 24 and Christmas Day falling Monday, Dec. 25. Local churches are hosting services on both days for those interested in attending. Here are the plans for churches who returned attempts for contact from The Record-Times. Davenport Harvest Celebration Church will hold a Christmas-themed service at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, titled “Tell it Again.” Trinity Bible Fellowship meets at 10:30 a.m. Christmas Eve and at 10 a.m. Christmas Day. United Methodist Church meets...
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. 10 Traffic stops: 8 A 911 caller said a truck “rolled down the hill” at the “star barn” outside Davenport. A Wilbur woman said she was stuck in the middle of a roadway. A caller said his car was stuck and n...
Davenport birthdays Dec. 22: Brad Sweet, Kevin Katz, Marlee McKeehan, Theresa Blankenship Dec. 23: Ken Vesneske, Regan Oliver, Kelly Graber, Lila Woodland Dec. 24: Rob Morcom, Addison Hosking Dec. 25: Courtney Ellstrom, Manuela Hinkey Dec. 26: Blaine Hendrickson, Emma Piper Dec. 27: Aaron Wilson Dec. 28: Blake Gants, Sydney Zeiler, Gemma Guhlke Davenport anniversaries Dec. 22: Tom and Patty Schreck Reardan birthdays Dec. 22: Carl Shipley, Tom Schultz Dec. 24: Charlene Anderson Dec. 27: Brad Ray, Mike Booker, Jaime Michels...
1 years ago Robert Cress, who was charged by Lincoln Co. officers with breaking into the Sheriff’s Office and stealing 26 cases of bonded whiskey, was apprehended in British Columbia for stealing liquor from a whiskey runner. Evan Wyatt of Tyler was fined $200 and given two months in jail for selling moonshine at a dance in Tyler, even though he claimed he was just making a little Christmas money with the sale. The Davenport High School debate team of Phyllis Wilson and Clifford Halfhill defeated the Reardan team of Iris L...
PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held at the Reardan Methodist Church (155 S Oak, Reardan, WA) on Thursday, December 21, 2023. The public hearing will take place during the Town Council regular council meeting, which begins at 6:00pm. The purpose of the public hearing is to receive comments on the Proposed Final 2024 Budget. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. /s/ Debra Ann Zeiler Personal Representative Published December 14 and 21, 2023...
REARDAN - Last weekend, the Screaming Eagles' boys basketball team got two big wins over Chewelah and Northwest Christian. Tuesday night, the fun was interrupted with an 85-50 shellacking at the hands of Brewster. The 2-1 week brought Reardan's season record to 3-4 as the non-conference season draws nearer to an end. Reardan started off with a 19-14 lead against Chewelah before building that lead to 32-21 behind 17 points from Rysen Soliday Friday, Dec. 15. Soliday would finis...
REARDAN - The Screaming Eagles' girls basketball team had a 4-game winning streak snapped with a pair of losses to league foe Northwest Christian and non-conference opponent Brewster this week. Reardan topped Chewelah 41-21 Friday, Dec. 15 behind 14 points from Tenice Waters and 12 points from MacKenzie Bjornberg, then fell to the Crusaders 58-54 in a nail biter Saturday, Dec. 16. The Screaming Eagles started off guns ablazin' against NWC. Reardan went up 18-2 behind...
COEUR D'ALENE-Reardan's Connor Kline placed eighth at the Tri-State Wrestling Tournament at North Idaho College Friday, Dec. 15. He was the Screaming Eagles' top finisher in the 68-team event that included teams from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. "This is one of the toughest tournaments in the country," Reardan assistant coach Wayne Terry said. Joey Matusik won three of the five matches he wrestled in the 106-pound weight class. In his first match, he pinned Aiden...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Dec. 22-28 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Dec. 22 • Reardan basketball at Okanogan @ 6 p.m. • LRS basketball vs. Columbia (Burbank) @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23 • LRS wrestling at Rogers @ 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27 • Davenport basketball at Eagle Holiday Classic at West Valley, time TBD Thursday, Dec. 28 • LRS girls wrestling at Hanford @ 9:30 a.m. • Davenport basketball...
DAVENPORT - A rivalry game is rarely pretty, no matter how much better one team may be than the other on paper. Take, for instance, this year's Apple Cup, where Washington State forced undefeated Washington to have to put together a game winning drive just to hold off the bowl-less Cougars. Or the Los Angeles Rams always seeming to give the Seattle Seahawks fits despite the Seahawks often sporting the superior roster. And the cliché certainly applied to Tuesday night's...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Dec. 15-21 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Dec. 15 • Reardan wrestling at Tri-State in Coeur d’Alene @ 10 a.m. • Davenport wrestling at ASB Rumble @ 1 p.m. • Davenport basketball at St. George’s @ 6 p.m. • Odessa basketball vs. Springdale @ 6 p.m. • Reardan basketball vs. Chewelah @ 6 p.m. • LRS girls basketball vs. Royal @ 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16 • Reardan wrestling...
REARDAN - Joey Matusik and Carson Kline each won three matches to pace the Screaming Eagles in their wrestling meet against Medical Lake, Rogers and Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) Wednesday, Dec. 6. Matusik, competing in the 106-pound weight class, pinned all three of his opponents, Dexter Degenstein of Lakeside (twice) and Charlotte Godinez of Lakeside. Alex Matusik lost his only match of the day to Konnor Spradling of Lakeside in the 113-pound weight class. In the 126-pound weig...
