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DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Health Department has lined up about $197,000 in funds from the state Department of Health for local Senior Centers, Director Ed Dzedzy confirmed this week. In return for the funds, the Health Department will use the Centers as outreach points for senior citizens to receive information about COVID-19 vaccination booster shots and test kits, Dzedzy said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to reach seniors that weren’t able to get to their doctors or to Spokane or Moses Lake (during the height of the pandem...
REARDAN - A sizable crowd converged on the town to enjoy the 119th annual Reardan Mule Days Saturday, June 3. At 10 a.m. on a warm and cloudless day, the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard opened the event by leading the Mule Days parade down Spokane Avenue. They were followed by a procession of 60 entrants that included horses, fire trucks, reunited school chums, royalty floats, the high school pep band, llamas and mini donkeys. The parade also featured special honorees...
Davenport sophomore Tessa Cormier keeps an American flag from touching the ground as she and her classmates install scores of flags at the Davenport Cemetery in advance of Memorial Day Friday, May 26. Rhonda Brommer Kalous places a flag at the marker of Lt. Roger Mahrt at the Reardan Cemetery, Friday May 26. Mahrt was an accomplished pianist at Reardan High School who graduated in 1942. After graduation he accepted a music scholarship at the Eastman School of Music in...
DAVENPORT - A packed Lincoln County Courthouse watched 17-year-old Koedi V. White plead guilty to first-degree manslaughter and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm in Juvenile Court Tuesday, May 30. White was sentenced to 124-130 weeks in juvenile detention on the first charge and an additional 30 days confinement with credit for 30 days served on the second charge by presiding judge Jeffrey S. Barkdull per a plea agreement between both parties after the case was...
DAVENPORT – The air around schools will be full of "Pomp and Circumstance" in the next couple weekends as the Class of 2023 graduates. At Davenport High School, the commencement ceremony begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 10. 45 students are expected to receive their diploma during the ceremony in the high school gym, 801 Seventh Street. Earlier that day, 19 students should graduate from Odessa High School, 311 South First Street. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. And at the same t...
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. May 21 Traffic stops: 4 A Wilbur man requested an ambulance for a 23-year-old man who was forgetting things. A Lincoln woman said two bears had come on her porch and property on the 23300 block of Peterson Lane for...
REARDAN — The 119th edition of Mule Days will begin Friday, June 2 and will conclude with a community church service on Sunday, June 4. The event, founded in 1904, was originally a day of family fun and community fellowship. It is now that, and a lot more. Besides offering activities everyone can enjoy, the event raises funds for community projects. Mule Days will kick off Friday at 8 p.m. with a teen dance at the Reardan High School commons. For those who are not teenagers, the fun really begins the following morning, S...
Larry Monroe Anderson Sept. 8, 1947 – Jan. 20, 2023 Larry Monroe Anderson, 75, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Jan. 20, 2023 in Spokane WA. He was born on Sept. 8th, 1947, in Tacoma, Wash. to Stanley E Anderson and Lilah E Anderson. Larry is survived by his sisters: Janet E Slagle (Dan) of Kennewick, Wash.; Cheryl Anderson Parrill (Eric) McDermott of Nevada; brothers: Stephen A Anderson of Bremerton, Wash., Russell A Anderson of Salt Lake City, Utah; nephews: Jason W Sl...
Davenport birthdays June 2: Laurel Hansen, Christine Jenkins June 3: Ryan Buchmann, Joe Coppersmith, James Current, Connie Lust June 4: Maddilynn Collins, Gavin Boggs, Heath Becker June 5: Janaye Wilkie, Bonnie Booth, Corday Umtuch June 6: Shelby Hargrave, Addison Smith, Gary Kersten, Debbie Keller June 7: Ruth Oehlwein, Kaysa Panke June 8: Jeff Semprimoznik, MyKenzie Deverell, Jasper Linstrum Davenport anniversaries June 2: Max and Hannah Mielke June 3: Harold and Claudia Thompson, Steve and Roberta Telecky, Mike and Dawn Ha...
YAKIMA - For the first time, Lincoln County's top track and field athletes joined the best 2B and 1B competitors in the state at Zaepfel Stadium on the campus of Eisenhower High School for the Track and Field Championships Thursday, May 25-Saturday, May 27. The sun beat down on the turf and track for 2.5 days before the clouds rolled in and a lightning strike forced a 2-hour delay Saturday. When all the dust settled, local teams had yielded four state champions and 16 medalist...
REARDAN - The banjo is an intriguing instrument. Its twangy, bright and almost metallic sound can't be ignored, especially when in the hands of local 17-year-old junior Liam Hamilton. Hamilton was introduced to the banjo at age 10 when he heard a song by Earl Scruggs on the radio. Shortly thereafter, his parents Andy and Bernadette purchased one off eBay. Before Scruggs made the banjo popular with his 1949 hit "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," the five-string instrument was played p...
DAVENPORT — A teenager was arrested in connection with several reported mail and package thefts around the city last week. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested 18-year-old Anastasia Brandenberg Wednesday, May 17 on charges of second-degree identity theft, second-degree theft and third-degree theft. However, charges had not been filed with the Clerk’s Office by the Prosecutor’s Office as of press time. Deputies also requested charges for a 17-year-old girl believed to be involved in the alleged crimes, but such ch...
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. May 14 Traffic stops: 10 A possible driver under the influence was reported on Highway 2 at milepost 229. A Davenport man reported a 60-year-old man talking to his grandkids at City Park, claiming the person “lo...
Lincoln County Fire District No. 4 chief Jim Adams swears in new commissioner Jerry Dougherty Tuesday, May 23, at the Reardan Fire Station. Dougherty is completing the term of former commissioner John Bennett, who passed away in March, before running for a four-year term against Bennett's surviving wife Dawn Bennett in the November general election....
REARDAN — Town council voted to accept a bid from Shamrock Paving, Inc. for a pavement overlay project at its meeting Thursday, May 18. The project is tentatively scheduled to begin the second week of June. The $316,618 project will be funded through a grant from the Washington Transportation Improvement Board. The following streets will be paved: Oak Street between Cottonwood Avenue and Spokane Avenue. Lake Street between Cottonwood Avenue. and Spokane Avenue. Laurel Street between Cottonwood Avenue and Broadway Avenue. B...
Have you ever swum in Sewer Lake? Ya, me neither. But I've always heard of the most talked about event that the Reardan Mule Days Association has ever put on, and that has to be the homemade Raft Races on Sewer Lake in the 70's. The event, which is the first weekend of June every year, is epic and legendary around here. Every year as Mule Days gets closer, you still hear locals talk about it. Sewer Lake was also the site of Snowmobile Races during Mule Days, which is always...
DAVENPORT — Once the clock struck 4 p.m. Friday, May 19, bringing an end to filing week, 103 candidates had signed up to run for election in the Aug. 1 primary election. Thirty-one candidates did so after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, our cutoff to get their names in last week’s paper. Here are the candidates in Davenport, Reardan, Odessa, Sprague and Harrington that filed after press time last week. Lincoln County Fire District No. 4 (Reardan/Edwall) Seat No. 3 — Jerry Dougherty and Dawn Bennett. Fire District No. 5 (Davenport/Deer...
DAVENPORT — 103 candidates filed for various positions ahead of the Aug. 1 primary election during the regular filing period last week, but that wasn’t enough to fill all the positions up for election. 11 races in our coverage area didn’t have anybody file for candidacy. Elections deputy Norm Caley confirmed a special three-day election will be held to try and seek candidates for those positions, but a date hasn’t been set yet. The local races that went unfiled were: • Davenport city council position No. 2, presently...
Davenport birthdays May 26: Esteban Plasencia, Oliver Hein, Susan Hanchett, Chase Zellmer, Mike Pankey, May 27: Nicole Curtaccio, Tommy Plumb, Paula Reed, Dan Kilps, Tim Podowicz May 28: Michelle Lilje, Stephanie Morgan, Matt Street, Lucas Zeus, Kathy Rosman, Noreen Hutfless, Bryce Bailey May 29: Olivia Alspach, Trish Walker May 30: Nolan Lilje, Jeffery Gamache, Anne Guhlke May 31: Matthew Delafield, Carah Piper, Mariah Kilps, John Coley Davenport anniversaries May 26: Mark and Christine Downey May 27: Eddie and Katie Bageant...
COLFAX - The Davenport boys track team was challenged by Chewelah but took home a District 7 2B title at the Regional Championships Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20. Davenport won the title with 135 team points, holding off the 127-point Cougars. St. George's was a rather distant third with 101 points. The Davenport girls finished second amongst 2B girls with 119.5 points. St. George's dominated the field with 215.5 points. Odessa's girls finished third amongst 1B...
SPOKANE — A run into the second day of District 7 1B/2B tennis came to an end for Reardan sophomore Kerstin Lundgren Saturday, May 20. Lundgren fell to Chewelah sophomore Cora Grooms in District play at Mead High School. Lundgren had qualified for the second day of districts with a win over Davenport freshman Kaitlynne Guhlke Saturday, May 13. She was the only athlete from Lincoln County to advance that far. The top two finishers at Districts advanced to state, and both hailed from the same school. Avi and Simi Sahota of C...
HARRINGTON - The high school football field was a palette of color as kids in Lincoln County's new youth soccer league honed their skills in games Saturday, May 13. "We have 175 kids between the ages of five and seven participating on 17 teams from Davenport, Wilbur, Harrington, Reardan and Odessa," league president Jon Evans said. Evans, a deputy with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, started the league out of his love for basketball. "Kobe Bryant said, 'Soccer...
MEDICAL LAKE - A rivalry softball game had the opportunity to advance to the District 7 2B playoffs on the line when Davenport and Reardan faced off Monday, May 15. It was the Gorillas who managed to pull away with a 16-6 victory to keep their season alive. Reardan had opportunities to score throughout the game, loading the bases in the top of the first inning with no outs and coming up empty. Davenport got one in the first to take a 1-0 lead. The Screaming Eagles got some off...
SPOKANE — After two days of district postseason matches involving the Reardan tennis team and the lone player from Davenport, one local player is still in contention to advance to state after play at Whitworth University Saturday, May 13. Sophomore Kerstin Lundgren of Reardan will compete in a loser-out match at Mead High School Saturday, May 20. She must win three straight matches to be one of two players from District 7 to advance to state in girls singles. Lundgren defeated St. George’s freshman Jessie Sawyer and fell to...
CHEWELAH—Local middle school track teams were at Snyder Field for the NE1B/2B championships Monday, May 15, with several squads finishing top-5. The Odessa girls had the best finish of any local team, finishing second. Reardan’s girls were third and Davenport was seventh. Davenport’s boys finished third, while Reardan was fifth and Odessa ninth. Liberty won the girls meet, while Chewelah took the top prize in the boys meet. Here are all the local results from Monday’s championship meet, the final middle school meet of the...
