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DAVENPORT - A high school freshman was crowned Miss Davenport Wednesday night, May 17. Rikkiana Chavelas , 16, received her 2023-24 crown in a Pioneer Plaza ceremony. Chavelas, who was the lone applicant, said she was inspired to put her name in the hat by outgoing Miss Davenport Abby Breithaupt, who wished her well in a speech prior to the coronation Wednesday. "I saw how she helped the community," Chavelas said. "That really inspired me." Chavelas is the niece of Lance and...
DAVENPORT — The case of 16-year-old Koedi V. White, who facedcharges of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm stemming from the Feb. 22 death of 15-year-old Shadrach Hall-Turner in Reardan, will be remanded from Lincoln County Superior Court to Juvenile Court, attorneys said at a readiness hearing Tuesday, May 16. White was originally automatically charged as an adult per state RCW and entered a not-guilty plea at a court appearance in February. The move to Juvenile Court comes after a p...
KENNEWICK - The Washington FFA Association elected Reardan High School senior Andrew Schulz as state president at the 93rd Washington State Convention Saturday, May 13 at the Three Rivers Convention Center. Schulz will serve as president in 2023-24. Schulz is the first student in the history of the Reardan chapter to land the top spot. He defeated nine other candidates, six of whom will now serve under his leadership as state officers. He is the third member of his extended...
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. INCIDENT LOG May 7 Traffic stops: 24 A Creston man reported a reckless vehicle on Highway 2 at milepost 245. A Grand Coulee woman said a Purple Heart recipient was living in a carport. A caller said someone should arrest him and...
DAVENPORT — 72 candidates had thrown their name in the hat to run for 65 different public offices in Lincoln County as of 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17. Filing week began Monday, May 15. Candidates have until 4 p.m. Friday, May 19 to submit their candidacy for the primary election Aug. 1. Here are the candidates that had filed by press time Wednesday. We’ll run an update for the later filers next week. County races County commissioner: Incumbent Jo Gilchrist was the lone candidate to file. Municipality races City of Dav...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County was awarded its fourth broadband-related grant Monday, May 1. The county’s Deer Meadows and Seven Bays FTTx project will receive up to $8,921,342 in Coronavirus Capital Program Funds in the 2021-23 state capital budget. The funding was approved by the state Broadband Office based on the Nov. 22 Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program. The grant was awarded on a matching basis, but commissioner Scott Hutsell said Monday the county won’t have to use capital dollars for that match. This is the fourt...
Area seniors playing Pictionary at their luncheon Friday, May 12 at Reardan Presbyterian Church. The luncheon is held at 11:30 a.m. on the second Friday of each month. Anyone 60 years or older is invited to attend....
Marianne G. Brommer June 29, 1937 – May 8, 2023 Marianne G. Brommer passed away May 8, 2023 in Spokane, Wash. Marianne was born June 29, 1937 in Spokane, Wash. to Otto and Marian Remmers. Marianne married Edward Brommer on Feb. 9, 1957 in Cheney, Wash. and then made their home in Reardan, Wash. Marianne was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church and enjoyed Gonzaga basketball, the Spokane Indians baseball, family history, yard work, her flower garden, going to the cabin o...
SPOKANE - Several local youths from Lincoln County were award winners at the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane during the first weekend of May. Lydia Wicks of Reardan was named a 2022-23 ambassador and a scholarship recipient. Sister Olivia Wicks took second in the intermediate division for 4-H Livestock Judging. Brothers Owen and Weston Wagner of Reardan won Junior Grand Champion for 4-H demonstrations. Kate Guhlke of Davenport was named Senior Reverse Grand Champion in the...
REARDAN - The school's FFA members attended the Washington FFA Convention May 11-1, at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick to determine how they stack up against other Ag students. In the inaugural FFA Barbeque competition, the team of Rysen Soliday, Bryson Flaa and Aiden Chilson brought home the state championship with pork spareribs. The team of Emma Flaa, Logan Flaa, Vaea LaMoureaux and Lydia Wicks defeated 15 other teams to place second with their Agricultural...
Gus Wulbrecht, age seven, tries to score a goal on his mother Ally at the Partners in Education sponsored Mom and Son Sport Night Friday, May 12, in Reardan....
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...
DAVENPORT — A 911 threat of an unhappy community member entering local schools with an AK-47 was quickly deemed to be a hoax Wednesday, May 10. Sheriff Gabe Gants said the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office 911 dispatch received a call around 11:20 a.m. from a man who said he “moved here recently” and “hasn’t been treated well.” “So he was upset with that and (said he) was going to take an AK-47 to school, and there were gunshots in the background of the call,” Gants said. Police quickly responded to the two school campuses and...
REARDAN - Kerstin Lundgren and Annmarie Bolyard will share the title of Miss Reardan-Edwall after their coronation at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum Sunday, May 7. Outgoing Queen Colleen Ellis presented Lundgren and Bolyard each with a crown, sash and bouquet. The co-queens will represent Reardan-Edwall in community parades this summer and special events throughout the year. Lundgren is the daughter of Shawn and Jackie Lundgren. After graduating from high school, she plans...
REARDAN - Many children are fascinated by trains. Dale Swant was not one of them. As a child he owned "a train set or two," but reading, not trains, was his passion. But his love for the written word led the 81-year-old local man on a windy path from Montana to western Washington and finally to Reardan, where he is president of the Lions Club and face of the Inland Northwest Rail Museum. Swant was born in Deer Lodge, Montana, in 1942. While his father worked at the copper ore...
Editor's note: This is part 4 of a 4-part series. DAVENPORT - Sometimes, you just need to take a drive. Whether it's a quick 20-minute getaway or a four-hour day trip, going for a drive is a method people often employ to clear the head and see more of the world. And some of those drives are right here in Lincoln County. The final drive of this 4-part series is the longest described in the newspaper, taking about three hours to complete. It's best ventured on a sunny fall day,...
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. April 30 Traffic stops: 11 Two lost calves were reported on Waukon Road east of Reardan. A Creston woman reported a possible trespasser on Prairie Lane. Nutrien Ag reported a powerline across 12th Street in Dav...
REARDAN — Town Council designated dates for open burning and the city-wide cleanup at its regular meeting Thursday, May 4. Residents may burn yard debris during daylight hours May 13-21. The city-wide cleanup is scheduled for May 17-20. Recycling bins and dumpsters will be placed next to Highline Grain Growers on North Aspen St. No appliances will be accepted....
DAVENPORT - While Creekside Pharmacy's doors have been closed for multiple months, the building space at 639 Morgan Street remains under the same ownership. Ryan and Lanae Wiater, who live between Davenport and Reardan and opened Creekside in 2019, plan to retain ownership of the building space and lease it to prospective business tenants. "Eventually it will be leased," Lanae Wiater said. "We are going back and forth with a business. If that doesn't work out, we'll be...
Davenport birthdays May 12: Ricci Husky, Alana Quisano, Willa Winzer, Rochelle Hopp, Jalaina Jacobsen, Keala Quisano, Tyler Bailey, Alan Steinolfson May 13: Emily Dixon, Elizabeth Waldher, Olivia Orvis May 14: Justin Wood, Blakelyn Boggs May 15: John McElfish, Wyatt Morcom, Hailee Ensor May 16: Josh Zeiler, Rachael Bambino, Ethan Carruth, Isaiah Bircher May 17: Adam Ropp, Vanessa Easley, Melody Mielke May 18: Cruz Plasencia, Matthew Fisk, Brian Warwick, Tony Sawyer, Missy Schimek, Nathan Reinbold Davenport anniversaries MMay...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS - A visit to Longhorn Barbecue, 7611 West Sunset Highway, on Sunday April 24 by reporter Byrne Bennett was intended to be a casual luncheon to discuss his book on his uncle and Medal of Honor winner Joe E. Mann, A Greater Destiny. But when Bennett went back to his truck, he discovered the keys were locked inside. That's when server Kyelee Huck stepped in to help. "She didn't hesitate," Bennett said in a Facebook post by Longhorn. "She was very willing to help....
REARDAN-The Screaming Eagles softball team lost both ends of a rainy doubleheader to Asotin 23-3 and 18-6 on Senior Day Tuesday, May 9. In the first game, Reardan pitchers gave up 13 walks and 10 hits which allowed Asotin to jump to a 16-0 lead after two innings. Because of the "Mercy Rule" the game ended after four innings with the Panthers ahead 23-3. Reardan did not get a hit in the game. Asotin continued to tattoo the ball in the second game. Five players collected three...
RITZVILLE - For the athletes competing at the NE2B Sub-district meet Tuesday, May 9, the goal was simple: Sprinters had to finish in the top eight, and distance/field competitors had to finish in the top four to keep their seasons alive in said events and advance to the 2B District 7 Regional Championships in Colfax next weekend. This year, coaches and administrators "passed on" the top eight competitors in sprinting events and top 12 competitors in distance running and field...
SPOKANE VALLEY — Reardan’s three boys tennis players were at West Valley High School Wednesday, May 10 seeking to advance to the second day of districts at Whitworth University Saturday, May 13. Sophomore Edmund Preuschoff achieved such a goal, but fellow sophomores Avery Harrison and Dominic Board were unable to advance Wednesday. The girls don’t start district play until Saturday at Whitworth. In the singles department, Sophomore Kerstin Lundgren will battle St. George’s sophomore Jessie Sawyer, while sophomore Hailey...
WENATCHEE - The Reardan FFA trap team took home a third-place finish at the state competition Saturday, April 22. The five-member team of juniors Lance Relyea, Kassidy Koch and Aidan Chillson and freshmen Tyler Balance and Levi Collier only finished behind two Freeman squads and beat 36 other teams at the competition. Balance was the top marksman with a score of 89 to finish in the top 10 individually. Students shot at 50 targets from 16 yards away and 50 targets from 22...
