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Reardan-Edwall fifth-grader Colbie Anderson took third place in the Washington State regional VFW Veteran's Day essay writing contest. Anderson is seen here with her winning certificate and ELA teacher Jackie Whitfield....
DAVENPORT-Hundreds of people in the area were sleeping in, heading to church or enjoying their morning breakfast and coffee when a substation regulator at the Avista transformer on Third Street caught fire around 8 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 2. Suddenly, over 1,700 customers were without power on a chilly winter day. The outage would last over 10 hours before hard-working Avista crews finally restored power to the city by 6:30 p.m. Crews from Fire District No. 5 and Avista were...
It was an eventful year in east Lincoln County. Here’s a look back at the news that dominated the headlines in the second half of 2021. A recap of the news from the first half of 2021 was in last week’s issue. July Fireworks were discouraged for the Fourth of July weekend by authorities countywide amidst a heavy heat wave, high winds and drought. Lincoln County dealt with its hottest temperatures on record. The hottest temperature was actually in June, where a temperature of 111 degrees Fahrenheit was reported on the 29t...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Sprague and Edwall for the week of Jan. 7-13. If you’d like your organization to be included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Wednesday, Jan. 12 Reardan-Edwall school board workshop at 6 p.m. in the Commons Davenport city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Sprague-Lamont school board meeting at 7 p.m. in the Sprague Conference Room...
REARDAN-It was a relatively quiet end to 2021 for the town, which as mayor Gail Daniels has learned, isn't always a bad thing. It's allowed her to look ahead to 2022 with an eye on several new projects for the town. The first she described in a conversation with The Times is the potential for a joint project with the Reardan-Edwall School District that would include a replacement track and tennis courts at the school, new bathrooms and playground equipment at the city park and...
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...
DAVENPORT-The Gorilla girls have had trouble scoring points this season, and that trend continued Tuesday in a 52-24 loss to St. George's. St. George's came out strong, scoring the first nine points of the game and nabbing a pair of transition baskets as Davenport's bigs couldn't score around the rim while the guards turned the ball over in the half court. It didn't get much better, as Davenport's only score of the quarter was a Kiersten Kemmerer three-pointer and the Dragons...
ROYAL CITY—Wrestlers from Davenport and Reardan didn’t have much time after Christmas to prepare for their next competitions, lining up at the Royal Christmas Tournament Tuesday, Dec. 28 and Wednesday, Dec. 29. The Reardan boys and girls then headed to the Winter Cup in Hanford for more competition Thursday, Dec. 30. Here are the local results from Royal City and Hanford. Davenport at Royal City 132-Brendon Peters-Biggs defeated Gerardo Martinez of Royal by fall 3:35 before falling to Waylon Thomas of Tonasket by fall 1:30 an...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington during the week of Jan. 7-13. Games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Jan. 7 Davenport basketball at Kettle Falls @ 6 p.m. (UPDATE: Games cancelled due to winter weather conditions) Reardan wrestling at Cheney @ 6 p.m. Reardan basketball vs. Northwest Christian (Colbert) @ 6 p.m. Harrington basketball vs. Wilbur-Creston @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8 Davenport wrestling at the Banks Lake Brawl in Coulee City @ 10 a.m. Reardan wrestling at...
REARDAN-For the second time in two weeks, both the girls and boys Reardan varsity basketball games were victorious over the Chewelah Cougars. The girls won their game handily 55-28, while the boys held on for a 68-61 win Tuesday, Jan. 4. The wins came 13 days after both teams beat Chewelah on the road Dec. 22. The girls came out guns blazing, using tough defense to take a 17-0 lead after one quarter. Chewelah fought tougher in the second quarter, but Reardan still led 30-10 at...
SPOKANE VALLEY – A Davenport wrestler finished in fifth place at the Tri-County Classic wrestling tournament Dec. 23 at Central Valley high School. Brock Gustaveson led the Gorillas with 13.0 team points. Gustaveson opened with a bye and then faced Cole Schumacher (Mead), winning by pin in 26 seconds. Gustaveson then pinned Keemani Benavides of Mead in 4:22 taking him to the semifinal round. But he lost his next two matches to Pullman grapplers Samuel Sears by pin in 3:37 a...
SPOKANE--Local basketball teams in Davenport and Reardan were mostly successful in their quests for victories at local holiday tournaments. The Davenport boys and girls participated in the Eagle Holiday Classic at West Valley High School in Spokane, while the Reardan boys and girls hosted 1B schools in the annual Reardan Lions Club Classic. Davenport boys beat Riverside, Colville The Davenport boys continued their stellar start to the season with two victories over 1A Riverside and Colville at West Valley. The Gorillas...
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...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague for the week of Dec. 31-Jan. 6. If you’d like your group or organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Jan. 3 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting @ 8 a.m. in the county courthouse Wednesday, Jan. 5 Harrington chamber of commerce meeting @ 4 p.m. at Post and Office Thursday, Jan. 6 Reardan town council meeting @ 6 p.m. at the Reardan United Methodist Church...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington from Dec. 31-Jan. 6 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Davenport basketball vs. St. George’s @ 6 p.m. Reardan basketball vs. Chewelah @ 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6 Davenport and Reardan wrestling at Liberty (Spangle) @ 5 p.m....
SPOKANE VALLEY – Reardan wrestlers brought home three silver medals from the Tri-County Classic on Dec. 23 at Central Valley. Vaea LaMoureaux took silver in the girls 120-pound class as teammates Preston Neufeld at 106 and J.C. Merriott at 113 both took second in the boys division. LaMoureaux opened the tournament by pinning Sydney Sisk of Colfax in 2:17 and then Alyxandra Daniel of Rogers (Spokane) in 34 seconds. In the finals, she lost by a 7-2 decision to Kelsey Louen of M...
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...
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. 20 Traffic Stops: 6 A caller reported her child’s car was backed into by an unknown car while parked on a Davenport city street. ADT Tyco Alarms reported a commercial motion alarm was going off in the basement of...
COEUR D’ALENE—Davenport and Reardan were two of 71 schools that participated in the annual Tri-State Tournament wrestling meet at North Idaho College Friday, Dec. 17 and Saturday, Dec. 18. Schools from Washington, Idaho and Montana gathered to compete against each other. Here are the local results from those competitions. Davenport 160—Matthew Wines fell to Emerson McCollough of Deer Park by decision 9-5, defeated Liam Lucas of Hanford by decision 4-2 and fell to Clayton Janneret of Chewelah by major decision 16-5. 182—S...
REARDAN – The boys basketball team had an up-and-down week, falling convincingly at home to Almira-Coulee-Hartline Saturday before getting an even more convincing win at home against Odessa Tuesday. Reardan lost to the Warriors 72-55 Dec. 18 and topped Odessa with ease 78-50 Dec. 21. ACH gave Reardan fits all game with its transition points and offensive rebounds. The Warriors took a 19-13 lead in the first quarter and created better shot opportunities than the home team a...
Wow! What a year. 2021 might not have been topsy-turvey and tumultuous as 2020 for many people, but it was still full of thrills, scares, joy and in some cases, heartbreak and hardship. It only seems appropriate that the forecast calls for single-digit, potentially record-low temperatures in the last week of the year, doesn’t it? Many went into 2021 with a positive outlook, and for many, it was a vast improvement to 2020. Students stayed in school nearly the whole year. Sports...
REARDAN – A quorum of three town councilmembers unanimously approved the 2022 budget at its Dec. 16 meeting. The approved budget has $1,194,811 in its projected revenue and $1,123,513 in its expenditures, leaving a difference of $71,298. The adopted budget ordinance closed the Stimulating Summers fund, with all residual revenue going into the library fund. The criminal justice fund was merged into the current expense fund. That current expense fund’s 2022 budget is projecting $370,241 in revenues and $364,276 in expenditures....
The Christmas spirit abounded at the Reardan basketball games Tuesday, Dec. 21. Some fans and staff dressed for the occasion, while cheerleaders provided Christmas cheer and handed out candy to spectators. Turn to page 9 for more coverage of the games....
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. 13 Traffic stops: 10 A disabled vehicle was reported at the intersection of Badger Road and Sunset Highway. A suspicious 911 call came in with no noise on the other line until the end, where there was a scr...
