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DAVENPORT – Weekly mass vaccination clinics hosted by the Lincoln County Health Department begin April 22 at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. The vaccination clinics, which are expected to be funded on a reimbursement basis through FEMA grant money, will take up a large chunk of the 100 doses the health department hopes to disburse each week. So far, only 10 people had signed up for the first clinic as of April 20, despite COVID-19 numbers holding steady here. 15 new virus cases have been reported in Davenport in the last t...
DAVENPORT--A pleasant, sunny weekend may end with less than preferable conditions. The National Weather Service has warned of the potential for high winds and blowing dust between 7 p.m. and midnight tonight in areas of the Columbia Basin and Central Washington. A wind advisory warning is in place from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Winds blowing northeast may reach gusts as high as 45 miles per hour. The forecast for blowing dust and high winds includes most of Lincoln County. Blowing...
REARDAN – House Bill 1356, which would ban the use of Native American names, symbols or images as public school mascots, logos or team names, passed through the Senate April 6 with 40 "yea" votes and nine "nay" votes. The bill appears to be on its way to Gov. Jay Inslee, who would be expected to sign the bill into law. However, if the Spokane Tribe grants the district permission, the Reardan-Edwall School District would fall under several exceptions the bill allows. Even t...
Evelyn Virginia Willms 1919 - 2021 Evelyn Virginia Willms, 101, passed away peacefully at her home on the Willms family farm near Espanola, Wash., on Wed., April 7, 2021. She was born October 24, 1919 in Reardan, Wash. On September 22, 1938, she married Albert Willms. She was a lifetime member of the St. John's Lutheran Church in Medical Lake, Wash., member of the Espanola Grange and Homemakers club. Evelyn and Albert farmed the Willms family farm with the majority of years...
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 4 Traffic stops: 15 A man reported an abandoned vehicle off the road near milepost 26 on Highway 174. A Davenport man said a deer was caught in the fence behind his house on the 32500 block of North Nye Roa...
DAVENPORT – For the first time since 2019, spring sports are under way in Davenport and Reardan. Practices at both schools started April 12. Spring sports, which were cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, include baseball, softball, golf, tennis and track & field. Competitions get under way in the next week, including the opening track meet Saturday, April 17 and the baseball/softball openers April 20. The season runs until mid-May, when traditional winter s...
DAVENPORT--After a COVID-19 outbreak in the schools two weeks ago forced Davenport and Reardan to go to remote learning before last week's spring break, schools will return to in-person learning Monday, April 12, sources in both districts informed The Times today. Additionally, "Season 2," or traditional spring sports, will begin practices tomorrow after school. In Davenport, these sports include track & field, baseball, softball, tennis and golf. Reardan includes all those pr...
DAVENPORT – The COVID-19 outbreak among students and staff in area schools didn’t slow down in the last week. Instead, cases are steadily growing in Lincoln County, most of which can be traced back to the schools. Sports appear to have been a key cog in the virus outbreak, especially in Davenport. “Sporting events exacerbated this, with more students packed into the gyms,” county Public Health Administrator Ed Dzedzy told Lincoln County commissioners at their meeting April 5. “Student-athletes in every sport have tested posit...
REARDAN – Jamie Mikelson, the current elementary principal in Oroville, Washington, will be heading to Reardan Elementary school to take the same position next year. She was the chosen candidate amongst 16 applicants and three finalists, and her hiring was accepted by the school board at the board's March 31 meeting. Mikelson is a native of Lincoln County and graduated from Davenport High School before getting her bachelor's degree at Carroll College in Montana and her m...
REARDAN – Unless the approved budget was an April Fool’s Day joke, Reardan is planning to be in the black this year. Council approved an ordinance to adopt the 2021 budget with notes on two funds at its April 1 regular meeting. The town is budgeting for $1,072,783 in revenue and $808,433.42 in expenditures, a $264,349.58 difference. The fund titled “Stimulating Summers” was closed, “having served its purposes,” so any left over funds or debt is to be transferred to the library fund. The criminal justice fund was merged into...
REARDAN – Like many high school students, Kerstin Lundgren enjoys running with her friends on the cross country team, plays the flute, wants to travel the world after high school and was able to finish every race this season. However, Lundgren had to and will have to overcome an unusual hurdle to achieve these goals. The freshman at Reardan High School is hard of hearing and wears hearing aids. "I can hear just fine without hearing aids, but my ears take everything in all a...
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. This week’s report includes the two dates missing from last week’s report. March 26 Traffic stops: 26 Colville Tribal Police called saying one of their officers was following a semitruck with a tarp covering its tra...
*Editor’s note: These games, matches and meets are highly subject to cancellation due to COVID-19 concerns or weather-related postponements. Davenport and Reardan planned to start practices on April 12 as of press time, but with the current COVID-19 situation in the schools, that may be subject to change. Stay tuned to our website, odessarecord.com, and future print editions for the latest information and schedules. DAVENPORT GORILLAS High school tennis Tuesday, April 13 at Wilbur-Creston at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 17 vs. K...
DAVENPORT – Per Economic Development Council (EDC) director Margie Hall’s request, the Lincoln County Commissioners approved an updated list of strategic investments for the county and its municipalities at the commissioners’ March 15 meeting. The plan includes investments in business, workforce, transportation and community development. Some plans are for the whole county, while many are centric to the county’s eight municipalities. The plan includes a description of projects for investment, the project’s location,...
DAVENPORT – Easter weekend is approaching, with Easter Sunday celebrated April 4. Several community organizations and churches have Davenport, Reardan and Harrington locals covered with services and Easter egg hunts Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here is a rundown of many of the local services and hunts occurring this weekend. Davenport Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt The annual Lions Club Easter egg hunt is a go this year and is on Saturday, April 3 at 9 a.m. at City Park. Masks w...
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. Only reports for March 22-24 were made available this week. The rest of last week’s reports will be included in next week’s incident log. March 22 Traffic stops: 8 The manager of Cottonwood Apartments in Davenpo...
DAVENPORT – Several games, matches, meets and practices were cancelled here and in Reardan this week after COVID-19 outbreaks within both districts. Two of Davenport’s eight positive student tests were within the cross country and soccer teams. Cross country’s two qualifiers for the District 7 title meet at Asotin won’t be able to race. Football seeding games, including Reardan at Colfax and Davenport vs. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, were off. A junior high football game in Davenport was also cancelled. A volleyball match between...
KETTLE FALLS – Two Davenport cross country runners qualified for the NE2B league championship race at the qualifying meet March 27, but a positive test within the team this week ended the team's season. Junior Jake Coffman and freshman Jarrett Jacobsen were among the top seven finishers in the boys 5,000 meters, but won't participate in the title meet in Asotin April 3. Head coach Brian Telford said the team is disappointed it can't send anyone to Asotin, but the team plans t...
KETTLE FALLS – While the Gorillas will finish the season with a losing record (2-3), Davenport ended its shortened campaign on a high note with a 44-22 victory over the Kettle Falls Bulldogs (0-5) in a Friday matinee contest March 26. Senior Mathew Orvis scored two touchdowns for the Gorillas; one passing, and one receiving late in the third quarter. Junior Jarrett Jacobsen helped put the Bulldogs away for good with an interception for a touchdown as Davenport improved to 2...
1 years ago Apr. 1, 1921 The Odessa High School debate team won first place in the state’s northeast district championships for the second year running. The team members are Tolbert Schimke, Florence Schoonover, LaFay Finstad, Verna Holmes, Charles Cone and Christoph Horn. The speed cop from Davenport was in town looking for violators of the automobile laws. He reported that he found everything mostly in order except for one man who had a broken muffler which he was ordered to have repaired. After March 31, it will be u...
KETTLE FALLS – The Gorillas picked up their third win of the season with a convincing sweep over Kettle Falls 25-19, 25-18, 25-15 Tuesday, March 23. Haley Greenwood led Davenport with 14 kills, while Allison Jorden had 21 assists. Davenport is now 3-7 and has one game left: Senior Night against Northwest Christian Thursday, March 25 at 6:30 p.m. Meanwhile, Reardan also improved to 3-7 with a sweep over St. George’s at home March 23. The Indians won 25-15, 25-10, 25-12. Coalie Whitman had 12 aces, eight assists and six dig...
NE2B football scoreboard March 19 Reardan 29, Northwest Christian 6. Chewelah 34, Colfax 32. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 32, Kettle Falls 6. March 20 Columbia (Burbank) 13, Davenport 7. Liberty 20, Asotin 7. NE2B soccer scoreboard March 20 Davenport 8, Reardan 1. St. George’s 8, Kettle Falls 1. March 23 Northwest Christian 5, Reardan 2. NE2B volleyball scoreboard March 18 Colfax 3, Davenport 0 (25-12, 25-4, 25-22). Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 3, Reardan 0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-14). Liberty 3, St. George’s 0 (25-5, 25-20, 25-14). March 19...
COLBERT– The Davenport, Chewelah and Northwest Christian (Colbert) high school boys ran neck and neck at a meet hosted by NWC at Mountainside Middle School March 20. The final tally showed a tie at the top, with the Gorillas and Cougars with 57 points and the Crusaders just behind with 58 points. It was the final regular season meet in the NE2B league. The high school qualifying meet is Saturday, March 27 in Kettle Falls. The top seven qualifiers at that meet advance to the league title meet in Asotin April 3. Freshman J...
This week’s sports docket *All games subject to postponement or cancellation due to inclement weather or COVID-19 concerns. Thursday, March 25 Davenport soccer vs. Northwest Christian @ 2 p.m. (League semifinal) Davenport middle school volleyball vs. Reardan @ 4 p.m. Reardan soccer at St. George’s @ 4 p.m. (League semifinal) Reardan middle school football vs. Lind @ 4 p.m. Davenport middle school football vs. Odessa @ 5 p.m. Davenport volleyball vs. Northwest Christian @ 6:30 p.m. (Senior Night) Reardan volleyball at Col...
1 years ago Mar. 25, 1921 At a meeting of the executive committee of the Lincoln and Adams County Pioneer and Hostorical Association appointed sub-committees and made plans for the 29th annual pioneer picnic and fair on the association grounds at Crab Creek to be held June 21, 22 and 23. The committee is planning for five horse races each day with a $150 minimum purse for each race. There will also be athletic contests, band concerts, side shows and other concessions, talks by prominent pioneers, airplane stunts and a...
