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Some won awards. Some tied school records. Many won their contests. It was a successful week for area sports teams and many individual athletes...especially for those playing hoops in Spokane and Pullman. Oh, and the Seahawks clinched the NFC West thanks to an outstanding defensive effort against the Sean McVay-coached Rams, which had historically been a thorn in Pete Carroll's side. The game included an interception thrown by Rams quarterback Jared Goff that was such a bad...
UPDATE: The list of signatures is expanding west and has reached triple digits at 103 as of Dec. 22, with many coming from Central Washington, in addition to a growing Eastern Washington list. The signatures below are divided into WIAA leagues. REARDAN--71 school superintendents, principals and athletic directors across Eastern Washington, including 20 from Lincoln County, have signed onto a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee, the Washington State Department of Health and the...
Editor's note: Lincoln County Cops and Courts isn't available this week due to the county computer incident that began Nov. 19. Property Transactions 12/03/20 Sale of Address not provided, Susan M. Eastman, 9510 S. Silver Lake Rd, Medical Lake, WA 99022, to Reardan Heroes c/o Gail Daniels, PO Box 214, Reardan, WA 99029. $0.00. Sale of NNA Schilimmer Road, Odessa, WA 99103, Todd J Phillips and Lori A Phillips and Barbara S. Phillips, 7843 Greenview Dr NE, Lacey, WA 98516 to William A Marshall and Teresa A. Marshall, 16507 191s...
RENTON – The pandemic has struck another blow to local athletics. The WIAA voted to delay the start of winter sports to Feb. 1, 2021 and shorten each sports season to seven weeks apiece at its Nov. 17 meeting. Practices for winter sports season, the most prominent of which are basketball and wrestling, were originally scheduled to begin Dec. 28, with competitions coming shortly after. However, a surge of positive COVID-19 cases caused the WIAA to create another delay in an a...
DAVENPORT-Drew Lawson, formerly a reporter for the Davenport Times and Cheney Free Press, is now editor of The Davenport Times full-time. Local readers may recognize Lawson's name, as he has reported on Reardan news, Lincoln County prep sports and other community/news items for the Times part-time since June 2020. Lawson, of Cheney, will now be concentrated solely on bringing reliable, community-oriented coverage to Davenport, Reardan and the rest of the Times' readership. "I...
An article in the Dec. 31 issue of The Times titled “Reardan restaurants reeling under restrictions” contained multiple errors and was prematurely cut off in print copy due to reporting, graphics and editorial oversights. Dean’s Drive-In is open every day at 8 a.m. except on Sundays, when it opens at 11 a.m. The restaurant closes at 6:30 p.m. every day. Owner Robin Landreth can be quoted as stating that 90% of her workers are related to her, not customers, as was mistakenly typed and not corrected in the article. The full,...
The calendar has flipped, and a new year is facing Davenport and Reardan. The Times spoke with Davenport mayor Brad Sweet and Reardan mayor Gail Daniels to discuss their cities and towns looking to 2021. Sweet: Locals hopes 2021 is "return to normal" City residents would prefer that 2021 brings a return to life as normal: A time where businesses are open, people can gather and community events can bring locals together. That was the sentiment shared by mayor Brad Sweet when...
Hello readers of The Times. You may know me as Drew, the scrawny, 14-year-old-looking reporter who has been covering Reardan news and education, Lincoln County preps sports and miscellaneous news and community features over the last seven or so months. You may know me from before that as sports editor and co-managing editor of Eastern Washington University’s student newspaper, The Easterner. And you may know me from before that if you are related to me. For local readers, t...
In the Past Compiled by Georgia Smith for The Times January 4th, 1951 70 Years ago New Year Storm Lashes Region The New Year came to Davenport bringing with it the winter’s first storm. The area was buffeted Tuesday by winds of upward to 40 miles an hour which drifted the some six inches of snow that fell and threatened to close roads. The high winds caused minor damage to electrical service and telephone lines. Drifts and poor visibility made roads between Davenport and Reardan virtually impassable at mid-morning Tuesday, a...
DAVENPORT--The school district here is closed to in-person learning today due to a wind storm that began last night and has swept through Eastern Washington. The district asked students on its Facebook page to check in with teachers by 10 a.m. to get work done, if possible. Meanwhile, the Reardan-Edwall School District has gone remote through at least Friday, Jan. 15 after multiple staff and students tested positive for COVID-19, according to the district office. An in-person closure would have likely occurred today due to...
REARDAN –The two main restaurants here, SpeedTrap Tap House and Dean's Drive-In have different setups, but lie across the highway from each other and have both faced their share of difficulties during the second round of restaurant coronavirus shutdowns mandated by Gov. Jay Inslee in November. SpeedTrap attempted to not have to shut down. After talking with mayor Gail Daniels and police chief Andy Manke, who both said they wouldn't be enforcing any of Inslee's mandates p...
Compiled by Georgia Smith of The Times 70 Years ago December 28th, 1950 The New Year 1951 can Provide Only Time It’s easy to rip off a tattered page of the calendar to reveal a new year. It’s not so easy to erase the sins, problems and uncertainty that were the product of the processing months. Ripping off a calendar page is not a sure passport to Utopia or a signal that all that is bad has gone in the wastebasket with the old calendar. The year 1951 is only a continuation but it can be a starting point for a better lif...
REARDAN – Elementary school principal Dwight Cooper gave the board his letter of retirement at the board's Dec. 16 meeting. Cooper's retirement will take effect June 30, 2021, completing a 25-year career in Reardan and a 47-year career in education. Cooper arrived at the school in 1996. He took a tour of the school, where he quipped that he walked by the freezer in the break room to a horrid smell. "It smelled like rats or something," Cooper said. "Turns out, all the frozen s...
DAVENPORT – As coronavirus restrictions continue to limit social interactions for people throughout Washington State, a group of individuals in Davenport wants to make sure that seniors are not forgotten. A new organization, Lincoln County Senior Meals, is organizing efforts to ensure that seniors throughout Lincoln County not only have hot meals, but also a chance for social connection despite virus concerns. Carl Clark, the president of the Davenport Senior Center and project lead, wants to expand the current senior meal p...
REARDAN – Century West Engineering of Spokane Valley was selected to lay the sidewalk for a Ballfield Pathway Project running from the high school down to Highway 2, mayor Gail Daniels informed council at its Dec. 17 meeting. The sidewalk project, which is being funded in full through a grant, will run from the football field to the highway. Construction is expected to begin in February. Grant funding also paid for the current pathways running from the baseball fields to the high school. The town has been planning the p...
Names come in all shapes and sizes. Some people are named after ancestors who came before them, a special friend, or sometimes after a random item like a tree. They can be spelled in a traditional way or have various letters added to make a unique creation that follows that person throughout their life. In all circumstances, names have history that can tell a story unique to that person, place, or thing. The communities of Lincoln County are no exception to this rule and all...
NOTE TO READERS: Due to ongoing computer system issues at Lincoln County, The Times only has limited access to public records at this time. Our coverage will resume as normal when computer access has been restored. 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. NO...
REARDAN – The town council unanimously approved the 2021 budget at its Dec. 3 meeting. The budget anticipates the town being in the black in 2021, with $1,072,783.31 in revenue and $808,433.42 in expenses for a net of $264,349.89. The budget details where local property and sales taxes, utility payments and other local payments will be allocated in the town. Council approved a 2.35% property tax increase at its Nov. 19 meeting, which was filed with the Lincoln County Assessor’s Office but has yet to be approved. It likely won...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Grand Coulee count, which is discussed in this week's print issue, is cancelled this year. The cancellation was reported to The Times after press time. REARDAN – Dec. 14 marks the start of Audubon National Society's 121st Annual Christmas Bird Count, when veteran and beginner bird-counters alike gather on a specified date to gather in their area and spend the day counting birds. The counting season runs to Jan. 5, as it does every year. The closest bird coun...
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. NOTE: Several listings are missing locations because the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office did not include them in its report to the media. NOVEMBER 15 Number of traffic stops:15 Sudden death report. Harassment compl...
REARDAN - A small soap business here is raising funds this season to equip law enforcement with specialized safety lights designed to protect officers on busy roadways. The project headed by business owner Tammy Merrill has already exceeded its goal of buying 21 lights, including providing lights for officers in the Town of Reardan. Merrill decided to start a project to buy "Guardian Angel Devices" for officers in Arizona in honor of her father in law. "I make soap and have a...
REARDAN – The school board approved a replacement educational programs and operations levy of $2.00 per $1,000 of assessed property value at its Nov. 18 meeting. The levy will go on the ballot for a vote Feb. 9, 2021. The three-year levy would be a decrease from the current rate of $2.08 per $1,000 of assessed property value. However, the $2.00 figure is an educated estimation detailing the total ask, which is what voters will be deciding on, according to school staff. The replacement levy, which would take over for the p...
REARDAN – Council unanimously passed Ordinance 181 concerning tax levy revenue at its Nov. 19 meeting. Property taxes will raise by 2.35% in town, pending filing of the Lincoln County Assessor’s Office. The town’s projected revenue of the levy raise would rise to $93,000 from $90,860, an increase of $2,140....
Compiled by Georgia Smith The Times 70 Years ago November 23, 1950 Kays Debates in Vermont Tournament Darrel Kays, son of C.W Kays of Davenport, was a member of the George Washington University debate team which competed in the University of Vermont international tournament last week. Kays and his teammate defeated New York university, University of New Hampshire, Wesley university and Utica College of New York. Kays is majoring in foreign affairs at the university of Washington, D. C. Crow, Conrad Wed Sunday in a Cheney...
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. NOVEMBER 8 Number of traffic stops: 9 A cow was reported on the road on Highway 21. Suspicious vehicle report. Abandoned child report. NOVEMBER 9 Number of traffic stops: 10 Trespassing complaint. Suspicious per...
