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DAVENPORT-A packed crowd of wheat farmers jammed into the Lincoln County Fairgrounds meeting hall for the WSU Lincoln-Adams Extension-hosted Wheat Producers Meeting Thursday, Jan. 19 to hear four speakers discuss data, projects and observations regarding recent wheat production the university has influenced in recent years. The four speakers gave five presentations on weeds and disease control, winter wheat variety selection, the state's Soil Health Initiative,...
RITZVILLE - The wrestling regular season concluded with meets last weekend and a low-key meet in Reardan Wednesday, Jan. 25. Davenport and Reardan will now look ahead to league championships Saturday, Jan. 28. Below are the individual results for Davenport, which competed in Ritzville last weekend, and for Reardan, which was at the Mat Animal Invitational in Quincy. Results are listed in order of weight class. Davenport results at Ritzville • Noah Everett was pinned by W...
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION February 14, 2023 Lincoln County, Washington Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, in Lincoln County, State of Washington, with: Sprague School District No. 8; Odessa School District No. 105, joint with Adams County No. 157 and Grant County No. 166; Wilbur School District No. 200; Public Hospital District No. 1 and Cemetery District No. 7. There will be held a Special Levy Election, conducted all by mail. The purpose of this election is to approve and adopt or to reject a local...
REARDAN - For the first time this season, the Screaming Eagles girls basketball team won back-to-back games with a 45-41 win over Asotin on Friday, Jan 20. Coming off a big win against Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Harrington/Washtucna three days earlier, Reardan's late season surge sent the Panthers back to Asotin with their ninth league defeat. Tenice Waters sparked Reardan's offense in the first quarter, scoring 7 of her team's 15 points. Liberty Anderson tossed in 4 points as...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Jan. 27 • Davenport basketball at Northwest Christian @ 6 p.m. • Reardan basketball at Kettle Falls @ 6 p.m. • Odessa basketball at Almira-Coulee-Hartline @ 6 p.m. • LRS basketball vs. Colfax @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 • Reardan girls wrestling at Bring Home Da Beef in Quincy @ 9 a.m. • Davenport, Reardan and LRS wrestling at League C...
SPOKANE VALLEY - Historically, postseason basketball at the B level has taken place over four exciting weekends throughout the greater Spokane County area. Four weekends apparently wasn't enough for Districts 6 and 7, as the two added a new wrinkle to the postseason picture this year: Crossover games to qualify for the state tournament the weekend of Feb. 17-18. The WIAA has allotted three boys state berths to District 7, three girls state berths to District 7, two boys state...
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. Jan. 16 Traffic stops: 27 An Odessa woman said she saw a car broken down near the King Ranch feed lot off Coyote Heights Road. A Davenport woman called about several dogs running loose and causing problems to her prop...
EWAN - A Cheney area woman is being held on $500,000 bail in the slaying of her son. Christine Diane Catelli, 58, is charged with second-degree murder (intent to kill), Spokane County Jail records show. She was booked into the jail at 4:59 a.m. Jan. 15 after deputies found the remains of her son wrapped in garbage bags off Gene Webb Road, in rural Whitman County, east of Sprague. The location near Ewan - a small community between Lamont and Saint John - was close to Rock...
DAVENPORT-After a lengthy search by the Lincoln County Republican Central Committee to find three candidates deemed by the Committee to be worthy Republicans, three names were submitted to the county commissioners to be chosen as Mark Stedman's replacement for the District No. 1 commissioner seat. Jo Gilchrist of Davenport, Kelly Watkins of Odessa and Brett Bishop of Edwall were submitted by the Committee for the commissioners to choose from. Gilchrist and Watkins were selecte...
SPRAGUE–Julie Murphy was named the 2022 Citizen of the Year by the local Chamber of Commerce at the annual Chamber Dessert and Auction Monday, Jan. 16. Murphy was nominated by letters written and reviewed by the last three recipients of the award: Bill and Ginny Ressel, Loi Lutes and Tim Wilken. Additionally, the Chamber officers for 2023 were installed Monday, including president Tim Wilken, vice president Candy Knowles, treasurer Mary Lawson and board members Jill S...
RITZVILLE-After jumping out to an early lead, Davenport held on to defeat the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington Broncos 55-49 in a NE2B girls basketball matchup Friday, Jan. 14. At the opening tip-off, the Lady Gorillas slapped their full-court press on LRS, wreaking havoc on the Broncos each time they brought the ball up court. Their trapping defense resulted in several turnovers that led to a dominant first quarter performance. In the opening quarter the Broncos...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Jan. 20-26 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Jan. 20 LRS basketball at Kettle Falls @ 3 p.m. Reardan girls wrestling at Othello @ 5 p.m. Odessa basketball vs. Springdale @ 6 p.m. Reardan basketball vs. Asotin @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 Davenport wrestling at Ritzville Tournament @ 10 a.m. Reardan girls wrestling at Othello @ 10 a.m. Reardan wrestling at Mat Animal in Quincy @ 10 a.m....
RITZVILLE-After suffering their only defeat of the season on Jan. 3, Davenport's top-ranked boys basketball team has reeled off five wins in a row. The most recent, a 60-48 win over the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Harrington/Washtucna Broncos Saturday, Jan. 14. "Every time you come to LRS you're going to get a good game," Davenport head coach Matt Henry said. "Dustan (Arlt) has them coached up real well and they're a strong athletic team." Shortly after the game started, the...
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. Jan. 9 Traffic stops: 11 Multiple calls from Spokane Police and Spokane County said a Medical Lake man reported he saw someone starting up his pickup truck and driving off in an unknown direction. A caller said a man...
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. Jan. 2 Traffic stops: 4 A Walla Walla man said he noticed someone was putting funds into his account so he could mail them gift cards in an apparent scam attempt. A Davenport woman said her neighbor’s large dog was ru...
SPRAGUE—Taxpayers are being asked to help Cemetery District No. 7 fund cemetery maintenance and operation expenses through a regular property tax levy on the Feb. 14 special election ballot. The levy would be collected for one year (2024), district commissioner Joy Vold said. Taxpayers would be charged approximately 28 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value for a total collection amount of $35,000. Voters with a property value of $300,000 would be charged $84 toward this levy. Vold said a levy was last passed in the g...
SPRAGUE—The school district here needs funds to continue providing the services it presently does, and is counting on the will of the voters to provide that money through a replacement levy on the ballot in the Feb. 14 special election. The two-year levy will collect $215,000 each in 2024 and 2025, which is an increase from the $195,000 being collected annually on the present levy. However, the district projects the individual estimated levy rate will be decreased due to an increase of property ownership in the district. ...
ODESSA—Lincoln Hospital District No. 1 voters will be asked to do what they’ve historically been willing to do in the special election coming up Tuesday, Feb. 14: pass a one-year operation and maintenance levy. The estimated levy rate is $2.36 per $1,000 of assessed property value for collection in 2024 and will bring in $671,800 “for paying part of the District’s operation and maintenance expenses,” according to proposition language. A voter with a property valued at $300,000 would pay $708 toward this levy if it’s pass...
and Reardan wrestling can be found on our website at odessarecord.com this week. DAVENPORT-After a tough loss to Liberty nine days ago while shorthanded, the Gorilla boys got back on track with three dominant wins over Kettle Falls, Asotin and Chewelah this week. The Bulldogs up north were the first domino to fall in the streak Friday, Jan. 6. Davenport routed Kettle Falls 78-49 behind 26 points from Tennessee Rainwater, who returned to the lineup after missing the Liberty...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Jan. 13-19 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Jan. 13 Davenport basketball vs. Colfax @ 6 p.m. Odessa basketball at Valley Christian @ 6 p.m. Reardan basketball at Liberty @ 6 p.m. LRS basketball at St. George’s @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 Davenport and Reardan wrestling at Apple Pie Invite in Tonasket @ 9:30 a.m. Reardan girls wrestling at Newport @ 9:30 a.m. LRS wrestling at N...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Jan. 6-12 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Jan. 6 • Odessa basketball vs. Almira/Coulee-Hartline @ 6 p.m. • Reardan basketball vs. Colfax @ 6 p.m. • Reardan wrestling at Cheney @ 6 p.m. • LRS basketball at Northwest Christian 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 • Davenport and LRS wrestling at Banks Lake Brawl in Coulee City @ 10 a.m. • Reardan wrestling at Blackhawk Invite @ 10 a.m. • Dave...
Jan. 1906, 117 years ago New Years Eve witnessed the passing of the liquor store traffic and local saloons sold out early in the evening. A Sunday school was organized at Irby, with Weldon Williams as superintendent and Jacob Ott as an assistant. Samuel Reinman bought the John Schatz ranch south of town for $32,000 and leased it to his son Ed Reiman. Jan. 4, 1935, 88 years ago Police Judge F.B. Totusek held evening court on Wednesday night, when Jacob Hardung and Conrad Gisek appeared before him both on charges of drunk 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. 26 Traffic stops: 0 A caller said another man was threatening him. A Reardan woman said she was having problems getting into her Hummer that had a dead batter and faulty lock. A caller reported a court order vio...
DAVENPORT - It was another interesting year in Lincoln County, and a fascinating inaugural year of The Record-Times. Here's a look back at the news that dotted headlines and news pages in the second half of 2022. A recap of the news from the first half of 2022 will be in next week's issue. July Chad Prewitt began his role as superintendent of the Davenport School District, replacing the retiring Jim Kowalkowski. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office received no calls of fires re...
DAVENPORT - It was another interesting year in Lincoln County, and a fascinating inaugural year of The Record-Times. Here's a look back at the news that dotted headlines and news pages in the first half of 2022. A recap of the news from the second half of 2022 will be in next week's issue. January A substation regulator at the Avista transformer station on Third Street caught fire and knocked power out throughout Davenport for over 10 hours. Confusion spread throughout...
