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ODESSA – A group of volunteers assisted the Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society with putting lights on the large evergreen tree on its property. A crew under the direction of Marlene Kramer, current president of the Society, put the lights onto the tree last week on a sunny but cold day. The lighting of the tree will take place Sunday, November 29, at 5:30 p.m. outside the Old Town Hall. Holiday lighting has also begun appearing in other locations around town. Some residents h...
Birthdays for Nov. 22: Chad Strebeck, Skip Regli, Brent Kissler, Kellie Luiten. Nov. 23: Lacy Kelly, Glen Allen(†), Madison Finkbeiner. Nov. 24: Connie Kellar, Kyle Tebow, Peggy Tracy(†), Nicole Carpenter. Nov. 25: Brenna Carstensen, Dierks Todd. Nov. 26: Donald Valverde, Angela Griffith, Ed Hayden. Nov. 27: Della Jette, Kellie Reyes, Joel Heimbigner, Dakota Largent, Travis Todd, Ed Crosby(†). Nov. 28: Bruce Walter. Anniversaries for Nov. 25: Myron(†) & Marlene Kramer. (†) = deceased, = military veteran...
Thanksgiving Day is less than a week away, and conditions this year may have many cooks experiencing their first time roasting a turkey. The internet has hundreds of seasoning recipes, how-to guides and roasting/cooking methods, but if this is your first time roasting a turkey, the abundance of various recipes may be overwhelming. Following are some guidelines to help you be successful with most any recipe you choose. First, make sure a frozen turkey is completely thawed...
ODESSA – Ireland Luiten, a 2020 Odessa High School graduate, has begun attending Gonzaga University in Spokane, and her parents, Greg and Kellie Luiten of Odessa, have reported that she has become a very busy person right at the outset. An avid dancer for most of her young life, Ireland tried out for the Dance Team that accompanies men's and women's basketball teams to some of their games, as well as some women's volleyball teams. The dance team performs routines during h...
ODESSA — Beginning this week, this section will include birthdays and anniversaries for the following full week Sunday through Saturday. This week only, Friday/Saturday of the current week will be included as before. Birthdays for Nov. 13: Drake Costlow, Pilot Weishaar, Colt Lewis, Wyatt James Williams. Nov. 14: Denice Wraspir. Nov. 15: Alexis Schmierer, Ellen Holman, Kenna Janice, Tom Schafer. Nov. 16: Steve Burroughs, Mila Coleman, Claire Squire. Nov. 17: Lauryn Hink, Marci Grall, Brayden Knight, Lynnie Schafer. Nov. 18: Ch...
ODESSA – Odessa High School 2018 graduate Hannah Sheldon, daughter of Don and Mo Sheldon, formerly of Odessa, has been awarded the American FFA Degree by the National FFA Organization based in Indianapolis, Ind. Only about 1% of FFA members receive this award each year. Hannah was recognized for this achievement at the National FFA Convention and Expo, a virtual event that took place Oct. 27-29. According to the FFA website, "As the highest degree achievable in the National F...
ODESSA – The high school class of Christ Lutheran Church is conducting a coat drive. People may come to Christ Lutheran Church, 602 East Amende Drive, just east of the Odessa Clinic, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily to look through the selection just inside the fellowship hall door across from the secretary’s office. You do not have to make an appointment or check in, just come. Please use the provided plastic gloves to search through the coats. Donations of winter outerwear may be left in the same area. If you don’t have time...
Current times have drastically changed how we honor the passing of family members and friends. Teresa Stone, daughter of the late Mildred Deife included me in a recipe memorial to her friend Marie Hein of Riverside, Wash. Marie was a committed, from scratch, cook. Teresa asks all in her email address book to share a recipe. Teresa, led off sharing a recipe she received from Marie for Potatoes Romanoff. The nice feature of this recipe is the baked potatoes called for, can be...
ODESSA – Odessa Food Bank Director Merleen Smith reminds Odessa residents that it is that time of year when the Odessa Youth Group, which consists of youth from various Odessa churches making up the Odessa Community Ministerial Association under the direction of Brent Finkbeiner, will be canvassing the community during a food drive to support the food bank. Plastic grocery bags containing a list of needed items will be delivered to each home on Sunday afternoon, November 8. The bags filled with non-perishable food items a...
Birthdays for Nov. 6: Matthew Evavold, Maria Manley, Brooke Pitts. Nov. 7: Harold Carper, Don Schuh(†), Sam Braun(†). Nov. 8: Jessica Winston, Danny Williams, Danika Wraspir, Tyler Smith. Nov. 9: Kaleb Walter, Margie Schell, Nick Sebesta, Jacob Collins. Nov. 10: Daniel Nelson, Sr., Curtis Weber, Brayden Finkbeiner. Nov. 11: Richard Voise(†), Larry Moffet, Paul Scheller. Nov. 12: Lois Harp, Witten Dirks, Paige Smith, Bradly Singer, Herb Zimbelman(†). Anniversaries for Nov. 7: Randall & Sandra Heimbigner. Nov. 9: Donald...
A heifer calf was recently donated for a rollover auction at Stockland Livestock on Oct. 19 to benefit area ranchers who lost cattle and feed due to the Whitney fire. The heifer raised $1,550 that will be distributed via the Lincoln County chapter of the Washington Cattlemen's Association....
DAVENPORT-- For her senior project, Davenport High School student Amber Anderson worked to collect donations of new lifejackets for the city pool. Anderson, a lifeguard, was able to collect 13 lifejackets by putting an ad on Facebook, as well as putting flyers up around town. The new jackets will be available to lend out at the city pool this summer....
STILLWATER, Oklahoma – Lincoln County student, Matthew Rosman, was recently honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with an academic scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year. The scholarship is part of the more than $1.8 million that students will receive from the college and its academic departments. Students from all majors are considered for university scholarships, which can be combined with college and departmental opportunities. “We are fortunate to have many high achieving stu...
7 years ago Oct 12th, 1950 High School football game to be broadcasted on TV Another milestone will be passed Saturday when the high school football game with Moses Lake will be broadcasted on TV. It’s not too illogical to believe that next year we might be running such headlines as “Gorillas to get 75,000 T.V rights at the Wilbur game.” However, gate receipts may hit by the modern miracle of television and other headlines will blare forth, “ Davenport High Says No to T.V. As Gate Receipts fall” 50 years ago Oct 15th, 197...
DAVENPORT – The Inland Northwest Railroad Museum hosted a quilt show last weekend that drew participants and visitors from throughout the region. A number of detailed quilts were on display and the show featured a Railroad Depot Theme Quilt Challenge that asked quilters to try and incorporate a depot into their design. Winners of the quilt judging included: First Quilts: Glenda Haddican, $100 (Reardan), Second: Anna Turner, $50 (Spokane), Third: Marlene Diehl, $25 (Spokane) W...
Fred Fleming is the recipient of the 2020 Reardan Lion's Club "Citizen of the Year" award for his outstanding community support and service. Fred is a farmer from the Reardan area....
RITZVILLE – Carpenter, McGuire & DeWulf, PS. attorneys at law with full time offices in Davenport, Odessa, Ritzville and Colfax, recently changed its name to McGuire, DeWulf, Kragt & Johnson, P.S. “John Kragt and Matthew Johnson have both grown up in our firm, and we felt they earned putting their names on the door,” senior partner Rusty McGuire said. “Ken Carpenter retired a little over a year ago, and we felt now was as good a time as any to make the change.” Johnson, a Colf...
OCTOBER 1ST -8TH, 1950 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WEEK The week of October 1 to 8 is National Newspaper Week. In 1950, two weekly papers roll off the press at the Times Tribune plant in Davenport. The first is the Davenport Times and the second is Spokane Bomber Views, a newspaper produced for the men of Fairchild Air Force base near Spokane. OCTOBER 1ST, 1970 CITY BUYS A NEW FIRE TRUCK TO SUPPLEMENT 1936 MODEL A new fire truck was purchased by the City of Davenport. Prior to being turned over to the city, the vehicle as serviced by...
SPRAGUE – Retired school administrator Patrick Whipple fulfilled an item on his “bucket list” when he published a book on local history earlier this summer. A 1973 Sprague High School alum who retired in 2017 as the superintendent of the Sprague School District, Whipple said it was on his “to do” list to write a book about some of the stories his grandfather and father told him. “I’ve had them in my head for 20, 30, 40 years — a long time,” Whipple said. “My dad always to...
SPRAGUE – Sprague Days was cancelled this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, but that didn’t stop Spokane Disc Dogs from holding a local championship of the Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship Series. Two one-minute rounds were held in a 60 x 150-foot field with five scoring zones set up in the park next to the Viking Restaurant. Turnout was limited, with skies filled with wildfire smoke categorized as hazardous. Six dogs and eight throwers competed in the event, whi...
SPRAGUE – The annual Sprague Days events were cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions, but community members and visitors carried on with events throughout the day, including a contest hosted by Spokane Disk Dogs in town. A Cruise the Lake Car and Bike Show at Four Seasons Resort featured music by Spokane DJ Scott Baker, a jumpy house for kids and several vendors. The Sprague Chamber of Commerce held their annual raffle in the late afternoon, which brought in $2,054. “It was a great success,” said Chamber President Joy Wilke...
LINCOLN COUNTY – When the dust settles and the smoke clears (literally), fall will have descended upon the vast wheat fields of Lincoln County. Tree leaves will go from a dark green to a bevy of orange, red and yellow colors before ultimately meeting their cold-weather demise. Though the weather maybe be turning from heat rays of sun to cold winds of fall and winter soon, there are still a number of activities to do in Lincoln County…or wherever one finds themselves…come autumn. Here are seven ideas for keeping busy this...
The Davenport Times has been serving the Lincoln County community for over a century. Below are some stories from our previous editions. 70 years ago September 14th, 1950 The Davenport Safeway store is running an Anniversary Sale on the following items: Roast Beef …12oz ...43 cents Tomatoes 20oz…7/1.00 Margarine…1lb 2/49 cents Jumbo bars….only .10 cents Beet Sugar….100lbs. 9.25 Tomato Juice 4 ½ oz.. 13/1.00 Fleet biscuit mix .39 cents Kitchen Craft Flour 50lbs..3.88…25lbs... 1.93… 10lbs..79 cents Italian prunes…20lbs…1...
Birthdays for Sept. 11: Wes Melcher, Hope Marshall, Blake Pfeifer, Helen Coubra. Sept. 12: Tori Weishaar, Amy Shaw, Joyce Luiten(†), Victoria Collins, Jan Weeks Burghard. Sept. 13: Andy Read, Michael Nichols III, Sadie Steward, Griffey Powell, Zach Schafer, Kailyn Dafler, Laura Ward. Sept. 14: Butch Jarschke, Joshua Frederick. Sept. 15: Steve Helland, Trey Lobe, Kyle Haase. Sept. 16: Connie Jo Tschritter(†), Kathie Donahue, Kaiden Pfeifer. Sept. 17: Scott Heimbigner(†), Dakota Steward. Anniversaries for Sept. 11: Leigh & Bri...
This should be the week things gear up for Deutschesfest in Odessa. Sadly, like most area towns, traditional festivities have been canceled due to the corona virus. Normally, the enticing smell of apple strudel, baking in the community center kitchen would waft through the air this week. Workers setting up the Biergarten would enjoy the aroma of pickles and sauerkraut fermenting. Sausage, kraut ranza, kuchen and many other German delicacies would be tucked away in freezers...
