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Hundreds of classic cars and chassis lined downtown Third Street in Harrington for the 12th Annual Harrington Car Show Saturday, May 18. The event is hosted by the Studebaker Garage in memory of founder Allen Jay Barth....
ODESSA - Thanks to John Hardt and the Fronen Steppdecker Odessa Quilt Club, 254 crosses with sewn rosettes will adorn the graves of veterans at the cemetery off Cemetery Road Memorial Day weekend. To celebrate Memorial Day, Hardt and a handful of other veterans will place 24 flags on light poles on First Avenue and 254 crosses on graves at the cemetery. On Monday, May 27, a public service to honor Odessa's veterans will be held at 10 a.m. at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center....
The Davenport marching band paces through downtown Spokane during the Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Saturday, May 18. Bands from Lincoln County were all represented at the Torchlight Parade, including one local band that received the Gold Standard. Turn to Page 9 for more....
PULLMAN - Two area FFA teams qualified for the National Convention with first-place, state championship performances at the 94th State FFA Convention and Expo May 9-11. Both the Reardan FFA Ag Issues team and a Davenport Middle School agriscience team will compete at Nationals in Indianapolis in late October. Davenport's pairing of eighth-graders Brooke Bell and Sage Kresser competed in a division of agriscience in April 20 competition in Puyallup. Bell and Kresser competed...
Summer barbeques include savory sides and salads. Kathy’s Shoe Peg Salad, another recipe submitted by Spokane Valley Herald reader Mary White, is a pasta salad filled with crunchy vegetables and tangy condiments, with just a hint of sweetness. This side salad is the perfect complement to a chicken, beef or pork barbeque. The recipes unique name comes from the style of canned corn included in the ingredients. Shoe peg corn is corn removed from the cob whole without cutting, a...
1 years ago Oscar Oehlwein of Davenport won third place in the mile run at the state interscholastic meet in Pullman. The annual meeting of the Lincoln County Tuberculosis league was held, with Dr. C.S. Bumgarner of Davenport elected president and Mrs. W.A. Buckley of Sprague elected vice president. A proposition to bond the city of Davenport for $10,000 to raise money to pave Morgan Street lost in a special election. 75 years ago Jerry Walter of Odessa showed a shorthorn steer that was declared grand champion over all...
DAVENPORT — Like the town 13 miles to the east, there will be no Junior Miss representing the city this year. The Celebrate Davenport committee recently announced that there weren’t any applicants for Miss Davenport and the program won’t have a representative this year. Celebrate Davenport spokeswoman Torri Mielke said the committee opened the program to all 16-18-year-old girls in Davenport last year. The current Miss Davenport, Rikkiana Chavelas, was last year’s lone applicant. City Councilman Lance Strite, Chavela...
Lincoln County Cattlemen's Association president Matt Schneider, Vice President Jon Hoard and Chad Overmyer delivered 300 pounds of ground beef to the Spokane Veterans Home Thursday, May 16....
Davenport birthdays May 24: Anthony Smith, Corey Cunningham May 25: Cody Cox, Dawn Dehn, Brian Dennis, Sarah Stiles, Dan Gunning May 26: Mike Pankey, Esteban Plasencia, Susan Hanchett, Oliver Hein, Chase Zellmer, Stacy Breithaupt May 27: Nicole Curtaccio, Tommy Plumb, Paula Reed, Dan Kilps, Tim Podowicz May 28: Michelle Lilje, Stephanie Morgan, Kathy Rosman, Matt Street, Bryce Bailey, Lucas Zeus, Noreen Hutfless May 29: Trish Walker, Olivia Alspach May 30: Nolan Lilje, Jeffery Gamache, Anne Guhlke Davenport anniversaries May...
The South East Marching Band, which includes students from Harrington, Sprague, Washtucna, Garfield-Palouse and Kahlotus, received the Gold Standard at the Torchlight Parade as part of the Spokane Lilac Festival Saturday, May 18. The band was one of 21 marching bands to receive Gold Standard, and the only band featuring Lincoln County students to do so....
Greetings and God’s peace to you all from our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ, Several years ago now a survey was taken about, “Why don’t people get to know their neighbors anymore (in the United States)? It was stated then, that a third of the population knew their neighbor’s names and interacted with them socially at least once a week. The decline in interaction amongst people being neighborly could have resulted in several of these possibilities; urbanization, technology, busy lifestyles, safety concerns, communi...
ODESSA - A Ritzville boy who is graduating from the high school here was one of five students in the state to be named a 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Jacob Scrupps, who carries a 4.0 grade point average and plans to study ag systems management at the University of Idaho, was named a Presidential Scholar in CTE Thursday, May 9. Scrupps joins Ashwin Joshi of Southridge, Lexi Molnar of Goldendale, Siddharta Dylan Pant of Lakes and Kosha Upadhyay of Bellevue as the five...
1 years ago Lincoln County Pioneer Sheriff John Level died after a battle with cancer. Mrs. Rose Landers of Sprague began suit against her husband, J.H. Landers, who had been arrested for allegedly marrying another woman before getting a divorce from Rose. The Lincoln County game commission placed a bounty of five cents each for offed magpies. 75 years ago Nearly 300 head of horses were sold at the annual Davenport Auction company event, with auctioneer Bill Hutsell crying from the truck in the center. Pioneer Sprague...
Brad Keeler and Lyle Morse of Spokane and Patrice Webb of Idaho treated an appreciative Harrington Opera House audience to original swing, blues & folk selections from each of their repertoires at a Saturday, May 4 concert....
HARRINGTON - The 12th Annual Harrington Car Show will line downtown Third Street from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18. The Show, held by Studebaker Garage in memory of Allen Jay Barth, will also feature vendors, live music, raffles and a rummage sale at the Opera House. Breakfast will be served at Memorial Hall until 10 a.m. Innovia Foundation is a major sponsor this year, and visitors can pick up a complimentary "Innovia Buck" from the Foundation booth to spend at local...
Davenport birthdays May 17: Vanessa Easley, Adam Robb, Melody Mielke May 18: Matthew Fisk, Brian Warwick, Cruz Plasencia, Tony Sawyer, Nathan Reinbold, Missy Sullivan May 19: Linda Patterson, Becky Bailey, A.J. Floyd, Ashley Gunning May 20: Kenny Pearcy, Kathy Coley, Tim Honey, Dan Walsh, Megan Geissler, Allison Jorden May 21: Joann Wood, Kira Branch, Elizabeth Wandling, Bailey McKeehen, Lucy Falk May 22: Lana Bowdish, John Hiccox, Diane Wade, Beau Duff, Ashlynn Allinger, Kristy Blauert May 23: Shirley Larson, Erik Hanchett,...
Davenport Elementary School second-graders took to downtown to deliver May Day baskets Wednesday, May 1. The visit follows an annual tradition of local children gifting businesses with the baskets marking the first day of May....
1 years ago Directors of the Washington Wheat Growers association voted to suspended 1924 crop operations to reorganize the association so the next year’s crop could be handled. Davenport High School won the 18th annual Lincoln County track and field meet. Individually, Fred Livasy of Almira and Lyle Bailey of Harrington tied for individual high point scorers. J.H. Landers of Sprague was jailed on a charge of getting married to one woman in the city while already having a wife and two children in Montana. 75 years ago G...
Families all have a collection of favorite recipes. They may be great-grandma’s go-to potluck dish, mom’s midweek special or a Pinterest find. Most lists include a favorite cookie, and Marble Cookies, submitted by Kelly Weber, Odessa, are a favorite in her family. The recipe comes from a Mrs. Fields cookbook. Marble Cookies 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup salted butter, soften...
SPOKANE - Odessa FBLA attended the State Business Leadership Conference Spokane from April 24-27. After many long nights and weekends of preparation, 32 students competed in 21 events and made it on stage by placing in the top ten for 13 competitions. Orlando will be the destination for 27 students as they move on to compete in the national FBLA conference from June 27 to July 3 this summer. The chapter received the Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit for participating in state a...
Davenport birthdays May 10: Josh Miller, Brett Alspach May 11: Marsha Hendrickson, Kaycee Hennings, Kevin Schweiger, Sharon Buck, Frosty Freeze May 12: Ricci Husky, Rochelle Hopp, Jalaina Jacobsen, Tyler Bailey, Alan Steinolfson, Willa Winzer May 13: Olivia Orvis, Emily Dixon, Elizabeth Waldher May 14: Justin Wood May 15: Hailee Ensor, Wyatt Morcom, John McElfish May 16: Ethan Carruth, Isaiah Bircher, Rachael Bambino, Josh Zeiler Davenport anniversaries May 11: Clif and Sabrina Warwick May 13: Dave and Deana Barta May 16: Mar...
SPOKANE - On April 24-27, 15 of Davenport High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) members traveled to Spokane to compete in the Washington FBLA State Business Leadership Conference. Members competed in a wide range of events, from Public Service Announcement to Introduction to Public Speaking. Members dedicated several months of their time preparing for competition, as they developed goals and activities, completed projects, wrote reports, prepared and memorized...
DAVENPORT - The Philanthropic Educational Organization Chapter N announced that Emma Cormier of Davenport and Kassidy Koch of Reardan are this year's scholarship recipients Wednesday, May 1. Each of these young women will receive a $500 scholarship while attending their chosen institution of higher knowledge. Cormier, the daughter of Matthew and Lisa Cormier, is attending Boise State University where she will pursue a degree in Business Marketing. Koch, the daughter of Kevin...
ODESSA - Jacob Scrupps, a graduating senior at the High School here, has been named one of 625 semifinalists in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, according to a press release from the Presidential Scholars Office. The semifinalists were selected from over 6,000 expected 2024 high school graduates. Scrupps is one of 12 seniors named semifinalists for the Program and is the only student attending a Lincoln County school. Scholars are selected based on their...
REARDAN – The 11th annual Walk for Water, sponsored by Reardan Presbyterian Church, took place Sunday, April 28, at the Reardan park. The 4-mile walk raised awareness and more than $4,000 for Water Mission, an organization that brings water filtration and sanitation solutions to third-world countries and sites of natural disasters. Event organizer Virginia Henderson said 58 people took part in the walk and enough money was raised to provide water to at least 70 people who s...
