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DAVENPORT--The local community is mourning the loss of one of its own this week. Ruthie J. Massie, 21, Davenport was killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash that also injured five girls Monday, Feb. 21 at 12:40 p.m., according to a release from Washington State Patrol. According to the report, a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Massie was traveling eastbound on Highway 2 when it lost control and flipped off the highway north into the field north of Highway 2, where it came to rest upright. Four of the passengers were 11-y...
DAVENPORT--The local community is mourning the loss of one of its own today. Ruthie J. Massie, 21, Davenport was killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash that also injured five girls Monday, Feb. 21, according to a release from Washington State Patrol. According to the report, a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Massie was traveling eastbound on Highway 2 when it lost control and flipped off the highway north into the field north of Highway 2, where it came to rest upright. Four of the passengers were 11-year-old girls and...
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday that he’ll drop the statewide coronavirus-mask mandate March 21. Inslee said that’s the day when he believes it’ll be safe to remove mask mandates and not overwhelm hospitals. “It would not be safe to do this today,” he said. “We will be removing the mask mandate in our schools and public indoor spaces as of Monday, March 21.” Students may still be required to wear masks on buses. The governor added that he will not end his emergency proclamation at that time, declining to offer a date...
DAVENPORT-City council had a vacancy for one of its seats since Nathan Hansen resigned in November due to a move outside city limits. That vacancy was finally filled at council's Feb. 9 meeting, when local businessman and resident Jonathan Chapman was selected from four candidates to fulfill the remainder of Hansen's term. The four applicants for the advertised position were Chapman, Robert Jenkins, Marjorie Stemmelin and Barbara Vincent-O'Connor. Five councilmembers were...
Leonard Woolsey and his daughter, Oakley, pick out flowers for Woolsey's wife during a busy Valentine's Day at Country Touch Floral in Davenport Monday, Feb. 14. Many last-minute shoppers came to the store to find a romantic option for their significant other....
DAVENPORT—Brandy J. Hood, a Reardan woman who was found guilty by a jury on four counts of fourth-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and one count of harassment with the threat to kill Jan. 18, won’t be receiving a new trial. Presiding judge John F. Strohmaier denied a motion for mistrial after Hood accused Reardan police chief Andy Manke of influencing the jury and having personal relationships with jurors that may have influenced the guilty verdict. The judge’s decision was handed down at a Feb. 15 court...
DAVENPORT – Following the lead of the Kettle Falls and Richland school boards, superintendents from across Northeast Washington sent a letter late Tuesday night, Feb. 15, to Gov. Jay Inslee requesting an end to mask mandates for students, staff and visitors. The letter , which was penned by Educational School District No. 101 Superintendent Michael Dunn was also sent to Dr. Umar Shaw of the state Department of Health and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal. “We are writing on behalf of districts in the...
Government and community meetings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas for the week of Feb. 18-24. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Tuesday, Feb. 22 Davenport Chamber of Commerce meeting at 7 a.m. in Avista meeting room Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the county courthouse Wednesday, Feb. 23 Lincoln County Parks and Rec District No. 3 meeting at 9 a.m. in Memorial Hall Reardan-Edwall school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the C...
DAVENPORT—A Yakima truck driver originally charged with second-degree assault stemming from an incident in May 2021 entered a guilty plea on an amended charge and won’t face jail time. Ernest Vern Windisch, age 62, pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment in Lincoln County Superior Court Tuesday, Feb. 15. Windisch was handed $700 in total fees but given zero days in jail after his guilty plea, according to court records. The sentence stems from a prosecutor’s review of a report filed by Lincoln County Chief Crimin...
DAVENPORT—Retired accountant Dick Wandling wants to see the Chamber of Commerce here become an active organization instead of a stagnant group with a few dozen members that pay dues and do little else. That’s why the former accountant for Leffel, Otis and Warwick is putting on a Chamber meeting at the Avista meeting room on Morgan Street this Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 7 a.m. The Chamber currently has between 20-40 members, but hasn’t been active since late 2019. In its heyday, it hosted the annual Chamber banquet, held month...
Odessa – February 12, 2022- Odessa School District Ag Shop is pleased to announce receiving a grant from Washington State FFA Foundation for $56,700. Proceed will go towards the implementation and advancement of the CASE AFNR (Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources) and CASE APT (Agriculture Power Technology) Curriculum. "I am excited to start purchasing necessary supplies to start the full implementation of CASE APT and advancement of CASE AFNR. This hands-on, s...
Kathryn Burnett won first place in the FFA Employment and Skills CDE at the sub-district competition. Kathryn completed a resume, cover letter and job application. She then had a "job interview" by a panel of three judges. She will move on to district competition in March....
Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers announced that as of February 14, 2022 Text-to-9-1-1 service is available in Lincoln County. T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T and Inland Cellular Wireless customers in Lincoln County can now send a text message to 9-1-1 in an emergency. Texting to 9-1-1 is a new, important service. It is intended to benefit people who may not be able to speak due to an emergency such as a home invasion or abusive partner, as well as individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities. “Don’t abu...
HARRINGTON – The local kindergarten class celebrated 100 days of school on Friday, Feb. 11 by visiting downtown. The eight children, led by their teacher Taunya Sanford and assisted by Tammy Putney, began their field trip at the Harrington Opera House/Bank Block Building. There they viewed 100 bricks outlined on the historic building built in 1904. In the lobby, which once was a bank, each student received play money to purchase a ticket and a mask and proceeded upstairs to a...
Craig N. Simpson, secretary and manager of the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District, says that the District will begin filling the East low Canal for the 2022 irrigation season on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The East Low Canal serves the Moses Lake, Warden and Othello areas of the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and the Connell (Block 18) area of the South Basin Irrigation District. Deliveries from the East Low Canal will begin on March 28. Deliveries to the East District’s Block 49, from the Potholes East Canal, w...
Week #6 of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 13, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results Jared King was the only Odessa shooter to hit all 25 targets. Shooting 24 were Nick Tebow, Anthony Paszkiesz, Ryan Lewis, Jon Fink and Brian Wraspir. Garrett Braun, Tyler Smith and Tom Schuh shot 23. Jared Praetorious, Markus Smith and Trevor Smith all hit 22 targets. Hitting 21 was Mitch Wraspir. At 20 and under were Holden Iverson, Lexi Eden, Colley W...
ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met on Feb. 14 in the public library with Mayor Bill Crossley presiding. Council members Vickie Iverson, Landon Lobe, Amy Gimmestad and Marlene Kramer attended in person and Abby Reyes was present via telephone. The council members discussed distribution by the state of Covid relief dollars to nonentitlement units of local government (local governments typically serving populations of under 50,000) and the associated reporting requirements for receiving the funds. Under new business, the O...
DAVENPORT—The long-awaited and somewhat controversial Family Dollar store that’s been in the works here since Fall 2020 has finally broken ground. Construction crews began turning up ground at the former Lyons Park site Monday, Feb. 7. Property owner Brian Anderson said the Family Dollar, a retail chain store similar to the Dollar Tree, is expected to be open for business late this summer. The permitting was completed in City Hall last week. Family Dollar is responsible for constructing the building’s interior and handl...
Government and community meetings and gatherings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Sprague and Edwall areas for the week of Feb. 11-17. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, please email dteditor@centurytel.net. Tuesday, Feb. 15 Harrington PTA meeting at 7 p.m. in the school library Wednesday, Feb. 16 Sprague city council at 6 p.m. in City Hall Thursday, Feb. 17 Lincoln Hospital commissioners meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the Board Conference Room Reardan town council at 6 p.m. at the Reardan United M...
A two-year replacement levy seeking funds from taxpayers in the Harrington School District had passed by a wide margin as of press time. A special election was held Tuesday, Feb. 8 for voters to decide on the levy, which had received 131 “yes” votes and 57 “no” votes with just 14 ballots left to count by press time. The district will collect funds in 2023 and 2024 totaling $375,000 per year, which carries an estimated rate of $2.25 per $1,000 in assessed property value. That’s a decrease from the current rate of $2.50 per...
DAVENPORT – A Yakima truck driver accused of running a red Jeep off Highway 2 a few miles east of Davenport in May 2021 has a hearing to change his plea on a charge of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon. Ernest Vern Windisch, age 62, has an appearance scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 15 after originally entering a not-guilty plea Oct. 5, 2021. Windisch received the second-degree assault charge July 21, 2021 after a prosecutor’s review of a report filed by Lincoln County Chief Criminal Deputy Kody Becker on May 28, 2021. Ac...
DAVENPORT – Two newspapers serving Lincoln County readers will soon become one paper covering a larger section of the county. The Davenport Times and Odessa Record are merging to create the Lincoln County Record-Times, Publisher Roger Harnack announced last week. It’s a merger that will become effective March 1 and first be reflected in the March 3 issue. “Given the continued economic stresses on our communities and the lack of prospective employees to fill openings, this merger will enable us to continue to provide a voice...
Week #5 of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 6, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results Jon Fink and Nick Tebow hit all 25 targets. Shooting 24 were Markus Smith, Anthony Paszkiesz and Ryan Lewis. Garrett Braun, Trevor Smith and Cody Stanford shot 23. Tyler Smith, Scott Buchmann, Tucker Walter, Wyatt Haase, Jared Praetorious, Bill Weber and Brian Wraspir all hit 22 targets. Hitting 21 were Jared King and Mitch Wraspir. At 20 and under were H...
The Odessa High School chapter of FBLA traveled to Spokane for the regional winter leadership conference and their first live competition in two years. FBLA advisor Terri King says, "Students spent many hours in the computer lab preparing for their events and relearning the techniques used to give a live presentation in front of judges." Odessa FBLA's teams and individuals received 22 awards at the Spokane conference, and King says the students are excited to attend the...
OLYMPIA – During the height of the COVID pandemic, Washington state Sen. Judy Warnick worked to secure funding for a bourgeoning and much needed alternative to large meat processing facilities that were hit hard by the virus. Closures around the country led to shocks in the meat supply, causing prices to spike and supply to plummet. In 2020, industry experts estimated that meat production, particularly of beef and pork, dropped 30 percent. Warnick, R-Moses Lake, sponsored Senate Bill 5045, which the senate approved, but w...
