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Week three of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot had the shooters out in the bitter cold again on Sunday, Jan. 23. Reporting results are Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results Nick Tebow had a perfect score of 25. Shooting 24 were Cody Stanford and Jared Praetorious. Markus Smith and Tyler Smith both shot 23. Jared King and Garrett Braun came in with 22. Five shooters hit 21 targets: Nathan Melcher, Corbyn Neilsen, Tom Schuh, Stan Dammel and Deric Schmierer. At 20 and under were H...
OLYMPIA, WA — The Washington State Broadband Office has announced funding for 13 construction projects that will deliver reliable, high-speed internet access in 14 communities when completed. The $145 million in Broadband Infrastructure Acceleration grants move Washington another step closer to its ambitious goal of connecting all residents of the state to broadband infrastructure by 2028. “Infrastructure is the foundation for digital equity. From education and healthcare to e-commerce and community services, the daily ess...
ODESSA – At its meeting Jan. 24, the Odessa Town Council had very little business to transact but did make plans for 2022. The town council reorganizes its representatives annually. The mayor presents committee appointment recommendations for ratification by the council. According to Town Clerk Meri Jane Bohn, the purpose of committees is to enhance communication and coordination of issues before they are presented to the council as a whole. Each committee meets and reports on an as-needed basis. Many committees will r...
FAIRCHILD AFB–The 92nd Air Refueling Wing was selected as one of two Air Force finalists for the 2022 Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award (CINC IEA). This is only the second time the installation has ever been nominated for the award, and the airmen on base are hard at work in preparation for next week's inspection. Each year, the CINC IEA is awarded to the best installation in every department under the Department of Defense, including the Air Force. This a...
REARDAN—Students in the school district here are studying from home this week as surging COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant forced district leadership to elect for a remote learning model this week. Reardan had 188 of its roughly 690 students miss school last Friday due to either being positive for coronavirus or being in close contact with a positive case. The school leadership team elected to be remote for the 3.5 days of scheduled school this week on Monday m...
DAVENPORT—Lincoln County has received a third broadband grant toward building fiber in local, small municipalities. This grant, courtesy of the state Broadband Office, is for $5,218,072 and will provide an eight-mile connection between Sprague and Lamont and a 13-mile connection from Creston to Hawk Creek. The county previously received a $1,963,920 grant from the Community Economic Revitalization Board for Almira, Creston and Harrington fiber-to-home connection and a $4,162,072 grant from the Public Works Board for R...
Government and community meetings for the week of Jan. 21-27 in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Wednesday, Jan. 26 Parks and Recreation District No. 4 meeting at 9 a.m. in Memorial Hall Reardan-Edwall school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the Commons Harrington school board meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Library Davenport city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City H...
DAVENPORT—The Lincoln County Commissioners heard an update concerning the happenings at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area from superintendent Dan Foster at the commissioner’s March 18 meeting. The National Parks Service manages three standard campsites and nine boat-in campsites along Lake Roosevelt and the Spokane River arm in Lincoln County and Stevens County. Like most businesses and organizations around the world, the National Park Service at Lake Roosevelt is facing a labor shortage. “Our biggest problem has been...
SPOKANE—29 locals from Davenport, Reardan, Edwall, Harrington and Sprague made honor roll at the two community colleges of Spokane, Spokane Falls Community College and Spokane Community College for fall quarter. 1,553 students from SFCC and 2,105 students from SCC total made honor roll, which is awarded to scholars with a grade point average of 3.0 or better for fall quarter. Davenport residents on honor roll at SFCC included Lau Olesen, Tina Ek, Pearl Wilson, Cami Heidegger, Phillip Barton and Daniel Watkins. They were j...
Looking west down First Avenue in Odessa shortly after completion of the first two all-brick downtown businesses on either side of Division Street. At the far left is the building that currently houses LocalTel and some smaller businesses, and across Division St. to the west is the building that currently houses The Odessa Record and the Party On! banquet hall. More information on this event will follow in future issues of The Record....
OHS cheerleaders try to get the crowd involved during the Jan. 12 game against Moses Lake Christian Academy: Chloe Winkler, Alyssa McKinney, Yvette Davey, Natalie Riggs, Maria Garcia and Emma Schmidt....
SEPTEMBER Two new practitioners began work at the Odessa Clinic. Russell Jones, a certified nurse practitioner, was hired as a full-time employee. Gregory Proulx, also a certified nurse practitioner, was hired to fill in for other providers needing to take time off. He lives in Texas, but has agreed to come to Odessa as needed. Members of the Odessa Lions Club and of the OHS chapter of FBLA worked together doing some demolition work on the Old Town Hall interior prior to the installation of new walls and flooring. Reports...
ODESSA – The 104th year of the Spokesman-Review Inland Northwest Trapshoot began Jan. 9, 2022, with the Marlin and Odessa Gun Clubs again joining forces to participate in the oldest and largest shoot of its kind in the U.S. Trapshooters from Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon make up the participating clubs. After Covid precautions kept some from participating last year, both the newspaper and the club members found it challenging to get back into the swing of this long-time contest. The two clubs are now back to s...
ODESSA – The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met Jan. 11. Colley Walter presented a proposal to offer presale orders of Deutschesfest Biergarten German Sausage. Orders would have to be placed by sausage-making time, around Aug. 1. The Chamber website at www.odessachamber.com and The Odessa Record will provide ordering details in early summer. In other business, the Chamber is seeking community members to form a Downtown Christmas Lighting/Decorating Committee for the 2022 Christmas...
The sun begins to set on a cold winter's day and reflects onto railroad tracks east of Highway 28 off Mountain View Cemetery Road south of Davenport. The snow cover is left over from a 4.3 inch mini-storm that rolled through the area Thursday, Jan. 6....
HARRINGTON—The search for a new superintendent at the school district here is on after Wayne Massie announced he’ll be retiring at the end of the school year. Massie has been with the district on a part-time basis for four years while commuting to Harrington from Spokane Valley. He first retired from a full-time educational career seven years ago and has been working part-time since, but this time, he said he’s hanging up his educational cleats for good. “I’ve just had enough of everything to do with the job, like all the m...
SPRAGUE—The annual Chamber of Commerce banquet and silent/live auction will be held at the school here Monday, Jan. 17. New Chamber officers will be sworn in, and four nonprofits will earn proceeds from the auction. Additionally, the city’s Citizen of the Year will be awarded. Last year’s winner was teacher Loi Lutes. “Our annual chamber meeting has been going easily over 50 years,” banquet chair Joy Wilken said. “We started doing the auction about 15 years ago.” The four nonprofits benefiting from the auction will be the c...
Editor’s note: This article discusses sensitive and potentially triggering subjects, including sexual assault, drunk driving and involvement of minors in assault cases. Continue reading at your own discretion. DAVENPORT—A local man was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol last week. Austin Anderson, 21, Davenport was booked into Lincoln County Jail Jan. 3. Anderson is already facing a third-degree child molestation charge in Lincoln County Superior Court for allegedly making sexual advances tow...
DAVENPORT—Last Thursday brought 4.3 measured inches of snow here, which was a Jan. 6 record since the National Weather Service began recording daily precipitation in 1893. The snowfall brought over half of Davenport’s January snowfall average in one day. The city usually averages 7.5 inches of snowfall in the first calendar month, NWS lead meteorologist Charlotte Dewey said. “You could say that Davenport got half a month worth of snow in one day,” Dewey said. “Davenport usually gets pretty decent snowstorms in the winter, but...
Reardan-Edwall fifth-grader Colbie Anderson took third place in the Washington State regional VFW Veteran's Day essay writing contest. Anderson is seen here with her winning certificate and ELA teacher Jackie Whitfield....
DAVENPORT—The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received $148,138 in grant funding from the state Department of Commerce for “less than lethal” equipment following legislative laws passed at the state level regarding public safety in the 2021 session. House Bill 1310 specifically targeted use of force by law enforcement officers, including physical and deadly, and promoted less lethal alternatives and de-escalation strategies. The Department of Commerce then announced law enforcement agencies could apply for grant funding...
DEEP CREEK--An adult woman was killed this morning in a two-car crash near the 6500 block of North Wood Road in Spokane County northeast of Reardan. The crash occurred around 7 a.m., according to a press release from the Spokane County Sheriff's Office. The woman, whose name has not been released, was driving a 2003 Saturn Ion northbound on Wood Road when the car crossed the center line and crashed into a 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck, the release said. The deceased was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the...
MAY Odessa’s Town Council debated whether or not to continue providing recycling service to the town, with the cardboard recycling bin being of particular concern. With the Covid pandemic keeping many folks at home, online ordering of goods skyrocketed, and the cardboard bin began filling up within days of the arrival of an empty bin. The town found it too costly to have the bin emptied more than once a month, leading some folks to leave cardboard on the ground beside the bin once it was full. When the council terminated t...
HARRINGTON – The City of Harrington has a new mayor, Jess Silhan, and the challenges could be staggering to a less decisive personality. However, Silhan is showing himself to be an immediate responder to what most would consider an onslaught of problems. As most cities are battling the intense storms that covered streets with ice, snow or water, Harrington is as well. Portions of the infrastructure that have been neglected for years wasted no time in gaining the new mayor's attention. Without missing a beat, Silhan made decis...
1 years ago Jan. 13, 1922 American Legion elects officers. The local American Legion boys held their annual election of officers at their regular meeting at the city council chambers Friday night and the following officers were elected to take charge of Rudolph M. Stumpf post for the ensuing year: Cecil E. Jenks, post commander; Joe P. Keller, vice commander; Jake Hopp Jr., adjutant; H.H. Rieke, finance officer; C.A. Bragg, Alex Kramer and Dave Greenwalt, trustees. First new dollar. The first dollar of the new coinage was...
