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This voter's guide covers seven contested races around Lincoln County including the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas. Each contestant was given the opportunity to submit biographical information, a photo and answers to two to three questions specific to their race in an effort to help local voters make informed decisions on their ballots this election season. 11 of the 14 candidates covered in these races responded with all or most of the requests, as...
ODESSA – When Odessa received a $68,000 grant from Lowe's to restore the Old Town Hall, the opportunity to renovate the 100-year-old building created excitement, says Terri King, advisor to the Odessa High School FBLA chapter. Once renovation began, she adds, it soon became apparent that additional work was needed beyond what the grant was paying for. Three of the walls in the south room of the Old Town Hall were in serious need of a facelift. The cracked lath-and-plaster w...
The office of the Lincoln County Treasurer reminds all Lincoln County taxpayers that second-half 2021 taxes and assessments are due October 31, 2021. Interest/penalties are due if payment is not received or postmarked by October 31, 2021. We encourage you to pay your taxes by mailing them to Lincoln County Treasurer, P O Box 370, Davenport WA 99122 or dropping off your tax payment in the secure drop box located on the north side of the courthouse. Also, you may pay your taxes or obtain tax information on the website at...
DAVENPORT – Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers' pre-trial date concerning the three criminal charges he is facing has been pushed to Feb. 9, 2022 at 1:30 p.m., according to Lincoln County District Court. The pre-trial had originally been scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 3. Magers, who is charged with obstructing a law enforcement officer, making a false or misleading statement to a public servant and rendering criminal assistance in the third degree, entered a not-guilty plea on all three counts at his arraignment July 7. The ch...
ALMIRA – Last week Tuesday, Oct. 12, the Almira school building that normally housed elementary grades 1 through 5 and ACH Middle School grades 6, 7 and 8 caught fire and burned to the ground in a raging conflagration. The fire burned all through Tuesday night as about 100 firefighters from Almira and its neighboring fire districts battled the blaze and kept it from spreading into residential areas. Fortunately, no one was in the building that Tuesday, as school was c...
HARRINGTON-Candidates for city council, mayor, school board and the fire district gathered in Memorial Hall here to briefly speak to voters before mingling for a meet-and-greet. 10 candidates appearing on this year's general election ballot spoke to the crowd of about 15. Pastor Cade Clarke, who is running for re-election to the school board, was first to speak and said he wants to see student growth within the district, particularly within the STEM and SPED programs. He also...
DAVENPORT-5th Congressional District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was here Friday morning, Oct. 15 for a broadband demonstration by several companies (see page 2). Rodgers met with a sparse crowd of voters at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds prior to the demonstration and had a brief conversation with The Times after the demonstration. Rodgers, a Republican, spoke to around 10 gathered inside for about 30 minutes. She first read a passage from the U.S. Constitution before...
DAVENPORT—Questions held over from council’s Sept. 22 meeting regarding the upcoming construction of a Family Dollar store at the old Lyon’s Park on Logan, First, Second and Morgan Streets were presented, and, in many cases, answered at council’s Oct. 13 meeting. Mike and Doug Janke, whose father lives on Logan Street, had expressed concern about Family Dollar landowner Brian Anderson’s petition of council to vacate the Logan Street right-of-way for property use. Rudy Franco and Jason and Mindy Flett had also shown their dis...
The Davenport homecoming royalty was crowned at halftime of the Oct. 15 football game against Kettle Falls. In the center stands king Jarrett Jacobsen and queen Kylee Buchanan. The two are flanked by Tate Foster and Cady Zellmer (left) and Jake Coffman and Allison Jorden (right). Turn to page 12 for more coverage of the homecoming football win....
DAVENPORT-Peak Industries Inc., of Spokane and its business partners demonstrated what the company claims is a solution for rural communities struggling with high-speed Internet access for Fifth Congressional District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and a few community members at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds Friday, Oct. 15. The demonstration showcased Peak's turnkey rapid broadband deployment using digital electricity, which the company says is the first of its kind. The...
DAVENPORT—The city council’s finance committee met ahead of council’s Oct. 13 meeting to discuss the third quarter budget and look ahead to the 2022 budget as the annual budget cycle approaches. The city brought in $2,628,095 in the third financial quarter (June-Sept.), which was 96% of what was budgeted. The city spent just $2,287,688 of its $3,452,495 expenditures budget that quarter. As is typically the case, property tax revenue was down in the third quarter, as most property taxes are collected in the second and fourth q...
DAVENPORT—Another round of negotiations between Lincoln County and Teamsters 690, which represents the Sheriff’s Office’s commissioned and non-commissioned officers, sparked a discussion concerning compensation for the non-commissioned jail and dispatch staff. The non-commissioned staff, which have been seeking a 3% raise that the county says isn’t financially feasible, were represented by Brad Sweet, Joe Kuhn and Taj Wilkerson. Gabe Gants represented the commissioned officers. County prosecutor Adam Walser, who has been th...
DAVENPORT—The Washington Election Integrity Coalition United (WEICU) and Jerry Schulz of Reardan filed a “first amended verified complaint for equal protection” and demanded a jury trial in its latest filing in a lawsuit against the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office and auditor Chandra Schumacher. WEICU and Schulz are seeking a trial and “seek a judgement for violations of their state constitutional rights stemming from the Auditor.” The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit two weeks ago based on unproven allegations of vote-flippi...
HARRINGTON--Mayor Pro Tem Stephen Hardy called the City Council meeting to order in the Memorial Hall on Oct. 13. Those in attendance were Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Justin Slack, Levi Schenk, Clerk Jere Lee and visitors Jess Silhan, Joe Armand and Denisa Holling. Davenport requested that the transfer of $700,000 from an investment fund for the cemetery be added to the agenda. Despite the budget planning committee failing to meet, Council discussed generalities regarding the budget. A lack of equipment and the need to...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague during Oct. 22-28. If you’d like your community organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Oct. 25 Davenport school board at 6 p.m. in the elementary library Wednesday, Oct. 27 Reardan school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the Commons Harrington school board meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the high school library Davenport city council at 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council at 7 p.m. in City H...
DAVENPORT—Local fire chiefs and commissioners aren’t requiring their volunteer firefighters receive a COVID-19 vaccination, leaving the choice up to the individual whether to get an inoculation or not. However, state mandates do apply to some of the volunteers for EMS services. The state mandate issued that requires state employees to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18 does apply to volunteers that are licensed by the state as an Emergency Medical Technician or paramedic, which impacts some districts more than others. These vol...
Myk Crawford captured this image of a colorful aurora borealis west of Davenport at about 9:47 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11. In the foreground sits Rocklyn Zion United Methodist Church, 31136 Church Road East....
ALMIRA—Flames engulfed the elementary/middle school here in a fire that began Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 12 and burned into the early morning Wednesday, Oct. 13. The school building was ruled a total loss, and the local community has lost its school. A cause of the fire hasn’t been made official, but authorities believe it may have been caused by an electrical issue, according to Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers. The call of a fire came at 4:12 p.m. Tuesday after someone ins...
DAVENPORT—The school board approved two new positions for hire in a move tabled at the end of September at the board’s quarterly meeting Oct. 11. However, the approval came with adjustments requested by the board. The board had previously waited to approve a request from school administration to create and advertise for two new positions, a lunchroom assistant and health room aide, seeking more financial information at the board’s Sept. 27 meeting. Administration described both positions as part-time positions. The lunch...
The Washington State Democratic Central Committee filed a motion to intervene on a lawsuit filed last week by the Washington Election Integrity Coalition United and Jerry Schulz of Reardan against the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office alleging election misconduct by the office and former auditor Shelly Johnston during the 2020 election. “Nearly a year after the 2020 election…the plaintiffs have filed a complaint filled with entirely fabricated claims of election fraud,” the motion reads. “The plantiff’s effort to delegitimize t...
The public meetings held last week by the administration of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center presented an opportunity for new CEO John Serle and new CFO Kimberly Dalrymple to inform the community about recent expenditures approved by the OMHC board, the recent departure of two well-liked "permanent" nurse practitioners and a chance to counter some of the wilder rumors circulating in town about conflicts between the administration and the staff. The meetings were held on...
SEVEN BAYS—A former local man was booked and released in Lincoln County Jail after an arraignment in Superior Court on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender with a prior felony conviction Tuesday, Oct. 5. Caden Marcus Maxwell, 18, was charged by the county prosecutor after failing to notify the Sheriff’s Office of his move from Lincoln County into Spokane County within 10 days of moving to a new fixed residence in a new county, according to court records. Maxwell told a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deput...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague during Oct. 15-21. If you’d like your community organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Oct. 18 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the county courthouse Wednesday, Oct. 20 Sprague city council at 6 p.m. in the public library Thursday, Oct. 21 Lincoln Hospital Board of Commissioners meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the conference room Reardan town council at 6 p.m. in the United Methodist C...
ODESSA – The Odessa Athletic Booster Club holds its fourth annual dinner and auction next week on Saturday, October 23, at the Odessa Community Center. A social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. is followed by a prime rib dinner. In the auction, there are many interesting items up for grabs. Attendees will have an opportunity to bid on the many silent and live-on-the-side auction items, including hand-crafted items and décor, cakes and baked goods, photo sessions, outdoor items an...
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. Oct. 4 Traffic stops: 4 A Harrington woman reported a Volkswagen bug that reportedly overshot Highway 2 into a field and was left abandoned. A 76-year-old Sprague man was reported having a heart attack. A porcupine ne...
