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ODESSA — Some clarification has been requested regarding the article in the Nov. 5 issue of The Record on the food drive being conducted this week. The Odessa Community Ministerial Association, or OCMA, consists of local ministers who gather together in supporting community activities, such as Vacation Bible School, The Odessa Food Bank, Community Hymn Sings, and assisting in benevolence as needs arise. The Youth Group is a separate group made up of young people from various area churches and is led by Brent Finkbeiner. T...
HARRINGTON – The Harrington Opera House Society met Nov. 2 in the Art Room with the following present: Ellen Evans, Becky Moeller, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Linda Wagner, Billie Herron, Ed and Bunny Haugan and Karen Robertson. The Stedmans offered to check on wood for the pew cushion project. Members discussed the First-Aid kit and the sandwich-board style that is being considered for the marquee with no action taken. A roof hatch was discovered open following the recent w...
DAVENPORT – CPA firm Leffel, Otis & Warwick, P.S. of Davenport, Wash., is a new member of the Eide Bailly Alliance, a member-based association of non-competing CPA firms formed by Eide Bailly, one of the top 25 CPA firms in the nation. Members have access to resources, experience and service specialties that help them serve clients evolving needs while remaining independent. Leffel, Otis & Warwick, P.S. was founded in 1954 in Davenport and was one of the first firms to look outside the traditional role of accounting and t...
Workers continue their inspection of the railroad overpass across state Highway 28 just outside of the Odessa town limits, near the Dobson Road outlet....
ODESSA – The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met this week Tuesday in the public library at noon for the first time since last March. President Zach Schafer, having served five years in that position, longer than any previous Odessa Chamber president, told members he could no longer continue in that role, although he said he would continue to attend meetings and contribute to the organization. He also called for nominations for the Chamber’s officers, something that takes place each November. Several current officers were als...
COULEE DAM – Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area may implement the following pile burns during the fall of 2020. Pile locations: • Martin Creek, 12 acres, about 3 miles south of Haag Cove, Ferry County • Hunters, 4 acres, near Hunters Campground, Stevens County • Rickey Point, 8 acres adjacent to Rickey Point Road, Stevens County • One large pile at each of the following locations: Stevens County -Evans, Kettle Falls, Gifford, Lincoln County -Fort Spokane, Keller Ferry, and Spring Canyon A goal of prescribed fire in P...
RENTON-The pandemic has struck another blow to local athletics. The WIAA voted to delay the start of winter sports to Feb. 1, 2021 and shorten each sports season to seven weeks apiece at its Nov. 17 meeting. Practices for winter sports season, the most prominent of which are basketball and wrestling, were originally scheduled to begin Dec. 28, with competitions coming shortly after. However, a surge of positive COVID-19 cases across the state caused the WIAA to create another...
DAVENPORT-The Gorillas were planning to begin after-school practices for boys and girl's basketball and wrestling today, Nov. 16. Those plans were axed after Gov. Jay Inslee's latest measures to fight the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus were announced yesterday, Nov. 15. All after-school practices and activities are postponed until further notice, the district announced via its Facebook page. "It's not safe right now," athletic director Tim Zeiler said. "I talked to other...
REARDAN--A driver was cited for driving while under the influence after a semi truck of construction lumber overturned on Highway 231 on Friday. The Nov. 6 spill occurred near Tramm Road, approximately mile marker 35. The road was closed from mile marker 30 (Reardan)to mile marker 45 (Long Lake Rd) for several hours....
LINCOLN COUNTY – The Lincoln County Commissioners are working with department heads to create a balanced budget for 2021, but surmounting a projected $1.2 million shortfall will require some deliberate actions. The situation at present is one of “revenues down, expenses up” according to Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman. “We are roughly $1.2 million from balancing the 2021 budget due to some drops in revenue,” Coffman said. “Our overall revenue is expected to be down $400,000 while our expenses are going to increase $3...
HARRINGTON – The Harrington School Board recently passed a “gender inclusive” policy on Oct. 28 to address the needs of transgender and gender-expansive students. The policy affirms that an “inclusive approach” to transgender and gender-expansive students in regards to “use of names and pronouns”, “restroom and locker room use”, dress codes and other items. The goal of the policy is to “provide these students with an equal opportunity for learning and achievement.” In order to do this, the policy outlines that the dis...
DAVENPORT – A Halloween car crash on Highway 2 resulted in the arrest of a woman with multiple felony warrants who was also in possession of an illegal firearm and drugs. According to information from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Jasmine Hernandez of Warden was arrested after her vehicle hit a guardrail just before midnight on Oct. 31. Reports state that Hernandez was jumping in traffic after the crash, trying to get a ride to Moses Lake. She then ran down Bennett R...
LINCOLN COUNTY – In the wake of the still uncertain 2020 election results, local Republican party leaders say they are disappointed with how the election has gone so far. Two major elections in Washington, both for state governor and U.S. President are awaiting certification although it is projected Democrats will win the seats. Democrat Jay Inslee is leading the Washington State Governor’s Race with 56 percent of the vote statewide over challenger Loren Culp who is pulling 42 percent of the votes. Democrat Presidential Can...
NESPELEM, Wash. – The Colville Tribes announces that it is one of the first recipients of a spectrum license issued through the Federal Communications Commission and its Rural Tribal Window program. This license provides the Tribes exclusive use of wireless spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band to connect communities on the Colville Reservation to wireless services. The Colville Tribes plans to implement this license by deploying wireless broadband in two phases. Phase one will include services to communities near Keller (including t...
SPOKANE VALLEY — Liberty state supporters have a new champion in Olympia following yesterday's general election. Republican Rob Chase of Spokane Valley will be filling the 4th Legislative District seat being vacated by Rep. Matt Shea. As of the end of ballot counting Nov. 3, Chase had 61% of the vote to Democrat Lance Gurel's 39%, according to the Spokane County Election Office. Chase is a former Spokane County treasurer and was backed by Rep. Shea. Liberty state is the most current iteration in Eastern Washington's c...
LINCOLN COUNTY – During an initial count in the Nov. 3 general election night, voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots for incumbent President Donald J. Trump. Lincoln County voters led the state with 72.29% support for President Trump and running mate Vice President Mike Pence. Only 25.69% of voters here supported Democrat challenger Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. Only two Eastern Washington counties – Whitman and Walla Walla – were leaning toward Biden. Statewide, Biden was leading with 60.76% to Tr...
DAVENPORT – COVID-19 continues to have a major impact on our lives and Representative Tom Dent of the 13th Legislative District understands exactly how vicious the virus can be after he suffered a setback and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on October 21, 2020. Representative Dent was successfully treated at the Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake with REGN-COV2. “I cannot say enough about the quality of care and the dedication of the staff at Samaritan. We are truly fortunate to have such a high quality fac...
DAVENPORT – At an Oct. 23 meeting, the Davenport City Council voted to accept a one percent increase of the property tax collected by the county on city properties, a move that will bring the city roughly $2,600 a year. According to Lincoln County officials, properties in the city of Davenport in 2020 were worth an assessed value of $107 million. The county taxes those properties at the rate of 3.375%, a tax that brings in $278, 752 to the county coffers. State law allows the city of Davenport to take one percent of that r...
Wash., D.C. – The Trump Administration last week removed the gray wolf from the endangered species list. In Washington, this means the wolf will no longer be considered a federal endangered species in Western Washington, or east of Highway 97. Management of the wolf is now transferred fully to the state, which still lists the wolf as a state endangered species. State cattlemen’s groups applauded the federal decision. “We have tremendous confidence in the science that informed this important decision, and thank (Inte...
REARDAN – The district has plans to improve the schools in the next five years. Finance director Justin Flaa presented a draft for a capital improvement plan through 2025 to the board. “Last year when we talked about capital projects, the board said loud and clear that you wanted to have a plan,” Flaa told the board. “This is our first draft of what that plan might look like.” The five-page plan detailed how much money various projects would cost and indicated what funding sources would be used. It listed project descripti...
HARRINGTON – At a Oct. 28 meeting of the Harrington City Council, the council determined how to spend over $10,000 in federal assistance granted to the city via the CARES act. Council members Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Stephen Hardy, and Levi Schenk, along with Mayor Justin Slack attended the meeting. The council approved the purchase of several items related to upgrading technology at city hall. The council approved spending $700 on a microphone to record online meetings and $6,000 on iPads and associated a...
LINCOLN COUNTY – Davenport and Reardan student-athletes had to wait seven months until practices could resume in any fashion. Now, sports camps have been occurring since October, but these practices look far stranger than normal. Throw that in with the fact that the athletes don't know when exactly they'll be able to play in a game, or what that game might look like, and the strange themes the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought become evident. "We're trying to keep an optimistic a...
RENTON, Wash. – The WIAA Executive Board approved a process for determining the status of upcoming WIAA seasons during the 2020-21 school year Nov. 2. The process outlines a timetable for decision making as well as a minimum participation requirement and is based on feedback from athletic directors. The Executive Board determined that, in order for a season to take place, 50% of schools in a WIAA region (by classification) must be eligible to participate in league games as p...
OLYMPIA – Warning to health care professionals with Washington licenses: Beware of scammers falsely claiming to represent the Washington State Department of Health – and don’t send money to anyone without being certain of the recipient’s identity. That comes in the wake of at least two apparent attempts to defraud Washington providers. One attempt failed, but the other proved costly to a dentist. In that case, the dentist received a call from someone spoofing the Department of Health’s telephone number, along with two bogus...
CRESTON – A semi truck that rolled off the road on Oct. 31 near Creston did not result in any injuries, according to the Washington State Patrol. The truck rolled onto its right side after the driver was pulling over to use the bathroom and the wheels sunk into soft gravel. There were minor injuries to the driver and passenger. The truck was laden with fruit destined for out of state. The fruit was considered a total loss....
