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DAVENPORT – School leaders and the board aren’t happy with recent mandates brought down by the state, state superintendent Chris Reykdal and Gov. Jay Inslee. After making some tweaks, the board agreed to sign on to a letter penned by Davenport superintendent Jim Kowalkowski, middle/high school principal Chad Prewitt and elementary principal Noelle Carstens to Inslee with three specific requests at the board’s Aug. 16 meeting. The first request asked Inslee to pivot from Reykdal’s recommendation that all school employe...
DAVENPORT – The most exciting part of council’s Aug. 11 meeting may have been Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jon Evans jokingly threatening to ticket councilmember Cory Hollis for tuning in to the meeting via Zoom while driving a harvester. Otherwise, council quickly passed two action items relating to budgets and grants before adjourning after 25 minutes. The first resolution was to repeal the previously approved Resolution 2021-09 and replace that with a new authorization for mayor Brad Sweet to enter a grant agree...
DAVENPORT – With the recent opening of Lincoln Hospital's new medical clinic, area residents are once again reminded of how fortunate they are to have top notch medical care and providers in our own backyards. Medical providers and facilities have been a mainstay of Davenport since pioneer days, and behind every good facility are those who put in many years to serve others. People like Lincoln Hospital's "Honest Abe," who has been filling shifts at the hospital since it opened...
HOUSTON – Darby, Glenna and Charlotte Soliday, who attend or graduated from the Davenport School District, and Jakari and Treyson Singleton of Reardan composed a group of five locals that competed in the National AAU track meet in Houston the first week of August. All five are members of the Spokane Speed track club and qualified for nationals through regional AAU meets in Yakima and Boise in June. Darby Soliday, a 2021 graduate of Davenport High School, competed in the 1...
DAVENPORT – 15 community members consisting mostly of district parents used the public comment section of the school board’s Aug. 16 meeting to voice their concerns and complaints with school mask mandates, a procedure that would allow students to use the bathroom corresponding to the gender they identify with and vaccination requirements that may be looming for K-12 school teachers and staff. The 90-minute public comment period showed large opposition to last week’s announcement from state superintendent Chris Reykdal that...
It's almost time to return to the gridiron. Football players at Davenport and Reardan High Schools returned to practice Wednesday morning, Aug. 18 in preparation for the 2021 season. Davenport players were on the high school field working through fundamentals, while the Reardan athletes hit the weight room to measure their strength. Both schools will start the season on the road Sept. 3, with Davenport visiting Colfax and Reardan going to Northwest Christian (Colbert). Other...
Band Teacher Ron Harper was a star attraction at Davenport's "School Preview" event Tuesday, Aug. 17. Harper was one of the participants in the "Dunk Tank."...
Editor’s Note: This is an update to last week’s article on the six candidates who had filed before press time during a three-day special filing period Aug. 10-12. LINCOLN COUNTY – Nine candidates used a special three-day filing period to file for county positions that hadn’t received any filers during the regular period in May Aug. 10-12. Four candidates filed for local positions. Celeste Lewis of Reardan was the only local candidate to file after press time last week. She filed for re-election on the town council there....
HARRINGTON – City Council met at city hall on Aug. 11 with the following in attendance: Mayor Nathan Luck; Clerk Jere Lee; Councilmen Justin Slack, Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Stephen Hardy and Levi Schenk; visitors Joe Armand, Jess and Cynthia Silhan and seven others viewing on YouTube. Council approved the minutes with corrections and the bills. Schenk voiced opposition to the city subscribing to newspapers, saying he thought the library should pay for them. At issue was the Memorial Hall custodian, which has become a...
Members of the Free Press Publishing family of newspaper writers, photographers and graphic artists have won one or more awards in the following divisions of the 2021 Better Newspapers Contest: advertising, special sections, news, photography and digital processing. Staff members placing first, second or third in the categories listed are Davenport editor Drew Lawson, Cheney Free Press contributor Paul Delaney, advertising manager DeeAnn Gibb, publisher/photographer Roger Harnack and graphic artists Walter Willand, Garth...
Dale Loren Ramm, 65, passed away on Aug. 3rd, 2021 at the Odessa Memorial Hospital after a progressive battle with brain cancer. Dale was born on Sept. 1, 1955, to Adolph and Esther (Jasman) Ramm in Odessa, Wash. After graduating from Odessa High School, he attended Spokane Community College where he met his wife Kim (Bucher) Ramm. They moved back to Odessa, where they owned Ramm Hardware for 35 years. Dale was passionate about his community and was an avid volunteer for the...
A combine displaying the Wazzu Cougars logo harvests the field by the Washington State University Extension on the east side of Davenport Friday, July 30. Harvest has been ongoing in the area for many farmers in Davenport and Reardan for a couple weeks. Dry and smoky conditions have led to an early harvest for a majority of local farmers this year....
DAVENPORT – A busy agenda as approvals were concerned was passed by a short-handed council, with just two members present in-person and two councilmembers attending via Zoom. Council passed three resolutions and two first readings regarding grant funding, ARPA dollars and budget amendments at its July 28 meeting. The first resolution passed established authority to execute distribution of Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and Airport Coronavirus Response Grant programs. The second resolution e...
DAVENPORT – Negotiations between Lincoln County and Teamsters Local 690 to update the Sheriff’s Office’s contracts for commissioned and non-commissioned officers continued for about 90 minutes during the county Board of Commissioners meeting Aug. 2. No final agreement was reached, but the two sides agreed to continue discussing matters Aug. 16 and Aug. 30. The meeting was the fourth negotiation between the county and Teamsters. During previous negotiations July 6, about an hour was spent on the commissioned officer contr...
DAVENPORT – 6th Street Café and Pizza and Romriell Dentistry are temporarily closed due to COVID-19 issues amongst employees. Both closed their doors last week and will be closed through the start of next week. COVID-19 rates had plummeted in Lincoln County by the beginning of July, but the widespread Delta Variant has caused a surge in local cases. The county had seen 25 new cases in a 14-day span as of July 30 and has had nine more cases this week, creating 34 new cases in a 19-day span. The county had almost zero CO...
DAVENPORT – Lincoln County had the state’s third-lowest unemployment rate in June, according to the Employment Security Department’s Labor Market and Economic Analysis report for that month released July 20. The county’s unemployment rate was 4.3%, a full percentage point lower than the state average of 5.3%. The only counties with a lower rate were Asotin County at 3.4% and Walla Walla County at 3.9%. The highest unemployment rates in the state were found in Pacific and Grays Harbor Counties, both at 7.4%. Lincoln County...
SEVEN BAYS – The life of a local Fish and Wildlife officer can take one from Clark to Seven Bays, or from Seven Bays to Sprague, or all the way into Spokane County by Medical Lake and Airway Heights, as The Times learned Friday, July 30 when invited on a ride-along for the day with Lincoln County Fish and Wildlife officer Curt Wood. The day started with a drive to Seven Bays via Hawk Creek Road and Miles Creston Road to inspect a bear trap that had been planted there for a...
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. July 25 Traffic stops: 5 A caller complained about people speeding on Miles-Creston Road near her house, saying the speeding cars were close to causing accidents. A collision was reported at Fort Spokane where a you...
ODESSA – The primary election held August 3, 2021, was of limited interest to Odessa area voters. Only two items appeared on ballots received by local citizens. One was for Adam Walser, running unopposed, for the unexpired term of Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney. The position is that vacated by former prosecutor Jeff Barkdull of Davenport, when he was elected Superior Court Judge in the last general election. The other race to be decided by Odessa voters was for the Town of Odessa’s Councilman No. 4 position. Inc...
DAVENPORT – The school board approved the hire of a new full-time custodian at its regular meeting July 26. Aaron Kelp has been the custodial lead for the Mead School District since 2010 and is moving to Lincoln County, where he’ll take the custodial position here. He was a custodial substitute here during the 2020-21 school year while keeping his job in Mead. Kelp graduated from Rogers High School in 1991 and was an alignment manager at Les Schwab and a shop manager at Midas and R & R Oil, all in Spokane, during the 199...
Lillian K. Stone Aug. 28, 1930 - July 18, 2021 Lillian K. Stone, 90, passed away July 18, 2021 at Pacifica Senior Memory Living, Coeur d" Alene, Idaho. After several years struggling with Alzheimers, the disease finally took her life. She very peacefully moved to her new home in heaven where she was welcomed by her husband of 57 years Dick Stone, her parents Leon and Martha Kozielski, her brothers Anton and Larry Kozielski, her sisters, Carrie Dreyer and Pauline Hillsmeier....
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. July 18 Traffic stops: 16 A Hunters woman reported a possible domestic violence situation. A woman reported her vehicle was hit by a car. A Colbert woman reported a disabled boat on Lake Roosevelt. A Davenport wom...
Milton James (Jim/Zimpy) Zimprich, 84, passed away July 11, 2021 at the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center after a long battle with cancer. Jim was born on May 13, 1937 in Spokane, Wash. to Milton and Betty Zimprich. Jim is survived by his wife Lora, four children Denise (Benny), Jim (Sue), Tammi and Tony; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren that brought him such joy and his sister Pat. Graveside Inurnment was held on Fri., July 23, 2021 at...
After a long five-year hiatus, the world’s greatest athletes have converged for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. When I haven’t been busy putting together this week’s paper, I’ve been watching these athletes compete in a bevy of sports while feeling insecure about my athletic shortcomings compared with the unbelievable feats achieved by the competitors. It’s an American tradition to sit on our couches and watch TV for six hours while wondering why we aren’t as athletic as...
ODESSA – Harvest in Odessa is progressing rapidly this year. The lack of rain and the higher than normal temperatures have reduced yields across the board by about 40 to 50% according to Mark Cronrath of the Odessa Trading Company. Quality is also just so-so, he says. Odessa area farmers were blessed with several back-to-back years of very good crops leading up to what Cronrath calls this "insurance year" in which low yields will lead many farmers to file insurance claims o...
