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Hoffman, James H. June 1, 1944 - June 13, 2021 James H Hoffman was born June 1, 1944 and passed away on June 13th, 2021 in Rocklyn, WA. He was born to Wilmer & Letha (Smith) Hoffman. Jim was raised on the Seven Springs Ranch, west of Davenport, Washington. He graduated from Harrington High School in 1962. Jim attended and played basketball at Yakima Valley Community College, where he met Linda Pearson who he later married. Jim loved his children, Lori Hashimoto, Janine Noel,...
DAVENPORT—County citizens celebrating Independence Day should use an option other than fireworks and other burns this year, all eight Lincoln County fire districts have said this week. The record-high temperatures, dry climate and high winds have forced all fire districts in Lincoln County to enact burn bans that include fireworks through the 4th of July. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Board of Commissioners and Reardan Police Department have said they won’t enforce burn bans with criminal punishments because an ordin...
DAVENPORT — After a two-year hiatus, Pioneer Days is back on the summer events menu. This year’s installment will take place July 16-18. The annual event that occurs every year during the third weekend of July was cancelled last year due to coronavirus mandates; it’s back on this year, with some changes. The Pioneer Days Parade, which is sponsored by the Lions Club, starts at 11 a.m. July 17. Check-in runs from 8-10 a.m. that day at Strate Funeral Home, 505 19th Street. The parade route starts at the intersectino of Morga...
DAVENPORT – A 95-year-old record was broken here Monday, June 28. The National Weather Service (NWS), which measures local temperatures from Wellpinit entered a high temperature of 108 degrees around 4 p.m., while the Weather Channel recorded a high temperature of 106 degrees. The city’s previous highest recorded temperature was recorded at 105 degrees on July 26, 1928. The National Weather Service recorded even higher temperatures the next day, Tuesday, June 29 at a whopping 111 degrees by 3 p.m., while the Weather Cha...
DAVENPORT — Due to a family emergency, advertising representative Sheila Hatton left her position with The Times after 12 days on the job. Hatton will be moving to attend to personal matters. Office hours are adjusted until Hatton’s now-vacant position is filled. Editor Drew Lawson will be in the office Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m, unless his news responsibilities draw him outside the office. He can be reached at dteditor@centurytel.net. Advertising questions should be directed to Kim Pearson in...
It’s very hot and dry. Have you noticed? As a result, fire districts and authorities in Lincoln County and throughout Eastern Washington are asking that residents refrain from lighting fireworks as part of their Independence Day celebrations this weekend. It’s not the news we wanted to hear (especially for resident pyrotechnics inclined to drop $1,000-plus on patriotic explosions), but this year, it’s the right call. Fireworks, dry climates and poor decisions don’t mix. I’ve s...
WEISER, Idaho - Davenport resident Barb Curtis took third place in the Senior Senior Division of the National Old Time Fiddle Contest on Thursday, June 24. Senior Seniors are aged 70 and older. This was Curtis's third appearance, and she improved her position for the second straight time. Twelve contestants were entered in the division playing three rounds of three tunes each. All played without music present and with accompanists of their choice on either guitars, mandolins...
DAVENPORT —Several Lincoln County residents have been named named to an honor roll, and deans‘ list and presidents’ List at Gonzaga University, Whitworth University and Washington State University for spring term. Kaysa Panke of Davenport made the President’s List at Gonzaga, which requires a grade-point average between 3.85-4.0. Grace Lilje of Davenport made the Dean’s List for a GPA between 3.5-3.84. Lilje graduated with a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering and Riley Utley of Davenport graduated Magna Cum Laude wit...
DAVENPORT – Two Gorillas are representing their school as all-NE2B First Team selections. Sophomore Tennesee Rainwater is on the first team for the boys, while senior Darby Soliday wrapped up an accomplished Davenport athletics career with a First Team nomination for the girls. The Soliday family littered the All-NE2B teams overall, as Stacia Soliday was named NE2B girls basketball Coach of the Year, while sophomore Brenick Soliday was named to the boys Second Team. The D...
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. June 20 Traffic stops: 6 An illegal campfire was reported on Fifth and Sinclair Streets in Davenport. A suspicious vehicle was reported on 11th and Jefferson Streets in Davenport. A Creston man said his ex-wife was...
DAVENPORT--There's a good chance the high-temperature record held since 1928 will be broken on three consecutive days here this week. The National Weather Service is forecasting high temperatures of 107 degrees Fahrenheit here today (June 28), which would break the recorded high mark of 105 degrees set on July 26, 1928. If that record still holds today, it likely won't tomorrow, when temperatures are expected to reach an astounding 111 degrees. Wednesday isn't expected to be much cooler, with the high forecast reading 109...
SPOKANE – It's going to be a record-setting day, in terms of high temperatures that is. According to National Weather Service meteorologist Laurie Nisbet in Spokane, the region should set all-time record high temperatures this afternoon. Nisbet this morning went through decades of weather data for several small towns within the Free Press Publishing readership area from Spokane to Pasco and Odessa to Colfax. In Colfax, today's recorded record high is 100 degrees, set in 1...
DAVENPORT--The city has banned fireworks for Independence Day weekend as heat records here begin to fall, conditions remain dry and fire danger remains high. "After much discussion and speaking with all stakeholders, The city of Davenport has decided to not allow fireworks in city limits this year due to the extreme heat and dry conditions," mayor Brad Sweet wrote on Facebook. "We want everyone to be safe this season and have a Happy 4th." A burn ban has been implemented in Fire Districts 3-9. All bans include fireworks, with...
COULEE DAM — Due to extreme conditions, all fires at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are prohibited effective 12:01 am, Friday, June 25, 2021 until further notice. No open flames are permitted. This includes, but is not limited to, all fires in NPS provided fire rings and boxes, shoreline fires, charcoal fires, tiki torches, incense burners, candles, and propane campfires. Self-contained propane or gas stoves and lanterns are still allowed during the full fire ban. For the most current information regarding the fire b...
DAVENPORT-Three teachers with the district here celebrated their retirements at the conclusion of the 2020-21 school year after a combined 102 years here with the district. Jean Parsons, Karen Brewster and Rawleigh Fisk will head out of their educational careers, with most having plans to remain in the area in their post-career lives. Parsons was Spanish teacher Jean Parsons was employed by the district full-time in 1984, but was a substitute teacher for seven years prior,...
DAVENPORT-A Hawk Creek resident and Washington native has been hired to staff the front office at The Times. Sheila Hatton joined the staff and had her first day Wednesday, June 16. Hatton grew up with stops in the Tri-Cities and Western Washington. She moved to the Hawk Creek area with her husband of 19 years, Dave Hatton, in 2018. "We were drawn to the beautiful Lake Roosevelt area and the kayaking," Hatton said. "We wanted to get out of the rat race after my husband worked...
DAVENPORT-On the weekends, locals here may notice a new snow cone stand next to Hardy Hardware at the corner of Eighth and Morgan Streets. That stand is called Davenport Shaved Ice, and it is run by James Nealey and his 14-year-old stepson, Jaydon Otero. Nealey's family moved here from Spokane Valley in 2019. He went to College of Western of Idaho and graduated with an associate's business degree in 2016. He went to school after serving in the Army from 2006-10 before he...
DAVENPORT—The school board approved administrative and non-union represented employee contracts for nine district employees at its June 21 regular meeting. Superintendent Jim Kowalkowski, middle/high school principal and assistant superintendent Chad Prewitt, elementary and assistant middle school principal Noelle Carstens, business manager Leslie Oliver, district secretary Stephanie Linstrum, behavior intervention specialist Trenton Briney, occupational therapist assistant Nina Olson, plant operations director Joe Coppersmit...
DAVENPORT – The Model T Ford Club of America will be touring here Tuesday, July 13 as part of a five-day tour through the Inland Northwest area. Around 150 Model T’s and 300 people are expected to park around City Park, the Lincoln County Museum and the surrounding area. That day’s tour is chaired by Davenport local Mike Stormo, a member of the club. The cars and members will be gathered at City Park in the morning for coffee and donuts before heading to Two Rivers Resort at Fort Spokane for lunch. The tour members are stayi...
Pamela "Pam" (Thompson) Hosking Nov. 14, 1935 – June 15, 2021 Pamela Jane "Pam" Hosking (Thompson), 85, passed away June 15, 2021 in Davenport, Wash., after a short illness. Pam was born Nov. 14, 1935 in Limestone, Maine, to Cecil and Julia Thompson. She grew up on the family's potato farm, tending cows, driving truck and cooking for the field crew. She attended the University of Maine in Orono, where she went on a blind date and met her future husband, Robert Hosking. The cou...
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. June 13 Traffic stops: 4 A Davenport man reported suspicious circumstances. A Harrington man said he was threatened by his girlfriend’s brother. A caller reported a calf out on Highway 2 at milepost 240.5. A sudde...
SPANGLE – After holding off the rival Reardan Indians in the NE2B district quarterfinals last Tuesday, the Lady Gorillas saw their season come to an end with a blowout loss to the Liberty Lancers in an NE2B semifinal matchup 54-35 Thursday, June 17. Teagen Colvin scored 31 points for Liberty to carry the Lancers into the district title game, which the Lancers won in a 77-46 demolition over top-seed Lind-Ritzville/Sprague two days after beating Davenport. Senior Darby Soliday scored 15 points for the Lady Gorillas, while E...
DAVENPORT-Yes, this time the grand opening news is real. 6th Street Café and Pizza, a new restaurant aptly located on 6th Street between Morgan and Park Streets, is hosting its grand opening Friday, June 25 at 6:30 a.m. Owned by a local husband and wife, Ian Riley and Jessica Friedland, the restaurant will feature artisan pizza, gourmet coffee, gourmet ice cream, pastries and beer and wine on tap. "We think there's very good demand for something good and fresh," Riley said. Ri...
Many would argue that Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro wrote the most notable book of the 20th Century with his 1990 tale “The Remains of the Day.” He has written many other works in between, but his latest, “Klara and The Sun,” is a wonderfully woven story of just what love, living and the fear of death mean in our culture. Set in the not too distant future, the title character, Klara, is a B-2 model AF, or artificial friend. In a society where genetically modified children are “lifted” to higher achievement and better...
ODESSA – The forecast for this weekend is for dangerously hot weather. Temperatures at various weather services have ranged from highs of 108 to 110 by next Monday. At least one weather service is forecasting high temperatures of 100 degrees or more for all of next week. Health officials are urging people to take precautions, such as limiting strenuous outdoor activities, drinking plenty of water to stay hydrated and seeking shade when you must be outdoors. Fortunately for t...
