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By Drew Lawson The Times DAVENPORT – Another round of negotiations between Lincoln County and Teamsters 690 took place Monday, Aug. 30 in a special extension of the county commissioner’s Aug. 16 meeting. The talks indicated the two sides may be close to an agreement for the first time in five years, but still have some gaps to bridge before the process is complete. Teamsters 690 representative Joe Kuhn said the two sides appear to have tentative agreements on holidays, wages and uniform allowances for commissioned officers. H...
DAVENPORT – Lincoln Hospital’s shiny new building has been up and at-em for almost three weeks now, leaving many to wonder what would happen with the old building. Mike Stormo and Garry Rosman had the same question when they saw a “For Sale” sign where the clinic used to be, but after some discussion, decided to buy the building and plan to turn them into retirement, senior living apartments. The apartments, which will be called Davenport Senior Independent Living, will be for people 55 and older who are looking to downsiz...
ODESSA – Six weeks ago, Odessa learned it was the recipient of a $68,000 grant to make the Old Town Hall a safer and more functional space for Odessa's senior citizens, as well as for the Odessa community as a whole. The Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society, teamed now with the Odessa Historical Society, has worked for nearly a decade to make improvements to the building. The Odessa High School chapter of FBLA joined in to help raise funding for these efforts, beginning with an...
HARRINGTON – Mayor Nathan Luck opened council’s Aug. 25 meeting with councilmembers Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Justin Slack, Steven Hardy and Levi Schenk (by Zoom) and visitors Cherie MacClellan, Denisa Holling, Jess & Cynthia Silhan and Joe Armand. Mayor Luck gave a report on the street projects, stating that some asphalt was put in on Douglas and First (via a TIB grant), as was some chip sealing. "We will have a little money left over and will see what we can do with that money,” Luck said. Hardy asked if it could...
DAVENPORT — Plans have been in the works for variety store chain Family Dollar to build its first store in Lincoln County with land bought from the city between Logan, Morgan, First and Second Streets since last year. An exact timeline for when ground might finally break is still unclear, but council has taken steps regarding that process several times this year. That trend continued at council’s Aug. 25 meeting, when council set a hearing date for an ordinance to vacate a portion of the Logan Street right-of-way to all...
Davenport Elementary kindergartner Natasha Alexander is dropped off at school by her grandfather, Cliff Warwick Wednesday, Sept. 1. Superintendent Jim Kowalkowski said the first day of school was overwhelming, but went well overall as enrollment is higher than the district expected. Davenport and Harrington started school Aug. 31, while Reardan started Sept. 1....
1 locals receive Innovia scholarships The Times 10 students from the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington and Sprague area have earned Innovia scholarships for higher education. Most local scholarships were awarded by the Mondovi Grange/Wilson Farm donation fund. Two girls from Sprague were lucky enough to receive multiple scholarships. Kelsey Billigmeier received a $1,000 award from Mark and Kay Burkett, a $2,000 award from William and Flossie Sanborn and $1,900 from the Mondovi Grange/Wilson Farm donation fund. She plans to...
LINCOLN COUNTY—It took 18 months since COVID-19 was first confirmed in the United States for Lincoln County to see its highest surge of the coronavirus to date, but August saw a spike of 180 new cases. However, only eight cases resulted in hospitalizations. Two patients died of the virus, one age 63 and the other age 79. One of the eight hospitalizations was in a person fully vaccinated against COVID-19. “While we have COVID patients being treated in Lincoln and Odessa hos...
HARRINGTON – Mayor Nathan Luck opened council’s Aug. 25 meeting with councilmembers Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Justin Slack, Steven Hardy and Levi Schenk (by Zoom) and visitors Cherie MacClellan, Denisa Holling, Jess & Cynthia Silhan and Joe Armand. Mayor Luck gave a report on the street projects, stating that some asphalt was put in on Douglas and First (via a TIB grant), as was some chip sealing. "We will have a little money left over and will see what we can do with that money,” Luck said. Hardy asked if it could...
Richard (Dick) Sitko passed away Aug. 25, 2021 at home in Davenport, Wash. He was born on June 13, 1936 in Fargo, N.D. to Alfred and Marion Sitko. His family moved to Washington State when he was a young child. Dick grew up, attended school and graduated from Washtucna. He met his future wife Donna while a student at Eastern Washington State College. He married Donna Paul on Nov. 22, 1958, in Spokane, Wash. Dick worked for Avista (formally Washington Water Power) in Spokane, Ritzville, and Davenport for 36 yrs. before...
Some of you will know me for my mediocre skills on the volleyball/cheer/softball teams, or as the girl driving combine on the family farm or as the kid rolling her eyes in the grocery store because her dad won’t stop talking to everyone. But this is who I am today—a third year medical student, who is shocked at how her community has handled the pandemic. I grew up in Davenport and while applying to medical school, one of the things I emphasized during the admission process was how proud I was to come from a rural com...
Rodgers issues statement on vaccine approval and political cartoon, pg 3 1. Representative Rodgers should have been correct as per, “this approval will build more confidence and trust in the vaccines” but der fuhrer Inslee’s dictate requiring vaccinated citizens to wear a mask just tells us that the vaccines do not work. They do, just our governor being an idiot sends the wrong message.. 2. The political cartoon on pg 3 made little sense since not smoking in the presence of others saves lives while study after study by top u...
Varsity games coming up this week for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington Friday, Sept. 3 Reardan football at Northwest Christian (Colbert) @ 4 p.m. Davenport football at Colfax @ 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 Davenport volleyball tournament @ 9 a.m. Harrington volleyball vs. St. John-Endicott J.V. @ noon. Tuesday, Sept. 7 Harrington cross country jamboree at Northwest Christian (Colbert) @ 3:30 p.m. Reardan soccer at Kettle Falls @ 4 p.m. Davenport volleyball at Liberty @ 6:30 p.m. Reardan volleyball vs. Upper Columbia Academy @...
DAVENPORT – -Masks will still be a part of sports this year, but face covering rules won’t be as restrictive to start the 2021-22 school year. The state Department of Health released new guidelines that mandate masks in some athletic settings, but not in others. The guidelines come on the heels of the state once again requiring masks in K-12 schools this year, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. Athletes won’t have to mask up during competition or practice for any outdoor sport. Masks aren’t required for low or mode...
On Monday, the governor announced COVID vaccine mandates for most state employees and health care workers or they could lose their jobs. While employees will be able to apply for religious or medical exemptions, I believe this is heavy-handed and unnecessary. Many of you know I contracted COVID, but I have since been vaccinated, given experience I had and the seriousness of this virus. I would add, the most important part of my job as your state representative is being able...
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...
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...
