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Roger Mark Frederick was born November 25, 1957 to Ronald E. and Shirley A. (Jeske) Frederick in Spokane, Wash. Roger began his education in Spokane, but after the family moved back to Odessa in 1970 he graduated from Odessa High School in 1976. He then attended Whitworth College from 1976-1978 and then transferred to University of Idaho from 1978-1981 where he studied sports medicine. In 1984 Roger married Barbara Reister and together they had two children, a son Derek and...
LINCOLN COUNTY – Dogs and cats and goats, oh my. The Lincoln County WA Lost and Found Pet Network has garnered reports of all kinds of pets missing or wandering the county in its six years of existence, and the nonprofit aims to reunite those animals with their owners. The volunteer-run Pet Network was founded in 2014 by Jana Johansson. Board president Gina Habbestad and board member Barbara Grant run a Facebook page to network about lost and found animals, often posting p...
EDWALL – A fast-moving fire burned about 40 acres of wheat and sagebrush shortly before lunchtime Wednesday, Aug. 19. The fire on Waukon Road, northwest of the Tyler Road intersection was contained by 12:10 p.m., the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office reported. Fire crews from Edwall, Reardan and Sprague all responded to the blaze, as did Spokane Fire District No. 2 crews based in Cheney. Farmers, too, jumped on the fire line, using their water trucks to help contain the blaze b...
DAVENPORT – Two Lincoln County Commissioners are running unopposed for re-election this fall, but each seat had a curious number of “write-in” opponents in the primary election. As of the count on August. 11, the Commissioner 1 seat held by Mark Stedman had 34 write-in candidate votes, or 2.53 percent of the overall total. Stedman pulled 97 percent of the vote with 1,309 votes. The Commissioner 2 seat held by Scott Hutsell had 52 write-in candidate votes, making up for four percent of total votes cast. Hutsell received 95 pe...
Donald Frederick Reinbold was born on November 5, 1926 to Daniel F. Reinbold and Adelina (Knack) Reinbold and passed away peacefully on August 2, 2020 at the age of 93. He was born and raised north of Davenport known as Egypt country and lived there his whole life before moving to Davenport in 2012 with his wife of 70 years, Nona. They raised their six children there on the farm and had many happy family gatherings at the Ranch house like Apple Cider Fest in the fall,...
REARDAN – Lincoln County is a safe place to live, according to local officials, and the Town of Reardan is an example of the county’s low crime rates. “The crime that we deal with 99% of the time is criminal traffic,” Police Chief Andy Manke said. “The number one offense is driving with a suspended license.” Manke added that the corridor Reardan is located in funnels a lot of these cases through town from people coming from Spokane, Ford, Springdale, Davenport and other areas in Lincoln and Stevens counties. “They all come th...
DAVENPORT – Students attending the Davenport School District later this month will have a “phased start” that breaks the school day into two parts. Some students will attend during a morning session of 8:00am to 10:30 and others will attend in the afternoon from 12:15 to 2:45pm. Students will be taught in groups of 10 with one adult and groups will not commingle. The split schedule will be for Monday to Thursday with Fridays being a distance learning day. Mandatory Coronavirus precautions mean students must wear masks and s...
Beginning on August 1, the Davenport Clinic will no longer be offering same-day office visits on Saturdays. The hospital district cited low utilization and challenges staffing the shortened Saturday clinic hours as reasons for the closure. Same-day appointments continue to be available to patients Monday through Friday. “We started the Saturday clinics many years ago to help aid patients who found themselves ill over the weekend, but not feeling they were sick enough to need the emergency room,” said Jennifer Larmer, Chief Cl...
KRUPKE, Carolyn E. (Freeborg) passed away on July 27, 2020 in Spokane, WA. She was born in Spokane, WA on July 12, 1928 to her parents David & Gladys Freeborg. She graduated from North Central High School in January 1946. She attended Whitworth College for one year, and then met Carroll Krupke in May of 1947. She then worked for over a year at the Millwood State Bank. Carolyn and Carroll were married on May 8, 1948, and she moved to Reardan where Carroll’s career was f...
DAVENPORT – The Davenport High School Future Business Leaders of America chapter recently participated in a “virtual” competition against over 8,000 other FBLA members from across the nation and the world. The online event ran from June 29 to July 1. The competitive event winners were then announced July 15. For the fourth year in a row, Davenport FBLA chapter members placed at the national level, earning second place this year in the Partnership with Business compe...
MEDICAL LAKE — Local students will be starting the school year mostly online learning model, School District Superintendent Tim Ames announced today, Aug. 7. The decision followed state and regional health recommendations for “high-risk” counties where more than 75 new coronavirus cases have been reported in a 14-day period. “Our school board and administrative team have the obligation to follow the strong recommendations from the health experts,” Ames said in a video posted to the district’s website. “Though it is not the...
DAVENPORT – Construction of the new Davenport healthcare clinic is continuing to make progress this summer after being stalled briefly in March due to Covid. Construction re-started in April and is “coming along nicely”, according to Lincoln Hospital Chief Executive Officer Tyson Lacy. “The building is coming along nicely and is tracking for an on-time completion,” said Lacy. “We should be moved into the new clinic by summer of 2021.” The new clinic will be attached to the hos...
Life can be full of coincidences. Picking up the phone to discover the person you were going to call is already on the line. A store may be displaying the very item you are looking for when you walk in the door. But not everyday does an old newspaper with a family connection surface during a home remodel. Davenport resident Gabe Gants was remodeling his home in Davenport at 904 8th Street when he said he had a “personal confirmation” that he had picked the right house. “Ab...
4th district rep. seat narrows to two By Jamie Henneman The Times Voters in Lincoln County had their candidate lineup choices simplified tonight, as the Washington State 13th legislative district seat narrowed to two candidates in what was a race of three. Current legislative representative Tom Dent (R) and contender Eduardo Castaneda-Diaz (D) will be vying for voters this fall to represent the district that covers Lincoln, Grant and Yakima Counties. Third candidate John “the man” Malan pulled only 2 percent of the vote as...
The Davenport Ministerial Alliance will once again be providing weekend food packages for students in the Davenport School District who have a need this fall. Each package contains enough nutritional, ready-to-eat or easy to prepare food for a weekend. Students who wish to receive these packages will need to complete a form which is available at the elementary school office. This program is intended for students on free or reduced lunch; however, anyone may participate. This program is a coordinated effort with the...
DAVENPORT – In the wake of the coronavirus and new state requirements to begin teaching “inclusive” sex ed to students as early as kindergarten, it’s shaping up to be a banner year for homeschooling. Last week, the Washington Homeschool Organization reported new parental interest in personally managing their children’s education had quadrupled. The reasons are varied, according to Director Jen Garrison Stuber. “Traditionally, homeschool families opt out of public education due to religious concerns and a desire to focus on...
DAVENPORT – The number of primary election ballots in Lincoln County are slowly trickling in as the Aug. 4 deadline approaches. Lincoln County Auditor Shelly Johnston said 1,416 ballots were received as of Monday or around 18 percent of the total. A total of 7,671 ballots were mailed out the third week of July. Johnston said this level of return is common, as people often wait until “the last shoe drops.” However, Johnston noted Lincoln County is usually in the top five counties with high percentages of returns. Johns...
The Davenport airport is scheduled for an expansive remodel next summer, when funds from the Federal Aviation Administration will fund the construction of a new runway. The runway location will be shifted on the property owned by the City of Davenport, making room for either a light industrial park or the construction of more airport hangars, according to Davenport City Administrator Steve Goemmel. “By shifting the location of the runway, we will have room for additional hangars or room for some light industrial buildings t...
RENTON—It may sound weird to say, but “Friday Night Lights” won’t be taking place until March this year. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) announced a new, tentative schedule which includes four sports seasons for the 2020-21 season due to Corona virus restrictions. The four seasons are classified numerically: Season 1, 2, 3 and 4. Most notably, football, volleyball and girls soccer were all moved to Season 3, which begins at the end of winter....
Janice Ann Tikka, 60, of Harrington, Wash. passed away peacefully Sunday, July 26, 2020. Janice was born in North East Maryland on May, 14 1960. She was the daughter of Robert and Mildred Blomquist. She was preceded in death by her dad Robert Blomquist and sister Lori Kangas. Janice is survived by her husband Loren Tikka of 40 years and their children Justin (Stacy) Tikka of Battle Ground, Wash., Lance (Carolyn) Tikka of Woodland, Wash., Jolene (Randall) Laumbach of Sheridan,...
The Davenport School Board approved the adoption of a new online based curriculum called “K-12” in order to prepare for any disruptions that may occur due to potential COVID-19 shutdowns. The curriculum is designed to allow teachers to use the same curriculum for in-person classes as well as distance learning. If school is shut down again due to Covid, the curriculum will allow teachers to seamlessly transition between in-person classes and virtual learning. “This is not a replacement for in-person teaching but it is going...
DAVENPORT--In working to respond to resident complaints about smells coming from a marijuana farm outside of Davenport, officials from Lincoln County discovered something that “blew them away.” At the Happy Trailz marijuana farm on Sterritt Road, Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman said he was “completely blown away” by the level of production. “There were over 30 greenhouses full of plants when the business only has a permit for a small, indoor grow operation...
Dompier, Fran (93) Frances Irene McDonald Dompier was born in Wenatchee, WA to Frances and Ollie McDonald on January 9, 1927. Her final day was in Hospice care at home on July 13, 2020. Fran grew up near Okanogan, WA on an apple ranch. She graduated at the top of her class from Okanogan High School in 1945 and earned a letter all 4 years in volleyball, basketball, softball, and hiking. Many lifelong friendships have remained over all these years. She loved music (having a...
DAVENPORT--The Lincoln County Commissioners are starting to collect bids for improvement projects at the county fairgrounds that they hope will make the short list for legislative funding in 2021. Several of the fairground buildings are showing their age and need torn down or fixed, said Lincoln County Commissioner Scott Hutsell. "Some of our buildings are really showing their age and we would like to make improvements to the fairgrounds so it can be multi-use," Hutsell said. "We are collecting bids on the various projects...
Kayla Wagner, an elementary school teacher from Harrington, was recently hired to teach grades 1-3 at the Davenport School District this fall. Wagner’s hire was approved by the Davenport School Board during a special meeting on July 13. Wagner has an M.A. in Curriculum Instruction and previously taught at the Moses Lake School District....
