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REARDAN—Davenport football beat its rival, Reardan, for the first time in five tries. The Gorillas came here and easily took care of the home team 42-18 Friday, Oct. 29. The first quarter was evenly matched after Davenport junior wingback Brenick Soliday scored a touchdown and the Gorillas converted the two-point try. Reardan responded with a 64-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Tate Nelson to senior running back Cody Sprecher to make the game 8-6 after a quarter,...
LINCOLN COUNTY--Three incumbents are trailing after the first election returns amongst the seven contested races in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas. Challengers are defeating incumbents in races for Harrington school board, Fire District No. 4 and Fire District No. 5. The most closely contested race lies in Fire District No. 5, where incumbent Matt Schneider trails challenger Don Staley. Staley has 263 votes to Schneider's 235, a 52.18% to 46.63% disparity. Fire District No. 4's race is also very...
LINCOLN COUNTY—The 2021 general election season has arrived. Election Day is coming up Tuesday, Nov. 3. Ballots must be postmarked by 8 p.m. that day. The county has drop boxes at the courthouse in the auditor’s office and outside at the east entrance, as well as outside City Hall in Harrington. Ballots can also be submitted by mail. Each county voter will have three advisory votes on their ballot concerning tax increases and will be asked to give their input on whether the tax should be repealed or maintained. Advisory vote...
SPOKANE--Three days after knocking its rival Davenport out of the NE2B playoffs, the Reardan soccer team came up one game short of winning a league title in the program's sophomore campaign. St. George's took the league crown by defeating Reardan 3-0 on a mild Tuesday afternoon Nov. 2. St. George's and Reardan battled back and forth for the first 15 minutes, but no goals were scored. St. George's then struck first in the 14th minute and took a 1-0 lead into halftime after...
COLFAX--The Reardan volleyball team enjoyed an 8-6 regular season and were the eighth and final NE2B team to qualify for the league district tournament. The team's reward? An opening round matchup at undefeated Colfax to begin the tournament Monday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. Reardan was swept by Colfax on Senior Night Tuesday, Oct. 26, but was hardly the only team to suffer that fate. Colfax, which is 13-0 and ranked No. 1 in the WIAA RPI for state 2B volleyball teams, has only lost...
REARDAN—A movie starring several recognizable Hollywood actors about two Fruitland brothers who made a music album in the 1970’s filmed some scenes in Reardan last week. Four students, one school staff member and two high school alumni from here were extras in one of the scenes. The movie, titled "Dreamin’ Wild," stars Oscar winner Casey Affleck and Emmy winner Walton Goggins as brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson in a real-life tale about the two brothers from Fruitland who recorded a pop-funk album in the 1970s that was recen...
GRAND COULEE—Two men suspected of stealing items from Richard Kramer’s Reardan home were arrested Oct. 20 by the Reardan Police Department, Grand Coulee Police Department and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. Jesus Alberto Castaneda, 27 of Elmer City was arrested on charges of third-degree conspiracy to commit theft, third-degree criminal trespassing, third-degree theft and third-degree driving with a license suspended or revoked, while Timothy Ronald Wilging, 52 of Grand Coulee was arrested on charges of third-degree consp...
DAVENPORT—Leslie Oliver, the business manager for the school district here, is resigning her position effective Nov. 15 after accepting a new position with the Northeast Washington Educational Service District. The school board approved Oliver’s resignation at the Oct. 25 regular meeting. Oliver has been the business manager for 10 years, but has been with the district since 2006 in jobs as administrative assistant and district office secretary. She may remain with the district one day a week after her resignation to hel...
DAVENPORT-The Gorillas will be hosting a district crossover game with an opportunity to go to the state playoffs this year. That was ensured after Davenport eviscerated the Chewelah Cougars 42-18 on Senior Night Friday, Oct. 22 to clinch a top-two finish in the NE2B. Davenport improved to 6-1 with the win and 7-1 overall, remaining in second place in the league behind undefeated Lind-Ritzville/Sprague. The loss was damaging for Chewelah, which fell to 3-3 in the league and...
This voter's guide covers seven contested races around Lincoln County including the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas. Each contestant was given the opportunity to submit biographical information, a photo and answers to two to three questions specific to their race in an effort to help local voters make informed decisions on their ballots this election season. 11 of the 14 candidates covered in these races responded with all or most of the requests, as...
HARRINGTON-Candidates for city council, mayor, school board and the fire district gathered in Memorial Hall here to briefly speak to voters before mingling for a meet-and-greet. 10 candidates appearing on this year's general election ballot spoke to the crowd of about 15. Pastor Cade Clarke, who is running for re-election to the school board, was first to speak and said he wants to see student growth within the district, particularly within the STEM and SPED programs. He also...
DAVENPORT-5th Congressional District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was here Friday morning, Oct. 15 for a broadband demonstration by several companies (see page 2). Rodgers met with a sparse crowd of voters at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds prior to the demonstration and had a brief conversation with The Times after the demonstration. Rodgers, a Republican, spoke to around 10 gathered inside for about 30 minutes. She first read a passage from the U.S. Constitution before...
DAVENPORT—Questions held over from council’s Sept. 22 meeting regarding the upcoming construction of a Family Dollar store at the old Lyon’s Park on Logan, First, Second and Morgan Streets were presented, and, in many cases, answered at council’s Oct. 13 meeting. Mike and Doug Janke, whose father lives on Logan Street, had expressed concern about Family Dollar landowner Brian Anderson’s petition of council to vacate the Logan Street right-of-way for property use. Rudy Franco and Jason and Mindy Flett had also shown their dis...
DAVENPORT-Peak Industries Inc., of Spokane and its business partners demonstrated what the company claims is a solution for rural communities struggling with high-speed Internet access for Fifth Congressional District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and a few community members at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds Friday, Oct. 15. The demonstration showcased Peak's turnkey rapid broadband deployment using digital electricity, which the company says is the first of its kind. The...
DAVENPORT—The city council’s finance committee met ahead of council’s Oct. 13 meeting to discuss the third quarter budget and look ahead to the 2022 budget as the annual budget cycle approaches. The city brought in $2,628,095 in the third financial quarter (June-Sept.), which was 96% of what was budgeted. The city spent just $2,287,688 of its $3,452,495 expenditures budget that quarter. As is typically the case, property tax revenue was down in the third quarter, as most property taxes are collected in the second and fourth q...
DAVENPORT—Another round of negotiations between Lincoln County and Teamsters 690, which represents the Sheriff’s Office’s commissioned and non-commissioned officers, sparked a discussion concerning compensation for the non-commissioned jail and dispatch staff. The non-commissioned staff, which have been seeking a 3% raise that the county says isn’t financially feasible, were represented by Brad Sweet, Joe Kuhn and Taj Wilkerson. Gabe Gants represented the commissioned officers. County prosecutor Adam Walser, who has been th...
DAVENPORT-The impact of last week's Almira School burning left an impact county-wide. Students and staff have been forced to move classes to Coulee City, the Almira church and Almira Community Center after the total loss to the K-8 building in town. A couple Davenport locals have ties to the lost school and shared their thoughts and memories with The Times. Tony Hein, who grew up in Davenport and graduated from the high school in 1974, spent his entire 39-year teaching career...
DAVENPORT-The Colfax Bulldogs are the No. 1 ranked 2B volleyball team in the state in the WIAA RPI rankings. They certainly looked like the top dogs Tuesday in Davenport, as the young Gorillas fell in three sets 25-10, 25-5, 25-15. Davenport fell to 2-11 with the loss and will need to string some wins together in the last three matches of the season to have a chance to make the district tournament. Asher Cai led Colfax with eight kills, while Justice Brown recorded 20...
DAVENPORT-After a string of three nail-biting, one-possession contests in the Gorillas' first six games this year, head coach Justin Reed and the Davenport faithful were hoping for a less stressful contest on Homecoming Friday, Oct. 15. That was received, as the Gorillas coasted by last-place Kettle Falls 49-8 in a game where most of the starters were pulled at halftime. Davenport improved to 5-1 in league and 6-1 overall with the win while maintaining its second-place positio...
DAVENPORT—Local fire chiefs and commissioners aren’t requiring their volunteer firefighters receive a COVID-19 vaccination, leaving the choice up to the individual whether to get an inoculation or not. However, state mandates do apply to some of the volunteers for EMS services. The state mandate issued that requires state employees to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18 does apply to volunteers that are licensed by the state as an Emergency Medical Technician or paramedic, which impacts some districts more than others. These vol...
DAVENPORT—The school board approved two new positions for hire in a move tabled at the end of September at the board’s quarterly meeting Oct. 11. However, the approval came with adjustments requested by the board. The board had previously waited to approve a request from school administration to create and advertise for two new positions, a lunchroom assistant and health room aide, seeking more financial information at the board’s Sept. 27 meeting. Administration described both positions as part-time positions. The lunch...
SEVEN BAYS—A former local man was booked and released in Lincoln County Jail after an arraignment in Superior Court on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender with a prior felony conviction Tuesday, Oct. 5. Caden Marcus Maxwell, 18, was charged by the county prosecutor after failing to notify the Sheriff’s Office of his move from Lincoln County into Spokane County within 10 days of moving to a new fixed residence in a new county, according to court records. Maxwell told a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deput...
DAVENPORT-Mike and Virginia Fries remember buying Edna's Drive-In in May 1992 not knowing when they'd re-open its doors after it was closed for 18 months following Edna Jackson's passing. They decided the highest customer demand would be during Pioneer Days, so they opened July 16, 1992. That was a decision Virginia Fries remembers regretting, but now looks back at with a laugh. "We were so swamped, and we hadn't practiced how we would work together," she said. "That was the...
DAVENPORT – A lawsuit filed in Lincoln County Superior Court Monday, Oct. 4 by the Washington Election Integrity Coalition United (WEICU) and Jerry Schulz of Reardan accuses the Lincoln County Auditor’s office and former auditor Shelly Johnston of election violations during the 2020 general election. WEICU has filed similar lawsuits around the state in recent weeks, including in Snohomish, Whatcom and Clark Counties, with more expected of press time. The group has maintained thus far unproven claims of election fraud sta...
Last week, the WIAA unveiled its state tournament allocations for fall sports. These allocations determine how many teams each district gets to send to the state playoffs in these sports, which around here, include football, soccer and volleyball. No changes were seen in soccer and volleyball. District 7, which includes Davenport and Reardan, was given one berth in girls soccer and three in volleyball for the 2B state playoffs. A fair allocation, as the number of 2B girls...
