Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Sorted by date Results 1 - 15 of 15
The Harrington Public Development Authority met Tuesday evening at city hall with Jay Kane, Allen Barth, Josh Steward, Paul Charlton, Bunny Haugan, Margie Hall and Jay Gossett present. Discussions continued regarding the potential acquisition of the Landmark Apartments by the PDA and potential interest of others in the sales of several of the vacant buildings. Rumors of the sale of the tavern were found to be rumors. Safety concerns were addressed regarding vacant buildings and adjoining buildings, insurance, appearance and...
At the school board meeting held January 28, school superintendent Suellen White read Governor Jay Inslee's proclamation that January be School Board Recognition month. Each board member received a certificate in recognition. Board action The board approved the resignation of Heath Voise as assistant football coach. The board approved required changes in policies dealing with students with disabilities; highly capable program; homeless students' rights and services;...
It is again that time when the Odessa Clinic will be offering Free Skin Cancer Screenings! This will be the 8th year this service has been provided by the Odessa Clinic and the 3rd year for Brandon Lee, PA-C to offer this service. Almost everyone has moles, the common name for nevi. We want to encourage people with moles to be looking for ones that are unusual or different from the other ones on their bodies. Sometimes they might be unequal in shape or have ragged, notched or...
12 years ago From The Odessa Record February 1, 1940 Miss Anna Hardt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hardt Sr. of Odessa, became the bride of H.A. Goddard in Spokane. Reuben Janke headed a crew of men who were rebuilding the sack warehouse in Irby for the Odessa Union Warehouse company. A free motion picture show will be given at the high school auditorium by the commercial club, one picture showing the summer trip of the Spokane good will tour, including its stop at Odessa and another picture showing views of the world’s f...
At the Odessa Gun Club, on January 25, Jared Praetorius led the pack with a perfect score of 25. Shooting 24 were Landon Lobe, William Mann, Ryan Lewis, Harley Wraspir, Justin hunt, Colley Walter and Jon Fink. Markham Nichols, Hunter Bramer, Brian Wraspir, Tom Schuh, Rod Herron, Ryan King, Tony Weber and Bill Weber shot 23. Shooting 22 were Trevor Smith, Lane Lobe, Steve Telecky, Chris Phillips and Nick Tebow. Shooting 21 were Alex Null, Randy Gies, Mike Nichols Jr., Tyler Smith, Colton Hunt and Brady Gies. Shooting 20 and...
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. Monday, Jan. 26: A deputy responded to an illegal burn in a backyard in the 900 block of Morgan Street in Davenport. Someone took meat and a camera from the Odessa meat processing plant without authorization. Res...
stories and articles written by the late Pastor Tom Goetz, with the support of his wife Jeanne Goetz of Odessa. Jeanne Goetz is working to get the items published in book form, but for right now, interested readers can read his work in the series of articles that continue in this issue of The Record. Successful fathers know their ABCs. This isn’t meant to imply that being a father is simple because that isn’t true. It does mean however that a successful father deals with the basics of life again and again. The following lis...
During the winter I like to feed the birds. I have a very simple arrangement for this: pouring a mix of seeds on a flat railing outside my dining room window. I regularly attract several species of small birds to the seed. Buster Brown, my mutt from the pound, has a role to play in the bird feeding. It’s his job to make the squirrels wary of coming up to the railing and stealing the seed. Buster has a dog-door, so he always has access to the area in question, and although h...
Wellpinit The Titan boys fell to Wellpinit last Friday, 52-61. The Titans were up by three points at the half but were unable to hang on to the lead. O-H 17 14 8 13 52 Wellp 18 10 20 13 61 Carsen Weber led the Titan offense with 19 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. Shane Whitaker added 16 points and 8 rebounds. Sam Schafer contributed 13 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal. Colt Sanford and John DeWulf each had 2 points, with Sanford adding 5 rebounds and 2 steals and DeWulf adding 2 rebounds and 1 assist....
Seven graduates of Odessa High School have been named to the Dean’s List at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Mariah Davison, Lexi Watkins, Jacob Dewulf, Charlie Moffet, Koralynne Kuch, Justin Hunt and Carley Williams, all of Odessa, were named to the Fall 2014 Dean’s List....
Members of the Odessa Historical Society met last week to vote on the two officers who were up for re-election this year. Pat Gies was re-elected vice president and Judy Scrupps was re-elected treasurer. President Paul Scheller announced that George Beck’s collection of Joshua Elmer photographs was recently added to the website www.washingtonruralheritage.org/Odessa. Elmer was a professional photographer who made Odessa his home during the initial years of the town’s existence. Included in those photos were several dep...
A student must have a grade point average of 3.50 to 4.00 to be on the Honor Roll, and Honorable Mention requires a grade point average of 3.25 to 3.49. Grades are based on state transcript requirements and are as follows: A=4.0, A-=3.7, B+=3.3, B=3.0, B-= 2.7, C+=2.3, C=2.0, C-=1.7, D+=1.3, D=1.0, F=0.0. High School Senior class: Carsen Weber and Thorsen Wehr each had a perfect 4.0. Other seniors on the honor roll are Jenna Shafer, Garrison Schmierer, Tyler Paris, Paige Alloway, Sam Schafer, Trevor King, Katelyn Worley,...
Freshmen at Harrington High School recently celebrated entrepreneurship by participating in a Business Plan Challenge sponsored by the Lincoln County Economic Development Council. The challenge was for students to consider our region’s strengths and opportunities and then develop plans for businesses that they could open and operate here. Harrington High Business instructor Sharon Kruger, joined by Margie Hall and Joyce Mings from the EDC, kicked off the project back in November during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Last w...
President Obama has requested $1.2 billion in appropriations for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management for Fiscal Year 2016. The request for BLM’s operating accounts represents an increase of $91.4 million above the 2015 enacted level. The proposal includes strategic investments that underscore the administration’s continuing support for facilitating and improving management of increased energy production, conserving sage-grouse habitat in the West, strengthening BLM’s National Conservation Lands,...
The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced a $350,000 grant to Grant County to advance environmental permitting efforts and help prepare sites for large-scale manufacturing development at the Port of Moses Lake. The County will use the funding to conduct environmental review for 400-acres of property at Grant County International Airport. While no specific tenants have been identified, the phased development proposes a number of potential buildings totaling as much as 2.6 million square feet available to...
