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  • Court Report

    Updated Aug 21, 2017

    Sheriff's Report 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, Aug. 7: A traffic control supervisor for the SR 28 resurfacing project advised dispatchers that a vehicle almost hit her while making an illegal pass in a construction zone. BNSF per...

  • Harrington News

    Marjorie Womach|Updated Aug 18, 2017

    City Council The Harrington City Council met August 9 at city hall with Mayor Dillon Haas, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk, Justin Slack, Rick Becker, Mike Cronrath, Scott McGowan, Bunny Haugan, Ashley Schenk, Brent Wilday, David Michaelson and Marge Womach present. A public hearing was held to allow comment on the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plan. David Michaelson addressed the council regarding his new position with the Senior Meals Program and reported how he had...

  • This Week in Odessa History

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    1 Years Ago The Odessa Record August 17, 1917 Hemmerling apartment house finished: The Christ Hemmerling apartment house and rooming house on Liberty hill is now completed and ready for tenants. Besides having living quarters for his own family, Mr. Hemmerling has over 20 rooms for rent in the building which is in every way modern with baths, hot water heating plant and even has an electric stove in the apartments. It is convenient to the school house and he is counting on...

  • Johnson and Cosseau are wed in Colorado

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    Shirley A. Johnson of Odessa recently returned from the Denver area where she attended the wedding of her son James Dean (JD) Johnson to his lovely bride Loren M. Cosseau. Friends and family of the couple joined them for the ceremony held at Stonebrook Manor in Thornton, Colo. on July 15, 2017. His brother Michael J. Johnson and Michael's two sons, Jameson and Weston Johnson, also arrived from their home in Ft. Mohave, Ariz. Unable to attend were JD's grandmother Emma Cloud...

  • Tribute

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    Darlene Edens died August 14, 2017, at Lincoln Hospital in Davenport at the age of 77. Her home was in Odessa. She was born in Seattle October 6, 1939, to George and Peggy (Holms) Sanislo. She graduated from Issaquah High School in 1958 and received a B.S. degree from Central Washington University in 1991 as an executive secretary. She worked as a clerk for the Upper Kittitas District Court and for the hospital district in CleElum prior to managing the Woodgate Apartment...

  • Chicks with Sticks league finishes 9-week season

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    Apryl Wraspir of the Chicks with Sticks golf league reported that week six saw Jax Allen win "closest to the pin" on hole #7. She was 12 feet, 8 inches from the hole. Next was Paige Alloway at 15 feet, 3 inches. Week seven's winner was Tracy Walter with a long, long putt of 72.5. It was also a birdie for her. Fellow league member Suzie Deife provided the following season-end information. The Chicks with Sticks women's golf league ended their nine-week season on Monday, August...

  • Tribute

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    March 23, 1921 - July 31, 2017 Donna was born in Erie, Pa. to Charles and Leona Humble on March 23, 1921. She moved to the West Coast in 1938. On August 25, 1951 she married Calvin Graedel Jr. and moved to Odessa, to live on the Graedel family farm. There she worked as a cosmetologist for 22 years and owned and operated a salon. She practiced cosmetology for over 32 years. In 1974, they moved to Spokane and bought the Nelson home at 104 W. Sumner. She worked for St Augustine...

  • Rail museum celebrates its one-year anniversary

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    The Inland Northwest Rail Museum marks its first anniversary August 27 at its new location, a 30-acre site at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 231 South, two miles west of Reardan (25 miles west of Spokane). It's a dual celebration, as the museum not only marks one year being open, but also its 50th anniversary as a chartered member of the National Railroad Historical Society. In keeping with the "50s" theme, the non-profit group will offer 50-cent hot dogs, 50-cent...

  • Farmworker dies; others mobilize march, protest

    Eric Tegethoff|Updated Aug 18, 2017

    SUMAS, Wash. – Farmworkers and community members are demanding accountability from Sarbanand Farms in Whatcom County, after a migrant farmworker died there recently. Workers say Honesto Silva Ibarra complained to his employer about feeling ill before he collapsed in the fields last week. Ibarra took himself to a hospital in Seattle, where he fell into a coma and died on Sunday. About 100 workers drawing attention to what they say are unsafe work conditions at Sarbanand Farms were fired over the weekend. All are here on H2A o...

  • Letter to the Editor: Sign up for 2018 health insurance coverage soon

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    To the Editor: Since ACA (Obamacare) is still U. S. law, please remind your readers who wish to apply for health insurance in 2018 through the Washington State Health Benefit Exchange that open enrollment begins November 1 and ends December 15, 2017. They can begin planning now by visiting the Health Care Plan Finder at www.wahealthplanfinder.org. This would also include the estimated 10 percent in the county who do not have any health care coverage. Those who are currently covered by ACA may make changes to their coverage...

  • Letter to the Editor: Do we want a "disrupter" as president of the U.S.?

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    To the Editor: Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers said at her August 10, Town Hall meeting, “ I support Donald Trump because…, because…, because he’s a disrupter and we need to change DC. I continue to support him.” When a later question about Donald Trump was asked, she said, “ Donald Trump was elected POTUS. He won the election and I’ve already told you why I support him.” So, being a disrupter is McMorris Rodgers qualification for POTUS? Another woman recently disagreed with her when she said she thought the POTUS shoul...

  • Death Notice

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    Orville Warren Preston (Squeak) was born June 2, 1927, at Portland, Ore. He died July 29, 2017 at Cheney. A small family service was held at Cheney on August 4, 2017....

  • Masquers fete members

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    The Masquers Theater in Soap Lake will hold its annual membership gala August 26. Members will enjoy free food, fun, friends, door prizes, awards and a no-host bar. A social hour from 6 to 7 p.m. will provide hors d’oeurves and a no-host bar of beer and wine. After the social hour, there will be a preview of the coming season, recognition of members and a special whodunit to be solved....

  • Town Council

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    Mayor pro tem Landon Lobe led Monday evening’s meeting of the Odessa Town Council with only three members present, Lobe and council members Marlene Kramer and Kelly Watkins. Kaylene James addressed the council concerning assistance with setting up the Youth Garden during Fest this year. Items such as the air hockey, foosball and pool tables, plus a basketball game, are stored in various places, including the community center and the public works shop. She requested help retrieving the items within the next couple of weeks a...

  • Small biz development center coming

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    (Davenport, WA, August 17, 2017.) Seeking business advice and support is about to get easier for businesses in Lincoln County. The Lincoln County Economic Development Council has arranged for advisors from Spokane’s Small Business Development Center to come to Lincoln County on a monthly basis. The Center’s business advisors provide confidential, no cost one-on-one business advising in areas such as marketing, financial analysis, market research, seeking funding, government contracting, and exporting. They have the opp...

  • Mobilization authorized for Saddle Mountain fire

    Updated Aug 18, 2017

    State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the East Saddle Mountain Fire located approximately eight miles southwest of the town of Othello in Grant County. The fire is burning in grass and brush. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on August 12, 2017, at 8:45 pm at the request of Fire Chief David Patterson, Grant County Fire District 8. The...

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