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Karen Alice (Tenneson) Jessup (age 74) was born December 22, 1941, in Burlington, Wash. to William and Alice (Smith) Tenneson. Early on February 12, 2016, heaven gained another beautiful angel when she lost her long-standing battle with multiple myeloma cancer. She attended Bulington Edison High School and Western Washington College, graduating in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in teaching with an emphasis on home economics. She started a teaching career in Coulee City in...
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, Feb. 8: Fake calls from someone claiming an association with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or the FBI continued to be received this week by several county residents. An equipment fir...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record February 16, 1918 Five bridges are swept out. Ice from Sylvan Lake carries everything with it: Six o’clock Friday evening found the waters of Crab Creek still raising and practically all of the workers who had been fighting the high water water worn out, so work was discontinued on the ice gorge east of the west city bridge. By this time the water was so high that councilman Reiman sent down a saddle horse to get out the men working there who were not equipped with hip waders. For a while,...
The Titan girls had a loss and then a win last Tuesday, February 2, and Thursday February 4. On Tuesday, the Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors (up by 22 points at halftime) conquered the lady Titans by 30 points. OH 10 10 8 9 37 ACH 17 25 14 11 67 Lanessa Simon and Katie DeWulf each had 10 points. Simon led with eight rebounds, one assist and five steals, while DeWulf had six rebounds, three assists and a steal. Maleah Davison had seven points and five rebounds. Casey Schlomer,...
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, Feb. 1: Three county jail inmates, including one housed under contract with the state Department of Corrections and another from Adams County, got into a fight shortly after corrections off...
Harrington United Methodist Church Sunday, January 31, 2016, marked the close of 12.5 years of faithful service of Pastor Cyndi Wutz to the Harrington United Methodist Church and the Zion Rocklyn United Methodist Church. At 9:30 a.m., Pastor Cyndi preached her final sermon, “God Be With You,” to a full church, complemented by the Community Church congregation joining for the occasion of her retirement. By request, Terry Battermann performed on his guitar “A Prayer Like Any Other.” Linda Wagner played “Hallelujah” by Leonard...
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, Jan. 11: No injury was reported as a result of a one-vehicle slide-off on SR 174 just outside of Wilbur. The Washington State Patrol investigated the possibility that alcohol may have bee...
Greetings from the courthouse! As I'm sure most of you have heard, we had a very difficult time balancing the 2016 budget. I feel that it is extremely important to share with you, the taxpayers, the struggles that your local governments are facing. I will speak to Lincoln County's situation (current expense, not public works) but these same issues affect your towns, fire districts, hospital districts, schools and any junior taxing district in the state of Washington. There...
The Distinguished Young Women program committee at Almira/Coulee-Hartline High School has graciously decided to reach out to girls who are high school juniors in neighboring communities (within approximately a one-hour radius of ACH), which do not have a Distinguished Young Women Scholarship Program. If you know of ambitious, civic-minded young women who are high school juniors and interested in representing their community, in scholarship opportunities and in expanding their resumes, have them check out distinguishedyw.org...
Opera House Society The Society held their first meeting of the new year January 4, with new president Billie Herron at the helm. Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Gordon Herron, Carol, Linda Wagner, Karen Robertson and Marge Womach also were present. The final payment for the grand piano for the opera house was made December 16, although donations continue to come in for that project. Wagner said she is working on the newsletter and Robertson will provide photos. Gordon Herron, head of the building committee,...
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, Dec. 28: Responding to the 100 block of Main Street, Davenport ambulance personnel assisted an 86-year-old woman who was experiencing chest pains. Washington State Patrol and Sprague ambulance...
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, Dec. 21: Reardan emergency personnel assisted Spokane County authorities with a one-vehicle slide-off on U.S. 2 and Coulee Hite Road. No injuries were reported after a semi-truck went off SR...
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, Nov. 23: An electrical outage was reported in Sprague. A motorist advised dispatchers that her vehicle struck a large piece of glass near the city shop in the vicinity of Twelfth and Mor...
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, Dec. 14: A Harrington woman reported the theft of prescription medicine, a wedding ring and about $100 cash from a residence in the 400 block of West Main. Responding to the Cottonwood Spr...
“We were very pleased to have so many students turn out for basketball,” said junior-high girls basketball head coach Kate Wenzl. The season started with high-school girls head coach Kim Kruger welcoming students to the program and running the first three practices. The coaches plan to work together to build a grade 6-12 girls basketball program. Turning out for the team were Alyssa Iverson, Aaliyana Mendoza, Caitlyn Schuh, Chloe Winkler, Emily Scrupps, Izabelle Burke, Josie Westmoreland, JulieAnn Lovvik, Kaitlyn Zag...
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, Dec. 7: A vehicle got stuck in mud on Mayberry Road about 500 feet from SR 28 near Davenport. A collision involving a vehicle and deer took place on SR 174 near Wilbur. Wilbur Police res...
Court 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, Nov. 16: Dispatchers referred a possible poaching incident in the vicinity of Addington Road near Reardan to the Washington State Patrol for investigation. Responding to the 1000 block of Was...
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, Nov. 9: A deputy was notified of a request from Corner Café personnel in Creston for help with a person who refused to leave and had been “verbally abusive” toward customers there. Deputies...
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, Nov. 2: Deputies investigated a possible burglary at a residence in the 1200 block of Eighth Street in Davenport, where two windows appeared to have been pried open. Tuesday, Nov. 3: A respond...
The Odessa-Harrington volleyball team had an exciting yet tiring weekend when they won all three district playoff games and moved on to state as the second place seed behind #1 seeded Almira/Coulee-Hartline. The lady Titans played a total of three matches in eight hours Saturday, November, 7 at Northwest Christian High School in Colbert (Spokane), starting the first match at 11 a.m. and the last match at 7 p.m. Any match played after Saturday was a loser-out match. Against...
The Titans played a very good game Friday night, but it just wasn’t enough to hold back the Cusick Panthers in the post-season game to determine seeding. With the 38-32 win Cusick took home the number-three seed and Odessa-Harrington took number four. Cusick 8 14 8 8 38 OH 8 8 16 0 32 Coming on the heels of a tough loss to Almira/Coulee-Hartline last week, the Titans played with a lot of heart, and the game see-sawed back and forth. All season long the Titans have been able t...
The communities of Odessa-Harrington and Almira/Coulee-Hartline came together at Friday night’s football game to support Ramon Oros, a football player from Pateros High School who spent over a week in Harborveiw Medical Center in Seattle after suffering an injury during a football game earlier this season. The Odessa High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America hosted a bake sale at Friday’s game between the Titans and ACH, where the members of the communities represented donated over $450 for Ramon’s medic...
It’s usually Odessa-Harrington giving the beatings and winning by large margins, but the roles were reversed Friday when thevisiting Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors swept in claiming a 50-point victory and handing the mighty Titans their second loss of the season. ACH 8 22 20 14 64 OH 6 0 0 8 14 The game started well offensively when Sage Elder was able to score on the opening play of the game. After that the Warriors paralyzed the Titans’ scoring efforts over the next sev...
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, Oct. 19: A Seven Bays caller shared his concern about a door-to-door salesman claiming to be from a Spokane appliance retailer who announced he would deliver a free ham the next day. A Gra...
The junior-high Titans ended their season undefeated with a 6-0 record on October 19. In the final three games of the season, the team continued to dominate the opposition. On October 12, the Titans beat Springdale, 47-7. Head coach Larry Weber said the team exhibited great execution on offense and defense. Only three days later, on October 15, the team played Almira/Coulee-Hartline, winning 56-13. Weber credited the team with great defensive play in the second half. “There were no turnovers, and the players took care of t...
