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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. 11: Wintry conditions continued to interrupt travel and school schedules throughout Lincoln County. Schools switched from a two-hour late start to canceling classes altogether as weather forecasters pre...
MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS Lincoln County Clerk New filings: 12 involving persons living outside Lincoln County. Petitions for legal separation: 2 involving persons living outside Lincoln County. PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS Lincoln County Treasurer Buck Family Farm LLC, Spokane, to Michael W. Buck, Davenport – Lots 1-3, Blk. 57, Columbia Addition to City of Davenport, $0. Wells Fargo Bank, Moon Township, Pa., to Laura M. Burton, Spokane Valley – property at 305 South Maple Street, Reardan (Lots 1-4, Blk. 29, Original Town of Rea... Full story
Superior Court John F. Strohmaier, Judge Civil Judgment Angela M. Bowers, of Harrington, must return $332.41 in overpaid benefits to the Washington State Employment Security Department. Juvenile Offender Disposition Steven A. Molsbee, 14, Odessa, pleaded guilty Feb. 5 to second-degree burglary and second-degree malicious mischief in connection with Sept. 14, 2018, incidents at the Odessa Golf Course and Crab Creek Coffee Haus. His sentence includes 15 days detention, 30 hours community service, 12 months community supervision...
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. 4: A Davenport man told dispatchers he found a tool box filled with tools along SR 25 and wanted to keep it if no one claimed it. Wilbur ambulance personnel transported a woman with an infection from t...
Helen Marie Winter passed away peacefully on February 7, 2019, at the Odessa Nursing Home, Odessa, Washington. Helen and her twin sister, Hazel were born October 21, 1926, to Henry and Susan Baumgart. Helen was raised in Lind and graduated from Lind High School. She married Walter Winter on August 26, 1951, and together they had five children. In addition to raising her children on their wheat farm, Helen worked for a time at the Odessa Record and for the Odessa School...
HOHS The Harrington Opera House Society met for its first meeting under new president Ellen Evans at the helm. As a newer member to our community and to the Society, she was well prepared to chair her first meeting. Present were Linda Wagner, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Gordon and Billie Herron, Marge Womach, Paul Charlton, Becky Moeller and Karen Robertson. Evans gave a brief report of her vision for the Society in which she compared donations during the first 25 years to donors in our present state of... Full story
Lincoln Hospital and Clinics, along with Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center, the Lincoln County Health Department and the Washington State Department of Health are asking people to stay home if they are showing signs of measles. The recent measles outbreak in Washington has spread, and health officials urge immunization against the highly contagious disease. “If you have been exposed to measles or feel ill, stay home to help prevent the spread of the disease and contact your healthcare provider,” says the Washington State Dep... Full story
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencings Nicole D. Carson, 27, of Fruitland, pleaded guilty Jan. 29 to residential burglary and first-degree theft in connection with incidents from March 12 to 14 of last year along Hart Road north of Davenport, during which coins, gold and silver bars and firearms were taken. She must serve 3 months jail (with credit offered for time served) and pay $600 court costs and restitution to be determined later. William Emil Hughes, 38, of Reardan, pleaded guilty Sept. 25, 2018,... Full story
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. 28: Lincoln Hospital and mental health personnel assisted a 28-year-old woman who may have attempted suicide. Davenport ambulance personnel assisted an 81-year-old woman with an “unknown medical probl...
Lincoln County Treasurer Scharon L. Andersen, Almira, to Patrick M. Andersen, North Bend, Wash. – property at 6020 Andersen Road East, Almira (portions of Sec. 19 and 30, T26N, R32E), $0. Jane St. Clair, Davenport, to Kenneth D. Lathrop, Liberty Lake – Hangar B1 at Davenport Municipal Airport, 200 South Gunning Road, Davenport, $11,000. Crayton and Elizabeth Oestreich, Harrington, to Sarah Dryden, Harrington – portion of Sec. 10, T22N, R37E, $0. Heirs and devisees of Edgar P. Livell (deceased) and Charlene B. Livell, Daven...
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencings Randall Steven Douglas Carey, 34, of Sprague, pleaded guilty Jan. 15 to two counts of first-degree child molestation in connection with incidents on Oct. 18 and 26 of last year. With two sexual offender protection orders in place, he was sentenced to 89 months in prison, lifelong probation and must pay $600 court costs. Bernard E. Mallory III, 47, Spokane, pleaded guilty Dec. 18 to first-degree robbery in connection with a Nov. 13, 2018, incident at the Reardan... Full story
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. Tuesday, Jan. 22: Davenport ambulance personnel transported a 13-month-old child described as “wheezing” to Lincoln Hospital. Firefighters from Edwall and Sprague responded to a report of a field fire on Wallace...
Highlighting the Past: Kinzel and Kinoshita In June of 2015, local home owner Kris Moritz donated a sizable collection of photos and memorabilia from her mother’s (Alice Kinzel Moritz) estate. At that time it was reported in The Record of the heritage of Alice Kinzel, descended from Russia-born Fred A. Kinzel and his wife Katherine Kramer (of the Peter A. Kramer lineage). Alice Kinzel was one of 22 graduates in the Harrington Class of 1942. Many familiar names are in that class: Verne Heimbigner, Eugene Cronrath, Rudolph W...
(Davenport, WA January 25, 2019.) Tourism opportunities are top-of-mind for the Lincoln County Economic Development Council as plans for a 2019 promotion schedule are finalized. This is the tenth year that the Council will contract with the county to act as the Lincoln County Visitor & Convention Bureau, during which steady, year-after-year growth in tourism has been realized with only a few exceptions. Tourism is an important sector of the county’s economy. The EDC’s target is out-of-county tourists and their dis... Full story
Lincoln County Treasurer Cristine L. Varain, Davenport, to Leland James Varain, Davenport – property at 810 Marshall Street, Davenport (west 5 feet of Lot 7, all of Lot 8 and east 10 feet of Lot 9, Blk. 9, Timmon’s First Addition to Town of Davenport), $0. Eric B. and Angela M. Foley, Davenport, to Leland James Varain, Davenport – property at 810 Marshall Street, Davenport (west 5 feet of Lot 7, all of Lot 8 and east 10 feet of Lot 9, Blk. 9, Timmon’s First Addition to Town of Davenport), $144,400. David Henry Boyer, Sr., by...
District Court Dan B. Johnson, Judge Editor’s note: These reports are based on forms filled out by the presiding judge during court sessions and subsequently reviewed by the newspaper. Roscoe Gene Ghering, Spokane, speeding (15 mph over limit), contested, found committed, $156 penalty. David Thai Le, Cheney, speeding (26 over), contested, found committed, $207. John Daniel Murray, Spokane, speeding in school playground/crosswalk zone (Reardan), found not committed. David Scott McClelland, Whitefish, Mont., speeding (10 o...
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. 14: Responding to Vista Manor, Wilbur and Creston ambulance personnel assisted an elderly woman who may have suffered a stroke. The patient was taken to Coulee Community Hospital. The wife of a Lin...
PDA The Harrington Public Development Authority met January 15 at city hall with President Heather Slack opening the meeting with the following present: Tim Tipton, Bunny Haugan, Jay Kane, Jay Gossett, Paul Charlton and Jill Plaskon. Discussions centered on the website, selection of a logo, grants and progress and direction for the vacant lot project. City Council The Harrington City Council met January 16, with the following present: Mayor Justin Slack, councilmen Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk, Tim Tipton and Nathan Luck, Cle... Full story
(Davenport WA, January 18, 2019) It was early 2016 when the Harrington PDA began to install a high speed broadband network through their downtown business district. Now, three years later, that project has become a model for do-it-yourself rural internet. Last January the stakeholders in the project were invited to tell their story to the state senate Committee for Economic Development and International Trade. This past October, Harrington hosted a policy discussion with Governor Inslee’s advisor on rural broadband, John F... Full story
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. 7: Responding to the 900 block of Spokane Street in Lamont, Sprague ambulance personnel assisted a 17-year-old girl with back pain. A phone line outage was reported in Edwall, where residents wer... Full story
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencings Richard Deno Denison, 39, of Fruitland, pleaded guilty Jan. 8 to two counts of residential burglary, three counts of theft of a firearm and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, all in connection with break-ins at a Hart Road residence north of Davenport between March 11 and 15 of last year. His sentence includes 10 years, 6 months in prison, paying a share of $134,397.82 in restitution to the property owner (with up to eight co-defendants) and $600... Full story
Lincoln County Treasurer JC Farm LLC, Grand Coulee, to Stephanee L. Chapman (personal representative, estate of Cheryl N. Chapman), Spokane – portions of Sec. 26 and 27, T28N, R31E, $0. JC Farm LLC, Grand Coulee, to Joseph Ehlers, Grand Coulee – portions of Sec. 26 and 36, T28N, R31E, $0. Stephanee L. Chapman (personal representative, estate of Cheryl N. Chapman), Spokane, to Stephanee L. Chapman and Hunter R. Chapman, Spokane – portions of Sec. 26 and 27, T28N, R31E, $0. Joseph Ehlers, Grand Coulee, to JC Farm LLC, Grand... Full story
Loren J. Totusek passed away January 8, 2019, at the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center in Odessa at the age of 82. He was born August 1, 1936 on the family farm to Frank and Ruby (Hoover) Totusek. He was a member of the Marlin Presbyterian Church. Loren was a U.S. Army veteran, a member of the Odessa American Legion post and also participated with the Odessa VFW. He was an avid player of horseshoes, also enjoyed trapshooting and was a member of the Marlin Gun Club, bowled... Full story
January A five-to-six-month-old pup left for dead in the cold of December was rescued and revived by a group of several animal lovers. Thus began the saga of LuLu in a series of stories written by The Record’s Linda Goodman. Keith Bailey was honored by CHS, Inc., the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative, for contributing 25 years of service to strengthening and growing the cooperative system. He is CEO of AgVentures NW, LLC, of Odessa and general manager for its owner companies, Reardan Grain Growers and Odessa Uni... Full story
By TERRIE SCHMIDT-CROSBY Now that our sometime columnist Vivianne Poe has become busy with other pursuits and has less time to devote to our Meet Your Neighbors articles, we will try to fill the gap until she finds more time on her hands. We are grateful to Nate Lathrop for introducing us to one of the newer couples in Odessa, Michael and Margie Sgobba. Vivianne Poe met them when they first moved to Odessa from Bremerton in July of 2018, but scheduling interviews with them... Full story
