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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. 2: Snowy conditions resulted in several reports of vehicles that got stuck or slid off roadways throughout the county, including on Third Street near Fitness Lane in Davenport, on Nye...
1 years ago The Odessa Record January 12, 1917 Fire boys hold annual meeting. The Odessa fire boys met for their annual meeting and election of officers at city hall Friday night. Secretary Scholer’s fire record showed that during the year 1916, had received seven calls, the largest number in the history of the department, to fires where it was necessary to turn on water. Only one of these, the livery barn fire got beyond control. Bounty offered for coyotes. On the urgent recommendation of Game Warden W.G. Mathews, the comm...
April The Desert 100 motorcycle endurance race of the Stumpjumper Motorcycle Club was held the first weekend in April. The event was well attended and very few problems were reported. Odessa High School junior Molly Schafer was selected as Miss Odessa 2016. She will ride the Odessa community float in parades throughout eastern Washington during the spring and summer, spreading the word about the Odessa Deutschesfest and inviting everyone to come visit us the third weekend in September. Five Odessa High School science...
City Council A special meeting of the Harrington City Council was held December 20 with two items on the agenda: an update on the Second Street project and completion of the 2017 budget. Present were council members Richard Becker, Michael Cronrath, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk and Justin Slack, mayor Dillon Haas, clerk Bunny Haugan, maintenance supervisor Scott McGowan, Bo McCanna of Belsby Engineering and visitors Crayton and Beth Oestreich, Stacey and Lance Rasmussen, Paul...
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. 19: A deputy assisted a woman who had locked her keys inside a running vehicle in the 800 block of Ross Street in Davenport. Tuesday, Dec. 20: Four to six inches of snow, with drifts as...
Robert D. Schlimmer passed away December 7, 2016, in Davenport at the age of 77. He was born to Robert and Esther Schlimmer on October 1, 1939, in Spokane. He was a member of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers and the Odessa Trading Company and was named a past Lincoln County Conservation farmer of the year. Robert enjoyed fishing, loved his Chihuahua dogs, and loved to farm. He was a graduate of Odessa High School. He is survived by his wife, Valerie (Vaughan)...
The US Bank recently awarded the Harrington Opera House Society a $1,000 grant to support The Art Room's music and art education programs. In addition to becoming a regional venue for a variety of entertainment events, from music concerts to topical presentations, as well as for private activities such as weddings and meetings, the Society also provides music and art education for area residents. In her fourth year as piano teacher for the HOHS, Heather Safe travels from...
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. 12: Responding to Quail Court, Odessa ambulance personnel transported an 84-year-old woman to the local hospital for treatment for possible internal bleeding. Sprague ambulance per...
(Davenport, WA December 19, 2016.) Tourism opportunities in Lincoln County need a stronger online presence. That was the message from Margie Hall, director of the Lincoln County Economic Development Council, during the December 5 meeting of the county commissioners. The EDC, which contracts with the county to act on their behalf as the Lincoln County Visitor & Convention Bureau, presented a 2017 tourism promotion proposal that includes utilizing $4,000 to roll out a new Internet and social media tourism program. It is becomin...
City Council The Harrington City Council met Wednesday, December 14, from 7:30 p.m. to 11:40 p.m. with all council members present (Davenport, Slack, Schenk, Cronrath and Becker), clerk Bunny Haugan and two visitors, Cherie MacClellan and Marge Womach. Schenk left at 11 p.m. for work. Minutes were approved for the December 5 budget hearing as well as the November 9 council meeting. Mayor Dillon Haas reported on maintenance, as Scott McGowan was on vacation. While McGowan was gone, Mike Herron assisted Keith Stai, as Herron...
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. 5: A caller reported “a massive amount of smoke” was coming from the wheel well of a pickup and trailer unit traveling in front of him on Interstate 90 near Sprague. Creston ambulan...
Marvin Fink passed away peacefully on December 7, 2016 at the age of 84. Born in Odessa to Reuben and Elizabeth Fink on April 27, 1932, Marvin was a lifelong resident of Odessa and active member of the community throughout his years. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1950 and married the love of his life Marilyn Salo in 1952. Marvin served his country proudly during the Korean War as a member of the U.S. Army, where he courageously fought on the front lines and earned...
City Budget The city council met Tuesday, Dec. 5, for the final budget hearing for fiscal year 2017, with three council members present, Richard Becker, Mike Cronrath and Peter Davenport. Mayor Dillon Haas, clerk Bunny Haugan and two visitors, Cherie MacClellan, a recent home owner, and Marge Womach, reporter also attended. During a political year there are often an extra 10 persons who attend public meetings to stay in tune with the current status of the city. When public issues such as dog licenses or new city ordinances...
Robert D. Schlimmer passed away December 7, 2016, in Davenport. Services will be held at the Chapel of Strate Funeral Home in Davenport Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at 2 p.m. Full obituary will follow in next week's edition. Please visit www.stratefuneralhome.com. Strate Funeral Home, Davenport, is caring for the family....
Santa listened to children Hark! But there are no angels singing. What is that alarming sound reaching throughout the town of Harrington at 10 a.m., December 3? Not a minute late for the children that awaited the arrival of Santa on his one-horse sleigh? No, not a sleigh, Santa came in modern fashion, grasping ahold of one of Harrington’s finest fire trucks. Santa has been watching his diet the past year or so, and he is not as rotund as one might expect. In he came with a ...
The girls basketball season has begun (although the boys must wait until the football team members who also play basketball can get in the required number of practices to become eligible to play). The girls played Davenport in a non-league game November 29, losing 62-18. Freshman McKennah Davison scored 10 of the Titans’ 18 points. Kassidy Crossley followed with four points, and Maleah Davison and Caitlyn Schuh each added two points. O-H 2 10 2 4 18 O-H 22 15 19 6 62 Defensively, Maleah Davison led the team with eight r...
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. 28: Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a 79-year-old woman with an unknown medical problem. No one was reported hurt after a pickup truck went off U.S. 2 near Reardan and into a ditch...
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. 14: Wilbur ambulance personnel assisted a 76-year-old man experiencing low oxygen levels. Wilbur and Creston ambulance personnel assisted a 25-year-old woman who lost consciousness and hi...
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. 7: A county jail inmate was disciplined for drawing on his cell door with a pencil and refusing to clean up after being told to do so three times. A Davenport man became a victim of compu...
Monday evening, Nov 7, The Harrington Opera House Society met in the Art Room of the Opera House at 7 p.m. on November 7. Present were Gordon and Billie Herron, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Bunny Haugan, Linda Wagner, Carol, Marge Womach and Karen Robertson. Recent correspondence regarding a potential agreement for access to the opera house was addressed. The request was for four hours of access per week and the use of the opera house for one performance per year. The group’s consensus was to reject the request, as the Society a...
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. 24: Deputies responded to a report of a “suspicious male” walking around Edwall and determined he was out looking for a wallet. A deputy encountered two white cows running down the middle...
Harrington Food Mart One hundred years ago a man by the name of J.O. Kerrick set forth with architectural drawings in hand and proceeded to build the Fallert Hotel, in which building there has been a grocery store of one form or another during the past century as Moore's Grocery, Banner Meat Co, Harrington Food Market and Leeming Bakery. Henry Fallert had been the owner of Dutch Henry's Place which sat in the path of a fierce fire that destroyed it and the OK Stables in the...
Rhea Jean Strate was born on May 24, 1925 in Marlin to Gustav and Emma (Kallenberger) Zimbelman. She died in Spokane October 28, 2016, at the age of 91. She attended and graduated from the Marlin School District. She married LaMar Strate on January 19, 1947 in Odessa. They moved to Spokane in 1969. Rhea is survived by her four daughters Marla (Bob) Svoboda, Beverly (Ceddio) Barela, Shelly (Rich) Miller and Robyn (Geoff) Norwood; six grandchildren Katie, Mandie, Téa, Muriah, Tyler and Jordan, along with six great...
Edwin C. Kern passed away November 3, 2016 in Odessa at the age of 100. He was a lifetime resident of the Marlin/Odessa area, where he farmed and raised his family. Edwin was born May 25, 1916 in Marlin to Fred and Matilda (Weishaar) Kern. He attended the Marlin School for grades 1-4, the Lauer school for grades 5-8 and the Odessa school for grades 9-12, graduating in 1935. After high school, he went to work on Grand Coulee Dam from 1935-1939. While working on the dam, he marr...
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. 31: A vehicle hit an oil slick on Old Coulee Road and went off the roadway. After a caller reported seeing a suspicious vehicle parked along Valley Road about a mile from Rocklyn Roa...
