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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, June 27: A Davenport woman reported receiving fraudulent phone calls from someone identifying themselves as with “Children’s Chance.” Aboard a house boat in the river north of Hawk Creek cam...
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, June 20: After a Davenport mother’s call to dispatchers about her two sons, ages 9 and 12, not returning home from the Water Park pool, a couple of deputies launched a search that ended when...
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, June 13: A deputy provided traffic control after a motor home towing a boat became inoperative in the middle of Hawk Creek Road at Miles Creston Road. A patrol vehicle was involved in a collis...
There has been a lot of talk on the street lately about a proposed public safety sales tax in Lincoln County. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of our struggles, clear up a few misconceptions and then explain the concept to the public. First of all, as you know, the county had a very difficult time balancing the 2016 budget. This condition has been escalating for several years and will continue to compound itself into the future. I feel that it is...
Patricia JoAnn Nichols was born in Odessa on March 26, 1940 to Henry Schafer and Lydia Kissler Schafer Frieske. She passed away on June 8, 2016 in Spokane at the age of 76. Patricia enjoyed quilting, gardening, cooking and baking, crafts, reading, boating, camping and spending time with her family. She was a member of Heritage Church in Odessa. Patricia is survived by her three children Pamela Nichols, Ronda (Hal) Haase and Kristie Nichols; two brothers Delbert Schafer and Dennis Schafer; five grandchildren Hayley Olson,...
(Davenport, WA, May 31, 2016.) All signs point to a successful tourism season this summer, according to the Lincoln County Economic Development Council. Starting this year, the marinas are being managed and marketed by Guest Services, Inc., a national corporation with extensive experience in the tourism industry. In addition, the National Park Service is celebrating its Centennial and doing some marketing of its own. The combination of the two should bring increased business to local merchants who are ready to take...
Harrington Opera House Society The monthly meeting of Opera House Society met Monday evening in the Art Room with Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Karen Robertson, Carol, Gordon Herron, Marge Womach and Linda Wagner attending. As the completion of the elevator installation is nearing, the building committee has a short list of finishing touches that will be worked on, including the state inspection of the elevator on Tuesday, chandelier controls and an air...
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, June 6: A Mondovi area resident described a man looking into the windows of a house from a patio. A woman was observed sleeping in a running vehicle parked at the U.S. 2 Telford rest are...
The monthly meeting of Opera House Society met Monday evening in the Art Room with Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Karen Robertson, Carol, Gordon Herron, Marge Womach and Linda Wagner attending. As the completion of the elevator installation is nearing, the building committee has a short list of finishing touches that will be worked on, including the state inspection of the elevator on Tuesday, chandelier controls and an air conditioner electrical fix. New carpeting has been laid where needed, and finishing...
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, May 30: Trader’s Express in Davenport was given erroneous information by a driver who attempted to leave with a gas nozzle still in the vehicle’s tank, breaking it off. No one was hurt af...
(Davenport, WA, June 2, 2016) The Lincoln County Economic Development Council recently completed income surveys on behalf of two Lincoln County municipalities, helping those communities save hundreds of thousands of dollars in infrastructure costs. Income surveys have recently become a necessary evil – undesirable but unavoidable. They require that a predetermined, population-based percentage of residents report their annual household incomes to a neutral third party. Although income is a sensitive subject, the surveys w...
Lincoln County Auditor Shelly Johnston has announced that there will be a special three (3) day filing period held Tuesday, June 21, 2016, through Thursday, June 23, 2016, for the purpose of declaring candidacy for the following elective position(s) not previously filed for during the regular filing period: PUD COMMISSIONER, L. Jerald Sheffels, 6-year term, Third District. Declaration of Candidacy forms are to be filed with the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office at the Courthouse in Davenport between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the a...
June 1, 2016. Due to the elevator installation, ADA access construction and other building rehabilitation projects, the Harrington Opera House Society is starting off their 2016 event season a little later than usual this year. The good news is that the elevator is in! Unfortunately, it won't be inspected for public use in time for the Bridges Home Concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 4. Those who want to come to the concert and see the progress of work on the 1904 building can...
November 28, 1950 - May 26, 2016 Patsy Hoefel was born in Odessa on November 28, 1950 to Harold and Emogene Hoefel. She passed away in Seattle on May 26, 2016. Patsy is survived by her sister Karen and good friends Patrick and Margie Leach and numerous cousins and friends. Patsy is preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Emogene. Patsy grew up in Odessa, attended school there and graduated at Odessa High School in 1969. At that time she pursued her passion for teaching an...
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, May 23: Dispatchers took another report of an IRS scam incident from a Davenport resident. Executing a search warrant at a residence in the 1000 block of Thirteenth Street in Davenport, dep...
It was a busy week for the Titan track team as they competed in the Riverside Twilight meet and the NE 1B District meet. The Riverside meet in Chattaroy May 6 hosted 20 different schools from as far away as Stillwater Christian in Kalispell, Mont. The boys competed against 15 teams and took 12th place overall with Deer Park, Rogers and Riverside in the top three spots. Individually, the team of Cole Kissler, Aaron Gies, Colby Sooy and Gaven Elder placed 6th in the 4x100-meter...
Dorothy Francis Frederick was born in Chicago, Ill. on October 4, 1913 to Matt and Katherine Mandernach. She passed away in Odessa on May 12, 2016. Dorothy is survived by a son, Bill (Cindy) Giles, a daughter, Loretta (Tony) Weber; two granddaughters, Toni Weber and Robin (Charles) King and two great grandsons, CJ and Zachary. Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband, William Frederick in 1989, along with several brothers and sisters. Dorothy and William farmed in the...
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, May 9: Reardan emergency personnel assisted Spokane County authorities who discovered a vehicle off the roadway on Coulee Hite Road with the driver at the wheel. A collision involving a veh...
Odessa’s Travis Schuh turned in the fastest time among Odessa and Lincoln County runners in Spokane’s Bloomsday race May 1. He finished his race in 48:55, narrowly outpacing Davenport’s 18-year-old Nathan Hopkins who had a time of 50:07. Almira’s Darren McCall finished in 1:05:34, Creston’s Alicia Rosman in 1:21:21, Edwall’s Mariah Wollweber in 1:31:42, Harrington’s Jaeger Jacobson in 1:09:45, Reardan’s Carson Torkelson in 1:17:40, Sprague’s Tracey Korthuis in 1:12:36 and Wilbur’s Eric Wyborney in 1:00:12. Schuh plac...
Alethea James, age 96, went to be with the Lord on May 7, 2016. She is survived by one brother, Gilbert Goetz, two children, Orville James and Janice Langehough, eight grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Friday, May 13, at Grace Baptist Church in Wilson Creek. Viewing will be at 12 p.m., and the service will follow at 1 p.m. Pastor Tom Ruhlman will be officiating. Interment will be at the Marlin Cemetery in...
The O-H Titans hosted the NE 1B championship meet in Davenport May 3, competing against 11 teams, including Almira/Coulee Hartline, Columbia (Hunters), Curlew, Cusick, Inchelium, Northport, Republic, Selkirk, Valley Christian and Wellpinit. The top teams for the boys were Valley Christian first with 168 points, Odessa-Harrington second with 123, Selkirk third with 96.5. Wellpinit and Republic took the fourth and fifth positions, respectively. For the girls, first place went...
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, May 2: A cow got stuck in a fence near SR 23 and Ringwood Road in the Sprague area. A Davenport woman said she discovered a smashed cigarette on the deck of a residence in the 300 block of...
Ballots for the May 24, 2016 Presidential Primary Election were mailed on May 4, 2016 to Lincoln County voters. Lincoln County precincts are entirely vote by mail. If you have not received your ballot by May 12, please contact the Auditor’s Office at 725-4971 or 1-800-725-3031. You may notice that the return envelopes for the Presidential Primary have a new look and are now flapless. In the upcoming August Primary some voters will still receive some of the tear-off flap envelopes, as we will be using the remaining balance o...
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, April 25: Wilbur ambulance and MedStar aerial ambulance personnel, along with an off-duty firefighter and sheriff’s deputies assisted in the transport of a patient from the U.S. 2 Telfo...
In just two short weeks, several incredible donations will be auctioned off at the Odessa Healthcare Foundation’s 25th Annual Wine Tasting, Microbrew Sampling & Auction, held at the Odessa Community Center Friday, May 6, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. Here are just a few of the new live auction items that may peak your interest: Stay and play Is the ocean calling your name? With three ocean view decks, four spacious bedrooms and a private hot tub, the Helaman’s House in Lincoln City, Ore. will provide the perfect space for your fam...
