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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. 5: A traffic collision occurred in the vicinity of Bell and Pope in Wilbur. Two vehicles collided at the intersection of SR 231 and Detour Road, where fog was especially thick. One vehicle ended up in a ditch. No one...
A recent survey on child care and its impact on employment confirmed what Lincoln Hospital District 3 and the Bureau of Reclamation already know – a lack of child care services in Lincoln County makes it difficult to recruit and retain employees. Both the Bureau and the hospital district recently expressed to the Lincoln County Economic Development Council that a lack of child care options is one of the top issues making it difficult for them to attract and retain new talent. It was decided to survey other local business owne...
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. 29: Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a 64-year-old man who had fallen at a residence on Mill Canyon Road northwest of Davenport. Deputies assisted Odessa Police with a possible domestic dispute inv...
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. 22: Stopped at the Telford rest area on U.S. 2 by a deputy after a vehicle had been observed being driven erratically, even to the point of going into a ditch, the driver explained that the sun had bee...
Information on junior varsity action for the first games of the season was supplied to The Record this week. JV boys The Titan boys junior varsity has been working hard all season thus far. JV coach Larry Weber said he has been pleased with their progress so far, despite some early losses. The December 5 game against Davenport was a solid first game of the season, Weber said, of the team’s 37-43 loss ot the Gorillas. Colton Hunt led the Titan scoring with 13, followed by C...
The upcoming 2015 legislative session in Olympia provides a unique opportunity for students who are 14 to 16 years old to participate in and witness the legislative process. Thirteenth District lawmakers Judy Warnick and Matt Manweller encourage students from Cle Elum, Ellensburg, Moses Lake, Ephrata, Quincy, Davenport and every town in between to apply for the civics program. “The page program has a long tradition at the Legislature,” said Warnick, R-Moses Lake. “Many pages have gone on to become legislators thems...
Edith M. (Reister) Roloff passed away December 7, 2014, in Moses Lake. Her home was in Odessa, memorial services are pending. Strate Funeral Home in Davenport is caring for the family....
1 years ago From The Odessa Record December 17, 1914 Following a custom which has been in vogue here for many years past, the George W. Finney and the Edwards & Bradford Lumber yards remembered their friends this week with gifts of Christmas trees. The children of the various Odessa Sunday schools are busily making preparations for Christmas eve entertainments which are an annual feature of the local churches. Those listing proprams are: the German Lutheran , German Baptist, the German Congregational and the English...
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. 8: Responding to the 200 block of East 4th, Sprague ambulance personnel assisted a 14-year-old girl experiencing breathing difficulty. A Harrington man reported fraudulent use of a debit...
At its Monday night meeting, the last meeting of 2014, the Odessa Town Council approved its annual budget for 2015, a resolution adopting a fee structure for use of the Old Town Hall and the community commercial kitchen, and another resolution adopting the increased fees for water/sewer/refuse. Police chief Helen Coubra read to the council a letter she had drafted to the state Department of Transportation requesting that the speed limit sign at the eastern town limits be moved back to its prior location east of Hopp Road....
In girls’ basketball, the Odessa-Harrington Titans, like the boys, suffered back-to-back losses this past weekend to Davenport and Wilbur-Creston. In Friday’s game against Davenport, the Titans and Gorillas were tied at half-time and even managed a one-point lead by the end of the third quarter. They were unable to keep up in the fourth quarter, however, and lost by a score of 58-52. O/H 12 16 14 10 52 D-port 16 12 13 17 58 Katie DeWulf led all scorers with 23. Paige Alloway followed with 13, Jordyn Tanke 9, Shelbey Wat...
The Odessa-Harrington Titan basketball season got off to a weak start for the local team, with back-to-back losses this past weekend to Davenport December 5 and to Wilbur-Creston December 6. Against Davenport on Friday, the Titans led at the half, 42 to 34 but were unable to come back from a third-quarter surge by the Gorillas and ultimately lost by a score of 70-64. O/H 20 21 12 11 64 D-port 17 17 22 14 70 Leading the offense against Davenport was Shane Whitaker with 26 points, which included three 3-pointers and making 7...
Lloyd V. Tebow passed away December 2, 2014, at his home in Odessa at the age of 94. He was born March 15, 1920 in Lamont, Okla. to Karl and Edith Tebow. He graduated from high school and joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. Lloyd married Marjorie Groh on November 16, 1952 in Odessa. Lloyd is survived by his wife of 62 years, Marjorie; five children, Douglas (Joanne) Tebow, Sheryl (Donald) Dirks, Janell (Toby) Lobe, Diane (Alan) Voise and Barb (Jeff) Greenwalt; his 13...
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. 1: A one-vehicle rollover collision was reported on I-90 near Sprague. Deputies responded to a report of an assault involving two men and a woman at a residence on Mill Canyon Road north...
The Lincoln County Economic Development Council has shared that, "The biggest threat to the quality of life in our county is youth out-migration." Our graduates are leaving our communities and not returning to fill the many open positions in business, healthcare, government, construction, agriculture and science. The Odessa High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America has partnered with the Council to tackle the problem head on to try and make a difference....
12 years ago From The Odessa Record November 30, 1939 The Christmas buying season is on and Odessa merchants have stocked heavily. This was fortunate, it was revealed during the past week, when it seemed increasingly difficult to get orders filled. Early buyers will get the advantage. The war situation in Europe, with the present governmental permission to engage in sales to warring nations, together with strikes in many plants, is causing the difficulty in getting merchandise. On a round of the stores this week the Record ne...
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. 24: Harrington ambulance personnel assisted a woman who had fallen inside a Sherlock Street residence. She was transported to Lincoln Hospital in Davenport. Responding to an unrelated incident at an Ali...
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. 10: Emergency personnel from Davenport and Reardan assisted a 77-year-old woman who had fallen in her bathtub. A caller reported a sign with the message “I love my girl. Sorry” was placed near a bridge...
Titan basketball practice for both the boys’ and girls’ teams started this past Monday, and the first game will be played December 5 in Davenport, with an away game in Wilbur following on Saturday, December 6. The first home games are against Lind/Ritzville/Sprague in Odessa on December 12 and against Wellpinit in Harrington on December 13. Games are played throughout December and January and half- way through February. The state 1B basketball tournament will be played March 5-7 at the Spokane Arena, a change that began las...
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. 3: A deputy responded to the 100 block of Washington Street in Davenport after receiving a report that someone had threatened to “break the face” of a female resident. Deputies investigated the theft o...
The long-term outlook for drinking and irrigation water in Moses Lake, Ritzville, Davenport, Othello and throughout the farm-rich Columbia Basin Project is increasingly positive but still has conflict, attendees of the Columbia Basin Development League (CBDL) annual conference were told November 6. The Odessa Aquifer that supplies water to much of the eastern Columbia Basin Project – via wells too deep for replenishment by rain and snow – was the number one topic at the conference held at Big Bend Community College. “There is...
Lewis W. Kagele was born on November 3, 1923 to Jake and Martha (Bischoff) Kagele in Ritzville, Wash. Lewis grew up on the family farm and attended school in Ritzville graduating from Ritzville High School. Lewis later married Darlene Schell on November 18, 1945 in Ruff, Wash. They were farmers and ranchers southwest of Odessa and later owned and operated the Odessa Golf Course, where they built their retirement home and continued to live until Darlene's death in 2009. Lewis c...
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. 27: A deputy assisted Davenport Safeway store personnel in the removal of a man and woman discovered sleeping in a tent next to a dumpster. A caller reported the theft of a riding lawnmower from the 1300...
Ebola is not an eminent threat to the Pacific Northwest, but healthcare providers at Lincoln Hospital and North Basin Medical Clinics in Davenport, Wilbur, and Reardan and at Odessa Memorial Hospital and Clinic in Odessa are taking steps to be prepared in the event the virus arrives on their doorsteps. “An outbreak of Ebola virus disease is unlikely to occur in Washington,” said Ed Dzedzy, Lincoln County Public Health Administrator. “We have good infection-control practices, well-trained public health staff and a proce...
Beverly J. (Grosso) Auker, 84 years old and a longtime resident of Odessa, passed away on October 31, 2014 in Odessa. Aunt Bev was born April 22, 1930 in Okanogan to Julius (Jack) and Gladys (Grace) (Beeman) Grosso. She was raised and graduated from Grand Coulee High School during the building of the Grand Coulee Dam. Her parents owned and operated the Maytag store in Grand Coulee until 1975 when her Dad passed away. She worked at Odessa Memorial Hospital as a Certified Nursing Assistant for 28.5 years. Her hobbies were...
