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Aug. 13, Mayor Paul Gilliland called to order the meeting of the city council with members Terry Howe, Rick Becker, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk and Mike Cronrath present and Bunny Haugan, Scott McGowan, Margie Hall, Ashley Schenk, Charles Marsh, Sharon Schultz and Marge Womach in attendance. Margie Hall of the Economic Development Council gave an update of activities and meetings and provided the council with handouts. She noted that the mayors would be meeting on Sept. 12,...
Great Northern Railroad - Part 1, submitted by Marjorie Womach, was published on July 10 and Part 2 on July 17. Anyone interested in additional information on Northwest railroads may come to The Record office where we have several books for sale on the subject. In 1921 it was said that in order for the Harrington Harvester to sell its machines at distant towns, they used two small white mules that pulled and scratched their way up the old City Hall hill pulling one of their machines. They wrote that the belly of the mules...
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, Aug. 11: A county patrol car sustained no visible damage after a fawn ran into the car door. MedStar air ambulance used the U.S. 2 Telford rest area west of Davenport to transport a patient w...
The Harrington Opera House Society met for their monthly meeting, opened by President Mark Stedman and attended by Sheryl Stedman, Becky and Stephen Hardy, Carol, Edwin and Bunny Haugan, Billie and Gordon Herron, D. P. Charlton, Bonnie Hardy, Karen Robertson, Marge Womach and Linda Wagner. Progress might appear slow in regard to the opera house building projects, however the progress is steady in consistent increments following a master list of pieces of the structure that need work; each is thoroughly investigated and...
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, Aug. 4: Lincoln Hospital personnel treated a girl experiencing a possible allergic reaction and a "dizzy and weak" man who was transported from by Davenport ambulance from a Buckhorn Road r...
Junior-high football practice will start on August 20 in Harrington at 4 p.m. The bus will leave Odessa at 3:30. Practice will also be held in Harrington on August 21 and 22, due to the Lincoln County Fair being under way in Davenport on those days. Players should dress in running gear and make sure to have completed all the necessary paperwork. For questions, contact Coach Larry Weber at 988-0285....
May 6, 1945 - August 9, 2014 Carl "Rusty" Ryan died August 9, 2014 after a long, hard fought battle with the rare disease, langerhans cell histiocytosis. He was born in San Bernardino, Calif. but was raised in Butte, Mont. It was while attending Butte High that he met and fell in love with Linda O'Neil. In 1968, he married Linda, and they made their life in Odessa, Wash. Carl was preceded in death by his wife, his father William "Red" Ryan and his nephew Jason. Many family...
Born November 15, 1927 into the Odessa, Washington home of Clement and Clara Scrupps-Groh, Helen passed away at Spokane's Sacred Heart Hospital, surrounded by her family during the morning hours of Saturday, August 2, 2014. Following her graduation from Odessa High School, Helen moved to Wenatchee, where she worked as an operator for the phone company. It was here that she met her life's partner of 48 years, Robert A. "Bob" Pierce. They were married in Odessa on November 28,...
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, July 28: Harrington ambulance personnel transported a man from the 400 block of West Willis Street to Lincoln Hospital in Davenport for treatment of abdominal pain. Responding to the 100 block...
As this nation continues the struggle to recover from the Great Recession, entrepreneurs will play a vital role in creating jobs and expanding the economy as they currently create 60 to 70% of the new jobs in this country. But many businesses fall victim to one major barrier – access to capital. Since the 1970s, there has been a steady decline in accessing capital by small businesses alongside, per capita, a steady decline in the creation of jobs. A recent study by Pepperdine University asked small business owners their t...
In November, 2001, following a two year period of interim ministering by Terry Van Blaricum, Pastor Bill Bull and his wife came to Harrington as the resident minister. Rev. Bull was born in 1944 and met his wife Bonnie in Princeton, Idaho. They have been married more than 40 years. They were the parents of three adult children by the time they moved here, Julia, Jeffrey and Janice. Pastor Bull's early career was in the lumber industry in Northern Idaho as a U.S. Forest...
Amelia Homburg passed away on July 26, 2014 at Manor Care in Spokane, Washington at the age of 89. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Marie, her husband, Jake Homburg, her son, Jake, Jr, a daughter, Rosemary Groves and two brothers, Karl and Reinhold. Amelia was born in Tacoma, Washington on March 28, 1925 to George Wirtenberger and Marie Elizabeth Thaut. She is survived by her son, Ronald George Homburg, two grandchildren, Rhiana and Trevor, a sister, Gerda Reid, and numerous nieces and nephews. Amelia 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, July 21: White foam was observed coming from the top of a Burlington Northern train car traveling near SR 23. Cash was reported missing as a result of a burglary at a residence in the 2700 b...
What started out July 22 as a request to LCWLFPN by local dog trainer Kay Frazier asking if a bearded collie, featured on KREM TV as Spokanimal’s Pick of the Litter was still needing a home, has turned into so much more. What is meant to help one, oft times helps many. This has been evident so often for LCWLFPN in its first year as a pending non-profit, that it has been added to the motto. Events unfolded quickly last week in Davenport, once it was determined that Andy, a 10-month-old bearded collie featured last week as S...
For any of our readers who might still be wondering why the much-hyped Avista power outage that was scheduled to occur last Wednesday evening never materialized. If you chalked it up to the violent storm that passed over Odessa and then moved on to Colville, Spokane and further east, you would be right. Even though the storm moved quickly through Odessa, dumping enough rain to make the downtown streets flow with several inches of water, the damage it did through a combination of wind, lightning and water as it moved into...
Harrington Public Library in conjunction with Washington State University's extension office opened its Summer Reading Program, Fizz-Boom-Read, Thursday, July 10 from 3 to 5, led by Bridget Rohner and Stacey DeWald. Initially 18 youngsters entered and tried to contain themselves with the excitement of the first day. They settled in as each began to color with crayons the planets and solar system followed by posting them on the door to their Reading Room. James Smith read them...
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, July 14: Sprague firefighters responded to a small brush fire on the Old Sprague Highway just east of Williams Lake. Odessa firefighters battled a brush fire at Rimrock and Brownswell roads n...
Ron Frederick died July 8, 2014 at his home in Odessa at the age of 78. Ron was born May 30, 1936 in Odessa to Louis and Alma (Giese) Frederick. He attended school in Odessa until tenth grade, joined the U.S. Army at age 17 and had his 18th birthday in Korea during the Korean War. After the war he worked in Spokane at White Block Co. and Calkins Machinery, later moving back to Odessa to farm. Ron later went to work for the Odessa Trading Company as a machine yard foreman. He...
Billie Helen Mills passed away on July 12, 2014 at Lincoln Hospital in Davenport at the age of 75. She was surrounded by family and our Lord Jesus. She was preceded in death by her parents William and Helen Martin and her brother Gale Martin. Billie was born in Ritzville on October 4, 1938 to William (Laddie) and Helen (Ramm) Martin. She was the only daughter and older sister to Bob Martin, Jim Martin and Gale Martin. In 1956, she graduated from Odessa High School and married...
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, July 7: Davenport ambulance personnel transported a jail inmate to Lincoln Hospital after she suffered a seizure. She later was returned to Adams County authorities. A fence at the AT&T s...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record July 10, 1914 "For almost the first time in its history the Record was a day late. The paper was ready to go to press at its regular time of 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, but because of trouble on the WWP lines, printing could not start until Saturday. “A number of farmers in the Ruff section have started cutting their grain this week. Some of the finest samples shown here have been White Russian or Jones Fife. “Krupp was visited by two serious fires this week. Sunday evening the first bla...
Nearly 700 Avista Utilities customers in the town of Odessa will experience a power outage on Wednesday, July 23, from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. on Thursday, July 24. The outage is required to create a safe environment for crews to work while upgrading the substation that serves the town. Additional Avista crews will also be working during the planned outage on upgrading equipment on utility poles throughout the town. Joining Avista’s Odessa crew will be crews from Spokane and Davenport. The upgrades will help ensure reliable e...
The Lincoln County Relay for Life walk-a-thon was held in Davenport, starting on June 13 at 6 p.m. and continuing until 6 a.m. on June 14. The event was held at the Davenport High School track and field complex. Twelve teams, with over 100 participants, ranging in age from infants to senior citizens, walked, jogged, strolled and danced their way around the track to raise money for the American Cancer Society in the fight against cancer, with the goal that more people survive...
Chamber meeting Wednesday noon, July 2, the Harrington Chamber of Commerce met, led by president Cassandra Paffle-Dick. Those present included Kathy Hoot, Carol, Cindy Haase, Bonnie Hardy, Bunny Haugan and Marge Womach. Considerable discussion was held on the city directory sign at the entrance to Harrington and its reconstruction. Estimates were obtained and proposals considered. The committee will now investigate the cost of having a local metal art worker construct the...
Local Internet service provider Odessa Office Equipment is the first to provide Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) high speed Internet to communities in Lincoln County. Marlon Schafer, owner of Odessa Office Equipment, has negotiated a contract with NoaNet to utilize their fiber for anchor institutions as well as businesses and residents in both Odessa and Wilbur. And he's working on more. Schafer was already providing the two communities with wireless Internet options, but now he can provide the high speeds that...
