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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. Jan. 30: A caller reported that a boulder blocked the northbound lane of SR 231 north of Reardan at the canyon entrance. Water also was reported over the roadway in that area, with a depth of about 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. Jan. 23: Railroad crossing malfunctions were reported on Brace and Division streets in Wilbur. A 911 caller's report of a bicyclist on I-90 was referred to the Washington State Patrol. Two dogs were...
The following area students have been named to the President’s Honor Roll at Washington State University: Coulee City: Conor Patrick Jorgensen. Davenport: Elizabeth Ruth Anderson, Rachel Terese Erickson, Mariah Louise Mielke. Harrington: Rachel Lynn Roberts. Marlin: Kyle Dean Lesser. Odessa: Stephanie Lynn Wilson. Ritzville: Elena Jeanne Hennings, Heather Kay Hunt, Cory Gene Kiesz. Wilbur: Shelby Larissa Coffman, Jaime Lyn Haden, Michael Lance Schroeder, Karie Ellen Schuler. An undergraduate will be named to the P...
From its earliest years, Odessa was threatened by floods. The original town was platted in a flood plain in 1899. Nobody worried much about flood plains then, and as the town spread out from its first few blocks along First Avenue, homes were built along Crab Creek, which regularly over-flowed its banks at spring run-off time. The first really disastrous flood, however, occurred in 1909. It was followed by many more, which sometimes inundated the business district. The biggest floods were those of 1913, 1916, 1924 and 1932....
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. Jan. 16: Dispatchers referred a report of a domestic assault involving a family in Reardan to local police. A caller from Seven Bays asked for assistance with what he described as an "out-of-control"...
John Erber died January 18, 2012 in Marlin at the age of 61. He was born March 14, 1950 in Minot, ND to Arnold and Jane (Whitson) Erber. He attended Lynch Immanuel parochial school and Glenburn High School. After employment in the agriculture industry, he moved west and later found work in Eastern Washington. For over 20 years he was employed as a cattle ranch manager on Peterson Ranch and helped build stock trailers for Steve Cannon. He was a member of Cannawai Grange and...
The following is a summary of the larger projects and programs that the Lincoln County Economic Development Council was involved with in 2011. It was compiled by EDC executive director Margie Hall. EDC Board • Added four new Board Members, increasing the volunteer board size from 7 to 11. • Supervised EDC operational and program costs and monitored grant funds from the Department of Commerce and the Lincoln County Economic Development Fund. • Contracted with Lincoln County to act as the Lincoln County...
A month-by-month summary of the year’s activities as they appeared in The Odessa Record continues below for the months of July and August. July Odessa’s only grocery, which had been Denny’s Foods since the early 1990s, changed hands in July when Bob and Bonnie Dewey of Cowiche purchased the business from previous owner Denny McDaniel. The new owners, along with managers Jeff and Debbie Norris, presented the community with Odessa Foods. The Chamber of Commerce, but primarily Biergarten chairman Ted Bruya, wrestled with the d...
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. Jan. 9: Deputies responded to a reported assault at a Lakeview Terrace Mobile Home Park unit, from which yelling and screaming was heard. Coulee Community Hospital personnel treated a woman who...
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. Jan. 2: An emergency call that a vehicle was traveling west in the eastbound lanes on Interstate 90 was referred to the Washington State Patrol in Spokane. Stopping her in Davenport, a deputy...
Two months ago, when a contract was signed between the Lincoln County Economic Development Council and the Community Colleges of Spokane to bring a technology seminar to Lincoln County on January 12, several established banquets and meetings were not considered. So as not to interfere with these events, the date has been changed to Thursday, February 9. The seminar will take place at 6 p.m. at Davenport Memorial Hall and is free and open to the public. The focus will be on the evolving use of smart phones, tablets, websites...
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. Dec. 26: After discovering an abandoned rolled over vehicle along Devils Gap Road, deputies learned that according to a text message received by a woman from her son, the driver, the Chevrolet pickup...
According to a press release from Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers, Lincoln County has been experiencing an increased number of residential burglaries throughout the county. On December 21, at least two burglaries occurred during daylight hours, one within Davenport city limits and another was reported a short time later in the county northeast of Odessa. In the past several weeks Adams County has been experiencing a burglary/theft spree in their northern borders to the sout...
Christmas night, as folks were winding down from their holiday cheer and food and gifts, the infamous narco-burglars struck for the third time at Odessa Drug, the pharmacy/gift shop owned by Odessa resident Ted Bruya. Apparently, they were again after drugs, because that was primarily what was taken. A complete inventory has not yet been completed however. The burglars broke through the front door again this time, as they had during the first incident in March of 2008. 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. Dec. 19: After a call from the Ritzville hospital that a woman had become stuck near the Lincoln County fairgrounds, deputies checked the Davenport site, the new sports complex on McInnish Road and th...
Donald D. Hopkins died December 14, 2011, in Davenport. His home was in Creston. He was 65 years old. He was born June 30, 1946, in Peoria, Okla. to Jasper “Jack” and Maudie (Carver) Hopkins. He married Colleen Lanway on July 2, 1982 in Wilbur. Don is survived by his wife, Colleen, at the home; two sons R.J. Hopkins of Spokane and Eric Hopkins of Creston; a daughter Dawn Marie Hopkins; two brothers Gene Eby (and Audrey) of Colbert and Jim Hopkins of Milton Freewater, Ore...
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. Dec. 12: Personnel at Crop Production Services in Davenport advised that before he left with another man in a second vehicle, a man parked a vehicle that had no license plates but was full of clothing...
The Odessa and Harrington school districts, their combined athletic programs and the O-H Athletic Booster Club purchased Titan banners dedicated to the memory of Merlin K. Jantz. Jantz died September 10 of this year at his home near Odessa at the age of 83. He was a lifelong resident of the Odessa and Harrington areas. He began school in Harrington, later on going to Odessa and graduating from Odessa High in 1946. His classmate from the class of ‘46, Norma Carlson, became h...
Now here’s a Christmas story for you. Just this past weekend, an elderly Odessa resident answered the phone to find a Canadian police sergeant on the other end of the line. He told her that her grandson had been picked up and was in jail. The story was that the grandson and two friends had been on their way to a funeral in Canada when they were stopped for a traffic violation. The caller went on to say that drugs were found in the car, although none of them apparently b...
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. Dec. 5: A Davenport man reported the theft of prescription medications from his Marshall Street residence. An Odessa man reported the theft of a firearm from property on Trejbal Road East. Trader's...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans girls basketball team opened the season with games against the Davenport Gorillas and Lind/Ritzville-Sprague Broncos. Despite losing both games to the larger schools, there were a lot of positive signs that the team is on the right track. Against Davenport, the Titans were able to come out strong and played terrific defense in the first half, forcing numerous turnovers which led to fast-break opportunities, giving Odessa-Harrington a 30-20 half time lead. Against the Broncos, the girls started...
The Titan girls varsity basketball team led by 10 at half-time, only to face what looked like a completely different team in the third quarter. Davenport 10 10 29 13 -62 O-H 12 18 6 6 -42 The Lady Gorillas from Davenport came storming back, pounding the Titans 29-6 in the third quarter alone to take the lead by a large margin. They never relinquished it. The O-H girls gave the ball away far too many times with bad passes and unnecessary fouls. They are a very young team,...
The game started off with a stroke of luck for the Titans, when a Davenport player grabbed and popped the basket rim during warmups. That is against the rules, and a technical foul was assessed against Davenport. O-H 4 4 8 16 -32 Davenport 10 17 16 14 -57 It was pretty much all Davenport’s game after that. What scoring there was by the Titan team was led by Markus Smith with 7, followed by Justin Hunt and Cade Weber with 6 each, Nick Tebow with 5, Jared King 4, and Brett L...
Karla Ann Novotney died December 3, 2011 in Spokane. She was born August 13, 1939 to Donivan and Mary Alice Warwick in Harrington. She grew up in Harrington and attended school, graduating from Harrington High School in 1957. She attended Kinman Business School in Spokane for a short time before returning to Harrington. On June 3, 1961, she married William “Bill” Novotney in Harrington. The couple lived in Harrington, raised their four daughters and enjoyed their gra...
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. Nov. 28: An abandoned pickup truck that apparently was involved in a rollover accident was discovered on Ditmar Road just north of Four Corners Road. Deputies located the driver as she was being...
