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1 years ago The Odessa Record July 21, 1916 Back from Ellensburg: Ye editor and family returned Sunday evening from Ellensburg where they attended the thirtieth annual meeting of the Washington State Press Association, making the trip overland. Inquiries before starting as to the condition of the Vantage ferry road, received all kinds of answers from good to bad and indifferent, and making the trip proved that all were right at least in spots. With the exception, however,...
EWU Dean’s List Graduates of Odessa High School and Harrington High School attending Eastern Washington State University have been named to the Dean’s List. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours and acheives a grade point average of 3.5 or better is placed on the Dean’s List for the quarter. Odessa: Jacob DeWulf, Koralynne Kuch, Garrison Schmierer, Marci Steinbach and Carley Williams. Harrington: Jennifer Adams and Sidney Morris. WSU President’s List Area students attending Washington State University who hav...
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...
1 years ago Local history buffs were investigating a photo post card that had been donated to Harrington City Hall by Tom Wilson. The photo showed a portion of a parade going south on 3rd Street in Harrington. The post card had not been mailed and had no information at all on it. The old Adams and Mitchum building on the corner of 3rd and Willis could be seen showing a "Drugs" sign across the east side of the building. A portion of the Harrington Opera House could also be...
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...
Gazebo The Harrington City Park gazebo, built in the summer of 1955 by the Lions Club, was set to be demolished this week when a group consisting of Gordon Herron, Mike Herron and members of the 4 x 4 Club contacted the Lions Club and Mayor Haas to seek to preserve the structure and gain ownership. Since the city council had authorized the Lions Club to demolish it, the Lions Club had the authority to remove it in one piece or many. It has now been relocated on the corner of 3rd and Glover, an old gas station lot now owned...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2016. The meeting was preceded by a half-hour workshop for the purpose of budget preparation and review of the facilities/grounds project list to be completed over the summer. It was attended by superintendent Dan Read, principal Jamie Nelson, facilities director Justin Parr and board members Ed Deife, Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Janie Steward. Following the workshop, school business manager Juli...
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...
Memorial Flags On Flag Day and Father's Day, the new Memorial Flags were waving in the Harrington cemeteries, Hillcrest and St Francis. The Memorial Flags project was completed prior to Memorial Day, a joint effort of the Harrington Homemakers and the Lions Club. More than 66 flags were purchased. Honor flags were purchased for Mike Wines, Ed and Jacque Sewall, Bill and Pearl Floyd, and Bill and Frieda Oestreich. Some individuals received more than one memorial flag, and some...
SPOKANE, Wash. (June 9, 2016) – Northwest Farm Credit Services has awarded the Harrington PTA in Harrington, Wash., a $1,500 Northwest FCS Rural Community Grant. "The Harrington PTA was ecstatic to hear the news about receiving the Northwest FCS grant," said Kelli Tanke, Harrington's school office manager. "Our school's aging playground equipment had to be torn down because it was infested with hornets and yellow jackets. The safety of students is of utmost concern, but we s...
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...
Chamber meeting Wednesday noon, June 1, at city hall, the Harrington Chamber of Commerce met with Cassandra Paffle-Dick, Cindy Haase, Tim Tipton, Jenna Fries, Paula Pike, Bunny Haugan and Heather Slack present. It was reported that the money from vendors will be placed in the Downtown Revitalization Fund. Review of the clean-up day for Cruizin' Harrington, utilizing the students with various projects, worked well, and hopefully instilled the principle of working for and with...
Athletes from the Odessa-Harrington track and field team and their parents and friends were presented with end-of-season awards at a backyard barbecue Friday, June 1, at the home of their head coach Travis Schuh. Most Valuable Player awards went to Gaven Elder for the boys and Lanessa Simon for the girls. The Captain’s award for the combined team went to Lanessa Simon. Most Inspirational awards went to Shelbey Watkins for the girls and Sage Elder for the boys. Cole Kissler w...
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...
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...
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...
Here chick, chick, chick. Monday, May 9, a group of 13 persons interested in having the city council change its ordinance prohibiting chickens in the residential and business districts held a meeting. Some were under the impression that the council had no ordinance regarding chickens, which one of the council members present was able to clarify. Much of the discussion was about actual care of the chickens, were they to be allowed in town. Levi Schenk of the chicken committee has not yet written a proposal for a new...
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...
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...
Legislators visit A successful Town Hall meeting was held Monday in the Art Room of the Harrington Opera House with about 20 citizens present to listen to state Rep. Tom Dent and state Senator Judy Warnick, both of Moses Lake, explain their views. They also described the committees they serve on and what their interests are. Dent has a keen interest in mental health issues, agriculture and natural resources, early learning and appropriations. Warnick's interests included...
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...
The Odessa-Harrington Titan golf team hosted the Mead and Lewis & Clark JV teams in Harrington on April 29. Individually, Cody Hagel and Thomas Brown of Mead tied for first with a score of 85. Ben Wendel of Lewis & Clark was third with 86 and Tanner Graybeal of Mead was fourth with 87. Individual scores for the Titans were John Tanke with 97, William Mann 98, Colt Sanford 103 and Caleb Behrens 137. Coach Mike Greenwood said he was pleased with how well the Titans have...
