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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. Oct. 8: A large amount of grain and a dead deer were found on SR 28 north of Odessa. Three deer were found "piled up" at the intersection of Bull Run and Circle roads, prompting dispatchers to...
The Odessa-Harrington junior-high football team traveled to Almira October 11 for matchup with the Almira/Coulee-Hartline junior-high team. After O-H trailed 0-6 at halftime, the game ended in a 12-12 tie. Caleb Behrens scored on an eight-yard touchdown run to tie game at 6-6 at the start of fourth quarter. ACH came back to score with 1:10 left in game, taking the lead, 12-6. Cole Kissler then ran the following kick-off back 75 yards to tie the game 12-12. Coach Larry Weber said, “The defense stepped up and played hard. T...
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. Oct. 1: A Davenport man reported an identity theft incident in which his name was used in a credit check at a San Leandro, Calif., used car lot. A Seven Bays man reported several coins worth about...
The O-H Titans junior high football team, consisting of sixth, seventh and eighth graders from both Harrington and Odessa are making progress in learning the game and working on their skills. They lost their first game of the year to Valley by a score of 26-0. They also lost to Inchellium in their second game last week but improved and generated some offense. The score was 30-12. Head coach Larry Weber says his team is playing better on defense but needs to eliminate some turnovers and work on sustaining drives on...
In a non-league match against Columbia High School in Hunters on October 2, Odessa-Harrington overwhelmed Columbia in three straight games to take the match 25-7, 25-5 and 25-12. Kendall Todd led the Titans offensively with eight aces, followed closely by Jordyn Tanke and Cydnee Kieffer with seven each. Chelsea Fisher had five kills and Katie DeWulf had four. On defense, Kieffer got three digs, and Fisher got one block. Koralynne Kuch was credited with eight assists and Alexa...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans lost to the Almira-Coulee City-Hartline Warriors last Friday, October 5, in Coulee City. O-H 0 6 6 14 26 O-H 14 8 16 8 46 The first quarter of play was all ACH, first on a three-yard run by Mitchell Hunt and a successful two-point conversion on a running play, followed later by a 55-yard run by Jon Heathman, with the extra-point attempt no good. O/H struck first in the second quarter on a 25-yard pass to Carsen Weber from quarterback Justin Hunt. The attempt for extra points was no good. ACH then...
David Michaelson, currently of Harrington and formerly a resident and business owner in Odessa, has received word that two additional writing awards have come his way. Michaelson’s science fiction trilogy has received an Honorable Mention for the first book, “The Centauri Intervention.” The sequel, “Bittersweet Colony,” has been awarded First Runner Up by the Military Writer’s Society of America at a recent convention held in Dayton, Ohio. These are Michaelson’s second and third awards. He also won a Silver Medal in 2010...
The picture from the Harrington Opera House Society in last week’s paper carried an incorrect caption. The picture was taken at the Grande Interlude Concert on September 9. Seated at the piano are Rebecca Hardy on the right and Dr. Jody Graves from EWU on the left. Standing are Stephen Hardy on the left and Dr. Randal Wagner from EWU on the right. The Record regrets the error....
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. Sept. 24: Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a woman at a Washington Street residence who was having breathing difficulties. Wilbur ambulance personnel assisted a 59-year-old woman at a North...
With the goal of rehabilitating the historic 1904 Harrington Opera House, the Harrington Opera House Society has been host to several events and has welcomed the news of awarded grants that will aid in that goal. Most recently, the Opera House received funds from a Building for the Arts Grant, which allowed for the installation of air conditioning in the upstairs auditorium, and from US Bank that will help improve The Art Room which is used for music lessons, art classes and...
The annual Odessa-Harrington Titans Booster Club auction will be held at the Odessa Community Center this Saturday, Oct. 6. The event kicks off with happy hour at 5:30 p.m., steak dinner at 6:00, and the auction will begin at 7:30. According to Larry Weber, one of the event organizers, the club has collected 75 - 100 silent auction items and about 15 live auction items. Included in the offerings are a Titan football helmet autographed by team members, a Titan T-shirt quilt, an...
A new job for Mike Henry and a move to Idaho for him and his family has led to the resignation of Karma Henry from the school board. At their regularly scheduled meeting on September 26, 2012, board members sadly accepted her letter of resignation after it was read aloud by Superintendent Suellen White. On a much happier note, the board approved the appointment and swearing in of Heather Valverde as a new board member to fill out Henry’s term. Preschool Now that the p...
In Wilbur last Friday night, the Odessa-Harrington Titans defeated the Wilbur/Creston Wildcats by a score of 52-6. O-H 16 28 8 0 52 W-C 0 0 0 6 6 O/H struck first on a 65-yard run by Justin Hunt in the first quarter. Sam Schafer ran the ball for the successful two-point conversion. Another run by Hunt, for 43 yards, followed by a completed pass from Hunt to Carsen Weber for two more brought the score to 16-0 at the end of the first quarter. Scoring in the second quarter opened with a 35-yard run by Hunt. Two points were added...
Odessa-Harrington defeated Wellpinit 25-10, 25-16 and 25-18 for their second league win of the season on Tuesday, September 25. Serving 100% for the match were Lexi Hirst, Jordan Tanke, Koralynn Kuch, Chelsea Fisher and Jenna Shafer. Kendall Todd was especially impressive at 25-1 with 6 ace serves. As a team, the Titans served 96%. Tanke contributed 11 kills, while Fisher had 10 kills and 3 blocks. Kuch added 19 kill assists. On defense, Tanke had 4 digs. The serve-receive team of Hirst, Cydnee Kieffer and Tanke were all...
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. Sept. 10: A caller reported someone had cut the head off a deer after it was hit by a car on Menke Road. Swanson School and Schmierer roads were closed at their intersections with Hatten Road were...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans were defeated by the Touchet Indians September 14 in Odessa’s Sausage Bowl under the lights at Finney Field, 42 - 60. After last week’s loss of starting quarterback Jared King, out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL, and of Markus Smith for a couple of weeks due to a concussion, the Titans were counting on other players to step into the breach. They did so, and generated an effective offense. The defense suffered the losses in this game as two linemen, Zack Schaal and Ricky Hedreen, wer...
After last week’s overpowering win over LaCrosse/Washtucna, the O-H Titans were handed a decisive defeat this past week at the hands of Cusick, 48-14. Cusick 8 26 6 8 48 O-H 0 0 8 6 14 After Justin Hunt intercepted a pass on the very first play of the game, the Cusick team settled down and dominated the Titans. Cusick’s first touchdown came on a 24-yard run and two-point conversion. The rest of the first quarter was defensive, and neither team scored. In the second qua...
Britney Lynn Praetorius of Odessa and Lance Carlyn Wagner of Harrington will be united in marriage November 10, 2012, at the Heritage Church in Odessa with Pastor Jon Hayashi officiating. Britney is the daughter of Lee and Debbie Praetorius of Odessa and the granddaughter of Louella and the late Robert Praetorius, and Wayne and the late Vi Frederick. Lance is the son of Ken Wagner of Harrington and Colleen Wagner of Spokane and the grandson of the late Ervin and Janet Wagner...
Sustained winds of 22 - 25 miles per hour Monday took what is now called the Apache Pass fire from about 200 acres Sunday evening to more than 18,000 as of Tuesday morning. Extremely dry conditions in the scablands contributed to the blaze. All available firefighters from the Odessa area responded to the blaze, which at its closest point to Odessa was burning Monday afternoon about 12 miles north of Odessa, just north of Eagle Springs Road. Crews from Wilbur, Creston,...
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. Sept. 3: Odessa ambulance personnel assisted a woman who had been bucked off a horse in the vicinity of East Dobson Road. Minimal damage was reported to a vehicle involved in a collision with a deer o...
The official results are now in for the swine classification at the Lincoln County Fair. Justin Hunt of Odessa/Ritzville had the grand champion 4-H hog in the senior division of Fitting & Showing, and Carsen Weber of Odessa had the reserve champion in the same categories. Nick Nelson of Odessa had the grand champion hog in junior/senior division of FFA Fitting & Showing, and Ashley Baarstad of Davenport had the reserve champion Marlee Eldridge of Odessa had the grand champion 4-H market hog, as well as the reserve champion...
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. Aug. 27: A railroad crossing malfunction was reported at the Mondovi crossing. A broken window was discovered at the Davenport city pound at Eleventh and Ross streets. A juvenile boy was identified...
The results of the Lincoln County Fair have been released and only the swine results have somehow gone missing and will be provided later. Display booths representing the theme of this year’s fair were entered by Canniwai Grange of Odessa, which took first place and the Lincoln County Pomona Grange of Marlin which took second place. The Odessa/Harrington FFA chapters worked together on a display entitled “Is There Yellow in Your Green?”, which won Best of Show. In the FFA P...
Perhaps you would care to print a rebuttal to the hyperbole-laced article by Wendell Potter (Aug. 23 Record) regarding Rep. Ryan’s medicare plan? The enclosed analysis appeared on Yahoo! Finance on Aug. 23, and presents the other side of the argument. Jim Els Harrington “THE MYTHS AND REALITIES OF THE RYAN MEDICARE PLAN” By ANDREW G. BIGGS Gov. Mitt Romney's selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate has turned the 2012 presidential election into a referendum on Medicare reform. Ryan has s...
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. Aug. 13: Sprague firefighters handled a brush fire at SR 23 and Ringwood Road. Two llamas were reported at-large on Fitness Lane near SR 28 near Davenport. A local logger's skidder was reported...
