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Springtime homecoming was last week in Titan country. During lunch hour, Harrington students played competitive games. One such game was to see how fast they could build a mummy....
Once again it’s time for Spring Fling. This time for the first year, the city of Harrington has been working with Odessa on joint advertising efforts and on their own events for the same weekend. Harrington will also have a quilt show in the Harrington Opera House, plus a car show and yard sales throughout the town. The Harrington Golf & Country Club will also be open Friday with special promotions offered. Odessa will once again open its doors, yards and garages to bargain h...
Softball The Titan girls, having difficulty with putting enough players on the field for any given game, have opted to forfeit the rest of their season, according to head coach Chris Shafer. The team will continue its regular schedule of practices, however, with a view to building a more successful program next year. Baseball Reardan, April 17 On Tuesday of last week, April 17, the Titan boys played Reardan at home in Odessa, splitting the double header with one win and one...
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce heard a report from Julie Henry, Regional Sales Manager for NoaNet at its regular bimonthly, meeting April 24. Henry provided a brief overview of the non-profit company, which was formed 12 years ago in response to a need for increased internet availability in rural communities throughout Washington. NoaNet was formed when 13 public utility districts banded together to bring broadband to un- and under-served communities. As previously reported...
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. April 16: A non-injury collision involving a semi-truck and a deer was reported on Interstate 90 in Lincoln County. Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a caller who said he was having trouble...
Softball The Titan girls were to have played Cusik April 3 but did not have enough players to field a team. On April 10, however, the girls joined the boys at St. Michael’s, where they also played a double header. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E St. M's 1 1 0 15 17 9 2 O-H 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 Battery: Elena Hernandez and Casey Schlomer. Getting hits for O-H were Jenna Shafer, Casey Schlomer, Alexa Boss and Katelyn Worley. Worley’s was a home run for the Titans’ only score. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E...
Kathy Taylor and Lexi Watkins, local Odessa author and illustrator, respectively, visited the Harrington Elementary pre-school to third-grade group to share their book, Rocky's Road Home, on March 30. Each family in those grades received a copy of the book autographed by both author and illustrator. The Harrington School Board awarded a grant for the purchase of the books. Kathy Taylor works for Schmidt Insurance in Odessa. This is her first book. Lexi Watkins is a college...
The action west of Odessa was just a bit different this past weekend, as compared to two weeks ago, when thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts encamped at the corner of Irby Road and Highway 28. It wasn’t just improved weather – no rain, mostly sunny skies and only a slight breeze, that made the difference. The events of April 14 and 15 were smaller, quieter, and had an entirely different fragrance. Draft horse and mule enthusiasts convened at Keith Schafer’s farm about 5 miles...
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. April 9: A male juvenile was taken into custody after a deputy responded to Davenport High School, from which a possible sex offense/inappropriate conduct report was received. Safeway store personnel...
The Ritzville Community Theatre (RCT) will reprise their December 2011 production as a fundraiser for the Harrington Opera House this Saturday, April 21 at 7:00 pm. Three In A Row---A Game Show was written by Miles Athey and Harry Schafer of Ritzville. Harry is also the director. It is an audience-participation take-off of the old TV show Hollywood Squares. Seven "stars" in squares are lined up in a row. The M.C. and the hostess select two participants from the audience. The participants select a "star" and the "star" is aske...
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. April 2: A pickup truck taken from the sheriff's impoundment yard behind the county jail was recovered by Spokane County sheriff's deputies and returned to Davenport. A caller told dispatchers she...
The Titan golf team traveled to Colfax for a 9-hole match with a shotgun start at 2:30. It was a pleasant surprise to find the weather was very nice, about 55 degrees and no wind. The competition was played under winter rules due to the course being very wet. The Colfax Golf Course is a 9-hole par 35 course. Colfax took the match with a score of 214, followed by Odessa-Harrington with 240, Northwest Christian and Inchelium each with 292. Three Colfax boys tied for medalist with 40 each. Titan boys scored as follows: Nick...
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. March 26: "Considerable" damage was reported as a result of a traffic collision on SR 2 west of Davenport. Doors were reported broken on storage sheds on property on NE Adams Street in Creston. A...
At the March 28 meeting of the Odessa School Board, Dennis Milliken, director of the STEM program at the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) awarded a banner and plaque commemorating the STEM Lighthouse Award made to the Odessa Schools. Superintendent Suellen White described to him how the $20,000 cash award has been used. He congratulated the district on its willingness to share its success with neighboring districts and said this fact was a large part...
The Odessa High School Knowledge Bowl Team, consisting of the five students pictured above along with their advisor Ellen Holman, took second place in the state 1B academic contest held March 17 at Spokane Falls Community College, right behind Bi-County rival Wilbur which took first place. West Sound Academy placed third, Clallam Bay was fourth, Almira/Coulee-Hartline fifth and Valley Christian sixth. The 12 schools competing in the 1B classification were 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. March 12: City of Davenport personnel reported receiving a check for insufficient funds. A dispute about dogs between neighbors in the Mohler area continued, with a caller advising dispatchers that...
Kira Powell, a senior, and her younger brother Griffey, a sophomore at OHS, won the girls and boys medals, respectively, at the golf match held at the par-35 Odessa Golf Course on March 12. The following schools competed in cold, windy conditions: Odessa/Harrington, Wilber/Creston, Kettle Falls and Davenport. Boys team scores The O-H boys also took first place as a team with a combined score of 254, with Wilbur/Creston second (274), Kettle Falls third (291) and Davenport fourth (324). Boys medalist Griffey Powell finished...
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. March 5: A woman described "a strange Facebook message" she had received. A 4-wheeler was blamed for tearing up Denny Station Road and leaving ruts in the roadway. A Davenport woman reported she was b...
The Bi-County Academic Competition for children in grades 3 through 8 was held in Reardan recently and was attended by nine area schools, including Odessa and Harrington. Awards were presented to the top six students in each category (spelling, math, speech and geography) and for each of the six grade levels. Each category had anywhere from eight to 25 participants. Harrington Harrington sent 19 students to the competition. Those finishing in the top six were: Jordan Larmer,...
As of this week Tuesday, Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center and the Odessa Clinic have converted their record-keeping to an electronic format. The move to computer-based records was prompted in part by incentives offered by the government programs of Medicare and Medicaid, which offered incentives to medical facilities making the transition, said hospital administrator Gary DelForge. The software package alone comes at a cost of $600,000. Necessary hardware and equipment,...
Continued from last week Recently Odessa FFA Chapter members Caleb Singer, (son of Roland and Jennifer Singer of Odessa), Stacia Lesser (daughter of Tracy and Katherine Lesser of Marlin) and Alexis Burdick (daughter of Deric and Marra Schmierer of Odessa) competed in the Sub-District 9 Creed Career Development Event (CDE) at Wilson Creek. All three did an excellent job presenting the FFA Creed to a room full of spectators and judges (Odessa FFA members Max Greenwalt and...
The Harrington Opera House Society (HOHS) is getting ready to start a new season of events with the return of the Grammy Award winners Tingstad & Rumbel on March 17. A presentation by missionaries Larry and Susan Weil is set for Sunday, March 18, the Ritzville Community Theatre will perform their original audience interactive play “Three in a Row – a Game Show” on April 21, and there will be a quilt show and performance by the Coulee Community Choir the weekend of April 28-29...
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. Feb. 27: Harrington area residents told dispatchers of problems with a third occupant of their home, from which a later report of a possible assault was received. A resident of the 32000 block of Whit...
The final discussion at Tuesday’s Chamber of Commerce meeting was about the current condition s of the float and the representatives needed to ride it. “I would pay to have my kid not ride on that float!” was reported as the reaction from many parents. This is not the first time this topic has arisen at Chamber meetings, which has been responsible for funding the float for the past few years. In previous years, young women of the junior class were encouraged to visit downtown businesses to help offset not only the cost of th...
At the February 23, 2012, meeting of the Odessa School Board, board members and administrators heard the concerns of several parents of 5th-grade students. Odessa 5th-graders this year do not have just one 5th-grade teacher in a single classroom. Instead, they have lockers and go to different classrooms for different subjects taught under different teachers, just as junior-high students do. After second-grade teacher Bev Scherr retired a year ago, the administration opted not to hire a replacement and shifted the other...
