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At least three different rattlesnakes visited downtown Odessa last week. Why so many at about the same time is a mystery. It is fairly rare that the slithering critters are seen on Odessa's streets. One snake was first seen under the bench on the sidewalk outside of the Odessa Record's office. It eventually moved down the street to the west and was dispatched by Nate Lathrop when it arrived at Rolling Thunder Pizza. Another rattler showed up in the rear parking lot of the...
WILBUR – A wildfire that started Labor Day weekend in Lincoln County still has residents working to recover from the blaze long after the fires have gone out. The Whitney fire burnt over 123,000 acres in Lincoln County, burning homes, outbuildings and range land. Two residents who lost their homes, (who), have had friends and neighbors establish Go Fund Me pages online as fundraisers. Lee Baynes, who lived north of Odessa, lost his home in the Whitney fire. Baynes, who grew u...
October 5th, 1950 GORILLAS STAY UNBEATEN WITH A 13-6 WIN OVER RITZVILLE In a Friday night game, Deral Boleneus took a fourth quarter pass from Bob McCaffery and ran 25 yards for a touch down. Davenport claimed a 13-6 win over Ritzville on the Bronc’s home field Friday evening.The win kept the Gorilla’s undefeated record intact. October 8TH, 1970 LARGE LINCOLN COUNTY DELAGATION ATTENDS 4-H FAIR IN PUYALLUP Because of their outstanding achievements at the County level 46 4-H’ers from Lincoln County gained the right to repre...
RITZVILLE – Carpenter, McGuire & DeWulf, PS. attorneys at law with full time offices in Davenport, Odessa, Ritzville and Colfax, recently changed its name to McGuire, DeWulf, Kragt & Johnson, P.S. “John Kragt and Matthew Johnson have both grown up in our firm, and we felt they earned putting their names on the door,” senior partner Rusty McGuire said. “Ken Carpenter retired a little over a year ago, and we felt now was as good a time as any to make the change.” Johnson, a Colf...
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. NOTE: Several listings are missing locations because the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office did not include them in its report to the media. SEPTEMBER 27 Number of traffic stops: 13 An Odessa caller reported a man in a...
Kelly Jean Knapp was born in Odessa, Wash. on Jan. 27, 1971. She passed away in Spokane, Wash., on Sept. 11, 2020. Kelly graduated from Harrington High School in 1989. She later received degrees from Spokane Community College in culinary arts and hotel management. Kelly was widely known for her artistic expertise decorating beautiful cakes for all occasions. She later became a licensed care giver for the elderly and was deeply loved by all those who came to know her....
DAVENPORT – Differences in the way the candidates who filed for an upcoming vacancy on the Lincoln County Superior Court bench show District Court Judge Dan B. Johnson outpacing Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Barkdull in campaign contributions. Barkdull and Johnson are vying for a Lincoln County Superior Court seat being vacated by retiring Judge John F. Strohmaier; the election is Nov. 3. According to the state Public Disclosure Commission, Johnson has campaign contributions totaling $12,684.85 in addition to $5,000 in loans. I...
MOSES LAKE – How can Washington state address a $4 billion budget shortfall if the governor will not call a special legislative session to discuss the problem? This was one of many issues discussed during a media call Monday, Sept. 28, hosted by Republican legislators. Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, expressed frustration that the governor has not called a special session to address the budget. “Not in the history of this state have we been unable to meet. Other states have met and called a special session,” she noted...
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. NOTE: Several listings are missing locations because the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office did not include them in its report to the media. SEPTEMBER 20 Number of traffic stops: 23 An intoxicated caller asked to talk...
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. SEPTEMBER 13 Number of traffic stops: 16 Call to remove a dead deer from the highway. Suspicious vehicle report. Report of illegal fireworks. Illegal burn reported. Car vs. deer collision reported on Highway 231. SEP...
LINCOLN COUNTY – When the dust settles and the smoke clears (literally), fall will have descended upon the vast wheat fields of Lincoln County. Tree leaves will go from a dark green to a bevy of orange, red and yellow colors before ultimately meeting their cold-weather demise. Though the weather maybe be turning from heat rays of sun to cold winds of fall and winter soon, there are still a number of activities to do in Lincoln County…or wherever one finds themselves…come autumn. Here are seven ideas for keeping busy this...
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. NOTE: Several listings are missing locations because the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office did not include them in its report to the media. SEPTEMBER 4 Number of traffic stops: 18 Suspicious person complaint. Dead...
The Labor Day 2020 windstorm this week resulted in a firestorm, with wildfires popping up in numerous locations in eastern Washington. Odessa resident and photographer Susan Jensen lives high on a hill only a couple of miles outside of town. She was able to capture photos of an extremely fast-moving fire that raged somewhere north of town Monday, spreading rapidly to the west after about 8:30 p.m. Low-lying clouds reflected much of the light to produce an eerie sight....
Te-Ping Chen's Sept. 1 article in the Wall Street Journal, entitled "UFO spotting has replaced bird watching as pandemic obsession," stated that the "non-profit National UFO Reporting Center reports sightings this year are up 51 percent so far over the same period in 2019. Among 5,000 incidents recorded this year, 20 percent occurred in April, as much of the nation remained in lockdown." An excerpt from her article continues, "At Peter Davenport's home in Harrington, Wash.,...
1 years ago Sept. 10, 1920 Odessa public schools opened Monday for the 1920-1921 school year. High school enrollment is 51, the largest in the history of the school. The curriculum will be the same as the previous year, with the only change being the addition of the French language. Debate and athletics will continue to be offered. Last year the debate team won the district championship competing against such schools as Wenatchee and North Central and Lewis & Clark of Spokane. Reports of three mountain lions at the Fred...
Julie Jantz, librarian at the Odessa Public Library, reports that she has a collection of Chromebooks ready for checkout. The Odessa Parent Teacher Organization has provided Chromebooks for students to check out and use at home for their homework assignments. Not every home has a computer available that is dedicated for student use. As long as there is an internet connection at home that the Chromebooks can hook up to, all the student needs is a g-mail address to receive and send in homework assignments. LocalTel has...
Odessa High School has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from CCI Learning for having the highest percentage of eligible Microsoft Office Specialist certifications per total registered students in Grades 9-12. This scholarship will be divided among those students who passed one or more Microsoft Certifications in Word, PowerPoint, and/or Excel during the 2019-20 school year and added to their FBLA accounts. Because of the pandemic, it was an especially challenging school year, given that many students used distance learning...
This should be the week things gear up for Deutschesfest in Odessa. Sadly, like most area towns, traditional festivities have been canceled due to the corona virus. Normally, the enticing smell of apple strudel, baking in the community center kitchen would waft through the air this week. Workers setting up the Biergarten would enjoy the aroma of pickles and sauerkraut fermenting. Sausage, kraut ranza, kuchen and many other German delicacies would be tucked away in freezers...
All meals are currently available for pick-up only, unless previous arrangements for home delivery are made by calling 509-982-2654 prior to 10 a.m. on the day of the meal. Monday, Sept. 14: Spaghetti & meat sauce, Caesar salad, fresh fruit tray, garlic bread, dessert. Wednesday, Sept. 16: Beef stew, spinach salad, mixed fruit, biscuit, dessert. Thursday, Sept. 17: Fall vegetable soup, ½ ham sandwich, sliced tomatoes, assorted melons, dessert. Suggested donation for ages 60 and older; fee charged for those younger than...
Monday, Sept. 14. Breakfast: Cereal, muffin, fruit & juice. Lunch: Fish sticks, Tater Tots, salad w/dressing, fruit, cookie. Tuesday, Sept. 15. Breakfast: Bagel w/cream cheese, fruit & juice. Lunch: Mozzarella cheese stix, marinara sauce, corn, fruit, veggies. Wednesday, Sept. 16. Breakfast: Muffin, cereal, fruit & juice. Lunch: Beef taco, roll, refried beans, fruit, veggies, salad w/dressing. Thursday, Sept. 17. Breakfast: Yogurt, granola, fruit & juice. Lunch: Sausage, HB patty, doughnut, veggies, fruit. Friday, Sept. 18....
ODESSA – A drive to do some “drifting” at a gravel pit near Odessa has racked up 10 days in jail for a young man who stopped to break some windows in a loader parked at the pit. Benjamin Melgren, 19, accepted a plea deal in Lincoln County Superior Court on Aug. 18 on a charge of second degree malicious mischief. Melgren told Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies that he had been out with a friend to do some “drifting” at the gravel pit south of Odessa on March 2 when he got out of the vehicle and threw some rocks at a loader pa...
REARDAN – A proposed increase to the cost of jail services that the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office provides to the Town of Reardan has some officials frustrated, arguing the city can’t afford the increase. Police chief Andy Manke shared with town council at their Aug. 20 meeting that the county didn’t seem to be willing to budge on a $63 per day cost to the town for inmates arrested by the police department and housed in the Lincoln County jail. The town has been charged a maximum of $200 per inmate at $100 per day, but not...
Pressman Mark Cordes helped run the press for the last time today, assisting in printing the Davenport Times, Odessa Record and Wilbur Register. Cordes is leaving Free Press Publishing after 14 years with the company and will begin working at a cabinet shop just outside Cheney....
The formerly shuttered livestock processing facility in Odessa has a new lease on life, with the new owners using the facility to help launch a direct-sales beef program. Miles Curtis, who ranches near Odessa, Ewan and Tokio, bought the facility this spring. The facility had formerly been operated by the non-profit group Cattle Producers of Washington. The new plant, called Limit Bid Packing, processes the beef for Curtis’ direct sales program, as well as processing animals f...
ALMIRA - An Aug. 10 wheat fire burned 50 acres near the intersection of Williams and Old Coulee roads, resulting in the total loss of a combine. Three fire districts - Lincoln County No. 8 from Almira, Lincoln County No. 7 from Wilbur and Grant County No. 6 from Hartline, as well as a plane from Greg's Crop Care, responded to the incident. Almira Fire Chief Dennis Pilar said actions taken by the farmer helped get the fire quickly under control. "There was a concern that the...
