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SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencing Arthur L. Palmer, 34, of Billings, Mont., pleaded guilty July 30 to attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle in connection with a Nov. 15, 2016, incident affecting at least two Davenport businesses. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors withdrew a charge of third-degree possession of stolen property. His sentence includes three months electronic home monitoring in Montana and payment of $700 in court assessments. Civil Judgments Jesse Quinn Balm, doing...
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, July 29: An 83-year-old Sprague man was transported by ambulance from a residence on Doerschlag Road to a Spokane hospital after suffering a possible heart attack. Deputies dealt with a man who was found sleeping outside t...
The latest cash grain market in Odessa shows Soft White Wheat is the down at $5.36. Hard Red Winter is down at $4.82. Dark Northern Spring is the up at $5.31. Barley remains at $148 per ton Triticale remains at $143 per ton and Corn is down at $165.86 per ton....
Mon. Aug. 5: Beef stew, garden salad, peaches, biscuit and oatmeal cookies. Wed. Aug. 7: Canadian bacon & pineapple pizza, vegetable tray, 7 layer salad, Waldorf salad, bread sticks, and dessert. Thurs. Aug. 8: Sweet & sour meatballs, garden rice, mixed vegetables, cucumber salad, tropical fruit mix, ww roll and dessert. If you are not a regular attendee or wish for home delivery, please call 509-982-2654 prior to 10 a.m. on the day of the meal. Suggested donation for ages 60 and over is $4.00. Under age 60 there is an $8.50...
Thursday, August 1: Senior Meals at Old Town Hall, noon. Twelve Step Program - Odessa Group, in Heritage Church basement, 7-8 p.m. Solution Twelve Step Program at Soul Cafe, 109 W. Main, Ritzville, 7-8 p.m. Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL) class at Old Town Hall, 1-2 p.m. Odessa Community Closet at Heritage Church, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sunday, August 4: Odessa Historisches Museum 1-3 p.m. Monday, August 5: TOPS, at Christ Lutheran Church, 9:15 a.m. Quilt club at museum barn, 1 and 7 p.m. Senior Meals at Old Town Hall,...
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencing A jury found Lisa Lynn Munro, 53, of Harrington, guilty of third-degree theft, but not guilty of second-degree theft, at the conclusion of a June 5 trial. On July 9, the court sentenced her to serve 60 days in jail (17 days credited as served), and pay $500 court assessments and $400 restitution. The charges involved the taking of money from a Vietnamese exchange student between Sept. 1, 2018, and Jan. 31, 2019. She has filed an appeal with the state Court of Appeal...
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. During the period, dispatchers handled 254 calls for service. Monday, July 22: An Odessa man told dispatchers that a $4,850 check he received in exchange for a vehicle was not good, according to the bank from whi...
There will be a special three-day filing period held Wednesday, August 7, 2019, through Friday, August 9, 2019, for the purpose of declaring candidacy for the following elective positions that were not previously filed for during the regular filing period: Anyone wishing to file may do so at the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the stated filing period. Declarations by mail must be in our office no later than the last day of the filing period, August 9, at 4 p.m. and must include the correct f...
Fred Ramm died June 13, 2019 at Irene Carnes and Rick Erdman's home. Baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith at Christ Lutheran Church in Odessa. While a life-long resident of Odessa and growing up, he was in Boy Scouts, Little League Baseball, Junior Police, Trapshooting Special Olympics, winning many gold metals. His adult interests were fishing, hunting, snow-mobiling, car races, the interstate fair, rodeos, the Spokane Indians baseball games and just spending time...
The first annual Christian Rock Freedom Festival went was held last Saturday in the lot across First Avenue from Rolling Thunder Pizza. There was a steady stream of visitors all day, enjoying themselves and interacting with those in the Music, Faith and Prayer Tent, according to event organizer Nate Lathrop. The tent was hosted by a "Time to Revive Ministry" chapter out of Spokane (part of a nationwide organization based in Richardson, Texas). Several local pastors also...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library Wednesday, July 24, 2019, preceded by a workshop in the district office where Superintendent Dan Read gave a brief overview of revenues and expenditures budgeted for each of the funds and board goals for the next school year were discussed. A budget hearing also preceded the open meeting. Read gave a brief overview of the 2019-20 budget proposal, explaining that this year’s budget is tight due to levy reductions and declining student e...
Borrow and read, or listen, to free e-books using your electronic devices. All you need is a library card. For two years the Odessa Public Library has subscribed to Overdrive for its customers. Customers who are using the service are enjoying the ability to borrow or put holds on desirable titles. Overdrive offers an array of over 42,000 book titles and 12,000 books on CD. There are children and young adult titles, suspense, technology, thrillers, travel, science fiction, YMA award winners, Stem and Steam titles, PBN reads...
1 years ago The Odessa Record August 3, 1919 News updates: That fellow started something when he suggested Nemo as a good banishing point for Kaiser Bill. Now comes Guy Harvey with the suggestion that he be sent to Waukesha, and if there is objection to this, either South Waukensha or Kankakee. The Rev. J.C. Evans family leaves this week for Loon lake where they plan to spend a vacation. Large crowds turned out for the picture, “Mickey,” brought here by the alumni. Expenses were so heavy that the alumni and theater bar...
1 years ago The Odessa Record July 27, 1919 News updates: A poultry salesman has been making the area, selling his product at $5.00 a gallon. The spray has proved unreliable. A railroad man that has been working at Nemo says he knows just the place to banish Kaiser Bill Hohensollen. Nemo is uninhabited, hotter than hades and miles to water in any direction. How times have changed. A couple of years ago the Odessa men looked at Nemo as an oasis in a desert, and when stricken with an unconquerable thirst, invariably went to N...
Monday night’s meeting of the Odessa Town Council was attended by Mayor Bill Crossley and council members Vickie Iverson, Kelly Watkins and Marleen Kramer, with both Landon Lobe and Amy Hunt absent and by several members of the community, including several currently running for positions on the council. Under public comment, Odessa residents Jackie Allen and Patty Martin received permission from the council to hand out invitations to council members and those running for office to appear at a community forum to be held O...
Mark, Chapter 14, tells us of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane just before his betrayal by Judas into the hands of the crowd bent on killing him. He had gone, “a stone’s throw away” to pray to the Father, leaving the disciples to watch and pray. When he returns and finds them sleeping, He says “could you not watch one hour?” This quote reminds me of how easy it is to let the desire for recreation, or sleep, intrude on our Sunday worship, especially in the summer. That hour or two in worship can look like a huge hole in o...
Harrington PDA Tuesday evening, July 16, the Harrington Public Development Authority held their monthly meeting at City Hall with Jay Gossett, Paul Charlton, Nathan Luck, Maddy Peters, Bunny Haugan, Tim Tipton, Jay Kane and Heather Slack present. Minutes of the June meeting were read and the treasurer's report given. It was announced that the sign on Hwy. 28 will be changed to advertise the Pinewood Derby. Slack reported that the Harrington Golf Club is getting a banner made...
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencings Danny J. Cook, 58, of Valleyford, Wash., pleaded guilty Nov. 13, 2018, to second-degree trafficking in stolen property in connection with the taking of a snowplow and other items from property adjacent to Waukon Road between Sept. 8 and 23 of that year. He was sentenced July 9 to serve four months of electronic home monitoring and pay $500 in court assessments. As a result of a plea agreement, prosecutors withdrew charges of second-degree burglary and first-degree...
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. During the period, dispatchers handled 265 calls for service. Monday, July 15: Deputies discovered that what was reported as a drunken driving incident at Second and Morgan streets in Davenport was actually a wom...
Members of the American Legion Riders Post #28 was in Odessa last week on their way to Spokane for a Legion convention. The group was met just outside of Odessa by members of the local VFW and American Legion posts on their own motorcycles, as well as other non-motorcycle members from Odessa. The local veterans and various townspeople gathered at Reiman Park to treat the riders to a barbecue of bratwurst and buns and bottled water. The folks on bikes were very appreciative,... Full story
A celebration of the life of Tamara Jo (Kuch) Kowski will be held Friday, July 19, at 11 a.m. in the basement fellowship hall of Heritage Church. Kowski passed away June 24, 2019, and her obituary appeared in The Odessa Record on July 4. Friends and family are welcome to attend this celebration organized by her husband John Kowski..... Full story
To the Editor, I appreciate receiving The Record weekly. The inclusion of Harrington and Mohler old and new news is especially appreciated. (Marjorie Womach is a Mohler friend. Her mother, Elizabeth Womach Dammel, was my piano teacher when we were neighbors. I still play piano weekly at nursing homes and care centers in Portland, Ore. and Sandy, Ore.) My son, daughter and I drove to Odessa, Lamona, Downs, Mohler, Harrington and Spokane recently. Our Odessa visit included decorating six family plots with flowers (my brother... Full story
Area students who have achieved excellent grades at their various colleges or community colleges for the spring quarter or semester are listed below. Spokane Falls Community College (students must have a grade point average of 3.0 or above to be listed): Lauren Fink, Shelbey Watkins and Jonathan Hayashi, Jr., all of Odessa. Big Bend Community Collete (students must complete 12 or more graded credits with a GPA of 3.75 or above): Alexandria Smith of Marlin, Aaron Gies of Odessa and Addisyn Kagele of Odessa. Central Washington...
On Saturday, July 13, the 1999 graduating class of Odessa High School gathered at Reiman Park for a family picnic. Sundi (Schmierer) Camp worked for months pulling this together. Many who traveled very far could not come had it been held during the weekend of the alumni banquet, so they chose a date of their own. There was also an evening gathering at Rocky Coulee Brewery, owned by classmate Zach Schafer, where a few more joined the group. Information for this article was...
To say last Saturday's first annual Big Red Barn Farmers Market's Farm to Table dinner was a success is an understatement. The anticipated event, held at the Big Red Barn, 2 miles east of Davenport, focused on community and connection, and featured the local farmers market vendors in each of its 5-courses. With 38 ticket-holders in attendance, the long table through the breezeway of the Big Red Barn was packed. Attendees were served at the table by market volunteers while...
