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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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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 1: A Grand Coulee area man requested an ambulance for his wife who had fallen. She later was pronounced dead after being transported to Coulee Community Hospital. A caller told dispatchers about a dog bar...
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, April 24: A responding deputy determined that what was reported as a possible assault at the Davenport skate park (what appeared to be a boy choking a small child) was actually two boys who...
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, April 17: Davenport ambulance personnel transported a 67-year-old woman to Lincoln Hospital after she suffered a possible stroke. Responding to the 700 block of SE Railroad in Wilbur, dep...
The Deer Park match was cold and rainy, said head golf coach Mike Greenwood. “Those who could block out the poor weather did well.” Justin Baker was the low Titan scorer with a 91, followed closely by John Tanke with 92. Low for the girls was Evie Mann with a 116, which will qualify her to go to the sub-district event in two weeks. Tanke and Baker also have met standards for pllaying at the sub-districtj event. The Titan golfers competed against, Asotin, Northwest Christian, Colfax, Tekoa-Rosalia, Lind/Ritzville-Sprague, Sai...
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, April 10: Sprague ambulance personnel assisted a 59-year-old woman who apparently suffered a seizure. A Davenport man who told dispatchers that his mother had sold his dog without his per...
Hymn Sing The fourth Hymn Sing at the Rocklyn Zion United Methodist church was celebrated Sunday, April 9, at 3 p.m. with a group of nearly 50 persons, many of whom were related to the founders whose photos hang on the walls and serve as a reminder of the dedication and perseverance of the early pioneers. The prelude was played by Cheryl Mielke Beymer; Judy Mielke welcomed the audience and Pastor Kim Kruger opened in prayer in the absence of Pastor Michelle Mitchell. Gerald and Virginia Zellmer, accompanied by Linda Zellmer,...
The Odessa-Harrington golf teams competed at the 7th District 1B/2B meet in Colville on April 11, playing a full 18 holes for the first time this season. For the boys’ team, Colt Sanford was the Titans’ low scorer with a 97. John Tanke followed with 101, while Caleb Behrens and Travis Bradford each scored 129. In first place in individual scoring was Palmer Guhlke of Davenport with a 71, second was Augie Allenbach of Colfax with 73 and third was Carson Odegaard of Wilbur-Creston with 77. In team scoring, Colfax placed fir...
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, April 3: Sprague ambulance personnel assisted a woman who hurt her head in a one-vehicle collision on Interstate 90. An Odessa caller told local police that she had watched a man take som...
Edna Janke-Jorgenson passed away peacefully on March 30, 2017, three days before her 105th birthday, at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center. She was born April 2, 1912, in Chester, Mont., the first child of David and Mary (Heimbigner) Heimbigner. The family homesteaded in the Chester area for several years. When Edna was three, they moved to the Ritzville area where her father farmed. They then lived in the Odessa, Lamona and Batum areas, and Puyallup, for various lengths of...
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, March 27: Responding to the 500 block of NW Armstrong, Wilbur ambulance personnel assisted an 80-year-old woman who fell and hit her head. Burlington Northern Santa Fe personnel were not...
March 31 was the date of the Deer Park Invitational track and field meet, where both the girls’ and boys’ team competed against teams from Almira/Coulee-Hartline, Colfax, Deer Park, Kettle Falls, L.V. Rogers, Lake Roosevelt, Liberty (Spangle), Lind-Ritzville-Sprague, Mary Walker, Northport, NW Christian (Colbert), Oroville, Priest River Lamanna, Reardan, Selkirk, St. John-Endicott, Stillwater Christian (a Montana school), Valley Christian, Waitsburg and Wellpinit. The O-H boys tied for third place with Priest River Lam...
On March 28 in Ritzville, the Titan tennis teams traveled to Ritzville for a match against the Lind/Ritzville-Sprague team. In the girls’ side of the competition, the #1 singles match saw Rose Melville of LRS defeat Dani Tebow 6-0 and 6-0. In the #1 doubles match, Alex Soliday and Jordan Larmer defeated Emily Boutain and Claire Kessler 7-5 and 6-2. On the boys’ side, the #1 singles match saw Awson Wheeler of the Broncos defeat Tommy Tung 6-1 and 6-4. In the #2 singles matchup, Jordan Ford of OH defeated Tyler Eddington 6-3...
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, March 20: Large amounts of water were reported in the vicinity of Welch Creek Road north of Creston. Items were reported missing after a burglary at the R&R Auto Repair and Towing Co. in the...
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, March 13: Wilbur school personnel requested an ambulance for someone with a possible broken ankle. A pothole turned into a large crack across the entire west lane on Hawk Creek Road near Gun...
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, March 6: Deputies investigated a machine shop burglary on Corbett Draw Road in the Almira area. Three sheets of plywood were reported missing. Someone stole a trailer hitch valued at abo...
Harrington Opera House Society The Society met Monday evening, March 6, for its monthly meeting in the Art Room of the opera house. Present were Billie and Gordon Herron, Bunny Haugan, Cade Clarke, Sheryl Stedman, Cherie MacClellan, Carol, Linda Wagner and Marge Womach. This year the secretary sent out 186 newsletters which have brought in donations and memberships. Last year, the newsletter rate of response was about 25 percent, which most groups consider to be a good return for the investment. Carol reported from the...
Early history As early as 1886, there is evidence of "Literaries" being held in area communities as they were being formed. These groups consisted of programs containing debates, musical performances, dramatic performances, solos, orchestras, oratorical contests, recitations, songs and/or dialogues. Most of the literary groups were eventually involved in competitive debates with other small communities. During the busy farming seasons the literaries were halted and resumed...
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, Feb. 20: Sandbags were filled and positioned to try to head off flooding in the city of Sprague. A vehicle slide-off was reported on SR 231 in the north end of the canyon. Two county jail inm...
Library board meeting Staci Rasmussen, Susan Larmer, Grace Moeller, Marge Womach and Mayor Dillon Haas met Thursday, February 16, to assess the KOHA bar-code software program. The Harrington Public Library has a contract with the Washington State Library to use the program at no charge. Haas said he worked with the system over the last weekend and, with a telephone assist from Gary Bortel of the Washington State Library, received adequate instruction to process books for about three hours to become familiar with the system....
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, Feb. 13: A vehicle slid off Long Lake Road east of SR 231. A tow truck was used to pull a vehicle from a ditch on SR 174 in the Wilbur area. Odessa Police investigated a report that a man...
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, Feb. 6: No one was reported injured as a result of a vehicle going into a ditch adjacent to SR 231 near Bergeron Road. A pickup truck landed on its top as a result of a rollover collision on...
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, Jan. 30: Responding to the Hillcrest Apartments, Wilbur ambulance personnel assisted a man who may have suffered a stroke. A Reardan woman reported receiving several scam phone calls from ind...
The Lincoln County Economic Development Council distributed its annual progress report to the organization’s membership in January. Here are some of the reported activities from 2016: The EDC contracted with Odessa and Sprague to perform income surveys of their communities after inaccurate federal data left them ineligible for grants, an error that only an income survey can reverse. The outcome was positive, with the two communities receiving a combined $1.34 million in infrastructure grants, plus the possibility of more. L...
1 years ago The Odessa Record February 2, 1917 Auto licenses for 1917-18. Secretary of State I.M. Howell is already making preparations for handling the 1917 rush, when all machines in the state must be re-licensed. Howell will issue the licenses and wrap up the new number plates and hold both in readiness for mailing. The scheme can only be used by those who carried licenses for 1916, for otherwise a man purchasing a new car could make application with the county auditor...
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, Jan. 23: A one-vehicle rollover collision was reported near the Lincoln-Adams county line on Harrington Tokio Road. The driver was taken to a Ritzville hospital. A Davenport Public Lib...
