Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Sorted by date Results 1559 - 1583 of 1907
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 4: Responding to the 800 block of SE Pope, Wilbur ambulance personnel assisted an 87-year-old woman who was feeling faint. Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a woman who was reportedly bleeding heavily from rup...
In 1883, August Bursch, Ludwig Hoffman and Gottlieb Mielke came to the Zion district without their families and established themselves sufficiently to summon their families in Minnesota anxiously awaiting the call to come west. In October, the families were reunited, and church services were held in the homes until the following summer. The edifice now known as the Zion Rocklyn United Methodist Church was the first organized church in Harrington when Rev. Adam Buehler was...
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, Aug. 17: An ambulance was sent to a residence on Aviator Lane in Grand Coulee for a man in his 90s with a medical issue. Wilbur ambulance personnel assisted a woman experiencing diz...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record August 27, 1915 Recovers livery team. Geo. Dobson last Sunday recovered the team and buggy which was taken out of his barn on the previous Thursday evening by a person representing himself as a traveling man from Findlay, Ohio. The horses were located in Sprague on Friday where they had been driven by the party who took them from here, with the understanding that he would return them in two hours. He had placed them in a livery barn with instructions to keep and feed them until he...
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, Aug. 10: Wilbur ambulance personnel assisted an elderly woman who fell. An individual who had a campfire going in the vicinity of Miles Creston and Hume roads north of Davenport was adv...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record August 13, 1915 The commissioners of Adams County have just closed a deal for the purchase of a half section of land about a mile and a half north of Lind for the sum of $5,500, which is to be used as an experimental station and operated under the direct supervision of representatives of the agricultural department of the state college. Mr. McCall, representative of the agricultural department, is in charge of the farm. It is understood the expense of operating will be paid by the state...
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, July 27: No one was reported injured after two vehicles collided on SR 231 near the intersection of Little Falls Road north of Reardan. A man of about 70 years of age prompted concern in Alm...
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, July 20: Three callers observed a man walking along Interstate 90 near Sprague carrying a guitar case. Odessa firefighters responded to a fire in a summer fallow field adjacent to Fink Roa...
In recent issues of The Record we have shared the involved paperwork that early homesteaders had to complete and how they even had to involve their neighbors in the successful completion of the “patent” granting them the homestead. In the last issue the witness for John Unbewust was William Tinsley. The other witness was John Alexander, age 70, who lived a mile from John Unbewust and who cited as his neighbors John J. Curl and John Clark. Alexander had lived there six years prior to filling out the form.These documents giv...
Sheriff's Report E ditor’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 indiv iduals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Monday, July 6: Harrington ambulance personnel assisted a woma n who told dispatchers she was “hurting horribly” in her back and leg. Davenport firefighters responded to a fence and power pole on f ire at 107...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record July 16 , 1915 Playing through all the matches in tip top form Odessa tennis entries at the Big Bend tournament, held this week Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Davenport, captured every final event and brought home every prize which was put up for the winners. Besides Odessa, which had 14 contestants in the tourney and Davenport which had 20, Sprague had 3 entries and Hartline 2. Those who took part in the tournament were: Mr. and Mrs. Hy W. Rieke, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thiel, Miss Orlou...
Last week's Harrington column included a questionnaire used to prove up patent claims for homesteads. We continue here with question 14. Q. 14. Was the land occupied by any other person when you made such settlement? If so, state who lived there, and how you obtained possession. Ans. It was not. I was the first person to make settlement upon the land. Q. 15. When did you actually move on this land and commence living permanently thereon? Ans. I built my house in March 1884...
When Odessa travelers cross over Mohler Road E. toward Sprague, they cross over an area formerly referred to as the “Four Corners,” “Unbewust corner” or “the old Liberty school.” Approaching Harrington-Tokio Road from the west, there is an old homestead to the north, encircled by trees and outbuildings. The Four Corners are located about four miles east of Mohler and about four miles south of Harrington. For those not familiar with this specific area, continuing east past the Four Corners and going to the end of Mohler Rd....
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, June 15: A horse ran loose in the 900 block of SW Alder in Wilbur. Firefighters battled a blaze adjacent to the Egypt Loop Road north of Davenport. Davenport ambulance personnel assisted an elderly man who...
Nick Sebesta and Kristen Frederick were married on May 2, 2015, at the Coeur d'Alene Resort in a small family ceremony. Kristen is the daughter of Jeff and Kelly Frederick of Moses Lake and the sister of Megan Frederick. She is the granddaughter of Doug and Pamela Boole of Pasco, the late Pat "Grandy" Ryan of Port Townsend and the late Leland and Anita Frederick of Sprague. Nick is the son of Roger and Phyllis Sebesta of Odessa and the brother of Mark Sebesta. He is the...
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, June 8: A caller told dispatchers that his signature had been forged on child support and divorce papers filed with the Superior Court. Deputies investigated a report that a woman had been hit in the che...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record June 11, 1915 Pioneer picnic will be held Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – biggest crowd in history expected. Grounds in best shape ever. When the annual Lincoln-Adams Counties Pioneer picnic opens next Tuesday on the Crab Creek grounds between Harrington and Sprague, for a three days’ session, the largest crowd ever assembled at this event is expected to be present. Preparations have been made this year by the association to have the grounds in the best possible shape, and carry out the...
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 25: Wilbur firefighters responded to a report of lightning striking a tree along Martin Canyon Road North and causing a small fire. Almira firefighters and Inland Power and Light Co. workers handled a lig...
Golf No golf results have been provided to The Record for several weeks. A web search for the schools attending the state tournament at Columbia Point Golf Course in Richland on May 27-28 turned up no Odessa-Harrington names, apparently the season has ended for the golf team. Tennis Three members of the O-H girls’ tennis team made it to the second day of District 7 competition. The doubles team of Zoe Clark and Dani Tebow placed sixth in the district, not high enough to give them a berth in the state tournament. But Katie D...
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 11: A resident of Stagecoach Lane in the Spring Canyon area northwest of Wilbur reported his dog died in suspicious circumstances, possibly by poisoning, and that an outbuilding on his property had mys...
On May 7, more than 50 students from five schools in the Bi-County joined Odessa for the 5th Annual Bi-County STEM Challenge. STEM stands for Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics. Teams from Odessa, Wilbur, Creston, Ritzville and Sprague showed up at the Odessa gym at 9 a.m. to compete in the fifth science-like "Junkyard Wars." Each team of students vied against the other schools for the traveling trophy. The Odessa High School team consisted of Trevor King, Thorsen Wehr...
A Bi-County junior-high track and field meet was held April 30 at Lind-Ritzville/Sprague High School. 8th-grade boys 1. Davenport 132 2. Wilbur-Creston 98 3. Springdale 77 4. Republic 56 5. Columbia 35 6. Reardan 34 7. Northport 28 8. Wellpinit 21 9. Lind-Ritzville 20 10. Liberty-Spangle 10 11. Odessa-Harrington 3 7th grade boys 1. Wilbur-Creston 129 2. Springdale 80 3. Reardan 42 4. Davenport 37 5. Lind-Ritzville 33 6. Wellpinit 32 7. Odessa-Harrington 28 8. Republic 22 9. Northport 16 10. Liberty-Spangle 12 11. Columbia 7...
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 27: A Harrington woman reported a “suspicious white man” watching children while standing out in front of a residence in the 100 block of Sherlock Street over the past two days. Deputies investigated an incident of i...
Northwest Christian In a 1B league contest in Spokane hosted by Northwest Christian High School of Colbert on Thursday, April 23, the Titans faced 12 other 1B schools at Mt. Spokane High School in Mead. Team scores, boys 1. NW Christian-Colbert 157 2. St George's 95 3. Odessa-Harrington 90 4. Colfax 82 5. Reardan 74 6. Valley Christian 46 7. Pomeroy 31 8. Selkirk 29 9. Kettle Falls 18 10. Columbia-Hunters 12 Team scores, girls 1. Colfax 158 2. NW Christian-Colbert 105 3. St...
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 6: Deputies checked out what appeared to a caller to be an attempt to gain access to the Lightning Nuggets building at Sixth and Logan streets in Davenport. A Davenport woman reported harassing pho...
