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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 28: Harrington ambulance personnel assisted a 71-year-old woman with a history of cancer who was experiencing extreme sweats and fever. Sprague firefighters and ambulance personnel r...
INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the star ting 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 21: Davenport ambulance transported a woman experiencing extreme back pain from the 900 block of Monroe Street to Lincoln Hospital. A Harrington woman reported receiving texts from someone willing to...
Track & Field The Undeberg Invitational track and field meet was held Saturday, April 26, on the new all-weather track of Lind-Ritzville High School in Ritzville. Schools from 1B to 2A sizes competed, including one Idaho school, Lapwai High School, a 1A school. Besides Odessa-Harrington, 11 other 1B schools in eastern Washington participated: Columbia Basin Secondary, Columbia-Hunters, Curlew, Cusick, Pomeroy, Republic, Rosalia, Selkirk, Soap Lake, Wellpinit and...
Leland Frederick died April 27, 2014, at the age of 85. He was born in Odessa on April 17, 1929 to Louis and Alma Frederick, the oldest of four children. A 1947 graduate of Odessa High School, Leland excelled in football, basketball and baseball. As a senior, he was selected to the State All-Star Baseball Team as a right-handed pitcher. Leland served in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1951 to 1953 and patriotically flew the U.S. flag every day for the rest of his life. In 1955,...
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 14: Several deputies were assigned to the "U Text, U Drive, U Pay" anti-texting while driving emphasis in the county. Deputies investigated a harassment matter involving unwelcome t...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday evening to hear pressing news from the Public Works Department on the town's fleet of vehicles. PW employee Gerald Greenwalt and director Rod Webster said the town garbage truck now being used to haul yard waste collected in the yellow dumpsters in town had broken down and was thought to be hardly worth repairing. The truck was of 1988 vintage and was purchased used. It currently has a broken axle, leaking cylinders and faulty brakes that...
The Titans golf team played a 9 hole match on April 10 in Colfax, against Colfax, Wilbur/Creston, and Northwest Christian. It was a slow start for the Titans returning from spring break. Team scores were: Colfax 220, Northwest Christian 251, Wilbur/Creston 258 and Odessa-Harrington 261. Individual scores were: Madison Charlton 43, Griffey Powell 46, Thorson Wehr 50, William Mann 55 and Kiegan Wehr 67. Odessa-Harrington played their first 18-hole match on a beautiful sunny April 14 at Dominion Meadows in Colville. There was a...
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 7: Two responding deputies determined that a false hold-up alarm had been activated at Davenport's AmericanWest Bank branch. No injuries were reported from a collision involving two vehicles at Morgan...
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 31: A Davenport caller expressed concern about two youngsters riding motorized mini-bikes at high speeds and not stopping for stop signs in the vicinity of Eighth and Adams streets. Deputies...
On March 22 the Titans played Reardan. In the girls doubles top match, Laura Kinney and Katie DeWulf lost 0-6, 1-6. The number- 2 doubles team of Danielle Tebow and Stacia Lesser was beaten 2-6, 1-6. The girls final team score was Odessa-Harrington, 1 Reardan, 2. The match in Ritzville against Lind/Ritzville-Sprague on March 25 showed a final score of 0-5 for Odessa-Harrington. Cydnee Kieffer lost 2-6, 1-6 in the number-1 singles match and Danielle Tebow and Stacia Lesser were defeated 0-6, 0-6 in the top doubles...
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 24: A caller asked deputies to check into suspicious activity that possibly involved illegal drugs in eastern Lincoln County. Deputies investigated a possible theft report in the vicinity of Eighth and...
The Lincoln County Conservation District held their annual awards banquet at the new Sprague Emergency Response Center Thursday, March 13. The evening began at 5:30 p.m. with a short social hour. LCCD board of supervisors chairman Mike Carstensen gave a welcoming speech, County Commissioner Mark Stedman performed the invocation and Good Ol' Boys BBQ provided the dinner. During the meal, the LCCD acknowledged conservation efforts by 2013 Farmer of the Year recipients, Harding...
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 17: Public Works was advised of a sign down at Brown Road and Old Sprague Highway. Four deputies responded to a domestic assault report originating from the 400 block of Willis Street in Harrington. Depu...
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 10: In what was believed to be the result of vandalism, a headstone at Mountain View Cemetery in Davenport was found broken off. An Almira man reported that about 100 pills of prescription medicine were...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record March 20, 1914 Odessa was grieved to learn last Saturday noon of the death of one of its formost businessmen and citizens, Edward J. Kriegler. Coming to Washington state as one of the men who pioneered this country when the Big Bend was little more than a vast expanse of sage brush , he established one of the first business enterprises in this part of Lincoln county, and since the first day he came here he has been a factor in the upbuilding and advancement of Odessa. His activities in...
Mayor Paul Gilliland opened the town council meeting on Wednesday evening at 7:30 with all members present (Terry Howe, Levi Schenk, Mike Cronrath, Rick Becker, Peter Davenport); visitors were Celeste Miller, Ashley Schenk, Brad Scott, Sharon Schultz, Marge Womach, Bunny Haugan and Scot McGowan. Celeste Miller brought the proposed contract from Studio Cascade for the council to approve for the signature of the mayor. Studio Cascade was chosen by the Harrington Historical Commission to continue working on the 2000 Plus Revital...
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 3: Sprague ambulance personnel were sent to the 300 block of 5th Street to assist a man who may have suffered a heart attack. Two vehicle slide-offs were reported on SR 2 near the Lincoln County Transfer...
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. 24: Responding to a Coal Creek Road residence, Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a 50-year-old man experiencing pain in the abdomen. A worker at K&L Chevron in Sprague reported receiving an email on...
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. 17: A county jail inmate was discovered putting toilet paper inside the mechanism of the door of his cell. He explained that he wanted to come and go from his cell. Spilled waste oil was found on the...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record February 27, 1914 County Superintendent Wm. U. Neeley strongly endorsed the plan for a new civic center auditorium. Neeley wrote a letter in which he pointed out his view of the situation. The civic center movement has doubtless done more for the widening of the public school system than any other one movement in the past half century. While it is comparatively new to our state, the plan has been successfully carried out in many other states, especially in the State of Wisconsin. The...
Lincoln County and the towns of Odessa and Reardan are developing updated shoreline regulations for the rivers, Crab Creek and several lakes in the County and towns. Several visioning workshops are being held in February and the public is invited to come and learn about the Shoreline Master Program Update process, discuss information and learn of future input opportunities. Public input on future shoreline uses is also desired. Upcoming visioning workshops February 26, 10 a.m., Lincoln County Public Works Building, 27234 SR...
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. 10: A Burlington Northern crew tended to a malfunctioning railroad crossing arm on Yarwood Road near SR 28. A Davenport woman told dispatchers something had hit the back door of a residence in the 800...
Harrington City Council met with all members present: Rick Becker, Peter Davenport, Terri Howe, Levi Schenk and Mike Cronrath. Mayor Paul Gilliland opened the meeting and introduced visitors: Sharon Schultz on dog committee, Ashley Schenk, Scott McGowan (city employee) and Marge Womach for the Odessa Record. Bunny Haugan recorded the meeting. Two items on the agenda were canceled due to Margie Hall and Mark Stedman not arriving. The dog committee's report was presented with proposals for a schedule of fees and fines. No...
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. 3: A Davenport woman told dispatchers she believes she lost her wedding ring at either the local Safeway store or middle school. A Davenport woman reported the loss of a purse near Reardan. A man was...
Monday, Jan. 27: Three dogs, possibly Siberian huskies, attacked and killed four sheep on property adjacent to Bull Run Road East in the Reardan area. A Cayuse Cove area resident advised dispatchers that water to the property from a shared well had been shut off. A caller observed debris falling from a truck and trailer traveling east on SR 2 from Bennett Road. The vehicle was stopped by officers in Reardan. A water ski and life jacket were reported missing from a burglarized residence on FDR Estates Drive in the Grand...
