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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, June 27: A Davenport woman reported receiving fraudulent phone calls from someone identifying themselves as with “Children’s Chance.” Aboard a house boat in the river north of Hawk Creek cam...
Rhonda Freeman arrived in Odessa from Miami, Florida. She says Odessa is quite a contrast to Miami, but a welcome one. She is married and has four children ranging in age from 26 to 41, three girls and one boy. She has been a registered nurse for 33 years and a nurse practitioner for four years. She had worked for 27 years at the hospital she left to come to Odessa. She and her husband agreed that some traveling would be a great way to experience different areas ofthe...
William "Bill" Jessett died June 8, 2016. He was 88. He was born April 28, 1928, in Pullman. He was the oldest of three sons born to Alfred William Jessett and Elma Newkirk Jessett. He spent his childhood and teen years in Odessa, graduating from Odessa High School as valedictorian. Bill attended Washington State College for several years before moving to Washougal, the home of his grandparents. Bill worked at the Crown Zellerbach (Georgia-Pacific)paper mill for 30 years,...
(Washington, DC) – The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) recently honored Sam Smith as the recipient of the Harold R. Gordon Memorial Award at the 86th Annual Convention in Albuquerque, NM. This award is the health insurance industry's most meaningful and significant honor. NAHU annually awards the industry's greatest accolade, the Harold R. Gordon Memorial Award, which recognizes the recipient as the industry's "Person of the Year." The recipient is s...
1 years ago Local history buffs were investigating a photo post card that had been donated to Harrington City Hall by Tom Wilson. The photo showed a portion of a parade going south on 3rd Street in Harrington. The post card had not been mailed and had no information at all on it. The old Adams and Mitchum building on the corner of 3rd and Willis could be seen showing a "Drugs" sign across the east side of the building. A portion of the Harrington Opera House could also be...
re Center and members of the Odessa community said good-bye to Dr. Linda Powell in the hospital atrium June 29, showing appreciation for her years of dedication and commitment to providing quality healthcare and being an active member of the community for the past 24 years! Powell's dedication to the patients of the community is perhaps most exemplified by her time spent as the primary and only resident town doctor. She ensured that there was always a provider available to...
Finally everything is posted at 3:05 a.m., and FBLA advisor Terry King and the other chaperones and helpers are so proud of the 21 students who have worked so hard to make this trip to the National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The competition is crazy, with 100-120 teams in the various events and only 14-16 making it to the finals. At the end of the event, there were some very happy faces and some very sad ones. These teams made it into the finals: the Community...
Senior meals has a new cook. In fact, the new cook is the old cook. Barbara Walter, who formerly performed the cooking duties for the seniors has once again stepped up following the resignation of Maria Nelson. Nelson and her husband Pete are moving elsewhere. Barbara is married to Stephen Walter, and the couple has two young sons, Bo and Kaleb....
MOSES LAKE, WA – Grant County Mosquito Control District #1 has reported that a mosquito sample collected west of Moses Lake has tested positive for West Nile virus, making it the first detection of the virus in Grant County this season. District #1 covers the greater Moses Lake area, including the Moses Lake Sand Dunes and Potholes. For more information about District #1 and to see its boundaries, visit the website at www.gcmcd1.org. This positive sample is an indication that the virus is present in this area and p...
For those of you who don’t know, I was hit head-on by a drunk driver on June 12, 2016, while on my way to compete at a rodeo. I had a full load of precious cargo which included four horses, my dog and myself. I guess we all figured that the big Kodiak c4500 I was using to pull my horse trailer would take the brunt of the hit, and it did. It most likely saved all of my kids and me from a far worse outcome. Along with the crash that morning, just doing what I normally do, what I also didn’t understand was what this was goi...
In the past 16 years, the Odessa Public Development Authority has been able to assist several private entities in the construction of their operational space through funding provided by the Washington State Department of Commerce’s Community Economic Revitalization Board and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. The majority of these projects are thriving in our area and providing much needed jobs and commerce to Odessa and Lincoln County. The Odessa group’s projects have been going through exciting changes rec...
Now that school is out, Odessa parents and school-aged children are asked to please remember that riding bicycles on sidewalks in the downtown business district can be extremely hazardous. According to reports by some local business owners, there have already been some very close calls, mostly involving elderly citizens. Children also need to be reminded that most doors to those businesses downtown open outward toward the street. If a child zipping down the sidewalk on a bike is hit by someone opening the door while leaving...
