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HARRINGTON - Joining the legacy left by her two older sisters, local junior Samantha Crawford was crowned Miss Harrington 2024 in a coronation ceremony Sunday, April 14. Crawford, 16, is the third member of her family to wear the Miss Harrington crown. Older sisters Lexi Crawford and Allie Crawford also wore the titles in 2020 and 2022, respectively. "It's really cool," Samantha Crawford said. "It shows that the Crawfords are a part of the town." Samantha Crawford 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. April 7 Traffic stops: 3 A Davenport woman said she was following a possible driver under the influence on Morgan Street. A 67-year-old female that suffered a short fall was reported. A Ford man said someone came and...
The Stumpjumpers Desert 100 held two weekends ago in Irby brought in a substantial amount of donations to the Odessa Food Bank. The Food Bank also received a donation of $2,000 in memory of Trent "TJ" McNeal, a Langley man who enjoyed dirt biking and passed away in a car accident last summer....
1 years ago • Mac Weisner, an escaped inmate of the then-described “eastern Washington hospital for the insane” in Medical Lake, was taken into custody in Odessa by Sheriff F.J. Gilpatric. • A barn on the George E. Davis farm 14 miles northwest of Davenport was destroyed in a fire. • Officers and directors of the Lincoln-Adams County Pioneer and Historical association met at the Crab Creek picnic grounds to plan the annual Picnic Program. 75 years ago • Increasing sociological understanding to keep pace with the shorten...
Davenport birthdays April 19: Cara Phillips, Samantha Sawyer, Madison Pankey, Morgan Wagner, Pat Abbott, Jolie Sorensen, Tyler Jenness, Kayson Kragt, Jasper White April 20: Janice Emery, Ciarrah Smith, Sawyer Raugust, Tom Guhlke April 21: John Gunning, Denise Liebing, Murphy Schreck, Amelia Strite April 22: Heather Panke, Samuel Choate, Donna Sitko April 23: Ken Jacobsen, Arliene Jungblom, Mary Sorensen April 24: Leslie Schweiger, Jeff Lust, Kinsley Kragt, Reece Johnson, Kinley Miller April 25: Bernice Jackson, Steve...
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 735 On Monday, April 8, 2024, the Town Council of the Town of Odessa, Washington approved and adopted Ordinance No. 735, the main point of which may be summarized as by its Title: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A SET SALARY SCHEDULE FOR ALL PAID, NON-REPRESENTED TOWN EMPLOYEES A full text of this ordinance is available for reading at the Clerk’s Office and may be viewed on the website, www. odessawa.org/clerk-1 Dated this 11th Day of April 2024 Meri Jane Bohn Clerk-Treasurer Published: April 18, 2...
NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS BY THE BOARD OF LINCOLN/ ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT # 3 that sealed bids will be received until 3 PM, Monday May 6th, 2024 at Iverson Law Office, 24 W. First Ave., PO Box 667, Odessa WA 99159. Bid shall be for the construction of a 30x36x14 FT pole building located on the Northwest corner of the intersection of Kagele and Fink roads in Lincoln county Southwest of Odessa WA. Bids shall include two 12x12 insulated roll-up doors and one 36” man door, R-38 insulation in the ceiling, R-24 insulation in the w...
CHENEY - Davenport, Odessa and Reardan's track and field teams were among the 39 schools that competed at the Van Kuren Invitational hosted by Cheney High School Saturday, April 13. It was the Davenport varsity girls that took home the highest local finish, placing fifth with 39 points. The Odessa girls finished eighth with 35 points, while Reardan's girls tied for 17th with 10 points. Reardan's varsity boys also finished 17th with 21.5 points, while Davenport was 19th with...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR LINCOLN COUNTY No. 244-00024-22 In the Matter of the Estate of MARILYN L. FINK, Deceased. The Co-Personal Representatives named below have been appointed as Co-Personal Representatives of this estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent that arose before the Decedent’s death must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by s...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of April 12-18 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, April 12 • LRS track at Moscow @ 11 a.m. • Davenport baseball and softball vs. Colfax @ 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13 • Davenport, Odessa and Reardan track at Van Kuren Invitational in Cheney @ 9 a.m. • LRS baseball and softball at Chewelah @ noon • Odessa baseball at Wellpinit in Hunters @ 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 16 • Davenport, Odess...
ODESSA - The Annual Stumpjumpers Desert 100 race held about seven miles west of town in Irby brings a surge of visitors to the area, and this year was no different. Many local businesses and organizations noticed a surge of customers and business during Desert 100 weekend April 3-7. The Cenex gas station, operated by Grange Supply Company Odessa, sold three times as much gas as a standard weekend. That's according to Grange Supply general manager Greg Luiten, who said this...
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. March 31 Traffic stops: 21 A caller said his friend was stranded on the side of Seventh Street in Davenport. A Lincoln County Jail inmate was transported to Spokane. A Davenport woman she found three horses on her...
ODESSA — The local School Board carried three motions in a regular meeting that concluded in less than an hour Wednesday, March 27. The meeting was preceded by a workshop that included discussions regarding literacy and the need for a Title I coordinator. The school board approved the following hires during the regular meeting: Kelsey Scrupps and Alex Stanford as junior high track co-coaches and Jeff Wehr as chess club advisor. Also approved were next school year’s contracts for the school psychologist and speech therapy. The...
While wind and solar farms generate “greenhouse gas free” electricity, there are ongoing concerns over their impacts on our environment especially as a rapidly growing number of worn-out blades and panels are landing in landfills. Those blades, housed on giant wind towers reaching over 250-feet in the sky, are starting to reach the end of their useful lives (15 to 20 years) and are being taken down, cut up and hauled to burial sites. Even though over 90 percent of the dec...
Davenport birthdays April 12: Ryan Bodeau April 13: Caesar LeVault April 14: Bill Reinbold April 15: Stacie Nichols, John Cannon, Jeff Evers April 16: Joanne Buck April 17: Kylie Warwick, Kim Cole, Wyatt Hanchett April 18: Malizza Hinkey, Carin Miller Davenport anniversaries April 12: Terry and Lila Lust April 16: Mary and Raven Wright Reardan birthdays April 13: Jeremy Meier April 17: Jan Graham Harrington birthdays April 13: Avaleigh Fode April 14: Chris Tyrell April 15: Rick Becker, Ryan Zeller April 16: Mark Hall, Cash...
1 years ago • Oscar Luchs of Odessa won the Lincoln-Adams County oratorical contest. Elsie Gibson of Davenport took second, while Violet Stolph of Sprague was third. • The Harrington Manufacturing Company sued W.L. Talkington while seeking to recover $1,575 for a note executed by the defendants in return for a harvester sold to the company. • A delegation of Egypt farmers asked the County Commissioners to construct a road from State Road No. 22 near Inkster Lake to the Jim Bell Corner. 75 years ago • Judge Robert P. Hunt...
Four seasons of weather all happened in one day this past week. Sometimes meal preparation is like the weather. Life throws out multiple tasks and responsibilities each day and cooking must happen in between. Several easy to prepare recipes came my way and they are a nice change from slow-cooker dishes. Barb Schlimmer of Odessa shared the recipe for Sloppy Joe Casserole, a dish she brought to a recent potluck dinner. She found the recipe on all-recipes.com. Chop the...
A favorite pastime of my wife and I is to go thrift shopping and bargain hunting. Whether we are on vacation, or in the city running errands, we try to stop. Why? We enjoy the hunt; we enjoy the anticipation; we enjoy the thrill of walking away with a “treasure” someone else didn’t want! People have left thrift stores with famous works of art, valuable card collections, or even just a missing piece to the dinnerware or golf bag. They’ve left stores with a cartful of items they got 90% off of. Wherever they shop, the goal is...
PUBLIC HEARING - NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF PETITION FOR VACATION OF ALLEY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: 1. A petition has been filed with the Town of Odessa to vacate the entire alley located in Block 11 of Trantum and Schoonovers Addition to the Town of Odessa said alley lying between May Avenue and Warren Avenue. 2. The time and place fixed for the public hearing on said petition for vacation is as follows: a. Time 7:00 pm b. Date April 22, 2024 c. Place Community Center – 21 E First Ave, Odessa, WA 99159 The town hall is h...
DAVENPORT-The Reardan boys and Davenport girls were victorious in the first track and field meet since spring break concluded Tuesday, April 9. On the boys side, Reardan scored 121 points, eking out second-place Northwest Christian (116 points). Davenport finished third with 85 points, while Odessa was eighth with 21 points. The Davenport girls comfortably won with 166 points, ahead of second-place NWC (117 points). Odessa was third with 96 points and Reardan fourth with 47...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR LINCOLN COUNTY No. 244-00024-22 In the Matter of the Estate of MARILYN L. FINK, Deceased. The Co-Personal Representatives named below have been appointed as Co-Personal Representatives of this estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent that arose before the Decedent’s death must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by s...
IRBY-The Annual Stumpjumpers Desert 100 brings thousands of riders, family members, spectators and pets from around the country to the scabland fields seven miles west of Odessa, and this year's 52nd iteration was no different. By Friday morning, hundreds of RVs lined the Irby fields, with no end in sight. Folks stood in line for registration, to buy t-shirts and to mingle with other campers despite pouring rain, blowing winds and sopping mud. Tommy Larm of Vancouver brought...
IRBY - Six riders from Lincoln County were among the racers competing in events during the Stumpjumpers 52nd annual Desert 100 race weekend. The best local finish came from Davenport's Curtis Tanner, who finished second in the 50-mile adventure class. The top local finish of Sunday's 100-mile race was courtesy of the team of Reardan's Bryson Flaa and Cohen Little, who finished fourth among 100-mile team competitors. The other local rider was Jesse Luiten of Creston, who...
MEDICAL LAKE - It was another week of mixed results for local baseball and softball teams. The hottest team in the area is the Odessa baseball team, which has won six straight road games after dropping a doubleheader to Almira-Coulee-Hartline in the season opener. Odessa swept Republic in an all-Tigers matchup in Ferry County Tuesday, April 9. The road Tigers won the first game 13-6 and the second game 23-6 to improve to 6-2. The Tigers have two more road doubleheaders this we...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of April 5-11 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Monday, April 8 • Davenport baseball at Chewelah @ 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 • Davenport golf at Wilbur @ 2 p.m. • Odessa baseball at Republic @ 2 p.m. • Reardan baseball and softball at Asotin @ 2 p.m. • LRS baseball and softball at Liberty @ 2 p.m. • LRS golf at home @ 2 p.m. • Davenport/Reardan tennis vs. Lake Roosevelt @ 3 p.m. • Dave...
