Accentuate the positive We would like to express our appreciation to Bob and Donna Reichert for making our community a better place to live. Our showhouse is a great place to go for an evening out. They bring in good movies and have made the theaters quite nice. Also, they have been involved in endless [...]
Kassandra Spohr, daughter of Marc and Kristi Spohr, of Othello, is one of 44 students selected to receive the 2009 president’s award at Washington State University. The award is presented annually to less than 1 percent of the university’s undergraduate and graduate students who exemplify exceptional leadership and service to the [...]
Washington State University Extension programs that have eradicated spartina, a noxious invasive weed in Willapa Bay, and that are keeping a grain pest in check by means of biological control, will be honored in July at the Western Region joint summer meeting in Blaine. Eradication of invasive spartina in Willapa Bay, a program led by [...]
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADAMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JANE HANKS, Deceased. No 09 4 00012 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed and has qualified as the Personal Representative of the above entitled [...]
Here in Othello, we have a wonderful melding of two distinctive cultures – Anglo and Hispanic. One of the key ways we celebrate that friendship is in August at American Fiesta Amistad. Another way many throughout the United States celebrate is by recognizing Cinco de Mayo, which is Spanish for “Fifth of May.” Cinco [...]
Othello Community Hospital Mia Jesselle Valencia to Jesus and Elissa Valencia. She weighed 8 lbs. (April 15) Riley Jordan Horst to Scot and Letha Horst. He weighed 8 lbs. 3 oz. (April 16) Evan Dien Nguyen to Dien and Hong Hanh Nguyen. He weighed 6 lbs. 2 oz. (April 16) Johndel Garcia-Pena to Juan Garcia [...]
Ann Etta Lochmiller died Monday, April 27, 2009, at Avalon Care Center in Othello. Ann was born in Ainsworth, Neb., on April 6, 1922, to John and Blanch Anderson Williams. She attended school in Ainsworth, graduating from high school in 1940. While in high school, she met Carl Lochmiller. They married on Sept. 6, [...]
Wednesday, April 22 Miguel Antonio Lauriano, 25, Othello, open container of alcohol, no proof of insurance, $691. Mellissa K. Larson, 24, Ione, speeding, 75 mph in a 60 mph zone, $113. Tuesday, April 21 David Ramirez Munoz, 52, Mattawa, speeding, 70 mph in a 60 mph zone, $113. Guillermo M. Valdez III, 20, Othello, [...]
SEATTLE – May 3 to 9 is National Arson Awareness Week and the U.S. Fire Administration has partnered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire Arms, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud and the International Association of Arson Investigators to educate the public on arson hazards. This year’s theme will focus on Arson for Profit [...]
Sunday, April 19 2:13 a.m., a vehicle was in the ditch in the 2000 block of West Rainier. There were no subjects in the area. 2:02 p.m., a head-on collision occurred at the intersection of highways 17 and 24. 8:23 p.m., a driver was cited in the 2000 block of West Bench for driving with [...]
Saturday, April 25 1:10 a.m., Gilberto Cantu, 35, Othello, was contacted by patrol while walking on South Broadway Avenue. It was found Cantu had an outstanding Franklin County District Court arrest warrant for use of drug paraphernalia and a Grant County arrest warrant for driving under the influence and driving while license suspended. Cantu was [...]
David Garza hits a hard grounder through the infield during the second game of double-header action against Ellensburg Saturday. With only one week left in the CWAC regular season, the Othello Huskie baseball team has moved into a three-way tie with the Ellensburg Bulldogs and Ephrata Tigers for second place in the CWAC conference. All [...]
Prior to Monday’s city council meeting, there was no current law on the books prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages in city parks. That all changed when the council unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting alcohol beverages on city owned property. Othello Police Chief Steve Dunnagan said there is a current Washington state [...]
