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ODESSA – Rocky Coulee Brewing Company is holding a benefit to raise funds for rebuilding of the Almira school building completely destroyed by fire in October of 2021. Rocky Coulee has scheduled the event for Sunday, Jan. 30, at the brewery in Odessa as a 5 km poker run and pancake breakfast. The community is invited to participate in one or both parts of the event as they choose. Those interested in competing as either runners or walkers doing the poker run can register beginning at 10 a.m. According to Katie Schafer, w...
WILBUR – Wednesday, Jan. 19, the Tiger girls traveled to Wilbur to face Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats, losing by a score of 25-44. Hayden Schuh was high scorer with nine points, followed closely by Tori Schlomer with eight. WCK 5 11 9 19 44 Odessa 6 6 0 13 25 Schuh also led the team in rebounds with nine. After bouts of illness last week, the girls looked like they were not back in form. This game was a makeup game that was originally scheduled for the previous week. The T...
WILBUR – The Odessa boys registered their third victory in a row by defeating Wilbur-Creston-Keller twice last week in the Jan. 19 game at Wilbur by a score of 65-59 and in the Jan. 22 game in Odessa by a score of 52-33. The Jan. 21 game scheduled in Odessa against ACH was cancelled due to positive Covid cases spiking on the ACH team. The Tigers have also had a few positives, but most players return to action after a few days of isolation. The Tigers were on fire against W...
Paul Reuben Sarkkinen, 67, was born on Nov. 3rd, 1954 to Wilfred and Doris Sarkkinen in Minneapolis, Minn. He passed away in Spokane, Wash. on Jan. 20th, 2022. He was raised in Bloomington, Minn. and then moved with his parents to Battle Ground, Wash. where he graduated from High School. In 1984 he married Rebecca Ellen Foley and they were blessed with three daughters. His hardworking life in the construction industry was focused mainly in Spokane, Wash., Billings, Mont. and...
Three OHS grads on EWU Dean’s List Eastern Washington University has announced that three Odessa High School graduates are on the Dean’s List for the fall of 2021. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours and receives a grade point average of 3.5 or better is placed on the Dean's List. The Odessa graduates are Joshua Clark, Thomas Parham and Caitlyn Schuh....
Cops and courts 0127 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. Jan. 17 Traffic stops: 3 A caller reported a small black car driving on the wrong side of Highway 2 westbound from Davenport. A caller said her mother was being scammed by a man claiming she won...
Bruce LaVern McGuire, 91, passed away peacefully in Walla Walla, Wash. on Jan. 12, 2022. He was an icon, a hero, a North Star, and a mentor. To his grandchildren he was Paul Bunyan, Big Fish, leader of wilderness expeditions, and a wise and profound teacher. He greeted family and friends with a huge smile, a hearty laugh and a strong hug. To everyone who knew him, he was an honest man with extraordinary integrity and character. He was a big man with an even bigger heart. Bruce...
Eleanor Margaret (Hopkins) Hoople passed away Jan. 23, 2022 at SummerWood Alzheimers Special Care, Moses Lake, WA. Eleanor was born July 16, 1927 to Edward and Margaret Hopkins of Reardan, Wash. The youngest of three daughters, she was born with spina bifida. She graduated from Reardan High School and attended Kinman Business School. She married Ray Hoople in 1948. Eleanor was a stay-at-home mother and farmer’s wife in Soap Lake, Reardan and Davenport WA before working for A...
Ida Juanita Templin was born on Nov. 21, 1927 at home on the family farm near Springdale, Wash. to Clyde and Myrtle (Steffey) Perkins. Nita was the fifth of six children, and was the last surviving sibling. Nita went home to her Lord and Savior Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Nita grew up on the farm with her sisters and brother, Ray (Icel) Perkins, Mabel White, Gertie (Mel) Hubert, Vera (Bill) Kruger, and Rose (Jerry) Dunn. The children had a two-mile hike to the country schoolhouse,...
Gloria (Starkel) Doak, 89 of Ephrata, Wash. passed away peacefully on Jan. 16, 2022 in Wenatchee, Wash. Gloria was born on June 25, 1932 in Marlin, Wash. to George and Lillie (Webley) Starkel. She is survived by her daughter Jodi Zimbelman of Goodyear, Ariz. and Keith Doak of Wilson Creek, Wash., 8 grandchildren and 20 great- grandchildren. Gloria was preceded in death by her parents, George and Lillie Starkel, brother Jerry Starkel, sisters, Carol Spies, Joyce Oberg and...
Robert (Bob) Everett Brooks, 73, of Spokane, Wash. passed away July 21, 2021 after a short hospital stay. Bob was born in Seattle on Sept. 13, 1947 and moved to Davenport when he was 5 years old. As a teen, Bob delivered prescriptions around Davenport on his bike for his father Everett who owned Brooks Drug Store. Bob gained an interest in wiring and electronics as a teen when he joined a club called Willie Wire Hands which was sponsored by the local power company. Later in...
January is a good time to try new recipes. In theory, life has slowed, the holiday rush is past and winter weather keeps us indoors. Since our last column I have tried a number of new recipes, most successful. Recipes for one or two is a frequent recipe request. Recipes are most often designed for 4 to 6 servings or in the case of muffins, 8 to 12, leaving a single person eating the same thing for a week. Blueberry Muffin for One, a bakery style muffin from One Dish Kitchen,...
HARRINGTON – The Opera House Society met Jan 10 at 7 p.m. for its regular monthly meeting, which was called to order by new president Carol Giles. Present at the meeting held at Memorial Hall were Billie and Gordon Herron, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Karen Robertson, Juanita Lee, Linda Wagner, Ellen Evans, Becky Moeller and guest Paula Harrington, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Moeller gave the treasurer's report and financial statements which were all approved. HOHS voted to renew its membership with the Chamber of C...
We are only a couple of weeks into 2022 and it is already shaping up to be another challenging year for America’s 5.5 million family businesses dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Rampant inflation, supply chain bottlenecks, and acute worker shortages continue. Family businesses are vital to America. According to the Conway Center for Family Business, they account for two-thirds of our nation’s GDP, just over 60 percent of U.S. jobs, and 78 percent of all new jobs cre...
How much worse do schools have to get before parents and public officials take a stand? It’s the question many are asking following the release of Washington state’s latest round of poor K-12 public school test scores. The testing – called the Smarter Balanced Assessment – was completed last fall. The findings are heartbreaking. The number of students failing state standards in math is now 70 percent. Across ethnic categories, the learning declines were significant. The number of students failing state standards in English...
Week three of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot had the shooters out in the bitter cold again on Sunday, Jan. 23. Reporting results are Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results Nick Tebow had a perfect score of 25. Shooting 24 were Cody Stanford and Jared Praetorious. Markus Smith and Tyler Smith both shot 23. Jared King and Garrett Braun came in with 22. Five shooters hit 21 targets: Nathan Melcher, Corbyn Neilsen, Tom Schuh, Stan Dammel and Deric Schmierer. At 20 and under were H...
OLYMPIA, WA — The Washington State Broadband Office has announced funding for 13 construction projects that will deliver reliable, high-speed internet access in 14 communities when completed. The $145 million in Broadband Infrastructure Acceleration grants move Washington another step closer to its ambitious goal of connecting all residents of the state to broadband infrastructure by 2028. “Infrastructure is the foundation for digital equity. From education and healthcare to e-commerce and community services, the daily ess...
Members of the Odessa varsity volleyball team are shown with their winning season trophies and awards presented by their coaches on Jan. 24 in the school cafeteria. The team won the district championship and then placed fourth at the state tournament in Yakima....
ODESSA – At its meeting Jan. 24, the Odessa Town Council had very little business to transact but did make plans for 2022. The town council reorganizes its representatives annually. The mayor presents committee appointment recommendations for ratification by the council. According to Town Clerk Meri Jane Bohn, the purpose of committees is to enhance communication and coordination of issues before they are presented to the council as a whole. Each committee meets and reports on an as-needed basis. Many committees will r...
