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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, Jan. 13: Davenport ambulance personnel responded to a medical emergency in the 100 block of Eleventh Street. A caller observed a vehicle pulling a stock trailer loaded with cattle was being driven on a blown...
This is a Cinderella story of sorts. Sprinkle in some fairy dust, a little luck, and a lot of hard work and you have the story of Rebecca Maddock. This young woman went from cleaning the bank to managing it. She is the manager of the new Washington Federal (formerly Bank of America) branch in Odessa. She has tenacity and perseverance and, by her own admission, "it wasn't going to be handed to me." This quiet, unassuming woman has always had a natural, high level of professiona...
The three most recent games played by the junior varsity girls team provided a rough patch for the Titans, who lost all three. ACH On Tuesday, January 14, the JV girls lost a close game to Almira-Coulee/Hartline, 38-34, at home in Odessa. O-H JV 19 2 10 3 34 ACH JV 10 10 3 15 38 Lanessa Simon led the Titan scoring with 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals. Shelbey Watkins had 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals; Maleah Davison 5 points, 10 rebounds, 1 steal; Evie Mann 4 points, 2 rebounds; Zoe Clark 2 points, 9...
The Titan varsity girls had a mixed week, losing two games and winning one heading into the final regular season games. So far, they have had a much better season than they had last year. ACH The varsity girls very nearly came back to win what turned out to be a one-point loss to the Almira-Coulee/Hartline Warriors on Tuesday, January 14. After trailing most of the game, the girls made a surge in the fourth quarter to take the lead briefly before ACH made a final basket and time ran out. O-H 7 4 6 16 33 ACH 6 10 7 11 34...
Sam Schafer, son of Marlon and Melissa Schafer of Odessa, has won the annual one-on-one basketball competition held by the Odessa-Harrington boys team each winter. Coming in second in the contest was Shane Whitaker and Jacob DeWulf was third....
The boys varsity basketball team had a good week, getting wins in all three of the games it played. ACH Playing at home in Odessa Tuesday, January 14, the Titan boys varsity defeated Almira-Coulee/Hartline, which, like the Titans, also finds itself in a rebuilding year and with a very young team. O-H has only one senior on the team and ACH has none. Titans 17 12 11 5 45 ACH 4 7 8 12 31 Jacob DeWulf led the Titan offense with 20 points, with 11 rebounds and 2 steals. Carsen Weber had 15 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 4 steals;...
To the Editor: One of the first things President Obama did this new year was sign by executive order a bill making it harder or impossible for anyone with a mental problem to buy or own a gun. With one stroke of the 6 trillion dollar pen, he eliminated from ever owning or buying a gun everyone that voted for him. Joe Wollman Odessa...
To the Editor: 50 years ago LBJ declared a war on poverty. Even though disadvantaged people have access to better living conditions and very few are actually hungry, his program failed.He wanted people to have the opportunity to (earn a living) and not live on doles of which there are more than 80 means-tested welfare programs. During 2012 alone our government spent $916 billion on these programs at an average cost of $9,000 per recipient. The average American living below the poverty line has a home that is in good repair...
By DR. E. KIRSTEN PETERS We live in an age shaped by scientific research. Medical practice, for example, changes a bit each year because of new discoveries in the laboratory or in drug trials. We have come to expect progress in a variety of technical fields, and science often lives up to our hopes for it. But science can also falter. One of the challenges for non-scientists -- whom I call "normal people" -- must address is how to interpret new scientific studies. Which ones...
May Odessa FBLA won an award for Outstanding Chapter of the Year . The Titan golfers took third in the NE league. Elizabeth Larson, an eighth grade student in Odessa, was the state winner of the 2013 SunWise with Shade Poster Contest and Kendall Todd was awarded a $5,000 Smart Choices College Scholarship. Jeff Wehr returned as OHS science teacher following a one-year absence. The 22nd Annual Wine Tasting and Auction, sponsored by the Odessa Healthcare Foundation was held to raise funds for a new defibrillator for the...
The Odessa Gun Club met on January 19th with a total of 29 participants. Those who shot a perfect score of 25 birds were Traig Weishaar and Dan Williams. Participants who shot 24's were Lane Lobe, Nick Tebow, Tom Schuh and Jon Fink. Shooting 23's were Landon Lobe and Markham Nichols. William Mann and Pilot Weishaar shot 22's. Shooting 21's were Dylan Nichols, Bill Weber, Tyler Smith and Doug Tebow. Shooting 20 and under were Hunter Bramer, Daniel Mann, Daeton Deife, Drew Hardung, HaLee Walter, Mike Nichols, Sr., Mike...
The Odessa and Harrington school boards met jointly in Odessa January 15 to discuss the athletic cooperative between the two schools. Harrington superintendent Mike Perry, serving as athletic director (AD) for the co-op for last year and this year, provided an athletic report for fall and winter sports to date. He shared information concerning the playoff situation for basketball this year and from the athletic directors meeting he attended earlier. Perry told the board that the Odessa-Harrington teams not only receive...
The season for growers' meetings has begun. Wilbur-Ellis held their meeting Friday, January 17, at the Odessa Community Center, with pesticide credits provided and various speakers giving information on topics of interest to area growers of grain, potatoes and other crops. Breakfast pastries and rolls were supplied by Grannie BarBar, and a prime-rib lunch was catered by JonathINNs Country. Wilbur-Ellis provided each attendee with a zippered binder, a small spiral notebook and...
