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ODESSA – The Odessa High School baseball season opened last Saturday at home with a double header against Republic. This Tigers vs Tigers matchup saw the Odessa team overpower Republic by a score of 29 -2 in the first game and 15-3 in the second game. No stats were provided for the games, so all we can report are the final scores and a few personal observations. The first game began with the Odessa team pounding the ball for a 3-0 score in the first inning, with Jett Nelson h...
ODESSA – After two meets, the Odessa High School girls and boys track and field teams have shown much promise despite having only nine members combined on its rosters. Head coach Travis Schuh said he was pleasantly surprised at how well some of them were performing right out of the starting gate. The Valley Christian Jamboree was held in Spokane Valley on March 25, where the host team took the top spots with both of their teams. The Odessa boys finished fifth, and the Odessa girls finished tenth. For the girls, freshman H...
ODESSA – The annual Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt took place last Saturday morning after last year's interruption due to Covid. Although the crowd was smaller than usual, the kids appeared to have the usual great time searching for the candy-filled eggs that club members had hidden all over the city park area. As the children waited semi-patiently for the air-horn to sound promptly at 10 a.m., family members visited and took pictures, just happy to be having a live event in t...
ODESSA – During their brief five-game season in 2021, the Odessa Tiger football team maintained its unbroken winning record. Now, several individual team members have been singled out for recognition on the all-league offensive and defensive teams. All-League Offense Selected as the Offensive Player of the Year was Pilot Weishaar, Odessa senior running back with 918 total yards for the abbreviated season, an average of 183.6 yards per game. He scored a total of 16 touchdowns. He added another 40 yards receiving for a grand t...
ODESSA – The Odessa Lions Club will hold its annual (except for the Covid year of 2020) Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday, Apr. 3, at three different areas of Reiman Park. The youngest children, up to the age of three, will hunt for candy-filled plastic eggs in the fenced playground area. Children aged 4 to 6 will search the grassy area just west of the playground that is sometimes used for pickup volleyball games, and those aged 7 to 9 will search the picnic and pool section of the park filled with trees. The youngsters in e...
ODESSA – Joshua Valverde took first place in the Open C class of the Frostbite short course race on Saturday, Mar. 27 and again in the Open C class of the White Knuckle short course on Sunday, Mar. 28. On Saturday, fellow Odessa participants Holden Iverson, Corbyn Neilsen and Tucker Walter also raced. Joshua Valverde's father Donald also raced, in the Senior C class, and placed 12th. On Sunday, Valverde, Walter and Iverson all raced again, with Valverde first, Walter f...
ODESSA – Jeremy Smith and his fiancée Amanda Wallace arrived in Odessa this week to take over operation of the former Crab Creek Coffee Haus located near the western edge of town. The business had been for sale for some time. To Smith and Wallace, it looked like a wonderful job opportunity, as well as a way to re-connect with part of Smith's extended family. The road to realizing their dream, however, was less than smooth. They were denied a loan to purchase the business ou...
ODESSA – Two new faces at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center are the chief executive officer John Serle and the chief financial officer Kimberly Dalrymple. Dalrymple has already been in place for the past year, learning the ropes from retiring CFO Annette Edwards. Serle has just begun his job here and now faces a housing crunch that the town needs to address. John Serle, CEO As of March 1, John Serle is the new CEO of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center. The Akron, Ohio native j...
After a very long wait, the Odessa Tigers picked up right where they left off in 2019 as the two-time reigning state champions in the 1B classification. The Odessa football juggernaut carried on into 2021, as the team remained undefeated during the brief five-game season that ended last week with wins over Pomeroy and Republic. Pomeroy Pirates On March 9, the Tigers faced Pomeroy at home, winning 94-6. Senior running back Pilot Weishaar once again did the heavy lifting for...
ODESSA – Odessa residents may have noticed a new sign downtown. Last week, employees of LocalTel Communications installed the sign on the front of the building in which their local Odessa offices are located. The sign advertises both LocalTel and the local Chamber of Commerce. Calling it a new sign, however, is a bit of a misnomer. The sign itself is quite old. Originally, the sign contained a clock and was attached to the building diagonally across First Avenue from L...
ODESSA – The Odessa Record was named Business of the Year for 2019 during a Chamber of Commerce program at noon Tuesday, March 9. The Record and Volunteer of the Year Dale Ramm received their honors a year late due to the coronavirus shutdown ordered by Gov. Jay Inslee. That shutdown prompted the cancelation of last year's banquet. Because of the ongoing restrictions, the chamber is not planning a 2021 banquet. The Odessa Record's award came as a big surprise owners and s...
ODESSA – As the town council met in person Monday night for the first time since Covid restrictions were enacted, Mayor Bill Crossley reported that the date for Odessa’s community cleanup days has been moved to April 15-16. The move was necessary due to town staffing issues. Advertising of the dates and associated rules and restrictions will be published soon. Crossley also reported that several eastern Washington mayors have joined together in signing a letter to Governor Jay Inslee, requesting that their municipalities be...
ODESSA – Several Odessa businesses are having difficulty hiring employees due to the housing shortage in Odessa. Offering people jobs is one thing, helping them find a place to live is quite another. Commuting from Spokane or even from some closer communities loses its appeal over the long term, even when businesses are offering additional gas stipends or other more generous benefits. Currently, there are no Odessa homes listed with local realtors. Michelle Melgren with Katz Realty of Davenport told The Record that the few ho...
The Tiger volleyball team had a successful week, winning all three of their matches on the opponents’ courts. OHS vs Wilbur-Creston-Keller The Odessa Tigers defeated the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats in a hard-fought five sets last Thursday in Wilbur. OHS 25 16 23 25 15 3 WCK 18 25 25 18 6 2 Emily Scrupps led the Tiger team in kills with 12. Either the WCK defense handled many of the Tigers’ kill attempts or the girls were somewhat lacking in accuracy, as the team was successful in only 39 of its 135 kill attempts. Gra...
Odessa 46 14 8 6 74 Tekoa-Rosalia 0 0 0 0 0 Pilot Weishaar was the workhorse of this game, rushing for 239 yards on 16 carries and getting across the goal line four times for touchdowns, plus carrying the ball for another four two-point conversions. He also received a 10-yard pass for a TD and scored a total of 38 points. Daeton Deife had 97 yards rushing in four carries and scored two TDs, while adding two 2-point conversions, one rushing and one receiving, scoring 16...
ODESSA – Clinic manager Barb Schlimmer has announced that the Odessa Clinic will receive an additional 84 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this week. Following last week’s mass vaccination at the community center, the original 180 doses were used to inoculate people who had previously signed up on a waiting list. Now she wants to get the word out that additional doses are here, and folks are being urged to call the clinic to put their names on the list for vaccination. Preference will still be given to those over the age...
ODESSA – The Odessa Tiger football team started off their new season, finally, with a huge win over Wellpinit, 98-0. The boys were itching to get on the field and prove their mettle as the reigning state champions in the 1B category. Senior Tim DeWulf was back in action after missing all of last season recovering from foot surgery. He proved his value with five pass receptions for 105 yards and four touchdowns. On defense, he racked up five solo tackles and two assists. Fellow...
ODESSA – The Tiger volleyball team opened its season Feb. 18, after the long Covid-induced wait, with a non-league win over Reardan in three straight games. OHS vs. Reardan Emily Scrupps was back in fine form after having missed last season due to shoulder surgery. She led the team with 12 kills. The match was broadcast via the NFHS Network and could be viewed online. There was no play-by-play announcer, and the camera was located way up in the bleachers. Therefore, f...
ODESSA – The Odessa Clinic sprang into action Monday, when the Lincoln County Health District called to announce that 180 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine would be delivered to Odessa. Clinic manager Barb Schlimmer and her team quickly began organizing a mass inoculation clinic for folks who had already signed up to be on a waiting list for the shots. On Tuesday afternoon, setup began taking place in the community center after town officials agreed to its use a...
ODESSA – The hammer is about to fall. After numerous requests via letter and in person, as well as citations issued by Odessa Police, nuisance properties within the Town of Odessa, that are not just unsightly but also health hazards affecting neighbors and/or anyone else needing to access those properties (delivery drivers, utility workers, etc.), the Odessa Town Council is taking action to clean up the properties and place liens against them in order to recoup the cost of remediation. At Monday evening’s meeting of the cou...
ODESSA – Following a public uproar when Gov. Jay Inslee declared that the Puget Sound area was the first portion of the state to move to Phase 2 of his Covid-related economic re-opening plan, Inslee initially tried defending his decision but soon switched gears and declared that all of eastern Washington was moving to Phase 2. This about-face means that the much-postponed fall sports season can finally get underway at Odessa High School (see additional sports coverage, p. 8) and that many other potential events can take p...
ODESSA – This week marks the start of the “fall sports” season for Odessa High School athletes playing football and volleyball. The football team faces Wellpinit this Friday evening at 7 p.m. at Finney Field. On Saturday, the volleyball team faces two different teams at home in the high school gym, with matches against Oakesdale at noon and Mary Walker High of Springdale at 4 p.m. Covid-related restrictions apply, even in Phase 2. Parents of team members from both teams, plus the team members themselves, officials, coach...
ODESSA – According to Wikipedia, “Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a minor Western Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and, through later folk traditions, has become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world… Saint Valentine's Day is not a public holid...
ODESSA – A full complement of council members met Monday night either via Zoom or in the clerk’s office. Several members of the newly formed Metropolitan Park District board also attended via Zoom to discuss funding and various legal matters regarding the Odessa pool. One of the main issues of concern to the board was funding for 2021, since the taxes due the district will not be collected until 2022. Council members reassured the board that they were well aware of that fact and had already included pool maintenance and ope...
ODESSA – The Odessa Chamber of Commerce via Zoom met Feb. 9 to elect officers for the year and handle other relevant matters. Nominations were opened for all positions, although none were forthcoming. The slate of nominees from the prior Chamber meeting was then approved via a vote of acclimation by the participating members. The new officers are: President Jeff Huiras, Vice President Norm Ott, Secretary Terrie Schmidt-Crosby, Treasurer Larissa Zeiler, at-large board member Michelle Melgren, at-large board member Matt R...
