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  • Girls get first-round district win over VC

    Dyanne Deering|Updated Feb 20, 2020

    On Tuesday, February 5, the Lady Tigers fought valiantly against the Selkirk Rangers, but the Rangers were able to pull out the win, 40 to 32. McKennah Davison was the high scorer for the Tigers with a total of 11 points. She was followed by Maddy Wagner with 6 points, Kenadie Elder with 5, Brenna Carstensen and Grace Nelson each with 4 points and Emily Scrupps with 2. The ladies kept it tight in the key, getting 30 total rebounds, with 2 assists and 9 steals. The ladies fought really hard, but it just wasn’t quite enough t...

  • Court Report

    Updated Feb 19, 2019

    Superior Court John F. Strohmaier, Judge Civil Judgment Angela M. Bowers, of Harrington, must return $332.41 in overpaid benefits to the Washington State Employment Security Department. Juvenile Offender Disposition Steven A. Molsbee, 14, Odessa, pleaded guilty Feb. 5 to second-degree burglary and second-degree malicious mischief in connection with Sept. 14, 2018, incidents at the Odessa Golf Course and Crab Creek Coffee Haus. His sentence includes 15 days detention, 30 hours community service, 12 months community supervision...

  • Sheriff's Report

    Updated Feb 19, 2019

    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, Feb. 4: A Davenport man told dispatchers he found a tool box filled with tools along SR 25 and wanted to keep it if no one claimed it. Wilbur ambulance personnel transported a woman with an infection from t...

  • Recipes for an extended soup season

    Laura Estes|Updated Feb 19, 2019

    Soup weather has carried over into February. I asked Welcome to My Kitchen Facebook followers their favorite soup to prepare on cold winter days. Several mentioned taco and potato. Sausage, barley and potato was a yummy sounding combination mentioned and several lamented missing 4B’s tomato bisque. Soup can be as simple as tossing everything loose in the refrigerator in a kettle and simmering several hours, to following a detailed ingredient and instructions list. The amount o... Full story

  • Helen Marie Winter

    Updated Feb 19, 2019

    Helen Marie Winter passed away peacefully on February 7, 2019, at the Odessa Nursing Home, Odessa, Washington. Helen and her twin sister, Hazel were born October 21, 1926, to Henry and Susan Baumgart. Helen was raised in Lind and graduated from Lind High School. She married Walter Winter on August 26, 1951, and together they had five children. In addition to raising her children on their wheat farm, Helen worked for a time at the Odessa Record and for the Odessa School...

  • Loretta Jean Greenwalt Schoonover

    Updated Feb 19, 2019

    Loretta Jean Greenwalt Schoonover went to our Lord on Tuesday, November 20, 2019 with her daughter Mary Ann (Punkie) at her side. She was residing at DeSansos Assisted Living in Jerome, Idaho in their loving care at the time of her death. Loretta was born July 28, 1934 on the homestead west of Ritzville of her grandparents, Jacob and Caroline (Hochstatter) Greenwalt, Sr. Her parents Henry and Hilda (Schaal) Greenwalt had worked the harvest. Hilda chopping wood and cooking for... Full story

  • Artic blast, frigid temps, snow at last

    Updated Feb 19, 2019

    By TERRIE SCHMIDT-CROSBY After a very mild start to the cold season, Old Man Winter decided suddenly to get serious, sending an Arctic blast to the Pacific Northwest. Even the west side was digging out after Saturday's winds blew through, toppling trees, lifting roofing, scattering debris all over Odessa and piling up several inches of powdery snow. The passes in the Cascades got loads of snow, too, leading to closures and dangerous conditions. Low temperatures in the single...

  • Stephen Paul Zagelow

    Updated Feb 19, 2019

    Stephen Paul Zagelow 76, of Olympia passed away January 22, 2019. Steve was born to William Fredrick and Vera (Weber) Zagelow, March 26, 1943 in Odessa. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1961 and received a Bachelor of Arts from Washington State University in 1965. He continued his education with a Juris Doctor from Gonzaga University in 1975 and completed his formal education with a Master of Law in Taxation from the University of Florida in 1976. He was married to... Full story

  • Virginia Irene Giese

    Updated Feb 19, 2019

    Virginia Irene Giese, 93, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, February 1, 2019. She was preceded in death by infant twin daughters, her parents Fredrick and Anna Marie Horst, brother Fredrick (Fritz) Lavern Horst, her husband Manford and granddaughter Niki Melvin. Funeral services were held at Kayser's Chapel of Memories in Moses Lake, followed by graveside services at the Odessa Cemetery. Virginia was born January 18, 1926 to the late... Full story

  • FBLA: 17 teams place at conference, 10 get first

    Terri King|Updated Feb 18, 2019

    Odessa High School’s chapter of Future Business Leaders of America celebrated FBLA Week with many fun activities. Sophomore class president Pilot Weishaar received a pie in the face from junior class president Ryan Moffet as part of the annual “Copper vs. Silver” competition. All proceeds went to support the March of Dimes. Last Thursday, 36 students competed at the Northeast Region Winter Conference in Spokane for a chance to move on to the state competition in Bellevue in April. Those who placed are listed below. First... Full story

  • Reminder

    Updated Feb 18, 2019

    Just a reminder, the next open date for the Odessa Food Bank is Thursday, February 21, from 1:30-3 p.m. and from 5 - 6 p.m., at 111 E. First Ave., the alley entrance to Foursquare Church....

  • SB 5735 would assume kids under 14 incapable of committing crimes

    Emma Scher, WNPA Olympia News Bureau|Updated Feb 18, 2019

    • More than 3,000 12- to 14-year-olds were charged with crimes in Washington state over the last six years • Bill would presume this age group incapable of committing crime in an effort to keep more juveniles out of detention • Prosecutors worry this would create too many additional procedures and clog courts Over the last six years, more than 3,000 children between 12 and 14 years old were charged with crimes in Washington’s juvenile courts. Senate Bill 5735 aims to reduce that number by raising the age that a child is pres...

  • Odessa boys win playoff match-up, first district round

    Dyanne Deering|Updated Feb 18, 2019

    On Wednesday February 6, the OHS Tigers took the sting out of the Inchelium Hornets. The Tigers squashed the Hornets 98 to 49. The MaxPreps Odessa Player of the Game, Ryan “The Machine” Moffet led the team in points with a total of 36. Not far behind, though, Marcus King had an amazing 21 points, followed by Tim Dewulf with 11, Jaden Hunt with 9, Jett Nelson with 8, Daeton Deife with 7 and Lane Lobe with 6. The Tigers definitely stayed in the key, netting a total of 47 rebounds, 17 assists and 26 steals. They put that tea...

  • Lawmakers seek solution to state's homeless crisis

    Madeline Coats, WNPA Olympia News Bureau|Updated Feb 18, 2019

    • Bill would allow homeless people to survive in public without fear of obstruction • Law prohibits discrimination based on housing status A group of 11 Democratic lawmakers aims to address the rights of homeless people and their ability to survive in public. Rep. Mia Gregerson, D-Seatac, is the primary sponsor of House Bill 1591. The representative said she seeks to create a more-permanent solution to the homeless crisis instead of quick-fix laws. HB 1591 would allow homeless people to survive in a vehicle or public spa...

  • Six area hospitals join forces to found Grand Columbia Health Alliance

    Updated Feb 18, 2019

    MOSES LAKE – Grand Columbia Health Alliance (Alliance) is pleased to announce that six central Washington hospitals have founded a new healthcare partnership. The six founding members in the Alliance are Columbia Basin Hospital (Ephrata), East Adams Rural Healthcare (Ritzville), Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center (Odessa), Othello Community Hospital (Othello), Quincy Valley Medical Center (Quincy), and Samaritan Healthcare (Moses Lake). The locally owned healthcare facilities established the Alliance together to serve the h...

  • New leadership for Opera House Society, Tri-County economic development

    Updated Feb 18, 2019

    HOHS The Harrington Opera House Society met for its first meeting under new president Ellen Evans at the helm. As a newer member to our community and to the Society, she was well prepared to chair her first meeting. Present were Linda Wagner, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Gordon and Billie Herron, Marge Womach, Paul Charlton, Becky Moeller and Karen Robertson. Evans gave a brief report of her vision for the Society in which she compared donations during the first 25 years to donors in our present state of... Full story

  • Writer objects to lack of enforcement by sheriffs

    Updated Feb 18, 2019

    To the Editor: Initiative 1639, a broad set of firearms restrictions, was approved by the voters last year. Effective as of January 1 of this year, the age for firearms purchases was raised to 21. Rest of the law takes effect July 1. It makes no sense, then, for some sheriffs to say there is nothing for them to enforce and then tell their deputies not to enforce the law. Sheriffs do not determine constitutionality of any law; the courts do. That being said, it comes as no real surprise that some sheriffs say they will not... Full story

  • Measles protocol urged by healthcare officials

    Updated Feb 18, 2019

    Lincoln Hospital and Clinics, along with Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center, the Lincoln County Health Department and the Washington State Department of Health are asking people to stay home if they are showing signs of measles. The recent measles outbreak in Washington has spread, and health officials urge immunization against the highly contagious disease. “If you have been exposed to measles or feel ill, stay home to help prevent the spread of the disease and contact your healthcare provider,” says the Washington State Dep... Full story

  • Trapshooters persevere in frigid cold and snow

    Updated Feb 18, 2019

    The Spokesman-Review’s Inland Northwest Trapshoot competition completed week 6 of competition on February 10, 2019. The Marlin and Odessa Gun Clubs participate in trap shooting from their respective locations but combine their scores to form one team that is entered into the competition. Odessa The bitter cold and snowdid not stop either local gun club from participating in the competition last Sunday. Shooting a perfect 25 for Odessa were Lane Lobe and Steve Telecky. Coming in with 24 targets were Nick Tebow and Anthony Pasz... Full story