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  • JH boys basketball

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    In junior-high boys basketball action, the Tiger boys played Wilbur last week, winning the varsity game 33-18 and the JV game, 29-20. Against Reardan on Monday, February 12, the varsity, JV and C squad boys fell in all three games. The C squad lost 22-13, the JV lost 30-24 and the varsity lost 41-33. The final game of the junior-high season is February 15 at Liberty High School....

  • Harrington news

    Marjorie Womach|Updated Feb 16, 2018

    HOHS The Harrington Opera House Society met February 5 with Linda Wagner, Sheryl Stedman, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark Stedman, Cherie MacClellan, Marge Womach, Susan Larmer, Gordon Herron and Karen Robertson present. At the close of the meeting Billie Herron and Carol returned from Reardan and visited briefly. Ed Haugan gave the treasurer's report, noting that the average monthly bills for the building is $900, a figure arrived at by dividing last year's expenditures by twelve....

  • Warnick, Taylor named 2017 legislators of the year

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    LACEY, Wash. - The Washington Farm Bureau named Sen. Judy Warnick (R-Moses Lake) and Rep. David Taylor (R-Moxee) 2017 legislators of the year at Farm Bureau's annual Legislative Banquet Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. "We are very appreciative of the work these two legislators did on behalf of agriculture, the state's second largest industry," said Mike LaPlant, Farm Bureau's state president. While a number of legislators helped to support issues critical to the state's farmers and...

  • Dorothy Ann Williams

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Dorothy "Dot" Williams died January 27, 2018 in Spokane at the age of 87. She was born August 10, 1930 to Anthony and Anna (Scrupps) Groh in Odessa. She met and then married David G. Williams in 1948. They farmed for many years before retiring in Odessa. Dot was preceded in death by her husband David in 1998, a son Wesley David Willams in 1955 and one brother Anthony "Tony" Groh. She is survived by her children Nancy (Jerry Schwab) Williams, Debra (Bill) Bayer and Craig...

  • FBLA state conference sees 33 OHS students

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Odessa High School's chapter of Future Business Leaders of America celebrated FBLA Week with many fun activities. The highlight of the week was the Northeast Region Winter Conference, where 33 students competed for a chance to move on to the state competition this April. Congratulations to those who placed: 1st in Social Media Campaign: Josie Westmoreland, Kaya Curo and Ceianne Mankel. 1st in Graphic Design: Kassidy Crossley and Brenna Carstensen. 1st in Business Ethics:...

  • Hammond announces run for state rep for 13th

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Ephrata, WA – Grant County resident Sylvia Hammond is pleased to announce her campaign for the Washington State House of Representatives, 13th Legislative District, Position 2. She is a Democrat running against incumbent, Matt Manweller. Over the last 40 years living in Grant County, Hammond has worked on a family farm, taught, volunteered, and raised a family of five. Her campaign will focus on the needs and issues of the 13th District, which includes most of Grant County a...

  • Welcome to My Kitchen

    Laura Estes|Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Potluck meals are easy on the host as attendees are involved in the meal preparation. Often the event host provides the main dish with guests providing the side dishes. Occasionally side dishes are assigned by alphabet, A-G Salads, H-M Casseroles, N-S Vegetables, T-Z Desserts, or some similar division, but generally invitations just say potluck. What shall I bring? Salad? Casserole? Taco Chef Salad fits both categories. Easy to prepare, the recipe can be doubled, and...

  • Court Report

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Sheriff's Report 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. 5: Responding to the 900 block of Fifth Street, Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a man who was described as “feeling sick and weak.” Wilbur ambulance personnel transported an 86-y...

  • Letter to the Editor: Should official language of the USA be English?

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    To the Editor: It is unfortunate that Teddy Roosevelt didn’t act on his idea of having Congress declare that English would be the official language of our Republic. We need to look at some of the problems that we would probably not be faced with. We would not have 25 million residents who can’t speak English, and we wouldn’t have 5 million school-aged children who can’t speak English. We would not have Clinton’s Executive Order 13166. We would not have a constant fight with La Raza that was formed in 1968. It took 15 years...

  • Odessa High School STEMposium is Feb. 20

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Come one, come all to the 2018 Odessa High School STEMposium hosted Tuesday, February 20, 2018, in the high school science room. Students in integrated science, biology, chemistry, and physics will all be presenting their second-quarter research projects to our Odessa community. This is a bit different than last year’s event. There will not be activities for younger students nor food/snacks. But this year there will be casual PowerPoint presentations beginning at 6 p.m. and lasting until 7 p.m. Simply walk in, ask a s...

  • HS boys basketball

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Feb 16, 2018

    District 7 tournament play in Deer Park, pitted the Tiger boys against Wellpinit, a team the Tigers defeated twice during the regular season. This time, the Wellpinit team came out on top, with the Tigers losing 63-68. Odessa 16 13 16 18 63 Wellp. 19 16 10 23 68 Ryan Moffet had his highest scoring game of the season with 40 points, but had little scoring help from his teammates. Camden Weber added 13 points, but other players came up with only a single basket here and there. Weber also led the rebounding with five, while...

  • HS girls basketball

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Valley Christian On February 10, the Tiger girls traveled to Deer Park for the District 7 girls tournament playoffs, losing to Valley Christian 34-57. The loss ends the season for Odessa’s girl Tigers. VC moves on in the tournament which continues Wednesday and next weekend. VC 13 12 22 10 57 Odessa 9 7 9 9 34 The Davison sisters led the scoring with 12 points for Maleah and 13 for McKennah to lead the Tiger offense. Maddy Wagner added seven points. Ma. Davison pulled down six rebounds to lead the team in that category. H...

  • February 11 trapshoot results for Marlin/Odessa

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    The Inland Northwest Trapshoot competition, sponsored by the Spokesman Review newspaper of Spokane, completed week six on Sunday, February 11. Marlin Gun Club With the winds out of the N-NE at 8-10 mph and gusts up to 18 mph, the 57 members who turned out for the Marlin Gun Club February 11 had their work cut out for them. Shooting perfect 25s were Doug Starkel, Bill James, Rich Swanson, T.J. Main, Jim Schell and Kevin Myre. Doug Brashear was the lone shooter of 24. Jim Imbert, Jon Jensen and Tristan Rocha all shot 23....

  • Think the recycling bins are free? Think again!

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Monday night’s meeting of the Odessa Town Council included a discussion of the recycling bins in town in which citizens are encouraged to deposit used cardboard, plastic bottles, aluminum cans and newspapers. The service was instituted several years ago when Odessa was still collecting and hauling its own waste. The tipping fees were based on the tonnage of waste delivered. To decrease the level of waste tonnage, the town opted to contract with the Lincoln County Transfer Station near Davenport to provide dumpsters for i...

  • Cantwell on Trump plan to privatize the BPA

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) has released the following statement regarding privatization of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). “Selling off BPA’s transmission system and abandoning cost-based rates would raise electricity rates and throw sand in the gears of the Northwest economy. Northwest consumers already cover the full costs, with interest, of building and operating our region’s hydropower system. I will be working with all my...

  • Town Council

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Feb 16, 2018

    The Odessa Town Council did not have a quorum Monday night, and therefore was unable to approve any motions or take any official action. The council members present therefore decided to discuss issues and hear input from citizens who had requested to be put on the meeting agenda. Steve Nelson of Century West Engineering in Spokane was hoping to have motion of support from the council for submitting a USDA grant application and also to have council approval to begin advertising for bids for the Federal Emergency Management...

  • 13th District lawmakers' phone-in town hall 2/19

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, and Reps. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, and Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, are holding an hour-long telephone town hall on Monday, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m. The program is similar to a call-in radio show in which people may call and ask questions over the telephone. To participate, residents can call (509) 404-3047 during the event. If listeners have questions during the call, they can press the star (*) key on their telephone keypads. For more information about the telephone town hall, residents can...

  • Christ Lutheran to host move night "food" raiser

    Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Christ Lutheran Church is hosting two separate Community Movie Nights, the first on Sunday, February 18, the second on Sunday, March 18, both starting at 6:30 p.m. The price of admission? A non-perishable food item which will go to the Odessa Food Bank. The movie for February is “Miracles From Heaven” and the movie for March is “Risen.” Both are Christian based films. All who would like to attend are invited, and if you’d like to bring a snack, please feel free to do so....

  • Odessa Chamber of Commerce

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Feb 16, 2018

    The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday at noon for its monthly meeting. The newly elected secretary had asked to withdraw from the position, so nominations were reopened. As members present pondered who might fit the bill, Michelle Melgren volunteered to take the job once again and she was approved unanimously for the post. Chamber president Zach Schafer expressed his worry that the Desert 100, now only weeks away, will not be the success that it has been up to now for lack of a person or even a committee of two or three...