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  • Sophs win contest during FBLA Week

    Updated Feb 26, 2017

    FBLA Week was celebrated by the Odessa chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America on February 6-10. The highlight of the week was the annual "Copper vs. Silver" completion, where classes competed against each other to raise money for the March of Dimes. While the freshmen gave it a great effort, the sophomores won the competition. Sophomore class president Megan Shafer threw a pie into the face of John DeWulf, president of the senior class. As a group, they raised more...

  • Tribute

    Updated Feb 26, 2017

    Dr. Dudley passed away February 15, 2017, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He was born in Dayton, Wash. on April 23, 1936. He graduated his secondary studies at Dayton High School and continued his studies at Washington State University, going on to complete his masters degree at Bowling Green, Ohio. He completed his doctorate in neurolinguistics at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, specializing in aphasia and dysphasia. He taught at both McGill University and the Universit...

  • FBLA prepares meals for local senior citizens

    Updated Feb 26, 2017

    It was recently shared with the Odessa High School FBLA chapter that there was a need to provide some of the senior citizens in our community with home-cooked meals. Many were finding it difficult to prepare meals due to the difficulty of leaving their homes in the icy weather conditions or for health reasons, due to having no or limited cooking skills or because budgets were tight. FBLA members took action and cooked 500 freezer meals to be delivered in the near future to...

  • Town Council

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Feb 26, 2017

    The Odessa Town Council met Monday, February 13, in the public library at the community center. Hal and Jan Patterson were introduced as new members of the community attending their first council meeting. A local citizen returned to appear before the council with a complaint about his water/sewer/garbage billing. He said he is being charged double for his service because he has a rental apartment in his garage. The sewer and water lines, however, extend directly from the main house sewer and water lines. There is no second...

  • Meet the Shimics

    Updated Feb 26, 2017

    Rebecca Zahler-Shimic, Bella Arens, Maverick Dylan Shimic, Jr. and Maverick Dylan Shimic, Sr. enjoyed a day with family in Spokane. Baby Maverick was born November 22, 2016, weighing in at 10 pounds, 7 ounces and measuring 22 inches long. On the day of this picture, he was helping his big sister Bella celebrate her seventh birthday. Their mother Rebecca is the granddaughter of Wilma Schmidt of Odessa....

  • Upcoming events still need able volunteers

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Feb 26, 2017

    Continued from last week To continue our story on events that put Odessa on the map for visitors, we provide here some additional information from the February 14 meeting of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. A letter will be arriving soon from the Chamber treasurer reminding businesses and individuals to pay their dues for 2017. Quilt til you Wilt Laura Estes, representing the Odessa Quilt Club, advised members that the club’s annual Quilt til you Wilt event will be held March 20. This will be the 22nd year of the event. Expect...

  • Welcome to My Kitchen

    Laura Estes|Updated Feb 26, 2017

    Avocado Ice Cream? My first thought was “that is a horrible thing to do to an avocado”, but apparently this is all the rage in several east coast areas. One restaurant serves avocado ice cream on toast, and according to the news article, it sells out fast so people line up early to get this treat. Have any of you readers tried this interesting concoction? A search on Pinterest turned up several recipes with quite varied ingredients, and judging from these recipes, it appears i...

  • Titans place second in district matchup vs ACH

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Feb 26, 2017

    ACH ACH handed the O-H Titans a loss in Saturday’s district championship game at Deer Park High School on February 18. The Warriors won, 58-44. O-H 6 16 13 9 44 ACH 16 24 12 6 58 Ryan Moffet led all scorers with 30 points but had too little scoring assistance from his teammates. By contrast, the ACH team had three players in double figures. They were led by Payton Nielsen who had 18 points and 25 rebounds on the night. Moffet leads the state’s 1B teams in scoring with an average of 29.7 points per game. In the category of...

  • February 19 results for Marlin, Odessa Gun Clubs

    Updated Feb 26, 2017

    Marlin No one from Marlin Gun Club shot a perfect 25 on Sunday, February 19. Shooting 24 was Travis Iksic. Mark Iksic, Dan Asker, Mark Edwins, Bill James, Doug Starkel, Scott Mortimer, Mark Brashear, Rich Swanson, Dave Asker, Jan Jensen, Cody Follett, Doug Brashear and Taeven Brashear all shot 23. Ken Thompson, Mike French, Ron Lesser, Landon Ribail, Kaden Johnson all shot 22, while Dennis Klemmer, Dusty Kimble, Brent Finkbeiner, Rob Imbert, Chase Janett, Shelbey Brashear and Gage Starkel shot 21. Shooting 20 or under were...

  • Harrington news

    Marjorie Womach|Updated Feb 26, 2017

    Library board meeting Staci Rasmussen, Susan Larmer, Grace Moeller, Marge Womach and Mayor Dillon Haas met Thursday, February 16, to assess the KOHA bar-code software program. The Harrington Public Library has a contract with the Washington State Library to use the program at no charge. Haas said he worked with the system over the last weekend and, with a telephone assist from Gary Bortel of the Washington State Library, received adequate instruction to process books for about three hours to become familiar with the system....

  • Court Report

    Updated Feb 26, 2017

    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. 13: A vehicle slid off Long Lake Road east of SR 231. A tow truck was used to pull a vehicle from a ditch on SR 174 in the Wilbur area. Odessa Police investigated a report that a man...

  • Celebrate National FFA Week

    Updated Feb 26, 2017

    National FFA Week is celebrated by FFA chapters all over the U.S. In 1947, the National FFA Board of Directors designated National FFA Week as the week that includes George Washington’s birthday, in order to recognize his legacy of being an agriculturist and farmer. The first National FFA Week was held in 1948 and today always runs from Saturday to Saturday, encompassing Washington’s birthday on February 22. In the beginning, the celebration was actually National FFA Day rather than a week-long event. According to the Nationa...

  • Rep. Dent's bill would manage state's elk herd

    Updated Feb 26, 2017

    A bill that would direct the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Washington State Department of Transportation to conduct an elk management pilot project to reduce elk highway collisions passed the state House of Representatives Thursday. Rep. Tom Dent sponsored House Bill 1353 to address the growing problem of the Colockum herd in the Kittitas County region. “This is a huge public safety issue along Interstate 90 and needs to be addressed,” said Dent, R-Moses Lake. “It is only a matter of time befor...