Articles from the March 28, 2013 edition
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Baseball season opens with four straight wins for O-H
On Tuesday, March 19, the baseball season opened for the Odessa-Harrington Titans with a double-header at home against the Davenport Gorillas. The Titans took the first game, 8 - 0. The O-H battery consisted of Justin Hunt and Stet... — Updated 3/30/2013
Ray Cross draws 30 schools, gets season off to good start
The track and field season began last weekend with the Ray Cross Invitational held in Ephrata on March 23. Over 30 different schools competed, ranging in size from 1B to 2A. The... — Updated 3/30/2013
Bugsy Malone entertains and delights
A period piece from an earlier century can be a good learning experience for students. With the musical “Bugsy Malone,” Odessa students got a taste of the “flapper era” in... — Updated 3/30/2013
OMHC will be locking its doors earlier in the day
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center will be locking doors sooner. Recently a facility wide Risk Assessment, conducted by Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center's Liability Insurance Company, has recommended that OMHC to ensure we are... — Updated 3/30/2013
Meet Town of Odessa's new postmaster, Becky Moeller
Odessa’s newest postmaster is Becky Moeller, who transferred here from Harrington after 18 years as postmaster there. Former postmaster Mary Dewey is now the postmaster in Soap... — Updated 3/30/2013
Students in town to shadow medical support community
Aera Shin is studying biochemistry at the University of Washington and is scheduled to graduate this year. She is shadowing the medical providers during her stay at Odessa. She... — Updated 3/30/2013
Odessa gets #1 trophy in Zillah Robotics Challenge
Odessa students Wyatt Haase, Lukas Marshall and Colby Sooy came home with bragging rights, as they grabbed the #1 spot at the Zillah Robotics Challenge. Last week Thursday, March... — Updated 3/30/2013
Welcome to My Kitchen
Easter and spring school break herald times for families and friends to gather for celebratory meals. Baked ham, roast lamb, baked chicken are just a few of the main dishes served this time of year. Brussels Sprouts are still avail... — Updated 3/30/2013
Court Report
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... — Updated 3/30/2013
This Week in Odessa History
Fifty-three years ago, excavation work at the Titan missile launching site at Batum, 16 miles southwest of Odessa, was underway, and members of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce and other area residents were given a tour of the... — Updated 3/30/2013
Girls tennis
In a match played March 20, the girls tennis team from Lind-Ritzville/Sprague defeated the Odessa-Harrington Titans by a score of 2 - 0. In the singles match, LRS’s Melville defeated Cydnee Kieffer. 6-0, 6-0. In the doubles... — Updated 3/30/2013
Police to target speeders, jaywalkers
Odessa police chief Helen Coubra told the Town Council Monday night that she has observed far too much speeding on First Avenue, and that, coupled with rampant jaywalking by the town’s residents and visitors, could lead one day... — Updated 3/30/2013
Friends of Library recruiting new members, raising funds
The Friends of the Library is a volunteer organization that was formed to help provide for library needs beyond the regular library budget. Through our different fundraisers and membership dues to the Friends we have been able to... — Updated 3/30/2013
Wine-grape industry offers scholarships to area students
The Washington Wine Industry Foundation will offer three sets of scholarships for students interested in viticulture or enology for the 2013-2014 academic year. All scholarship applications must be postmarked by June 1, 2013, and... — Updated 3/30/2013
Studded-tire deadline looms
Spring has arrived. As temperatures rise across the region, the Washington State Department of Transportation reminds drivers to remove their studded tires by midnight, March 31. Studded tires are legal in Washington from November... — Updated 3/30/2013
Rock Doc
There are two features of this time of year that make my heart glad. One is the rapidly increasing length of the day. In September we lose daylight quickly, but in the spring we... — Updated 3/30/2013
Chamber has new officers, needs advertising chair for Fest
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday at noon at Any Occasion Banquet Hall, its first meeting since electing new officers. Marlon Schafer returns as president for a fifth... — Updated 3/30/2013
Mentoring
As we get closer to the celebration of “Mother’s Day,” I think of the women who have been a tremendous influence in shaping my life. My grandmother, my mother and my mother-in-law. My grandmother taught me the beauty of... — Updated 3/30/2013
Letter to the Editor: Military thanks LC Sheriff's crew for help after jet crash
To Sheriff Wade Magers, Please pass along my deepest appreciation for your department’s initial effort on 11 March 13 at the crash site of the Navy EA-6B Prowler aircraft in Harrington and your support during the week-long... — Updated 3/30/2013
Advice from a small town girl
As I was reading (yet another) book that promised to have the solution to my weight problem, I realized that what I really want is to be a success story. Success stories are intende... — Updated 3/30/2013
Charlton leads Titans at four strokes off the winning pace
The O-H boys golf team played a nine-hole match at Wilbur on Tuesday, March 19. It was cold and at times there were high winds, making for very challenging conditions, said head coach Sam Read. The boys’ team came out on top... — Updated 3/30/2013
Letter to the Editor: Government spending on travel, bullets a big concern
Sequester. What Sequester? For two months we have heard nothing but how bad it is going to be, people will starve, people will die, schools will close, and any horrible thing you can think of. That’s all you heard from the... — Updated 3/30/2013
Weekly grain report
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 3/22/13: Back from vacation, but after seeing what the market has done since I left, perhaps I should have stayed away. Soft white wheat basis vs. Chicago... — Updated 3/30/2013