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Veterans Day was celebrated this past Saturday with a dinner and awards ceremony held in the social hall of Heritage Church. Organized by the local members of VFW Post #7395 and American Legion Post #105, the main dishes of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy were prepared by four Odessa sisters: Pam Williams, Carol Bell, Debbie Walter and Jean Starkel. Side dishes and desserts were provided potluck style by members of the general public. Approximately 80 place...
Opera House Society On November 6, the Harrington Opera House Society met in the Art Room with Ed and Bunny Haugan, Billie and Gordon Herron, Carol, Linda Wagner, Marge Womach, Sheryl Stedman and Karen Robertson present. The Building Committee reported on progress on current projects, including labels for the water lines, the potential use of thermo-imaging, railings placed at the side stairs to the stage, sealing of the Art Room door and ordering of another latch for the...
Koda Lynn Orr is the newest addition to the Johnson/Orr family of Odessa. Koda Lynn Orr was born November 2, 2017 at the Samaritan hospital in Moses Lake at 12:21 p.m. At birth he weighed 7.8 pounds and was 20 inches long. His parents are Brianna Johnson of Odessa and Jordan Orr of St. George, Utah. Shirley Johnson of Odessa is his grandmother. His family members say they couldn’t be any happier to see him home, and they love the silly little grins he makes....
Rehearsals are underway and tickets are now on sale for Wheatland Theatre Co.'s production of "It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play." The play is set in a 1940's radio station, where a group of actors and technicians gather to perform a live broadcast of the classic holiday story, "It's A Wonderful Life." Audience members will experience the story as a radio drama, complete with live Foley sound effects. Director Jerry Sciarrio, a veteran actor and director whose work has...
The youth group from Odessa churches has collected just under 2,000 pounds of food and toiletries to help fill the shelves of the local Food Bank, generously donated by the Odessa community. A group from the high school agriculture class will help sort food, and members of the National Honor Society chapter will help with bagging and delivery for the holidays this month and next....
This is National Nurse Practitioner Week, and we at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center are so thankful to our excellent nurse practitioners Rich Ervin, FNP-C and Debbie Fogg, FNP-C. Nurse practitioners, also known as NPs, are expert clinicians with advanced training who provide primary, acute and specialty health care. NPs offer high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered health care. NPs are proven, expert, patient-centered clinicians, and they are the health care...
On November 6, five schools from eight different towns across the Bi-County joined Odessa for the eighth Annual Bi-County STEM Challenge. Odessa, Wilbur, Lind, Sprague, Ritzville, Creston and Harrington showed up at Harrington High School at 9 a.m. to compete in the annual science-like "Junkyard Wars." Each school brought a team of six students to vie against the other schools for the traveling trophy. Team Odessa consisted of Kiegan Wehr, Colton Hunt, Tori Weishaar, Natosha Boss, Tim DeWulf, and Pilot Weishaar. Created by...
Barbara A. Hall (Zeiler) was born in Wilbur in October of 1947, to Roy and Mary (Scheibner) Zeiler. She lost her battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) on November 7. Barbara was raised on the family farm and attended all 12 years of school in Odessa, where she graduated in 1965. Barbara worked at the Odessa Memorial Hospital in the kitchen for several years, and later moved to Spokane and worked as a cashier at Wal-Mart in the Spokane Valley from 1999-2014 when health...
The Harrington Senior Meals Program is actively seeking not only new seniors to dine but younger folks as well. Family, friends, business people or anyone wishing to enjoy a complete nutritious meal at noon are invited to attend. Dave Michaelson, retired chef, has assumed the helm of the center's meals program. The dining room has plenty of space for many more guests. The suggested donation for folks 60 years of age or older is $3.50, and the cost for younger folks is $8 (where else can you get a complete balanced meal for $8...
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, Oct. 30: Responding to the 700 block of NE North Avenue, Wilbur and Creston ambulance personnel assisted a 73-year-old woman with unknown medical difficulties. She was transported to a hos...
At the Yakima Sundome on November 9, the Tiger volleyball team played two state matches. They were among the teams that got started at 8 a.m. that morning. Against Three Rivers Christian of Kelso, the Tigers dropped the first game, then warmed up and took the next three to win the match. Game 1: 14-25 TRC Game 2: 25-16 Odessa Game 3: 25-18 Odessa Game 4: 25-19 Odessa Brenna Carstensen led the team in service aces with four and also in assists with 22. Maddy Wagner had 15 kills to lead in that category and McKennah Davison...
The Tiger football team was to play Selkirk last Friday in Odessa, but the game was forfeited by Selkirk due to injuries and illness. The win thus goes to Odessa, which moves on face Garfield-Palouse in Royal City this Friday, November 17, in a quarter final leading up to the championship game December 1 in Tacoma. The winner of the Odessa vs. Gar-Pal game will face the quarter-final game winner of Friday’s contest between Cusick and Sunnyside Christian. The other two quarter-final games, being played Saturday, are A...
On November 2, 2017, the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office received a residential burglary report from a complainant who was in the State of Alaska at the time of the reported incident. The complainant/victim notified the Sheriff’s Department that she had received information that her Pontiac Firebird had been stolen from her family’s shop, located in Ford, Wash. Investigators also learned that additional vehicles, including some classic cars, were inside the shop and that the suspects’ scheme was to sell several other vehicle...
As we move towards Thanksgiving, obviously our “thankfulness quotient” goes up. While it’s in the forefront of our minds, we are more ready to remember to be thankful for the many blessings God has given us. But what about being thankful the rest of the year? Or what about when life is hard? The Bible makes reference to living a life of thanksgiving not just once a year, but always and in every circumstance. And even our prayers and requests and complaints to God need to be...
Of Lincoln County’s 7,165 registered voters, only 3,333 cast ballots in the November 7 general election, for a voter turnout of only 46.52 percent. In Odessa’s mayoral contest, current council member and long-time Odessa resident Bill Crossley had 219 votes to Steven L. Siegel’s 38 to take that race. Crossley will be sworn in as mayor at the town council’s first meeting in January 2018. In races for the Odessa Town Council, Victoria S. Iverson garnered 229 total votes and will join the council in January. Incumbent council...
The P.C. Jantz Elementary School will again be hosting a Family Holiday Reading and Math event for students in elementary grades. The theme is Polar Express. The event will begin on December 4 at 6:30 p.m. Parents and children are to check in at the Train Station…or cafeteria. Upon signing in, families will receive a Boarding Pass and Train Schedule that tells them the order to go to the different centers. Students and parents are invited to enjoy the many festive activities. An ever-popular story teller, Dee Deife, will s...
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, Nov. 6: A tree fell across Hawk Creek Road near the county gravel pits and partially blocked traffic in the area. A caller reported that someone dumped a deer or elk carcass on North Tel...
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