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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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1 years ago The Odessa Record December 7, 1919 News updates: Weber, Schimke and Schatz as councilmen and Reiman as treasurer were elected without a dissenting vote at the city election. A blizzard, followed by zero weather, hit this week. Summer fallow was swept clean by a strong wind and drifts piled up to a height of five feet. W. C. Raugust of Batum started for Ritzville the morning of the storm and took all day to make the trip. Plumber C. M. Smith was busy thawing out water pipes. North Dakota is sweltering under the...
December is the month in which we celebrate not only the birth of the long awaited messiah, but also the foundational fact of Christianity that the second person of the Trinity became fully human while in no way ceasing to be the eternal Son of God. We sing “ Joy to the world, the Lord is come,” and who is this Lord, the babe in a manger? The Son of God come down to us in human form. Jesus, being born a man does not result in his becoming two persons possessing two identities and wills in one body, but one person with two...
The MaxPreps/USA Football Players of the Week honors eight top high school football performers each week throughout the United States. Selected by USA Football, players are chosen based upon statistics that are submitted to MaxPreps. Each winner receives a certificate and a letterman patch to showcase the honor. Every week during the football season, eight regional Player of the Week winners will be selected and announced. To nominate players, coaches or team administrators must enter the athlete’s game stats by Monday e...
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencings Jonathan J. Anderson, 43, pleaded guilty to criminal impersonation in the first degree and was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500. Alicia A. Hobday, 46, pleaded guilty to rendering criminal assistance in the first degree and was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $800. Harold M. Hobday, 49, pleaded guilty to second degree assault, robbery in the first degree and identity theft in the first degree. He has been sentenced to 17 months in prison on...
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. Nov. 24: A welfare check was requested and performed on a man. A Sprague woman reported a collision involving a car and a deer. A Sprague woman reported a vehicle parked at the old catholic cemetery. Nov. 25: A Spokan...
December is the month for stocking up on baking supplies. Stores offer many items on sale for the season. It is the best time to purchase spices, as even on sale they can be quite expensive and unless you do a lot of baking, they get old and flavorless before you can use them up. Consider adopting some Spice Buddies. These would be several of your friends. Share the cost and the spices. For instance, Lebkuchen calls for one teaspoon of ground Anise seed. Three or four bakers...
To the Editor: At this time of Thanksgiving, we pause to give thanks to those who enrich our lives. At the University of Washington School of Medicine in partnership with Gonzaga University, we are especially grateful for the growing community of friends, professionals and partners in Odessa and Davenport who help us deliver top-ranked medical education every day. Thank you to the Davenport and Odessa communities and physicians for warmly welcoming our medical students and enriching their education experience. You are...
To the Editor: Every year Nancy and I start vegetables indoors in little cups. Within a few months we take them outside to plant. We have gotten very good at nurturing our plants from sprouting to harvesting. And, come planting time, we love the fact that we chose exactly which vegetables to grow and are not limited to what some store business plan decided is best. Our vegetable garden gets better every year. Sometimes it seems attractive to have a neighbor take care of our seedlings if we want to take a little vacation....
The Odessa Tigers will defend their football championship title against Naselle next Saturday, December 7, in a game to start at noon in Tacoma at Mt. Tahoma Stadium after Odessa overwhelmed the Entiat Tigers in Moses Lake last Saturday. True to form, Odessa built up a commanding lead in the first half (66-0 at half time), then turned the game over to several younger players in the second half. Od 46 22 16 0 84 Ent 0 0 0 20 20 Josh Clark and Marcus King once again led the...
By MARJORIE WOMACH Thanksgiving Dinner Approximately 50 people were present for Thanksgiving dinner at the Harrington Community Church on Thursday. The event started at 11 a.m. in the meeting room with about double the number of people who attended last year. Stephen Hardy welcomed the guests and Tony Hamilton led the group in a prayer. The dinner was organized by Harrington Community Meals, a non-profit organization, and most of the food was donated by Lincoln Hospital. The...
The November 12 meeting of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce was held at noon in the public library with several guests in attendance. Hospital administrator Mo Sheldon introduced James DeDeaux, a mental health provider who has been hired as a member of the Odessa Clinic staff. DeDeaux and his wife have moved here from Mississippi. He will begin seeing patients at the clinic in January after he has become familiar with procedures at the hospital and clinic. The couple has purchased a home on Third Avenue. As reported earlier in...
OLYMPIA – Officials at the Washington State Department of Health advised the public to avoid eating romaine lettuce harvested from the Salinas, California growing region. Two Washington cases are now included in the multi-state outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli linked to romaine lettuce from this area, currently under investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “E. coli infections can cause serious complications and we want the public to be aware of...
Andria Payne is Odessa's newest postmaster. A native of eastern Washington, she was born in Soap Lake and graduated from Ephrata High School in 1997. She has worked for the U.S. Postal Service for the past 18 years, 15 of those years in Moses Lake and the past three years in Wenatchee in a supervisory position. The opening of the postmaster position in Odessa allowed her a promotion as well as a chance to work closer to home once again. Payne has three daughters aged 22, 21...
According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, the Arson Alarm Foundation is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the 2019 Grant County haystack arsons. To be eligible, call 1-800-55-ARSON. This reward is in addition to the $5,000 reward offered by the Grant County Sheriff. Locations of 2019 Grant County haystack arsons: • Road 6 NW & Rd N.5 NW • Rd 3 NW & O NW • Rd U NE & Rd 2 NE • Adams Rd NW & Rd 9 NW • Rd U NE & Rd 3 NE • Rd 9 NW & Rd I.5...
