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Cops and courts 0310 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. Feb. 27 Traffic stops: 20 A caller reported a vehicle parked in the middle of a road with a female occupant saying she was waiting for her husband, who was driving a semitruck. A caller said she w...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Odessa, Harrington, Reardan and Sprague for the week of March 11-17. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, March 14 Odessa town council at 7 p.m. in the Library Wednesday, March 16 Sprague city council at 6 p.m. in the Library Thursday, March 17 Lincoln Hospital Board of Commissioners meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the Conference Room Reardan town council at 6 p.m. in the Reardan United Methodist Church...
ODESSA – The Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club will tune up for the 2022 season with the Frostbite Grand Prix on Saturday, March 26, and the White Knuckle Grand Prix on Sunday, March 27. “We’re hoping to have more than 400 riders,” organizer and volunteer R.J. Tonsgard of Northport said Wednesday. “But you never know with the way fuel prices are going up.” According to Tonsgard, more than 400 turned out for the Frostbite last year. But many spectators left early because of...
Victoria Weishaar of Odessa, attending the Robbins College of Health & Human Sciences, is one of more than 5,000 Baylor University students who have been named to the Dean’s Academic Honor List for the Summer and Fall 2021 semesters. She is the daughter of Traig and Carmen Weishaar. The Dean's Academic Honor List recognizes Baylor undergraduates for their outstanding academic work during each semester. Students honored on the Dean’s List earned a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.70 with no grade lower than a "C" whi...
ODESSA – Odessa High School advisor for the Future Business Leaders of America, Terri King, reports that the members of the Odessa chapter have chosen home-based businesses as the focus of their American Enterprise Project with the Odessa School District’s eighth-grade students. According to Nerdwallet, a website that provides comparisons of financial products, expert information and helpful tools for managing money, roughly 50 percent of all small businesses in the United States are considered home-based businesses. Man...
Kaleb Walter, an Odessa fifth-grader, was the first to submit a photo of a buttercup to the newspaper this year. Congratulations, Kaleb....
Bonnie Mooney of Odessa, Wash., passed away peacefully with family at her side Sunday morning, March 6, 2022. Bonnie was in excellent care at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center. Bonnie was born in Burbank, Calif., on Oct. 6, 1938, to Celestino and Viva Mancinelli. She attended grade, middle and high school in Burbank, Calif., where she met the love of her life, Cliff Mooney. Bonnie and Cliff moved from Southern Calif. to Reno, Nev., in 1960 and raised their family (Terry,...
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. Feb. 21 Traffic stops: 10 A suspicious death was reported in Davenport. An Almira man reported a dozen cattle standing in the roadway just east of Elliot Road North. A Spokane man reported a golden lab running l...
Government and community meetings and organizations in Davenport, Odessa, Harrington, Reardan, Sprague and Edwall during the week of March 4-10. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, March 7 Lincoln County Commissioners’ meeting at 8 a.m. in the County Courthouse Wednesday, March 9 Reardan-Edwall school board workshop at 6 p.m. in the Commons Davenport city council at 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council at 7 p.m. in City Hall Sprague-Lamont school board mee...
Davenport and Reardan returned to spring sports practices Monday, Feb. 28. Teams are preparing for a full spring schedule for the first time since 2019 after 2020’s season was cancelled and 2021’s season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Davenport will trot out baseball, softball, track and field, golf and tennis teams, while Reardan will field baseball, softball, tennis and track and field squads. Here are the local schedules that were available by press time. These schedules are subject to change based on inclemen...
Robert passed away Feb. 23, 2022 at the age of 91. He was born July 27, 1930 in Marlin, WA to Gus and Emma Zimbelman. He graduated from Marlin High School in 1948. Robert served in the US Army during the Korean War from 1951- 1953. He was very proud to be a veteran. He was a life member of the VFW Post #7395 and the Honor Guard. He was also a member of the American Legion, the Canniwai Grange #837 and Ducks Unlimited. Robert was a fan of many sports. He followed his nieces and nephews and then his great-nieces and nephews...
Aileen Linda Fink-Ambrose, confident in her resurrection and eternal life in Christ Jesus, died on Dec. 4, 2021 surrounded by her loving family. Aileen Linda Fink was born April 23, 1954 in Baltimore Maryland to Alvin and Janet (Miller) Fink while Al was serving in the military. They returned to the Odessa family farm where she grew up, attended P.C. Jantz Elementary, graduated from Odessa High School in 1972, and attended Washington State University. She received a...
Rodney Schlimmer, 80, McMinnville, TN. resident and Wilbur, Wash. native died Feb. 20, 2022 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following a sudden illness. Rodney was born May 10, 1941 and was the son of the late Roger and Florence Zimbelman Schlimmer. Veteran of the United States Air Force and retired Network Operations Manager for Ben Lomand Telephone. He was married to Linda Rowland Schlimmer on Feb. 25, 1967 who preceded him in death on June 16, 2021. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded...
The final week of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 27, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results At the Odessa Gun Club, no shooters shot all 25 targets. Cody Stanford and Ryan Lewis shot 24, while Jared Praetorious, Tyler Smith, Brian Wraspir, Danny Richardson and Tucker Walter all shot 23. Shooting 22 were Nick Tebow, Garret Braun, Colley Walter and Jared King. Anthony Paszkeicz shot 21. Those with 20 and under were Jon Fink, Trevor Smith, B...
The Odessa School District will see some new faces among its staff in the fall of 2022 as it looks to hire a new part-time superintendent and a new business teacher/FBLA advisor following the announced retirements of Dan Read and Terri King, respectively. The Odessa School Board held its regular monthly meeting Feb. 23 in the high school library, preceded by a workshop in the district office to discuss the superintendent search and hires for the 2022-2023 school year. Present were board members Ed Deife, Chris Crossley and...
Odessa High School advisor for the Future Business Leaders of America, Terri King, reports that the members of the Odessa chapter have chosen home-based businesses as the focus of their American Enterprise Project with the Odessa School District’s eighth-grade students. According to Nerdwallet, a website that provides comparisons of financial products, expert information and helpful tools for managing money, roughly 50 percent of all small businesses in the United States are considered home-based businesses. Many opportunitie...
Mason R. Lewis of Odessa is a new junior member of the American Angus Association®, reports Mark McCully, CEO of the national organization with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Junior members of the Association are eligible to register cattle in the American Angus Association, participate in programs conducted by the National Junior Angus Association and take part in association-sponsored shows and other national and regional events. Lewis is a second-grader at the Odessa schools and is the son of Tim and Jennifer...
The monthly board meeting of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center was called to order Feb. 24 in the hospital Guild Room by board chair Brian Schorzman. Clinic Manager Jace Angelly reported on the increase of Covid cases in January due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. Many cases, he said, were young people aged 11 to 19, who handled the illness very well for the most part. By the latter part of February the Omicron surge had begun to fade rapidly. In the most recent week, he added, there were only two new cases. He...
Aileen Linda Fink-Ambrose, confident in her resurrection and eternal life in Christ Jesus, died on Dec. 4, 2021 surrounded by her loving family. Aileen Linda Fink was born April 23, 1954 in Baltimore Maryland to Alvin and Janet (Miller) Fink while Al was serving in the military. They returned to the Odessa family farm where she grew up, attended P.C. Jantz Elementary, graduated from Odessa High School in 1972, and attended Washington State University. She received a...
At home in Odessa on Feb. 16, the Tiger girls had one last chance to place in the district tournament. By defeating Almira-Coulee-Hartline, they were able to move on to play for third and fourth place in Saturday's game at Jenkins High School in Chewelah. The game started off well for the Tigers, as they built a comfortable lead by halftime. But the second half of the game saw an amazing comeback by the Warriors as they scored 38 points to Odessa's 22. It was not quite...
Jacob Scrupps on the Odessa boys basketball team was named to the NE 1B South all-league team on Feb. 15 for his contributions to the Odessa team. For the girls, Ashlyn Neilsen and Hayden Schuh were both named to the girls' all-league team, and Neilsen was also named the co-MVP along with Mimi Isaak of Almira-Coulee-Hartline. Former Odessa High School Tiger, Macey Singer, now playing for Curlew, was also named to the NE 1B North all-league team....
Are the tulips coming up? Is it snowing again? Eastern Washington weather keeps us guessing. Shelly Hauge’s recipe for “Ultimate Potato Soup” is a favorite at area soup suppers and with her family members. Easy to prepare and ready in under an hour, this soup will take the chill off any late winter or early spring day. Ultimate Potato Soup 6 cups peeled, diced potato 3 stalks celery, diced 1 cup chopped onion 3 can (14.5 ounces each) chicken broth 4 cups half and half 6 Tbsp...
With very mixed feelings, we present our readers with the final edition of The Odessa Record. Next week you will receive the Lincoln County Record-Times in your mailboxes. We will continue to contribute, at least for a time, to the new publication. We hope you like it....
ODESSA – The special levy elections held Feb. 8 were successful for all three levies run by entities in Odessa. Both school levies, one for capital projects and one for other school needs, passed with more than 70 percent “Yes” votes to just under 30 percent “No” votes. Overall voting for Adams, Grant and Lincoln county residents within the Odessa School District was approximately the same. Lincoln Hospital District 1 (Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center) also had its levy pass with more than 67 percent of the vote. Voter tur...
Week #7 of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 20, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results At the Odessa Gun Club, Nick Tebow and Markus Smith both shot perfect scores of 25. Jared Praetorious shot 24, while Cody Stanford, Jon Fink, Garret Braun and Jared King all shot 23. Shooting 22 were Ryan Lewis, Anthony Paszkeisz, Mitch Wraspir and Kit Watson. Tyler Smith, Brian Wraspir, Meagan Tebow, Koree Smith and Holden Iverson shot 21. Those with 2...
