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ODESSA – Saturday's volleyball double-header in the Odessa gym pits the Tigers against the Wellpinit Redskins at noon and against the Wildcats of Wilbur-Creston-Keller later the same day at 6 p.m. The Tigers win both matches in three straight sets, putting their league record for the season at 6-2 and their overall season record at 15-5. Odessa vs. Wellpinit The Oct. 16 match against Wellpinit turns out to be an easy win for the Odessa varsity team. Odessa 25 25 25 3 W...
ODESSA – The Odessa High football team returns to good form following the drubbing it took from the ACH Warriors on Oct. 15 by defeating the Mary Walker Chargers of Springdale with a very lopsided score of 74-6. A big first quarter set the tone as the Tigers posted 44 unanswered points. Odessa 44 14 8 8 74 MW 0 6 0 0 6 Davey McMillan did the heavy lifting on offense, rushing the ball for 175 yards on five carries and making three touchdowns and three two-point conversions. A...
Gardens are put to rest for the winter, with root crops straw-covered to protect from frost, and old vines composted to amend the soil come spring. There are apples to sauce, tomatoes to stew or turn into salsa, squash to bake and other bits of produce to put up for the winter. Where to start? Since the rind on the winter squash began to harden mid-September my mouth has been watering for a warm piece of baked squash. Winter squash have good keeping qualities if you have a dry...
These donors to the Old Town Hall renovation project contributed the $12,800 needed to install new walls in the south room: 1 Alan & Diane Voise 2 Apryl Wraspir 3 Arthur & Dorothy Schorzman 4 Barbara Schlimmer 5 Bill & Carol Bell 6 Bill & Carol Knerr 7 Bill & Chris Crossley 8 Bob & Dorothy Dunham 9 Bob Deife 10 Brenda Knerr Matayoshi 11 Brenik & Kami Iverson 12 Bryan & Jessica Winston 13 Bunny Quirk 14 Chuck & Lanae Carper 15 Clarene Haynie 16 Clark & Charlene Kagele 17 Cliff & Bonnie Mooney 18 Costlow Services 19 Dalles &...
ODESSA – When Odessa received a $68,000 grant from Lowe's to restore the Old Town Hall, the opportunity to renovate the 100-year-old building created excitement, says Terri King, advisor to the Odessa High School FBLA chapter. Once renovation began, she adds, it soon became apparent that additional work was needed beyond what the grant was paying for. Three of the walls in the south room of the Old Town Hall were in serious need of a facelift. The cracked lath-and-plaster w...
ALMIRA – Last week Tuesday, Oct. 12, the Almira school building that normally housed elementary grades 1 through 5 and ACH Middle School grades 6, 7 and 8 caught fire and burned to the ground in a raging conflagration. The fire burned all through Tuesday night as about 100 firefighters from Almira and its neighboring fire districts battled the blaze and kept it from spreading into residential areas. Fortunately, no one was in the building that Tuesday, as school was c...
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. Oct. 11 Traffic stops: 10 Northeast Washington Alliance Counseling in Davenport requested a welfare check on a woman who was hard to understand over the phone. Johnson Family Towing said they impounded a vehicle ove...
Area scoreboard for games and matches Oct. 14-20 Football Friday, Oct. 15 Davenport 49, Kettle Falls 8 Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 49, Reardan 7 Soccer Thursday, Oct. 14 Davenport 1, St. George’s 0 Tuesday, Oct. 19 Reardan 9, Kettle Falls 3 Volleyball Thursday, Oct. 14 Reardan 3, Northwest Christian (Colbert) 2 (21-25, 25-20, 20-25, 25-21, 15-13) Davenport 3, Chesterton Academy 0 Saturday, Oct. 16 Valley Christian 3, Harrington 0 (25-9, 25-11, 25-5) Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 3, Reardan 0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-21) Tuesday, Oct. 19 O...
The public meetings held last week by the administration of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center presented an opportunity for new CEO John Serle and new CFO Kimberly Dalrymple to inform the community about recent expenditures approved by the OMHC board, the recent departure of two well-liked "permanent" nurse practitioners and a chance to counter some of the wilder rumors circulating in town about conflicts between the administration and the staff. The meetings were held on...
DAVENPORT-Mike and Virginia Fries remember buying Edna's Drive-In in May 1992 not knowing when they'd re-open its doors after it was closed for 18 months following Edna Jackson's passing. They decided the highest customer demand would be during Pioneer Days, so they opened July 16, 1992. That was a decision Virginia Fries remembers regretting, but now looks back at with a laugh. "We were so swamped, and we hadn't practiced how we would work together," she said. "That was the...
ODESSA – The Odessa Tiger football team lost its first game since the beginning of the 2018 season to the Almira-Coulee-Hartline team this past Friday night. The game saw another Tiger injury, as Gage Starkel was tackling a Warrior runner and took a knee to the kidney in the tumble that followed. Reports from the family say he is doing well and does not require surgery, but he will be out of action for at least four weeks while his wound heals. Meanwhile, Jacob Scrupps is a...
ODESSA – The Odessa Athletic Booster Club holds its fourth annual dinner and auction next week on Saturday, October 23, at the Odessa Community Center. A social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. is followed by a prime rib dinner. In the auction, there are many interesting items up for grabs. Attendees will have an opportunity to bid on the many silent and live-on-the-side auction items, including hand-crafted items and décor, cakes and baked goods, photo sessions, outdoor items an...
ODESSA – Last Thursday's non-league volleyball match against Lind-Ritzville-Sprague was cancelled because Odessa did not have enough healthy players to compete. By Saturday, however, the team was able to face Oaksdale, a perennial powerhouse that overcame the Tigers in three straight sets. Odessa vs. Oakesdale On Oct. 9, Odessa lost to Oaksdale in a non-conference game by a score of 3-0. Odessa 19 19 12 0 Oakesd. 25 25 25 3 Emily Scrupps led the team in kills with five, w...
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. Oct. 4 Traffic stops: 4 A Harrington woman reported a Volkswagen bug that reportedly overshot Highway 2 into a field and was left abandoned. A 76-year-old Sprague man was reported having a heart attack. A porcupine ne...
Kenneth Paul Scherr of Odessa passed away Oct. 2, 2021. He was born on July 22, 1945 to Anton and Helen (Vetter) Scherr. Ken was raised in Butte, MT and graduated from Western Montana College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. He pursued a long career in teaching and coaching. He was inducted into the WA Coaches Hall of Fame. Ken married the love of his life, Beverly Heinemann on June 13, 1970. During their 50 years of marriage, they lived in Odessa, where they...
Roland Vincent (Jim) Winfrey of Quincy passed away on May 25, 2021. He was born to John and Hester Winfrey on Aug. 14, 1929 in Nantahala, NC. Jim was stationed at Fairchild AFB in 1951 when he met Jackie Grening at a USO dance. They married in Odessa in 1953 at the Christ Lutheran Church and raised a family of 5 boys. Jim and Jackie moved to the Quincy area in 1982. Jim worked for the Bureau of Reclamation Water District, raised a few cows, and became well known in the area...
ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met Monday, Oct. 11, in the public library. With no old business to revisit, the council moved right on to new business. New Odessa homeowner Jason Shipman and his wife attended the meeting to request an adjustment to their water bill rate due to a complicated issue involving a tenant in a converted garage on their property. Following discussion in which council members mostly appeared agreeable to the rate request, the council opted to table the issue until the next meeting, while certain q...
ODESSA – Homecoming activities at Odessa High School last week were fun for students and staff alike. Each day during the week was a dress-up day for all who chose to participate. With an overall theme of "outer space," each day focused on a different aspect of that theme: astronauts, planets, Star Trek/Star Wars and aliens. The final day was simply black-and-orange day, as the school prepared for Friday night's football game. On Wednesday evening of last week, the high s...
William Jay Warwick passed away, peacefully, Sept. 26th, 2021 in his home. Jay was born Sept. 8th, 1960 in Odessa, Wash. to Billie R. and Betty I. Warwick Jr. Jay spent his childhood in Bluestem, Wash. and attended Davenport until his senior year where he graduated from Shadle Park High School in 1978. He worked at Burlington Railroad and other various jobs until Jay met and married Kimberly Ofsthun, Nov. 14th, 1987. They have one daughter, Melissa. Jay worked for the Reardan...
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. Sept. 27 Traffic stops: 5 The Sheriff’s Office reported receiving a lot of 911 calls from a woman not reporting emergencies but talking about her husband snoring and her singing voice. A truck with a flat tire was d...
ODESSA – Reporting on the Tiger volleyball team has hit some snags in the past two weeks, but we now have details going back to Sept. 21. Odessa vs. Harrington On Sept. 21, Odessa faced Harrington at home, winning 3-0, with only the junior varsity playing for the Tigers. Odessa 25 25 25 3 Harring 11 16 8 0 No stats for this match. Odessa vs. Mary Walker Odessa faced off against the Chargers of Mary Walker High School in Springdale on Sept. 23, losing a close match by a s...
ODESSA – For Homecoming on Oct. 1 at Finney Field, the Tiger football team was scheduled to face Northport. However, Northport was unable to field enough players and had to cancel. Odessa's Athletic Director Bruce Todd immediately got on the phone to find another team willing to face the Tigers on short notice. He found that team in the Liberty Christian Patriots of Richland. Although the Tigers clearly dominated, the Patriots were nevertheless able to score against them in e...
Frosty nights bring on clean-up-the-garden time. Some fortunate gardeners gained an abundance of green beans after the hot summer temperatures subsided. Former Odessa resident Sherie Heimbigner asked if I had the recipe for the green bean soup served at the annual Mennonite Auction. I do not have the Mennonite recipe but I shared with her the recipe I have used. German Grun Bohne Suppe [editor’s note: or in grammatically correct modern German, “gruene Bohnensuppe”] attri...
ODESSA – Kysar Mechanical of Davenport installed wiring and new schoolhouse-style light fixtures, supplied compliments of Lowe's, just in time for the Odessa High School Homecoming Dance, the first event held at the Old Town Hall since renovations began last August. The floors remain unfinished, but the century-old building displayed a dazzling interior after parents decorated for the event. Since Homecoming was cancelled last year, this was the first dance ever attended by s...
Note: Games and game times are subject to change. Friday, Oct. 1 Reardan football (homecoming) vs. Kettle Falls @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 Davenport and Reardan cross country at Medical Lake @ 11:30 a.m. Davenport volleyball at Odessa @ noon. Monday, Oct. 4 Reardan soccer at Medical Lake @ 4 p.m. Davenport volleyball vs. Upper Columbia Academy @ 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5 Reardan cross country at Colfax @ 3:30 p.m. Davenport cross country at Chewelah, time TBD Reardan soccer vs. St. George’s @ 4 p.m. Davenport soccer at N...
