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Big brother is always watching I see you had a mostly maskless Deutsches Fest. I have a friend whose relative went home from the Fest infected with Covid. Real men or women don’t wear masks? More deaths from Covid are happening in Lincoln County. Death is apparently less scary than losing a sense of power (control). Looking from the outside in, I grudgingly acknowledge not one chink of doubt in your “suits of armor” has changed your white conservative beliefs. I remember a night in the 1980s when my partner Chuck and I entere...
HARRINGTON – The week's volleyball action was all in the win column for the Odessa Tigers. Odessa vs. Harrington The Tiger volleyball team traveled to Harrington on Tuesday, Oct. 19, to face the Panthers. It is a rebuilding year for Panther volleyball, so the Tigers dominated once again in this contest. Odessa 25 25 25 3 Harrington 0 0 6 0 Hayden Schuh led the offense with 9 kills and also got the team's only block. Ashlyn Neilsen had 2 digs, and Melloney Deife had 18 a...
REPUBLIC –Last Friday night’s catfight in Republic pitted the Odessa Tigers against the Republic Tigers with the Tigers coming out on top. Uh, that would be the Odessa Tigers. They carried the day despite racking up 11 penalties for 120 lost yards. Odessa 16 34 8 8 66 Republic 0 8 0 8 16 Quarterback Collin Martin completed nine of 11 passing attempts for a total of 287 yards. Five ball carriers pulled in those nine completed passes, Daeton Deife with five for a total of 164 yards and one touchdown, Anthony Elder for a 21-...
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. 18 Traffic stops: 7 A caller said his elderly neighbor, who has dementia and uses an oxygen tank, might be missing after they went hunting the day prior. A report came in of a man shooting a two-point buck nea...
1 years ago Oct. 28, 1921 Catholics buy cemetery site. The Odessa Catholic church has purchased from Joss. Reitner, two acres and a half of land just west of the Odessa cemetery, of which F.L. Kucera is now drafting a plat for a cemetery site. The present Catholic cemetery on the hill southwest of town was thought by members of the church too far from town to keep up in the way that they would like to have it, and offers have been made to those having relatives laid away at the old cemetery, a place to inter them in the...
Robin L. Weishaar passed away, surrounded by his family, on Oct. 17, 2021, in Spokane, Wash. Robin was born on Nov. 2, 1954, to Donald and Phyllis (Huff) Weishaar in Odessa, Wash. Robin was a 1973 graduate of Odessa High School and attended Big Bend Community College. He retired in 2019 after 34 years of farming. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, the Odessa Gun Club and the Odessa Volunteer Fire Department. Robin was an active member of his church, serving on the...
ODESSA – The U.S. general election takes place next Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. For Odessa voters, there are three advisory votes on the ballot, all having to do with taxes imposed by the state legislature without a vote of the people and several offices to be filled by individuals mostly running unopposed. The only contested office on Odessa ballots is that for Town of Odessa Councilman No. 4, in which Alberto Reyes and Amanda Wallace are running against one another to fill the position that came open when current incumbent K...
ODESSA – Halloween is this coming Sunday, and the annual Halloween carnival put on by the Odessa High School chapter of FFA is scheduled to begin in the community center at 4 p.m. that day. FFA advisor HaLee Walter tells The Record that some Odessa businesses have agreed to open their premises on Sunday afternoon from 3 to 4 p.m. for “Boo a Business” to allow kids to visit them for candy or other treats and to participate in an FFA-sponsored scavenger hunt. Inside the community center, the carnival will provide various games...
This voter's guide covers seven contested races around Lincoln County including the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas. Each contestant was given the opportunity to submit biographical information, a photo and answers to two to three questions specific to their race in an effort to help local voters make informed decisions on their ballots this election season. 11 of the 14 candidates covered in these races responded with all or most of the requests, as...
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...
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...
