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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. May 2 Traffic stops: 7 A Reardan man requested help with a lockout. A woman called 911 in a panic and didn’t want the dispatcher to talk to her husband. May 3 Traffic stops: 8 A Davenport woman reported suspicious cir...
ODESSA – Saturday's District 7/9 track and field championships for eastern Washington 1B schools was cool, blustery day for the athletes. Schools participating were Columbia (Hunters), Curlew, DeSales, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Inchelium, Mary Walker (Springdale), Oakesdale, Odessa, Pomeroy, Prescott, Republic, Selkirk (Ione), St. John-Endicott-Lacrosse, Tekoa-Rosalia, Valley Christian (Spokane), Wellpinit, Wilbur-Creston and Yakama Nation Tribal. Harrington High School s...
ODESSA – The weather in Ritzville was certainly a factor at Saturday's District 7 & 9 track and field championships for eastern Washington 1B schools. Schools participating were Columbia (Hunters), Curlew, DeSales, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Inchelium, Mary Walker (Springdale), Oakesdale, Odessa, Pomeroy, Prescott, Republic, Selkirk (Ione), St. John-Endicott-Lacrosse, Tekoa-Rosalia, Valley Christian (Spokane), Wellpinit, Wilbur-Creston and Yakama Nation Tribal. "Even t...
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. April 25 Traffic stops: 11 A caller said she was in a verbal argument with her roommate and landlord. Two black cows were reported loose on the south side of Highway 2. A Davenport man said his neighbors on the corner...
DEER PARK – Davenport's Kristof Panke hasn't been touched in league play yet this season, but he faced his toughest challenge on the biggest stage to date at the district qualifying match May 3 from Wilbur senior Bectett Odengaard. Panke and Odengaard both shot tremendous 18-hole rounds and were two-under 70 through 18 holes. One playoff hole wasn't enough to break the tie, but on the second playoff hole, Panke sunk a 25-putt for eagle to take the win. Odengaard missed a s...
The great horned owl is native to most of North America but not often seen around Odessa. Avid bird watchers Jane and Doug Slager of Everett spotted this one on a structure just outside of Odessa last weekend. What looks like a nest was also partially visible a few feet away. Photo by Doug Slager....
ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met April 26 in the community center with a full complement of council members but missing Mayor Bill Crossley. Mayor pro tem Kelly Watkins chaired the meeting. After dealing with financial matters, the council discussed the recycling program provided to the town by Lincoln County. The Town of Odessa pays for this program to the tune of about $390/week for the cardboard pickup alone. Reports from some council members indicated that there was currently no real market for cardboard and that m...
Odessa defeated Curlew at home last Saturday, May 1. Nathan Carstensen had three hits and picked up two RBIs. Tim DeWulf had two hits (one of them a double) and two RBIs. Collin Martin also hit a double. Jett Nelson hit a triple. Most Tiger batters were being choosy about swinging their bats, with eight players accounting for 12 of the bases on balls awarded by Curlew pitching. 1 2 3 4 5 R Odessa 3 5 1 3 0 12 Curlew 1 0 1 0 - 2 Nelson led the team in putouts with 10. DeWulf pitched all five innings, giving up three hits and...
CHEWELAH – April 23, the Tigers competed at District #7 1B Meet #2 at Jenkins High School in Chewelah. The Odessa girls finished in second place with 58 points to Valley Christian’s 143. The other teams participating and their scores were Selkirk (Ione) 56, Republic 47, Columbia (Hunters) 42, Wellpinit 38, Mary Walker 33, Wilbur-Creston 30, Curlew 19, Tekoa-Rosalia 14 and Harrington 7. The Odessa boys placed seventh, with the other teams and scores being Valley Christian147.5, Wilbur-Creston 78.5, Republic 78, Tek...
Ruth Ott Droz Schaefer passed away in her sleep on April 16, 2021. She was born May 24, 1923 at Ritzville Wash. She was the fifth in the family of ten children of Jacob and Victoria Ott of Irby, WA. Ruth attended the one room school in Irby and graduated from Odessa High School. She went on to Washington State College and graduated in 1946. She taught Home Economics in Colville, Wash., Snohomish, Wash. and Pullman, Wash. She was one of the first women to teach drivers...
Spring Rhubarb is sprouting up in area gardens. This tart garden plant, produces long stalks that make wonderful pies and crisps, jams and chutneys. Though carefully tended rhubarb can continue to produce into the early summer, spring is the best of the crop. Spring Rhubarb Pie, a recipe from my 1960 Ann Pillsbury Baking Book, is simple but tasty. The addition of nutmeg mellows the tartness of the rhubarb. Spring Rhubarb Pie Pastry for a 2-crust, 9-inch pie 4 cups rhubarb cut...
ODESSA – The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library on Wednesday, April 28, at 6 p.m. The meeting was also available via ZOOM. The board also held a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the 2021-2022 budget and staffing. Present were board members Ed Deife, Janie Steward, Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Carmen Weishaar, Superintendent Dan Read, Principal Jamie Nelson, Assistant Business Manager Staci Claassen, Operations Supervisor Justin Parr and Athletic D...
ODESSA – During the past month, members of the Odessa High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America completed their projects, submitted videos and then competed virtually at the Washington State FBLA winter conference that was held last week, reports Terri King faculty advisor to the group. Odessa students receiving awards for their presentations at the conference included the team of Maddie Scrupps, Collin Martin and Hayden Schuh, who took first place for their L...
DAVENPORT – "BOOM!" What sounded like a bomb going off to Sami Guhlke hit the sky's soundwaves as the Reardan resident walked with her dog to pick up eggs from her family farm's chicken coop three miles south of town after the sun set March 25. 45 seconds later... "BOOM!" A second clap...then 45 seconds after that, a third... "BOOM!" "At first I thought something went wrong at Fairchild (Air Force Base)," Guhlke said. As it turned out, Guhlke wasn't the only person, locally or...
Echo E. Geissler 1928-2020 Echo E. Geissler, 92 passed away Fri., Nov. 13, 2020 in Wilbur, Wash., his home Davenport, Wash. Edward and Lena (Miller) Geissler brought their youngest child into the family home in Odessa, Wash. on Feb. 16, 1928. In 1941 the family moved to Davenport when Echo was 8 years old. He graduated from Davenport High School in 1946. Echo met his wife Phyllis Liggett, daughter of Ted & Mabel (Martin) Liggett from Spokane and they were married on Nov.25, 19...
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. April 18 Traffic stops: 9 A Davenport man requested deputy contact regarding a civil issue on the 40800 block of North Porcupine Bay Road. An Almira woman said she was picking up her child from his father and not...
Maddie Scrupps, the only graduating senior on the Odessa Tiger golf team, demonstrates her golf swing....
ODESSA – The Tigers put on a slugfest once again when they traveled to Hunters and won both games in a double header against the Lions of Columbia High School. The first game ended with a score of 30-3. Tyesn Kuchenbuch was batting a thousand with five hits in his five at bats, including two doubles. He also picked up three RBIs. Tim DeWulf went four for five and had six RBIs. Nathan Carstensen went three for five, one for a double, and also had six RBIs. Both DeWulf and Hayde...
ODESSA – There was no quilt show this year, but the Fronen Steppdecker, Odessa Quilt Club nevertheless held the drawing for the "Savanah Afternoon" quilt shown here. On Saturday afternoon, Kyle Tebow drew the winning ticket from a bucket held by club member Laura Estes. The winner is Mary Overmyre of Downs, Wash. The 2022 quilt top is constructed and is on the way to be machine quilted, says Estes, and plans are underway to resume in-person quilt shows April 29-30 of next y...
Three Odessa High School graduates, Colton Hunt, Brady Walter and Camden Weber, have been placed on the Eastern Washington University Dean's List, which is released after every fall, winter and spring quarter. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours and receives a grade-point average of 3.5 or better is placed on the Dean's List....
ODESSA – The Odessa chapter of the National Honor Society said good-bye to four graduating seniors at a ceremony held at the school on Monday, April 19: Pilot Weishaar, Madeline Scrupps, Tim DeWulf and Kaya Curo. Nine new members were selected for induction into the chapter this year: Kaya Curo, Alyssa Mckinney, Charleigh Cornett, Daeton Deife, Kaytlyn Shafer, Grace Nelson, Ashlyn Neilsen, Laela Hardung and Gage Starkel. “We are very proud to recognize these outstanding members of our student body,” said Lindsy Stark...
ODESSA – The annual wine-tasting, microbrew sampling and auctions of the Odessa Healthcare Foundation has gone virtual this year due to Covid restrictions imposed by government entities. Sara (Fink) Dirks, a member of the Foundation’s board of directors, has provided information on the live auction items available at omhf.maestroweb.com. “A year after the world shut down, a lot of things are still different,” she says. “That doesn’t mean that we haven’t found new ways to have fun, though, and this year’s virtual Odessa...
ODESSA – Odessa Clinic manager Barbara Schlimmer has a couple of questions for the local population, “Are you 50 or older? Do you know somebody 50 or older?” The reason she asks is because shingles is a painful rash illness that can lead to long-term nerve pain that, in some cases, can last years after the shingles rash disappears. This nerve pain can limit daily activity for many years afterward. Shingles is not a one-time-only condition. It can re-occur throughout a lifetime. As we get older, the risk of shingles and its re...
ODESSA – Dan and Becky Huntington are the new owners of the Odessa Drive-In. No sooner had they put paper on all the windows, painted "Coming soon" on the outward-facing side and began tearing into things they wanted fixed than people started knocking on the door looking for burgers and shakes. Sorry folks, but their plans are to clean, fix, paint, clean, do some minor remodeling, clean and try their best to open for business by July 4. With help from their son Andy, they m...
ODESSA – As the May 7 date approaches for the annual fundraising event for Odessa’s medical community, the members of the Odessa Healthcare Foundation board have been working tirelessly to organize and promote its first-ever virtual auctions, both silent and live, on the website at omhf.maestroweb.com. Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center administrator John Serle has provided information to The Record on the goal of this year’s event. The purchase of new and valuable technology is what the administration and staffers want in or...
