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UPDATE: Hours after the press conference, the Governor's Office announced that areas moving to "Phase 2" can do so Sunday, Feb. 14, to allow restaurants, bars, taverns and theaters to be open for indoor service on Valentine's Day. ODESSA — Lincoln County will move ahead to Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee's newest coronavirus reopening plan beginning Monday. In a press conference today, Thursday, Feb. 11, Gov. Jay Inslee announced that 92 percent of all residents will be in Phase 2...
DAVENPORT – Lincoln County isn’t known as a hotbed for Internet connectivity and high-speed broadbands, especially in the rural areas. Commissioner Scott Hutsell recognizes this, but also sees ways toward “the future,” which could include a more connected county…both in the towns and on the rural farmlands and ranches. The way to do that, however, is still rather unknown. Many possibilities exist, but there are seemingly endless factors in place and questions to be answered. How does the county ensure a fiber connectio...
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. January 31 Traffic stops: 22 A Davenport woman reported a rock slide on Porcupine Bay Road. A man reported hearing gun shots around town. He was informed that there is a gun club on Sundays. A Medical Lake man reporte...
ODESSA – Alyssa Iverson of the Odessa High School FFA Chapter reports that the local chapter is hosting a food drive for the Warden Food Bank. The food bank there is currently struggling following the potato-shed fires that took place a couple of weeks ago. They are in dire need of non-perishable food items and ready-to-eat meals (things easy for a child to heat up and eat), i.e. soups, mac-n-cheese, rice, canned goods, etc. Those who would like to make a monetary donation are asked to make checks payable to Warden Food B...
ODESSA – At the Jan. 27 meeting of the school board, Odessa School District Superintendent Dan Read reviewed the latest Lincoln County COVID case counts, followed by discussion of specific cases and the few quarantines initiated during the week of Jan. 18. A three-day break from in-person instruction occurred Jan. 20-22 for all students as a precautionary measure to monitor for any potential spread. School was back in session with in-person learning on Jan. 25. Read reminded board members that the new “Healthy Washington” reo...
ODESSA – On Feb. 2, all of the schools in the Bi-County were invited to participate in the 11th Annual Bi-County STEM Challenge. Out of the districts of Reardan, Davenport, Wilbur, Creston, ACH, Ritzville, Sprague, Lind, Liberty, Spangle, Soap Lake, Odessa and Harrington, only Odessa and Wilbur-Creston logged in virtually to compete in the annual science-based “Junkyard Wars.” Each school assembled a team of five students to vie for the traveling trophy. Team Odessa consi...
ODESSA – “They Saved our Life, So Have a Slice” was the slogan developed by Odessa High School freshmen for their Lead4Change service project. They set a big goal: Show our appreciation to all of Odessa’s frontline workers who have kept our community safe this year by cooking and delivering 400 flatbread pizzas. Their project was called “Frontline Flatbread Frenzy.” The freshmen carefully planned and organized the event, which allowed the entire chapter, with careful social distancing and safety protocols, to make and de...
Terrance James Dobson of Odessa, Wash., husband, father, brother, and friend, passed away at home surrounded by loved ones after a courageous and gritty fight with Leukemia on Tuesday, January 26th. He was 80. Born August 16th, 1940 in Odessa, WA to Leon and Dorothy Dobson, Terry lived his early years farming and raising cattle on the family ranch located on E. Dobson Road in Odessa along the banks of Crab Creek. After some time in Reardon and Othello he eventually ended up...
Listening to young people talk about food, cooking and recipes can be informative and entertaining. With most families spending more time at home, children are taking an interest in meal and snack preparation. Some love baking cookies. Others like helping with meal prep. One even told me, they should never be allowed in a kitchen unsupervised, as there was danger they would set the kitchen on fire. The most interesting was a young brother and sister telling me all about...
1 years ago Feb. 11, 1921 The Odessa High School debate team climbed one round higher on the ladder that leads to the state debate championship for northeastern Washington, when it defeated the strong team from Oroville when they met at the English Congregational Church in Odessa. The team consists of Mary Glass, Florence Schoonover and Christoph Horn. The local debaters will go victorious to the final debate next month. Lewis and Clark HS of Spokane was defeated by Reardan, putting the big school out of the race. It now...
ODESSA – The Feb. 9, 2021 special election results for Lincoln County show Odessa’s two school levies and one hospital levy easily passing by margins of over 70 percent in favor to 30 percent or less opposed. Voter turnout stood at 46.47 percent, with 1,284 votes counted thus far out of the 2,763 registered voters in the county. The Sprague and Readan-Edwall School Districts also had levies passing by approximately the same amounts as the Odessa School District. The election results are scheduled to be certified on Feb. 19....
ODESSA – A full complement of council members met Monday night either via Zoom or in the clerk’s office. Several members of the newly formed Metropolitan Park District board also attended via Zoom to discuss funding and various legal matters regarding the Odessa pool. One of the main issues of concern to the board was funding for 2021, since the taxes due the district will not be collected until 2022. Council members reassured the board that they were well aware of that fact and had already included pool maintenance and ope...
ODESSA – The Odessa Chamber of Commerce via Zoom met Feb. 9 to elect officers for the year and handle other relevant matters. Nominations were opened for all positions, although none were forthcoming. The slate of nominees from the prior Chamber meeting was then approved via a vote of acclimation by the participating members. The new officers are: President Jeff Huiras, Vice President Norm Ott, Secretary Terrie Schmidt-Crosby, Treasurer Larissa Zeiler, at-large board member Michelle Melgren, at-large board member Matt R...
DAVENPORT – January 12, 2021 – The Washington Anytime Library surpassed 1.7 million digital book checkouts in 2020—an all-time record. This milestone affirms that more people are choosing eBooks, audiobooks and the convenience of online lending, particularly at a time when numerous libraries had to close due to the pandemic. The Washington Anytime Library, which comprises 46 smaller and mid-sized libraries around the state, has been providing readers 24/7 access to eBooks and audiobooks for a decade, through OverDrive and i...
1 years ago Feb. 4, 1921 The Odessa High School debate team will meet the strong team from Oroville High at the English Congregational Church in the third debate of the state series in what promises to be one of the hardest contested school debates ever held in Odessa. Neither school has lost a debate this season, and the winner of this debate is considered to be the probable runner-up for the final championship contest for the district of northeastern Washington, which will be held next month. The team that will represent...
ODESSA – The first-semester honor roll and list of students receiving honorable mention are given below. A student must have a grade-point average of 3.50-4.00 to be on the Honor Roll, and Honorable Mention requires a grade-point average of 3.25-3.49. Grade values are based on the state transcript requirements and are as follows: A=4.0, A-=3.7, B+=3.3, B=3.0, B-= 2.7, C+=2.3, C=2.0, C-=1.7, D+=1.3, D=1.0, F=0.0. High School Odessa High School seniors achieving a 4.0 GPA are Nicholas Larson, Jett Nelson, Maddie Scrupps and P...
Haase, Clara E., 99, passed away Jan. 27, 2021 at her home in Odessa, Wash. She was born on August 8, 1921 in Marlin, Wash. to Conrad and Anna (Litt) Weber. She grew up in Marlin, attended school and graduated from Marlin High School. She later married Harvey Haase on Aug. 27, 1944 and move to Odessa, Wash. where she raised her three children June, Ron and Greg. Clara enjoyed tennis, crocheting, coffee downtown with the girls, cooking, canning and fishing. She loved children,...
ODESSA – Odessa High School Athletic Director Bruce Todd told The Record last week that high school volleyball and football teams were scheduled to begin a six-week season on February 1. Practice for both sports was underway, and schedules were being worked out by the athletic directors of the area schools. Junior-high football was set to begin February 8 and junior-high volleyball on February 16. Wilson Creek was to combine with Odessa for the football season, and Harrington will join Odessa for other selected sports. S...
ODESSA – The Odessa High School Athletic Hall of Fame committee (consisting of 11 members) has been hard at work preparing for its 2021 induction of athletes, coaches and contributors. The committee has been meeting in Odessa, where most of its members live, although the group’s vice president and Odessa graduate Jon Heimbigner comes all the way from his home in Spokane. The group’s president is Larry Weber. One member of the committee, Terrie Weishaar, asked to be relieved of duty due to health issues and the fact that she i...
MOSES LAKE – The Grand Columbia Health Alliance is pleased to announce that Coulee Medical Center, located in Grand Coulee, has joined their healthcare partnership. As part of the Alliance, Coulee Medical Center will now be able to share medical resources such as physicians, staff and technology with the other six healthcare organizations. “We’re very excited for the opportunity to share resources with our neighboring healthcare facilities,” said Ramona Hicks, RN, CEO of Coulee Medical Center. “Our regional families...
ODESSA – At least one athletics organization is ranking the Odessa Tigers as the top 1B football team to beat in Washington state. In a preseason ranking released earlier this week by SBLive.com, Odessa is ranked as the top 8-man football team in the state, followed by league rival Almira/Coulee-Hartline. The Tigers went 13-0 in the fall 2019 season and have been waiting to get on the gridiron to defend their state title. Odessa running back Marcus King graduated, but q...
ODESSA – The local high school principal has taken Gov. Jay Inslee to task for the unfair treatment of local student athletes. Principal Jamie Nelson spelled out local frustrations in a letter on the inequities being imposed on schools in violation of the state Constitution. Nelson sent the letter to the governor, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal and Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Executive Director Mick Hoffman last week. Nelson s...
There are more new books at the Odessa library as of this week. Most of them are pure escapism, which isn’t a bad thing during times like these. You can read that as meaning “pandemic” or just “winter in Eastern Washington” as you wish. One book, though, may just be one of the best books you’ll probably never read. Our recent (and seemingly endless) election cycle has illustrated the deep divisions running through our society. I am often uncomfortable to discover that people...
The Record supports the passage of all three levies, two proposed by the Odessa School District and one by Lincoln County Hospital District #1 (which is the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center). Voters in the Odessa area have received their ballots requesting approval of three different levies supporting the local school and the local hospital district. Odessa’s school and medical facilities are important to those living here or thinking about living here. The Educational Programs and Operations levy requested by the Odessa S...
Continued from last week OCTOBER In-person instruction at the Odessa School District increased from one to two days/week. OHS junior Emily Scrupps was named the state’s FBLA Member of the Month. Odessa Quilt Club members were busy planning events for the coming new year. Planning included contingencies for complying with Covid restrictions imposed via government edict. Odessa farm resident Kelly Korpinen, 71, was killed a traffic accident during a severe dust storm. She and her husband Don had supplied food, including t...
