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Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Feb. 19: Responding to a residence on Linstrum Road, Harrington ambulance personnel assisted a 61-year-old man with post-surgery complications. A deputy responded to a report from The Dav...
Harrington FFA Alumni secretary The Harrington FFA Alumni held a very successful First Annual Dinner and Auction Saturday night in the Harrington Memorial Hall to end National FFA Week. Packed into the Hall at 5 p.m. for happy hour drinks and silent auction bidding were 130 proud supporters. A dinner of ribs and chicken was catered by Longhorn BBQ, while silent auction bidding went on. At 7:30 p.m., Washington state FFA president Seth Smith addressed the crowd on the...
The Odessa High School FBLA chapter had the privilege of touring the hospital along with Odessa Healthcare Foundation president Nancy Floether and hospital administrator Mo Sheldon. The purpose of the tour was to see firsthand the equipment and improvements that have been donated to the hospital as a result of the Odessa Healthcare Foundation's fundraising efforts. Members were impressed by the generosity of the organization and how expensive the medical equipment is to...
The Odessa High School FBLA chapter's American Enterprise Team, with the help of the school's eighth-grade class, put on a Retail Revolution fair this week. Third- through twelfth-grade students took part in fun activities. The FBLA team mainly worked together with the eighth grade students and cooperated by hosting the exhibition which exposed the community and students to the ideas of the Retail Revolution. The projects included a Decade Poster, a Video and Quiz on retail...
Even after a four-hour trip to western Washington and the town of Mountlake Terrace, the Tiger were stoked Saturday, February 24, and dominated a capable team from Cedar Park Christian (whose home court, by the way, is located only five miles away in Bothell). Nevertheless, it was Tigers all the way. After a nearly even first quarter, Odessa pulled away in the second quarter to post a 28-17 lead at the half. They continued to increase their lead in the second half, while some...
The sunshine says warmth but if you step outside you will find that it is still on the cool side. My daffodils are about four inches tall, so they are ready for spring. I guess we will just have to wait a little longer. In the meantime, let me introduce you to Tommie and Dolores Nelson. Tommie was born in January of 1947 and grew up on a farm with his parents, six sisters and seven brothers, Tommie being the oldest. They had a garden and raised animals, and his father worked i...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday night to hear from the candidates for the open council position, get updated on the roadway repair and reconstruction efforts and bid a fond farewell to retiring town clerk Gail Kiesz. A public hearing on the street project was led by Steve Nelson of Century West Engineering in Spokane. He presented each council member with a map of the town indicating which roads would be involved in the project, for which bids are currently being...
The Inland Northwest Trapshoot competition, sponsored by the Spokesman-Review newspaper of Spokane, completed week seven on Sunday, February 25, and finished up its season with awards on March 4. The combined Odessa-Marlin shooters took third place in Division I of the men's contest with a score of 793 behind Yakima Valley Sportsman with 797 and the Colton Gun Club with 796. In the women's division, the combined clubs finished fifth, and in the youth division, they finished...
The Odessa Tiger boys basketball team placed fourth in the 1B state tournament played at the Spokane Arena last week. Pomeroy The Tigers faced off against Pomeroy in the first round of games at the Spokane Arena Thursday, February 28. The boys never seemed to get into the rhythm of the game, even though the final score makes the game look more lopsided than it really was. The Tigers came close to tying the score at one point, but were unable to keep up the pace. Foul trouble a...
Dylan Jeffrey Boss was born February 28, 2018 to Cory Boss and Leanna Morland. At birth he weighed eight pounds and measured 21 inches long. His paternal grandmother is Sharon Parr and his maternal grandmother is Christina Morland, both of Odessa....
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Feb. 26: A caller told dispatchers his wife, thinking someone may have been inside her Reardan residence, locked herself in an upstairs bathroom after hearing someone walk around and bang on...
1 years ago The Odessa Record March 8, 1918 Bachelor gets a surprise: A number of neighbors and friends planned a successful surprise party and invaded the bachelor home of Gust Nass south of town Saturday night. Just whether or not the ladies found the conditions at the Nass house bore any relation to the old time bachelor’s hall where “pots, dishes, pans and grazy commodities, ashes and pertatie skins kivered the floor,” has not been made public, but one thing is certain, that is that they all brought well filled baske...
Dads, grab your favorite girls and mark your calendars, because you won’t want to be late, especially for this very important date. It’s time for The Mad Hatter’s Ball, the second annual daddy/daughter dance put on by Go! Odessa Recreation (a non-profit organization to bring activities to Odessa for local and area youth). Dress up in your Wonderland best and climb down the rabbit hole at Any Occasion Banquet Hall at 3 W. First Avenue on Saturday, March 24, from 6-9 p.m. and enjoy an evening of dancing and desserts. The eveni...
Soup weather is still with us. Over the past year I have added several soup recipes to my collection. All have been made several times and continue to turn out well. Salmon Chowder is an easy to prepare recipe featuring pantry staples. Keep the canned ingredients on hand for spur of the moment company meals or everyday family meals. Salmon Chowder 1 small onion, peeled, quartered and thinly sliced 1 Tbsp butter or olive oil 1 can (10 3/4 ounces) condensed cream of celery soup...
To the Editor: I really enjoyed the family movie night at the Christ Lutheran Church last weekend. It was a “food-raiser” event for the local food bank, and I was able to enjoy my first movie night out with my little Tympist, age 6. I very much enjoyed the movie as well. Another is scheduled for March 18, and I am planning on attending if I can. I hope that lots of people and kids show up with a can for donation, and I hope there are so many people there that they keep it going once a month. Tympist and I will keep com...
Odessa Food Bank director Merleen Smith says the continuing support of the Food Bank by the local community is helping many low-income residents eat healthier. “We now have plenty of brown grocery bags,” she says, “but currently the items most needed are boxed cereals, canned fruit, boxed meals such as hamburger helper, spaghetti noodles and sauce, peanut butter, soups and canned vegetables. Donations of goods and/or money are accepted. Food items may be left at any of the local churches, or donors may contact Merleen Smith...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library on Wednesday, February 22, 2018 at 6 p.m., preceded by a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. to discuss facilities use and to review a district policy and procedure. Present were board chairman Ed Deife; members Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley, Janie Steward and Carmen Weishaar; superintendent Dan Read; principal Jamie Nelson and business manager Juli Weishaar. Also present were facilities supervisor Justin Parr, athletic director...
The Odessa varsity boys basketball team is headed to the state tournament after winning second place at the District 7 tournament in Deer Park last weekend (see full story on page 5). The boys will travel across the state to North Creek High School in Bothell to play Cedar Park Christian of Mountlake Terrace beginning at 4 p.m. Other teams will play in this first round of regional play at various neutral sites around the state. Almira-Coulee-Hartline will play Sunnyside...
1 years ago The Odessa Record February 22, 1918 Day’s work get Y.W.C.A. quota: Pro Germans and others in the state who have been opposed to the United States participating in the war will find it advisable to keep their opinions to themselves from now on. The department of home defense on the state council of defense has just issued to the county councils a complete detailed “code” of instructions and suggestions for meeting disloyalty, of whatever degree. This booklet naturally will not be made public, but it is the resul...
Rea Claudine (Dobson/Lyons) West loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away February 2, 2018 at the Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata after a very brief illness at age 92. Born in Odessa on August 17, 1925, Claudine was the youngest child of Claus (C.C.) Dobson who was an early settler and owner of the Odessa Meat Market and the only child of his wife, homesteader Mary Haubenschild-Dobson. Claudine was raised and educated in Odessa after which she att...
The Tiger boys took the long road to the state tournament, but they made it. After losing a close game to Wellpinit February 10 in Deer Park, the boys defeated Columbia, Cusick and then Wellpinit to make their way back into contention. Columbia (Hunters) Playing at Deer Park High School against Columbia on February 14, the Tiger boys came out with a lopsided win, 65-27. Odessa 16 22 20 7 65 Columbia 4 8 11 4 27 Ryan Moffet led the scoring with 21 points, followed by Marcus King with 10 and both Jett Nelson and Colton Hunt...
To the Editor: Here is another example of phone fraud: I received a call this week from someone claiming to be from Dish Network. He said they were sending me updated equipment and needed my credit card number as “insurance”. I have autopay, so I asked him to give me the last four digits of my number. He gave two sets of numbers neither of which were correct. When I told him I would not give him the number he abruptly hung up. I called Dish and they said they will never ask for a credit card number. Paul Scheller Ode...
The Odessa Knowledge Bowl team will compete at the regional contest at Whitworth University in Spokane this Friday, February 23. Competitors are presented oral and written questions drawn from secondary curriculum areas including math, science, history, language, literature, music and geography. Current events and topics of general interest also were included in the five-round competition. To compete at state, each team must first qualify in a regional competition sponsored by NEWESD 101 and hosted by Whitworth...
The Inland Northwest Trapshoot competition, sponsored by the Spokesman Review newspaper of Spokane, completed week seven on Sunday, February 18. Marlin Gun Club On February 18, 54 members of the Marlin Gun Club faced the bitter cold of 25 degrees with winds out of the NE at 30 mph and horizontal snow. Out of those 54 die-hard members, Dan Asker was the only one to shoot a perfect score of 25. Shooting 24 were Mark Iksic, Dave Lang and Tristan Rocha. Mark Edwins, Rich Swanson, Jim Schell, Carmen Eckhart and Chase Conahan shot...
The Odessa Town Council met February 14 at noon for a special meeting to take care of business for which it did not have a quorum at the previous Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting. The first order of business was to approve requests made Monday by Steve Nelson of Century West Engineering in Spokane to submit an application for a USDA loan and to begin advertising for bids for the Federal Emergency Management Agency roadway work to be gin as soon as the weather permits. The council approved Ordinance 693 for the town of Ode...
