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Odessa's schools celebrated a School of Distinction award on November 6, 2017 for sustained improvement in English Language Arts and Math over a five-year period. Odessa Jr./Sr. High School is one of 98 schools so honored by the Center for Educational Effectiveness and their partner organizations that have recognized schools across the state for continuous and substantive improvement. Then on December 15, the Future Business Leaders of America chapter at Odessa High School...
Almira-Coulee-Hartline The Tigers defeated ACH in a close game at home on December 12. Odessa 18 7 10 19 54 ACH 18 12 12 7 49 Ryan Moffet scored 26 points to pace the Tiger team, and Marcus King scored 14. On defense, King led in rebounds with 8. Moffet and Camden Weber each had one blocked shot. Wellpinit The Tiger boys defeated Wellpinit last Saturday, December 16, by only one point to maintain their undefeated season so far this year. Getting off to a good start in the...
Almira-Coulee-Hartline At home on December 12, the Tiger girls lost to ACH, 78-29. Odessa 5 10 5 9 29 ACH 20 17 24 17 78 Amber Smith led the scoring with 8 points, while the Davison sisters had 7 points apiece and Caitlyn Schuh had 6. Defensively for the Tigers, Maddy Wagner had 5 rebounds, and McKennah Davison had 4. Wagner also had a blocked shot. Wellpinit On December 16 in Wellpinit, the Tiger girls lost a lopsided contest to the Redskins. Despite the loss, Odessa's...
There are just a few days left before Christmas. Hopefully most of your baking is done, and make ahead recipes prepared. Some of this columns offering may help if you are a bit behind. Several requests have come in for reprinting Luscious Lemon Bars. This is my go to recipe for just about any occasion. Only basic ingredients, but it is preparation process that makes them turn out with a light crust, yummy filling and a slightly crispy surface. Luscious Lemon Bars Crust: 1/2...
MOSES LAKE – Landowners near Moses Lake have been fined for illegally pumping more than 500 million gallons of groundwater from the declining Odessa aquifer. In June, the Washington Department of Ecology issued cease and desist orders requiring the landowners and their lessee to stop pumping groundwater. Ignoring the orders, they continued pumping water illegally for three-and-a-half more months to water 530 acres of crops. The Odessa aquifer has been rapidly declining since 1980. Groundwater has dropped more than 200 f...
Our report on the most recent Odessa Town Council meeting said incorrectly that Bill Knerr had been appointed to the council. He has been appointed to the planning commission, not the council. The open council position being vacated by Terry Goetz will be filled by Vickie Iverson, who was elected by Odessa voters in November. There will be another vacancy, as we stated last week, when Bill Crossley resigns his council seat to begin serving as mayor in January. Citizens willing to serve on the council are asked to submit...
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, Dec. 11: Sprague emergency personnel responded after receiving a report that a semi-truck collided with a bridge on Interstate 90 in Lincoln County. Davenport ambulance personnel res...
Wilbur-Creston Last Tuesday, December 5, the high-school boys basketball team played a non-league contest at home against Wilbur-Creston, currently playing as a 2B school. With most of the team having just finished the football season, some basketball skills were a little rusty. Nevertheless, the teamwork of this group showed, as the boys overcame a slow first-quarter start to win by 20 points. Odessa 5 19 16 17 57 Wilbur-Creston 9 4 12 12 37 Ryan Moffet led the scoring with...
Wilbur-Creston On December 5, the Tiger high-school girls played W-C in Odessa, defeating the Wildcats by 10 points. Odessa 15 10 14 7 46 Wilbur-Creston 10 5 6 15 36 The Davison sisters, senior Maleah and sophomore McKennah, led the Tiger scoring with 11 points each. Maddy Wagner added 9 points and Brenna Carstensen 6. Wagner led in rebounding with 13, while Mc. Davison pulled down 8 more. Kettle Falls The next day, December 6, the girls played Kettle Falls, like W-C another...
Witten Jay Dirks was born to parents Adam and Sara Dirks of Ritzville on November 10 in Spokane. At birth, he was 19.5 inches long and weighed six pounds, eight ounces. His paternal grandparents are Don and Sheryl Dirks of Ritzville, and maternal grandparents are Neil and Lecia Fink of Odessa. His great-grandparents are Marilyn and the late Marvin Fink and Marge and the late Lloyd Tebow, both of Odessa....
Wheatland Theatre Company, under managing director Drew Kowalkowski and artistic director Karen Brewster, provided an Odessa audience with a version of the It's a Wonderful Life story in the form of a live radio play last Saturday evening in the Old Town Hall. The organization has had performances in Davenport, Reardan, Wilbur and Odessa over the first week of December. The radio play was directed by Jerry Sciarrio. A casting call was made earlier this fall in all of the...
Bob was born July 31, 1923 in New Castle, Pa. and passed away on December 5, 2017 in Spokane. His home was in Harrington for over 67 years until moving to Spokane's Fairwinds Northpointe retirement community in 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Carol Uhrich Sewall, his parents, Edward and Mary, brother Harold, sisters Alice and Emma, and his long time companion, Shirley Swartz. He is survived by their three daughters: Ilona Wiley (Larry), Spokane, Heidi...
Betty Jo Bills, 82, of Pocatello, Idaho died November 6, 2017. Betty was born August 13, 1935 in Walla Walla to Joseph and Ethel Rose Wiebe Haberstok. She married Jay L. Bills, March 12, 1956 in Odessa. He preceded her in death on August 16, 2011. She is survived by her daughter Lori Jo Bills, two grandchildren Mallory Rose Bills of Pocatello and Katie Jo Bills of Chesapeak, Va. and three sisters Mary Lee King of Spokane, Marcia Jean Williams of Deer Park and JoKay Haberstok....
The two most recent basketball games for the juniork-high girls were played against Wilbur-Creston on December 7 and against Reardan on December 11. The varsity squad won both of its games, defeating W-C by a score of 34-6 and Reardan by a score of 37-28, while the junior varsity settled for a split, defeating W-C, 25-20 and losing to Reardan, 16-25. According to James Poe, who supplied the scores to The Record, the Reardan JV game was very close right up to the last couple of minutes of play. Odessa was forced to foul the...
In its final meeting of 2017 and also the final meeting for outgoing mayor Lois Hubbard, the Odessa Town Council adopted its budget for 2018 at Monday night’s regularly scheduled meeting, which was also its final meeting of 2017. The budget total comes to just over $4 million. Two million of that total is earmarked for street repairs and involves mostly grant funds that are being provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Transportation Improvement Board, the Community Development Block Grants program and the U...
Odessa music students from pre-school through sixth grade will present their Holiday Concert on Monday, December 18, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the school multi-purpose room. Sure highlights will be the pre-school and kindergarten groups, the fifth grade band taking part in their first public performance, plus first through fourth grades combined into a large choir singing songs of the season. There is also a rumor that Santa might arrive with goodies for all the younger children following the program. The public is...
Recently, I’ve had any number of people ask me, “Are you leaving?” Unfortunately, I can’t answer with a simple “yes” or “no,” because the answer has much less to do with me than with the denomination to which I belong. This month, I want to shed some light on what is, in fact, going on, and why it’s happening. Those of you active in congregations understand that there are times when, for one reason or another, a new pastor needs to be found. But, it can come as a surprise tha...
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, Dec. 4: An ambulance crew transported a rural Harrington man with a medical emergency to Lincoln Hospital in Davenport. Harrington ambulance personnel assisted a man who collapsed while wor...
Christmas is in the air, a time for family, friends and festivities – also a time for giving and meeting new people. Let me introduce you to Hal and Jann Patterson. Hal was born in California and grew up in Texas and Oklahoma. When he was in the sixth grade, he moved with his family back to California. Jann was born in New Jersey, moved to Chicago and, when she was four, moved with her family to Hammond, Ind. After high school she moved to Illinois, married and raised a family...
Our husband, dad, grandpa, brother and friend, Lee Fichtner, passed away on November 27, 2017. Lee's life began in Olean, N.Y. on November 14, 1938, the middle child of Mildred and Walter Fichtner. His school years were spent living in tiny Limestone, N.Y. (pop. 389). With his sticking-out ears and round spectacles he established himself as the chief mischief maker of the village. Along with his partner in crime and lifelong buddy Sid Torrence, they have so many hilarious...
The Odessa High School chapter of FBLA delivered 553 meals to 44 local senior citizens as part of their community service project. Using $100 from Spokane Teachers Credit Union (STCU), they purchased supplies to decorate 200 caramel apples which they sold at various events throughout October and November. When the last caramel apple had been sold, they had raised $1,051.25 to purchase ingredients to cook the freezer meals. Students met over Thanksgiving vacation and cooked a variety of items, including beef stew, lasagna,...
A procedure chair has been purchased for the Odessa Rural Health Clinic using "Raise the Paddle" funds obtained at last May's Wine & Microbrew Tasting and Auction event put on by the Odessa Healthcare Foundation. The chair allows for patient comfort and optimal positioning, so the medical provider can best access the region necessary for making excisions, placing stitches and similar procedures. Each year, the event endeavors to raise money for pieces of equipment, tools,...
Christmas baking season has arrived. Whether you are preparing for family gatherings in your home, or making to take as part of a potluck, planning ahead will make the preparation easier. Making a list of dishes to prepare, then add needed ingredients to your shopping list, so they get purchased and are on hand when you are ready to bake. This can make your holiday kitchen preparations less stressful. Billie O’Mack of Snohomish, my sister, sent a recipe for Rocky Road P...
We at The Record have been asked to clarify a portion of our report in last week’s paper about the most recent town council meeting. We had reported that recent test results at the local water treatment plant had caused some concern to public works director Rod Webster and Mayor Lois Hubbard. Both wished to reassure Odessa citizens that the tests performed at the treatment plant had nothing to do with the water coming out of residents’ taps. In fact, recently completed tests of the well water had produced very good res...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library November 29, first holding a workshop in the district office review the district’s educational programs and maintenance and operations replacement levy and the capital projects levy, followed by its regular meeting at 6 p.m. Present were board members Ed Deife, Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley, Janie Steward and Carmen Weishaar, Superintendent Dan Read, Principal Jamie Nelson and business manager Juli Weishaar. Also present were facilities s...
