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Members of the Knowledge Bowl team at Odessa High School have begun competing this fall. Team members this year are seniors Kira Powell, Kaitlin Estep, Hailey Williams, Austin Schmierer and Rebekah Marshall, juniors Amanda Hardt and Kendall Todd, sophomores Jacob DeWulf, Chelsea Fisher and Griffey Powell, and freshmen Keith Erber, Sam Schafer, Garrison Schmierer and Thorsen Wehr. Competitions are generally on Tuesdays....
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. Nov. 21: Reardan's animal control officer reported recovering a purebred golden retriever. Deputies responded to a report that a man stood at the corner of Morgan and Fifth streets in Davenport, screa...
Threats that morning snow showers may materialize by Thanksgiving Day have been just that; threats (so far). Snow or not, it is always a good time for soup. Vicki Strang recently shared her recipe for Gypsy Soup, a highly seasoned vegetable mixture that would easily accommodate the addition of leftover turkey and feed a dozen or so football fans on game day. Gypsy Soup 4 Tbsp olive oil 2 cups chopped onion 1/2 cup chopped celery 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 cups peeled, diced...
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. Nov. 14: A caller reported someone had removed fence posts from a property line on West Second Avenue in Sprague. A tow truck was required to get a truck back on the road after it went over an...
For the week for October 31 through November 5, Kendall Todd of Odessa joined classmate Jared King (for 1B football) in being named WIAA/Seattle Times State Athletes of the Week for 1B volleyball. Through an oversight or some kind of confusion at the WIAA, her information was not forwarded to Odessa-Harrington athletic director Darin Reppe until last Friday. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that the information cited on the Seattle Times website stated that Todd...
The Odessa-Harrington Titan football team has joined the Titan girls volleyball team in qualifying for state tournament play. They defeated King’s Way Christian of Vancouver, Wash. in the first round of the State 1B playoffs held last Saturday in Centralia by a score of 76-36. In the other quarter-final game, Almira/Coulee-Hartline defeated Touchet, 52-8, in a game played Friday, November 18, in Moses Lake. Like the O-H game, this one went into the fourth quarter before the me...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans traveled six hours to Centralia to face the King’s Way Christian Knights in a battle to advance to the semi-finals. O-H 20 20 20 16 -76 King's Way 8 8 14 6 -36 The contest ended with over 100 points being scored, with touchdowns occurring fast and furiously. The game ended midway through the fourth quarter with a score of 76-36, a Titan blowout victory. Through the first three quarters of action, the Titans scored 60 points, 20 in each quarter. Off...
For the past 70 years, the Odessa Lions Club has been treating the community to its annual Turkey Carnival. This year, club members added a little extra atmosphere with the presence of two live turkeys, one male and one female, in a pen near the bingo announcer’s table. The turkeys belong to the Joe McNeil family, which raises poultry on its farm near Odessa. They were only there for show, however, and went back home after the carnival. More than 150 frozen turkeys were won l...
On a recent trip to Australia President Obama told a group of Aussie students that their counterparts in his country had "fallen behind" when it comes to math and science, saying he wants to reform the public school system. Obama also asserted that poor children don't get "support they need when they're very young" and are "already behind" when they enter grammar school. This from a person who uses a teleprompter to speak to grade school kids, who pays $30,000 per child to put his kids in private school. But for once he may...
To a select group of ladies and gentlemen of Odessa: May I interest you in an opportunity that . . . No, that’s too formal. How did he put it? Oh, yes . . . “I want YOU” for the Odessa School District Board of Directors District 1 Representative! Let yourself imagine the ways that you can help the students of the district reach their full potential and excel towards their goals. If you can imagine yourself making that difference, then please, pick an application up at the District office. Think about it. Think about you m...
Odessa-Harrington athletic director Darin Reppe has announced that the Ryan Floch Memorial Basketball Games, originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 29, at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake this year, have been postponed due to the high school football playoffs. Several Odessa-Harrington football team members are still practicing and playing games each weekend until they either lose and go home or win and move on to the next game. Many members of the football team also plan to play basketball but will be unable to...
The first automotive casualty of the season was a Subaru that failed to yield the right-of-way Monday morning at the corner of Highways 21 and 28. There were no injuries reported as a result of the accident, but the Subaru had to be towed away. Odessa Town Marshal Mike Wren, in a follow-up interview, had these tips for area drivers to remember when weather conditions turn adverse. 1) Slow down. Even though the posted limit on First Ave. is 30 miles per hour, Wren says that is...
Most residents of the Odessa area remained blissfully unaware and slept right through last Friday’s seismic event. The Associated Press reported that a 4.6 earthquake shook north central Washington last Friday at 5:09 a.m. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network reported it was centered seven miles northwest of Omak and eight miles northwest of Okanogan. Initially estimated at 4.0 magnitude, seismologists later upgraded the earthquake to 4.6. Callers to the KPQ radio station in Wenatchee are said to have felt the tremor in L...
The 70th annual Turkey Carnival, sponsored by the Odessa Lions Club will be held this Saturday, November 19, at the community center. The kitchen will open at noon, serving burgers, drinks and pie. Bingo action for turkeys starts at 2 p.m. Tickets for raffle items will be drawn throughout the afternoon and evening. Patrons need not be present to win the raffle prizes. Tickets are available from any Lions Club member, as well as at Odessa Drug and Ramm Hardware downtown....
The fourth graders at P.C. Jantz Elementary School in Odessa attended this year’s Music Encounter at the Fox Theatre in Spokane. The theme this year was “The Spokane Timeline and Immigration.” Parent chaperones were Jennifer Martin, Kellie Luiten and Amber Zagelow. Bus driver was Ryan Schafer and teacher chaperones were Craig Holman and Ellen Holman. Afterwards, the students had a pizza lunch before returning home....
The Odessa-Harrington Titans girls volleyball team played some of the best volleyball of their season this past weekend in Yakima’s SunDome at the state volleyball tournament for 1B, 2B and 1A schools. The luck of the draw was not kind to the Titans, however. In its first game Friday, Odessa-Harrington faced Christian Faith, a number-one seed from Federal Way and lost, 19-25, 23-25 and 17-25. Later that same afternoon, the Titans rallied to defeat Shorewood Christian of S...
Hudson Lee Walter was born May 10, 2011, at 9:20 p.m. at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. He weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 20 inches long. His parents are Colley and HaLee Walter of Odessa. He joins his two brothers, Tucker and Sawyer, at home. Maternal gradnparents are Ron and Diane Nelson of Sandpoint, Idaho and paternal grandparents are Bruce and Deb Walter of Odessa. Maternal great-grandparents are Lois Renken of Odessa and Grace Nelson of Ephrata. Paternal...
Hi, here I am again. On the west side of Kagele road, on the west edge of the L-B-D in Lincoln Co. TS 21N, R31E, Section 36 is the Schibel farm. The attachment of the Schibel name to the farm started with Georg Peter before 1911, then Henry, Don and finally Jeff today (2010). One of Don’s sisters and her husband also farmed on the land for a period of time. Talking with Don Schibel and looking at the Schibel obituaries, I learned that in Russia about 1888, Georg Peter & K...
The Odessa Quilt Club hosted their third annual open house at Christ Lutheran Church fellowship hall Saturday, November 12. Event organizers provided kits and instructions for three choices of projects for guests to make: a “not so brown” lunch bag, a wine tote (or gift bag) or a purse. Guests included a mother-and-daughter duo, a mother-and-son duo, a grandmother-and-granddaughter duo, teenagers and adults of all ages and both sexes. The event began at 10 a.m. and ended at...
Staff reports Quite a few veterans, along with families and friends, turned out for the annual Veterans Day dinner held at the VFW hall in Odessa. Turkey and stuffing, potatoes and gravy were provided by the women of the Ladies Auxiliary, and guests were asked to provide a potluck salad or dessert. Lloyd Tebow was the featured speaker, assisted by son-in-law Alan Voise. Tebow and Voise flew to see the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on an Honor Flight in September...
The 6-3 Odessa-Harrington titans earned home field advantage last week, and played the pass-oriented 9-1 Colton Wildcats this past Friday night. On the first defensive play for the Titans, Jake Tanke (22) broke his fibula and is out for 6 - 8 weeks. The final score was 48-30, a convincing win which advanced us to the state quarter-finals! St. M's 12 12 8 16 -48 O-H 0 8 14 8 -30 Much like last week, holding onto the ball was a problem for both teams. Nineteen fumbles graced the stat sheet, nearly as many as last week. Jared...
Tekoa-Oakesdale won the State 1B volleyball tournament, defeating Colton 25-16, 25-13, 15-25, 25-23 in the championship match last Saturday night. Reardan garnered its second straight state championship in 2B volleyball, defeating Colfax 25-19, 25-23 and 25-17. In the 1A bracket, Colville overcame Castle Rock with scores of 26-24, 25-22 and 25-21. With the floor divided up into six separate volleyball courts in two rows of three each, there wasn’t much room left over for f...
There were great plans 76 years ago in late November 1935, for the rabbit drive to be held in the Irby area, which was expected to draw hundreds of Spokane sportsmen. Rabbit drives had been held since Odessa’s earliest days. Rabbits were pests, and throughout the 20th Century they posed a problem because they ate crops and spread disease. The 1935 drive was set for December 8, west of Odessa, in an area bounded by Batum Road on the east, a point one mile west of Irby Road in the west and the North Central highway (now H...
Some of you may have seen the ad in last week’s paper for a community Thanksgiving dinner at Old Town Hall. That’s my cell phone number on the ad. When I lived in Portland, a little over three hours from my family in Bickleton, I frequently had to work the Friday and sometimes the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I love my family, but six and a half hours in a car in one day just isn’t my idea of anything to be thankful for. Then I discovered Thanksgiving dinner at my churc...
Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers, along with county commissioners Rob Coffman and Dennis Bly, attended Monday night’s town council meeting. Magers was present mainly to address the proposed changes to the town’s contract for dispatch services provided by the county. The town originally contracted with the sheriff’s department for dispatch services in January of 1998, prior to 911 services being available to the county. For the past decade, the cost to the town has remained flat at $2,500 per year, based on the number of of...
