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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, June 5: A black bag containing a laptop computer and other items was discovered in an alley behind Davenport’s Pioneer Plaza and brought to the sheriff’s office. A deputy checked out a report...
Alder Street (State Route 21) at the intersection where it meets First Avenue State Route 28) in Odessa is where a new, larger water main is being installed. Construction crews have been working steadily in order to complete the project prior to the start of harvest next month. The project also involves new water lines through the alley behind Odessa Drug all the way to Division Street and then north to First Avenue....
People driving through the countryside outside of Odessa may have wondered what the purpose was of those many small wooden trailers parked in several of the fields off Batum Road and elsewhere. On a recent trip to Moses Lake, Odessa resident Jim Boss saw them in irrigated circles belonging to Keith and Leanna Schafer's company Seed-Rite, Inc. He contacted the Schafers and started asking questions. The huts are homes for alfalfa leafcutter bees and are called variously bee...
Farmers can learn about the latest Washington State University discoveries in solving low falling numbers, perennial wheat, pea varieties and more at the annual Lind Field Day, Thursday, June 15, at the WSU Drylad Research Station near Lind. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the field tour starting at 9 a.m. A complimentary lunch and program will follow the field tour. Research presentations focus on perennial wheat; winter, club and spring wheat breeding; winter pea...
Jacqueline L. (Jackie) Greenwalt passed away June 2, 2017 at her home in Odessa. She was born July 17, 1942 in Opportunity, WA to Jack and Josephine Finney. Jackie grew up in the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and attended school there. Jackie married Robert Greenwalt on August 31, 1963 in Odessa. This is where they made their home and raised their family. Jackie enjoyed cake decorating, crocheting and sewing, watching western movies and being active with her children. Her family was...
13-2017 Doris Mae (Geier) Looney, age 86, of Spokane Valley, with family at her side, made the journey to heaven on Sunday, May 28, 2017, from Sacred Heart – Providence Medical Center in Spokane following a sudden and brief illness. Dorie was born September 17, 1930 in Colfax to Conrad and Mae (Scheuerman) Geier. She attended school in Endicott, earning her diploma in 1948. In 1951, she married Donnell D. (Don) Looney of Dusty at Trinity Lutheran Church in Endicott – the sta...
The 81st annual alumni banquet is Saturday, June 17. If you are an Odessa High School graduate and would like to be in the alumni database, please get your information to Leffel, Otis & Warwick as soon as possible. If you’ve moved, have a name change or someone has passed away, please contact us with any changes. You can contact our office by phone 509-982-2922, fax 509-982-0170, email at kscheller@leffelotiswarwick.com or rscrupps@leffelotiswarwick.com, or by mail to P.O. Box 482, Odessa WA 99159. 1942: Laverna (Lesser) D...
Preschool and Kindergarten pre-registration for students new to the Odessa School District for the 2017-2018 school year has begun. Parents/guardians are welcome to stop by the elementary school office anytime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to pick up a registration packet. All registration forms need to be filled out and turned in by Friday, June 16. Kindergarten students must be five years of age as of midnight, August 31, 2017. Preschool students must be three and four years of age by midnight, August 31, 2017. All...
The Odessa Food Bank's long-time director, Julie Jantz, has retired from that position. Jantz remains as the head of the Odessa Public Library. Merleen Smith of Odessa has been named the new director of the food bank. Smith has announced that the food bank will be open the last Thursday of each month from 1:30 to 3 p.m., except for the months of November and December when volunteers work to assemble and deliver holiday gift baskets for food bank patrons. The food bank is sponsored by the Odessa Community Ministerial...
Go! Odessa Recreation, Odessa's local non-profit for bringing summer activities to the area for children, has set three sign-up dates for is summer recreation program. Sign-ups will be held at Kinder Haus Child Care, 305 S. 2nd St. (across 2nd St. from the high school gym) on each of the three dates below: • Wednesday, June 14, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. • Thursday, June 15, 3 to 6 p.m. • Saturday, June 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Those unable to attend any of the sign-up dates or who have questions are asked to call...
In response to The Harrington School Board's 3-2 vote last Wednesday to continue to work on resuscitating the sports co-op with Odessa, the Odessa board responded by calling a special meeting Tuesday, June 6. Meeting in the high school library, the Odessa School Board approved a motion to "have the school's attorney draft correspondence to the Harrington School Board indicating that Odessa's board considers the cooperative dissolved at the end of the 2016-2017 school year. Additionally, the school attorney will communicate...
The state 1B/2B/1A track and field meet was held last Friday and Saturday, May 26/27 at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, with the Odessa-Harrington boys placing third as a team and gathering several individual medals at the same time. The girls' team, smaller and younger than the boys' team, did not place as high but two individuals did come home with medals. Boys, top team scores 1. Mt Vernon Christian 118 2. Lummi 67 3. Odessa-Harrington 58 Girls, top team scores 1....
Odessa veterans Gerald Smith, Jerry Jasman, Ed Jasman and John Hardt dedicate the flags of former local service members who have died over the past year. A smaller than normal crowd gathered for the Memorial Day presentation at the Odessa Cemetery on Monday. Legion and VFW members Frank White, Loren Totusek, Bob Zimbelman and Frank Clark also participated in the honor guard and 21-gun salute squad....
Justin and Natasha Parr of Odessa joyfully announce the birth of their son, Waylon Phillip Parr. He was born May 10, 2017, at 3:28 p.m. at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. He weighed seven pounds, seven ounces and measured 21.25 inches long. His maternal grandparents are Mike and Sherri Frederick of Odessa and Andrew and Denise Broxc of Boulder City, Nev. On the maternal side, one great grandpa is Wayne Frederick of Odessa and the other is Louie McClanahan of Spokane....
Honie Bobetta Gies, age 75, of Kirkland, Wash. passed away peacefully on May 3, 2017 in Hawaii surrounded by her entire adoring family. She was born in Seattle on July 21, 1941, the only child of Thorne and Bobetta MacArthur. Honie grew up in Seattle and then moved to Kirkland to be closer to her horse and the equestrian activities in which she was deeply involved. She graduated from Lake Washington High School and attended the University of Washington. Honie married Robert...
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, May 22: Almira Farmers Warehouse reported that diesel had been siphoned from a grain truck while parked on 4th Street near the town hall over the weekend. Someone used a property own...
Harrington Public Development Authority The monthly meeting of the Harrington Public Development Authority was held May 16, with Josh Steward, Allen Barth, Tim Tipton, Paul Charlton, Heather Slack and Bunny Haugan present. The new tourist brochure created by the PDA and the residential brochure created by the City were reviewed and met with approval. Election of officers took place. Steward had completed a four-year term as president and did not choose to run again. Allen Barth was nominated as the new president and Heather...
A special three-day filing period will be held Monday, June 12, through Wednesday, June 14, 2017, for the purpose of declaring candidacy for the following elective positions in Lincoln County that were not previously filed for during the regular filing period. Anyone wishing to file may do so at the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the stated filing period. Declarations by mail must be in our office no later than the last day of the filing period, June 14, at 4 p.m. and must include the c...
The 81st annual alumni banquet is on Saturday, June 17. If you are an Odessa High School graduate and would like to be in the alumni database, please get your information to Leffel, Otis & Warwick as soon as possible. If you’ve moved, have a name change or someone has passed away, please contact us with any changes. You can contact our office by phone 509-982-2922, fax 509-982-0170, email at kscheller@leffelotiswarwick.com or rscrupps@leffelotiswarwick.com, or by mail to P.O. Box 482, Odessa WA 99159. 1946 1947: (honored c...
Odessa’s proposal Plan A • High school football practices at Odessa with the exception of first week (without pads) and week prior to the game being held in Harrington. • One high school football game remains at Harrington • Junior high football games and practices at Odessa. • Junior-high and high-school track at Odessa (if Harrington adds equipment and facility improvements, this could be changed for junior high). • Junior high and high school volleyball and basketball remains the same at 50/50. • One more high-school b...
After several months of community meetings, discussions between the administrations of the two schools involved and plenty of traffic back and forth via social media, it would appear that the sports cooperative between Odessa and Harrington that began so optimistically only a few short years ago is now on life support. Even Odessa’s superintendent Dan Read, up until about a month ago one of the most vocal supporters of the co-op and an advocate for working out any differences to the satisfaction of all, indicated that he b...
The Odessa community float made its appearance before the townspeople, accompanied by police and fire department vehicles, last Thursday, May 18. The hard work of the float committee chaired by Amy and Kevin Schaefer has paid off handsomely in the "Country Life" theme representing Odessa and its rural heritage. The following Saturday evening, May 20, the float and the Odessa High School marching band appeared in the Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade,...
Monday, May 29, the Odessa Veterans of Foreign War Post #7395 and the Odessa American Legion Post #105 will perform Memorial Day services at 10 a.m. at the hospital and 11 a.m. at the Odessa Cemetery. The cemetery service will include a flag dedication for deceased veterans Marvin Fink, Virgil Totusek, Dave Jasman and Virgil Krell. Pastor Jon Hayashi of Heritage Church will be the guest speaker for the services. The graves of 215 veterans at the Odessa Cemetery and 14 at the Bohemian Cemetery (located outside of Odessa) will...
To the Editor: Why am I running for Mayor of Odessa? Well, first off, I think we should have pride in living here and want to make this town a better place to raise a family in. Last year, no one ran for this office. Why not? Don’t you have city pride in you? That is why I decided to run. Don’t let the council do your job. If you want a job, run for it. I am not worried about me. This town is already in good hands. I will work with the city council and employees we already have here. Why change what’s working good for us no...
It is that time of the year again. The 81st annual alumni banquet is approaching fast on Saturday, June 17. The letters are mailed. If you are an Odessa High School graduate and you would like to be in the alumni database, please get your information to Leffel, Otis & Warwick as soon as possible. If you’ve moved, have a name change, or someone has passed away, please contact us with any changes. You can contact our office by phone 509-982-2922, fax 509-982-0170, email at kscheller@leffelotiswarwick.com or rscrupps@leffelotisw...
