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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, Nov. 7: A county jail inmate was disciplined for drawing on his cell door with a pencil and refusing to clean up after being told to do so three times. A Davenport man became a victim of compu...
In the state volleyball tournament in Yakima's Sundome on November 11 and 12. A fire truck and two police cars accompanied the school bus through town that was taking the team to Yakima. Quilcene The Titan girls volleyball team lost their first-found match to Quilcene by a score of 3-1. O-H 9 25 9 17 1 Quil 25 17 25 25 3 Leading the team in service aces with 2 and assists with 18 was Shelbey Watkins. Ty Evers led the team with 8 kills. Maleah Davison had 2 blocks and Zoe...
Academic honors for the first quarter of classes and Odessa Junior-Senior High School have been released for publication. Senior class members John DeWulf and Elizabeth Larson had a 4.0 grade point average. Chance Messer, Cole Kissler, Keisha McNeil, Wyatt Haase, Tyler Rollins, Rebecca Fortner, Colby Sooy, Bradley Johnston, Lukas Marshall and Zoe Clark were all also named to the honor roll. Honorable mention went to Molly Schafer, Aaron Gies, Sage Elder and Shelbey Watkins. In the junior class, Noah Anderson, Colton Hunt,...
The Halloween Carnival held Monday, October 31, at the Odessa Community Center drew plenty of well-costumed children and adults. The FFA chapter at Odessa High sponsored the event. In addition to games of skill in which participants could win tickets that could be exchanged for prizes, the attendees could also grab dinner in the form of hamburgers, cheeseburgers and hot dogs, along with water, soda pop and chips. New police chief Tom Clark, whose daughter Jordan is a member...
On November 2, 2016, Earl and Ramona Meise will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary. While Earl served in the U.S. Navy, they lived at Whidbey Island Naval Base, then moved to Ritzville and eventually to Odessa. Earl worked for Suchland Chevrolet and the Odessa Grange Supply Company. After retirement he joined Ramona as a van driver for the People to People transport service. Ramona worked throughout the years at The Cookhouse and Pastime Tavern, performed chore services...
Brian and Brylee Fink of Odessa announce the birth of their twin boys, Colin John and Conrad Neil, born September 20. Colin and Conrad were born at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Colin weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces and was 17.25 inches long, and Conrad weighed 4 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 17.32 inches long. Maternal grandparents are John and Danette Edwards of Hartline, and paternal grandparents are Neil and Lecia Fink of Odessa. Maternal great-grandparents are Dick...
Odessa High School senior Cole Kissler competed in the 1B/2B District 7/9 Regional Cross Country meet on Friday, October 28, in Colfax. He competed against a total of 93 other runners on a five-kilometer (3.1 mile) race at Colfax's golf course to determine which runners will move on to compete at the state cross country meet November 5 in Pasco. Cole placed 29th with a time of 17:58.72, beating his previous personal record by 27 seconds. By finishing within the top 35 in this...
Hanna Lenhart Heimbigner was born January 17, 1916, in Odessa and entered into rest on October 6, 2016, in Fremont, Calif. at the age of 100. Our beloved Mother Hanna leaves a family that loves her and will miss her forever. She is survived by her children: Leland Heimbigner of Reno, Nev. and Barbara Heimbigner of Newark, Calif., as well as 19 nieces and nephews. Hanna was a long-time resident of Ritzville, from 1946 to 1976. She was always all about helping others, loved music and the arts and enjoyed watching local...
Friday night’s game against Almira/Coulee-Hartline was played for the league championship, with both teams undefeated to that point in the season. Senior Sage Elder led the team defensively with 10 tackles, one quarterback sack, 2.5 tackles for loss and one interception that was returned for a touchdown. Offensively, he had 20 carries for 194 yards, three rushing TDs and one pass reception for a TD! On special teams, Sage pinned the Warriors deep with his deep kicks. He never came off the field during the entire game. O-H 1...
Rhea Jean Strate was born on May 24, 1925 in Marlin to Gustav and Emma (Kallenberger) Zimbelman. She died in Spokane October 28, 2016, at the age of 91. She attended and graduated from the Marlin School District. She married LaMar Strate on January 19, 1947 in Odessa. They moved to Spokane in 1969. Rhea is survived by her four daughters Marla (Bob) Svoboda, Beverly (Ceddio) Barela, Shelly (Rich) Miller and Robyn (Geoff) Norwood; six grandchildren Katie, Mandie, Téa, Muriah, Tyler and Jordan, along with six great...
It is less than week to the election, there are some questions that need to be asked Mrs. Clinton that need to answered. Mrs. Clinton, when you left the White House after your husband’s last term as president in the year 2000, why did you steal $200,000 worth of furniture and China and artwork that you were forced to return? Mrs. Clinton, you said you were broke when you left the White House, but you purchased a $2 million home. You built an addition for the Secret Service. You charged taxpayers of the United States rent i...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 held a workshop in the district office Wednesday, October 26, to review the district’s highly capable plan and school performance report and to discuss the upcoming M & O and Capital Projects levies. Board members then met in the high school library with chairman Ed Deife, board members Janie Steward and Chris Crossley, superintendent Dan Read, principal Jamie Nelson and business manager Juli Weishaar attending. Also present were facilities director Justin Parr and athleti...
The Odessa church-based youth group will be conducting the annual food drive for the Odessa Food Bank this year. Their motto is “Give a can, feed a man. Fill a sack, give back.” On Sunday, November 6, they will be distributing grocery bags to homes around town. They will pick up the food donations from the homes on Sunday afternoon, November 13, giving the community a week to shop and share from their bounty. The winter months are always the most difficult for those who are on fixed incomes. The Food Bank, under the auspices...
1 years ago November 10, 1916 Michaelsen & Koth safe blowed open Saturday morning. Considerable excitement prevailed in our town Saturday morning when the report was passed around that the Michaelsen & Koth store had been burglarized that morning and over $400 in cash obtained as the result of the yeggmen’s efforts. The robbery took place about 3 a.m. and the entrance to the store gained through a plate glass in the side street door which was cut and pushed inside. After gaining admittance the robbers prepared for their exi...
Odessa High School FBLA recently attended the Fall Leadership Conference in Spokane. Keynote speaker, Kevin Stocker, a former baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies, shared "Leadership from the Dugout" with students to help them set and reach their goals. In addition, students had the opportunity to choose three other exciting sessions to attend that were geared toward helping them enhance their leadership skills....
Odessa High School senior, Brad Johnston, has signed a Letter of Intent to play baseball for the Warriors next year at Corban University in Salem, Ore. He plans to pursue a degree in exercise and health science....
"Dusty" Dormaier passed away at home October 27, 2016 at the age of 89. He was born to Emmanuel and Lena-Mary (Hardt) Dormaier on April 17, 1927 in Cashmere, Wash. Dusty was a wheat farmer near Odessa until retiring and moving to the Spokane Valley. Survivors include his wife Darlene, his children Laura Beal, Connie (Lee) Engelhardt and Mark (Beth) Wasemiller, 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by daughter Bonnie (Glenn) Riehle. The Funeral...
Edwin C. Kern passed away November 3, 2016 in Odessa at the age of 100. He was a lifetime resident of the Marlin/Odessa area, where he farmed and raised his family. Edwin was born May 25, 1916 in Marlin to Fred and Matilda (Weishaar) Kern. He attended the Marlin School for grades 1-4, the Lauer school for grades 5-8 and the Odessa school for grades 9-12, graduating in 1935. After high school, he went to work on Grand Coulee Dam from 1935-1939. While working on the dam, he marr...
The Titan defenders line up as the Inchelium offense prepares for the snap in last Friday's playoff game at Finney Field in Odessa. Gaven Elder (3), Marcus King (32), Joshua Clark (44), Caleb Behrens (11), Sage Elder (5), Brad Johnston (22), John DeWulf (17) and Lukas Marshall (33) are ready for the play. The Titans play Entiat this Friday (Nov. 11) at 7 p.m. in Odessa. The girls volleyball team also begins play Friday at 11:30 a.m. in the state 1B tournament being held at...
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, Oct. 31: A vehicle hit an oil slick on Old Coulee Road and went off the roadway. After a caller reported seeing a suspicious vehicle parked along Valley Road about a mile from Rocklyn Roa...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up. Hi, here I am again. It’s a Sunday in May, 1980, the Mt. St. Helens historic day. How did it start out for Clarence Eugene Lobe, Pat Gies, Don Schibel, Joyce Kiesz Fisher? All people related to the L-B-D. As for Joyce and I, it was around 9 a.m. when over the radio, we were told to look west toward Yakima, Washington. At the time, Joyce and I with our c...
The Odessa-Harrington Titan junior-high football team finished the season with a 6-0 record (and a 12-0 record over the past two seasons). The Titans beat Soap Lake 56-6 in the final game of the season. The ground game of Pilot Weishaar and Drew Hardung created touchdowns behind the blocks of Tim DeWulf, Colton Messer, Bradly Singer and Tori Schlomer. “This year’s team finished the season exceeding my expectations as a coach,” said Larry Weber. “We spent a tremendous amount of time working on the fundamentals of blockin...
Last Friday at home in Odessa, the Titans played the Inchelium Hornets, winning 60-14 in a contest that was much closer than the score would indicate. With quarterback Colton Hunt sidelined with a sprained ankle, freshman backup QB Camden Weber did a credible job of guiding the offense. After some beginning butterflies, he settled down and let his fleet-footed running backs have their chances with the ball. The Hornets marched down the field after receiving the opening kickoff and scored, following up with a two-point...
The largest Reclamation project in the nation, still expanding after 70 years, must meet the needs of those who live, work, farm and recreate in the Columbia Basin. Reinvesting in Reclamation’s infrastructure was a common theme at a conference in Moses Lake held last week by the Columbia Basin Development League. Jennifer Adam, PhD, is WSU’s Water Research Center assistant director for the state of Washington. She led a lineup of water and irrigation experts by forecasting Columbia River Basin supply and demand. She pin...
As The Record has reported for the past two weeks, that the local food bank will be the beneficiary of a project performed this year by the ministerial association’s youth group. Just in case potential donors are at a loss as to what kinds of items to provide, Julie Jantz, coordinator of the food bank, has supplied a list of items needed throughout the year. Food items in particular demand are: spaghetti sauces, stews, Spaghetti O’s, canned meats, mild chili, Van Camp’s beans, canned fruit, pasta, Hamburger Helper, soups...
