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The junior-high boys basketball season has begun with a large turnout of 25 kids in all, eight sixth-graders, seven seventh-graders and 10 eighth-graders. Last week Tuesday, the team traveled to Lind to take on the Lind/Ritzville/Sprague Broncos. The varsity team won 55-11, and the junior varsity won 35-17. The following Thursday, the Titans hosted Liberty in Odessa. The varsity came out fast and aggressive, which was too much for Liberty to handle. The final score was 66-24....
After a long and hardy life and a brief illness, Agnes Turner passed away on January 14, 2016. Agnes was born to Frank and Marie Sis on May 10, 1914, in Rawlins County in the northwest corner of the state of Kansas. Agnes had five brothers, Frank, Anton, Charles, Joseph and Rudolph and two sisters, Mary and Anna. After graduating from Atwood High School in Atwood, Kansas, Agnes moved to the Pacific Northwest living in Sandpoint, Idaho and Walla Walla, Wash. Agnes married...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday evening in the public library with all council members present. Marlene Kramer, re-elected in last fall's election, was sworn in to serve her four-year term by town clerk Gail Kiesz. Mayor Lois Hubbard addressed the agenda item of a residential income survey that will be conducted by the town under the supervision of the state's Department of Commerce [see also Mayor Hubbard's letter to editor on page 2]. The results of the survey will...
Residents who receive water or sewer service from the Town will be receiving a letter in their January utility bill informing them of an upcoming community-wide income survey. The Town of Odessa is seeking funding from state and federal agencies to help pay for much needed improvements to our community’s infrastructure. The letter explains that we have a better chance of qualifying for grants and low-interest loan by conducting an income survey. Without the income survey, our funding opportunities are limited. It is our g...
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, Jan. 18: The driver of a vehicle that went off U.S. 2 and into a ditch near the county line east of Reardan was placed into custody by the Washington State Patrol on suspicion of driving und...
The long road trip for the league game against Curlew paid off last Friday, as the Titan girls basketball team beat the Cougars 41-21. The girls started strong, outscoring Curlew by 12 points in the first quarter and ending the half with a 19-point lead. O-H 14 10 6 11 41 Curlew 2 3 12 4 21 Helping pave the way to victory was Katie DeWulf with 14 points, five rebounds, four assists and five steals. Maleah Davison had eight points of her own, also adding three rebounds and a...
Odessa On January 24 at the Odessa Gun Club, Aaron Gies was the only person to shoot a perfect 25. Shooting 24 were Jared Praetorius, Jim Smith, Ryan Lewis, Chris Phillips, Jon Fink and Traig Weishaar. Landon Lobe, William Mann, Colley Walter, Nick Tebow and Randy Gies all shot 23, while Mike Nichols Sr., Brandon Larmer and Rod Herron shot 22. Brian Wraspir and Deric Schmierer shot 21. Those with 20 and under were Collette Nichols, Markham Nichols, Mike Nichols JR.,Max Greenwalt, Jenny Larmer, Trever Smith, Dallas Deife, Lane...
September Odessa’s newest business, Odessa Glass, and its Internet-based counterpart, “Etched Dreams,” opened for business in the building that formerly housed the NAPA store and Empire Electric. It was a welcome addition to the downtown business corridor and filled an empty storefront. Ryan Carpenter, son of Lori (Zeiler) Carpenter formerly of Odessa, was hired by the physical therapy department at the hospital. The Odessa community float sported a theme of “Fun in the Sun” and was ready for its run in the Deutsches...
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, Jan. 11: No injury was reported as a result of a one-vehicle slide-off on SR 174 just outside of Wilbur. The Washington State Patrol investigated the possibility that alcohol may have bee...
The Odessa Lions Club's annual crab feed was another well-attended success last Saturday night at the community center. Club members Jeff Schibel and Steve Powell made the trip to the coast to pick up the 300 freshly caught Dungeness crabs which were cleaned and cooked and put on ice right before being picked up and brought to Odessa. According to the club's kitchen chairman Clark Kagele, the Lions and their spouses used tried and true family recipes to prepare potato salad,...
Carol J. Schuh passed away January 13, 2016, in Davenport. Her home was in Harrington. Carol was born January 4, 1931, in Irby to Henry and Marie Kiehn. She attended school in Ritzville and was a cheerleader and tennis player and graduated in 1949. She married Arthur Schuh on June 5, 1949 in Ritzville, and they moved to the family farm near Harrington. Carol enjoyed golf, Gonzaga and WSU basketball and watching her grandchildren play sports. She is survived by her husband...
Editor’s note: The Record neglected to publish the trapshooting results in last week’s paper, so this week’s article on the results is longer than normal with both weeks’ results included. Odessa On January 10 at the Odessa Gun Club, no one shot a perfect 25. Shooting 24 were Tom Schuh and Brady Gies. Traig Weishaar, Jared Praetorius and Colley Walter all shot 23, while Landon Lobe, Aaron Gies, Ryan Lewis, William Mann and Jon Fink shot 22. Hitting 21 were Lane Lobe and Mike Nichols, Sr. Those with 20 and under were Dalles De...
The Dean’s List for Eastern Washington University in Cheney is released after every fall, winter and spring quarter. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours and receives a grade-point average of 3.5 or better is placed on the Dean’s List for the quarter. On the Dean’s List for the fall quarter are Jennifer Adams and Kaeli Shockley of Harrington and, from Odessa, Mariah Davison, Jacob DeWulf, Justin Hunt, Jared King, Koralynne Kuch, Charli Moffet, Hannah Schmidt, Marci Steinbach and Carley Willi...
The Boards of Directors of Odessa School District #105 and Harrington School District #204 met in the Odessa High School library Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at 7 p.m. for a joint sports cooperative board meeting. Representing Odessa were superintendent Dan Read, principal Jamie Nelson, board chair Ed Deife and board members Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Janie Steward. Representing Harrington were superintendent/principal Justin Bradford, board chair Darren Mattozzi and board members Mark Kramer, Alan Tanke and Linda...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans had another tough loss Tuesday, January 12, when they played an away conference game against Wellpinit. The Wellpinit Redskins seemed determined to take the lead and not give any ground to the Titans. By the end of the first quarter, the score was 22-11 and the Redskins weren’t about to slow down. O-H 11 10 16 10 47 Wellp 22 21 17 20 80 Colton Hunt led in scoring for Odessa-Harrington with 21 points (two of them three-point shots), eight r...
Maleah Davison helped lead the Titans to victory Tuesday, January 12, with 11 points, eight rebounds and a steal. Katie DeWulf and Lanessa Simon each had nine points, with DeWulf contributing six rebounds, six assists, seven steals and a block, while Simon had three rebounds, an assist and three steals. Casey Schlomer had six points, 11 rebounds, three steals and two blocks. Kassidy Crossley and Amber Smith had two points each, with Crossley adding four rebounds and Smith...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record January 21, 1916 $10,000 fire loss at Harrington. Fire at Harrington last Saturday destroyed McInnis Bros. big barn, in which was also housed the service sttion and garage of W.H. Hart and the Hentry Fallert building used until the first of the year as a saloon. Both burned to the ground. The fire started in the repair part of the Maxwell serviice station. W.H. Hart had built a fire in his heating stove and stepped out for a few minutes. On opening the door on his return the smoke and...
The Odessa Public Library, in a partnership with Big Bend Community College, is sponsoring a series of six workshops to teach basic computer skills. Beginning Wednesday, January 20, the first class will be an introduction class to the parts of the computer and how they are used; Wednesday, January 27, will be a class on keyboarding; Wednesday, February 3, will be an introduction to the Internet; Wednesday, February 10, will be an introduction to email; Wednesday, February 17, will be a workshop on Microsoft Word programs;...
June Odessa High School graduated 17 students on June 6, an ambitious group of young people who collectively were offered a total of $354,336 in scholarships and grants. Carol Green retired and closed the beauty shop behind her home that she had operated for many years. She and her husband, retired high school history teacher Dick Green, were planning a move to Spokane. The Odessa-Harrington Titan track and field team sent several members to the state meet in Cheney, where Sam Schafer had first-place finishes in the 100 m,...
Janet P. Heimbigner, age 91, passed away January 4, 2016 in Odessa. Her home is in Odessa. She was born January 2, 1925 in Odessa to Karl and Pauline (Paulsen) Rodeck. Janet grew up on the Rodeck family farm west of Odessa and attended school in Odessa, graduating from Odessa High School in 1944. She then went to Eastern Washington College of Education (now EWU) and received her B.A. in Education in 1948. Janet married Ralph Heimbigner December 31, 1947, and they made their...
The Lady Titans won their conference game against Cusick Friday, January 8, in Harrington and lost a non-conference away game against Republic Saturday, January 9. O-H 10 11 13 22 56 Cusick 8 10 9 15 42 On Friday, Katie DeWulf helped lead her team to victory over Cusick, scoring almost a third of Odessa-Harrington's 56 points with 18. She also had four rebounds, six assists, two steals and a block, followed closely by Lanessa Simon who had a double-double with 15 points and 10...
The O-H Titan boys basketball team lost both of their conference games on Friday, January 8, and Saturday, January 9. The first loss of the weekend was to the Cusick Panthers who shut out the Titans in the third quarter while scoring 22 points of their own. Colton Hunt led the Titans with 13 points, 10 rebounds and five steals, followed by Colt Sanford with 10 points, seven rebounds, one steal and three blocks. Jayd Jennings had two points, two rebounds, one assist and one ste...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday night for the first time in 2016. The first order of business was to swear in Lois Hubbard, re-elected to position #1, and Bill Crossley, newly elected to position #2. The council then had a quorum and could proceed with its business. The first order of business was to appoint a mayor. No candidate had filed for the position and former mayor Doug Plinski declined to run for a third term. With no candidates running and no volunteers coming...
Dissatisfaction with government has a long history in this country. Henry David Thoreau noted this in his 1849 essay “Civil Disobedience,” where he claimed that to achieve “at once a better government,” individuals first have to become more just themselves before the government will follow suit. He further suggested that people needed to live their faith, not give lip service to it. Then the State would be just to all and “treat each individual with respect as a neighbor.” However, being just with one another and treating ea...
March Will Keller, formerly of Odessa and now residing in Okanogan, was presented with an Outstanding Award for Stewardship at the annual meeting of the Society for Range Management. Keller, employed by the Natural Resource Conservation Service, has been a member of the Society for 33 years. An active-shooter drill involving Odessa Police, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office personnel, Town of Odessa personnel, Odessa volunteer firefighters and EMTs, hospital personnel and school district students and staff was held to help p...
