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The latest cash grain market here shows soft white wheat down at $6.27. Hard red winter is down at $6.68. DNS is down at $8.55. Barley is down at $143....
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. 3: A deputy responded to the 100 block of Washington Street in Davenport after receiving a report that someone had threatened to “break the face” of a female resident. Deputies investigated the theft o...
Odessa School MONDAY, November 17: English Muffin, Sausage, Fruit, Juice. Lunch: Nachos W/Cheese & Chili, Fruit & Veggie Bar . TUESDAY, November 18: Pancakes, Fruit, Juice. Lunch: Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Tomato Soup, Crackers, Fruit & Veggie Bar. WEDNESDAY, November 19: Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Cinnamon Breakfast Bar. Lunch: Mozzarella Cheese Stix, Marinara Sauce, Corn, Fruit & Veggie Bar. THURSDAY, November 20: Juice, Bagel W/ Cream Cheese, Fruit. Lunch: Chicken Noodle Soup, Crackers, Pumpkin Muffin, Fruit & Veg Bar. FRIDAY, N...
Birthdays for November 10: Linda Boyd, Michelle Hayashi, John Melgren, Lewis Kagele, Kelly Hink. November 11: Richard Voise, Larry Moffet, Paul Scheller. November 12: Bradly Singer, Louis Harp, Herb Zimbelman. November 13: Drake Costlow, Colt Lewis. November 14: Deice Wraspir. November 15: Alexis Burdick, Ellen Holman, Tom Schafer. November 16: Steve Burroughs, Mila Coleman. Anniversaries for November 10: Britney & Lance Wagner, Tom & Gwen Clavel. November 12: Doug & Jean Starkel. November 14: Danny & Patty Williams....
The Titans lost to Almira-Coulee-Hartline at home in Odessa on October 28 by a score of 1-3. Scoring was as follows: 23-25 ACH, 25-21 O-H, 18-25 ACH and 9-25 ACH. Katelyn Worley led the team in service aces with 3. Leading in assists was Shelbey Watkins with 27. Jordyn Tanke had 12 kills. Defensively, Maleah Davison and Jordyn Tanke led the team with 2 each. Katie DeWulf led with 16 digs. On October 30, the match was played in Harrington, with the Titans dominating Wellpinit...
Odessa-Harrington, carrying its season record to 8-1 (5-0 in league play), defeated Almira/Coulee-Hartline by a score of 54-8 last Friday in Coulee City. It was the final game of league play. O-H 14 20 12 8 54 ACH 0 0 8 0 8 Sage Elder scored first on a 13-yard run. The extra-point attempt failed. Younger brother Gaven Elder scored next on a 35-yard run. S. Elder completed a pass play from quarterback Colton Hunt for an extra 2 points for the first-quarter scoring. In the...
Odessa fourth graders joined other eastern Washington fourth graders for this year's Spokane Sympony. Front: A.J. Reyes, Yvette Davey, Ashlyn Neilson, Harley Carson, Macey Singer, Joshua Valverde, Anthony Elder, Anthony Wiles, Kaytlyn Shafer, Jocelyn Zigan, Ella Caler. Middle: Lindsay Reyes, Miranda Taylor, Heather Valverde, Austin Iverson, Collin Martin, Gage Starkel, Steven Molsby, Rachel Nelson, Isaiah Chavez, Trenidee Zyph. Back: Ellen Holman, Vicki Iverson, Jeramiah...
Lewis W. Kagele was born on November 3, 1923 to Jake and Martha (Bischoff) Kagele in Ritzville, Wash. Lewis grew up on the family farm and attended school in Ritzville graduating from Ritzville High School. Lewis later married Darlene Schell on November 18, 1945 in Ruff, Wash. They were farmers and ranchers southwest of Odessa and later owned and operated the Odessa Golf Course, where they built their retirement home and continued to live until Darlene's death in 2009. Lewis c...
The Odessa-Harrington Athletic Booster Club dinner and auction this Saturday, November 8, at the Community Center in Odessa will have plenty of items to choose from for its annual fundraising event for the athletic programs of the two schools. The Booster Club itself is offering parking signs, one in Odessa and one in Harrington, entitling the winning bidder to park nearest to the entrance of the athletic venues in either town. Signs will bear the name of the person or family...
The latest cash grain market here shows Soft White Wheat down at $6.09. Hard Red Winter is down at $6.70. DNS is down at $8.37. Barley is down at 143.00....
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. 27: A deputy assisted Davenport Safeway store personnel in the removal of a man and woman discovered sleeping in a tent next to a dumpster. A caller reported the theft of a riding lawnmower from the 1300...
Tuesday evening, Oct. 28, the Harrington Public Development Authority met at 7 p.m. at the city hall. Josh Steward called the meeting to order with the following present: Allen Barth, Margie Hall, Jay Kane, Bunny Haugan, Mark Stedman, Paul Charlton, Dillon Haas, Steve Hardy and Marge Womach. The primary discussion topic continued to be the vacant buildings and means to remedy the problem. An estimate by a contractor for one vacant building to be made structurally sound included roof and floor replacement which would make the...
After a nearly 10-year effort, the Board of Directors of the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District adopted a resolution to allocate the first 17,639 acres of new Columbia Basin Project water to replace ground water permits in the declining Odessa Subarea aquifer. The Board’s resolution designated water for an initial pump station and pipeline system which would serve about 10,000 acres of eligible deep-well irrigated lands south of Interstate 90, utilizing new East Low Canal delivery capacity created as a result of more t...
The November 4, 2014 general election provided no surprises in Lincoln County as of 8 p.m. Tuesday night. With 46 precincts reporting, only 3,802 ballots were cast out of 6,966 registered voters for a turnout of just 54.58 percent. The most hotly contested race in the Odessa area was that for Legislative District 13 State Representative, Pos. 1, which had Tom Dent and Dani Bolyard vying for a state legislative seat. Dent was leading by a substantial margin Tuesday evening. U.S. Congressional Representative Cathy McMorris...
With the assistance of a Big Bend Community College (BBCC) Title V grant and staff services from an organization called Washington Campus Compact, the Odessa Community Knowledge Center is now open to the public for basic computer literacy classes. The purpose of these classes is not only to teach the basic tools needed for further education, but also to help bring equality to the community. Having the right tools can help anyone obtain a GED, associate’s degree or even bachelor’s degree. Ed Lyles, Washington Campus Com...
As Veterans’ Day approaches, I begin reminiscing. When I was about eight or nine years old, my father introduced me to Sgt. Wilburn Ross at Fort Lewis. All the non-coms and officers looked up to Sgt. Ross in total awe and reverence. We were in the presence of greatness. I thought then, and do so now think, that this man, a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, walked on water! Years later I would understand what he did as Private Ross on October 30, 1944, near St. Jacques, France. Single-handedly, he killed or wounde...
Ebola is not an eminent threat to the Pacific Northwest, but healthcare providers at Lincoln Hospital and North Basin Medical Clinics in Davenport, Wilbur, and Reardan and at Odessa Memorial Hospital and Clinic in Odessa are taking steps to be prepared in the event the virus arrives on their doorsteps. “An outbreak of Ebola virus disease is unlikely to occur in Washington,” said Ed Dzedzy, Lincoln County Public Health Administrator. “We have good infection-control practices, well-trained public health staff and a proce...
The residents of Odessa face a question that is being faced by small, rural communities across country: how can we sustain local health care delivery? The fact is our local hospital, Odessa Memorial Health Care has an uncertain future. We are not unique in this uncertainty. Since early 2013, 26 rural hospitals nation-wide have closed – more closures than in the nine prior years combined. According to iVantage Health Analytics, 66 percent of the nation’s 2,300 rural hospitals are operating at a financial loss. There are lot...
Beverly J. (Grosso) Auker, 84 years old and a longtime resident of Odessa, passed away on October 31, 2014 in Odessa. Aunt Bev was born April 22, 1930 in Okanogan to Julius (Jack) and Gladys (Grace) (Beeman) Grosso. She was raised and graduated from Grand Coulee High School during the building of the Grand Coulee Dam. Her parents owned and operated the Maytag store in Grand Coulee until 1975 when her Dad passed away. She worked at Odessa Memorial Hospital as a Certified Nursing Assistant for 28.5 years. Her hobbies were...
After a busy weekend for the public works crew, members of the Odessa Town Council heard from homeowners affected by basements flooded with sewage in the southwest corner of the town. The same homes have been affected by the same problem three times in the past, and homeowners were in no mood to put up with any more. After the third flooding event only a couple of years ago, the town had spent about $12,000 on what was supposed to be a fully redundant alarm system that would...
Hundreds of Odessa and surrounding community members ventured out to the largest Science Fun Night hosted so far. High school and junior high school science teachers Jeff and Julie Wehr, along with Alexe Helke from the Spokane Mobius Science Center and TBS King of the Nerds star Kayla LaFrance from the Spokane Astronomy Club, created fun science activities including rocketry, airplane design and launching, and star gazing information, to name a few. Bev Scherr and Maria Schuh...
On the tenth anniversary of its founding, the Wireless Internet Service Provider Association (WISPA) honored Marlon Schafer of Odessa as one of their founding board of directors. At a panel keynote session at WISPAPALOOZA 2014, WISPA's annual trade show, Schafer reminisced with four other founding board members about the motivations that led to the founding of WISPA, and some of the association's early days. The other board members, Rick Harnish, Matt Larsen, Bob Moldashel,...
12 years ago From the Odessa Record November 2, 1939 The Grange Milling company mill, flour warehouse and part of the elevator and storage tanks were destroyed by fire of unknown origin discovered early Saturday. The loss is estimated at $80,000, including about $60,000 to the mill, warehouse and elevator and some 4000 barrels of flour and 75 tons of mill feed and other products stored in the flourhouse. A dense fog prevented early discovery of the fire. Halloween pranksters took it easy on Tuesday night, confining their acti...
The Odessa School Board, meeting October 22, 2014, heard from junior-high math teacher Larry Weber on the activities of the Odessa-Harrington Athletic Booster Club. The Booster Club has raised almost $90,000 since it began. It has used $66,914 of these funds on promotional activities, award celebrations for athletes, camps, facility and equipment donations, food at games for athletes, gifts, a digital sign for Harrington, mascot apparel, medical kits, peewee sports, repairs, sponsorships, scholarships, support for teams going...
