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Homecoming Week at Odessa High School was last week, culminating in crowning of the Odessa and Harrington royalty at halftime of the varsity football game between the Titans and Columbia High School of Hunters. Odessa's Homecoming Queen was Paige Alloway and King was Tyler Paris. Princess was Katie DeWulf and Prince was Hunter Bramer. Harrington's Homecoming Queen was Trinity Larsen and King was Chris Brown. Princess was Vanessa Larsh and Prince was Jacob Montgomery. At the...
The Odessa-Harrington junior-high football team, coached by Larry Weber of Odessa and LaMar Larmer of Harrington started off its season with two wins, defeating Inchelium 51-0 and Springdale 25-12. Their only loss so far was to Almira-Coulee/Hartline, 7-32. Seventh-graders on the team are Marcus King, Josh Clark, Kenadie Elder, Jordan Ford, Jaden Hunt, Eric Johnston, Kameron Martin, Ben Melgren, Jakob Starkel, Brady Walter and Camden Weber. Eighth-graders are Lane Lobe,...
At home in Odessa Friday, the O-H Titans trounced the opposition by a score of 62-22. O-H 40 8 6 8 62 Colum. 0 14 0 8 22 Colulmbia High School of Hunters did not provide the Titans with much of a challenge during the Homecoming game October 10 at Finney Field. After building up a 40-0 lead in the first quarter, the younger players got a chance to show their stuff and managed to keep pace with their opponents. Sam Schafer scored on a pass play from quarterback Carsen Weber...
The basement of Heritage Church was full nearly to bursting with women who came to hear advice on healthy living and to enjoy a meal catered by the Odessa High School chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America. Members of the health care community were out in force to provide information and hand out free literature and gifts to those who attended. As in the past, blood pressure checks were provided in a separate room. Door prizes included gift baskets, items donated by community members and gift cards worth up to...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record 1914 George Heimbigner, Sr. has purchased the 320 acre farm of Jacob Heimbigner, his brother, for a consideration of $40 an acre, one of the best prices that has been paid for farm land. Postmaster L.C. Weik has bought a Ford touring car and is navigating it, and local people are allowing him the right of way until he gets used to the car. 75 years ago From The Odessa Record October 17, 1939 Hunting season opened and many bird and deer hunter were bagging their limits. Those who did not...
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. 6: Harrington ambulance personnel transported a man and woman to Lincoln Hospital in Davenport after they were hurt in a one-vehicle collision in the 400 block of West Glover in Harrington. The woman...
Odessa Clinic has now received its private shipment flu vaccine and part of the State Supplied Vaccine for children. By the time, this article is read; we anticipate all flu vaccine should have arrived. This seems to be a good time to discuss the importance of a yearly flu vaccine, even if you are a healthy person. While we have always encouraged people with health problems such as asthma, lung or heart disease and diabetics to get vaccinated; healthy people get sick with flu all the time as well. The flu virus does not...
God’s hands took another angel home on October 12, 2014. Lydia was born March 19, 1909, in Teplitz, a German settlement near the Black Sea in Russia. After marrying Jakob Knoell in 1940, their entire village was relocated to Germany and they worked on a state-run farm. In 1945, after her husband was captured and spent nearly five years in various labor camps in Western Russia, she became a refugee, supporting herself and her young daughter by whatever means she could. After they were reunited in 1949, Jakob, Lydia, and t...
Jenna Shafer is a senior at Odessa High School. She is a member of the varsity volleyball team. She also participates in track and field in the spring. FBLA, Knowledge Bowl and National Honor Society are other activities in which she is involved. She is the daughter of Chris and Ryan Shafer of Odessa....
Robert and Debra Zeiler and Steven and Leslie Fink joyfully announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter and son, Larissa Zeiler and Drew Fink. The couple plan to wed in November. The bride-to-be is a Certified Public Accountant at Leffel, Otis & Warwick, P.S. in Odessa. The groom-to-be is employed on the family wheat farm near Odessa....
All Odessa sixth graders, teachers Julie Wehr and Tim Larson and parent chaperones Peggy DeWulf and Danielle Scrupps went to Camp Wooten September 23-26. Camp Wooten is an environmental camp serving multiple schools. Activities involved hands-on science-related survival instruction and classes on soils, wind energy and wildlife. It was also a bonding time for the sixth-grade students who were paired up and spread out among the many cabins with kids from other schools. It was a fun time and the students had lots to share with...
The Mobius Science Center from Spokane and the Odessa School District invites the greater Odessa and surrounding communities to a Family Science Night on October 21, 2014 from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be food, drink and science for the entire family. This fun-filled evening features selections from each of Mobius’ exciting shows. A set of demonstrations covering a wide range of subjects is guaranteed to ignite the imagination. Let Mobius and the Odessa School District help spark your enthusiasm for the wonders of our world. T...
Jeff and Amber Zagelow have announced the birth of their son William Hugo Zagleow, born Sunday, August 24, 2014, at 7:54 a.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. He joins his sisters, Kaitlyn and Ashley, and brother, Justin. Maternal grandparents are William (Bill) and Vicki Sutor of Charlotte, S.C. and great grandparents are Grady and Jimmie Cash of Signal Mountain, Tenn. Paternal grandparents are Larry and June Zagelow of Odessa. Great grandparents are...
More than 6 million young people across the country celebrate National 4-H Week, an annual celebration of 4-H during the first full week of October (Oct. 5-10 this year). The Lincoln County 4-H Leaders' Council takes this opportunity to announce the recipient of this year's Lincoln County 4-H Leader of the year: Joy Wilken of Sprague. Joy Wilken She has been a 4-H volunteer for 21 years. Many teens who were part of the countywide Teen Time 4-H club that Wilken led for several...
Inland Northwest Partners is a non-profit organization made up of more than 300 business, community and economic development professionals from eastern Washington and northern Idaho. The organization's focus is education and the sharing of ideas and experiences at quarterly meetings. The Lincoln County Economic Development Council is a member. The theme for the September 26 meeting was "Growing your economy through travel and tourism." The director invited the Odessa Chamber...
Ray (Bud) Pfeifer passed away October 3, 2014, in Ellensburg, formerly of the Soap Lake and Marlin areas. He is survived by his two children Marilyn (Michael) Santangelo and Lyle (Marlene) Pfeifer along with his six grandchildren: Joe (Casey) Giovanelli, Maggie Santangelo and Mitchell, Matthew, Brian and Kaitlin Pfeifer. Ray has four brothers Cecil, Dale, Loren and Keith Pfeifer, along with three sisters, Lois Starkel, Lorene Arbuckle and Donna Rainey, and numerous nieces and...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record 1914 Local registration books showed that the town of Odessa had 121 registered voters in 1914, with another 84 in the outlying district. Wheat was selling for 79 cents per bushel. Enrollment at the Odessa schools was 160 and growing, expected to reach 200 by the first of the year in 1915. 75 years ago From The Odessa Record October 12, 1939 Friday the 13th may be unlucky in some towns, according to the old traditions, but in Odessa it carries the best of luck, as provided by merchants...
The Lincoln County EDC welcomed folks from across the county to a Social Media Marketing workshop followed by dinner and networking on September 25. “There was 10 minutes of pure chaos as we changed the room from a classroom to a dinner event, but other than that things went as planned and the EDC Connect event was a very entertaining couple of hours,” according to EDC Director Margie Hall. “The feedback on both events has been positive.” Between networking with other businesses and enjoying the buffet and refresh...
Russet potato harvest is in full swing, and these huge, processing style potatoes make a luscious soup. Swiss chard, a dark green leaf vegetable has come into prime sweet flavor now that nights have turned cooler. Pair these two readily available ingredients with chicken, broth and seasonings for a savory fall or winter season soup. Potato, Chicken and Chard Soup 6 cups peeled, diced potato 1 cup diced onion 2 Tbsp butter or cooking oil 2 large Swiss chard leaves, cut into...
Signups for the Columbia Basin Development League Conference and Annual Meeting must be in by October 23 to get the early bird price for registration. The League’s Annual Conference is Thursday, November 6, at ATEC, Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake. Contact Naila Duffy: naila@cbdl.org or call 509-782-9442 for more information. Registration begins at 12:15 the day of the meeting. Following welcoming remarks at 1 p.m., the agenda deals with the following: 50 Years of Support for the Columbia Basin Project Intro: A V...
The Friends of the Odessa Public Library are inviting the public for an evening of poetry written and presented by Elizabeth Austen, Washington state’s Poet Laureate for 2014-2016, on October 14 at 7 p.m. “My motivation for being poet laureate is, I think, that without even knowing it, people want what poetry offers. They want language for what feels large. Large in the sense of awe or large in the sense of grief or large in the sense of mystery,” says Austen. “One of the most amazing things about poetry in this state i...
David Michaelson of Harrington has been awarded two bronze medals for two recently published books: The Adventures of Gopher Piddington, a coming of age novel set in the 1880s and Congressional Integrity, a satirical look at our elected legislators. The national conference of the Military Writer’s Society of America was held September 25-28 in Phoenix, Ariz. All of Michaelson’s books are available at the office of the Davenport Times and in Ritzville at both Cow Creek Mercantile and the Uniquely Washington gift store. Ele...
To the Editor: A letter printed in the 10-2-14 Columbia Basin Herald (Editor’s note: and The Odessa Record) by Rick Heiberg was given the title of “ Setting the Record Straight.” Not so fast! Heiberg, a previous one-term mayor of Coulee City, implies previous letters were “Opinions based upon hearsay, rumors , or gossip” and were written by people who were not even there. WRONG! The only recent letters on that topic were written by Kevin Moore and myself. Both of us were duly elected precinct committee officers of the Grant...
