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  • What's Hot

    Updated Jun 5, 2014

    Odessa School Menu MONDAY, June 9: Cereal, toast, fruit. Lunch: Cheeseburger, fries, fruit & veggie bar. TUESDAY, June 10: Toast, fruit. Lunch: Popcorn chicken, muffin, icecream, fruit & veggie bar. WEDNESDAY, June 11: Cook's choice with fruit. Lunch: Cook's choice. THURSDAY, June 12: Cook's choice with fruit. Wilson Creek School Menu MONDAY, June 9: Cereal bowl, yogurt cup, fruit. Lunch: Cook's choice. Elementary: sack lunches. TUESDAY, June 10: Last day of school. No meals served Harrington School Menu MONDAY, June 9:...

  • Locals in the Limelight; Wilma Schmidt

    Updated Jun 3, 2014

    I arrived at the home of Wilma Schmidt, to interview her on the eve of her 86th birthday. I was a little intimidated, because she is the mother of our esteemed editor. She was so welcoming, and I immediately felt comfortable in her charming, quaint home. Noticeably on the kitchen table, was a huge piece of unrolled paper, probably 10 feet long and 3 feet wide, with a painstakingly detailed family tree of the maternal (Walter) side of her family. I saw many familiar names of...

  • Heimbigner earns doctorate

    Updated May 29, 2014

    Natasha Heimbigner, PharmD, graduated on May 8, 2014, from Washington State University College of Pharmacy. Prior to pharmacy school, she attended Washington State University and received Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychology and General Medical Sciences. She is a 2006 graduate of Odessa High School and is the daughter of Scott and Sherie Heimbigner. At WSU, Heimbigner completed rotations in acute, institutional, ambulatory care, community pharmacy, and international...

  • Odessa- Harrington Athlete of the Week

    Updated May 29, 2014

    Our season ended May 12, and we had a great one. Our athletes had strong performances at all of the middle school meets. Many of them had personal records at the Championship Meet in Davenport on May 12th. The perfect time to reach your peak. Congratulations Titans!...

  • Court Report

    Updated May 29, 2014

    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 19: Davenport ambulance personnel transported a 73-year-old woman with flu-like symptoms from a residence in the 1100 block of Maxwell Street to Lincoln Hospital. A door frame, bag of garbage and a...

  • Odessa Senior Menu

    Updated May 29, 2014

    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4: Chicken cordon bleu, Parsley potatoes, capri vegetables, garden salad, waldorf salad, Jell-O. THURSDAY, JUNE 5: BBQ country spareribs, twice baked potato, 3 bean salad, vegetable pasta salad, peaches, sherbet. If you are not a regular attendee at senior meals and wish to participate, please call 982-2654 prior to 10 a.m. on the day of the meal. Suggested donation for a meal is $3.25 for those 60 and over. For those under age 60, lunch costs $8.00....

  • The Weather

    Updated May 29, 2014

    At this time The Odessa Record is not able to report current weather statistics. We are waiting for the Weather Service to install a new weather station in Odessa and will resume reporting this information when it is completed. As of last weeks report, the yearly total to date was 2.32 inches. Snow accumulation: 8.5 inches to date. Seasonal rain: September to February is 4.02 inches....

  • Odessa Grain

    Updated May 29, 2014

    The latest cash grain market here showed Soft White Wheat down at $6.60. Hard Red Winter is down at $7.45. DNS is down at $87.70. Barley remains at 178.00....

  • Seven track/ field athletes head to state

    Updated May 29, 2014

    On Tuesday, May 20, the District 7 track and field meet was held at Whitworth University in Spokane. The Odessa-Harrington Titan boys took first place as a team and the girls finished fourth. Odessa junior Sam Schafer posted four first-place wins and senior Hannah Schmidt three to pace their respective teams. Jacob DeWulf also garnered a first place in the javelin. Boys 1. Odessa-Harrington 118 2. Pomeroy 94 3. Valley Christian 90.5 4. Wellpinit 77.5 5. Republic 65 6. Rosalia 45 7. Wilbur-Creston 29 8. Curlew 25 9....

  • Research puts Wehr on world stage again

    Updated May 29, 2014

    Odessa High School science student and Advanced STEM Researcher Thorsen Wehr began his research journey in 2011 when he was reading Popular Science magazine and saw that CalTech was trying to focus sound waves for medical applications. For the past three years, his research, based on engineering his own acoustic lens for focusing sound, has earned him a first place in every local, regional and state science fair or symposium, and national and international success at multiple events, including the International Sustainable...

  • Family Science Night offers free fun, food for kids / families

    Updated May 29, 2014

    On Wednesday, June 4, Mobius Science Center staff members will return for a second Family Science Night this year. New activities and presentations will be included in the evening events which run from 5 to 8 p.m. in the school’s multipurpose room. Families of students in kindergarten through high school are invited. A tasty and nutritious supper will be served. As a part of Odessa’s PEP grant, the school will be providing fun and informative fitness, health and nutrition activities and resources. Along with all the exciting...

  • Birthdays and Anniversaries

    Updated May 29, 2014

    Birthdays for June 5: Parker Valverde and Ryan Scrupps. June 6: Connie Greenwalt and Kamie Iverson. June 7: Daniel Nelson Jr. and Kelly Weber. June 8: Leota Allen and Dylan Nichols. June 9: J R Worrell and Sam Roberts. June 10 Joel Hardung, donald Tschritter and Dennis Schuh. June 11: Jerry Jasman, Dee Deife, Josh Kuch, Liam Buck, Rachel Buck Zachary Powell and Kimberly Weishaar. Anniversaries for June 5: David & Joyce McClanahan. June 7: Mike & LuAnn Hardung. June 8: Jack & Margaret Praetorius. June 10: Bud & Gerry King and...

  • Free medical care invites abuse, says writer

    Updated May 29, 2014

    I am a retired hospital pharmacist who for 37 years had his own small-town pharmacy. After I sold my pharmacy, I was the hospital pharmacist for a small rural hospital. I just read your article on hypertension and the senior population needing high-touch hypertension care. What you say is correct. What is wrong is another story. I have gone to several medical seminars in foreign countries, including one to the USSR shortly before it disbanded. Their medical system was straight out of the Middle Ages: 34 infants in the...

  • Harrington News

    Updated May 29, 2014

    Teacher Grace Moeller and her 5th- and 6th-grade students mixed horticulture and civics when they transplanted flowers grown by Erica Whitmore's FFA horticulture class. The group met behind the Memorial Hall where the students learned to successfully remove the plants from their growth containers and place them into planters donated by local businesses and the city in previous years. The students learned that the plants will now survive with soil, sun and water. The most...

  • Celebrating Memorial Day 2014

    Updated May 29, 2014

    Edwin Jasman, Jerry asman, Bill Nixon, David Nixon, Seth Smith, John Hardt and David McClanahan are the members of VFW Post #7395 and American Legion Post #105 standing ready to fire a 21-gun salute at Monday's Memorial Day ceremonies at the Odessa Cemetery...

  • Odessa Community Float ready for parade season

    Updated May 24, 2014

    The debut of the Odessa Community Float took place on the evening of Thursday, May 15, with Miss Odessa Jenna Shafer (back) and her sisters Megan (left) and Kaytlyn (right) standing in for Princesses Katelyn Worley and Daviane Minaker. The next appearance of the float was at the Lilac Parade in Spokane on Saturday, May 17....

  • Titan thinclads gearing up for District 7 competition

    Updated May 22, 2014

    In two recent meets, the track and field team for Odessa-Harrington put their efforts toward preparing for the upcoming district meet. At a NE 1B/2B league meet held in Odessa May 6, the O-H boys grabbed a first place team finish, while the girls took fourth place. Team scores: Boys 1. Odessa-Harrington 148 2. Mary Walker 128 3. Valley Christian 99 4. Davenport 84 5. Liberty-Spangle 60 6. Wilbur-Creston 46 Girls 1. Davenport 134 2. Wilbur-Creston 112 3. Valley Christian 91 4....

  • Schumacher made hole in one at Scramble Tourney

    Updated May 22, 2014

    Fourteen teams played golf in the Scramble Tournament on Saturday, May 17, at the Harrington Golf and Country Club with dinner served after the tournament. The tournament was put on by the Odessa-Harrington Titan Booster Club and was sponsored by area businesses. The hole in one was made by Chandra Schumacher. She was playing on a co-ed team with her husband, Jason, Chris Phillips and Chuck Carper. Their team was the Co-ed winning team. The Women’s KP 9 or 18 was Linda K...

  • Tribute; John (Jack) Birchard

    Updated May 22, 2014

    Jack Birchard died May 3, 2014, at Cottage in the Meadows in Yakima, surrounded by family and friends. His life of 91 years provided much joy and happiness. He was born April 23, 1923, to Frank and Rose Birchard in Shawnee, Wyo. and spent his childhood in Wyoming before moving to Eugene, Ore., where he met Shirley Glasgow. They married in August of 1946. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1942 to 1945 aboard the USS Tripoli. Following the war, he attended Paci...

  • Picnic and barbecue ideas to get ready for the season

    LAURA ESTES|Updated May 22, 2014

    Watermelon, rhubarb pie and cupcakes were a hit at a recent potluck lunch. The rhubarb pie might be a secret recipe, but I will attempt to coax it from the maker. The Lime Cupcakes were made by me, so that recipe is easy to come by. I mentioned in my last column that there was a request for a cake recipe that had flavored gelatin added to the mix before baking and I passed the request on to you, the readers. Meanwhile the email newsletter I subscribe to from Southern Plate...

  • This Week in Odessa History

    Updated May 22, 2014

    1 years ago From The Odessa Record May, 1914 Due to the loss of The Record’s 100-year-old copies, there will be no news from that week’s paper. In The Record from May 21, 1964, there was no 50 years ago column and the loss was attributed to flood damage. 75 years ago From The Odessa Record May 18, 1939 The senior sneak was a marked success. They left on a 400 mile trip to Lake Christine, in Canada. Enroute they stopped and visited former residents, including Mrs. Harry Evans at Deer Park and Harold Reiman at Colville. The...

  • Historical Saint Matthew's Church refurbishment done

    Updated May 22, 2014

    Odessa Historical Society members Pat Gies, Scott Heimbigner, Joe Wollman, and Paul Scheller last week completed the landscaping around St. Matthew’s Church, placing decorative rock with the help of Don Strebeck and his skid loader. This action finishes the refurbishment of the church which was repainted and received a new steel roof by Diamond Construction last year. Society members noted that the front sidewalk was laid the same year the church was constructed (1916) and is still in excellent shape. St. Matthew’s was est...

  • Harrington News

    MARJORIE WOMACH|Updated May 22, 2014

    By MARJORIE WOMACH Harrington Public Library The Harrington Library has received a new shipment of fiction paperback books. The authors include J.A. Jance, Lee Child, James Lee Burke, James Rollins and Stuart Woods. The library is awaiting Mayor Paul Gilliland to order the necessary equipment for the library to begin its training with the scanning of bar codes. Gary Bortel of the State Library is planning to come this month for that purpose. Donations continue to come in to the library, some of the more recent items included...

  • 6th-grade Conservation Day

    STACY DEWALD|Updated May 22, 2014

    From tree identification, to knowledge about the weather, educating our youth about the earth’s natural resources is important. On May 13, the Lincoln County Conservation District held their annual Sixth-Grade Conservation Day at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. This is a half-day event where students from schools in Lincoln County learn about various conservation efforts. At total 175 sixth-grade students from Davenport, Harrington, Lamont, Odessa, Reardan and Wilbur rotated through nine stations, where nine organizations e...

  • Memorial Day free document shredding being offered in Odessa

    Updated May 22, 2014

    Monday, May 26, 2014 the Odessa Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7395 and the Odessa American Legion Post #105 will be doing Memorial Day services at 10 a.m. in the activity room at the hospital in Odessa and at 11 a.m. at the Odessa Cemetary. Flags will be dedicated at the service for US Army veteran Henry Deife and US Navy veteran, LaMar Heimbigner. Deife was killed in Germany during WWII and the flag was draped over his coffin. Pastor Tim Hauge of Christ Lutheran Church will be the guest speaker. There will be 210 Veterans...

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