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The Lincoln County Assessor’s office will be conducting routine physical inspections of real property in the Odessa area this fall and early winter. The assessor’s office routinely does a physical inspection of real property in Lincoln County every six years. Any questions or concerns may be directed to the Lincoln County Assessor’s office at (509)725-7011....
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, Sept. 23: A "very big wolf" was sighted along Miles Creston Road. A pickup truck, filled toolbox and plasma cutter were reported missing as the result of a burglary reported at property along North Oestreich R...
Sixty-six years ago, much as today, Odessa area hunters were anxiously awaiting the opening of the hunting season in October. Bag limits were different then. The local lakes were filled with water, something we are not enjoying at the present. The following was excerpted from the articles appearing in The Odessa Record for October 9 and 15, 1947. Duck hunters found generally good shooting on the opening day of the hunting season. The first day opened at noon, allowing 3 hours and 51 minutes of hunting. Many killed their...
The Odessa Record staff can now accept your CenturyLink payments in addition to Avista payments. We can accept checks, cash or money orders. Both payment types require a copy of the billing statement or the 10-digit (not 9) account number....
Dillon Jahns and I sat down for his interview at the Odessa Golf Course clubhouse, his home away from home. In May of this year, he was recruited and hired to supervise the course and manage the groundskeepers for the new owners. It was a perfect match. Jahns has a passion for golf and a level of reliability that is way beyond his years. Although he is a salaried employee, it has not been unusual for him to rack up 190+ hour, two-week pay periods this summer without a complain...
The Odessa Friends of the Library are privileged to bring Washington State Poet Laureate, Kathleen Flenniken, to Odessa for an evening of poetry on Tuesday, October 1 at 7 p.m. at the Odessa Public Library. Flenniken was raised in Richland and holds engineering degrees from Washington State University and the University of Washington, as well as a Masters in Fine Arts degree from Pacific Lutheran University. Among her other commitments, she teaches poetry writing to students of all ages. She has written two books, "Famous"...
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, Sept. 16: In the aftermath of the previous night's strong windstorm - A tree was removed by county Public Works employees from where it had fallen across Cayuse Cove and Pineridge roads. A similar report was r...
A look back into the files of The Record shows that the campaign for the election of 1932, which would change the fate of America, didn’t cause much of a stir in Odessa. There wasn’t much talk of the campaign. For weeks in advance of the November 8 voting, The Record carried little or nothing about national, state or local issues. The spotlight, of course was on the presidential race, which was Franklin D. Roosevelt versus Herbert Hoover. In a straw vote at Odessa High School, Hoover came out the winner, 79 to 68. The Rec...
Deutschesfest is over for another year. By the time you are reading this column the trappings of the event will be stored away, the trash picked up and the streets cleaned. Many recipe requests came my way, for items from the bake sales. I am in the process of rounding up the recipes. One request was for Kaese Kuchen (Cottage Cheese Kuchen) That recipe I know by heart, so was able to jot that on napkins or whatever was handy, for out of town visitors. For those who subscribe...
The Deutsches Fest Sausage Bowl was played in Odessa last Friday night, with Odessa-Harrington taking on the team from Waterville. W-ville 0 0 8 6 14 O-H 16 24 0 0 40 Touchdowns were scored in the first quarter for O-H on an 80-yard run by Sam Schafer. The extra-point attempt on the ground was good. The next score was made on a 15-yard run again by quarterback Schafer, who also ran across the end line for two more points. The second quarter started with almost an instant replay of the previous score, a 20-yard run by...
On September 17, the Odessa-Harrington Titans volleyball team traveled to Spokane to play Valley Christian in the first league game of the season. Playing first, the junior varsity team won the first two of its games, 25-19 and 25-4 to take the match. The varsity squad also won, 25-10, 25-10 and 25-18. Casey Schlomer led the offense with 2 service aces. Chelsea Fisher contributed 2 blocks and Jordyn Tanke 10 led the team with 10 kills. Alexa Boss put up 26 assists, and Katie DeWulf had 4 digs. The Odessa-Harrington Titans...
CPoW Livestock Processors Cooperative Association (LPCA), with a current membership of 80, harvested its first livestock on August 22. The USDA-inspected plant was formed by producers, to be owned and controlled by producers. The LPCA provides only the service of USDA harvest and processing, never owning the meat products. Member benefits include receiving a discount over non-members in the harvesting fee and also priority over non-members in scheduling of livestock....
City councilwoman Lois Harp gave a report about a committee meeting on how to implement Initiative 502, legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. She said that Lincoln County will be allocated two stores which can sell marijuana. The number is based on population. Which towns will have a store will be decided by the state liquor control board. Only two possible locations in Odessa are far enough away from the school, library, ball field, etc., to be possible locations, near the old Water West property and near Walter...
Staff reports and special contributions Deutsches Fest 2013 was another successful event for the most part, although reviews were somewhat mixed. Barbara (Grannie BarBar) Walter told The Record she had the best Friday and Saturday ever, followed by the worst Sunday ever. Biergarten beverage sales were down this year even though gate receipts for each day except Sunday were about the same as for most average years in the past, according to biergarten chairman DeJay Buck....
A wedding at the brewery is among the special festivities planned for fest this year. Krystel Pearce, daughter of Jack and Jolie Pearce, and Kolby Schafer, son of Tom and Lynette Schafer, who met at the Rocky Coulee Brewery three years ago during the Deutches Fest are planning their wedding at the brewery and again, during fest. Fest was chosen as the time for the wedding because its the anniversary of their first meeting and a good time for family and friends to gather. It wi...
On Friday, September 13, what was supposed to be a bye week for Odessa-Harrington became instead a matchup with the 1B team from Neah Bay, which handed the Titans their second straight loss, 64-12. NB 16 28 14 6 64 O-H 6 6 0 0 12 In the first quarter, Neah Bay scored first on a 2-yard run, followed by two extra points on a pass play. O-H responded with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Sam Schafer to Dakota Largent. The extra-point attempt was no good. NB struck back with an...
The Odessa-Harrington Titan Volleyball Jamboree was held September 10 in Odessa. Jamborees are gatherings of several teams that play against one another on a more limited basis than during the regular competitive season. The winner of each match is determined by the results of three games (in regular season matches, a team must win three out of five games to become the winner). Jamborees get the season off to a good start for all participating teams. At the O-H Jamboree, the...
By KATHY TAYLOR I was really looking forward to getting to know Duane and Jonnie Pitts better through this article. I was a little intimidated though, after all, Dr. Pitts is the oracle, the grand poobah of grammar, spelling and all things composition. After many years of service, teaching and devotion to this community, they recently retired and have moved to Moses Lake. Duane is still involved assisting with the transition for the new English teacher here. His heart still...
Zach Schafer came into The Record office on Monday to report on a storm which had touched down at their place in the country on Sunday night. He and his family were watching a Seahawks game on TV at his parent’s (Tom and Lynette Schafer) house in Odessa on Sunday when a weather warning came across the screen about a possible tornado between Ruff and Marlin, which is right where their place in the country is located. They decided to head home out of concern for their dogs. The...
Aqu-ammonia leak injures four in Harrington By MARJORIE WOMACH Friday, an ordinary afternoon in Harrington, the ambulance siren sounded as it rounded the corner past city hall about 1:30 p.m. Within five minutes, the town's atmosphere was changed. State patrol and Lincoln County sheriff's officers had responded to the ammonia spill at Crop Production Services at the edge of town. Ryan Behrens and Cal Gilmer had been taken by ambulance to the hospital in Davenport, and Ryan was soon air-lifted to Harbor View in Seattle. The...
Love that German food and wish you could take the weekend menu home with you? The Odessa Memorial Hospital Auxiliary has compiled a cookbook with over 500 recipes of German and local cuisine, entitled “Unser Tagelich Brot, The Staff of Life V”, available at various sites throughout Odessa. The actual recipes for many of the menu items you enjoy at Deutschesfest are in this book. Kuchen, German coffee cake, is one of the easiest to prepare, but like most German recipes, the...
Frank and Leo Guth were among Odessa’s first business operators. Just as the town was incorporated in 1902, several new businesses opened to make Odessa a full service center. Among them were the flour mill, built and operated by Portland Flouring Mills; the Odessa Mercantile and the Odessa Hardware & Implement Company, founded by the Guths. Some of Odessa’s pioneer wheat growers were major stockholders in the Guth’s firms, which sold shelf hardware, farm implements, wagons, buggies and later automobiles. Frank Guth sold his...
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, Sept. 9: A mechanical failure shut down the new Keller ferry. Davenport Food Mart personnel reported someone took merchandise from the store without paying. Deputies investigated a possible animal neglect...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday night in the public library to begin making plans for the implementation of Initiative 502 passed by voters last fall legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Mayor Doug Plinski said that since the federal government has declared that it will not interfere with states that have passed such laws, even though possession, sale and distribution of marijuana remain illegal according to federal laws. The state liquor control board has been moving forward with plans for licensing retail...
Maureen Sheldon, known to all her family and friends as “Mo,” is the new administrator at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center. She comes to Odessa by way of Glen Rose Medical Center in Glen Rose, Texas, where she was the chief operating officer for more than 11 years. Prior to that she was Director of Managed Care/Business Development at the Matagorda County Hospital District south of Houston for about 7.5 years. Mo was raised in Sierra Vista, Ariz., where her father was sta...
