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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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Churches were to be found every few miles throughout the countryside in the early days of the Odessa area. Usually they were served by itinerant ministers, who either traveled by horseback or by wagon to serve their several congregations. Often, it was two or three weeks, sometimes six weeks, before the pastor could make the rounds again. The Emmanuel Lutheran Church, five miles south of Lauer, was one of the early churches of the Odessa rural area. Four hundred and fifty people filled the new Emmanuel Lutheran Church south...
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. 11: A Harrington man reported hearing "strange noises coming through his wires and showerhead" at his residence in the 400 block of Main Street and thought the source "might be a neighbor playing a...
By KATHY TAYLOR I sat down for my interview with Chris and Tianii Costlow at their auto repair shop. Chris spends a lot more time here than at home and has built his reputable business through years of hard work and service to our town. Although well known in the community, they are both very busy in their jobs, and they choose to spend rare time off with their family, a close network of friends or just as a couple doing the things they love. Chris is a hard-working, polite man with a calming presence. Tianii,who describes he...
The High School class of Christ Lutheran Church is conducting a coat drive. All sizes of coats are needed, from infant to 5XL adult. All styles and colors of new or gently used coats will be accepted. Hats, mittens, gloves and scarves are also needed. Winter outerwear items will be available to anyone in the community who needs them. People may come to Christ Lutheran Church, 602 East Amende’ Drive, just to the east of The Odessa Clinic 8 am to 6 pm daily and look through the selection just inside the fellowship hall door a...
The Odessa-Harrington football team lost its final game this year to Touchet in a playoff game there last Friday, November 15. The score was 68-14. O-H 0 0 0 14 14 Touchet 30 14 16 8 68 Touchet set the tone early, scoring first on a safety and building up to 30 points in the first quarter alone. The Titans were unable to put any points on the scoreboard until the fourth quarter, when Sam Schafer made a 20-yard run into the end zone. The pass play for extra points was no good. Caleb Behrens came in at quarterback and...
Fronen Steppdecker, The Odessa Quilt Club, held their annual corporation business meeting, November 11. Officers elected were: Debbie Buscher, President; Joyce McClanahan, Vice President; Patricia Gies, Secretary; Charlene Kagele, Treasurer and Shari Wilson, Sergeant at Arms. Several committees are working on upcoming events. A no-host Christmas Party is planned at Any Occasion Banquet Hall on December 2. Quilters may make reservations by contacting Kathie Donahue 982-2879. The Raffle Quilt Committee and Quilt Show Committee...
The Odessa-Harrington Athletic Booster Club 11th annual citrus fruit sale is currently in full swing. Funds raised will continue to go toward the support of school-related athletic programs. As in recent years, previous customers will receive a phone call from booster club members, and those wanting to order for the first time can use the contacts listed below. There will be a table at Christmas Fest, December 4, in Odessa again this year to collect money. No orders will be accepted at Christmas Fest, because the order...
Selected to the all-league football team from the Odessa-Harrington Titans were senior Jacob DeWulf as a first-team offensive lineman and first-team defensive lineman. Junior Sam Schafer was named a first-team running back and first-team linebacker. Junior Carsen Weber received an honorable mention as a receiver and was named a first-team all-purpose player (defensive back). Selected to the all-league volley ball team were Jordyn Tanke of Harrington and Chelsea Fisher of...
Odessa Junior-Senior High School has released its first- quarter list of students on the honor roll and those receiving honorable mention. A student must have a grade point average of 3.50-4.00 to be on the honor roll, and honorable mention requires a grade point average of 3.25-3.49. Grade values are based on the state transcript requirements and are as follows: A=4.0, A-=3.7, B+=3.3, B=3.0, B-= 2.7, C+=2.3, C=2.0, C-=1.7, D+=1.3, D=1.0, F=0.0. High school Seniors Hannah Schmidt, Chelsea Fisher, Carley Williams, Garret Braun...
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. 4: Shortly after the owner of llamas in the Redwine Canyon area reported them missing, a man called in to report that he found llamas in a field across from his home on Nelson Road East. A motorist...
Three persons were killed in a fiery airplane crash 79 years ago in Farrier Coulee, 19 miles southwest of Odessa. The accident, which occurred on November 12, 1934,. was the Odessa area’s first air disaster. Here is the report in The Odessa Record of November 16, 1934: “Burned to a crisp when their airplane crashed, burst into flames and was destroyed in Farrier Coulee. Monday afternoon at 2:15 , the bodies of Three Wenatchee men were found and were taken to Ritzville and later to Wenatchee after identity had been est...
Odessa Cub Scout Pack #784 went Scouting for Food last Saturday, driving around Odessa picking up the bags of food that residents of the town placed on their porches. The Odessa Food Bank receives the groceries and adds them to their shelves for the coming months ahead. The winter months are always the most difficult for those who are on fixed incomes. Heating bills add up, gas is ever increasing and few can prepare for the unknown ups and downs that happen in life. The Cub Scouts and their parents have delivered 740 pounds...
The Odessa School District announces the sponsorship of the Simplified Summer Food Program for Children. Meals will be made available at no charge to attending children 18 years of age and younger. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. If you believe you have been treated unfairly, you may file a complaint of discrimination by writing, USDA, Director, Office of Adjudicati...
'Tis the season to be THANKFUL!!! We have all been blessed in numerous ways, none greater than what God has done for us through His Son Jesus Christ. Please join us this Sunday, November 17th at 6:30 pm at Heritage Church as we gather together to sing and thank God for His goodness to us and for His many blessings which He bestows. There will be a free-will offering taken for the Food Bank. As we head into the holiday season we know there are always needs around town which we...
Sam Mullins was born in 1961, the son of Ruby Music and Toby Mullins. He grew up in Packwood and Randall in southwest Washington. His father was a logging truck driver. We laughed about a caption I once saw on a photo in the newspaper of a logging truck that had spilled logs on the highway. "How much wood can a wood truck chuck?" it read. Even though his father was 15 years older than his mother, they died within two weeks of one another about 25 years ago. He was not surprise...
In District 7 1B Tournament at Curlew November 7, the Odessa-Harrington Titans got two wins to assure them a berth at the state volleyball tournament. O-H vs. Republic O-H defeated Republic in three straight games by scores of 25-18, 25-14 and 25-16. Republic, with a season record of 7-4 and a league record of 4-1 was unable to hold off the Titans. O-H 25 25 25 x x 3 Repub. 18 14 16 x x 0 Chelsea Fisher led the Titans with 13 kills and Alexa Boss had 32 assists in the victory...
In football last Friday at home in Odessa, Cusick defeated Odessa-Harrington, 50-26. Cusick 0 20 6 24 50 O-H 6 6 0 14 26 The Titans built up a 12-point lead in the first half before Cusick came from behind and and went on to get the win. Sam Schafer scored for the Titans in the first quarter on a 6-yard run. The point-after attempt was no good. In the second half Carsen Weber scored on a 40-yard punt return. Again, the passing play for extra points was foiled. Cusick then had a string of six unanswered touchdowns before the...
By MONICA DEIFE Odessa has hired a new eighth through twelfth grade English teacher. Her name is Laura Caler. Caler got her B.A. in secondary English from Eastern Washington University and her M.A. in education from Leslie University in Cambridge, Mass. which she earned through a correspondence course. Caler took four years off from the time her daughters were born and then substituted in District 81 (Spokane) for five years. She had some long-term substituting jobs at Shadle...
I'm a fan of the old songs. Not too old, mind you - if you get back much more than 100 years, you'll lose my attention. But there's something about the songs of my parents' generation that grabs me and just won't let go. In case you're one of the few people around who haven't spent much time with me in person, I'm one of those people who goes around humming snatches of songs here and there. Frequently they are songs from my formative years; folk songs from Peter, Paul and...
TransMessis Columbia Plateau is the new name of the Odessa biodiesel plant formerly known as Inland Empire Oilseeds, LLC. An investor group from Houston, Texas is providing the financial backing required by the Odessa Public Development Authority (OPDA) prior to signing the agreement to lease the facility to the new management team. Damon Pistulka, a resident of Edmonds, Wash., will be the manager, as the plant gears up to restart production after several months of forced...
Barbara Greenwalt is the newest member of The Odessa Record's staff. With a background in office management and as an administrative assistant in local government offices, she has the necessary tools for making a major organizational contribution to our office. Barbara is married to Gerald Greenwalt, formerly and now once again, a resident of Odessa. Gerald was raised in Odessa and graduated from Odessa High. Barbara is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, the youngest of four...
We are at a fork in the road. Which way do you want to go? To the left the road appears level, straight and without winding curves, but you can only see ahead about a quarter of a mile due to heavy fog. On the right you see a road with a tough incline, rocks in the middle of the pathway and a creek to cross, but you see a bright little town sitting in a valley about a mile ahead. Did I forget to tell you that you have your grandkids with you? Ok, you see where I am going with this. Do we manage the town for sustainability...
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners announced the 2013 Rural Development Fund grant awards at its regular meeting Tuesday, November 5. n $20,000 was awarded to the Odessa Chamber of Commerce for its WSDA-certified commercial community kitchen within the Odessa Community Center. n $20,000 was also awarded to the City of Davenport for a restroom/concession facility for the Field of Dreams Sports Complex. n $15,000 was awarded to the Harrington Opera House Society for sidewalk improvements, including ADA-compliant ramp...
“It’s like Vegas. Every morning we come out here, press a button and hope for water,” said Clark Kagele, manager at Kagele Family Farms in Odessa. For farmers in the Columbia Basin within the Odessa Subarea, getting water from their wells is a daily gamble. Early each morning, they head out to the well pumps, turn them on, and wait for water. Their source is the Odessa aquifer and it provides water to irrigators, municipalities, industrial users and domestic users. Unfortunately, the source is declining to a critical level...
Last week's Halloween activities appeared to provide fun for young and old in the communities of Odessa and Harrington. Both towns had Halloween carnivals that allowed kids to be in out of the cold, participate in games and win prizes. The Halloween carnival in Harrington took place on Monday, October 28, sponsored by the Harrington PTA, and had great success with a good turnout, according to Marge Womach of Harrington. The Odessa carnival was sponsored by the FFA chapter of...
