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Several requests for sugar free recipes have come in over the past two weeks. The holiday baking season is fast approaching, and folks who have recently been diagnosed with diabetes or pre-diabetes are struggling to find suitable recipes to replace traditional sweets. I have found that it is best to use recipes developed by the sugar free sweetener companies, as each product is a bit different, and none of them cook up the same as granulated beet or cane sugar. Splenda.com...
Sheriff's Report 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. Oct. 29: A rockslide left debris on SR 25 about 17 miles north of Davenport. Damage to a power pole and lines was reported after a collision involving a vehicle on Main Street at North Fourth in...
The O-H Titans volleyball team members looked confident and on their game last Thursday, November 1, when district tournament play opened in Odessa for four of the first-round teams: Odessa-Harrington, Republic, Almira-Coulee/Hartline and Northport. O-H defeated Republic, taking the match in three straight games: 25-14, 25-22 and 25-9. Chelsea Fisher led the Titans with 15 kills, while Koralynne Kuch provided 23 assists. Kendall Todd was responsible for eight ace serves. On...
Moving to Odessa for our retirement has not been what we expected. The people here have been wonderful. It is great to be with family again. 'But' when Dr. Powell had Tom flown out in "lifebird" on a warm and moonlit August night, I had no idea what was in store for us as a family. Stroke had not been a part of the retirement plan. The stroke was bad. As I drove back and forth every day to Spokane for 2 and a half months, I saw my husband deteriorate before my eyes. The neurologist took me to the side and said, "I don't know...
Have you ever wondered if you could be selling your product or service outside the U.S? Right now is a good time to find out. The EDC has asked an export specialist from the Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to talk to Lincoln County businesses and service providers about Washington’s current Export Initiative. The Export Initiative challenges the SBDC and other state organizations to achieve $600 million in new export sales by 2015. To accomplish this they are providing global services to local businesses a...
A Family Math Night will be held November 15, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at the Odessa School, sponsored by the Title 1-A program and with the assistance of the members of the Odessa High School Honor Society. Children in grades K-4 will meet in the cafeteria to practice math skills through games and exploration activities. Middle-school students in grades 5-8 will learn, along with their families, how to use technology to enhance math skills through free and inexpensive tutoring websites. They will also learn about a website that...
Head girls volleyball coach Ken Scherr was named the volleyball coach of year in a ceremony at the conclusion of the NE District 1B volleyball tournament in Colton last Saturday, one of the many accolades he has received in his long coaching career. Scherr had happily retired from both teaching and coaching a couple of years ago, when the new Odessa-Harrington athletic co-operative found itself unable to find a head volleyball coach. Not one to let down all those enthusiastic...
Ireland Luiten has been dancing since the age of three, with big dreams of becoming a professional dancer. That dream is coming true this December, when she will perform with the State Street Ballet Company (out of California) and the Spokane Symphony in this year’s performance of the Nutcracker Suite. Open auditions were held in Spokane in late September. Ireland auditioned with hundreds of kids vying for only a few roles. After a two-hour audition, she was cast as one of t...
A number of readers have requested information about the upgrade in progress at the Odessa community center kitchen. The drawing below illustrates the final plan for a commercial kitchen which will expand the existing 20’ x 46’ space to 20’ x 66’. A project of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce, spearheaded by Deutschesfest food chair Lindsy Starkel, the upgrade will result in a large, commercial-grade kitchen which can be rented by community groups for Fest food preparation, used...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans football team played its final home game of the season last Friday, October 26. It was also Senior Night, so all of the senior-class members of the team and their parents were recognized, as was the sole senior member of the cheerleading squad. The Titans defeated Soap Lake by a score of 62-20. Although the game was lopsided, there was never enough of a spread to invoke the mercy rule, and the game went on for all four quarters on a damp and cold...
The children in Harrington Elementary grades K-3 were given backpacks with coloring pages, crayons, a pencil and football all pertaining to calling 911, supplied by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO). Lyle Hendrickson, a jail superintendent with the LCSO, visited grades K-3 in Harrington to talk about calling 911 in Taunya Sanford’s classroom for Kindergarten/first grade and in Rachel Roberts’ classroom for grades 3/4. According to Hendrickson, the state’s 911 Commiss...
The Cub Scouts of Pack 784 will be distributing bags to Odessa households this Sunday as a part of the annual "Scouting for Food" program. Each year, the Cub Scouts deliver empty grocery bags to every household in Odessa. Residents are asked to place non-perishable food items in the bags and have them ready to be picked up the weekend of November 10-11, after which they will be delivered to the Odessa Food Bank in time for Thanksgiving. Food items that are especially needed, according to Food Bank director Julie Jantz, are...
Hi, here I am again. Last week it was about the Finks, this week we continue on. In 1930, Reuben married Elizabeth Homberg. Four children were born during their married life –Alvin D. in 1931, Marvin in 1932 and the twins Marciel & Maurice in 1933. The Frederick school was closed prior to 1931, therefore from 1931 to 1951, the children of Reuben & Elizabeth – Alvin D., Marvin, Marciel and Maurice attended the schools in Odessa while living with their parents on the Lin...
As reported in an earlier edition of The Odessa Record, there is a new face to be seen at the Town Clerk’s office these days. Gail Kiesz, who resides southwest of Odessa, has been hired to replace current Town Clerk Linda Burghard upon her retirement at the end of the year. Kiesz will be spending the next two months learning the ropes, and will be sworn in as clerk after Burghard’s retirement is official. Kiesz was born in Walla Walla and raised in North Idaho. She has bee...
Sheriff's Report 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. Oct. 22: A large portion of the Deer Meadows area was without phone service after a fiber optic line serving it broke. A bit of snow was reportedly falling in the Seven Bays area. Cattle were...
Democrats swept to victory in usually heavily Republican Odessa in 1932, with Franklin D. Roosevelt running for his first term, being the overwhelming choice in the residential race and the governorship going to Clarence D. Martin, a Cheney flour mill operator. The Great Depression was at its peak, and Odessa voters had sought a change in leadership as a means of getting the economy back in order. Roosevelt had promised this with his New Deal. Here is the report of the 1932 election in Odessa from the November 11 issue of...
Fourth-grade teacher Ellen Holman signed her class up for a live classroom webcast with singing star Taylor Swift under a free program sponsored by the Scholastic Book Club. During the 30-minute online event, Swift talked about the importance of books and reading, “where reading can take you” and how great literature has inspired her writing. She answered questions from students around the world and performed a song from her new album entitled Red....
The Odessa-Harrington Titans ended their regular volleyball season Saturday with a win over Almira/Coulee-Hartline, 3 games to 1. They also took the second-place spot in the league with that win and the previous week’s win over league leader Wilbur-Creston (providing W-C with their only league loss). O-H (9-2, 6-1) 25 16 25 25 3 ACH (6-8, 6-4) 16 25 13 14 1 Chelsea Fisher had 15 kills to lead both teams. ACH’s Fox had 11. In assists, Koralynne Kuch had 24 to lead the Titans. Tipps of ACH had 27. Kendall Todd delivered 2 ace...
The Odessa-Harrington junior-high football team shut out the Wilbur/Creston team, 34-0. Cole Kissler scored three touchdowns to lead the offensive effort by the Titans. Another highlight was a 60-yard touchdown run by Colt Sanford. Caleb Behrens scored a touchdown on a one-yard quarterback sneak. Jayd Jennings had an interception to end the game. Head coach Larry Weber said, “The defense rallied to the ball and tackled well, not allowing WC to score.” The O-H Booster Club purchased 160 hamburgers and served them to pla...
The District 7 NE 1B volleyball playoffs will begin at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, Nov. 1, in Odessa when Cusick will face off against ACH. The second match, at 4 p.m., will pit Odessa-Harrington against Selkirk. Two additional matches will take place at the same time. The losers’ bracket matches will then be played at 6 p.m., and the winners’ bracket matches will take place at 8 p.m. The top two winners and the winner of the losers’ bracket will then move on to the District finals to be played Saturday, November 3 in Spoka...
Boy Scout Troop #275 of the Blue Mountain Council has announced that Spencer Ballo, 18, of Kennewick has been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. Spencer is a Senior at Kamiakin High School in Kennewick, has been on the honor roll all four years and is active in Tech Club, cross-country and varsity track, as well as coaching this year for Upward Bound soccer. Ballo joins an elite group of young men who have earned the Eagle rank. The first Eagle was awarded in 1912 and less than 4% of Boy Scouts achieve this highest honor in...
Byron Behne watches the international grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 10/25/12: Wheat prices fell Thursday as traders took profits off the previous day’s rally on confirmation of the Ukraine banning exports in mid-November. Export sales of wheat for last week totaled 21 million bushels, which was decent and most likely due to that business to the unknown destination done at the end of the week. New crop white wheat prices are at the strongest basis levels that I've ever seen for this time of year, with P...
Last week an independent voter shared with me a concern that some people fear that socialism (business run by government) will ruin America. So let us first examine two definitions – one for capitalism, and one for socialism – as these seem to be the foundation for the concerns being voiced today. In very broad strokes, capitalism is based on private business dominating the economy for the purpose of generating wealth for the owners or stockholders by extracting it from working people who are paid only a small fraction of...
The regular meeting of the Odessa School Board on October 24 once again drew several parents and at least one grandparent of preschool-age children. At the previous month’s meeting, they had requested an additional day of preschool for their three-year-olds. The schedule originally set up by the ECEAP (Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program) had Odessa’s four-year-olds having three days of preschool and a group of older three-year-olds having two days of preschool. The youngest three-year-olds had only one day of...
Chief of Police Helen Coubra reported that the department has siezed a flatbed trailer which was used in the felony theft of aviation fuel from Wilbur-Ellis in May, and that as soon as the process is complete, the trailer will be licensed for use by the town. Coubra also reported that the department had been inspected by the Juvenile Justice System and no violations were found. She added that as Odessa’s police department has no detention facilities, it was merely a matter of checking departmental procedures for c...
