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After last week’s overpowering win over LaCrosse/Washtucna, the O-H Titans were handed a decisive defeat this past week at the hands of Cusick, 48-14. Cusick 8 26 6 8 48 O-H 0 0 8 6 14 After Justin Hunt intercepted a pass on the very first play of the game, the Cusick team settled down and dominated the Titans. Cusick’s first touchdown came on a 24-yard run and two-point conversion. The rest of the first quarter was defensive, and neither team scored. In the second qua...
Odessa has another new off-main-street business just beginning to take off. The Gathering House Retreats LLC is designed for "small group retreats, quilt show weekends, quilters, scrap bookers, beaders, crafters, knitters and others to gather and spend time with friends while working on projects or just a good visit," according to flyers produced by owner Jan Hinton of Odessa. Hinton, who is originally from Garfield, Wash. and her husband Dan, raised in Southern Idaho, have...
Britney Lynn Praetorius of Odessa and Lance Carlyn Wagner of Harrington will be united in marriage November 10, 2012, at the Heritage Church in Odessa with Pastor Jon Hayashi officiating. Britney is the daughter of Lee and Debbie Praetorius of Odessa and the granddaughter of Louella and the late Robert Praetorius, and Wayne and the late Vi Frederick. Lance is the son of Ken Wagner of Harrington and Colleen Wagner of Spokane and the grandson of the late Ervin and Janet Wagner...
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. Sept. 3: Odessa ambulance personnel assisted a woman who had been bucked off a horse in the vicinity of East Dobson Road. Minimal damage was reported to a vehicle involved in a collision with a deer o...
Festplatz, the center of Deutschesfest activities, boasts a vast array of German and American food selections. Many of the items offered for sale are made from recipes that have been used since the beginning of Deutschesfest, adapted from recipes used by Germans from Russia for over a century. A number of these recipes originated in everyday cooking in our ancestors kitchens and adapt well to current food tastes. Kraut Ranza predates today's pizza pockets by at least one hundred years. Golden brown yeast bread wraps the meat...
The Bronco Invitational volleyball tournament was held Saturday, September 8, in Ritzville. Odessa won all of its matches, defeating Ritzville, 25 - 15 and 25 - 7, St. Georges, 25 - 6 and 25 - 11 and Northport, 25 - 15 and 25 - 7. In serving, Lexie Hirst led the Titans in the tournament with 100 percent, with 20 - 0 and with 9 aces. Jordan Tanke served 12 - 1, with 3 aces, while Koralynne Kuch was 21 - 2, with 5 aces and Kendall Todd was 39 - 2, with 5 aces. Leading in spiking were Chelsea Fisher with 23 kills, Jordan Tanke...
“The Bible is central to our faith,” said Pastor Jon Hayashi of Heritage Church but many people are intimidated by its scope and size. The Story gives us a way to journey from Genesis to Revelation together in 31 weeks so everyone understands God's story and how their story intersects with it.” The Bible is the best-selling book in history, but how many people in Odessa are actually reading it? A Gallup survey reports the average American household has four Bibles. However, research by Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life...
Kathleen "Kathy" (Lobe) Andrews, loving mother, grandmother and friend to many, passed away peacefully at home on August 22nd, 2012 at the age of 69. Kathy was born on March 15, 1943 in Odessa, WA to Leo & Viola (Zeiler) Lobe. She was raised on a wheat farm the oldest of three children. At age 16, she quit high school to marry Larry Ramm. From this marriage, her three beautiful children were born that survive her. On June 25, 1966, she married Kermit (Andy) Andrews in Couer...
The O-H Titans football team got its season off to a good start with a 44-20 drubbing of LaCrosse/Washtucna last Friday afternoon in Washtucna. The next two games will be home games, against Cusick this Friday and against Touchet next week in the Sausage Bowl. The volleyball team held the Odessa Jamboree here on Tuesday the high school gym. The Titans did very well, defeating Entiat, 21-7 and 21-16; defeating Moses Lake Christian 21-7 and 21-3 and splitting their games with...
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. Aug. 27: A railroad crossing malfunction was reported at the Mondovi crossing. A broken window was discovered at the Davenport city pound at Eleventh and Ross streets. A juvenile boy was identified...
Tuesday morning, Frank and Marcus Horak opened for business as usual. Just not in the usual place. In just a little over two months, the brothers have purchased the old VFW building, remodeled it and moved their entire Odessa Auto Parts inventory from their former location on West First Ave. According to the brothers, the whole idea began around July 1, when they made an offer on the VFW building. The purchase was finalized at the beginning of August, and the real work began....
Blake Gregory Luiten was born at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane April 11, 2012, weighing 8 pounds, 1 ounce and measuring 21.5 inches long. His parents are Landon and Kim Luiten of Spokane. Paternal grandparents are Greg and Kellie Luiten of Odessa and Doug and Cindy Smith of Airway Heights. Maternal grandparents are Gail and Barry Bolster of Spokane and Enver Apaydin of Spokane. Great grandparents are Lois Luiten of Odessa and Coleen Janke also of Odessa. Great great...
The results of the Lincoln County Fair have been released and only the swine results have somehow gone missing and will be provided later. Display booths representing the theme of this year’s fair were entered by Canniwai Grange of Odessa, which took first place and the Lincoln County Pomona Grange of Marlin which took second place. The Odessa/Harrington FFA chapters worked together on a display entitled “Is There Yellow in Your Green?”, which won Best of Show. In the FFA P...
On Saturday, September 13, 1902, Odessa voters overwhelmingly approved a proposition for the incorporation of their town. The Record notes the 100th anniversary of this even elsewhere in this issue, but reprints below an editorial which appeared in the September 19, 1902, on what incorporation meant to the community. The editorial is prophetic about Odessa’s future, much of which turned out to be true: Last Saturday the citizens of this community wrote a new page in the history of the town when, by an almost unanimous vote, i...
Only one week left to Deutschesfest, and there is still much work to do. And plans to get it done, if you know who to ask. Dale Ramm, project coordinator for the outdoor stage, reported that all Lions are encouraged to come to the Festplatz all day Saturday and after church Sunday to finish up. There are trim boards to be painted and installed, and the bricks which were sold to finance the project to be laid. Ramm said that having the bricks finished is the highest priority. “We’ll get it all done,” he said. Marlon Schaf...
LaMar Heimbigner died August 6, 2012 in Odessa. He was born July 5, 1930 to David and Mary Heimbigner at the family home in Odessa, the youngest of their seven children. He was a life-long member and deacon of the Christ Lutheran Church, baptized February 22, 1931 and confirmed November 28, 1948. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1950, where he lettered in football, basketball and track. During high school he worked at Michaelsen's grocery store and took harvest jobs....
Preparations for Deutschesfest 2012 are well underway. Odessa’s royalty, Miss Odessa Kendall Todd and Princesses Koralynne Kuch and Melani Fehrer, have been visiting parades and events around the area, promoting the Fest and making sure that people wherever they go are well versed in the “Chicken Dance.” Chamber members have been busy repairing, painting and constructing tables and benches for use in the Biergarten, as well as upgrading the outdoor sound system for playi...
A group of Odessa residents, including Chamber of Commerce president Marlon Schafer and Paul Hopp, are hoping to raise interest for the refurbishment and reinstallation of the historic town clock, which has graced at least two buildings in town until its retirement. The clock, which is over six feet tall from base to cap, was originally, according to Hopp, hung on the front of the Thiel Block, outside what is now Iverson Law Office. The filled-in holes from that installation...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area (where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up). Hi, here I am again. In 1961, prior to graduation from Washington State College-University, Joyce and I would visit her parents, sister and brother-in-law, Robert "Bob" Monroe in Odessa and out at Batum, her brother - Gordon, his wife - Margie, their children - Mike and Vickie. Occasionally as we passed through Odessa heading out to Batum, we would notice...
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. Aug. 13: Sprague firefighters handled a brush fire at SR 23 and Ringwood Road. Two llamas were reported at-large on Fitness Lane near SR 28 near Davenport. A local logger's skidder was reported...
The Ritzville Art Gallery has begun featuring different artists on the first Friday of each month. On September 7, several local authors will be featured and will be signing their published works and discussing their upcoming books. Dr. Miles Athey Miles Athey, Ritzville resident, will discuss his most recent publications, a Western trilogy of historical fiction about Ritzville in 1882 called Crab Creek Chronicles. Dr. Athey spent most of his career as a technical researcher, consultant and college professor. Over the past...
It was just about two months before the Crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression. Nobody knew what was in store for Odessa and the rest of the world when The Odessa Record rolled off the press on August 23, 1929, 84 years ago this week. Odessa seemed to be a happy, contented community. Harvest, although not one of the better ones, was over. School was to start with the largest enrollment ever expected. Oddly, the first day of school would be Labor Day, a legal holiday, and while students would enroll and receiv...
I am a Democrat. I believe in a person’s right to own a gun. I believe in taxes according to your income. I believe in health care for all. I believe in helping people in need. I believe in equal rights for all people. I believe in marriage between two people male or female. I believe in freedom of right to choose your own religion or a right to have no religion. I believe in a woman’s right to choose or not to choose pregnancy. I believe in a person’s right to an opinion or to change that opinion. With all beliefs and right...
Mitt Romney's economic plan would favor the wealthiest, according to a new independent analysis by the Brookings Institution and the Tax Policy Center. The average middle class family with children would see a $2,000 tax hike, while the wealthiest five percent of Americans - including Romney - would get a tax cut of $87,000. Is this the America you want? Duane Pitts Odessa...
Former Odessa Town Council member Kim C. Ramm narrowly lost her bid to become a Lincoln County Commissioner. In the final vote count taken on Monday, August 20, she trailed Alan Stromberger by only six votes. She had a total of 346 votes for 32.46% of the total. Stromberger had 352 votes or 33.02% of the total, and Mark Stedman had 368 or 34.52% of the total 1,066 votes. Stromberger and Stedman will face off in the general election in November. In a separate electoral race, Ramm retained her seat as the Republican Precinct Co...
