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The Odessa-Harrington Titans traveled to Moses Lake to play the Neah Bay Red Devils in the semi-finals championship game. In the first 83 seconds of the game, the Red Devils were ahead 12-0 and forced two fumbles on the Titans’ first two plays with the ball. Jared King (7) and Brett Larmer (12) both fumbled, and each time the ball was recovered for a score. We lost 34-74 in the middle of the 3rd quarter. Our offensive line was disastrous, and we just didn’t play as though we r...
Members of the Knowledge Bowl team at Odessa High School have begun competing this fall. Team members this year are seniors Kira Powell, Kaitlin Estep, Hailey Williams, Austin Schmierer and Rebekah Marshall, juniors Amanda Hardt and Kendall Todd, sophomores Jacob DeWulf, Chelsea Fisher and Griffey Powell, and freshmen Keith Erber, Sam Schafer, Garrison Schmierer and Thorsen Wehr. Competitions are generally on Tuesdays....
The Odessa-Harrington Titan football team took third place Saturday in the semi-final game against Neah Bay, a small town on the Olympia peninsula. The trophy was awarded right after the game. Receiving the sportsmanship award for the Titans was Brett Larmer, senior running back from Harrington. Neah Bay 36 22 16 -74 O-H 20 14 0 -34 The game ended in the third quarter when the point spread reached 40, dashing the Titans’ hopes for a trip to the championship game at the T...
Jake passed away November 28, 2011. He was born September 4, 1911, in Teplitz, a German settlement near the Black Sea in Russia. After marrying Lydia Kern in 1940, their entire village was relocated to Germany and they worked on a state-run farm. In 1945, he was drafted into the German Army and wounded, then captured, spending nearly five years in various labor camps in Western Russia. Reunited in 1949, Jakob, Lydia, and their young daughter immigrated to the United States,...
Odessa High School science teacher Jeff Wehr has added yet another accolade to his impressive resume. He is one of only five recipients in the nation of the Siemens Founders Award. This award is given in recognition of an individual or school for encouraging students to participate in math, science or technology research programs and efforts to provide the necessary support consistent with Siemens Foundation mission of enhancing math and science in American high schools. Only...
Frankie Groh died November 25, 2011 in Odessa. He was born August 11, 1928 in Odessa to Frank and Pauline (Flath) Groh. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1946. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Noreen Groh, at the home and by one sister, Kathy (and Bryan) Holjeson, of Harrington; three nieces: Cindy and (Manny) Hemmerling, Shawn and (Todd) Claypool and Roberta and (Steve) Telecky; two nephews: Greg (and Kim) Buchmann and Scott (and Kris) Buchmann and several grand...
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. Nov. 21: Reardan's animal control officer reported recovering a purebred golden retriever. Deputies responded to a report that a man stood at the corner of Morgan and Fifth streets in Davenport, screa...
Canniwai Grange and Odessa Grange have announced that their annual combined Christmas dinner will be held Thursday, December 8 at 6 p.m. at the VFW Social Hall. This year’s guest speaker will be Don Strebeck, who recently returned from a trip to Germany, where he attended “Agritechnica,” the world’s largest exhibition of agricultural machinery. The trip was awarded to Odessa Trading Company as a result of the company’s success at equipment sales, being named the top dealership in Case IH’s western region for 2011. OTC g...
Hi, here I am again. “The Schibels” (continued): On 09 April 1919, Henry Schibel married Katherine "Katie" Frick. Katie was age 19, Henry age 22. Katie's parents were Heinrich "Henry" & Anna Margaret Schafer Frick. At the time, the Fricks were living in Adams Co. TS 20N, R31E, Section 2, about 1½ miles north of Moody and almost 2½ miles southwest of the Schibel farm. I have been told the Fricks settled in the area around 1900, and that they were the last in the area to farm with horses which was toward the end of the 1930s...
Throughout the first half of the 20th Century, “market days” played an important role in the commerce of Odessa. The events were planned to bring buyers into the stores. Bargain prices were offered. There was often entertainment. As the buyers were for the most part farmers of the area, sometimes farm seminars with agricultural experts as speakers, were on the program. The very first market day took place 103 years ago. This was the report in The Odessa Record of November 20, 1908: Despite the bad weather conditions prevailin...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 11/23/11: Thank goodness the week is over. Well, technically there’s a short futures session on Friday but there won’t be anyone around to trade it. Gloomy economic news here, in Europe, and overnight in China continues to dominate the markets. Manufacturing gauges in China came in poorer than expected overnight, adding to the negative feelings today. 11/28/11: There wasn’t any additional bad news out of Europe over the long weekend and the financial market...
Lise and Norm Ott and Gail and Gus Kiesz are to be congratulated for the wonderful Thanksgiving meal potluck for all of us “orphans” or older couples with the choice of cooking for two or going out. This was so nice, from the set tables, to the wonderful organization of making this a reality. The visiting, games and the food were outstanding. Thank you for giving the people of Odessa another reason to be grateful for our small town. Sam and Sheryl Roberts Odessa...
Santa will be arriving Wednesday, December 7th at about 5 p.m. He’ll be flying in to the Odessa Public Library, where he has graciously agreed to sit for portraits with local children of all ages. The Record has been informed by elves in the know that he’ll only be available until 7 p.m. that evening, so be sure to get there in plenty of time. While you wait in line, you can look over the raffle items on offer by the Friends of the Library, The second annual fundraising raffle offers several items that would make wonderful gi...
The Odessa School Board meeting on Monday, November 28, was preceded by a levy workshop to allow members to discuss the maintenance and operations (M&O) levy and capital projects levy that will be placed before voters in February. The levy amounts must be determined and sent to the Lincoln County Auditor by December 30. Superintendent Suellen White recommended that the board leave the levy amounts at the current levels and gave several reasons why they should not be reduced. During the work done on the building over the past...
Black Friday is over and done with. The major retailers around the country have done their best to lure consumers through their doors and down the aisles. For those who don’t care to dare the crowds and bright lights of all-night shopping, there’s another option: Shopping locally. While smaller retailers in rural communities may not be able to offer the variety found in larger stores, there are many benefits that may offset that lack. Most of Odessa’s businesses are owned by residents of the community, who in turn suppo...
Threats that morning snow showers may materialize by Thanksgiving Day have been just that; threats (so far). Snow or not, it is always a good time for soup. Vicki Strang recently shared her recipe for Gypsy Soup, a highly seasoned vegetable mixture that would easily accommodate the addition of leftover turkey and feed a dozen or so football fans on game day. Gypsy Soup 4 Tbsp olive oil 2 cups chopped onion 1/2 cup chopped celery 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 cups peeled, diced...
For the week for October 31 through November 5, Kendall Todd of Odessa joined classmate Jared King (for 1B football) in being named WIAA/Seattle Times State Athletes of the Week for 1B volleyball. Through an oversight or some kind of confusion at the WIAA, her information was not forwarded to Odessa-Harrington athletic director Darin Reppe until last Friday. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that the information cited on the Seattle Times website stated that Todd...
The Odessa-Harrington Titan football team has joined the Titan girls volleyball team in qualifying for state tournament play. They defeated King’s Way Christian of Vancouver, Wash. in the first round of the State 1B playoffs held last Saturday in Centralia by a score of 76-36. In the other quarter-final game, Almira/Coulee-Hartline defeated Touchet, 52-8, in a game played Friday, November 18, in Moses Lake. Like the O-H game, this one went into the fourth quarter before the me...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans traveled six hours to Centralia to face the King’s Way Christian Knights in a battle to advance to the semi-finals. O-H 20 20 20 16 -76 King's Way 8 8 14 6 -36 The contest ended with over 100 points being scored, with touchdowns occurring fast and furiously. The game ended midway through the fourth quarter with a score of 76-36, a Titan blowout victory. Through the first three quarters of action, the Titans scored 60 points, 20 in each quarter. Off...
For the past 70 years, the Odessa Lions Club has been treating the community to its annual Turkey Carnival. This year, club members added a little extra atmosphere with the presence of two live turkeys, one male and one female, in a pen near the bingo announcer’s table. The turkeys belong to the Joe McNeil family, which raises poultry on its farm near Odessa. They were only there for show, however, and went back home after the carnival. More than 150 frozen turkeys were won l...
On a recent trip to Australia President Obama told a group of Aussie students that their counterparts in his country had "fallen behind" when it comes to math and science, saying he wants to reform the public school system. Obama also asserted that poor children don't get "support they need when they're very young" and are "already behind" when they enter grammar school. This from a person who uses a teleprompter to speak to grade school kids, who pays $30,000 per child to put his kids in private school. But for once he may...
To a select group of ladies and gentlemen of Odessa: May I interest you in an opportunity that . . . No, that’s too formal. How did he put it? Oh, yes . . . “I want YOU” for the Odessa School District Board of Directors District 1 Representative! Let yourself imagine the ways that you can help the students of the district reach their full potential and excel towards their goals. If you can imagine yourself making that difference, then please, pick an application up at the District office. Think about it. Think about you m...
Odessa-Harrington athletic director Darin Reppe has announced that the Ryan Floch Memorial Basketball Games, originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 29, at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake this year, have been postponed due to the high school football playoffs. Several Odessa-Harrington football team members are still practicing and playing games each weekend until they either lose and go home or win and move on to the next game. Many members of the football team also plan to play basketball but will be unable to...
The first automotive casualty of the season was a Subaru that failed to yield the right-of-way Monday morning at the corner of Highways 21 and 28. There were no injuries reported as a result of the accident, but the Subaru had to be towed away. Odessa Town Marshal Mike Wren, in a follow-up interview, had these tips for area drivers to remember when weather conditions turn adverse. 1) Slow down. Even though the posted limit on First Ave. is 30 miles per hour, Wren says that is...
Most residents of the Odessa area remained blissfully unaware and slept right through last Friday’s seismic event. The Associated Press reported that a 4.6 earthquake shook north central Washington last Friday at 5:09 a.m. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network reported it was centered seven miles northwest of Omak and eight miles northwest of Okanogan. Initially estimated at 4.0 magnitude, seismologists later upgraded the earthquake to 4.6. Callers to the KPQ radio station in Wenatchee are said to have felt the tremor in L...
