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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. 7: Deputies responded to a Davenport woman's report of harassment. Deputies determined that a woman's report of seeing two people naked in a car parked alongside SR 2 was unfounded. A caller...
Odessa PTO (Parent/Teacher Organization) president Suzie Diefe has announced that the organization is kicking off a drive to replace the old manually updated Odessa Tigers sign located on the southwest corner of the Festplatz (corner of First Avenue and Division Street) with a new electronic reader board. The PTO has obtained a preliminary bid of $10,000 for a new sign. The company the PTO has been working with, Apex LED of Spokane, has reported that the existing pole and power supply should be adequate for the new...
Chelsea Fisher (fourth from left in photo) of Odessa was among the members of the Bi-County All-Opponent Volleyball Team announced at the District 7 tournament held at Northwest Christian in Colbert Saturday, November 5. Team members were Hailey Sandman, Brianne Goodlake and Alex Potts of Wilbur/Creston; Chelsea Fisher of Odessa-Harrington; Brynna Stevens, Madeline Isaak and Jordan Jones of Almira/Coulee-Hartline and Rowee Swank of Valley Christian. Each girl received an...
It was playoff time in Odessa on Friday night, and the Titans played like it was. In freezing cold weather, the Cusick Panthers visited the Odessa-Harrington Titans with home-field aspirations for next week. Eighteen fumbles occured in this game – 18! The majority of them were center-to-quarterback exchanges, but 18 fumbles are too many nonetheless. O-H 16 18 8 12 -54 Cusick 0 8 6 0 -14 Titans quarterback Jared King accounted for 12 fumbles, but that was the only thing King di...
Sourdough waffles, there is nothing like them. For years, I had a wonderful sourdough starter that I kept going by using every couple of weeks. Due to not enough waffles, bread and biscuits being made, that starter died. When the latest Hospital Auxiliary cookbook came out I decided to try Pauline Schimke’s sourdough starter recipe. So far I have been very pleased with it. Sourdough Starter 1 package active dry yeast 1/2 cup lukewarm water 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 Tbsp salt 1 Tbsp granulated sugar 1 1/2 cups room t...
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. 31: Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a man who had fallen at the elementary school construction site. At least seven people went into the water after a boat tipped over near the Hawk Creek...
For three weeks in November 1909 Odessa fretted over an act of charity which was reported to be coming its way. The town of Palouse in Whitman County, according to Spokane newspapers, was sending a freight car loaded with fruits and vegetables for the farmers of the Odessa and Quincy areas. The people of Odessa were indignant over the circulation of a report that there was a shortage of food, The Odessa Record reported in its issue of November 12. No one seemed to have known how the story about poverty in Odessa got started....
The Odessa-Harrington girls volleyball team has made the cut as the number-three seed from District 7 to the state tournament. The 1B state volleyball tournament gets under way at the Yakima Sun Dome this Friday, November 11. The Titans will face the number-one seed from District 2, Christian Faith High School of Federal Way. Sporting red and navy blue colors, the Eagles are coached by Stephanie Pond. Last year, the Eagles finished in second place at the state tournament,...
The Titan football team earned the number-three seed position in this week’s District 7/9 crossover playoffs. The team will play Colton, the District 9 number-three seed, Friday, November 11, at 7 p.m., in Odessa. The winner will have a State berth, and the loser will be out of the tournament. Even though the game is being played in Odessa, it is a District playoff game and not a home game. Therefore, regular school season passes are not valid. Students and staff must pay to get in. Adults and students without ASB cards w...
In district tournament play at ACH High School in Coulee City Thursday, November 3, Odessa-Harrington defeated Wellpinit in three, 25-17, 25-17 and 25-14. The Titans then defeated Cusick, again in three, with approximate scores of 25-23, 25-17 and 25-11 (official scores were unavaible). In their third match of the day, the Titans fell to Almira/Coulee-Hartline 3-1 by scores of 25-21, 25-23, 17-25 and 25-23. Serving leaders were Lexie Hirst (22 and 1) for 96% and three aces....
The 2011 State Land Judging Contest was hosted by the Lincoln County Conservation District on November 2 at the Keith and LeAnna Schafer farm on Highway 28 five miles west of Odessa. Attending the contest were 135 students from the FFA chapters of 18 eastern and central Washington high schools. Schools sending one or two FFA land judging teams to the contest included Almira-Coulee-Hartline, Cheney, Davenport, Freeman, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Lacrosse, Lind, Moses Lake, Odessa, Pomeroy, Prosser, Ritzville, Rosalia,...
The Odessa Prime-Timers and the members of the Odessa chapter of the Red Hat Society will be hosting a free dinner at 5 p.m. on Saturday, December 3 at the Old Town Hall. The evening will feature a turkey dinner supplied by the club members, with potluck side dishes to be provided by the guests. Guests are also asked to bring items for “white elephant bingo,” which will be played following the dinner. Those wishing to attend are asked to call in their RSVP to Sharon Parr at 982-9932....
Dream 2. (Continuation): As he promised, the speaker that night at the Batum school, finished his presentation talking about Joyce Kiesz and her future husband, Larry. Fisher, Larry and Joyce Elaine Kiesz, (d. 7/20/2050, Larry – age 128, Joyce – age 127). Joyce will be born 1937 in Batum at the Raugust farm, one of four children born to Edward and Bertha Raugust Kiesz. Larry will be born 1936 in the Fisher’s addition at the Berry house in Palouse, Washington, one of two children born to Russell and Verna Manning Fishe...
Margie R. O’Neal died November 2, 2011 at Lincoln Hospital in Davenport, surrounded by her children. Marge was born on September 4, 1939 in Irby to Charlie R. and Ruth (Kissler) Jeske. She was the second daughter, joining her sister Shirley Ann. Marge received her formal schooling at Odessa schools. She was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church. Marge was known to family as a loving mother and grandmother. She is survived by her husband Clifford O’Neal of Creston; three sons, Rick A. Haase (Jim Terry) of Ogden, Utah, Bru...
The Odessa Cub Scouts of Pack #784 will once again be “Scouting for Food” this year. Over the past several years, the Cub Scouts have collected hundreds of pounds worth of food. This special food drive is used to provide Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners for a number of families in Odessa served by the Odessa Food Bank. This past Saturday, the Cub Scouts distributed plastic bags to every household in Odessa. This coming Saturday, November 12, at 10 a.m. the scouts will pick the bags up from the front porches of all the hom...
At the November 8 meeting of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce, Margie Hall, Executive Director of the Lincoln County Economic Development Council (EDC) distributed surveys to members and guests. The surveys are one of several information-gathering tools to be used by Eastern Washington University students who will be compiling the data for their senior project. The end result of the information gathering and analysis will be an economic development “vision” for the county. The survey questions were the same ones that residents...
Ninety-three years ago this week they were dancing in the streets of Odessa, celebrating a false report that an armistice had been signed by Germany, with the Allied nations declaring victory in World War I. Germany agreed to peace terms on November 11, 1918, a few days after this report of the “fake armistice” and how it was celebrated locally, appearing in the November 8 issue of The Odessa Record. Perhaps it was just a trifle premature, but the celebration of the reported signing of a peace armistice yesterday brought for...
The Odessa Quilt Club elected new officers for the coming year at the monthly October business meeting. The new officers are as follows: President, Debbie Buscher; Vice President, Kathie Donahue; Treasurer, Julie Weishaar; Secretary, Sherrie Heimbigner; Sgt. at Arms, Joyce McClanahan. The club sponsors many activities throughout the year. In March, they hold “Quilt ‘Til You Wilt,” an all-day quilting bee with games and quilt classes. In April, the annual Spring Fling Quilt Show is offered in the High School Gymnasium. Last...
Alberto and Lyndsay Reyes of Odessa, along with their children Chloe, AJ, and Mackenzie, have announced the arrival of their newest family member. Carlos Glen Reyes was born October 17, 2011 at 8:46 p.m. in Moses Lake. At birth, Carlos weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19 3/4" long....
Charles Lee Schoonover, age 79, died suddenly Friday, October 28, 2011, at Sacred Heart Medical Center after a short-term illness. He was born August 6, 1932, near Odessa on the Frederick homestead. He attended school in Odessa. He married Loretta Jean Greenwalt September 14, 1952. They celebrated 59 years of marriage this year. He farmed in Odessa, Lind and Ritzville areas and worked in construction, as well as a mechanic for 15 years out of the Spokane area. After deciding...
Wilmon K. “Bill” Warren of Lewiston, Idaho died Sunday, October 23, 2011 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was 76. Bill was born July 21, 1935 at Chickasha, Okla., to Floyd V. and Ina L. Brown Warren. The family lived in several areas prior to moving to Odessa, Wash. Bill and his high school sweetheart, Alyce Birge, were married in Coeur d’Alene June 2, 1954. They lived in Odessa, Ritzville and Walla Walla before settling in Moscow in 1969. Bill worked as a brick mason for various contractors and was proud to have...
I was thrilled today to read in the October 20 edition of The Odessa Record what my father (John Napier) had done 75 years ago. Because I was too young in 1936 to know of his ongoing work with cattle, things like this are helping me complete his history. Thank you. Joyce (Napier) Goodale Washougal...
Some interesting fact that you will never hear on the mainstream media. According to the Washington Post, the Washington D.C. area has become a great place for those that enjoy “living the dream”.... Washingtonians now enjoy the highest median household income of any metropolitan area in the country, and five of the top 10 jurisdictions in America — Loudoun, Howard and Fairfax counties, and Falls Church and Fairfax City — are here, census data shows. The signs of that wealth are on display all over, from the string of luxu...
For outstanding improvement in student achievement, Odessa High School was one of only 99 schools in the state of Washington to receive a 2011 School of Distinction Award. The 2011 School of Distinction award winners include 53 elementary schools, 22 middle/junior high schools, 17 high schools and 7 alternative schools. This year is the fifth year that the annual School of Distinction recognition has been awarded, and an Odessa school, either high school or elementary, has received it in four of the five years. Each regional...
Odessa Trading Company has been informed that it is the top sales dealer in CaseIH’s Western Region for 2011, and one of the top 28 CaseIH dealers in North America for the year. In January, the company was entered in a national sales competition, according to OTC general manager H.P. Carstensen. The dealership was competing in a field of 657 dealerships across nine regions. There were to be 28 winners; the top selling dealers of pre-sold orders for new equipment. Each w...
