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Almira/Coulee-Hartline defeated Odessa-Harrington at home Saturday, October 22, as the Warriors won three straight games 25-19, 25-18 and 25-23. All of the games were close, but the Titans could not pull out a victory. Hitting leaders were Kendall Todd with five kills and Chelsea Fisher with seven. Charli Moffet provided 10 assists. On serving, three Titans had 100%: Lexi Hirst (19-0), Koralynne Kuch (10-0) and Melanie Fehrer (12-0). Fisher had 4 blocks and Todd added 2. On...
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. 17: A collision involving a Washington State Patrol vehicle and a cow took place on Waukon Road just south of Tyler Road. A property owner encountered trespassing hunters on land adjacent to...
Frost has hit the pumpkins and just about everything else in local gardens. This weeks column includes a few recipes to use up the produce rescued from the frost, as well as some requested recipes. Numerous people asked for the recipe for a Caramel Cake that Bev Scherr brought to a coffee hour. She shared the recipe for Better Than Anything Cake, of which the Caramel Cake is one of the many variations. Following is the Caramel Cake directions. If you would like the other...
The year has kicked off and been a productive one for the FFA chapter members and agriculture students; both groups have been working diligently. Between practicing for upcoming CDEs (Career Development Events), signing up and working shifts at activities, and doing their fair share of homework, this time of year requires a good deal of effort and cooperation from everyone. During Deutschesfest the chapter was in charge of running the corn booth and assisted the FFA alumni in...
Wilmon (Bill) K. Warren, 76, of Lewiston, Idaho and formerly of Moscow, Idaho died Sunday, October 23, 2011, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. Arrangements are pending with Short’s Funeral Chapel of Moscow. Bill and his wife Alyce Birge Warren (deceased 2005) were former residents of Odessa....
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). Dream 2. Continuation. Walter Jr., Jacob, (b. 1896, Walla Walla, Washington. d. 11/14/1993). When he was 3, his family journeyed by wagon via Lyons Ferry on the Snake River to the Odessa area, where they homesteaded near the present town of Odessa. Mr. Walter graduated from Odessa H.S. in 1916. He also attended Washington State College. He married Rachel Ma...
The twice-yearly Lab Fair sponsored by the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center will be held November 9 and 10 in a new location - the downstairs area of the hospital also known as the Atrium. The cost is $30 per person for the regular screening, plus an additional $20 for the A1C test. Flu shots will also be available during the Lab Fair to save patrons an extra trip to the clinic....
Harrington residents will have the opportunity to provide the Lincoln County Economic Development Commission (EDC) with their input to be used in a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the county. Students from Eastern Washington University will be in Odessa October 24 to obtain input from citizens for the project. People who participate in a short exercise where they will be asked to rank the importance of some of the economic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats faced by Lincoln County. The EDC will...
October 15 at Wilbur, the Wilbur-Creston Wildcats defeated the Odessa-Harrington Titans in three close games, 25-20, 25-19 and 25-22. Serving leaders for the Titans were Lexi Hirst who was 11-1 for 92%, with two aces and Charli Moffet, 9-0 for 100% with one ace. Kendall Todd and Chelsea Fisher combined for 17 kills while Moffet contributed 20 kill assists. Defensively, Jordan Tanke had 18 digs. Hirst had 9 and Moffet added 7. On serve receive, Hirst was at 85% with 6-1. Tanke...
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. 7: A shed on the lower level of the Creston ball field was demolished as a result of two acts of malicious mischief. Footprints found on the structure indicated it had been kicked in, splitting...
Fifty years ago this week things were looking up in Odessa, which was believed to have become the largest town in Lincoln County. There was a scramble for housing, in fact, living quarters of any kind, as dozens of construction workers moved in to work on the ICBM launching site under construction south of Batum. Test drilling for oil was going on, attracting more people. Prosperity was in the air. A front page report in The Odessa Record on the town’s new growth was headlined “Odessa Heading for County Top”. It appea...
The Lincoln County Economic Development Commission (EDC) is currently in the process of compiling data to be used in a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the county. Students from Eastern Washington University will be in Odessa October 24 to obtain input from citizens for the project. "Listening posts" will be set up between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. outside Odessa Foods and the post office. Students will have story boards with four different questions for people to answer. According to Margie Hall, EDC Executive...
Much of Monday night’s town council meeting was spent discussing the proposed cost increase of dispatch and jail services from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO). Currently, the town of Odessa pays $2,500 per year for the service. Sheriff Wade Magers is proposing an annual cost of $18,000, based on several contributing factors. Magers looked at alternate ways of calculating the billing; using number of calls, percent of usage, population, and other factors. According to his report, the $18,000 figure was the low...
The junior-high Titans led at the half by a score of 19-14, which was also the final score, as neither team was able to score in the second half. Coach Larry Weber said quarterback Caleb Behrens of Harrington is starting to get comfortable running the no-huddle offense and making good decisions with the football. He also had a 65-yard rushing touchdown in the game. Other high points were a 55-yard receiving touchdown by Colt Sanford and a 60-yard receiving touchdown by Dylan...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans traveled to Inchelium to face the Hornets in a gritty, hard-hitting affair last Friday. The Titans scored early and often, jumping to a 24-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. After a 30-0 halftime lead, the Titans would survive a comeback attempt by the Hornets, to reach a score of 66-28 at game’s end. The Titans’ Brett Larmer (12), carried the rock 12 times for 94 yards, a stunning 7.8 yards per carry, along with a rushing touchdown. He acc...
Eight public school districts have been selected to participate in the Teacher Principal Evaluation Project (TPEP) Regional Implementation Grant for the 2011-12 school year. The eight districts will make up a consortium, led by NorthEast Washington Educational Service District (NEWESD) 101, collaborating on a state grant aimed at improving teacher and principal evaluation systems. These districts will be part of a second phase of a multi-year state grant that began last year with the development of new evaluation criteria...
I encourage your readers to send or email the following message to our representatives in Congress. “Well, October 15 has come and gone. Have you and other members of Congress put 6 million of the 25 million jobless Americans back to work yet? “Remember, you folks need to put one million jobless Americans back to work every two weeks between August 1, 2011 and November 1, 2012. “How's that going? Haven’t seen anything in the news about Congress putting millions back to work yet. Isn’t there an election in a year?" Thanks. D...
I don’t know who William River Pitt is, nor do I care. After reading his column in last week’s paper, it is quite easy to figure out who he is and how he thinks. He is pretty fast to blame everyone else for all the faults in this country, except the ones who are really responsible. I wonder, Mr. William River Pitt, if you have ever heard of Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton or Janet Reno or Barney Frank or Chris Dodd or Barak Obama. Do you know who they are? They are the ones that gave us the sub-prime mortgage rate. There is a b...
The Odessa-Harrington Athletic Booster Club Dinner & Auction held October 8 in Odessa at the Community Center made a net profit in excess of $18,000. The steak dinner made a profit of $2,348.84, and the bar made a profit of $1,066.24. Donations prior to the event brought in $1,000, with an additional $1,425 in donations coming in during and after the event. The silent auction brought in $4,673 and the live auction $9,180. After paying $759.46 for purchasing some of the auction items and $75 for the services of the...
Women’s Health Night, held last Wednesday evening in the social hall of Heritage Church, was a rousing success, with more than 100 area women taking advantage of the dinner and information that were provided. Grant money, donations of door prizes, guest speakers and the public-service efforts of the FBLA Chapter at Odessa High School made the evening possible at no cost to the women who attended. The student members of the Odessa High School chapter of the Future Business L...
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce will be awarded $10,000 toward the completion of its commercial kitchen project, and the Odessa Lions Club will also be awarded $10,000 toward its Festplatz project by the Lincoln County Commissioners. The final decision on which projects to fund was made Tuesday, with the commissioners deciding that all the projects submitted were worthy of funding. The following communities and organizations were also awarded grants from the Lincoln County Economic Development Fund: Almira – Water Reservoir P...
We were the beneficiaries last week of contractor Peter Cooper’s interest in masonry. He is the gentleman working on The Odessa Record/Any Occasion Banquet Hall building, scraping away old paint, repairing broken brick and adding the proper type of mortar to stabilize the building. On Tuesday evening of this week, he told us he worked until midnight reparing the arch above the main doors to The Record’s offices. He told us he had to finish the work all in the same day bec...
The Odessa-Harrington Athletic Booster Club, with assistance from the Odessa Riders Club, put on a dinner and auction Saturday evening to raise money for warm-up jackets and other gear for all of the O-H sports teams. Grilled steaks, a baked potato bar, Caesar salad and white or chocolate cake for dessert made up the menu. As people made their way through the buffet-style serving line, they had plenty of opportunity to visit with old friends or meet new people. Businesses and...
Editor’s note: The Chamber notes below begin with the remainder of the September 27 Chamber meeting results, followed by the October 11 results. Margie Hall, Lincoln County Economic Development Council (EDC) director, urged all Lincoln County businesses to add any commercial properties available for sale or lease to the list being maintained by her Davenport office. The list is being used to target northwest entrepreneurs looking to get out of urban environments, letting them know that lower-cost facilities are available t...
On September 29, 2011, the Columbia River Policy Advisory Group (CRPAG) met in Ellensburg to discuss several major water supply issues relating to the Columbia River.A key issue discussed was the Odessa Aquifer Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which will start the process of getting surface water delivered to irrigators in the Odessa Subarea to replace their use of groundwater from the rapidly declining aquifer. In particular, Bill Gray of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and Derek Sandison of the Washington State...
