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Area students listed on the honor roll for the 2014 fall semester at Washington University are Hannah Marjorie Null of Odessa and Jacob Alan Tanke of Mohler. Students are placed on the President’s Honor Roll by achieving an overall grade point average of 3.75 while enrolled in at least nine graded hours in a single semester at Washington State University or by achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 based on at least 15 cumulative hours of graded work at Washington State University, provided that the current s...
The Odessa School District, Odessa Fire Department, Odessa Hospital, Odessa EMS personnel, Odessa Police Department, Odessa Public Works, and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Deputies will team up to hold an “Active Shooter Drill” next month. Organizers, including Superintendent Suellen White, Principal Jamie Nelson, Fire Chief Don Strebeck, Police Chief Helen Coubra, Maintenance Supervisor Justin Parr, Hospital Administrator Mo Sheldon, Undersheriff Kelly Watkins, and Sheriff Wade Magers, met recently to work on the detai...
Area voters in 22 precints gave yes votes to all of the levies requested in the special election of February 10, 2015. Out of 2,592 registered voters in Lincoln County, only 1,306 submitted their ballots for a voter turnout of 50.39 percent. Another tabulation of the votes will take place February 23 prior to the certification date of February 24. Odessa School District 105 proposed a replacement maintenance and operation levy of $698,000. Total results for the district, which also includes Adams and Grant Counties, are:...
Lions club members Ted Bruya and Jim Williams begin work on an Americans with Disabilities Act compliant public rest-room in the city shop, which is across the street from the community center. The remodeled restroom will be properly identified on Highway 28 to target travelers needing such facilities when the businesses and parks are closed. Ironically, while they were gutting the bathroom, a couple with a small child pulled up desperately looking for a ba...
The Odessa Public Library is hosting a brief presentation by Richard Molsbee, Odessa’s USDA Food Safety Inspector, on Saturday, February 21 at 4 p.m. Richard is the inspector for the local meat processing plant and for Voise Sausage. As a consumer safety inspector, Molsbee will give a short talk on the basic safety elements of handling food and meat safely in home meal preparation. A question and answer period will follow the presentation and informative handouts will also be provided. This session should not be confused w...
Shooting 25 was Mark Iksic. Shooting 24s were Dan Asker, Mark Edwins, Jake Turner, Dennis Klemmer and Dave Pelham. Bill James, Ken Eckhart, Travis Iksic, Dave Lang, Scott Heimbigner, and Cody Follett shot 23s. Shooting 22s were Dave Asker, Mark Brashear, Daryl Kimble, McKenzie Bemis, Doug Brashear, Dylan Heer and Tyler Greenwalt. Shooting 20 and under were Camden Eckhart, Scott Mortimer, Austin Nelson, Carmen Eckhart, Ron Lesser, Dusty Kimble, Blake Wood, Jeff Norley, Susan James Jim Imbert, Mike French, Andrea Turner,...
The latest cash grain market here shows Soft White Wheat down at $6.07. Hard Red Winter is down at $5.85. DNS is down at $7.72. Barley is down at 148.00....
Birthdays for February 12: Steve Siegel, Adrian Moffet, Mark Worley and Joe Evavold. February 13: Camille eldridge. February 14: Terri Schmierer, Joyce Kuest, Bruce Haase, Nancy Pilinski, Ella Greenwalt, Alysia Chavez, J.J Schorzman. February 15: Mike Zagelow, HaLee Walter and Bernice Melcher. February 16: Jason Haase, Matthew Lane, and Sandi Smith. February 17: Beth Goetz, Jeremy Jasman, Micah Anderson, Sephen Walter, Kaden Haase and Steve Fink. February 18: JoAnn Hardt, Kelly Watkins and Dale Deife. Anniversaries for...
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18: Pork Chops, Au Gratin Potates, Green Bean Casserole, Glazed Carrots, Applesauce, WW Roll, Chocolate Cake. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19: Country Fried Steak, Potatoes and Gravy, Broccoli, Garden Salad, Chilled Peaches, WW Roll, Pudding. If you are not a regular attendee at senior meals and wish to participate, please call 982-2654 prior to 10 a.m. on the day of the meal. Suggested donation for a meal is $3.25 for those 60 and over. For those under age 60, lunch costs $8.00....
Leroy Kuest, second from left, shows off a quilt donated by 94th Bomb Group veterans of World War II. He lives in an extended care facility and says he is doing quite well...
Devin and Kimberly Ryan welcomed twin boys on October 24, 2014. Harvin Michael weighed 5 lbs., 5 oz. and was 17 3/4 inches long and was born at 4:48 pm. Harley Patrick weighed 5 lbs. 7 oz. and was 18 inches long and was born at 4:50 pm. Their maternal grandparents are Neil and Cheryl Jeske of Odessa. Paternal grandparents are Pat and Jan Ryan of Chelan and Jim and Cindy Evans of Coulee City. Great-grandparents are Elizabeth Gabe of Odessa, Tom and Loraine Ryan of Chelan, Pat...
Shooting 25 were Landon Lobe, Jared Praetorius and Brady Gies.Shooting 24 were Colley Walter, Jim Smith, Chris Phillips and Steve Telecky. Lane Lobe, Brandon Larmer, Hunter Bramer, Aaron Gies and Trevor Smith all shot 23. Shooting 22 were Traig Weishaar, William Mann, Ryan Lewis and Mike Nichols Jr., Dalles Deife, Harley Wraspir and Brian Wraspir shot 21. Shooting 20 and under were Drew Hardung, Jon Fink, HaLee Walter, Daeton Deife, Daniel Mann, Greg T., Pilot Weishaar, Maddy Wagner, Cody Larmer, Wyatt Smith, Steve Seigel,...
No one shot 25, but shooting 24 were Bill James, Mark Edwins, Kyle Starkel, Corey Shearer and Scott Mortimer. Shooting 23 were Mark Iksic, Dan Asker, Dave Asker, David Lang, Scott Heimbigner, Doug Brashear, Dave Pelham, Susan James and Brent Finkbeiner.Austin Nelson, Justin Starkel and Daryl Kimble shot 22. Mark Brashear, Dennis Klemmer, Dusty Kimble and Keeva Kimble shot 21. Shooting 20 and below were: Ken Eckhart, Carmen Eckhart, Cody Follett, Dylan Heer, Jake Bennett, Jeff Norley, Kerry Ribail, Ricky Poon, Lynette Nelson,...
It is again that time when the Odessa Clinic will be offering Free Skin Cancer Screenings! This will be the 8th year this service has been provided by the Odessa Clinic and the 3rd year for Brandon Lee, PA-C to offer this service. Almost everyone has moles, the common name for nevi. We want to encourage people with moles to be looking for ones that are unusual or different from the other ones on their bodies. Sometimes they might be unequal in shape or have ragged, notched or...
At the Odessa Gun Club, on January 25, Jared Praetorius led the pack with a perfect score of 25. Shooting 24 were Landon Lobe, William Mann, Ryan Lewis, Harley Wraspir, Justin hunt, Colley Walter and Jon Fink. Markham Nichols, Hunter Bramer, Brian Wraspir, Tom Schuh, Rod Herron, Ryan King, Tony Weber and Bill Weber shot 23. Shooting 22 were Trevor Smith, Lane Lobe, Steve Telecky, Chris Phillips and Nick Tebow. Shooting 21 were Alex Null, Randy Gies, Mike Nichols Jr., Tyler Smith, Colton Hunt and Brady Gies. Shooting 20 and...
Seven graduates of Odessa High School have been named to the Dean’s List at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Mariah Davison, Lexi Watkins, Jacob Dewulf, Charlie Moffet, Koralynne Kuch, Justin Hunt and Carley Williams, all of Odessa, were named to the Fall 2014 Dean’s List....
Members of the Odessa Historical Society met last week to vote on the two officers who were up for re-election this year. Pat Gies was re-elected vice president and Judy Scrupps was re-elected treasurer. President Paul Scheller announced that George Beck’s collection of Joshua Elmer photographs was recently added to the website www.washingtonruralheritage.org/Odessa. Elmer was a professional photographer who made Odessa his home during the initial years of the town’s existence. Included in those photos were several dep...
Although the high price of crab this year will keep the Odessa Lions Club from making the kind of money they normally do at their annual event, people nevertheless came out in droves to support the club's many civic activities and to enjoy crab that is fresher than any bought in a grocery store. Club member Jeff Schibel has a contact on the Washington coast who supplies the crab fresh from his boat. The crabs are cooked, cleaned and put on ice just prior to being picked up by...
November After a nearly 10-year effort, the Board of Directors of the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District adopted a resolution to allocate the first 17,639 acres of new Columbia Basin Project water to replace ground water permits in the declining Odessa Subarea aquifer. The Board’s resolution designated water for an initial pump station and pipeline system which would serve about 10,000 acres of eligible deep-well irrigated lands south of Interstate 90, utilizing new East Low Canal delivery capacity created as a result o...
Here are some simple tips to help keep respiratory infections and many other contagious diseases from spreading, especially during the cough, cold and “flu” season. Respiratory infections affect the nose, throat and lungs; they include influenza (the “flu”), colds and pertussis (whooping cough). The germs (viruses and bacteria) that cause these infections are spread from person to person in droplets from the nose, throat and lungs of someone who is sick. You can help stop the spread of these germs by practicing “respir...
There was a total of 47 trap shooters doing their best with limited visibility in the fog. Shooting 25 was Doug Brashear. Shooting 24 were Mark Iksic, Dan Asker, Daryl Kimble, Cody Follett, Dylan Heer. Ken Eckhart, Dave Asker, Austin Nelson, David Lang and Dennis Klemmer shot 23. Shooting 22 were Mark Edwins, Dusty Kimble and Kaden Johnson. Jake Bennett, Scott Mortimer, Mark Brashear, Dave Pelham, Josh Olsick, Shelby Brashear and Conrad Shearer shot 21. Shooting 20 and below were Carmen Eckhart, Ron Lesser, Josh Gray, Jason...
Birthdays for January 29:Franny Liner, Britney Wagner and Natasha Lobe. January 30: Josie Westmoreland, Janet Tapia, Josh Allen, Carol Bell, Mike Edens and Alvin Fink. January 31: Joanne Tebow, Lori Austin and Deanna Lobe. February 1:Edith Roloff. February 2: Todd Keister, Ashley Nolt, Michelle Carpenter, Kevin Kramer Jr. and Mahki Carroll. February 3: Mya Boss, Natosha Boss, Jocelyn Zigan and Dillen Johns. February 4: Ben Kniola, Ryan King and Lise Ott. Anniversaries for February 1: Allen and Joyce Kuest. Birthdays and...
1/29 Twelve Step Program– Odessa group meeting @ Heritage Church basement, 7 - 8 p.m., Odessa Commu- nity Closet @ Zion Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 10 a.m. - 1p.m. 01/30 Girls basketball @ 6 p.m. Boys basketball @ 7:30 p.m. Location Wellpinit. 01/31 Girls basketball @ 6 p.m. Boys basketball @ 7:30 p.m. Location TBA. 02/02 Quilt club @ museum barn, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., TOPS, Christ Lutheran Church, 11 a.m. 02/03 Odessa Public Library Board meeting @ library, 7 p.m. Girls basketball @ 6 p.m. Boys basketball @ 7:30 p.m. Location O...
The latest cash grain market here shows Soft White Wheat down at $5.83. Hard Red Winter is down at $5.58. DNS is down at $7.53. Barley is down at 148.00....
High Low Prec. S Jan. 22 35 27 .00 Jan. 23 32 29 .00 Jan. 24 34 31 .95 Jan. 25 43 31 .00 Jan. 26 46 32 .00 Jan. 27 51 30 .00 Jan. 28 34 29 .04 Yearly total to date 2.04 inches. Snow accumulation: .93 inches to date....
