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ODESSA--The Chamber of Commerce met for their regular noon meeting on April 12 at the Odessa Golf and RV clubhouse. Secretary pro tem Laura Estes reports that the preliminary results from the Stumpjumpers’ Desert 100 weekend showed nearly double profits from the last held race year in 2019. Planning is said to be underway for having greater participation by vendors from Odessa and for ways to encourage and facilitate shopping in Odessa for those attending the event. Additional signage pointing to Odessa and paper handouts lis...
ODESSA – Greg Luiten, manager of the Grange Supply Company of Odessa-Harrington worked with the Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society to submit a grant application in February to Seeds for Stewardship, a competitive grant program that matches funds for projects that develop the next generation of ag leaders, improve ag safety and enhance the vitality of a community. Cenex Harvest States (CHS) has announced a contribution of $3,123 to the Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society as a m...
The sons of HaLee and Colley Walter of Odessa joined the racing action last Saturday out at the Desert-100 campsite. Tucker and Sawyer raced in the poker run, while younger brothers Hank and Hudson participated in the kids' races. Hudson Walter placed fourth in the 9/10-year-old age group and Hank placed 14th out of 61 kids in the eight-and-under group. The day was blustery, and the dirt was swirling through the campsite and the racecourses. But rain or shine or dust or...
DEER PARK – The Glen Wolf Invitational track and field meet was held at Deer Park on Friday, April 1. The Odessa Tigers competed well. The girls’ team finished in third place, competing against some much larger schools. The boys’ team struggled and ended up tying for 20th place with Garfield-Palouse. The schools taking part in the meet were Jenkins HS (Chewelah), Columbia (Hunters), Deer Park, Garfield Palouse, Kettle Falls, Liberty (Spangle), Lind-Ritzville, Logos HS (Moscow, Idaho), Mary Walker (Springdale), NW Christian (C...
ODESSA – The Crab Creek Alliance hosted its grand opening March 25-26 at its newly purchased location at 17 W. First Ave. Housed in the former Ott/Haase Insurance location, the Alliance is a non-profit organization established by several local residents to build community spirit, fosteri inclusivity, and celebrate the history of the town and promote its future. The group has applied for tax exempt 501(c)(3) status. The building's front office space has been furnished with a c...
ODESSA – Kay Gentry is the Odessa Clinic's newest medical provider. She is a nationally certified family nurse practitioner and comes to Odessa most recently from the New Health Program in Chewelah, Washington. Originally from Taiwan, Gentry obtained her bachelor of science degree from Indiana State University in 1992. She completed an Accelerated Master's in Nursing Pathway program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2016, then spent about a year at the Northwest G...
LINCOLN COUNTY-Most local high school baseball and softball teams got their seasons going this week. Odessa baseball began with a visit from Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Saturday, while Reardan baseball and softball went to Chewelah for a doubleheader with Jenkins. Davenport baseball, meanwhile, also played LRS to open its season. Odessa baseball loses two in opener In Saturday's opening double-header against Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna, the Tigers started game one with a bang,...
ODESSA – Meeting of Feb. 28, 2022: Council re-approved the release of funds for the cable across First Ave. in the middle of downtown Odessa. The agreement for release of the $1,871.60 in hotel/motel tax money had expired due to Covid delays. The Odessa Lion Club’s Jeff Schibel requested the council relieve the club from having to pay so much for meetings held in the OTH. The club was willing to pay to help defray heating and cooling costs, but since their purpose was to provide improvements for the town, they could do more i...
ODESSA – The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met March 8, mainly to discuss plans for the Desert 100 hospitality tent. Chris Crossley encouraged community members to volunteer for shifts serving and cashiering. Open shifts are listed on the Odessa WA Facebook page, Crossley said, and she can be contacted at 509-988-0729 to sign. A shuttle for workers will be running from town to the site and back the weekend of Mar. 31-Apr. 3, 2022. Chamber approved the purchase of Ukrainian national flags to fly in the downtown corridor in s...
ODESSA – Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24 and continues to produce massive destruction in major cities within the country, has been described by Russian officials as targeting only Ukrainian military facilities. Meanwhile, independent reporting continues to show bombardment of civilian targets such as hospitals and residential neighborhoods. For one Odessa resident, the unfairness of it all prompted him and several of his Western Washington friends to s...
ODESSA – Native son William F. (Bill) Schillinger retired Jan. 1, 2022 from his position at Washington State University as a professor and research agronomist. Much of his time over the past 30 years has been devoted to his work at the WSU Dryland Research Station near Lind, Wash., where test plots are studied over several years to ascertain their suitability for the low-rainfall regions of the Pacific Northwest. On Feb. 21, Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, introduced state S...
ODESSA – Odessa High School advisor for the Future Business Leaders of America, Terri King, reports that the members of the Odessa chapter have chosen home-based businesses as the focus of their American Enterprise Project with the Odessa School District’s eighth-grade students. According to Nerdwallet, a website that provides comparisons of financial products, expert information and helpful tools for managing money, roughly 50 percent of all small businesses in the United States are considered home-based businesses. Man...
The final week of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 27, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results At the Odessa Gun Club, no shooters shot all 25 targets. Cody Stanford and Ryan Lewis shot 24, while Jared Praetorious, Tyler Smith, Brian Wraspir, Danny Richardson and Tucker Walter all shot 23. Shooting 22 were Nick Tebow, Garret Braun, Colley Walter and Jared King. Anthony Paszkeicz shot 21. Those with 20 and under were Jon Fink, Trevor Smith, B...
Odessa High School advisor for the Future Business Leaders of America, Terri King, reports that the members of the Odessa chapter have chosen home-based businesses as the focus of their American Enterprise Project with the Odessa School District’s eighth-grade students. According to Nerdwallet, a website that provides comparisons of financial products, expert information and helpful tools for managing money, roughly 50 percent of all small businesses in the United States are considered home-based businesses. Many opportunitie...
The monthly board meeting of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center was called to order Feb. 24 in the hospital Guild Room by board chair Brian Schorzman. Clinic Manager Jace Angelly reported on the increase of Covid cases in January due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. Many cases, he said, were young people aged 11 to 19, who handled the illness very well for the most part. By the latter part of February the Omicron surge had begun to fade rapidly. In the most recent week, he added, there were only two new cases. He...
At home in Odessa on Feb. 16, the Tiger girls had one last chance to place in the district tournament. By defeating Almira-Coulee-Hartline, they were able to move on to play for third and fourth place in Saturday's game at Jenkins High School in Chewelah. The game started off well for the Tigers, as they built a comfortable lead by halftime. But the second half of the game saw an amazing comeback by the Warriors as they scored 38 points to Odessa's 22. It was not quite...
Jacob Scrupps on the Odessa boys basketball team was named to the NE 1B South all-league team on Feb. 15 for his contributions to the Odessa team. For the girls, Ashlyn Neilsen and Hayden Schuh were both named to the girls' all-league team, and Neilsen was also named the co-MVP along with Mimi Isaak of Almira-Coulee-Hartline. Former Odessa High School Tiger, Macey Singer, now playing for Curlew, was also named to the NE 1B North all-league team....
ODESSA – The special levy elections held Feb. 8 were successful for all three levies run by entities in Odessa. Both school levies, one for capital projects and one for other school needs, passed with more than 70 percent “Yes” votes to just under 30 percent “No” votes. Overall voting for Adams, Grant and Lincoln county residents within the Odessa School District was approximately the same. Lincoln Hospital District 1 (Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center) also had its levy pass with more than 67 percent of the vote. Voter tur...
Week #7 of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 20, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results At the Odessa Gun Club, Nick Tebow and Markus Smith both shot perfect scores of 25. Jared Praetorious shot 24, while Cody Stanford, Jon Fink, Garret Braun and Jared King all shot 23. Shooting 22 were Ryan Lewis, Anthony Paszkeisz, Mitch Wraspir and Kit Watson. Tyler Smith, Brian Wraspir, Meagan Tebow, Koree Smith and Holden Iverson shot 21. Those with 2...
ODESSA – The Tiger boys ended their season last Friday night at home in Odessa. This was a loser-out game, so both the Selkirk and Odessa teams were playing with great intensity. After leading through most of regulation time, the Tigers were unable to hold off a late surge by the Rangers that tied the game at 54-54 as the buzzer sounded to end the fourth quarter. Three Tiger starters had fouled out by the end of the game, as had a couple of players from the opposing team. F...
ODESSA – Last Friday's playoff game at home against the Northport Mustangs was a win for the Tiger girls, 58-36. It was a loser-out game, so Northport's season came to an end. Ashlyn Neilsen scored 26 points, while teammates Melloney Deife and Hayden Schuh also scored in double figures with 13 points each. Northp 6 10 2 18 36 Odessa 16 16 17 9 58 Schuh was the team leader in rebounds with eight. On Feb. 14, the team faced a very fired up Wellpinit team at home in Odessa and l...
Week #6 of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 13, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results Jared King was the only Odessa shooter to hit all 25 targets. Shooting 24 were Nick Tebow, Anthony Paszkiesz, Ryan Lewis, Jon Fink and Brian Wraspir. Garrett Braun, Tyler Smith and Tom Schuh shot 23. Jared Praetorious, Markus Smith and Trevor Smith all hit 22 targets. Hitting 21 was Mitch Wraspir. At 20 and under were Holden Iverson, Lexi Eden, Colley W...
ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met on Feb. 14 in the public library with Mayor Bill Crossley presiding. Council members Vickie Iverson, Landon Lobe, Amy Gimmestad and Marlene Kramer attended in person and Abby Reyes was present via telephone. The council members discussed distribution by the state of Covid relief dollars to nonentitlement units of local government (local governments typically serving populations of under 50,000) and the associated reporting requirements for receiving the funds. Under new business, the O...
Week #5 of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot was held Sunday, Feb. 6, as reported below by Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results Jon Fink and Nick Tebow hit all 25 targets. Shooting 24 were Markus Smith, Anthony Paszkiesz and Ryan Lewis. Garrett Braun, Trevor Smith and Cody Stanford shot 23. Tyler Smith, Scott Buchmann, Tucker Walter, Wyatt Haase, Jared Praetorious, Bill Weber and Brian Wraspir all hit 22 targets. Hitting 21 were Jared King and Mitch Wraspir. At 20 and under were H...
The Odessa High School chapter of FBLA traveled to Spokane for the regional winter leadership conference and their first live competition in two years. FBLA advisor Terri King says, "Students spent many hours in the computer lab preparing for their events and relearning the techniques used to give a live presentation in front of judges." Odessa FBLA's teams and individuals received 22 awards at the Spokane conference, and King says the students are excited to attend the...
