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The Pateros Billygoats were no match for the Tigers at home in Odessa last Thursday evening, September 26. Marcus King dominated the Tiger offense, making five touchdowns, three rushing, one receiving, one 85-yard kickoff return for a TD and one two-point conversion for a total of 32 points and 244 total yards gained. Od 40 20 11 8 79 Pat 0 0 0 0 0 All three quarterbacks, Camden Weber, Jett Nelson and Collin Martin, saw action. Both the rushing and passing games were...
The Liberty Bell Mountain Lions of Winthrop, Wash.faced the Odessa Tigers in last Friday’s Sausage Bowl. This cat fight went in favor of the striped Tigers, as they allowed not a single TD against them. Odessa’s QBs Camden Weber, Jett Nelson and Collin Martin directed play and kept the Tigers marching downfield. Od 40 6 12 8 66 LB 0 0 0 0 0 Joshua Clark led the team in total yards gained with 94, with 46 rushing and 48 receiving. Freshman Anthony Elder followed with a total of 72 yards rushing. Daeton Deife had 55. Clark led...
LRSWK On September 17, the Tiger volleyball team played a non-conference home game versus Lind-Ritzville-Sprague-Washtucna-Kahlotus, pulling out a hard fought 3-1 victory. Maddy Wagner led the Tigers in kills with seven, followed closely by McKennah Davison with six. Davison led the team in attacks attempted with 19. Wagner served 23 times with a 95.7 percent success rate. Caitlyn Schuh led the team in assists with 10. Od 21 25 25 25 3 LRSWK 25 19 16 18 1 Defensively, Wagner led in digs with 16 and tied with Emily Scrupps in...
Friday the 13th was a very lucky day for the Odessa Tigers. Not that luck really had that much to do with it. The well-seasoned Tiger football team put together another powerful offense that overwhelmed Bridgeport September 13. Had Bridgeport's speediest running back not managed to break away from the field and streak to the end zone in the third quarter, the game would likely have been a shutout. Od 48 22 10 8 88 Bri 0 0 6 0 6 QB Camden Weber guided his team well, while...
The Tiger varsity girls volleyball team played a non-conference game Tuesday evening, September 10, versus ACH in Coulee City. Unlike the tournament play reported last week, in which each team played to win two out of three games per match, Tuesday's match had the girls playing to win three out of five games. ACH took the first three games, and that was that. According to one spectator at Tuesday's match, the Tigers were "psyched out" by the Warriors. Sometimes the mental...
Odessa High School sophomores Kaedin Schorzman and Nathan Melcher took third in the Adams County Fair tractor driving competition held Friday, September 13, in Ritzville. More than 20 teams competed in which drivers of a tractor with a trailer attached navigated an obstacle course. Odessa brought seven members of its FFA chapter and, according to FFA advisor HaLee Walter, they all had a great day!...
General election on November 5, 2019 This week, The Record continues its series on candidates running for positions in town government as they present their views on various topics of interest to Odessa's citizens. The planned community forum on October 7, during which townspeople can meet the candidates, will allow each candidate to explain in greater detail how he or she plans to address the issues facing the town's government officials. It will also allow the public some ad...
Once Odessa had expanded from a mere railway stop with an adjacent general store to a thriving community, it has had a fall celebration in order to mark the completion of the harvest, the end of summer and the cooler days of preparing for winter. For many years, what was then known as the Commercial Club, a predecessor to the Chamber of Commerce of today, organized a fall festival that entailed music, sports and judging of livestock and garden produce, much like a county fair....
The state champion Odessa Tigers football team has picked up right where it left off last season with a big win over Pomeroy, 76-8. The game was played in Pomeroy last Friday, September 6. Odessa 38 32 6 0 76 Pomeroy 0 0 0 8 8 The first half was the usual all-out push by the Tigers to build up an insurmountable lead. The second half saw much more play by the freshmen and sophomore members of the team. Since last year’s championship squad lost only two players to graduation, the bulk of the team this year is experienced and r...
The Gorilla Classic volleyball tournament was held in Davenport last Saturday, September 7. The Odessa Tigers achieved an even split, winning two matches against Lind-Ritzville and losing two to Almira-Coulee-Hartline and Mary Walker High School of Springdale. It was a respectable start to the season under new varsity head coach Suzie Deife. Results of the four matches played at the Davenport tournament are provided below. Odessa 25 20 16 1 Alm/Cou/Hart 18 25 18 2 ... Reardan 10 15 0 Oddessa 25 25 2 ... Lind-Ritzville 20 20...
At its Monday evening regularly scheduled meeting, the Odessa Town Council heard from Patty Martin and Jackie Allen, organizers of the October 7 community candidate forum, that assistance with presenting the forum will be supplied by the civics class at Odessa High School. The students will time the speakers, keep track of the questions supplied by the audience, eliminate any duplications and provide any other help needed by the organizers or the moderator. Odessa resident and candidate for town council Bill Pichon expressed...
Odessa’s streets are to be swept this week and next, and the fire department will wash sidewalks Tuesday evening, Sept. 17, at 5 p.m. JonathINNs has a new bright yellow trailer from which it will be selling its food this year. They are offering several kinds of sausage, as well as a chicken plate. They’ll also be selling T-shirts this year. Experience Quilts! to have quilt, fabric sales. Thursday evening (Sept. 19) to Sunday (Sept. 22) mid-morning: No parking on First Ave. in downtown business district. Vendors will be loc...
General election on November 5, 2019 This week's issue of The Record continues a series of articles in which the candidates running for positions in town government have been interviewed and allowed to present their views on various topics of interest to Odessa's citizens. The planned community forum on October 7, during which townspeople can meet the candidates, will then allow each candidate to explain in greater detail how he or she plans to address the issues facing the...
Grannie BarBar reports that she and Jerry have just finished baking cookies for Fest and have put them in the freezer. They won’t start working on their fruit-filled breakfast rolls until the Thursday of Fest week. The yeast dough for the rolls is always made fresh each day of Fest rather than being made ahead and frozen. While members of their extended family sell the goods from their table in front of Wheatland Bank, Grannie and Jerry remain in their commercial farm kitchen to provide fresh rolls each day and to make s...
Cabbage rolls were made August 8 by members of Heritage Church. Kraut ranzas were made by members of St. Joseph Catholic Church in early August. Pickles are being finished this week (made by ?). Strudel will be made by members of Christ Lutheran Church September 4-6. Biergarten sausage made and smoked at Voise Sausage by Summers by various Odessa Chamber of Commerce members and Biergarten chair Trevor Smith and his crew of helpers. Darren Summers will also sell Voise Sausage during Fest from his location directly across the s...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday evening in the public library for its regular meeting. Several visitors and interested citizens were present. Airport A supplemental airport agreement was approved by the council, whereby the $10,000 additional cost to finish the work on the Runway 2-20 Rehabilitation and Runway Safety Area Improvements Project would be paid via a $9,000 grant approved by the FAA’s Mary Vargas, with the remaining $1,000 to be paid by the Town of Odessa. That $1,000 might also be reduced by another $500 if a... Full story
General election on November 5, 2019 The general election to be held November 5 of this year is fast approaching. As already announced previously in The Record, a community forum will be held October 7, thanks largely to the efforts of local residents Patty Martin and Jackie Allen. To help set the stage for the community forum, this week's issue of The Record begins a series of articles in which the candidates running for positions in town government have been interviewed and...
At Monday evening’s meeting of the Odessa Town Council, Town Marshal Brent Dell reported that K-9 officer Sasha had recently undergone additional and more thorough health testing and was found to have issues with her hips and spinal discs, as well as an incipient tooth abscess, that have rendered her unable to serve as a local drug dog. She will be returned to her former handler at the organization that donated her to the Odessa Town Marshal’s Office. That organization already has lined up two suitable homes in which she can...
Horseshoe pitching Kathy Ratkowski, the sole surviving member of the Odessa Horseshoes Club, tells The Record that, unless a miracle happens, there will be no horseshoes event during Deutschesfest this year. There is one state-sanctioned tournament left on the statewide schedule to be held here locally sometime after Fest, but that will likely be the end of horseshoes in Odessa unless local people suddenly develop an overwhelming interest in the sport and volunteer to help maintain the horseshoe pits and participate in...
The grain harvest in the immediate Odessa area is heading into its final stages this week. Although it was delayed by a week or two because of spring weather, this year’s harvest of wheat, triticale, canola, dried peas and barley has exhibited good yields and good quality according to representatives of Highline Grain (formerly the Odessa Union Warehouse Co.) and the Odessa Trading Company. Taylor Aaland, a merchandiser at Highline’s office in Odessa, told The Record that wheat began arriving at its Irby station on July 9....
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library Wednesday, July 24, 2019, preceded by a workshop in the district office where Superintendent Dan Read gave a brief overview of revenues and expenditures budgeted for each of the funds and board goals for the next school year were discussed. A budget hearing also preceded the open meeting. Read gave a brief overview of the 2019-20 budget proposal, explaining that this year’s budget is tight due to levy reductions and declining student e...
Monday night’s meeting of the Odessa Town Council was attended by Mayor Bill Crossley and council members Vickie Iverson, Kelly Watkins and Marleen Kramer, with both Landon Lobe and Amy Hunt absent and by several members of the community, including several currently running for positions on the council. Under public comment, Odessa residents Jackie Allen and Patty Martin received permission from the council to hand out invitations to council members and those running for office to appear at a community forum to be held O...
Members of the American Legion Riders Post #28 was in Odessa last week on their way to Spokane for a Legion convention. The group was met just outside of Odessa by members of the local VFW and American Legion posts on their own motorcycles, as well as other non-motorcycle members from Odessa. The local veterans and various townspeople gathered at Reiman Park to treat the riders to a barbecue of bratwurst and buns and bottled water. The folks on bikes were very appreciative,... Full story
The FBLA National Leadership Conference was held June 28-July 3 in San Antonio, Texas, where 29 Odessa students competed in 13 events and brought home five national awards. The Publication Design team, consisting of Maddy Wagner and Tori Weishaar, placed third in the nation after having taken a fifth place at Regionals and a fourth at State. With a fourth-place finish, the Community Service Project team of Eric Johnston, Maddy Wagner, Chloe Winkler and Colton Messer strode... Full story
Town Council The town received one application for the Lodging Tax funds released for expenditure by the council. The application submitted by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce was approved unanimously. The funds will be used for purchasing a new cooler for the Biergarten, a print advertising campaign promoting Odessa tourism and for two cables across First Ave. to be used for securing banners advertising events, businesses, etc. Steve Nelson of CenturyWest Engineering in Spokane told the council that Earthworks Northwest Inc.... Full story
