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ODESSA – Saturday's volleyball double-header in the Odessa gym pits the Tigers against the Wellpinit Redskins at noon and against the Wildcats of Wilbur-Creston-Keller later the same day at 6 p.m. The Tigers win both matches in three straight sets, putting their league record for the season at 6-2 and their overall season record at 15-5. Odessa vs. Wellpinit The Oct. 16 match against Wellpinit turns out to be an easy win for the Odessa varsity team. Odessa 25 25 25 3 W...
ODESSA – The Odessa High football team returns to good form following the drubbing it took from the ACH Warriors on Oct. 15 by defeating the Mary Walker Chargers of Springdale with a very lopsided score of 74-6. A big first quarter set the tone as the Tigers posted 44 unanswered points. Odessa 44 14 8 8 74 MW 0 6 0 0 6 Davey McMillan did the heavy lifting on offense, rushing the ball for 175 yards on five carries and making three touchdowns and three two-point conversions. A...
ODESSA – When Odessa received a $68,000 grant from Lowe's to restore the Old Town Hall, the opportunity to renovate the 100-year-old building created excitement, says Terri King, advisor to the Odessa High School FBLA chapter. Once renovation began, she adds, it soon became apparent that additional work was needed beyond what the grant was paying for. Three of the walls in the south room of the Old Town Hall were in serious need of a facelift. The cracked lath-and-plaster w...
The public meetings held last week by the administration of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center presented an opportunity for new CEO John Serle and new CFO Kimberly Dalrymple to inform the community about recent expenditures approved by the OMHC board, the recent departure of two well-liked "permanent" nurse practitioners and a chance to counter some of the wilder rumors circulating in town about conflicts between the administration and the staff. The meetings were held on...
ODESSA – The Odessa Tiger football team lost its first game since the beginning of the 2018 season to the Almira-Coulee-Hartline team this past Friday night. The game saw another Tiger injury, as Gage Starkel was tackling a Warrior runner and took a knee to the kidney in the tumble that followed. Reports from the family say he is doing well and does not require surgery, but he will be out of action for at least four weeks while his wound heals. Meanwhile, Jacob Scrupps is a...
ODESSA – Last Thursday's non-league volleyball match against Lind-Ritzville-Sprague was cancelled because Odessa did not have enough healthy players to compete. By Saturday, however, the team was able to face Oaksdale, a perennial powerhouse that overcame the Tigers in three straight sets. Odessa vs. Oakesdale On Oct. 9, Odessa lost to Oaksdale in a non-conference game by a score of 3-0. Odessa 19 19 12 0 Oakesd. 25 25 25 3 Emily Scrupps led the team in kills with five, w...
ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met Monday, Oct. 11, in the public library. With no old business to revisit, the council moved right on to new business. New Odessa homeowner Jason Shipman and his wife attended the meeting to request an adjustment to their water bill rate due to a complicated issue involving a tenant in a converted garage on their property. Following discussion in which council members mostly appeared agreeable to the rate request, the council opted to table the issue until the next meeting, while certain q...
ODESSA – Homecoming activities at Odessa High School last week were fun for students and staff alike. Each day during the week was a dress-up day for all who chose to participate. With an overall theme of "outer space," each day focused on a different aspect of that theme: astronauts, planets, Star Trek/Star Wars and aliens. The final day was simply black-and-orange day, as the school prepared for Friday night's football game. On Wednesday evening of last week, the high s...
ODESSA – Reporting on the Tiger volleyball team has hit some snags in the past two weeks, but we now have details going back to Sept. 21. Odessa vs. Harrington On Sept. 21, Odessa faced Harrington at home, winning 3-0, with only the junior varsity playing for the Tigers. Odessa 25 25 25 3 Harring 11 16 8 0 No stats for this match. Odessa vs. Mary Walker Odessa faced off against the Chargers of Mary Walker High School in Springdale on Sept. 23, losing a close match by a s...
ODESSA – For Homecoming on Oct. 1 at Finney Field, the Tiger football team was scheduled to face Northport. However, Northport was unable to field enough players and had to cancel. Odessa's Athletic Director Bruce Todd immediately got on the phone to find another team willing to face the Tigers on short notice. He found that team in the Liberty Christian Patriots of Richland. Although the Tigers clearly dominated, the Patriots were nevertheless able to score against them in e...
ODESSA – The 50th anniversary of the Odessa Deutschesfest finally became a reality last week. Not even the rain sprinkles that fell sporadically all day Saturday could put a damper on the crowds who devoured much of the food available and visited various vendors at the Street Fair, in addition to participating in the various activities of the Fest. On Thursday evening things got off to a good start with the chalk-drawing contest. The contest's former sponsor declined to p...
ODESSA – The Odessa Tigers were at home for the Sausage Bowl last Friday night, Sept. 17, at Finney Field. They got their third win of the season by defeating the Wildcats of Wilbur/Creston/Keller by a score of 64-12. Odessa 24 24 16 0 64 WCK 6 0 0 6 12 The defensive line really showed its stuff, limiting the tough WCK squad to only 12 points. Wilson Creek High’s Davey McMillan, a senior, had a total of 240 yards, all of them rushing yards. Odessa senior Daeton Deife had 131 rushing yards, and was also responsible for fin...
ODESSA – Work on the Old Town Hall continued even as preparations for Deutschesfest were underway last week. Perhaps it was to be expected that a 100-year-old building would throw many obstacles into the path of those trying to update it. Removal of the carpeting revealed a gaping hole in the floor of the south room, meaning that vendors would not be able to use the space during Fest. The Odessa Historical Society and the Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society had been hoping t...
ODESSA – The Odessa Tiger football team's season is off to a winning start. Facing DeSales High of Walla Walla in non-league action at home last Friday, Sept. 3, the Tigers overcome the Irish 72-26 have to work hard for every touchdown. The team is a little rough around the edges, committing nine penalties to DeSales' one and costing them a total of 80 yards. Nevertheless, the Odessa boys are able to execute plays, break into the open thanks to good blocking from teammates a...
DAVENPORT – Two Odessa youngsters who entered the annual premium book cover contest have been named the winners in their respective age groups. The entries were submitted last spring. Contestants designed and colored a cover for the book that reflects the theme of this year's Lincoln County Fair, S'mores Fun at the Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo. Luna Horak is currently a second-grader at Odessa's elementary school. Luna is the daughter of Frank and Abby Horak, and she has a y...
DAVENPORT – The Odessa Tiger varsity volleyball squad won the all-day tournament held in Davenport Saturday, Sept. 4. Throughout the day, the participating teams played each of the others in three-set matches rather than the usual five. The tournament provided an opportunity for the participating teams to get in some final practice before the season begins. After a few more non-league games, league play begins against Mary Walker High School in Springdale on Sept. 23. O...
ODESSA – Odessa’s 50th annual Deutschesfest, celebrating the ethnic Volga-German heritage of many of the town’s earliest homesteaders, is scheduled for next week. The Deutschesfest supplement to The Odessa Record, which normally is published the week prior to the festival (or this week), is being postponed until next week due to numerous circumstances, some beyond our control, some not. As the Fest approaches, last-minute changes and frantic preparations are still underway. Communication is often inadequate or lacking altog...
ODESSA – The administration at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center has provided The Record with photos and names of two new nurse practitioners, who have recently begun working in Odessa. Administrative Assistant Kayla Glaze provided the following information. Russell Jones, ARNP, is the newest full-time medical provider at the Odessa Clinic, following the resignation some weeks ago of Ruby Ayers, ARNP. He comes from Fosterburg, Ill., a quaint small town much like Odessa, althou...
ODESSA – Six weeks ago, Odessa learned it was the recipient of a $68,000 grant to make the Old Town Hall a safer and more functional space for Odessa's senior citizens, as well as for the Odessa community as a whole. The Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society, teamed now with the Odessa Historical Society, has worked for nearly a decade to make improvements to the building. The Odessa High School chapter of FBLA joined in to help raise funding for these efforts, beginning with an...
Phyllis Sebesta, Beth Schafer and Barb Schlimmer enjoy the retirement party that took place at Reiman Park in Odessa last week. All three are retiring after many years of service to the Odessa medical community. See August 26, 2021 edition of The Odessa Record for the full story....
ODESSA – Norman Ott has retired from his eponymous business, Ott Insurance, after 42 years at the helm. His retirement does not mean that there will be an empty storefront on First Avenue however. His business partner for the past several years, Cindy Haase, will now operate Haase Insurance from the same west First Avenue location. That was the plan back when the two of them entered into a business partnership that ultimately operated insurances offices in both Harrington a...
ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met Monday evening in the public library. Mayor Bill Crossley first convened the scheduled public hearing regarding the purchase of a truck by the Public Works Dept. to replace a current vehicle with more than 100,000 miles on it and a police car by the Town Marshal’s office to replace the Ford Explorer currently in service, which continues to have costly mechanical problems. Its latest issue is failure of the vehicle’s air conditioning system. Given this summer’s excessive heat, Crossle...
The latest vote count in the Aug. 3 primary election took place Aug. 9 and saw voter turnout climb to 27% of Lincoln County’s registered voters. Adam Walser, running unopposed for the unexpired term of Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney, received 2,045 votes or 97.01% of the total. There were 63 write-in votes cast (2.99%). Total votes cast were 2,108. The only other race on Odessa ballots was for the Town of Odessa’s Councilman No. 4 position, where Alberto Reyes led the race with 162 votes (64.03%), followed by Amanda Wal...
ODESSA – The $68,000 grant from Lowe's, won recently through a joint effort by Odessa non-profit groups and volunteers in the Lowe's 100 Hometowns project (see July 29, 2021 issue of The Odessa Record at www.odessarecord.com for the full story), is being put to good use. This past weekend, members of the Odessa Lion's Club and a group of volunteer students worked to remove the false ceiling in the south room of the Old Town Hall. The volunteers are helping to restore the r...
ODESSA – A lack of communication and differing approaches among members of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce board of directors has led to an organization and a community in uproar, with Deutschesfest 2021 only two months away. A community meeting held in mid-July, according to some attendees was quite vitriolic in nature. One immediate result was that board member Jax Allen announced to her fellow board members that she was unwilling to continue as a member of the board. Another board member, Michelle Melgren, had already r...
