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ODESSA – Odessa High School’s head volleyball coach Suzie Deife has been named the NE District Coach of the Year by a vote of her fellow coaches. This is only Deife’s second year as head coach in Odessa. “What an honor and give full credit to my incredible girls for letting me coach them!” she says. She went on to share the announcement of the 1B volleyball NE District All-Opponent team, which includes three Odessa Tigers, seniors Joycelynn Hottell and Maddie Scrupps, along with junior Emily Scrupps. “It was definitely...
ODESSA – The May 10 meeting of the Odessa Town Council met in the community center was chaired by Mayor Bill Crossley and attended by the full council (Vickie Iverson, Landon Lobe, Kelly Watkins, Amy Hunt, Marlene Kramer). The council voted unanimously to cancel the recycling contract with Lincoln County, citing the expense involved in the program. The town must give one month’s notice to the county, so the cancellation will take effect in about the second week of June. Also approved was Resolution 2021-03 for a loan fro...
ODESSA — Odessa High School’s head volleyball coach Suzie Deife has been named the NE District Coach of the Year by a vote of her fellow coaches. This is only Deife’s second year as head coach in Odessa. “What an honor and give full credit to my incredible girls for letting me coach them,” she says. She went on to share the announcement of the 1B volleyball NE District All-Opponent team, which includes three Odessa Tigers, seniors Joycelynn Hottell and Maddie Scrupps, along with junior Emily Scrupps. “It was definitely...
ODESSA – Saturday's District 7/9 track and field championships for eastern Washington 1B schools was cool, blustery day for the athletes. Schools participating were Columbia (Hunters), Curlew, DeSales, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Inchelium, Mary Walker (Springdale), Oakesdale, Odessa, Pomeroy, Prescott, Republic, Selkirk (Ione), St. John-Endicott-Lacrosse, Tekoa-Rosalia, Valley Christian (Spokane), Wellpinit, Wilbur-Creston and Yakama Nation Tribal. Harrington High School s...
ODESSA – The weather in Ritzville was certainly a factor at Saturday's District 7 & 9 track and field championships for eastern Washington 1B schools. Schools participating were Columbia (Hunters), Curlew, DeSales, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Inchelium, Mary Walker (Springdale), Oakesdale, Odessa, Pomeroy, Prescott, Republic, Selkirk (Ione), St. John-Endicott-Lacrosse, Tekoa-Rosalia, Valley Christian (Spokane), Wellpinit, Wilbur-Creston and Yakama Nation Tribal. "Even t...
ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met April 26 in the community center with a full complement of council members but missing Mayor Bill Crossley. Mayor pro tem Kelly Watkins chaired the meeting. After dealing with financial matters, the council discussed the recycling program provided to the town by Lincoln County. The Town of Odessa pays for this program to the tune of about $390/week for the cardboard pickup alone. Reports from some council members indicated that there was currently no real market for cardboard and that m...
Odessa defeated Curlew at home last Saturday, May 1. Nathan Carstensen had three hits and picked up two RBIs. Tim DeWulf had two hits (one of them a double) and two RBIs. Collin Martin also hit a double. Jett Nelson hit a triple. Most Tiger batters were being choosy about swinging their bats, with eight players accounting for 12 of the bases on balls awarded by Curlew pitching. 1 2 3 4 5 R Odessa 3 5 1 3 0 12 Curlew 1 0 1 0 - 2 Nelson led the team in putouts with 10. DeWulf pitched all five innings, giving up three hits and...
ODESSA – The Tigers put on a slugfest once again when they traveled to Hunters and won both games in a double header against the Lions of Columbia High School. The first game ended with a score of 30-3. Tyesn Kuchenbuch was batting a thousand with five hits in his five at bats, including two doubles. He also picked up three RBIs. Tim DeWulf went four for five and had six RBIs. Nathan Carstensen went three for five, one for a double, and also had six RBIs. Both DeWulf and Hayde...
ODESSA – Dan and Becky Huntington are the new owners of the Odessa Drive-In. No sooner had they put paper on all the windows, painted "Coming soon" on the outward-facing side and began tearing into things they wanted fixed than people started knocking on the door looking for burgers and shakes. Sorry folks, but their plans are to clean, fix, paint, clean, do some minor remodeling, clean and try their best to open for business by July 4. With help from their son Andy, they m...
POMEROY – At the April 17 track and field meet held in Pomeroy, Odessa sophomore Ashlyn Neilsen set a new Odessa High School record in the high jump by clearing 5 feet, 3 inches. She displaced former Tigers Kaci Wilson and Brandi Deife who had held the record at 5'2" since 2003 and 1988, respectively. Pilot Weishaar also had a successful day by clearing 12 feet in the pole vault, a personal record, thus joining John DeWulf and TJ Roller in fourth place in the all-time Tiger s...
CUISICK – On April 13, the Tigers traveled to Cusick and won both ends of the double header against the Panthers. The Tigers took the first game by a score of 20-3 and the second game 34-3. Collin Martin had a great day at bat in game one, pounding out three doubles and a triple and bringing in four RBIs. Jett Nelson also had a great day, hitting a home run and two doubles that gave him three RBIs. Martin also excelled in the field with 11 putouts and no fielding errors. Tim DeWulf was the winning pitcher, completing all f...
ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met Monday night in the community center. Vickie Iverson, Landon Lobe, Kelly Watkins and Marlene Kramer were present; Amy Hunt was absent. Mayor Bill Crossley called for a motion regarding a request by local resident Don Smith to erect an upright monument at the cemetery in an area that already has several upright stones. After a short debate, the council approved the request. The council then moved on to approve permits for several reroof and fence installation requests. Police chief Les J...
ODESSA – The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday of this week at noon in the community center for its regular monthly meeting. Treasurer Larissa Zeiler reported a current bank balance of $73,856 after the board approved the purchase of the JonathINNs trailer from Don Korpinen for $10,000. The $4,175 federal Covid grant received through the Lincoln County EDC is being used to offset about half of that cost, so the net cost to the Chamber is $5,825. The trailer is fully outfitted for providing mobile outdoor food service, an...
ODESSA – Bill and Carol Knerr are raising goats on the Lincoln County property that lies to the south and to the west of their residence on Dobson Road. Their six nanny goats have produced 13 kids this year. The mother goats each produced between one and three babies, and most were born healthy and vigorous. Only a couple were lost due to difficult births or defects. The Knerrs have the best of both worlds with a residence that sits within the town limits and additional p...
ODESSA – The Odessa High School baseball season opened last Saturday at home with a double header against Republic. This Tigers vs Tigers matchup saw the Odessa team overpower Republic by a score of 29 -2 in the first game and 15-3 in the second game. No stats were provided for the games, so all we can report are the final scores and a few personal observations. The first game began with the Odessa team pounding the ball for a 3-0 score in the first inning, with Jett Nelson h...
ODESSA – After two meets, the Odessa High School girls and boys track and field teams have shown much promise despite having only nine members combined on its rosters. Head coach Travis Schuh said he was pleasantly surprised at how well some of them were performing right out of the starting gate. The Valley Christian Jamboree was held in Spokane Valley on March 25, where the host team took the top spots with both of their teams. The Odessa boys finished fifth, and the Odessa girls finished tenth. For the girls, freshman H...
ODESSA – The annual Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt took place last Saturday morning after last year's interruption due to Covid. Although the crowd was smaller than usual, the kids appeared to have the usual great time searching for the candy-filled eggs that club members had hidden all over the city park area. As the children waited semi-patiently for the air-horn to sound promptly at 10 a.m., family members visited and took pictures, just happy to be having a live event in t...
ODESSA – During their brief five-game season in 2021, the Odessa Tiger football team maintained its unbroken winning record. Now, several individual team members have been singled out for recognition on the all-league offensive and defensive teams. All-League Offense Selected as the Offensive Player of the Year was Pilot Weishaar, Odessa senior running back with 918 total yards for the abbreviated season, an average of 183.6 yards per game. He scored a total of 16 touchdowns. He added another 40 yards receiving for a grand t...
ODESSA – The Odessa Lions Club will hold its annual (except for the Covid year of 2020) Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday, Apr. 3, at three different areas of Reiman Park. The youngest children, up to the age of three, will hunt for candy-filled plastic eggs in the fenced playground area. Children aged 4 to 6 will search the grassy area just west of the playground that is sometimes used for pickup volleyball games, and those aged 7 to 9 will search the picnic and pool section of the park filled with trees. The youngsters in e...
ODESSA – Joshua Valverde took first place in the Open C class of the Frostbite short course race on Saturday, Mar. 27 and again in the Open C class of the White Knuckle short course on Sunday, Mar. 28. On Saturday, fellow Odessa participants Holden Iverson, Corbyn Neilsen and Tucker Walter also raced. Joshua Valverde's father Donald also raced, in the Senior C class, and placed 12th. On Sunday, Valverde, Walter and Iverson all raced again, with Valverde first, Walter f...
ODESSA – Jeremy Smith and his fiancée Amanda Wallace arrived in Odessa this week to take over operation of the former Crab Creek Coffee Haus located near the western edge of town. The business had been for sale for some time. To Smith and Wallace, it looked like a wonderful job opportunity, as well as a way to re-connect with part of Smith's extended family. The road to realizing their dream, however, was less than smooth. They were denied a loan to purchase the business ou...
ODESSA – Two new faces at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center are the chief executive officer John Serle and the chief financial officer Kimberly Dalrymple. Dalrymple has already been in place for the past year, learning the ropes from retiring CFO Annette Edwards. Serle has just begun his job here and now faces a housing crunch that the town needs to address. John Serle, CEO As of March 1, John Serle is the new CEO of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center. The Akron, Ohio native j...
After a very long wait, the Odessa Tigers picked up right where they left off in 2019 as the two-time reigning state champions in the 1B classification. The Odessa football juggernaut carried on into 2021, as the team remained undefeated during the brief five-game season that ended last week with wins over Pomeroy and Republic. Pomeroy Pirates On March 9, the Tigers faced Pomeroy at home, winning 94-6. Senior running back Pilot Weishaar once again did the heavy lifting for...
ODESSA – Odessa residents may have noticed a new sign downtown. Last week, employees of LocalTel Communications installed the sign on the front of the building in which their local Odessa offices are located. The sign advertises both LocalTel and the local Chamber of Commerce. Calling it a new sign, however, is a bit of a misnomer. The sign itself is quite old. Originally, the sign contained a clock and was attached to the building diagonally across First Avenue from L...
ODESSA – The Odessa Record was named Business of the Year for 2019 during a Chamber of Commerce program at noon Tuesday, March 9. The Record and Volunteer of the Year Dale Ramm received their honors a year late due to the coronavirus shutdown ordered by Gov. Jay Inslee. That shutdown prompted the cancelation of last year's banquet. Because of the ongoing restrictions, the chamber is not planning a 2021 banquet. The Odessa Record's award came as a big surprise owners and s...
