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Valor quilts, made by JoEllen Wollman and Lise Ott, proprietors of Experience Quilts! in Odessa, their fellow quilters from Odessa and other nearby towns, were presented to two local military service veterans, commemorating their service to their country. Around Veterans Day in November, Wolllman and Ott will award quilts to additional service veterans.... Full story
Odessa Chamber of Commerce Final numbers for the Stumpjumpers Desert 100 event is $6,033 net profit from the hospitality tent, as well as $1,576 net profit from the Chamber banquet. Next year’s Desert 100 will celebrate the event’s 50th anniversary, so plans are underway to provide an even larger tent in 2020. The Odessa Deutschesfest will also celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2020, so it will be a busy year for Odessa businesses and Chamber members. This Is Odessa, the visitor guide that is now published every other yea...
The 14 Odessa High School graduates of 2019 received their diplomas Saturday morning at commencement in the gymnasium. Though a relatively small group, these students collectively earned $127,304 in scholarships to pursue higher education. As guests entered the gym and found their seats, the Odessa Junior/Senior High School Band under the direction of music instructor Sam Harder played for their enjoyment. At 11 a.m. sharp, the band broke into the processional, and the... Full story
As Brent Dell and Les Jimerson have settled into their roles as members of the Odessa peace-keeping force over the past few months, some interesting changes have been announced for the town. Research by Dell, for example, has confirmed that per the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), towns below a certain population limit shall have a Town Marshal as their top law-enforcement official. Dell told the town council at Monday's regular meeting that he is happy to go that route and... Full story
The following people have sent in their reservations for the 2019 alumni reunion to be held in the Odessa Community Center on June 15. 1949 Al Fink, George Rodeck 1951 Coleen (Luiten) Janke 1956 Jerry Schafer 1958 Jim Walter 1959 (60-yr honored class) Robert Kissler, Jan (Kramer) Branting, Bob Martin, Kathy (Davies) Wigen, Jay Birge, Norma (Gettman) Olson, Judy (McIrvin) Richarson, Sandra Lee (Sackmann) Moody, Ann Bates 1960 Jim Richardson, Jim Zagelow, Lorus Scrupps 1962 Albert Kissler, Stan Dammel, Jon Evavold, Mike... Full story
The state track meet for 1B, 2B and 1A schools took place last Friday and Saturday at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. The Odessa track and field teams acquitted themselves well, with the boys 4xl00 relay team ascending to the top of the podium as state champions in that event. Caitlyn Schuh for the Odessa girls nabbed a second-place finish in the discus and set both a personal record and a new school record for that event at 120-11. She also finished 7th in the shot put with a new personal record of 32-02.00. Place N... Full story
On Saturday, May 25, the Tiger baseball team faced off against the Almira-Coulee- Hartline Warriors to decide the 1B baseball championship. The game was played in Yakima, contrary to what The Record announced in last week’s issue (the WIAA, which organizes the tournament, posted much conflicting information on its website). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R- H-E Ach 0 0 2 0 7 1 - 10-13-2 Od 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-2-2 The Tigers and Warriors started the game pretty equally matched through the first few innings. The Tigers threatened in the second i... Full story
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, preceded by a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing the budget and discussing legislative updates. Present were board chair Ed Deife; members Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley, Janie Steward and Carmen Weishaar; Dan Read, superintendent; Jamie Nelson, principal and Juli Weishaar, business manager. Also present were Justin Parr, facilities supervisor; teachers Jeff Nelson... Full story
The 1B regional qualifying meet for Districts 7/9 was held May 17-18 at Central Valley High School in Spokane. Participating 1B teams were Almira/Coulee Hartline, Columbia (Hunters), Curlew, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Northport, Oakesdale, Odessa, Pomeroy, Prescott, Republic, Selkirk, St. John-Endicott-Lacrosse, Valley Christian,Wellpinit. In this meet, the boys finished in second place and the girls tied with Valley Christian for fourth place. Headed to the state... Full story
Naselle On Saturday, May 18, the Tigers defeated the Naselle Comets in a quarter-final game at W.F. West High School in Chehalis, winning by a score of 11-2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R-H-E Na 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2-3-5 Od 2 0 2 0 0 3 4 11-6-2 Marcus King hit a triple and drew walks his four other times at bat. Camden Weber hit a double and picked up an RBI. Jett Nelson's hit single scored two runs. Bradly Singer hit a double and eventually scored on an error. Tim DeWulf had two hits and scored... Full story
By TERRIE SCHMIDT-CROSBY The Odessa Public Development Authority, at its public meeting held Monday evening in the hospital's Guild Room, voted to accept a bid for the shuttered former biodiesel plant on Railroad Avenue in Odessa from an investment group with the name of Hemp Tech Consulting, Inc. of Torrance, Calif. Acceptance was contingent, however, on the Wash. state Dept. of Ag agreeing to accept the bid amount as payment in full of obligations owed to it by the OPDA for... Full story
May 7 special meeting A special meeting of the Odessa Town Council was held May 7 in the public library at the community center. Steve Nelson of CenturyWest Engineering and Rick Rose of the USDA were present via telephone conference call. A problem had developed regarding approval of the loan amount for completion of the town’s infrastructure project involving a shortfall of nearly $23,000 for water meter replacement. Partnering with private banks to borrow the loan amount would incur additional interest and fees to the t... Full story
The Merry Hikesters are approximately 20 members of a hiking club out of Olympia who spent several days in Odessa last week. These retired educators and government workers had gotten to know a retired geologist named Pat Pringle who was willing to accompany them on their hikes in eastern Washington's channeled scablands. He explained to them how the scablands came to be carved out of the landscape during the cataclysmic floods that swept through the area as the last Ice Age... Full story
Ron Vanderholm Invitational The Ron Vanderholm Invitational was held Friday, May 3, 2019 in Royal City. Participating teams were Almira/Coulee Hartline, Chelan, College Place, Columbia (Burbank), Connell, DeSales, Garfield-Palouse, Granger, Lake Roosevelt, Lind-Ritzville, Moses Lake Christian Academy, Oakesdale, Odessa, Othello, River View, Riverside, Royal, White Swan and Zillah. The Odessa boys tied for eighth with Oakesdale, and the Odessa girls finished in seventh place. Place Name Time/Dist Boys’ results: 100 meters 9... Full story
Selkirk On Saturday, May 11, the Tigers defeated Selkirk in a regional playoff game at home in Odessa, winning by a score of 14-3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Se 1 0 0 0 2 - - 3 8 7 Od 2 3 0 9 - - - 14 6 1 Besides the box score above, Odessa stats keepers have provided no information on the game’s details. The Tigers will now play Naselle High School in Chehalis at W.F. West High School on Saturday, May 18, at 1 p.m. If they win the 1 p.m. game, they will play again at 4 p.m. the same day against the winner of the Quilcene/Colton m... Full story
Curlew On Tuesday, April 30, the Tigers defeated Curlew in both conference games played there. Odessa won the first game by a score of 19-0. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cur 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 - - Od 7 2 2 8 - - - 19 - - Jett Nelson got three hits, including a double, and picked up two RBIs. Eric Johnston and Tim DeWulf each got two hits that brought in three RBIs each. DeWulf hit a home run and Johnston’s hits were both doubles. Camden Weber got two hits, one of them a double, for two RBIs. Hayden Miller hit two doubles for one RBI. M... Full story
The 2019 Nike-Van Kuren Invite was held Saturday, April 13, at Spokane Falls Community College. It was a very large meet with participating schools from eastern Washington and Idaho. Participating teams were Almira/Coulee Hartline, Asotin, Bonners Ferry, Central Valley, Cheney, Clarkston, Coeur D’Alene, Colfax, Cusick, Davenport, East Valley (Spokane), Garfield-Palouse, Gonzaga Prep, Grandview, Joel Ferris, Kettle Falls, L.V. Rogers, Lake City, Lake Roosevelt, Lakeland, Lakeside (Nine Mile), Lewis and Clark, Liberty (... Full story
Medical Lake The Tigers played a non-league away game against the Medical Lake Cardinals on Tuesday, April 2. The Tigers chalked up another win, 4-2. Odessa trailed by two through the third inning, then scored a run in each of the next four innings to get the win. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E ML 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 - - Od 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 - - Camden Weber had two hits in his four plate appearances, while Jett Nelson, Marcus King and Bradly Singer each had one hit. Singer’s hit was a two-bagger. Theron Schlomer pitched 4.2 innings, f... Full story
Medical Lake The Tigers played a non-league away game against the Medical Lake Cardinals on Tuesday, April 2. The Tigers chalked up another win, 4-2. Odessa trailed by two through the third inning, then scored a run in each of the next four innings to get the win. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E ML 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 - - Od 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 - - Camden Weber had two hits in his four plate appearances, while Jett Nelson, Marcus King and Bradly Singer each had one hit. Singer’s hit was a two-bagger. Theron Schlomer pitched 4.2 innings, f...
Tuesday's meeting of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce was headed by a very tired trio of officers. President Zach Schafer and vice president Jeff Huiras were still helping to clean up the race campsite and haul tables and benches back to town on Monday and Tuesday. Schafer is also the proprietor of Rocky Coulee Brewing Company and the Desert 100 weekend represents one of the busiest times of the year for that business. Huiras was the lead Chamber representative at the beer tent... Full story
By TERRIE SCHMIDT-CROSBY Organizers from the Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club arrived in Odessa a couple of weeks ago. While they waited for the snow to disappear, they attended some Odessa events, including the Chamber of Commerce banquet. A week of warmer weather finally got rid of the snow and unfroze the ground enough so that marking of the courses for two weekends of motorcycle racing could begin. This past weekend the Frostbite and White Knuckle races were held south of town... Full story
On March 29, the boys and girls high school track and field teams participated in the Connell Instant Invite at Connell High School. Odessa was the only 1B school present, in addition to 2B NW Christian (Colbert), 1A schools Connell, Medical Lake, Royal and Zillah and 2A schools Cheney, East Valley (Yakima) and Grandview. The boys team finished in seventh place and the girls finished in sixth place. Cheney High took the top spot in the competition of both the girls and boys. Boys’ results: Place Name Time/Dist 100 meters 1... Full story
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library on March 27, 2019, preceded by a board workshop held in the superintendent’s office for the purpose of reviewing the budget and staffing. Present were board chair Ed Deife; board members Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley, Janie Steward and Carmen Weishaar; Superintendent Dan Read; Principal Jamie Nelson; Business Manager Juli Weishaar and Facilities/Transportation Director Justin Parr. The board approved the consent agenda, including the m... Full story
At Monday’s meeting of the town council, the nuisance ordinance passed last fall led to sometimes heated discussion among townspeople and council members. When his portion of the agenda was reached, local businessman Jeff Huiras of Etched Dreams asked the council to explain a letter sent to a small number of Odessa residents that had been signed as having come from the Odessa Town Council. Initially, there was no response at all from any council member. Ultimately, as Huiras kept asking questions, it was disclosed that counci... Full story
The first buttercup of 2019 was a long time coming, but that harbinger of spring has now been found and submitted to The Record by young Simon King, son of Alex and Kaci King of Odessa and a Kindergarten student at P.C. Jantz Elementary School. Simon found the bright yellow flower on his family's ranch just outside of Odessa. Our area's blast of cold weather with snow and sub-freezing temperatures through much of February and March certainly delayed the flowering of many... Full story
