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1 years ago Oct. 28, 1921 Catholics buy cemetery site. The Odessa Catholic church has purchased from Joss. Reitner, two acres and a half of land just west of the Odessa cemetery, of which F.L. Kucera is now drafting a plat for a cemetery site. The present Catholic cemetery on the hill southwest of town was thought by members of the church too far from town to keep up in the way that they would like to have it, and offers have been made to those having relatives laid away at the old cemetery, a place to inter them in the...
DAVENPORT – Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers' pre-trial date concerning the three criminal charges he is facing has been pushed to Feb. 9, 2022 at 1:30 p.m., according to Lincoln County District Court. The pre-trial had originally been scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 3. Magers, who is charged with obstructing a law enforcement officer, making a false or misleading statement to a public servant and rendering criminal assistance in the third degree, entered a not-guilty plea on all three counts at his arraignment July 7. The ch...
ODESSA – The Odessa Athletic Booster Club holds its fourth annual dinner and auction next week on Saturday, October 23, at the Odessa Community Center. A social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. is followed by a prime rib dinner. In the auction, there are many interesting items up for grabs. Attendees will have an opportunity to bid on the many silent and live-on-the-side auction items, including hand-crafted items and décor, cakes and baked goods, photo sessions, outdoor items an...
ODESSA – Kysar Mechanical of Davenport installed wiring and new schoolhouse-style light fixtures, supplied compliments of Lowe's, just in time for the Odessa High School Homecoming Dance, the first event held at the Old Town Hall since renovations began last August. The floors remain unfinished, but the century-old building displayed a dazzling interior after parents decorated for the event. Since Homecoming was cancelled last year, this was the first dance ever attended by s...
A couple of errors appeared in our Deutschesfest supplement this year. In the Schwarzenbeeren Kuchen recipe, 1 cup heavy whipping cream was left out of the list of ingredients. In the Mennonite Country Auction story, two days were listed for the sale, but that has been revised to return it to just a one-day event, Oct. 2, 2021 (Saturday). The auction itself was always scheduled for Saturday only....
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced 20 rural cities, towns and counties will receive a total of more than $11.4 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) for 2021. The 22 projects funded will: improve rural water, sewer, streets, community facilities and fire protection systems, support affordable housing and economic development and complete community planning for asset management, recreation and growth. Grants include funding for critical fire and emergency facility p...
ODESSA – "This isn't goodbye, this is see you again soon," say the administration and staff of the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center, as three exemplary long-term employees start their retirement journey. The community is invited to celebrate this new phase of their lives on Wednesday, August 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the town park. Barbara Schlimmer (Clinic Director), Beth Schafer (Physical Therapy Director) and Phyllis Sebesta (NAC/Scopes NAC) will be recognized for their y...
Grant County, WA – Grant County Health District is reporting a multi-county COVID-19 outbreak associated with the three-day Watershed Music Festival, held in George, Wash. on July 30, 2021 – August 1, 2021. Cases have been identified among Washington State residents of King, Grant, Pierce, Skagit, Kittitas, Okanogan, Whatcom, Kitsap, San Juan, Lincoln and Stevens counties. There has also been a case tied to a resident of Oregon State. “As of today, we are aware of over 160 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases across Washington state...
ODESSA – On July 21, 2021, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies Dain Harden and Jon Evans were dispatched to a vehicle theft in progress at Govan Road North and Obrien Road East. Upon arrival, Harden and Evans found that the vehicle owner Evan Jones had detained the suspect Riley Vail. Once Vail was placed under arrest, the deputies discovered that a truck at the scene was stolen out of Spokane County and that Jones had a 1999 Ford F-250 stolen from this location. The owner of the recovered vehicle was notified and gave con...
Members of the Free Press Publishing family of newspaper writers, photographers and graphic artists have won one or more awards in the following divisions of the 2021 Better Newspapers Contest: advertising, special sections, news, photography and digital processing. Staff members placing first, second or third in the categories listed are Davenport editor Drew Lawson, Cheney Free Press contributor Paul Delaney, advertising manager DeeAnn Gibb, publisher/photographer Roger Harnack and graphic artists Walter Willand, Garth...
MALSTROM AFB, Mont.– Casey Schlomer, a graduate of Odessa High School in 2016, now has tangible proof from the U.S. Air Force of her promotion to the rank of senior airman. She recently received the certificate shown above from her superiors. Casey is stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana, home of the 341st Missile Wing of the Air Force Global Strike Command, where she works in security enforcement. Casey is the daughter of Amy and Kevin Schaefer and J...
ODESSA – The 2021 downtown Odessa Christian Music Freedom Festival, sponsored by Rolling Thunder Pizza and benefiting the local Odessa Guitar Ministry for Kids, was held July 24 in downtown Odessa. The festival began in 2019 and has grown exponentially despite the pandemic year of 2020, which led to the event being broadcast via Facebook live and drawing a larger regional audience. By January of 2021, a full lineup of visiting bands from Idaho and Spokane and plenty of local talent was in place for this year’s event. The gues...
ODESSA – Elizabeth Hayashi, daughter of Pastor Jon and Michelle Hayashi is studying filmmaking at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, Calif. Now home in Odessa for the summer, she calls upon a number of Odessa residents to be extras in her short film project entitled Mirrors. Acting as pew-sitters and potluck-meal attendees for the film, those participating get a glimpse of the hard work, attention to detail and the many takes and retakes involved in each film scene. Lighting and background are as important as actions and d...
ODESSA – The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library (also available via ZOOM) on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, preceded by a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. to discuss staffing considerations. The meeting was publicized by posted notice and notices presented to the administration, union presidents, board members and the newspaper. Board chair Ed Deife opened the scheduled budget hearing at 6 p.m., during which school Superintendent Dan Read gave a brief overview of the 2...
RITZVILLE – Police are looking for assistance in finding the thieves that stole approximately 5,000 pounds of hay last week from the Wheatland Community Fairgrounds. Chief Dave McCormick said the theft occurred between 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, and 6 p.m. Thursday, July 29. Between 50-60 bales of second-cutting alfalfa was stolen, he said. The bales were bound with blue bailing twine; each weighed about 92 pounds. The bales were stolen from a stack near East Olive Street, b...
ODESSA – The Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society is thrilled to be one of the 100 impact projects that are the cornerstone of 100 Hometowns, an initiative to celebrate Lowe's centennial. Lowe's received more than 2,200 submissions to the 100 Hometowns program, which invited people across the country to nominate their hometown projects in need. The 100 Hometowns program will complete 100 projects across 37 states that rebuild areas reeling from natural disasters, repair c...
GRANT COUNTY, WA – The Grant County Health District has issued an air advisory as a result of wildfire smoke effecting the air quality in Grant County and across Washington State. The smoke is not expected to clear in the short-term, keeping the air quality between unhealthy for sensitive groups and unhealthy for all groups. Poor air quality and inhaling wildfire smoke is unhealthy for all people but can significantly impact people with asthma and other lung diseases, as well as infants, children, pregnant women, and older a...
Ashley Roper of Harrington has earned a place on the Spokane Falls Community College honor roll for spring quarter 2021. Students must earn a grade point average of 3.0 or higher to be on the honor roll. Christopher Wyatt of Harrington and Sara Kramer of Odessa have made the honor roll at Spokane Community College. The honor roll lists those students who achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or above in spring quarter. Kaitlin Estep, Colton Hunt and Camden Weber, all of Odessa, have been placed on the Dean’s List at E...
OLYMPIA – Washingtonians will begin to see fewer plastic bags littering the state’s roadsides, parks, and streams beginning Oct. 1 when the statewide plastic bag ban goes into effect. The bag ban prohibits the distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags by restaurants, retail, small vendors and grocery stores. The ban was originally scheduled to begin Jan. 1, 2021, but the limited availability of compliant bags prompted Gov. Jay Inslee to delay it through a proclamation. The proclamation was recently rescinded. “Si...
VICTORIA, British Columbia — The border closure between British Columbia and Washington will be lifted for some U.S. residents beginning Aug. 9. Canada will allow vaccinated Americans into the country, provided they have been “fully vaccinated at least 14 days prior to entering Canada,” according to a press release. “All travellers, regardless of vaccination status, will still require a pre-entry COVID-19 molecular test result.” If the number of coronavirus cases doesn’t explode after that, the Canadian government...
This Sunday, our nation celebrates Independence Day. And on this 245th birthday of our United States, it’s important to take time to remember why we mark July 4. Sure we celebrate the holiday with barbecues and fireworks, parades and apple pie. But that’s not what it is about. Independence Day is about freedom from tyranny. It’s about being able to own property, speak your mind, worship how you want, gather together, be protected from government corruption and overreach and, when necessary, defend yourself not just from...
ODESSA – The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library and via ZOOM on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 6 p.m., preceded by a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. for discussions regarding ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) funding, technology planning and staffing considerations. Present were board chair Ed Deife; board members Heather Valverde, Janie Steward and Chris Crossley; Dan Read, Superintendent; Jamie Nelson, Principal; Staci Claassen, Assistant B...
ODESSA – "The Old Town Hall has been the focus of Odessa's FBLA chapter over the past four years," says FBLA advisor Terri King. Working with the Town of Odessa and the Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society, FBLA members have focused their service projects on making improvements to the building through grant writing, contests, volunteer labor and a window campaign. To date they have raised almost $50,000 to replace the roof, the windows and a door. Recently, members c...
ODESSA – Grace Nelson, the daughter of Jeff and Jamie Nelson of Odessa, is one of eight incoming high school juniors from around the state of Washington recently selected by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to join its LEAP (Leadership through Education Activities and Personal Development) Committee and participate throughout their junior and senior years. Student representatives are involved with WIAA events, meetings and community projects and have the unique opportunity to be the voice of W...
Olympia – Sale of consumer fireworks begins June 28, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. and ends on July 5, 2021, at 9:00 p.m. A state license is required, along with a local permit, to operate a fireworks stand in Washington. The Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) issued licenses for 607 retail fireworks stands in 2021; this number is down slightly from last year’s total of 633. It is likely that many community fireworks displays may not be held this year due to continued social distancing requirements. The SFMO encou...
