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[Editor’s note: Pat Gamache of Odessa continues the story of his dealings with the medical profession and battles with addiction and illness. This series concludes this week with an intro message from Pat and a shared email from his son Shaun.] Continued from last week. My son Shaun works for Apollo Video, a video surveillance company out of the Seattle area. He’s a programmer, software designer and manages 60-plus service personnel in the field. He started with schools and buses, presently working on facial recognition pro...
Crisis Reality Training Tony Hamilton has announced an opportunity for our community to attend a “Crisis Reality Training” in Harrington on Friday, January 10, with Jesus Villahermosa in charge. Villahermosa is a nationally recognized expert on the topic of active shooters. He has a 33-year history in law enforcement and served 30 years as the point man on the SWAT team while serving with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. From his website: “Jesus’ experience as a law enforcement officer has fueled his passion for peopl...
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencings Christopher Andrew Summers changed his plea to guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree and was sentenced to 27.75 months in prison. He had been charged with the crime in 2017. Matayo A. Matta-McDougall changed his plea to guilty to attempting to elude a pursuing police officer (count one), unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree (count two) and assault in the second degree (count three), sentenced to five months in prison for c...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Dec. 30 A Davenport woman reported she thought her CO2 alarm was going off. Spokane County reported having a person in custody wanted in Lincoln County. A man living in Spokane reported that a wood stove has been sto...
JV vs. Harrington The Odessa Tiger boys JV started their season December 9 in Harrington, losing to the Panthers by a score of 67-46. Od 14 11 11 10 46 Ha 9 26 11 21 67 The JV boys this year are 5’9” senior Brian McDonald at post, sophomores 5’10” forward Nathan Carstensen, 5’10” guard Landon Brooks, and 5’8” Nathan Melcher at post, 5’9” freshman guard Gage Starkel, plus five eighth-graders playing up with the high school team, 5’4” guard Tyesn Kuchenbuch, 5’6” guard Chad Strebeck, 5’9” guard Zach Claassen, 5’7” forward Dak...
Varsity vs. Harrington The Odessa varsity girls won their first basketball game of the season against Harrington on December 9 by a very lopsided 78-5 score. The Tigers playing on the varsity squad this year are Ashlyn Neilsen a 5’7” freshman guard; Grace Nelson, also a 5’7” freshman guard; Kenadie Elder, a 5’4” senior guard; Caitlyn Schuh, a 5’5” senior playing post and guard positions; Maddie Scrupps, a 5’4” junior guard; Maddy Wagner, a 5’9” senior playing post and guard; Katreace Boss, a 5’3” junior guard; Laela Hardung,...
Since the Christmas basketball tournament in Spokane over the winter break, there have been no basketball games for us to report on. This week, the Tigers have away games in Wellpinit on Tuesday and in Northport on Friday, as well as a home game on Saturday versus Inchelium. Saturday’s games start at 3 p.m. for the girls’ JV, followed by the girls’ varsity at 4:30 p.m. and the boys’ varsity at 6 p.m. There will be no boys’ JV game, as Inchelium has no JV boys team. The following Monday, January 13, the Tigers will play Lake...
1 years ago The Odessa Record January 4, 1920 News updates: D. E. Schimke caught the burglar that entered three Odessa business houses. He was sleeping in the old Salsburg elevator and Mr. Schimke kept watch over him while his son, Tolbert, called Marshal Durland. The burglar, who still had Sol Reiman's automatic in possession, was identified as a man that was wanted in three counties and he was bound over to the superior court. New officers of the Masonic lodge include A. M...
Harley Gale Wraspir passed away December 21, 2019 in Spokane. He was born February 9, 1935 in Odessa to Frank and Alice Wraspir. He married Apryl Holm in Odessa on June 18, 1961. Harley enjoyed playing bridge, golf, trap shooting, skiing, traveling both in the U.S. and abroad. He was a part of the Odessa Grange, VFW, Odessa Gun Club and the Heritage Church in Odessa. He was also a U.S. Army veteran and was on the army rifle team. Harley is survived by his wife Apryl Wraspir; t...
After much agonizing and several months of searching for anyone with ties to Odessa who might want to take over publication of The Odessa Record, we have decided that interest in a small weekly newspaper simply isn’t present among current and former Odessa folks. So the time has come, for the sake of family and for health reasons, to hang up the red editor’s pen and try to enjoy some more relaxed years of retirement. The job has been enjoyable for the most part, and the expressions of thanks for our efforts by several avid re...
Our look back at 2019 continues... July In a project spearheaded by Lise Ott and JoEllen Wollman of Experience Quilts with the help of many Odessa quilters, red, white and blue “valor quilts” were distributed to elderly veterans at a July 4 quilt show at Any Occasion Banquet Hall. The Firemen’s Barbecue on July 4 served close to 300 people on a nice warm summer day. Odessa High School sent 29 of its FBLA chapter members to the FBLA National Leadership Conference held this year in San Antonio, Texas. Five teams made it into...
The board held a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. for the purpose of discussing the budget. The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the library at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 19, 2019. Present at the meeting were Ed Deife; Heather Valverde; Chris Crossley; Janie Steward; Carmen Weishaar; Dan Read, Superintendent; Jamie Nelson, Principal and Juli Weishaar, Business Manager. Also present were Justin Parr, Bruce and Kim Todd, HaLee Walter, Lindsy Starkel and Vickie Iverson. Superintendent...
After winning the Division I men’s competition last year with a total of 799 points out of a possible 800, and the Youth Division as well with 726 points out of 800, the combined Marlin-Odessa Gun Club geared up for the 102nd year of this annual contest with first week of shooting on Sunday, January 5. The Marlin-Odessa women’s team finished fifth last year with a score of 622 out of 800. The participants shoot at their respective clubhouses outside of Marlin and Odessa, then combine the scores of their top shooters for the...
