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Odessa School MONDAY, November 17: English Muffin, Sausage, Fruit, Juice. Lunch: Nachos W/Cheese & Chili, Fruit & Veggie Bar . TUESDAY, November 18: Pancakes, Fruit, Juice. Lunch: Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Tomato Soup, Crackers, Fruit & Veggie Bar. WEDNESDAY, November 19: Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Cinnamon Breakfast Bar. Lunch: Mozzarella Cheese Stix, Marinara Sauce, Corn, Fruit & Veggie Bar. THURSDAY, November 20: Juice, Bagel W/ Cream Cheese, Fruit. Lunch: Chicken Noodle Soup, Crackers, Pumpkin Muffin, Fruit & Veg Bar. FRIDAY, N...
Birthdays for November 10: Linda Boyd, Michelle Hayashi, John Melgren, Lewis Kagele, Kelly Hink. November 11: Richard Voise, Larry Moffet, Paul Scheller. November 12: Bradly Singer, Louis Harp, Herb Zimbelman. November 13: Drake Costlow, Colt Lewis. November 14: Deice Wraspir. November 15: Alexis Burdick, Ellen Holman, Tom Schafer. November 16: Steve Burroughs, Mila Coleman. Anniversaries for November 10: Britney & Lance Wagner, Tom & Gwen Clavel. November 12: Doug & Jean Starkel. November 14: Danny & Patty Williams....
The Titans lost to Almira-Coulee-Hartline at home in Odessa on October 28 by a score of 1-3. Scoring was as follows: 23-25 ACH, 25-21 O-H, 18-25 ACH and 9-25 ACH. Katelyn Worley led the team in service aces with 3. Leading in assists was Shelbey Watkins with 27. Jordyn Tanke had 12 kills. Defensively, Maleah Davison and Jordyn Tanke led the team with 2 each. Katie DeWulf led with 16 digs. On October 30, the match was played in Harrington, with the Titans dominating Wellpinit...
Odessa-Harrington, carrying its season record to 8-1 (5-0 in league play), defeated Almira/Coulee-Hartline by a score of 54-8 last Friday in Coulee City. It was the final game of league play. O-H 14 20 12 8 54 ACH 0 0 8 0 8 Sage Elder scored first on a 13-yard run. The extra-point attempt failed. Younger brother Gaven Elder scored next on a 35-yard run. S. Elder completed a pass play from quarterback Colton Hunt for an extra 2 points for the first-quarter scoring. In the...
Odessa fourth graders joined other eastern Washington fourth graders for this year's Spokane Sympony. Front: A.J. Reyes, Yvette Davey, Ashlyn Neilson, Harley Carson, Macey Singer, Joshua Valverde, Anthony Elder, Anthony Wiles, Kaytlyn Shafer, Jocelyn Zigan, Ella Caler. Middle: Lindsay Reyes, Miranda Taylor, Heather Valverde, Austin Iverson, Collin Martin, Gage Starkel, Steven Molsby, Rachel Nelson, Isaiah Chavez, Trenidee Zyph. Back: Ellen Holman, Vicki Iverson, Jeramiah...
The junior-high football team ended its season with a 33-25 victory over Valley last week. The team's season record was four wins and one loss. Coach Larry Weber said he was looking forward to having 11 of the 14 players returning to play again next year. "I enjoyed coaching this group. The kids worked hard at practice on becoming better football players. They gained confidence as the year progressed and started to develop an attitude of toughness," he adde...
Lewis W. Kagele was born on November 3, 1923 to Jake and Martha (Bischoff) Kagele in Ritzville, Wash. Lewis grew up on the family farm and attended school in Ritzville graduating from Ritzville High School. Lewis later married Darlene Schell on November 18, 1945 in Ruff, Wash. They were farmers and ranchers southwest of Odessa and later owned and operated the Odessa Golf Course, where they built their retirement home and continued to live until Darlene's death in 2009. Lewis c...
The Odessa-Harrington Athletic Booster Club dinner and auction this Saturday, November 8, at the Community Center in Odessa will have plenty of items to choose from for its annual fundraising event for the athletic programs of the two schools. The Booster Club itself is offering parking signs, one in Odessa and one in Harrington, entitling the winning bidder to park nearest to the entrance of the athletic venues in either town. Signs will bear the name of the person or family...
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. Monday, Oct. 27: A deputy assisted Davenport Safeway store personnel in the removal of a man and woman discovered sleeping in a tent next to a dumpster. A caller reported the theft of a riding lawnmower from the 1300...
Earlier this year I went to a fundraiser where I bought a bag of Glee flour. Glee is a variety of hard red spring wheat that was developed at Washington State University. I used the flour in my favorite bread recipe, one I have modified a bit from a Mennonite cookbook I treasure. There’s a bit of soy flour and powdered milk in my bread, which ups the protein content. The recipe calls for 50 percent white flour, 40 percent whole wheat, and 10 percent rye. I used the Glee flour...
Wheat markets have continued their recent rally which started at the end of September. Wheat futures have rallied more than $.70 from their lows. Corn futures have risen $.50 off their lows. The cash markets have also moved higher with Soft White back to their August prices. The rally in the futures has been the main driver of the rise in the cash markets and one of the main factors has been the weakness in the U.S. dollar. As mentioned in the last Market Perspective article, the weakness in the U.S. dollar and the pullback...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued today revised Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Ebola Virus Exposure. This guidance provides new information public health authorities and other partners can use to determine appropriate public health actions based on Ebola exposure risk factors and clinical presentation. It also includes criteria for monitoring exposed people and for when movement restrictions may be needed. In determining the right approach, we have put the health...
Lemon pie of any sort disappears fast at buffet or potluck dinners, and lemon meringue tops the list for most lemon flavor lovers. Wet weather like we have lately is the worst for making the meringue topping, as well as things like divinity and other candies that rely on the vigorous beating of egg white to create volume by incorporating air and drying the mixture some with the aeration. Rainy weather means wet air, thus more moisture in the mixture causing the meringue to...
Tuesday evening, Oct. 28, the Harrington Public Development Authority met at 7 p.m. at the city hall. Josh Steward called the meeting to order with the following present: Allen Barth, Margie Hall, Jay Kane, Bunny Haugan, Mark Stedman, Paul Charlton, Dillon Haas, Steve Hardy and Marge Womach. The primary discussion topic continued to be the vacant buildings and means to remedy the problem. An estimate by a contractor for one vacant building to be made structurally sound included roof and floor replacement which would make the...
After a nearly 10-year effort, the Board of Directors of the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District adopted a resolution to allocate the first 17,639 acres of new Columbia Basin Project water to replace ground water permits in the declining Odessa Subarea aquifer. The Board’s resolution designated water for an initial pump station and pipeline system which would serve about 10,000 acres of eligible deep-well irrigated lands south of Interstate 90, utilizing new East Low Canal delivery capacity created as a result of more t...
The November 4, 2014 general election provided no surprises in Lincoln County as of 8 p.m. Tuesday night. With 46 precincts reporting, only 3,802 ballots were cast out of 6,966 registered voters for a turnout of just 54.58 percent. The most hotly contested race in the Odessa area was that for Legislative District 13 State Representative, Pos. 1, which had Tom Dent and Dani Bolyard vying for a state legislative seat. Dent was leading by a substantial margin Tuesday evening. U.S. Congressional Representative Cathy McMorris...
With the assistance of a Big Bend Community College (BBCC) Title V grant and staff services from an organization called Washington Campus Compact, the Odessa Community Knowledge Center is now open to the public for basic computer literacy classes. The purpose of these classes is not only to teach the basic tools needed for further education, but also to help bring equality to the community. Having the right tools can help anyone obtain a GED, associate’s degree or even bachelor’s degree. Ed Lyles, Washington Campus Com...
As Veterans’ Day approaches, I begin reminiscing. When I was about eight or nine years old, my father introduced me to Sgt. Wilburn Ross at Fort Lewis. All the non-coms and officers looked up to Sgt. Ross in total awe and reverence. We were in the presence of greatness. I thought then, and do so now think, that this man, a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, walked on water! Years later I would understand what he did as Private Ross on October 30, 1944, near St. Jacques, France. Single-handedly, he killed or wounde...
Ebola is not an eminent threat to the Pacific Northwest, but healthcare providers at Lincoln Hospital and North Basin Medical Clinics in Davenport, Wilbur, and Reardan and at Odessa Memorial Hospital and Clinic in Odessa are taking steps to be prepared in the event the virus arrives on their doorsteps. “An outbreak of Ebola virus disease is unlikely to occur in Washington,” said Ed Dzedzy, Lincoln County Public Health Administrator. “We have good infection-control practices, well-trained public health staff and a proce...
The residents of Odessa face a question that is being faced by small, rural communities across country: how can we sustain local health care delivery? The fact is our local hospital, Odessa Memorial Health Care has an uncertain future. We are not unique in this uncertainty. Since early 2013, 26 rural hospitals nation-wide have closed – more closures than in the nine prior years combined. According to iVantage Health Analytics, 66 percent of the nation’s 2,300 rural hospitals are operating at a financial loss. There are lot...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued revised Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Ebola Virus Exposure. This guidance provides new information public health authorities and other partners can use to determine appropriate public health actions based on Ebola exposure risk factors and clinical presentation. It also includes criteria for monitoring exposed people and for when movement restrictions may be needed. In determining the right approach, we have put the health and...
On October 14, 2014, Linda Colbert had the horticulture class come up to her house and pick pumpkins for the retirement home in Ritzville, the Shriners Hospital of Spokane and the local food bank. After arriving at her house, Linda gave quick instructions, broke us up into groups and sent us to work. ShaeLyn Nuner, Stormy Stiles and Kamryn Alaina were in charge of picking the pumpkins. John Tanke and Alex Bruce were tasked with pushing the wheelbarrows full of pumpkins from the patch to the next station, where Evie Mann was...
Beverly J. (Grosso) Auker, 84 years old and a longtime resident of Odessa, passed away on October 31, 2014 in Odessa. Aunt Bev was born April 22, 1930 in Okanogan to Julius (Jack) and Gladys (Grace) (Beeman) Grosso. She was raised and graduated from Grand Coulee High School during the building of the Grand Coulee Dam. Her parents owned and operated the Maytag store in Grand Coulee until 1975 when her Dad passed away. She worked at Odessa Memorial Hospital as a Certified Nursing Assistant for 28.5 years. Her hobbies were...
