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On Tuesday, March 19, the baseball season opened for the Odessa-Harrington Titans with a double-header at home against the Davenport Gorillas. The Titans took the first game, 8 - 0. The O-H battery consisted of Justin Hunt and Stetson Sanford. Hunt was the winning pitcher over Connor Van Pevenage. Getting singles for the Titans were Sanford, Carsen Weber, Cade Weber, Markus Smith (3), Hunt, Nick Tebow and Gabe Henneman. Doubles were hit by Smith and Tebow. RBIs: Sanford 1, Hunt 2, Tebow 2 and Smith 2. The second game was also...
The track and field season began last weekend with the Ray Cross Invitational held in Ephrata on March 23. Over 30 different schools competed, ranging in size from 1B to 2A. The Odessa-Harrington girls placed ninth with 23 points. The boys did not place. Results for the girls and boys competing are listed below: Women’s 100 meters, Jordyn Tanke fourth in 13.56, Carley Williams 41st in 15.00. 200 meters, Jordyn Tanke fifth in 28.12, Katie DeWulf 33rd in 32.34. 400 meters, K...
A period piece from an earlier century can be a good learning experience for students. With the musical “Bugsy Malone,” Odessa students got a taste of the “flapper era” in American social history. They appeared to embrace it. Unfortunately, the music seemed a bit complex and out of the range of many of the vocalists. However, the acting was a notch above what one would expect of this age group. From first-graders to high-schoolers, the performers all did a great job of expr...
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center will be locking doors sooner. Recently a facility wide Risk Assessment, conducted by Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center's Liability Insurance Company, has recommended that OMHC to ensure we are providing a safe and secure environment for our patients, residents, visitors and staff. Starting April 1, 2013, every evening all doors will be locked at 7:00 p.m. We have buzzers at both the front door of the Hospital and the Emergency Room Entrance that will alert staff if you need to enter the...
Odessa’s newest postmaster is Becky Moeller, who transferred here from Harrington after 18 years as postmaster there. Former postmaster Mary Dewey is now the postmaster in Soap Lake, which is also the home of her father, so she can be closer to him should he need assistance. Becky Moeller was born in Baker, Ore. but raised mostly in North Idaho. Her father was a miner, and the family moved as jobs became available. She began her career with the U.S. Postal Service in K...
Aera Shin is studying biochemistry at the University of Washington and is scheduled to graduate this year. She is shadowing the medical providers during her stay at Odessa. She says she is very interested in emergency medicine, particularly in rural areas. “Much of my passion for medicine,” she says, “stems from my personal encounters watching my immigrant parents navigate their way through health care in the U.S. and my Christian faith.” In her free time, Shin enjoys reading...
Odessa students Wyatt Haase, Lukas Marshall and Colby Sooy came home with bragging rights, as they grabbed the #1 spot at the Zillah Robotics Challenge. Last week Thursday, March 21, 11 youngsters from Odessa’s junior-high grades traveled to Zillah to participate in the challenge. Approximately 20 schools and home-school groups sent a total of 38 teams to the competition. The Odessa group broke out into four different teams: The Odessa Titans, comprising Aaron Gies, Cole K...
Easter and spring school break herald times for families and friends to gather for celebratory meals. Baked ham, roast lamb, baked chicken are just a few of the main dishes served this time of year. Brussels Sprouts are still available in the markets and make a colorful garnish or side dish. Roasted Brussels Sprouts are quick and easy to prepare while the meat dish is resting before serving. Olive oil, coconut oil or bacon fat are three options in the recipe. Olive oil lets the full flavor of the spouts shine through, coconut...
Sheriff's Report 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, March 18: Davenport and Seven Bays firefighters handled a fire along Hawk Creek Road North that began as a controlled burn but went partially out of control as a result of windy conditions....
Fifty-three years ago, excavation work at the Titan missile launching site at Batum, 16 miles southwest of Odessa, was underway, and members of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce and other area residents were given a tour of the facility. The Chamber was assisting the U.S. Air Force and contractors for the base’s construction in placing workers on the job and in finding housing for them in Odessa as well as in vacant farm homes in the area. Employment during early phases of construction was about 200. This went up to 1,300 the f...
In a match played March 20, the girls tennis team from Lind-Ritzville/Sprague defeated the Odessa-Harrington Titans by a score of 2 - 0. In the singles match, LRS’s Melville defeated Cydnee Kieffer. 6-0, 6-0. In the doubles match, Melville and Wheeler defeated Watkins and Marchand, 6-0, 6-0. On March 21 in Creston, Harrington’s Cydnee Kieffer defeated Potts of Wilbur-Creston by a score of 6-1, 6-2. The resulting team score was 1 - 0, as there was no doubles match....
Odessa police chief Helen Coubra told the Town Council Monday night that she has observed far too much speeding on First Avenue, and that, coupled with rampant jaywalking by the town’s residents and visitors, could lead one day to a serious accident or fatality. She and officer Bryce Peterson will focus over the next few weeks on reducing those two hazards. Warnings will precede ticketing in all but the most egregious cases. Mayor Doug Plinski read a letter to the council from an Odessa resident who had had a verbal a...
The Friends of the Library is a volunteer organization that was formed to help provide for library needs beyond the regular library budget. Through our different fundraisers and membership dues to the Friends we have been able to supply funds for additional materials, upgrades in technology services, sponsorship of lectures and programs, and special projects identified by the Odessa Public Library Board. Recently, the Friends of the Library were able to invite storyteller extraordinaire, David Crouch, to entertain many in...
The Washington Wine Industry Foundation will offer three sets of scholarships for students interested in viticulture or enology for the 2013-2014 academic year. All scholarship applications must be postmarked by June 1, 2013, and are available to high school seniors or graduates and college students currently enrolled or planning to enroll in a college or university viticulture and/or enology program. Over $18,000 in scholarship awards were distributed by the Washington Wine Industry Foundation for the academic year...
Spring has arrived. As temperatures rise across the region, the Washington State Department of Transportation reminds drivers to remove their studded tires by midnight, March 31. Studded tires are legal in Washington from November 1 to March 31, unless WSDOT grants an extension. Multiple forecasts indicate temperatures will be well above 50 degrees in many parts of the state, and WSDOT is not planning on extending the deadline. This year, Oregon and Washington are coordinating studded-tire removal dates to make travel rules...
There are two features of this time of year that make my heart glad. One is the rapidly increasing length of the day. In September we lose daylight quickly, but in the spring we gain it all back just as rapidly. Although the same pattern is repeated each year (so you’d think I’d be used to it), I’m always somehow surprised and delighted when we get to this time of year and have early sunrises and spreading daylight in the evenings. The other part of this time of year that...
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday at noon at Any Occasion Banquet Hall, its first meeting since electing new officers. Marlon Schafer returns as president for a fifth term, Marcus Horak takes over as vice president, Lise Ott is the new secretary, Larissa Zeiler continues as the treasurer and the remaining board members are Dejay Buck (Biergarten chairman), Vicky Iverson and Justin Parr. New members of the board were introduced at the annual banquet held on March 16....
As we get closer to the celebration of “Mother’s Day,” I think of the women who have been a tremendous influence in shaping my life. My grandmother, my mother and my mother-in-law. My grandmother taught me the beauty of flowers, gardening, sewing and cooking. She had her picture in the paper many times with the flowers she grew and the garden she raised. This began my journey as a Proverbs 31 woman. My mother taught me love unconditionally. She always told her children “to be there for one another.” Even when we were far...
To Sheriff Wade Magers, Please pass along my deepest appreciation for your department’s initial effort on 11 March 13 at the crash site of the Navy EA-6B Prowler aircraft in Harrington and your support during the week-long accident investigation. Your department was instrumental in helping to control the initial crash scene and also clear the route from the crash site to Fairchild AFB in order to transfer the remains of our fallen [with] the respect they deserve. Over 100 members of our military community attended the d...
As I was reading (yet another) book that promised to have the solution to my weight problem, I realized that what I really want is to be a success story. Success stories are intended to be inspiring, I know, but when I read about other people who were a hundred pounds overweight and managed to lose it, I get depressed. Because, when it comes to my health, weight, or housekeeping, I just don’t seem to be able to stick to any kind of plan. Any individual who succeeds at changing...
The O-H boys golf team played a nine-hole match at Wilbur on Tuesday, March 19. It was cold and at times there were high winds, making for very challenging conditions, said head coach Sam Read. The boys’ team came out on top with a team score of 257, NWC was second with 263, Wilbur-Creston 265 and Davenport 267. O-H individual scores were: Madison Charlton 48, Ricky Hedreen 51, Griffey Powell 51, Nick Nelson 51, William Mann 56, Bo Gunning 64, James Smith 69, Derek Montgomery 72, Dillon Denison 72. Boys medalist for the e...
Sequester. What Sequester? For two months we have heard nothing but how bad it is going to be, people will starve, people will die, schools will close, and any horrible thing you can think of. That’s all you heard from the President, the Vise President and their lap dogs in the media. Once again it was, “Do as I say, not as I do.” On a couple of recent trips overseas Vice President Biden and his entourage of 136 people stayed in a hotel in Paris for one night at a cost to the U.S. taxpayer of $585,000.50. In London for one n...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 3/22/13: Back from vacation, but after seeing what the market has done since I left, perhaps I should have stayed away. Soft white wheat basis vs. Chicago futures dropped 45 cents from late last week into this week, a result of a large producer selling at the end of last week combined with limited known export demand for white wheat going forward. The last big export news was the CCC donation tender for Bangladesh which took place last week and reportedly...
