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Senator Bob Morton, R-Kettle Falls, was honored recently by the NW Chapter of Safari Club International for his dedication and service to preserving the heritage of hunting in Washington. Safari Club life-member Ed Owens presented Morton with a "Lifetime Achievement Award" plaque during a gathering of Republican senators on Tuesday. The Safari Club is dedicated to wildlife conservation, education, and protecting the culture of hunting. Throughout his career in the...
Softball The Titan girls played Selkirk on March 31 at home in Odessa. The scores for the double-header were: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Selk 0 2 1 0 1 2 10 16 15 O-H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Battery: Elena Hernandez and Casey Schlomer. Getting hits for OH were Katelyn Worley with 2 singles, Elena Hernandez with one, Caitlin Estep 2, Casey Schlomer, Alexa Boss and Kim Nelson 2. Unfortunately, the Titans were unable to convert any of those hits into runs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Selk 21 8 4 33...
A week of rain showers was what one of the Stumpjumpers had asked for when he was in Odessa for the White Knuckle/Frostbite races the preceding weekend. He got his wish. There was no dust to be seen, so this race was different from every other Desert 100 that has been run on Wes and Faye King’s pasture a few miles outside of Odessa. Riders came across the finish platform with their bikes, and often themselves, covered in mud. The campsite was a muddy mess in places, and f...
Alma Leona Lobe died peacefully on March 28, 2012 in Odessa, WA. Born on December 15, 1924 in Lind, WA, she married Art Wederspahn on Nov. 17, 1941, in Coeur d'Alene, Ida. They lived in Portland, Ore., then moved to Odessa where they operated a dairy farm. In 1954, Art and Alma moved to Greenacres, Wash., where they also operated a dairy farm. From there, they moved to Spokane and lived for some 50 odd years. Alma worked as manager of the bakery department at Albertsons. Art...
The Titan golf team traveled to Colfax for a 9-hole match with a shotgun start at 2:30. It was a pleasant surprise to find the weather was very nice, about 55 degrees and no wind. The competition was played under winter rules due to the course being very wet. The Colfax Golf Course is a 9-hole par 35 course. Colfax took the match with a score of 214, followed by Odessa-Harrington with 240, Northwest Christian and Inchelium each with 292. Three Colfax boys tied for medalist with 40 each. Titan boys scored as follows: Nick...
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. March 26: "Considerable" damage was reported as a result of a traffic collision on SR 2 west of Davenport. Doors were reported broken on storage sheds on property on NE Adams Street in Creston. A...
The End Time Last Days We live in the last days, are you aware of---the signs? Scattered throughout the Bible, are several key lines! Do you know what to look for, WATCH---we are told! While we---cast a blind eye, there are events---to BEHOLD! They will recognize the time, those few who are wise. As you absorb this epistle, God open---your---eyes! God's promise to Abraham, fulfilled in this generation! America---IS---Israel, it has become that---"Great Nation!" Said Daniel the Prophet, "Many shall run to and fro!" We've...
Regardless of the snow and rain, wildfire season officially begins April 15, as specified by state law. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wants to remind people that the risk of wildfires can change rapidly during the spring when warmer, dryer weather occurs with increasing frequency. Wildfires can damage natural resources, destroy homes and threaten the safety of the public and the firefighters who protect forests and communities. As of the end of last week, 13 forest fires have already been...
On Saturday, April 14, The Rolling Thunder Saloon in Odessa will play host to the first fundraising event for the National Motorcycle Riders Memorial Association (NMRM), a non-profit organization established in January 2012. The group has planned a full day of events, including an auction, a local band in the afternoon, live comedy and an evening of blues by the Vaughn Jensen Band from the Tri-Cities. Auction items include unique accessories and a vintage motorcycle. The solo mission of the NMRM is to "create and maintain a...
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars welcomed a new member at their March 22 meeting. The group will be visiting with residents of the Spokane Veterans Home at Northern Quest Casino Monday, April 9. Members wishing to go are asked to meet at 706 E. First by 8:15 a.m. or to meet the group at Northern Quest by 10. The Ladies Auxiliary will also take advantage of Spring Fling weekend to hold a bake sale. The sale will be held on the sidewalk in front of New Image Salon Saturday, April 28, beginning at 10 a.m....
When Matt and I went into business together I hadn't planned for it to go this way. Alder St. Fitness and Tanning, LLC was a dream of mine. I enjoyed running our business, seeing new faces and watching members achieve new goals. The smiles on their faces are what I enjoyed most about this business. Unfortunately, Matt and I grew further apart as Matt turned to abusive ways. I felt the great need to take my children to a safe and more positive place outside of Odessa. I had learned that Matt wasn't around and the gym wasn't...
I am sure that many of you receive questionnaires like I do. They want to know what you think the largest problems are that our federal government faces. We should be very concerned about our unfunded liabilities! We have Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Postal Retirement System, that are in deep trouble, as baby boomers reach retirement age. We have hundreds of thousands of veterans who will need medical care, after too many deployments to our 21st century wars. We have millions of children who have been born to...
Odessa elementary school pupils were once again the beneficiaries of the “Bikes for Books” program sponsored by Odessa Lodge No. 156 of the Free and Accepted Masons of Washington. Lodge secretary-treasurer Dennis Thompson and junior warden Marcus Horak attended school March 29 to award two bikes to students who achieved specific reading goals. According to Thompson, each year one or both bikes, which are purchased from Ramm Hardware in Odessa, are put on display at the sch...
Hi, here I am again. Continued from last week – the Kiesz Children….. Virgil remembers the following about living in the L-B-D: (10.) His dad had 14 horses; needed 12 of them when pulling heavy loads, deep plowing. His dad’s first tractor was a track-crawler type diesel. His dad’s first car, a used “rag top” Ford. Second car was a used “hard-top” with 4 doors, In 1934, the third car was a used Model-A-Ford/2 door and in 1939, it was his dad’s first “new” car - a Chevrolet with a small trunk attached at the rear. (11.) His d...
Last year, Fotis I. Antonopoulos, a successful Web designer in Athens, decided to set up his own e-business to sell olive oil products. It took him 10 months, winding his way through the city collecting dozens of forms and stamps of approval, including proof that he was up- to-date on his pension contributions, before he could get started. But, according to The New York Times, even that was not enough. In perhaps the strangest twist of all, his board members were required by...
I’ve been thinking about what I would want people to say about me at my funeral three years from now. Don’t start celebrating prematurely – I’m not dying, at least as far as I know. No, this is an exercise from a book called “Managing Your Mind, The Mental Fitness Guide,” by Gillian Butler, PhD and Tony Hope, MD. I think the theory is that if you want people to say something nice about you when you die, you need at least three years to set them up for it. I picked the book up...
There was much excitement early in April when Odessa High School’s debate team won the state championship and the right to represent Washington in the national forensic contests in 1937. Although it’s a forgotten activity, debate teams flourished among the high schools of the region, and Odessa often had a winning team. The national competition in 1837 took place the first week in May in Jacksonville, Ill., and if Odessa’s state champions were to attend, it would be up to the citizens of the community to send them there...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 3/29/12: Apparently the markets weren’t willing to wait for a poor Friday report before breaking lower, as corn and wheat futures both tanked hard. It seems everyone’s pretty sure what the government’s going to have to say, and they weren’t willing to wait for confirmation before selling out. Exporters in Portland tucked tail and ran early, as soft white bids dropped 20 cents right off the bat, even when Chicago futures were only down a dime, then dropped a...
Lydia B. Urquhart died March 29, 2012 in Puyallup, Wash. She was born April 12, 1912 to Herman and Magdalena Ramm at Ruff. She lived her early years on the family farm near Ruff. Lydia married Alistair Urquhart in 1937. They lived in Marlin and Sunnyside. After Alistair’s death, Lydia moved to Spokane and eventually to Puyallup. Lydia is survived by a daughter, Barbara Clark of Puyallup, and a son, George Urquhart, of Enterprise, Ore.; four grandchildren; James Clark and S...
Harry Fink of Hayden, Idaho died April 1, 2012, at the age of 95. He was the middle child of nine born to Conrad and Anna Fink on April 7, 1916. He was a man of his word, called it like it was and known for his bartering ways. Harry married his high school sweetheart, Lauretta Schauerman in 1937. They were married 51 years prior to her passing. They welcomed seven children into their lives. He was a hard-working farmer most of his life. He also worked for the Idaho Fish and...
Odessa's got talent! What a great idea to have an all school musical. I can only imagine how much fun and hard work to get all those sets, which were so outstanding, as well as getting the students of all ages into the play. I enjoyed "Beauty and the Beast" as everyone did. Phyllis Weishaar Odessa PS - Who was that little shepherd boy? Editor's Note: The shepherd boy was played by second grader Drew Hardung, son of Joel and Danielle Hardung....
About 10,000 years ago Earth’s climate lurched from bitter Ice Age conditions to the much balmier time in which we live today. We don’t fully understand what caused that great climate shift, but we know it was near the time of that great temperature transition that people started to farm. And one of the crops people in some parts of the world learned to tend was wheat. In the Western world, our love affair with wheat is as intense as it is old. Peasants have lived on bre...
The first annual meeting of the CPoW Livestock Processors Cooperative Association was held in Odessa March 28. A total of 59 members and guests, of which 32 members cast ballots, attended the meeting in Odessa and enjoyed a delicious meal prepared by 231 North Catering of Reardan. The primary orders of business were election of the expanded board and to celebrate how much progress the association has made since this time last year. We have met the requirements to secure the $1.2 million, zero-interest CERB loan, raised...
At the March 28 meeting of the Odessa School Board, Dennis Milliken, director of the STEM program at the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) awarded a banner and plaque commemorating the STEM Lighthouse Award made to the Odessa Schools. Superintendent Suellen White described to him how the $20,000 cash award has been used. He congratulated the district on its willingness to share its success with neighboring districts and said this fact was a large part...
Another Odessa person was very nearly the victim of a scam recently, but fortunately for her she was cautious enough not to agree to giving out any money or trying to cash the fraudulent checks she was sent. Mary Van Rijn of Odessa often rents rooms in her home to those in need of low-cost housing. A friend convinced her to put an ad on Craigslist when one of the rooms became available for rent. She was soon contacted via email by a young woman who claimed to be someone who traveled a lot in her capacity as a worker for the R...
