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I am sitting here at my dining room table looking out the window as I prepare to write this column. My thoughts go back to May 24, 2016, the day we moved to Odessa. In my first Meet your neighbors column in November 2016, I mentioned the warmth and love we felt from the wonderful people in this town and how we felt welcomed as we got out into the community. The only thing that has changed from that time until now is that things are even better. Thank you again to our Odessa...
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Governor Jay Inslee has appointed Scott Hutsell to serve as chair position of the Washington State Public Works Board. Hutsell, a lifetime resident of Washington, currently serves as a Lincoln County Commissioner and was first elected in 2008. He has owned his Davenport-based business for 30 years. "I applied for the chairmanship because I think we can take what we do to a whole new level," Hutsell shared. "Scott has a strong commitment to public service a...
December 22, 1965 - April 13, 2017 Harold P. Wacker was born in Odessa to Donald and Janice Wacker. He was named for his two grandfathers Harold W. Haynie and H.P. Wacker. Raised on the family farm, Harry went through 12 years of school in Odessa where he played football and basketball, participating in state tournaments in both sports. Harry attended Spokane Community College, where he got his associate degree. After a couple of years on the farm, he took a job as a title...
Meeting of HOHS The Harrington Opera House Society met May 1 at 7 p.m. with Ed and Bunny Haugan, Billie and Gordon Herron, Mark Stedman, Cade Clarke, Carol, Linda Wagner, Marge Womach, Karen Robertson and Cherie MacClellan attending. Issues regarding the building committee were addressed, including the need to label water lines and diagram the system, the need to repair the ceiling fan in the auditorium and the need for a hand rail for the emergency exit on the old stairs....
Horseshoes tournament The horseshoes tournament held Saturday of Spring Fling weekend saw 22 competitors battling it out for prizes. The weather was good, and only an occasional gust of wind disturbed the players. Mixed A: First place Blanca Hettinga of Hermiston, Ore. and second place to Les Myers also of Hermiston. In the B group, Kaitii Reeves of Spokane was first, Gene Kuiken of Bellingham was second and Vic Magnus of Tri-Cities was third. The C group had Sharon McLaugniin of Tri-Cities taking first place and Rob...
It's the morning of Saturday, April 29, of Spring Fling in Odessa, and I'm getting ready to follow through on a commitment I made just a few days before. I am meeting Sean Owsley, lead singer of the Blue Mustangs band and the morning news anchor for KHQ-6 news in Spokane to conduct my first solo interview. I'm not nervous, which was exactly what I had hoped for. The main reason I chose him for my first interview is that he seemed like a very down-to-earth person. I had been ir...
Friday's winetasting, microbrew sampling and auctions drew the usual large crowd to the community center, as the medical community and the residents of Odessa came together to raise funds for the purchase of two special items. One is an emergency room equipment package that will facilitate diagnostic procedures for patients with limited mobility due to their injuries or illness. The second item is a special chair for use in the Odessa Clinic that will allow practitioners to...
1 Years Ago The Odessa Record May 11, 1917 Six Odessa boys answer the call. Arthur Schatz was one of the smallest young men in Odessa, too short by an inch to meet either army or navy specifications, but he certainly started something when he left Saturday for Spokane where he enlisted in Uncle Sam’s aviation corps. The ice being broken, six more young men, John A. Schoonover, Cecil Jenks, Otto Wagner, Edward Johnson, Virgil Harrison and Edward Weber, all fit for any branch of service left for Spokane to take the examinatio...
The Undeberg Invitational track meet on April 29 saw the Titan boys take third place and the girls 23rd. Boys 1. Kittitas 94 2. NW Christian (Colb.) 79 3. Odessa-Harrington 70 4. Kettle Falls 52.5 5. Royal 43 6. Reardan 42 7. Colfax 41 8. Riverside 40 9. Othello 36 9. Selkirk 36 11. Republic 14.5 12. Lind-Ritzville 14 12. Tekoa-Rosalia 14 12. Pomeroy 14 15. Davenport 12 16. Columbia (Burbank) 11.5 17. Liberty (Spangle) 11 18. Upper Valley Christian 9 19. Dayton 8 20. Wahluke 7.5 21. Medical Lake 5 22. Chewelah 4 23. Soap...
Dear Dr. Universe: How do viruses affect animals? – Gianni, 10, Cayman Islands Dear Gianni, Our planet is home to more than seven million amazing animal species. While we have our differences, we also have something in common: We are all made up of a bunch of cells. My friend Jeb Owen told me all about it. He’s a scientist at Washington State University who is really curious about how insects eat blood and interact with animal hosts. He’s even been called a disease detective, tracking down viruses transmitted by insec...
The Odessa-Harrington girls’ tennis team won the state academic state championship for 1B schools awarded by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. The team is coached by Rachel Roberts and includes girls from both schools....
As witnessed by the annual success of our Spring Fling Quilt Show which just completed its 25th consecutive year this past weekend, there’s a whole lot of stitching going on in Odessa and the surrounding area. Stitching, in all its many forms, can be a rather lonely hobby at times. For those who would like to stitch in company with others, there are several FREE regular stitching activities open to all, weekly and monthly, in our town. First, there’s the first Friday of each month “Sew Much Fun” session at 5 p.m. in the Exp...
On April 26, 2017, superintendent Dan Read, principal Jamie Nelson, Ed Deife, Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Carmen Weishaar held a workshop in the district office prior to the regular school board meeting for the purpose of discussing district policies and procedures. The board then met in the school library at 6:00 p.m., with Deife, Valverde, Crossley, Weishaar, Read and Nelson present, along with business manager Juli Weishaar; Justin Parr; Kevin Schaefer; Jeff, Julie and Kiegan Wehr; Tim, Jill and Elizabeth Larson;...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Washington following President Trump’s federal disaster declaration for public assistance as a result of severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred Jan. 30 – Feb. 22, 2017, announced Administrator Linda McMahon of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Private nonprofits that provide essential services of a governmental nature are eligible for assistance. SBA disaster assis...
Spring has finally arrived and with it come some new developments and some new challenges for the town. We have set up a Cemetery Improvement Fund that can accept donations for the maintenance, beautification and expansion of the Odessa Cemetery. We have looked into creating a Cemetery District, but without a large endowment to fund the district, this is difficult to do. By creating a fund we can accept donations from individuals and families that want to see the cemetery maintained as a beautiful spot for our ancestors and...
May 7-13, 2017 is National Hospital Week. Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center uses the word “healthcare” instead and celebrates National “Healthcare” Week in order to include all the fine professionals who work at the medical center, inclusive of those at the hospital, at Quail Court, at the Odessa Clinic and the EMTs. This is a week set aside to recognize the dedicated professionals who have chosen to care for others as their life’s work. A hospital is more than a place where people go to heal, it is a part of the community...
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, May 1: A Grand Coulee area man requested an ambulance for his wife who had fallen. She later was pronounced dead after being transported to Coulee Community Hospital. A caller told dispatchers about a dog bar...
