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On October 1, Odessa-Harrington played its volleyball match at Columbia High School in Hunters. The Titans won three straight, with scores of 25-8, 25-15 and 25-16. Offensively Katelyn Worley and Cydnee Kieffer led in services aces with 3 each. Alexa Boss had 22 assists. Jordyn Tanke had 7 kills. Defensively, Hannah Schmidt led the team with 4 digs, while Casey Schlomer and Jordyn Tanke each had one block. On October 5, Lind/Ritzville/Sprague played the Titans in Odessa, this time losing three straight by scores of 25-22,...
If it seems food safety issues are on the rise, that's because they are. About 48 million people contract some form of food poisoning each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The question on many people's minds is whether the federal investigators in charge of food safety are still around to protect the public, or if they too have been furloughed. According to a Department of Health and Human Services contingency plan, the Food and Drug Administration "will be unable to support the majority of...
Let us try and simplify the reason for the ridiculous name calling and questionable actions that are taking place. it is because the Republicans want to balance the budget and the Democrats don't want to. Perhaps we should define some terms. Budget is what they hope to collect in revenue and that is hopefully going to match the expenses for that year. If the revenue does not match the expenses, then we go further in debt. Our debt will be 17 trillion dollars on or about 10-17-13. We now take one dime, one nickle, and one...
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center (OMHC) will be able to help you navigate the system by having certified "in-person assisters" who will be able to provide in-person assistance right here in Odessa. The Washington Health Benefit Exchange began on October 1st. It is hard to imagine anyone would have missed this news. Now is the time to focus on getting people enrolled in health coverage and OMHC wants you to know we are here to help. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded the ability of residents at low to mid-income levels to...
Athlete: Cydnee Kieffer Parents: Dina and Clint Kieffer Grade: Senior at Harrington HS Sport: Volleyball Coach: Lanae Carper Achievement: This is Cydnee's 3rd year playing volleyball and her 2rd year playing at the varsity level as the starting right side hitter....
Above are the September Titan Pride winners: front row left to right, Sophia Squire, Ashely Zagelow, Devin Nelson and John Melcher. Second row: Kira Buck, Marissa Chaves, Corbin Nielson, Kenzie Kuchenbach and Holden Iverson. Third row: Ella Caler, Ashley Neilson, Destiny Wiles, Dakota Stewart. Top row: Nathan Carstenson, Emily Scrupps, Gage Starkel, Chloe Winkler, Yvette Davey, and Nathan Melcher....
During the night time hours of October 5th Lincoln County dispatch received a 911 call from a distressed female reporting domestic violence. The male suspect was reported to have a pistol which was brandished at some point. Deputies responded to the area only to learn that the male suspect had left the area in a passenger car. The car was quickly located and upon contacting the suspect it was determined that he was intoxicated. The suspect was arrested for driving under the...
Barbara "Barb" Lou Gilbert By KATHY TAYLOR Barbara "Barb" Lou Gilbert Schlimmer was born July 21, 1950 in Spokane, WA. The doctor that showed up to deliver her was intoxicated and her mother forced the hospital to find a replacement. Barb had actually been a twin, her brother died in utero before the birth. Her father worked relief on a railroad crew and for several years their home was a 16' Shasta trailer which was moved to various locations along Stevens Pass. Barb was the...
Frank and Leo Guth were among Odessa’s first business operators. Just as the town was incorporated in 1902, several new businesses opened to make Odessa a full service center. Among them were the flour mill, built and operated by Portland Flouring Mills; the Odessa mercantile, later to become the long-running Michaelsen & Koth general store, and the Odessa Hardware & Implement Company, founded by the Guths. Some of Odessa’s pioneer wheat growers were major stockholders in the Guth’s firms, which sold shelf hardware, farm...
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, Sept. 30: A truck was observed hauling an oversized boat without appropriate signage on SR 25 about 17 miles north of Davenport. Windy conditions forced a brief interruption of service for the Keller ferry....
Early fall freezing weather has done in most Odessa gardens, but you may have a few zucchini awaiting your attention. Zucchini Crisp, submitted by Jackie Winfrey, Quincy WA, works well with all sizes of this prolific summer squash. She adapted her favorite apple crisp recipe to create this recipe, and states that most crisp recipes would probably convert well. Zucchini Crisp Topping: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup butter or...
Washington Healthplanfinder today announced more than 10,000 residents completed applications for health coverage since the marketplace opened on Oct. 1. Washington Healthplanfinder is the new way for Washingtonians to find, compare and enroll in health insurance and gain access to free or low-cost health coverage. “The number of applications we’ve received is a strong start to our six-month open enrollment period,” said Richard Onizuka, Chief Executive Officer for the Washington Health Benefit Exchange. “While we’ve s...
To the Editor: Let us try and simplify the reason for the ridiculous name calling and questionable actions that are taking place. It is because the Republicans want to balance the budget and the Democrats don’t want to. Perhaps we should define some terms. Budget is what they hope to collect in revenue and that is hopefully going to match the expenses for that year. If the revenue doesn’t match the expenses then we go further in debt. Our debt will be 17 trillion dollars on or about 10-17-13. We now take one dime, one nic...
In case you didn't notice, Odessa's quilt shop, Experience Quilts! was a bit busier than usual during the past couple of weeks. That was because of the 12th annual North Central Washington Quilt "Shop Hop," an event that brought at least 140 quilters to several towns including Odessa. For those who aren't familiar with the world of quilting, a shop hop involves traveling from quilt shop to quilt shop. Usually a "hopper" carries a "passport" with her (or him), which is stamped at each shop visited. When the hopper receives a...
At the regular lunch-time meeting of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce on October 8, after much discussion and general agreement, Marcus Horak moved to change the chamber by-laws to hold election of officers at the first meeting in December. This would allow the budget year to run from January 1 to December 31 and new officers would take over their positions on January 1. In order for new officers to take over on January 1, nomination of officers would take place at the last meeting in November (this year on November 26). The...
I've been contemplating the quality of leadership recently, not least because of the mess in Washington, D. C. What really inspired me to try writing about it, though, was our quilt club business meeting Monday night. You see, it's time for the annual election of officers. We're not a very large organization to begin with. There were only ten of us at that meeting. There are probably about 12 who form the core of the group. And when there are three real officer positions to fi...
Cooking is part necessity, but it's also partly cultural. The way we cook says a lot about the societies we live in and the traditions that influence our families. I know that a lot of what I do in the kitchen is an echo of what my mother taught me. When I crack an egg into a mixing bowl, I scoop out that last little bit of raw egg white in the shell with my finger and scrape it off on the edge of the bowl. My mother grew up in the Great Depression and learned not to waste foo...
David Michaelson, a writer residing in Harrington has received word that two of his books have won medals awarded by the Military Writer's Society of America. His young readers book, Butterfly Dust took the Gold Medal. The story of his twelfth summer, Rapscallion Summer, was awarded the Silver Medal for humor. David's latest book, The Adventures of Gopher Piddington (along with all his books) is now available at the Davenport Times office, The Ritzville Art Center, Cow Creek Mercantile and through major online booksellers....
To the Editor: Our political system today is broken. Infighting and partisan politics are pushing our country in a non-productive negative direction at the N ational level. The Government at State level has a difficult time remembering there is a side of the state east of the Cascades. Olympia thinks what is good for the Puget Sound is obviously good for everyone. Where government still has the opportunity to be a positive and productive influence in the citizen's life is at the local level. Local city government has...
The Needhams perform in Harrington Monday night, Sept 30th, the Needhams family-based group performed at the Harrington Opera House for an audience of about 50 persons. This was the third year's appearance of the Needhams at the Harrington Opera House who have been on a West Coast tour for September and are on their route home to Murfreesboro, near Nashville, Tenn. Diane Needham Mummert, playing the mandolin, is the wife of Steve Mummert, their sound man. Diane is the sister of Dave Needham Jr, on the bass guitar, and daughte...
