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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. Oct. 3: A moose was seen running across SR 2 just east of Reardan. A deputy was unable to find juveniles who had been observed throwing rocks in the vicinity of Pioneer Plaza in downtown Davenport. A...
Before anything else, I would like to apologize for the mess outside your office. It's been three weeks since all those hippies and punk-rockers and students and union members and working mothers and single fathers and airline pilots and teachers and retail workers and military service members and foreclosure victims decided to camp out on your turf, and I'm sure it has been quite an inconvenience for you. How is a person supposed to spend their massive, virtually untaxed...
Titan student-athlete Jared King was selected as the WIAA/Seattle Times State Athlete of the Week for Class 1B boys. King, a junior, passed for 178 yards and two touchdowns, rushed eight times for 40 yards and a TD, returned a kickoff 85 yards for a score and made 15 tackles (five solo) and two sacks in a 42-28 homecoming victory over Wilbur-Creston....
The Odessa-Harrington Titans battled the Wilbur-Creston Wildcats in a showdown which took place in Odessa. The first quarter of the game was sloppy, resulting in a scoreless tie. O-H 0 22 20 0 42 W-C 0 14 8 6 28 The Wildcats scored four total touchdowns, all via the run. The first touchdown score in the game was a rushing touchdown by Wilbur-Creston with 10:11 left in the second quarter. The pass defense of the Titans was outstanding, with no passing touchdowns allowed. They a...
Effective October 4, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ended the regulated fire closure on public lands it manages in the state of Washington. The fire closure is no longer necessary due to recent precipitation and cooler temperatures. BLM asks the public to use caution when operating motorized vehicles on roads and trails that have areas of high grass and vegetation and to ensure campfires are out before leaving the area....
Clocks and watches, what marvelous things! Though not artesian, they all have main---springs. Just like a rose, most do come with---stems. And crystals and jewels, what precious gems. With intricate brass, mechanical gears, Each has a---face, but no eyes or ears. They have no mouth, yet the gears have---teeth, That connect to those other, gears underneath. They have no arms, but most come with three---hands. Though not musical, some have their own bands. Large and small---hands, yet, no fingers or thumb. Brand new---second...
Governor Gregoire has proclaimed Oct. 17 – 22 as Careers in Energy Week to promote the need to build a smart-energy workforce. Washington joins 11 other states in supporting the national drive, coordinated by the Center for Energy Workforce Development. Washington’s events are coordinated by the Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, a Centralia College partnership. Four events throughout Washington will engage high school students and counselors in activities to support Careers in Energy Week. The eve...
The Christian Poets Academy is sponsoring a free poetry contest open to everyone. There are 50 prizes totaling $5,000, with a $1,000 grand prize for the winner. Poems of 21 lines or less on any subject in any style will be judged by the contest director Dr. Jeremy Cameron. “We love encouraging poets with cash prizes,” he says. “We trust this contest will produce exciting results!” Send poem by Nov. 15 deadline to: Free Poetry Contest, PO Box 761, Medford, OR 97501. Or enter at www.freecontest.com. Include your name and add...
Parents, teachers and supporters of Odessa School District are reminded that the next PTO meeting will be November 2, 2011 at 7:15 a.m. in the high school library. all are welcome and encouraged to attend. The discussion will cover the success of the wrapping paper sales, details of the Titan T-shirt distribution and other PTO plans. Please come and hear all the great things being done for the school and give your much-needed input. We are on Facebook! Go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Odessa-Parent-Teac...
On Monday, October 24, Title I is sponsoring a Halloween Flashlight Reading Night for children in pre-school through fifth grade. One of the Title I services is to promote family literacy skills. Parents are encouraged to attend this event, so they can read to their child or listen to their child read. The high school honor society will serve as reading buddies if there are several children in one family or if a parent cannot come. The children will read in the school multi-purpose room from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Children are to...
Title I is a set of programs established by the U.S. Department of Education to distribute funding to schools and school districts with a high percentage of students from low-income families. It also helps children from families that have migrated to the United States, youth from intervention programs who have been neglected or are at risk of abuse. The act appropriates money for education purposes for the next five fiscal years. Title I also appropriates money for dropout prevention and improvements to the school. To...
The Titans split their matches yet again this week, defeating Valley Christian Oct. 4 but bowing to Lind/Ritzville-Sprague on Oct. 6. O-H vs. Valley Christian Odessa-Harrington coasted to a fairly easy win against VC, shutting them out in three games. Head coach Ken Scherr said the team started off slow without much intensity but finished strong. St. M's 25 25 25 3 O-H 17 17 15 0 Serving leaders were Chelsea Fisher and Charli Moffet, who each had 5 aces. Koralynne Kuch, Kendall Todd and Hailey Williams all served 100%, with 7...
Kelly Fritz and Casey Pfeifer have announced their engagement to be married on November 5 at the Glover Mansion in Spokane. Fritz, the daughter of Dr. Christy Nygaard and Rick VanAuken of Bellevue and Dr. Mark Fritz of Issaquah, is a 2006 graduate of Issaquah High school and a 2010 graduate of Washington State University. She is now working in Spokane as a preschool teacher at a daycare center. Pfeifer is the son of Marty Pfeifer of Odessa. He is a 2005 graduate of Odessa...
Layton Michael Albertson was welcomed by his parents, Ty and Blayne (Walter) Albertson, in Spokane on August 6, 2011 at 6:48 a.m. Layton weighed seven pounds and measured 21 inches long at birth. Grandparents are Mike and Tracy Walter of Odessa, John Albertson of Kennewick and Patty Albertson of Kennewick. Great grandparents are Punch and Sharon Pfeifer of Odessa and Cathy Anderson of Odessa....
Luke Rosman has completed his basic combat training with the U.S. Army at Fort Sill near Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, Rosman studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics. Rosman is the grandson of William...
Nice rains last week could keep zucchini plants producing awhile longer. Jo Ann Hardt reported having a “ton” of zucchini on hand, and conducting an internet search for Zucchini au Gratin, her goal being making something tasty for Sunday dinner, and using up some of the bountiful squash supply. She found the following recipe on www.food.com. Zucchini au Gratin 3 cups shredded zucchini 1 1/2 Tbsp butter 1 1/2 Tbsp all-purpose flour 3/4 cup milk 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1/4 tsp gro...
I need help. Not the kind of help most of you think I need, though. I need help. As in hired help. I know, it just doesn’t seem right. I’ve been telling myself for years that I can do everything myself, or at least that I should do everything myself. It’s time to let go of that dream. The first thing I’m going to do is hire someone to clean. Someone to come to my house and dust, clean the bathrooms, vacuum and sweep the floors, and possibly do more. Of course, they’ll...
In today’s era of $14 trillion budget deficits, $18 billion seems like chump change. But with every penny of federal spending on the chopping block, that amount is eye-catching. NASA needs that money over the next five years to build its new space launch system —a behemoth rocket that would eventually carry our astronauts to Mars. The rocket will be topped with a space capsule similar to Apollo, which carried Americans to the moon and back 40 years ago. The new rocket will be...
Rain has meant everything throughout Odessa’s history. When it rains, the crops grow, and the community prospers. When there is a drought, things wither and die. The Odessa area had just gone through the worst growing and harvest season in its history – which includes up to the present time – in the fall of 1931. It had been a total crop failure at harvest. A rain in late October, therefore, was welcome news to farmers and to the community as a whole. Here is The Odessa Record’s report in its issue of October 30, 1931. P...
We were the beneficiaries last week of contractor Peter Cooper’s interest in masonry. He is the gentleman working on The Odessa Record/Any Occasion Banquet Hall building, scraping away old paint, repairing broken brick and adding the proper type of mortar to stabilize the building. On Tuesday evening of this week, he told us he worked until midnight reparing the arch above the main doors to The Record’s offices. He told us he had to finish the work all in the same day bec...
(Open letter to some citizens of Odessa.) I was told at the parade that since I do not speak German, we shouldn’t live in this town. I served in the military for nine years during war time for freedoms that she enjoys. My wife and I have volunteered in this town and my wife made and donated hand-crocheted blankets for Quail Court residents. We also support this town with our taxes and money spent here and yet we do not belong here? How can this town grow or prosper if some in our town openly express this attitude to s...
Just over a century ago, when William Howard Taft was president and I was a young woman, an entrepreneur named Thomas Aldwell started building a dam in the Northwest woods of the Olympic peninsula in Washington. The 108 foot-high Elwha dam became an early hydroelectric powerhouse, helping to fuel population and industrial growth related to activities as varied as forestry and ship-building. Over the following decades more hydro-dams in the West were built. Mega-dams like...
The Odessa-Harrington Athletic Booster Club, with assistance from the Odessa Riders Club, put on a dinner and auction Saturday evening to raise money for warm-up jackets and other gear for all of the O-H sports teams. Grilled steaks, a baked potato bar, Caesar salad and white or chocolate cake for dessert made up the menu. As people made their way through the buffet-style serving line, they had plenty of opportunity to visit with old friends or meet new people. Businesses and...
Editor’s note: The Chamber notes below begin with the remainder of the September 27 Chamber meeting results, followed by the October 11 results. Margie Hall, Lincoln County Economic Development Council (EDC) director, urged all Lincoln County businesses to add any commercial properties available for sale or lease to the list being maintained by her Davenport office. The list is being used to target northwest entrepreneurs looking to get out of urban environments, letting them know that lower-cost facilities are available t...
On September 29, 2011, the Columbia River Policy Advisory Group (CRPAG) met in Ellensburg to discuss several major water supply issues relating to the Columbia River.A key issue discussed was the Odessa Aquifer Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which will start the process of getting surface water delivered to irrigators in the Odessa Subarea to replace their use of groundwater from the rapidly declining aquifer. In particular, Bill Gray of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and Derek Sandison of the Washington State...
