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Friday night’s Tingstad and Rumbel concert at the Harrington Opera House drew a very good crowd, but the crowd was nothing to compare with the quality of the performance. Polished, professional and yet comfortable, Nancy Rumbel and Eric Tingstad, a Seattle-based duo, provided a selection of acoustic music. Unusual treatments of well-known songs such as “Summertime,” “Over the Rainbow” and “Crying” were mixed with original compositions. Tingstad, an accomplished guitarist, pl...
Chelsea Fisher (fourth from left in photo) of Odessa was among the members of the Bi-County All-Opponent Volleyball Team announced at the District 7 tournament held at Northwest Christian in Colbert Saturday, November 5. Team members were Hailey Sandman, Brianne Goodlake and Alex Potts of Wilbur/Creston; Chelsea Fisher of Odessa-Harrington; Brynna Stevens, Madeline Isaak and Jordan Jones of Almira/Coulee-Hartline and Rowee Swank of Valley Christian. Each girl received an...
It was playoff time in Odessa on Friday night, and the Titans played like it was. In freezing cold weather, the Cusick Panthers visited the Odessa-Harrington Titans with home-field aspirations for next week. Eighteen fumbles occured in this game – 18! The majority of them were center-to-quarterback exchanges, but 18 fumbles are too many nonetheless. O-H 16 18 8 12 -54 Cusick 0 8 6 0 -14 Titans quarterback Jared King accounted for 12 fumbles, but that was the only thing King di...
Stephen McFadden is the publisher of the Ritzville/Adams County Journal, which also published this article in its November 3, 2011 issue. A pair of superior court judges greeted John Kragt October 31 for an official proceeding in Adams County Superior Court. Richard Miller and John Strohmaier stood together for an important matter involving a young man they both have known for years. The courtroom was filled with attorneys, friends and family to mark a milestone in Kragt’s l...
Sourdough waffles, there is nothing like them. For years, I had a wonderful sourdough starter that I kept going by using every couple of weeks. Due to not enough waffles, bread and biscuits being made, that starter died. When the latest Hospital Auxiliary cookbook came out I decided to try Pauline Schimke’s sourdough starter recipe. So far I have been very pleased with it. Sourdough Starter 1 package active dry yeast 1/2 cup lukewarm water 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 Tbsp salt 1 Tbsp granulated sugar 1 1/2 cups room t...
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. 31: Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a man who had fallen at the elementary school construction site. At least seven people went into the water after a boat tipped over near the Hawk Creek...
For three weeks in November 1909 Odessa fretted over an act of charity which was reported to be coming its way. The town of Palouse in Whitman County, according to Spokane newspapers, was sending a freight car loaded with fruits and vegetables for the farmers of the Odessa and Quincy areas. The people of Odessa were indignant over the circulation of a report that there was a shortage of food, The Odessa Record reported in its issue of November 12. No one seemed to have known how the story about poverty in Odessa got started....
The Odessa-Harrington girls volleyball team has made the cut as the number-three seed from District 7 to the state tournament. The 1B state volleyball tournament gets under way at the Yakima Sun Dome this Friday, November 11. The Titans will face the number-one seed from District 2, Christian Faith High School of Federal Way. Sporting red and navy blue colors, the Eagles are coached by Stephanie Pond. Last year, the Eagles finished in second place at the state tournament,...
The Titan football team earned the number-three seed position in this week’s District 7/9 crossover playoffs. The team will play Colton, the District 9 number-three seed, Friday, November 11, at 7 p.m., in Odessa. The winner will have a State berth, and the loser will be out of the tournament. Even though the game is being played in Odessa, it is a District playoff game and not a home game. Therefore, regular school season passes are not valid. Students and staff must pay to get in. Adults and students without ASB cards w...
In district tournament play at ACH High School in Coulee City Thursday, November 3, Odessa-Harrington defeated Wellpinit in three, 25-17, 25-17 and 25-14. The Titans then defeated Cusick, again in three, with approximate scores of 25-23, 25-17 and 25-11 (official scores were unavaible). In their third match of the day, the Titans fell to Almira/Coulee-Hartline 3-1 by scores of 25-21, 25-23, 17-25 and 25-23. Serving leaders were Lexie Hirst (22 and 1) for 96% and three aces....
A valid ASB card must be presented to receive the student price. Credit cards will be accepted. Ticket windows will open one hour prior to the first game time of the day. For adults/students without an ASB card, the cost is $9 for a single day or $15 for the entire tournament. Students with a valid high school or middle school ASB card will have to pay $7 for one day or $10 for the entire tournament. Seniors age 62 and older will also pay $7 for one day or $10 for the entire tournament. Children aged 5 and under get in...
The 2011 State Land Judging Contest was hosted by the Lincoln County Conservation District on November 2 at the Keith and LeAnna Schafer farm on Highway 28 five miles west of Odessa. Attending the contest were 135 students from the FFA chapters of 18 eastern and central Washington high schools. Schools sending one or two FFA land judging teams to the contest included Almira-Coulee-Hartline, Cheney, Davenport, Freeman, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Lacrosse, Lind, Moses Lake, Odessa, Pomeroy, Prosser, Ritzville, Rosalia,...
The Odessa Prime-Timers and the members of the Odessa chapter of the Red Hat Society will be hosting a free dinner at 5 p.m. on Saturday, December 3 at the Old Town Hall. The evening will feature a turkey dinner supplied by the club members, with potluck side dishes to be provided by the guests. Guests are also asked to bring items for “white elephant bingo,” which will be played following the dinner. Those wishing to attend are asked to call in their RSVP to Sharon Parr at 982-9932....
Dream 2. (Continuation): As he promised, the speaker that night at the Batum school, finished his presentation talking about Joyce Kiesz and her future husband, Larry. Fisher, Larry and Joyce Elaine Kiesz, (d. 7/20/2050, Larry – age 128, Joyce – age 127). Joyce will be born 1937 in Batum at the Raugust farm, one of four children born to Edward and Bertha Raugust Kiesz. Larry will be born 1936 in the Fisher’s addition at the Berry house in Palouse, Washington, one of two children born to Russell and Verna Manning Fishe...
Beginning November 14, 2011, agricultural producers in Lincoln County can apply for the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program for 2010 crop losses according to Jeff Lust, Farm Service Agency (FSA). “SURE payments provide financial relief in addition to crop insurance or NAP payments. NAP is the Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program and covers crops for which insurance is not available,” said Lust. “SURE differs from most disaster relief programs in that it guarantees revenue instead of just payin...
Margie R. O’Neal died November 2, 2011 at Lincoln Hospital in Davenport, surrounded by her children. Marge was born on September 4, 1939 in Irby to Charlie R. and Ruth (Kissler) Jeske. She was the second daughter, joining her sister Shirley Ann. Marge received her formal schooling at Odessa schools. She was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church. Marge was known to family as a loving mother and grandmother. She is survived by her husband Clifford O’Neal of Creston; three sons, Rick A. Haase (Jim Terry) of Ogden, Utah, Bru...
The next time you’re on a commercial airliner, think about this: The GPS navigation unit in your car is more advanced than the technology used by air traffic controllers. The radar-based air traffic control technology used today is almost 60 years old. While it worked well with fewer, slow-moving aircraft, today’s modern jetliners can fly more than a mile and a half in the time it takes for a radar beam to sweep across the screen. Because of that, planes must be kept thr...
Now, where was I? Oh, yeah. I was telling everyone (and I mean everyone) that I was on a quest to be healthy by the time I’m sixty. Good thing I’m only 57. Actually, I have managed to lose 22 pounds so far. Only a few more to go. I sort of went off the rails in October. I can’t blame it on the Halloween candy, although it did play a prominent role. Once again, I got too busy. Too busy to plan meals, too busy to write down what I had eaten, too busy to exercise, just too darn...
The Odessa Cub Scouts of Pack #784 will once again be “Scouting for Food” this year. Over the past several years, the Cub Scouts have collected hundreds of pounds worth of food. This special food drive is used to provide Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners for a number of families in Odessa served by the Odessa Food Bank. This past Saturday, the Cub Scouts distributed plastic bags to every household in Odessa. This coming Saturday, November 12, at 10 a.m. the scouts will pick the bags up from the front porches of all the hom...
At the November 8 meeting of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce, Margie Hall, Executive Director of the Lincoln County Economic Development Council (EDC) distributed surveys to members and guests. The surveys are one of several information-gathering tools to be used by Eastern Washington University students who will be compiling the data for their senior project. The end result of the information gathering and analysis will be an economic development “vision” for the county. The survey questions were the same ones that residents...
The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 7395 will be serving up a turkey dinner at the Veterans Day dinner Friday, Nov. 11, at 6 p.m. Turkey, potatoes, gravy and dressing will be provided. Guests are asked to bring a salad or a dessert. Lloyd Tebow will be the featured speaker, telling about his recent Honor Flight to the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. The Auxiliary will also be selling raffle tickets to raise money for scholarship programs. The Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) is a national...
