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The Odessa-Harrington Titans traveled to Moses Lake to play the Neah Bay Red Devils in the semi-finals championship game. In the first 83 seconds of the game, the Red Devils were ahead 12-0 and forced two fumbles on the Titans’ first two plays with the ball. Jared King (7) and Brett Larmer (12) both fumbled, and each time the ball was recovered for a score. We lost 34-74 in the middle of the 3rd quarter. Our offensive line was disastrous, and we just didn’t play as though we r...
Members of the Knowledge Bowl team at Odessa High School have begun competing this fall. Team members this year are seniors Kira Powell, Kaitlin Estep, Hailey Williams, Austin Schmierer and Rebekah Marshall, juniors Amanda Hardt and Kendall Todd, sophomores Jacob DeWulf, Chelsea Fisher and Griffey Powell, and freshmen Keith Erber, Sam Schafer, Garrison Schmierer and Thorsen Wehr. Competitions are generally on Tuesdays....
The Odessa-Harrington Titan football team took third place Saturday in the semi-final game against Neah Bay, a small town on the Olympia peninsula. The trophy was awarded right after the game. Receiving the sportsmanship award for the Titans was Brett Larmer, senior running back from Harrington. Neah Bay 36 22 16 -74 O-H 20 14 0 -34 The game ended in the third quarter when the point spread reached 40, dashing the Titans’ hopes for a trip to the championship game at the T...
Jake passed away November 28, 2011. He was born September 4, 1911, in Teplitz, a German settlement near the Black Sea in Russia. After marrying Lydia Kern in 1940, their entire village was relocated to Germany and they worked on a state-run farm. In 1945, he was drafted into the German Army and wounded, then captured, spending nearly five years in various labor camps in Western Russia. Reunited in 1949, Jakob, Lydia, and their young daughter immigrated to the United States,...
Odessa High School science teacher Jeff Wehr has added yet another accolade to his impressive resume. He is one of only five recipients in the nation of the Siemens Founders Award. This award is given in recognition of an individual or school for encouraging students to participate in math, science or technology research programs and efforts to provide the necessary support consistent with Siemens Foundation mission of enhancing math and science in American high schools. Only...
Frankie Groh died November 25, 2011 in Odessa. He was born August 11, 1928 in Odessa to Frank and Pauline (Flath) Groh. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1946. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Noreen Groh, at the home and by one sister, Kathy (and Bryan) Holjeson, of Harrington; three nieces: Cindy and (Manny) Hemmerling, Shawn and (Todd) Claypool and Roberta and (Steve) Telecky; two nephews: Greg (and Kim) Buchmann and Scott (and Kris) Buchmann and several grand...
The Adams County Volunteer Fire Department responds to countless emergencies each year. Firefighters often arrive on the scene to find overturned or otherwise unstable vehicles or farm equipment, and until recently, the department was unable to purchase the equipment necessary to stabilize them. The Othello Monsanto site recognized the need, and nominated the department to receive a $5,000 grant from the Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Monsanto Company. The grant was presented to the department on Nov. 14. The mon...
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. Nov. 21: Reardan's animal control officer reported recovering a purebred golden retriever. Deputies responded to a report that a man stood at the corner of Morgan and Fifth streets in Davenport, screa...
A partnership between Big Bend Community College and Inland Helicopters of Spokane will provide opportunities for students to become helicopter pilots while earning an associate degree. The new helicopter pilot training program begins in January of 2012. “This is another example of the type of public/private partnerships we must establish to create new programs in today’s economy,” said BBCC President Bill Bonaudi. The partnership opens a new range of careers for BBCC aviation students, including emergency medical servi...
A greatly expanded Web site to give small business owners an unprecedented detailed review of their health insurance plan choices was announced today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Just in time for 2012, this powerful new tool allows small business owners to compare the benefits and costs of health plans and choose those that are best for their employees. For the first time ever, it will allow small businesses to research locally available products in an unbiased manner and foster a more transparent and...
The Local Book (telephone book) of Moses Lake has joined a coalition of independent Yellow Pages publishers across the United States to create a first of its kind “jobs program” designed to extend much needed economic relief to American veterans returning home from military duty. The initiative, entitled “American Hometown Heroes,” was launched November 8, 2011 and will provide professional marketing advice and consultation to any returning veteran who would like to start a new business – all at no charge to them! This prog...
Canniwai Grange and Odessa Grange have announced that their annual combined Christmas dinner will be held Thursday, December 8 at 6 p.m. at the VFW Social Hall. This year’s guest speaker will be Don Strebeck, who recently returned from a trip to Germany, where he attended “Agritechnica,” the world’s largest exhibition of agricultural machinery. The trip was awarded to Odessa Trading Company as a result of the company’s success at equipment sales, being named the top dealership in Case IH’s western region for 2011. OTC g...
The Floch Memorial Basketball Games, originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 29, at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake this year, have been postponed until Tuesday, December 13. On that date, the Titans will face the St. John-Endicott Eagles in Moses Lake, with the girls varsity playing at 4 p.m. and the boys varsity at 5:30 p.m. There will be no junior varsity games. The BBCC Vikings college game will follow at 7 p.m. Now that the football season has come to an end for the Titans, the basketball season can get...
Hi, here I am again. “The Schibels” (continued): On 09 April 1919, Henry Schibel married Katherine "Katie" Frick. Katie was age 19, Henry age 22. Katie's parents were Heinrich "Henry" & Anna Margaret Schafer Frick. At the time, the Fricks were living in Adams Co. TS 20N, R31E, Section 2, about 1½ miles north of Moody and almost 2½ miles southwest of the Schibel farm. I have been told the Fricks settled in the area around 1900, and that they were the last in the area to farm with horses which was toward the end of the 1930s...
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announces the availability of a newly created website titled: Rural Tax Education (ruraltax.org) providing farmers and ranchers a resource for agricultural related income and self-employment tax information that is both up-to-date and easy to understand. “Farmers and ranchers wanting up-to-date tax information will want to put the Rural Tax Education website in their list of browser favorites,” said Dave Paul, Director of RMA’s Spokane Regional Office serving Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Was...
Throughout the first half of the 20th Century, “market days” played an important role in the commerce of Odessa. The events were planned to bring buyers into the stores. Bargain prices were offered. There was often entertainment. As the buyers were for the most part farmers of the area, sometimes farm seminars with agricultural experts as speakers, were on the program. The very first market day took place 103 years ago. This was the report in The Odessa Record of November 20, 1908: Despite the bad weather conditions prevailin...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 11/23/11: Thank goodness the week is over. Well, technically there’s a short futures session on Friday but there won’t be anyone around to trade it. Gloomy economic news here, in Europe, and overnight in China continues to dominate the markets. Manufacturing gauges in China came in poorer than expected overnight, adding to the negative feelings today. 11/28/11: There wasn’t any additional bad news out of Europe over the long weekend and the financial market...
Lise and Norm Ott and Gail and Gus Kiesz are to be congratulated for the wonderful Thanksgiving meal potluck for all of us “orphans” or older couples with the choice of cooking for two or going out. This was so nice, from the set tables, to the wonderful organization of making this a reality. The visiting, games and the food were outstanding. Thank you for giving the people of Odessa another reason to be grateful for our small town. Sam and Sheryl Roberts Odessa...
I’m declaring our first community Thanksgiving a success. Nearly thirty people (of the 36 who had RSVP’d – more on that later) attended, and there was probably enough food for twice that many. I still haven’t figured out how all the leftover pie disappeared. I was positive that I put some in my car, but upon unpacking everything at home – no pie. Just as well. At any rate, everyone who attended was amazed at how beautiful the freshly-refinished dining hall floor in Old Town Ha...
Mt. Rainier in my native Washington State is a stunning site. It’s a beautiful mountain, covered in snow and ice in both winter and summer. At over 14,000 feet, its summit is worthy of respect from even serious hikers. There’s no wonder it’s a National Park. Like most all of the other beautiful peaks in the Cascades, Mt. Rainier is also a deadly volcano. It hasn’t erupted since 1894, but that’s not long ago to a geologist – we are sure it’s only sleeping and will be heard...
Even as the new health care law heads for the U.S. Supreme Court where it faces an uncertain future, Washington state is moving forward with its $23 million effort to design and implement a health care exchange. State health care exchanges, mandated by the federal law, must be in place by 2014. They were billed as a way to promote competition and provide access to subsidies for qualified consumers. While each state is supposed to design its own health care exchange, exchanges...
Santa will be arriving Wednesday, December 7th at about 5 p.m. He’ll be flying in to the Odessa Public Library, where he has graciously agreed to sit for portraits with local children of all ages. The Record has been informed by elves in the know that he’ll only be available until 7 p.m. that evening, so be sure to get there in plenty of time. While you wait in line, you can look over the raffle items on offer by the Friends of the Library, The second annual fundraising raffle offers several items that would make wonderful gi...
The Odessa School Board meeting on Monday, November 28, was preceded by a levy workshop to allow members to discuss the maintenance and operations (M&O) levy and capital projects levy that will be placed before voters in February. The levy amounts must be determined and sent to the Lincoln County Auditor by December 30. Superintendent Suellen White recommended that the board leave the levy amounts at the current levels and gave several reasons why they should not be reduced. During the work done on the building over the past...
Black Friday is over and done with. The major retailers around the country have done their best to lure consumers through their doors and down the aisles. For those who don’t care to dare the crowds and bright lights of all-night shopping, there’s another option: Shopping locally. While smaller retailers in rural communities may not be able to offer the variety found in larger stores, there are many benefits that may offset that lack. Most of Odessa’s businesses are owned by residents of the community, who in turn suppo...
Much of Monday night’s Odessa Town Council meeting was spent in continuing consideration of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s proposal to raise the fees the town pays for dispatch services. Mayor Doug Plinski distributed copies of a revised proposal from Sheriff Wade Magers, along with a counter-proposal that he had prepared. It was unclear Monday whether the “5-5-5” plan presented by the sheriff at the November 14 meeting was incomplete, had not been noted, or had been modified. The revised proposal offered a program costing...
