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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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1 years ago The Odessa Record December 8, 1916 O.C.B. remodeling the opera house. “The Odessa Concert Band’s opening dance at their new home in the opera house Thanksgiving night was a decided success. Over 60 couples were in attendance.” [Editor’s note: The remainder of the article is paraphrased below.] The condition of the floor was not considered up to standard by the band members, however, and plans were made to refurbish the floor and remodel the building that the band had purchased. A.R. Mead, C.N. Clark and Fred Sc...
The first snowfall of the winter of 2016/2017 came Monday evening and overnight to the Odessa area. Forecasts now predict a bit more snow over the weekend and temperatures expected to drop below zero at night. Six inches of snow blanketed the town and countryside, making for a very pretty scene, but also causing treacherous driving and walking conditions. The Odessa schools started two hours late but did not have to be canceled. Town, county and state public works crews were out early Tuesday in bright sunshine (but cold temp...
SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane Regional Health District is reporting that a Spokane County child, a male under the age of 10, has acute flaccid myelitis. The diagnosis was confirmed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the only organization equipped to rule in or rule out the disorder. It is a rare syndrome with no specific cause, as is the case with the report in Spokane County. It is not contagious. The condition affects the nervous system, specifically the spinal cord. Symptoms typically include sudden w...
Each week throughout the school year, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) recognizes twelve varsity athletes, a male and a female from each of the six classifications, who exhibited an outstanding performance for the previous week. I wanted to notify you that Gaven Elder, a junior, from Odessa High School was nominated by a community member and selected by WIAA staff as one of the Athletes of the Week for achievements in football. Elder carried the bal...
Santa listened to children Hark! But there are no angels singing. What is that alarming sound reaching throughout the town of Harrington at 10 a.m., December 3? Not a minute late for the children that awaited the arrival of Santa on his one-horse sleigh? No, not a sleigh, Santa came in modern fashion, grasping ahold of one of Harrington’s finest fire trucks. Santa has been watching his diet the past year or so, and he is not as rotund as one might expect. In he came with a ...
Odessa-Harrington’s Titans took home the second-place trophy at the Tacoma Dome Saturday at the 1B state championship eight-man football game. Neah Bay defeated the Titans and took home the first place trophy. O-H 0 14 6 14 34 NB 6 28 16 14 64 Predictions about the size of the Neah Bay Red Devils versus that of the Titans and the ability of their quarterback to make plays proved true. Nerves appeared to be a factor, too, as bobbled catches, hesitancy and turnovers hindered t...
The girls basketball season has begun (although the boys must wait until the football team members who also play basketball can get in the required number of practices to become eligible to play). The girls played Davenport in a non-league game November 29, losing 62-18. Freshman McKennah Davison scored 10 of the Titans’ 18 points. Kassidy Crossley followed with four points, and Maleah Davison and Caitlyn Schuh each added two points. O-H 2 10 2 4 18 O-H 22 15 19 6 62 Defensively, Maleah Davison led the team with eight r...
Five girl scouts from Odessa, Hannah Sheldon, Alyssa Iverson, Chloe Winkler, Jocelyn Zigan and Mackenzie Lutz, are planning a trip to Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2017. They will be accompanied by Michele Dowlen of Wilbur and Lyndsay Reyes and Sherri Frederick, both of Odessa. The girls and their leaders have been busy for several months already raising money for the trip with cheesecake sales, community dinners, bake sales and car washes. The trip will be educational and is meant to broaden the girls’ knowledge of t...
Whew! It’s finally over, except for the shouting. Much of that from people who have been use to getting too many free things from our tax dollars. There are probably a large number of reactions from people who have been influenced by the increasing gap between the red and the blue. I would like to remind you that we have elected previous presidents like Ronald Reagan, who was very unpopular for the first two years! He was so unpopular that it cost the red party during the mid-term election. He had inherited a real mess from M...
John Gahringer, Jr. went home to be with the Lord early in the morning of October 25, 2016. John was born July 5, 1924 in Oak Park, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, to John and Alice Barclay Gahringer. He affectionately became known most of his life as “Jack.” He came to Wenatchee when he was one-year-old with his mother, living with his grandfather, Frank Gahringer, a major Wenatchee orchardist, while his father John Gahringer, Sr. completed his medical residency in Chicago. He...
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. Monday, Nov. 28: Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a 79-year-old woman with an unknown medical problem. No one was reported hurt after a pickup truck went off U.S. 2 near Reardan and into a ditch...
Last week's issue incorrectly identified the photographer who supplied photos of the Titan vs. Sunnyside Christian football game. Molly Schafer, a senior at Odessa High School, should have been given credit for the photos....
