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Marge Tebow passed away December 11, 2019 in Odessa. She was born on March 20, 1931 in Odessa to Clement and Clara Groh. She married Lloyd Tebow November 16, 1952. Marjorie enjoyed baking cookies and banana bread. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and Altar Society and of the Royal Neighbors. She was also a leader for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Marjorie is survived by five children Douglas (Joanne) Tebow, Sheryl (Donald) Dirks, Janell (Jerry) Lobe, Diane...
1 years ago The Odessa Record December 21, 1919 News updates: Odessa high school won its second start of the debate series by winning from Wenatchee high school. Helen Michaelsen, William Huber and Frank Schy were the team. The Rev. J. Charles Evans and T. J. McDermott Jr., have been named as census takers, to start after the first of the year. O. E. Finstad has purchased the Davies store and it will be known as Ole’s place. The cold wave which up to Monday caused the temperatures to range from 24 to 14 below, broke T...
Harrington School Christmas Concert The Harrington School Christmas concert was held at the school on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. After Superintendent Wayne Massie welcomed the audience, music instructor Robert Vierschilling instructed the fifth- and sixth-grade beginning band students to demonstrate how to un-case their instruments and put them together before they played. The students demonstrated proper playing technique with three notes and played "Hot Cross Buns" and "Au...
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, Dec. 9: Simply Safe called reporting that one of their alarms for a Lincoln County customer went sounded. Allstate Insurance called to report a customer in Wilbur ran out of fuel and needed as...
Varsity vs. Harrington The Odessa varsity girls won their first basketball game of the season against Harrington on December 9 by a very lopsided 78-5 score. The Tigers playing on the varsity squad this year are Ashlyn Neilsen a 5'7" freshman guard; Grace Nelson, also a 5'7" freshman guard; Kenadie Elder, a 5'4" senior guard; Caitlyn Schuh, a 5'5" senior playing post and guard positions; Maddie Scrupps, a 5'4" junior guard; Maddy Wagner, a 5'9" senior playing post and guard;...
JV vs. Harrington The Odessa Tiger boys JV started their season December 9 in Harrington, losing to the Panthers by a score of 67-46. Odessa 14 11 11 10 46 Harrington 9 26 11 21 67 The JV boys this year are 5'9" senior Brian McDonald at post, sophomores 5'10" forward Nathan Carstensen, 5'10" guard Landon Brooks, and 5'8" Nathan Melcher at post, 5'9" freshman guard Gage Starkel, plus five eighth-graders playing up with the high school team, 5'4" guard Tyesn Kuchenbuch, 5'6"...
Christmas is coming! Programs, concerts and parties fill days, along with gift shopping, and celebration meal planning. Meanwhile, in all this, the family needs to eat three meals a day. Barbara Walter catered a meal for a recent Christmas party and many requests came in for her recipes. Barbara is a master of making recipes for delicious meals easy to prepare for parties or everyday. Her recipe for Chicken Cordon Bleu is no exception. Chicken Cordon Bleu 8 chicken breast...
To the Editor: We Americans have more that unites us than divides us. The majority of Americans, regardless of political persuasion, ethnic background, race and economic status, agree on the following: Make health care more affordable. Reduce poverty by guaranteeing families access to health care, food and housing if their wages are too low. People without health insurance from an employer should be allowed to buy into a public plan. Pharmaceutical companies should be penalized if drug prices increase faster than the rate of...
To the Editor: As a citizen and member of the Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society, I want to acknowledge Brady Haase for designing and making the beautiful star sitting atop our community Christmas tree. It is special and beautiful. The perfect touch! Marlene Kramer Odessa...
An avid reader of The Odessa Record called to tell us that our reporting on the recent football championship did not give enough credit to the coaches who molded the 2019 Odessa High School team into the champions they became. We agree. We salute head coach Jeff Nelson for being a great motivator for the boys in the Odessa football program. And we also applaud assistant coaches Josh Clark and Justin Ziebel for their efforts to guide and inspire this team that has made Odessa...
A collision last week near Quincy involved three vehicles: a Quincy school bus, a tour bus and a passenger vehicle, as reported by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. “All 26 students and the driver of the school bus were transported to Quincy Valley Medical Center for evaluation. School bus occupants sustained either no injuries or non-life-threatening injuries. The students range in age from 5 to 15. All students have been reunited with their parents. There were 39 passengers, one tour guide and the driver on the tour bus. T...
KELLER – Keller Ferry users who travel across the Columbia River on State Route 21 will need to find alternate routes until early January because of additional issues uncovered during repairs to the M/V Sanpoil. Service is now scheduled to resume January 6, 2020. The M/V Sanpoil was removed from service starting December 4 for repairs to strengthen the hull. During the course of that work, contractors working for the Washington State Department of Transportation discovered that both propellers and drive shafts needed to be r...
Fraudulent bomb threats drive vulnerable and unsuspecting to website Olympia, Washington - Late Monday afternoon, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) became aware that a WSP-associated phone number is being “spoofed” and fraudulent bomb threats are being made with voicemail instructions to go to a suspicious website in an apparent scam attempt. Multiple law enforcement agencies across the state have received calls from citizens regarding the message. There is no indication that these calls reflect any actual threat, but in an a...
[Editor's note: Pat Gamache of Odessa continues the story of his dealings with the medical profession and battles with addition and illness. Last week's issue left off with Pat hearing a song on the radio that prompted him to find out more about it.] There it was, Chris Rea’s “Texas.” I loved to drive and it’s a driving song. I guess that’s why it was stuck in the far reaches of my mind. I found out that Chris Rea is from England and writes a lot of songs about driving and also Christian music and love ballads. One is called...
