Articles from the April 5, 2012 edition
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Safari Club gives Bob Morton Lifetime Achievement Award
Senator Bob Morton, R-Kettle Falls, was honored recently by the NW Chapter of Safari Club International for his dedication and service to preserving the heritage of hunting in... — Updated 4/6/2012
Spring sports scoreboard
Softball The Titan girls played Selkirk on March 31 at home in Odessa. The scores for the double-header were: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Selk 0 2 1 0 1 2 10  ... — Updated 4/6/2012
Mud replaces dust at 2012 Desert 100
A week of rain showers was what one of the Stumpjumpers had asked for when he was in Odessa for the White Knuckle/Frostbite races the preceding weekend. He got his wish. There was... — Updated 4/6/2012
Alma Leona Lobe Wederspahn
Alma Leona Lobe died peacefully on March 28, 2012 in Odessa, WA. Born on December 15, 1924 in Lind, WA, she married Art Wederspahn on Nov. 17, 1941, in Coeur d'Alene, Ida. They... — Updated 4/6/2012
Titan golfers find fair weather in Colfax March 27
The Titan golf team traveled to Colfax for a 9-hole match with a shotgun start at 2:30. It was a pleasant surprise to find the weather was very nice, about 55 degrees and no wind. The competition was played under winter rules due... — Updated 4/6/2012
Court Report
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... — Updated 4/6/2012
Wildfire prevention measures in effect April 15 - October 15
Regardless of the snow and rain, wildfire season officially begins April 15, as specified by state law. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wants to remind people that the risk of wildfires can change... — Updated 4/6/2012
Rolling Thunder Saloon to host fundraiser April 14
On Saturday, April 14, The Rolling Thunder Saloon in Odessa will play host to the first fundraising event for the National Motorcycle Riders Memorial Association (NMRM), a non-profit organization established in January 2012. The... — Updated 4/6/2012
VFW Ladies Auxiliary announces April programs
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars welcomed a new member at their March 22 meeting. The group will be visiting with residents of the Spokane Veterans Home at Northern Quest Casino Monday, April 9. Members wishing... — Updated 4/5/2012
Letter to the Editor: Fitness center owner writes to members and to town
When Matt and I went into business together I hadn't planned for it to go this way. Alder St. Fitness and Tanning, LLC was a dream of mine. I enjoyed running our business, seeing new faces and watching members achieve new goals.... — Updated 4/5/2012
Letter to the Editor: Unfunded liabilities a concern to reader
I am sure that many of you receive questionnaires like I do. They want to know what you think the largest problems are that our federal government faces. We should be very concerned about our unfunded liabilities! We have Social... — Updated 4/5/2012
Masonic Lodge awards bicycles to fourth graders
Odessa elementary school pupils were once again the beneficiaries of the “Bikes for Books” program sponsored by Odessa Lodge No. 156 of the Free and Accepted Masons of... — Updated 4/5/2012
Love - The Odessa Record "By Your Relative"
Hi, here I am again. Continued from last week – the Kiesz Children….. Virgil remembers the following about living in the L-B-D: (10.) His dad had 14 horses; needed 12 of them when pulling heavy loads, deep plowing. His dad’s... — Updated 4/5/2012
Regulations are strangling Greece
Last year, Fotis I. Antonopoulos, a successful Web designer in Athens, decided to set up his own e-business to sell olive oil products. It took him 10 months, winding his way... — Updated 4/5/2012
Advice from a small town girl
I’ve been thinking about what I would want people to say about me at my funeral three years from now. Don’t start celebrating prematurely – I’m not dying, at least as far... — Updated 4/5/2012
This Week in Odessa History
There was much excitement early in April when Odessa High School’s debate team won the state championship and the right to represent Washington in the national forensic contests in 1937. Although it’s a forgotten activity,... — Updated 4/5/2012
Weekly grain report
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 3/29/12: Apparently the markets weren’t willing to wait for a poor Friday report before breaking lower, as corn and wheat futures both tanked hard. It seems ev... — Updated 4/5/2012
Lydia B. Urquhart
Lydia B. Urquhart died March 29, 2012 in Puyallup, Wash. She was born April 12, 1912 to Herman and Magdalena Ramm at Ruff. She lived her early years on the family farm near Ruff.... — Updated 4/5/2012
Harry Fink
Harry Fink of Hayden, Idaho died April 1, 2012, at the age of 95. He was the middle child of nine born to Conrad and Anna Fink on April 7, 1916. He was a man of his word, called it... — Updated 4/5/2012
Letter to the Editor: All-school play a great idea
Odessa's got talent! What a great idea to have an all school musical. I can only imagine how much fun and hard work to get all those sets, which were so outstanding, as well as getting the students of all ages into the play. I... — Updated 4/5/2012
Rock Doc
About 10,000 years ago Earth’s climate lurched from bitter Ice Age conditions to the much balmier time in which we live today. We don’t fully understand what caused that great... — Updated 4/5/2012
Livestock group forms co-op
The first annual meeting of the CPoW Livestock Processors Cooperative Association was held in Odessa March 28. A total of 59 members and guests, of which 32 members cast ballots, attended the meeting in Odessa and enjoyed a... — Updated 4/5/2012
School receives banner, plaque from OSPI
At the March 28 meeting of the Odessa School Board, Dennis Milliken, director of the STEM program at the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) awarded a banner... — Updated 4/5/2012
Local resident finds fraud, scams rampant
Another Odessa person was very nearly the victim of a scam recently, but fortunately for her she was cautious enough not to agree to giving out any money or trying to cash the fraudulent checks she was sent. Mary Van Rijn of Odessa... — Updated 4/5/2012