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The new owners and managers of the Odessa grocery store have written the following message to the members of the Odessa community: “With over 100 years of combined grocery and customer-service experience, Bob and Bonnie Dewey, owners, and Jeff and Debbie Norris, managers, are excited to become a part of the Odessa community by presenting you with ‘Odessa Foods.’ We all come from small communities and know how important it is to be able to provide our customers with excellent c...
Orlando, Florida was the destination for 17 students from Odessa High School who competed in the 2011 National Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Conference. The support of the community and the school made it the trip of a lifetime and an experience they will not soon forget! With over 8,000 students from around the nation in attendance, competition was tough, but our little high school was one of the most successful. Odessa students competed in six different events,...
The Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution can trace their ancestors back to someone who lived in the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War period. Two of those descendants visited Odessa last week Wednesday to talk about U.S. history and the life and times of the colonists. One of the two was former Odessa resident Gale Palmer (a history teacher at Odessa High School who lost his wife and two of his three children in the...
Les and Carolyn Goetz of Marlin are very proud grandparents who are anxious to share some good news with the readers of The Record. Their two grandsons Kameron and Jared Goetz are performing in musical theater this summer. In March the boys auditioned for parts in The Sound of Music being performed by the Leavenworth Summer Theater. They were offered the roles of Friedrich and Kurt, the two Von Trapp boys. They are part of a split cast. They participate with a separate set of...
Imagine coming home from work, tossing your keys on the hall table and flipping on the light switch. Nothing happens. You sigh, remembering that this is the night your neighborhood is scheduled for a rolling brownout. Even with electricity at 25 cents a kilowatt hour, there’s not enough power on the grid to supply the homes, hospitals, factories and office buildings in your state. New laws limit the amount of electricity you can use, and homes are equipped with utility s...
These are the good times. I was driving through the country last Saturday, looking at deer happily chowing down in wheat fields. Everyplace is a drive-through if you’re a herbivore at this time of year. It’s a simple historical fact that wheat farming has been central to American agriculture since the country was young. And today wheat grown in the U.S. supplies American consumers and millions of other people around the world with largequantities of economical nutrition. Eve...
It’s really hard to let things go when you’re a control freak. I have a hard time with poor grammar. I struggle with disorganized organizations. I want the rows of vegetables in my garden to be straight and at least sort of the same distance apart. On the other hand, my flower gardens are jungles, with no rhyme nor reason to the placement of plants. I see it, I like it, I buy it and occasionally I manage to plant it before it expires. It appears that what I really want is to...
Recently the president said that there are no more spending cuts to be made to lower the deficit. Let me help you, Mr. President, to find a few that could be cut or should never have been there. Do you know how much money federal employees cost taxpayers each year upgrading their flights to business class? 146 million dollars. The United States government has spent $3 billion doing what to America’s beaches? The government has spent $3 billion to re-sand our nation’s beaches. Advocates claim this prevents erosion and kee...
Clarence Edward Meek, long-time resident of Burlington, Wash., died at Highgate Senior Living in Yakima Wash. on July 15, 2011 at the age of 87. Jack was born on June 12, 1924 in Caruthersville, Mo. to Clarence and Maude Meek. He graduated from Caruthersville High School in Caruthersville, Mo. in 1942, joined the Army and became a part of the 928th Engineer Aviation Regiment H&S Company, helping to build runways during World War II, first on the Azore Islands off the coast of...
Bus service has come and gone in Odessa. When the North Central Highway was paved in 1927, the Washington Motor Coach System started service over part of the route, with a bus between Soap Lake and Spokane via Odessa and Harrington. In 1929, cross-state service through Odessa by way of either Ellensburg or Wenatchee was begun. Eventually, Washington Motor Coach was absorbed by Greyhound Lines, which continued to operate two daily buses in each direction between Spokane and Settle until 1983, when service to all points...
In order to receive or retain Farm Service Agency (FSA) program payments, farmers and ranchers must have an adjusted gross income verification consent form on file with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) according to Jeff Lust, FSA County Executive Director. “FSA is still missing the required consent forms from any producers for 2009 and 2010,” Lust said. “In order to avoid an interruption of program payments, farmers and ranchers need to check their business records and turn these forms in the IRS immediately.” These f...
Zucchini proves out again to be the one thing you can grow anywhere under just about any set of conditions. Soon, most of us will have had our fill of sautéed young zucchini and chilled sliced zucchini dipped in ranch dressing, and will be scouting around for new ideas to use up this summer bounty. Cindi Bell left me a large packet of recipes for zucchini, including her fabulous Zucchini Banana Bread, before she moved this spring. There are enough recipes to make a small book,...
Madison Elizabeth Pitts was born at 11:54 a.m. on July 8, 2011, at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake. She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long. Madison’s parents are Jeremy and Candace Pitts of Moses Lake. The grandparents are Bill Ecret of Moses Lake, Deb Ecret of Moses Lake, and Duane and Jonnie Pitts of Odessa....
Patrons and friends of the Rolling Thunder Saloon are being asked to come into the saloon at 9 a.m. Saturday to practice for and then record a video of the group lip-syncing to a recording of “Freedom at the Cost of a Friend.” The song was written by saloon owner Nate Lathrop to honor Daniel Pearl, a journalist killed by terrorists in the Middle East. Wim Kuipers, a contact of Lathrop’s in Holland, has made a professional recording of the song. He now wants the bar crowd to perform to the recording for a music video. Kuipe...
The Lincoln County Economic Development Council has announced that free Microsoft Training is available from its partners at WorkSource. Those wanting to improve their skills in Word, Excel, Outlook or PowerPoint, will have an opportunity to do it right now for free. The Washington State Employment Security Department has contracted with Microsoft to bring free e-classes to anyone who wants to improve their skills in order to get a job or to advance in the job they have. There are five learning plans and over 1,000 different...
Lincoln County farmers and ranchers have until July 29, 2011 to apply for assistance for 2009 crop losses under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program, according to CED Jeff Lust. The program provides crop disaster assistance payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred crop production or quality losses. “USDA wants to ensure that all eligible producers are aware of the approaching deadline,” said CED Lust. “SURE covers producers on farms in disaster counties that incurred crop produ...
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. July 11: Two pit bulls were reported loose in the vicinity of Third and Adams streets in Davenport. No injuries were reported in a traffic collision involving a motorcycle at Morgan and Twelfth...
