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  • Farmers meet flyers

    TERRI SCHMIDT CROSBY|Updated Mar 13, 2015

    The owners of Odessa Air Service, the new farm service for pesticide and fertilizer applications, held a "meet and greet" luncheon March 4 at Any Occasion Banquet Hall. Invited members of the farming community came to meet the owners, Fred Meise, Troy Kissler and Jason Connor. Darla Meise, Fred's wife, provided the luncheon buffet with the expertise befitting her former occupation as a caterer. Approximately 60 people visited at one time or another during the two and a half ho...

  • Town is looking festive as Christmas and New Year loom

    TERRI SCHMIDT CROSBY|Updated Dec 17, 2014

    The Town of Odessa is all decorated for the holidays, following the hard work of town citizens willing to volunteer their time and equipment to the effort. The snowflakes that line the downtown area of First Avenue were put up during the weekend following Thanksgiving by Tom Clavel and his sons, Nick Stewart and Brian Clavel. The snowflakes were refurbished by Chamber of Commerce members last year with new LED lights, and the blue and white light they produce is very...

  • Christmas Fest kicks off season with gifts, food, music

    TERRI SCHMIDT CROSBY|Updated Dec 10, 2014

    The annual Christmas Fest put on by the Odessa Junior Livestock 4-H Club and the many volunteers who helped out last Wednesday, December 3, have once again put on a well-attended local event to kick off the holiday shopping season. Fest coordinator Faye King said the 46 slots available in the community center were filled by 33 vendors (several with double slots) and the Tree of Sharing. Many local small and/or home-based businesses participated in addition to the many vendors...