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Following up on last week’s report on the Lincoln County Fair, Audrey Beck took a second-place prize in quilting, in addition to the two Best of Show awards for sewing. Readers are encouraged to submit any other results not provided to The Record by the fair administration. Jacob DeWulf of the Odessa FFA had his Grand Champion hog purchased by the law firm of Carpenter, McGuire & Dewulf. Dakota Largent of the Odessa Jr. Livestock 4H Club also had a Grand Champion hog. It w...
Calling all volunteers! Volunteers are still needed to fill shifts in the Biergarten Friday and Saturday night. Call Ted Bruya at 988-3037 if you're interested in helping out. The latest Fest updates are provided below: Fest Weizen 2011. This special limited-edition Deutschesfest beer is available only on tap in the Biergarten, and when it’s gone, it’s gone! Carnival back in town Located beside and behind the Odessa Foods grocery store is the Paradise Amusements carnival out of Couer d’Alene, Idaho. Go Karts Go Karts are b...
Advanced Science Research student Kira Powell has been selected to receive the Washington State Academy of Sciences Award to participate in the American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS) Convention in Vancouver, Canada, that will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), February 16-20, 2012. AJAS is America’s only honor research society for high school scientists and membership is by invitation only. Each state academy of science chooses premier high s...
A 52-year-old Soap Lake man was arrested Sunday morning after trying to outrun police after a suspected residential burglary and trespassing in Wilson Creek. Around 10 a.m. on September 11, a Wilson Creek resident was walking his dog and noticed an old farmhouse across from 324 North First Street appeared to have been ransacked and someone was inside the old house. The citizen ordered the person to come out. That person, later identified as Gregory W. Ewing of Soap Lake, came out of the house and told the citizen he was...
Looking at the opinion polls, it’s easy to be depressed these days. Three out of four likely voters say America’s on the wrong track, consumer confidence has tanked, investors are sitting on the sidelines and job growth has stalled. In short, this is not a recipe for optimism. In his most recent survey, Seattle pollster Stu Elway found that voter confidence has sunk to an all-time low, the worst he’s seen in 20 years. Elway writes: “Economic recovery is a little like the fiv...
Occasionally I’m guilty of just a tiny bit of cynicism about people and their motivations. And sometimes I grow weary of news reports about the nasty behaviors of which some folks are capable. But any and all residue of my negativity evaporated instantly when I read of a cadre of truly courageous volunteers in Japan. The Japanese who affected me so strongly are retirement-age citizens who are offering to help with the Fukushima clean up. They are doing so, they say, because t...
"The middle class would not exist without organized labor." So proclaimed Vice President Joe Biden at a recent speech in Ohio. He's right. And with unemployment stuck above nine percent, the need for strong unions has never been greater. I am the CEO of an international life insurance company. If you think a management perspective automatically means opposition to labor unions, think again. I am humbled to witness the impact of millions of workers' voices as they proudly affirm, "Workers matter, and we are one!" America's...
We live in a world of instant gratification these days. I want out. Wait! I don’t mean I don’t want instant gratification. I just want to take it away from everyone else. Or at least some of them. A friend recently told me of receiving text messages from another person. If the sender didn’t get a response within five minutes, she just sent another text. And another. When did we decide that the whole world must be at our beck and call? When I was a kid (I don’t seem to be able to write any of these columns without citing...
Merlin K. Jantz died September 10, 2011, at his home near Odessa. He was 83 years old. He was born September 7, 1928 in Odessa to Abraham and Lydia Jantz. While he was a young child, his family moved to the Harrington area, where he attended school until returning to Odessa. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1946. After graduating, he continued to farm with his brother until he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1950. While in the Air Force, he married Norma Carlson of Lamona...
Odessa has been aeronautically minded since the earliest days of flight, but it wasn’t until 82 years ago that serious consideration was given to building an airport. And it wasn’t until 1949 that a permanent airstrip was built That has developed into the first-rate municipal airport Odessa boasts today, now better than ever with its new asphalt-surfaced runway. Some early airport plans were reported in The Odessa Record in its issue of September 13,1929: Three aviators with two commercial planes for Wenatchee did a fair bus...
Deutschesfest is always a bustling week in Odessa. Though local residents have been planning for a year and busily making preparations over the summer months, many things can’t be done until the last minute. Vegetable gardens burst at the seams with produce that needs attention and peaches, pears and apples tend to ripen at the same time. This weeks recipes will help take care of some of the bounty as well as providing interesting fare for your festival-going company. G...
Head coach Ken Scherr said he was very pleased with the cohesiveness and ability of this year’s team. He also said he was impressed with their level of play against the larger schools they have faced during the early-season tournaments that precede league play. Odessa-Harrington Jamboree The Odessa-Harrington Titan varsity and junior varsity both split games with Lind-Ritzville-Sprague at the Jamboree held September 6 in Odessa. Varsity scores were 11-21 and 21-18, and JV s...
After winning its opener September 2, the Odessa-Harrington Titans football team lost last week at Cusick by a score of 58 to 48. This Friday, the Titans will play Lacrosse/Washtucna at home in the Odessa Deutschesfest “Sausage Bowl” in a non-league contest. The northeast 1B leagues are rather lop-sided again this year, with only four teams in the south division. Besides O-H, the other teams are Almira-Coulee/Hartline, Wilbur-Creston and Mansfield. The northern division has seven teams, including Republic, which is a 2B sch...
When they want to develop a reading habit in their children, parents have a ready tool at their disposal – a “book flood,” a term coined by Warwick Elley in 1991. In other words, children need access to a lot of books. Print of all sorts. A wide range of interesting reading materials. What this “book flood” does for young children is rather clear: It gives them a wealth of words to enhance their reading and thinking. Maryanne Wolf noted in 2007 that by age five the average young middle-class child hears 32 million more spok...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $977,518 contract to stabilize a portion of the bank on Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, also known as Lake Roosevelt, just northwest of Kettle Falls, Wash. LKE Corporation of Washougal, Wash., was awarded the contract on September 7, 2011. Work includes adding rock fill, applying geotextile fabric, furnishing topsoil, and seeding and mulching the bank slopes. Works is expected to start in Spring 2012 and completed by November 2012. Supplies will be delivered on-site this fall. Lake Roosevelt...
Washington Trust Bank recently committed to a five-year financial partnership with Girl Scouts Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho to further the mission of Launching Leadership: The Campaign for Their Future. They are joining with many other partners in the future of Girl Scouts. The goals of the campaign include replacing the Girl Scouts Lodge at Camp Four Echoes, the enhancement of current and innovative new programs and financial stewardship for the organization. Washington Trust Bank’s investment will support girls of l...
A public ceremony will be held in observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day on Friday, September 16, at the POW/MIA Memorial on the Capitol Campus in Olympia, beginning at 10 a.m. Other POW/MIA recognition ceremonies happening statewide include Moses Lake and Port Angeles. See contact information at http://www.dva.wa.gov/public_events.html. The event is held to honor the commitment and the sacrifices made by this nation’s prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action, as well as their families. In a...
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. Sept. 5: Loud noises heard from the roof of a downtown Davenport business prompted occupants below to call dispatchers with a report that people may have been running on it again. Reardan...
His smile was so contagious, it matched his slim physique. He often wore a red beret, his body healthy and so sleek. A shirt was excess baggage, what a character, this Walt! An enthusiastic human, never quick to point out fault. He surely dwarfed Goliath, a giant of a man was he! His heart was made of pure gold, he was gentle as could be. He was a health food --- nut, he ate no fatty pork or veal, He loved his fruit and veggies, peanut butter, and oatmeal. Yet --- he really had a --- sweet tooth, but this you already know,...
Jaime Lamar Kissler died September 6, 2011, at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. He was born August 3, 1971, in Spokane to Terry and Denise (Beckner) Kissler. Jaime graduated from Odessa High School in 1989. He was a skilled carpenter and worked several years for Mandere Construction. Jaime had a passion for music and writing, publishing several poems. He is survived by the daughter he raised, Sophia Anderson of Spokane; his grandparents, Marlys Kissler of Odessa and Jack...
