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Stephanie Holman, a 2009 graduate of Odessa High School has been accepted into the Disney College Internship program and has been in Anaheim, Calif. since the first of January. More than 4,000 students applied for the internship this year, and only 350 were accepted world-wide. (Disney World in Florida has the same program, also with 4,000 students accepted.) She works in Tomorrowland and runs the Astro-Orbiter ride and also the Captain EO Theatre. She also works with crowd...
Odessa fifth-grader Tori Weishaar, the daughter of Traig and Carmen Weishaar, recently qualified to compete in the Washington State Gymnastics Championships. Tori is a Level 6 gymnast this year and competes in floor, vault, beam and bars. She says her favorite event is still bars. She has placed fourth and fifth on bars at different meets, competing as an individual. She was also a contributing member when the Level 6 team took an overall third place at a sectional...
Reid Jackson learned an important lesson during his Eagle Scout project – it’s difficult to do big things without partners. Jackson led a project to build a new campus entry sign for Big Bend Community College. The job was finished this spring when stainless steel letters were posted on basalt columns near the Wallenstien Theater. The project required eight dump-truck loads of dirt, several loads of gravel, four basalt columns, a concrete pour and landscaping. He needed a skil...
Softball The Titan girls were to have played Cusik April 3 but did not have enough players to field a team. On April 10, however, the girls joined the boys at St. Michael’s, where they also played a double header. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E St. M's 1 1 0 15 17 9 2 O-H 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 Battery: Elena Hernandez and Casey Schlomer. Getting hits for O-H were Jenna Shafer, Casey Schlomer, Alexa Boss and Katelyn Worley. Worley’s was a home run for the Titans’ only score. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E...
Kathy Taylor and Lexi Watkins, local Odessa author and illustrator, respectively, visited the Harrington Elementary pre-school to third-grade group to share their book, Rocky's Road Home, on March 30. Each family in those grades received a copy of the book autographed by both author and illustrator. The Harrington School Board awarded a grant for the purchase of the books. Kathy Taylor works for Schmidt Insurance in Odessa. This is her first book. Lexi Watkins is a college...
Two students from the OHS Science Department (Advanced Science Research) presented March 31, 2012 in Bremerton, WA at the annual Washington State Science and Engineering Fair. Kira Powell earned fist place in Botany for her project, “The Development of a Novel Sodium Polyacrylate Treatment,” while Griffey Powell received second place in Environmental Sciences with his project, "The Impact of Agriculture on Chemical Content of the Soil in an Ephemeral Stream." These OHS stu...
Iva A. Thrall passed away peacefully at the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Nursing Home on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the age of 91. She was born on March 24, 1921 to Phillip and Annette Pfeifer. She was the fourth of 12 children. She attended the White Hall School north of Wilson Creek for one year and then went to the Marlin School for the next 11 years. Being from such a large family, Iva learned household duties at a young age. It was her responsibility to help with the bakin...
Hi, here I am again. Continued from last week – the Kiesz Children. Joyce remembers the following about living in the L-B-D: (30.) There was usually no room in the kitchen’s “cool box” for pies and other bakery goods so goods were kept on the kitchen counter. I’m sure today a person would keep them in the refrigerator. In the old days, no one got sick …. after all, when the items came out of the oven it didn’t take long for them to be eaten, like within two seconds. (31.) That during harvest time, the Kiesz family would...
Last weekend was filled with activity both in town and outside of town. Motorcycle riders by the dozens came to Odessa and neighboring Wilson Creek last Friday and Saturday for a program and fundraiser regarding a proposed permanent memorial to fallen riders in the Northwest. We first wrote about this event in our April 5, 2012 edition. Riders began arriving in Wilson Creek on Friday evening. The Harvest Moon Tavern there welcomed them, making food and drink available. A...
Time Marches On The Odessa Healthcare Foundation (OHF) was formed in 1988, according to its By Laws, to "identify the areas for improving the health care needs of Lincoln County Public Hospital District No. 1 and assist in obtaining and providing funds for same." It received 501(c) 3 status in 1989. With five (and soon six) board members, plus the assistance of many more community residents, it began the task of fulfilling that purpose. Early-on a community decision-making...
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. April 9: A male juvenile was taken into custody after a deputy responded to Davenport High School, from which a possible sex offense/inappropriate conduct report was received. Safeway store personnel...
K-12 student-led conferences will be held Thursday, April 26, and Friday, April 27. There will be no school on these days. All K-12 students have been scheduled for a specific conference time and parents should receive a designated date and time slip this week from their child’s homeroom teacher. Those who have not received a date and time slip by the end of the week are asked to call Linnie at 982-2603 or Chris at 982-2111 at the Odessa School District....
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars is having a bake sale on Saturday, April 28 in front of New Image Beauty Salon. The money from this sale is used to support programs for the coming year. The Auxiliary sponsors a number of programs on an annual basis. They are: 1) Americanism – This program is intended to promote patriotism. 2) Veterans and Family Support – This program includes anything we do for our veterans, military personnel and their families. It also includes supporting the National Home and the Bud...
Baseball was king in Odessa in 1914 and for many years before and after that. Odessa was a member of the Big Bend League, which included such other contenders as Krupp (Marlin), Wilson Creek, Ritzville and Ephrata. The whole town turned out for the games. In fact, almost the whole town went along to the other towns to cheer the team. A special Great Northern train would be chartered to take them there. April 5 was the opening day of league play in 1914, with Odessa playing Wilson Creek in Odessa. The Odessa Record gave this...
The Ritzville Community Theatre (RCT) will reprise their December 2011 production as a fundraiser for the Harrington Opera House this Saturday, April 21 at 7:00 pm. Three In A Row---A Game Show was written by Miles Athey and Harry Schafer of Ritzville. Harry is also the director. It is an audience-participation take-off of the old TV show Hollywood Squares. Seven "stars" in squares are lined up in a row. The M.C. and the hostess select two participants from the audience. The participants select a "star" and the "star" is aske...
Thanks to the hard work of Justin Parr, three Odessa High School girls will be vying this year for the title of Miss Odessa. The three, all juniors, are Melani Fehrer, Koralynne Kuch and Kendall Todd. They will be vying on Monday, April 16, for the title of Miss Odessa. Three independent judges will assess their academic background, the speeches they have written and delivered and their answers to questions the judges ask. The public is welcome to attend, said Parr. The float committee, consisting of Parr, Brad Greenwalt and...
The Odessa Lions Club annual Easter egg hunt was enjoyed by a large number of Odessa children and guests last Saturday, April 7. The children search for candy-filled plastic eggs, some hidden, some not, in three different parts of Reiman Park. Each age group has its own area. Each group also searches for a single golden egg that represents the "grand prize" of an Easter basket filled with all kinds of good things to eat, plus toys and games. This year's winners: Collin Martin...
Lynne Wenick of Odessa displays her prizewinning entry in the annual Odessa Quilt Club Challenge. This quilt, along with other entries in the category and approximately 150 other quilts, will be on display at the annual Spring Fling quilt show April 27 and 28 at the High School Gym in Odessa....
The family of Edna Janke Jorgenson celebrated with her this past weekend as she turned 100 years old. An open house was held Saturday, April 7, at Christ Lutheran Church in Odessa to celebrate this milestone birthday. Friends and relatives from near and far gathered to wish her many more birthdays to come. Five generations of family members were also present, including Edna’s son Allen Janke and wife Sue (Lubold) Janke, their daughter Rena and husband Pete Goforth with t...
Daffodils blooming must mean it is spring, despite a chill north wind and ground too cold for planting potatoes. Onions and peas should do alright if your ground has been dry enough for tilling. I planted some onions in a flower pot, following a tip I saw on Pinterest. Take the top you cut from green onions when you are only using the white part and stick it about 1/2 inch deep in potting soil. I used some of the onion plants left over from planting my row in the garden. When...
As reported by the Spokesman-Review, William D. White of Twisp, the husband of Odessa school superintendent Suellen White, entered a guilty plea in federal court last week to two counts of conspiracy and one count of unlawful importation of wildlife. As part of the agreement, White also agreed to plead guilty to two state charges. White and his son Tom are livestock ranchers, who claimed in their own defense to be protecting their herds from a predatory wolf pack. In the plea agreement, William White faced a $38,500 fine and...
Odessa Memorial Hospital Auxiliary has taken on an urgent project, setting aside temporarily, several other projects on their docket. Sudden changes had to be made in cable television providers for the hospital resulting in an unavoidable 100% increase in cost to the hospital. The Hospital Board authorized purchasing the basic plan, but in order for residents to receive all the channels desired, especially sports, an additional channel receiver case costing $2,400 was needed. Since the main goal of the Auxiliary is to “make t...
Byron Behne watches the international grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 4/5/12: Friday on a Thursday! Grain markets were closed for Good Friday and so were the Odessa Union’s offices. The grain trade was mixed with soybeans continuing their post-report rally, corn closing up a penny, and wheat down fractionally although the deferred months were down a bit more on good crop condition ratings from earlier in the week. The dollar has been rallying this week, which has put pressure on most commodities but, the g...
I urge your readers to contact their Congressional representatives and demand that Congress fix the problem it created in 2006 for the United States Postal Service. In 2006, Congress decreed that the USPS must fully fund current and future employees’ pension and health care costs to the tune of $5.5 billion a year. The Republican-dominated Congress required this funding to be done in 10 years to cover the costs for the next 75 years! I know of no business that pays 75 years into the future for its employees’ pension and healt...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday night and approved a resolution allowing the town’s engineering firm to apply for a matching-funds grant for the Odessa municipal airport. The end of the funding cycle has been completed, and there is money still left that can be awarded. Mayor Doug Plinski said he hoped that a successful grant application would allow for help in moving a roadway and making improvements to taxiways at the Odessa airport. Public Works Public Works director R...
