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After a 10-year battle against cancer, Judith Ann Iverson passed away the afternoon of December 23, 2015. Born to Bill and Lucile Iverson at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane on May 3, 1947, she thrived with her brothers David, Larry and Norman and sister Sandy on their farm south of Lamona, in Lincoln County. She attended Odessa schools, graduating in 1965. Graduated in 1967 from Concordia College in Portland, Ore., she continued her education at Concordia Teacher's College in...
Nancy Elizabeth Liner 07/13/1945 – 12/18/2015 On December 18, 2015, surrounded by family, Nancy went to be with our Lord and Savior. Nancy was born in Spokane on Friday the 13th of July, 1945 to Herb and Millie (LeBret) Lyons. On December 18, 51years ago, Nancy met Gerald Liner at the Church of the Nazarene in Zillah, Wash. On their third date, New Year's Eve 1964, Gerald asked Nancy to be his wife. They were married in Deer Park on May 14, 1965. During their 50 years t...
Russell Thorson (80) died Saturday, December 19, 2015. He was born October 8, 1935 to Milton and Evelyn Thorson on their farm in Lake Crystal, Minn. Russell began painting with his father at age 12 and discovered he had a knack for it. He excelled as a marine painter. He restored a Deadliest Catch fishing vessel, was a member of the Tacoma Painter's Union Local #164 and started his own painting business. When he relocated to Odessa in 2002, his painting skills helped to...
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. Monday, Dec. 21: Reardan emergency personnel assisted Spokane County authorities with a one-vehicle slide-off on U.S. 2 and Coulee Hite Road. No injuries were reported after a semi-truck went off SR...
Elizabeth Jane Graves Gabe, age 95, passed away peacefully December 25, 2015 at Odessa Memorial Hospital in Odessa. She was born May 19, 1920 in O’Neill, Neb., the daughter of William Brown Graves and Julia Ann (Buckley) Graves. She is survived by her brother Howard Graves of Sioux City, Iowa, daughters Karen (Ron) Baumgartner of Fraser, Mich. and Cheryl (Neil) Jeske of Odessa, three grandchildren Lanae (Chuck) Carper, of Odessa, Michael (Becky) Jeske, of Olympia, Kimberly (Devin) Ryan, of Odessa and three g...
On the fall 2015 president’s list at Big Bend Community College, two area students were listed as having completed 12 or more graded credits with a grade-point average of 3.75 or higher: Odessa’s Jennifer Martin and Wilson Creek’s Stacy Sims....
Recently this writer viewed a photo of the Grand Social Brass Band that The Odessa Record published in its 1951 edition as the Golden Anniversary and reprinted in 8-18-1977. The photo, taken in 1901 or 1902 showed Art Kunkel, Garrett Bruchsen, Henry Reese, Joe Barto, Vincent Totusek (the band leader), Reinhold Weber, Louis Wraspir, Doc Kelley, Jake Wolsborn, Frank Quade and John H. Luiten. The Odessa Historische Museum has a great collection of early photographs. The museum also has memorabilia from Al Wagner’s band, i...
Odessa High School FBLA partnerned with the Lincoln County Econcomic Development Council to address one of Lincoln County's greatest problems, "Youth Out-migration." Students are graduating from our schools and attending college but are not returning for employment. This leaves many positions unfilled or filled by commuters, which is a detriment to our economy. A career fair was hosted last year, and the feedback from students was that they liked the fair but wanted to see...
Gloria G. (Grosso) Wraspir, 83 years old and a longtime resident of Irby, passed away on December 16, 2015 in Spokane from complications of Parkinson's Disease. Gloria was born September 27, 1932 in Omak to Julius (Jack) and Gladys (Grace) (Beeman) Grosso. She was raised in Grand Coulee and graduated from Grand Coulee High School during the building of the Grand Coulee Dam. She was the salutatorian of the class of 1950. Her parents owned and operated the Maytag store in Grand...
The Odessa School Board met December 16 in the high school library. Prior to the public meeting, the board held a workshop in the district office for the purpose of conducting an applicant interview for Board Director Position #1. Attending were Superintendent Dan Read, Ed Deife, Heather Valverde, Joe Schlomer, Chris Crossley and Janie Steward. The public meeting was chaired by Ed Deife, with board members Heather Valverde, Joe Schlomer and Chris Crossley present, as well as...
For 14 years, coach Mark Poth has draped a basketball jersey over a chair, and his Vikings players have tapped the #40 jersey as they were introduced for the Ryan Floch Memorial Games. The chair and jersey stay next to Poth until the handshakes at the end of the game. The 15th and final Ryan Floch Memorial Basketball Games will be played January 2, 2016 at Big Bend Community College. The women play the BBCC Alumni team at 2 p.m., and the men play against the Alumni team at 4...
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. Monday, Dec. 14: A Harrington woman reported the theft of prescription medicine, a wedding ring and about $100 cash from a residence in the 400 block of West Main. Responding to the Cottonwood Spr...
When Santa appeared earlier this month, some were disappointed that he was not accompanied with a white layer of snow, but there is now hope for a traditional white covering of the fields, where children can enjoy sledding and other outdoor activities that depend on snow. Many are excited with the Season’s activities and eyes glisten in the presence of a well-decorated tree. The Harrington Chamber of Commerce, on the other hand, focused on blessings, and worked with Harrington High School Honor Society students to bring l...
Richard (Dick) Laney was born February 18, 1928 in Spokane, the second child born to Joe and Margaret Laney. He made heaven his home on December 15, 2015. In 1933 the family moved to Lamona, to the family ranch. He spent a short time as a cook in the army, including a tour to Okinawa, Japan. He left the army to return to the family ranch. He spent 50 years of his life raising a family, living, loving, working, playing and owning and operating Cloverleaf Dairy, the ranch. He retired from the ranch in 1987 and moved to town....
At its December 8 meeting at Any Occasion Banquet Hall, the Odessa Chamber of Commerce elected new officers for the coming year. Current president Marcus Horak handed out ballots and nominations were taken from the floor. Lise Ott, Sherri Frederick and Jennifer Martin accepted nominations for the two open board member positions. Larissa Fink and Mo Sheldon accepted nominations to continue in their present positions as treasurer and secretary, respectively. Zach Schafer accepted the nomination to run for president. Sandy...
Terri King, business teacher at Odessa High School, was recently awarded a $500 scholarship by Northwest Professional Educators, the state's only non-union professional teacher association. Its regional director Brenda Miller presented the award at an all-school staff meeting. King will use the funds to attend the 2016 Northwest Council of Computer Education Conference with special interest in learning how to integrate technology into the curriculum and digital literacy. "Ms....
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. Monday, Dec. 7: A vehicle got stuck in mud on Mayberry Road about 500 feet from SR 28 near Davenport. A collision involving a vehicle and deer took place on SR 174 near Wilbur. Wilbur Police res...
The Odessa Record and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce want to remind holiday travelers from Odessa to stop by The Record and pick up a bundle or a handful of copies of This Is Odessa, our local visitors’ guide to take along on their trip. It has been a long-standing tradition that Odessa folks traveling elsewhere for business or pleasure have taken this publication with them to leave in restaurants, hotels/motels and visitor centers along their travel routes. Some of the issues are mailed to various locations throughout the s...
Odessa music students from pre-school through sixth grade will present their holiday concert on Thursday, December 17, beginning at 7 p.m. in the school multi-purpose room under the leadership of school musical director Craig Holman. Sure highlights will be the pre-school and kindergarten, the fifth-grade band taking part in their first public performance, the sixth-grade band playing a mix of traditional and contemporary music, plus first through fourth grades combined into a large choir singing songs of the season. There...
Harrington Christmas bazaar And what to my amazement was all that commotion and clatter; I rose from my seat and raced into the streets to see what was the matter. Sirens, more and louder sirens, closer and faster, as though the whole city were in a disaster. No Prancer, no Dixon, but oh, what a sight; Santa hanging on to the rear of the fire engine so tight. Children were rushing to see who was coming, and before long Santa was taking his seat in the opera house lobby....
Odessa's Christmas Fest last week Wednesday at the community center was well attended by folks from the town and the surrounding area. Each of the vendors attending the Fest donated an item to be used as a door prize. Entry for the door prizes was free, and the prizes were awarded throughout the day. There were 284 entry slips for door prizes. Organizer Faye King said that it was likely that 20% of the people coming through the door did not sign up for a door prize. Of the 284...
The Odessa-Harrington boys and girls varsity basketball teams had a rough start to the season when they both suffered losses their first two games. The first games on Friday were against Liberty. The boys team suffered a devastating 51 point loss and the girls team had a painful 22 point loss. DeWulf’s dominate. In the games against Liberty, siblings John and Katie DeWulf both led their teams statistically. John DeWulf had a total of 13 points on six field goals, along with 1...
To the Editor: I am sad to see that the Lions Club Christmas Board has so few names on it. It is only $10 to have your family name put on there for this holiday season. The Lions Club does so many wonderful things for this community. I use the board instead of mailing Christmas cards to local people. Please consider stopping by Ramm Hardware or call a Lions Club member. I know that Scott Heimbigner would help you, too. Please consider filling the board. Merry Christmas. Barb Schlimmer Odessa...
On Thursday evening, December 10, from 6 to 7 p.m., the Odessa High School Computer Science students are hosting a global event entitled, “The Hour of Code.” It is free and the entire community is invited. No experience necessary! All ages are welcome....
The Washington State Transportation Improvement Board has awarded the town of Odessa the sum of $171,470 for the installation of sidewalks on First Street from Fourth Avenue to Marjorie Street. The roadway in question has sidewalks in some portions of it but not in others. The project would ensure that the entire stretch would have sidewalks along both sides of the road. The route is used by many Odessa school children walking to and from school. The route also connects the school to the ag shop used by students, to the...
