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John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Matthew 22:37-39, Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" The Heritage Church 302 S. First Street Odessa, WA 99159 Office: 509-982-2951 Pastor Jon Hayashi Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school. Adult and youth 10:30 a.m....
Amy died peacefully August 17, 2015 in Renton, with her family at her side. She was born and raised in Odessa to Art and Elaine Schauerman but lived the majority of her life in Lake Oswego, Ore. and Seattle. She married Dwayne Giese July 5, 1961, and they were married for 54 years. She was the mother of Tammy Giese-Simmons, Lora Giese and Jamie Fukofuka; the grandmother of Zak and Axl Simmons, Chris and Jessica Porter and Laiatea Fukofuka; the sister of Terri Schanzenbach and...
Monday, August 10, 2015, was Dr. Troy Eldridge's last day serving Odessa as the resident chiropractor. A carrot cake made by Kerry Scheller was served to the community through the day as locals stopped in to bid him farewell. The event also served as a welcome for Dr. Ty Trexler who bought the practice from Eldridge....
Miss Odessa Casey Schlomer has been busy all summer visiting community celebrations and inviting everyone she meets to come to Odessa for the 45th annual Deutschesfest on September 18, 19, 20. The Odessa community float garnered second place at the Omak Stampede last weekend....
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, Aug. 10: Wilbur ambulance personnel assisted an elderly woman who fell. An individual who had a campfire going in the vicinity of Miles Creston and Hume roads north of Davenport was adv...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up. Hi, here I am again. Derr, Mollie (Scheller) (b. 3-08-1892 d. 9-01-1969) Mollie Derr, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich Scheller, was born in Russia. In 1889 she came to Old Mexico with her family. Later, they moved to Oklahoma, then to Washington where in 1904 they homesteaded near Warden. In 1906 they moved to the Odessa area. She was baptized and...
Being a historian for the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the [100 years ago column] was talking about Aerie 1857 which formed in Odessa on March 6, 1909 and consolidated with Spokane Eagles #2 in the year 1918. In August of 1915 the Grand Aerie Convention was held in Spokane, and they competed against not only our State, but the whole United States, British Columbia and Canada. I would say the Odessa Aerie did quite well back in their day. Chuck Wood Fraternal Order of Eagles Historian Gig Harbor...
The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) announced on July 24, 2015, that student Rebecca L. Fortner of Odessa has been selected to become a member of the organization. The Society recognizes top scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, scholarship and community commitment. The announcement was made by founder and chairman Claes Nobel, senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes. “On behalf of NSHSS, I am honored to recognize the hard work, sacrifice and commitment that Rebecca h...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record August 20, 1915 Hot weather hangs on. The unusual warm spell has continued throughout the past week, not one day since last Friday having shown a temperature as low as 90 and two days were as high as 97. The average for the past week has been 94 thus maintaining the same record as was established for the two weeks up to last Friday. In three weeks of hot weather just passed, through, the longest hot spell ever known in this country in the memory of old-timers, the thermometer has gone belo...
Betty Watters died peacefully on August 12, 2015 in Odessa. Born Betty Ellen White on August 2, 1916 to Benjamin and Beda White of Bristol, Colo., she graduated high school in Granada, Colo. and taught grades K-12 in a one-room school house in Colorado after graduating from Sterling College in Sterling, Kan. Betty served as a Navy Wave from July 1944 through October 1945. She went to Naval Training in Bronx, New York, attended radio school at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and was assigned to communications in Seattle. She...
Lola Marie Davis, 71, of Odessa died Sunday, August 2, 2015, at the home of her daughter in Dallas, Ore. She was born October 23, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Edward and Wilhelmina Velart Settle. On May 18, 1963, she married Troy Davis in California. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed doll making, gardening, canning, knitting, fishing, dancing and socializing with people. One of life’s highlights was traveling the United States by RV. She is survived by her husband Troy of Odessa, daughter Luana Bean of D...
I was told by a friend that drones were being made in Odessa and that jobs were being offered as drone pilots. I said, “No way.” He showed me the following website: http://dronejobz.com/odessa-wa-drone-jobs/. The header said: “Odessa WA UAV Drone Jobs: Hire Drone Pilots in Odessa WA. If you are looking for contract work as a drone pilot or have questions about how to find a contract UAV pilot in Odessa, WA you have come to the right place.” This website was owned by Steve Murray of Wilmington North Carolina. His other w...
DeWane Buddrius was born June 9, 1941, to Clarence and LuVerna (Weishaar) Buddrius in Odessa. After a brief battle with brain cancer, DeWane passed away on July 24, 2015, and went to his Heavenly Home. DeWane was a 1959 Harrington High School graduate. He married Carol Schultz on December 29, 1960. DeWane is survived by his wife of 54 years, Carol, daughter Juliann (Doug) Janke and son David Buddrius; grandchildren Ryan (Shannon) Janke, Stacy Buddrius, Kevin Buddrius, Janelle...
Mike Connolly passed away July 29, 2015 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. He was born July 7, 1956, in Tonopah, Nevada. He was raised in Reno, graduating from Manogue High School in 1974. Mike also attended the University of Nevada, Reno. Mike and Terry Mooney were married June 12, 1976. In 1977, Mike and Terry moved to Harrington to work on the Bly Ranch. It was there that Mike fell in love with cattle and horses. Later they moved to Odessa. Mike worked for Odessa Trading...
The Odessa Public Library's Summer Reading Program – with its theme, "Who's Your Hero?" – had local kids exploring heroes both in nonfiction stories and with live visits from hometown heroes such as Jonathan Cloud, a member of the National Guard; Trisha Nelson, a registered nurse at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center; Officer Bryce Peterson of the Odessa Town Police; and volunteer firefighter Alberto Reyes with the Odessa Fire Department. All heroes were warmly welcomed by the...
Odessa's rural and town-based firefighters had their hands full again this past week, as a wildfire northwest of town raged through wheat stubble, CRP and sagebrush, threatening several ranch and farm homes in its path. No homes were lost or damaged but haystacks went up in flames, and a small herd of goats was also caught by the rapidly spreading conflagration and perished at the Finney farmstead, according to a member of the fire department. All other livestock and...
Junior-high football team members will begin having practices on August 24 at 3:30 p.m. in Odessa, reports head coach Larry Weber. Players are advised to be at the field in running gear and to make sure that all paperwork has been completed and turned into the Odessa High School office by that time and date....
1 years ago From The Odessa Record August 13, 1915 The commissioners of Adams County have just closed a deal for the purchase of a half section of land about a mile and a half north of Lind for the sum of $5,500, which is to be used as an experimental station and operated under the direct supervision of representatives of the agricultural department of the state college. Mr. McCall, representative of the agricultural department, is in charge of the farm. It is understood the expense of operating will be paid by the state...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday to hear from Kirstin Wilson of the Department of Enterprise Services Energy Program. The department is a cabinet-level agency reporting directly to the governor of Washington state and offers a statewide program of assistance to municipalities, schools, hospitals, etc. The program offers a free draft energy audit of all of the facilities of the entity requesting its services. The department has overseen projects at the Odessa Memorial Hospital and at the Odessa School District within the...
The groundwork is laid and construction plans are in progress for pump stations and pipelines to carry irrigation water from the Columbia Basin Project to those farmers (who are eligible) pumping ground water from the Odessa subarea. The work is being done by the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District as part of the Odessa Ground Water Replacement Program. Along with landowners, the program is a partnership with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Ecology’s Office of Columbia and the irrigation district, to r...
Local and county law enforcement personnel, medical emergency services personnel and town and rural firefighters in the Odessa area gathered to join more than 37.8 million others in 16,124 American communities in celebrating National Night Out, America’s Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, sponsored in part by the National Association of Town Watch. According to the organization’s website, “National Night Out is a cohesive effort to promote involvement in crime prevention activities, police/community partn...
Odessa School District 2015 – 2016 REGISTRATION All students may register and pay fees on Monday, August 17, and Tuesday, August 18, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Students in grades 5-9 may also pick up their class schedules. Students in grades 10-12 will schedule their own classes during registration. SCHOOL YEAR Beginning the first day of school, student hours will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students in grades K-8 should not arrive prior to 7:50 a.m. The doors to the building will be unlocked at 7:30 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. Monday, July 27: No one was reported injured after two vehicles collided on SR 231 near the intersection of Little Falls Road north of Reardan. A man of about 70 years of age prompted concern in Alm...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record August 6 , 1915 The 18-day subscription contest of the Odessa Record closed last Monday evening after one of the most successful campaigns for new subscriptions ever held in this country. Miss Martha Schafer was the lucky winner of the diamond ring, and Miss Rose Lowe won the bracelet watch, each of these contestants having well up toward the million mark in votes. Maggie Deife was third, Trella Finney fourth, Hilda Schatz fifth, Emma Ruff sixth and Mrs. J.V. Ott seventh. Practically 200...
Reporting on behalf of the women’s golf league at Odessa Golf & RV, Apryl Wraspir submitted an update on recent play. Another week of ladies golf has been completed. Andrea Largent Gorman of the Strokers team won with an 18-inch putt. Other members of her team are Shelby Smith, Carley Williams and Paige Alloway....
