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New Year's Eve in Odessa saw folks drawn downtown to ring in 2014. Both Chiefs Bar & Grill and Any Occasion Banquet Hall were open for revelers wanting to celebrate the holiday. The Odessa Chamber of Commerce sponsored a community event envisioned as a thank you to all of the volunteers who make Odessa such a great place to live, work and play by supporting the many activities that take place all year long. The theme of the event was "A Night at the Casino." Following a...
The Odessa Record was delayed Wednesday morning when electrical power was knocked out at about 8:15 a.m. A truck was said to have backed into a power pole located on the property of the Grange Supply Company of Odessa-Harrington. The impact shattered the wooden pole, leaving a pile of kindling on the ground and the cross bars dangling from the wires. The oil-filled transformers also hit the ground, where a pool of oil spread out and mixed with the snow and gravel. Local...
January The end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 saw the Odessa biodiesel manufacturing facility, Inland Empire Oilseeds (IEO), hit a rocky patch on its way to successful, long-term operation. Just prior to Christmas, the majority of the “permanent” staff was laid off. It was then learned that on December 27, 2012, IEO had filed a petition requesting Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. Odessa’s town government saw changes in early 2013, as Gail Kiesz was sworn in as the new town clerk during the first town council meeting of the n...
Volunteers are the heartbeat of our community. These unsung heroes just show up to help and assist with all of the various behind-the-scenes activities that we so often take for granted. In a perfect world, lots of people would all help out a little. But we all know that in the real world it doesn't work that way. Especially in small towns, a small core group of familiar faces do 90 percent of the work. Justin Parr is one of those people. At Saturday night's New Years Eve Cham...
Following the winter holiday break, Odessa-Harrington basketball players got back onto the court before school even started. Boys On Saturday, January 4, the Titan boys were seriously outplayed by the Lind/Ritzville/Sprague team which won, 72-36. Playing in Ritzville, the Broncos jumped to an early lead and never let up. Titans 6 10 10 10 36 Broncos 23 20 16 13 72 Carsen Weber paced the Titans with 15 points, adding 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal to the mix. Sam Schafer scored 3 points; Shane Whitaker 9 points, 2 rebounds;...
Flu season has arrived in Lincoln County. The area has seen an increase in flu cases and hospitalization in recent weeks. There’s still time to get vaccinated to protect yourself from this serious illness. “Our emergency departments and clinics are seeing an increase in cases of Influenza since mid-December,” states Ed Dzedzy, Public Health Administrator. “H1N1 is the type of flu we’re seeing the most of right now. The good news is, it’s one of the strains this year’s vaccine provides protection against.” Flu symptoms includ...
The President’s List and the Vice President’s List (honor rolls) for fall quarter 2013 at Big Bend Community College have been released by the college. Students on the President’s List completed 12 or more graded credits with a GPA of 3.75 or above. Natalie Fish of Odessa made the Presiden’ts List. Students on the Vice President’s List completed 12 or more graded credits with a GPA of 3.33 to 3.74. Daniel Nelson, Sr. of Odessa and Natalie Garrett of Wilson Creek both made the Vice President’s List....
Tom Goetz passed away December 27, 2013, and is survived by his high school sweetheart Jeanne (Divito) Goetz from Wilson Creek. They were married in 1964. Tom was born in Paris, Texas to James and Geraldine Goetz on February 5, 1944. Later he moved to Marlin with his parents to be raised on their family farm. He is also survived by his three sons; Treg, Marcus and Cody; one daughter, Julie, and two daughters-in-law, Julie Goetz and Taylor Goetz. He leaves behind six...
Bea Lyon died Saturday, January 4, 2014, in Spokane. She was born in Spokane January 16, 1948, to Edward and Elsie (Heimbigner) Zeiler. She spent her early years on a wheat farm a few miles northeast of Odessa. She enjoyed riding horses and having many dogs and cats as pets. Bea attended Odessa schools, graduating in 1966. Bea attended Kelsey Baird Business and Secretarial School. In 1968 she married William Lyon. The couple lived for a short time in Tekoa, before returning...
Richard "Ric" Wraspir lost his three-month battle with cancer on November 30, 2013 at the age of 54. He was the youngest son born to Alfred and Marilyn Wraspir on October 22, 1959. He was preceded in death by his father Alfred J. Wraspir, grandparents Louis and Louise Wraspir and Melvin and Bessie Marie Northrip. He is survived by his wife Janet, daughters Ashley and Cammie (Lorissa) Wraspir, mother Marilyn Edwards of Seattle, brothers Michael (Beverly) of O'Fallon, Mo., Jerry...
Kathy Scrupps died December 24, 2013, in Odessa. She was born April 6, 1955 in San Francisco to Timothy and Shirley Calnan. Kathy is survived by her husband Jay Scrupps at the home; three sons, Walter (and Chris) Barry, Chris (and Amber) Scrupps and Ryan (and Kelsey) Scrupps; along with five grandchildren, Brynne, Kade, Brielle, Gavin and Alma; her mother Shirley Calnan; brother Casey (and Yvonne) Calnan; four sisters, Teri (and Ben) Reihl, Shelley (and Matt) Severson, Mary...
Marie E. (Ramm) Braun died December 26, 2013, at Lincoln Hospital in Davenport at the age of 89. She was born January 12, 1924, in Odessa to Gottlob and Mary Ramm. She grew up with six sisters on a farm southeast of Odessa. She graduated from Odessa High School in 1942. On December 29, 1950, Marie married Elmer Braun, and they lived in Ritzville until they bought a farm in Deer Park. Elmer preceded her in death on May 20, 1999, and Marie moved to the Davenport Retirement Villa...
Jim Goetz died December 17, 2013 in Odessa. He was born a few miles north of Odessa on April 16, 1918. His parents were Emanual and Matilda (Almer) Goetz, known as Tillie. Jim was the oldest of five brothers and outlived all of them. He farmed most of his life on the family farm north of Marlin. He joined the Army in 1942 and while stationed in Texas met and married his wife of 71 years, L. Geraldine Smith, known as Jerry. Jim was wounded in combat in the Philippines and received the Purple Heart. After the war he returned to...
There will be no court report on the Odessa Record website this week...
7 will have arrived by the time you are reading this column. As promised, I have some recipes to help you use up the last of the Christmas cooking ingredients. Either you didn’t get to that recipe or you had to buy more than the recipe called for and now you have leftovers. Our goal for January is to work those items into the weekly menu plan. Emma Cloud brought a delicious Enchilada Casserole to the Community Christmas dinner. Many requests came in for the recipe that i...
I have always loved going over to the home of Warren and Audrey Beck; so does my brother who used to be study buddies with their daughter in college. He will make it a point to go see them when he is in town; they are warm and welcoming. Of course, they had me in stitches during our interview and I kept telling them, "I can't print that!" Whether there is fabric all over the living room being cut out for an upcoming craft show, or grandkids coming through the door, there is...
The annual holiday lighting contest sponsored by the Odessa Lions Club gave out only two prizes this year. The home of Sam and Donna Mullins received first prize of $150, and the home of Keith and Becky Kolterman received the second prize of $50. Both families went to a lot of effort to make their houses and yards attractive with light strings outlining eaves and porches, lighted figures standing in yards and trees and bushes strung with more lights. The two winners this year...
Army Reserve Private Tyler J. Greenwalt has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans played in the Davenport Christmas Tournament on December 27 and 28. On Friday, the Titan boys overcame the host team to win 44-36. Titans 10 7 15 12 44 D-port 12 9 9 6 36 Sam Schafer led the Titans with 15 points, also nabbing 1 rebound and 7 steals in the win against Davenport, a team to which the Titans lost only a short while ago. Carsen Weber added 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals; Shane Whitaker 6 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals; Colt Sanford 2 points, 2 rebounds; Trevor King 3...
Harrington Nazarene program With about 25 people attending, the Nazarene Church sanctuary was lit only with tree lights and a few holiday lights. Kristian Beattie and Bella Mattozi lit candles and the congregation sang Christmas songs led by Sonia Beattie with Billie Herron at the piano. Pastor Jim Beattie left during the singing and returned with a Santa suit on, but with the Grinch’s face. The audience listened as he acted out the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” The Grinch went about stealing Christmas symbols and fin...
Milton Johnston of Ellensburg was re-elected chairman of the Columbia Basin Development League (CBDL) at their December trustee’s meeting in Moses Lake with Orman Johnson of Othello re-elected vice chair, Jake Wollman, Jr. of Warden treasurer and Jeff Schibel of Odessa secretary. Ron Fode of Moses Lake, continues on the board as past chairman. Alice Parker of Royal City, Dale Pomeroy of Warden, and Heath Gimmestad of Moses Lake will remain on the Executive Committee along with newly appointed at-large executive committee m...
To the Editor: I love my Odessa Record on-line reports. I tend to agree with Norm Ott on the use of city funds to promote the area. Eastern Washington is a difficult place to do business. Advertising to unknown audiences won’t improve the business climate, but focused lobbying could. Advertising won’t bring new people and money into Odessa like a lower cost of living/business might. Continuing to do what has been done over and over (expecting new or different outcomes) is futile if Odessa wants to move into the 21st Cen...
The December 18 board meeting opened with Superintendent Suellen White swearing in Joe Schlomer, Heather Valverde and Travis Wagner upon their re-election to the school board of directors in November. The board then re-organized, with Marcus Horak elected chairman, Ed Deife vice chairman and Joe Schlomer WIAA representative. Wagner and Deife remain on the facilities committee. Valverde and Wagner will be on the negotiating committee and Horak remains on the curriculum committee. The board accepted the resignation of Jackie Al...
Retiring members of the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center’s board of directors, Lani Schorzman and Debbie Walter, were treated to cake and good wishes for their years of service prior to the most recent board meeting on December 19. Neither ran for re-election in November, and both their terms are coming to a close at the end of the year. Other commissioners currently serving are H.P. Carstensen, Sandra Libsack and Carol Kniola....
Michael Cronrath, the social studies teacher at the Harrington School District, reports that the Eastern Seaboard Trip of 2015 is only about 18 months away. Students (and adult chaperones) from Harrington, Davenport, Sprague, Odessa and other surrounding communities have gone on this trip in the past and have deemed it a worthwhile educational experience. The trips are organized through Smithsonian Student Travel, which has informed Cronrath that that the price for the trip will go up after the first of the year. However, if...
