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I met with Michelle Melgren for our interview at Any Occasion, her banquet hall and one of many of her and her husband’s business ventures. She explained that this business was “for fun…a hobby,” which allows her to indulge her love of planning parties and decorating. Michelle is a 5-foot-tall spitfire, a working mom who seems to balance it all, family, friends, career(s) and church. Since she and her husband John moved to Odessa 12 years ago, they have been active members...
The results for Odessa and Harrington from the Lincoln County Fair have arrived. Below are the entrants who were recognized by the judges for some kind of special award. The participants are from Odessa unless otherwise noted. David Eldridge won a trophy in the 4-H Intermediate (Int) Round Robin event for small animals. Marcus King won Overall Grand Champion and 4-H Grand Champion in the 4-H Market Steers; Trevor King won Overall Reserve Grand for a 4-H Market Steer and Max Gr...
Three Odessa men, Chris Costlow, Mark Worley and Johnny Walter were going fishing last Sunday morning. They were about four miles west of Othello on Route 24 at 5:30 a.m. when they came upon a head-on collision and were the first ones to arrive on the scene. According to Costlow, a Cadillac and a white van were involved. The Cadillac was on fire with one occupant. The driver, Andres Alvarado Alamilla, 24, was trapped in the vehicle and the engine compartment was burning. The...
State senator Janea Holmquist-Newbry of Moses Lake met with constituents in Odessa last week Wednesday. Despite emails, articles in the newspaper and notes posted around town, only about 10 people were on hand to express their concerns to the senator. Even the staff of The Odessa Record was unable to attend due to a looming deadline with the printer of the Odessa Deutsches Fest supplement (included in this week’s issue). Odessa Mayor Doug Plinski told The Record that H...
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, Sept. 2: Davenport ambulance personnel responded to the 200 block of Washington Street to assist a man suffering severe stomach pain. Bow hunters were observed parked under a "no hunting" sign on property...
Bake sale season is coming. Odessa area residents received postcards reminding them of the Odessa Museum German Bake Sale held Friday of Deutchesfest, and soliciting donations of baked goods. Though kuchen and pfefferneuse are hot sellers, there are lots of buyers looking for quick breads, yeast breads and rolls, pies, cakes and cookies. Wendy Cronrath, Lacrosse, WA served several baked items at an Odessa, summer event. I don’t usually devote an entire column to one persons r...
New Alder Street Bridge was constructed 48 years ago A new concrete bridge over Crab Creek was being built 48 years ago this week. The new span replaced a narrower concrete bridge which had been built in 1910. The Odessa Record had this report on the progress of the construction of the new bridge. Concrete is being poured on the new bridge on Alder Street in Odessa. Forms were completed for a heavy steel reinforcing installed by the first of the week, with concrete work starting on Wednesday. The new bridge is part of an...
Decades of research indicate that poverty has a huge impact on student learning. According to professor emeritus Stephen Krashen of the University of Southern California, studies show that “more poverty means lower scores on all measures of school achievement.” Many studies show that poverty negatively impacts school performance. In brief, here are some findings: - Children of poverty are more likely to suffer a lack of adequate food, resulting in slower language development and behavioral problems. - High-poverty fam...
Harrington Fall Festival is around the corner, time is quickly moving toward the Sept 28 event. Sponsors for the Huff N Puff event include local businesses and a few community members supporting the FBLA. What exactly is all the excitement of the Huff N Puff race? The first Huff N Puff, a 3-mile run for fun event, occurred at the 1978 Harrington Fall Festival with 102 entrants. Apparently the original idea for the Huff N Puff was that of high school student, Linda Gooley, who suggested that Harrington have a running event....
It's Tuesday morning. I have an appointment with a dental hygienist at 9 o'clock. The Chamber of Commerce meets at noon. Want to guess which appointment I dread the most? I'll give you a hint - it's not the one that involves someone scraping my teeth. Now, I'm not deliberately trying to offend anyone here, but I really, really, really dislike Chamber of Commerce meetings. Not because I dislike the Chamber of Commerce, or because I don't see the value of the organization. I...
Ever since Sputnik ascended the heavens in 1957, education reforms have consistently failed to improve schools. Why has there been no improvement? David Berliner offers an answer: Failure does not reside inside the schools. He states: “The sources of America’s educational problems are outside school, primarily a result of income inequality.” However, the U.S. Department of Education‘s goal is that “with better teaching, we will have more learning [higher test scores], and this will improve the economy.” As Berliner no...
Last Friday, September 6, the Odessa-Harrington Titan football team played their first game of the season against Touchet in an away game, losing 46-28. O-H 6 0 8 14 28 Touchet 24 16 0 6 46 In the first quarter, Touchet scored first on a five-yard pass, and then ran the ball for the extra two points. O-H responded with a 70-yard run by Sam Schafer. The extra-point attempt on the ground was unsuccessful. Touchet then completed a 10-yard pass play for a TD and a running two-point conversion, followed by a 40-yard running play...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday night in the public library to begin making plans for the implementation of Initiative 502 passed by voters last fall legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Mayor Doug Plinski said that since the federal government has declared that it will not interfere with states that have passed such laws, even though possession, sale and distribution of marijuana remain illegal according to federal laws. The state liquor control board has been moving forward with plans for licensing retail...
Odessa’s newest business opened its doors to the public last week Thursday when the Cattle Producers of Washington (CPoW) held the grand opening of the Livestock Processors Cooperative Association (LPCA) plant at the Odessa Industrial Park. The ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. was attended by a large crowd of well-wishers, interested community members and local, county and state officials who had a hand in seeing the construction of the plant come to fruition. Willard W...
Apple and silk trains were curiosities in the 1920'sThe trains that used to go through Odessa, even those that streaked through without stopping, were always of interest to early day residents. From the beginning until about the middle of the last century, Odessa depended on the railroad. Odessa was a regular stop for local-service passenger trains. Express trains could be flagged with advance arrangements to pick up passengers traveling to the East, as long as their destination was to points beyond Helena, Mont. A number of...
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. 26: Juveniles were observed recklessly driving a golf cart in the vicinity of the 1000 block of Washington Street in Davenport. Tuesday, Aug. 27: Davenport ambulance personnel transported a man having...
I first met Bonnie Burroughs one day at the local hair salon. We had never been officially introduced. We became fast friends, largely because of our mutual love of reading. We discussed different books and recommended some of our favorite authors. A few weeks later, she came into my office with a bag full of books. I couldn’t believe that someone I had met only once would do something so thoughtful. Telling her I would get them back to her as soon as possible, she told me to...
Shane Kercheval, a 2004 graduate of Odessa High School, has completed his Masters of Business Administration studies with a 3.99 grade point average at Eastern Washington University. He had previously graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science. After five years working at Itron Corporation as a software engineer, he now works as a business development manager at IntelliTect...
Odessa High School and Advanced Science Research (ASR)student Thorsen Wehr has been selected to receive the Washington State Academy of Sciences Award, allowing him to participate in the American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS) Convention in Chicago, Ill., that will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), February 13-17, 2013. AJAS is America’s only honor research society for high-school scientists, an...
Do you need to get healthy? The Aging and Adult Care Program called Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL) is looking for participants, someone to teach and a few attendees for the class. Anyone interested in the program should come for a discussion September 11 (Wednesday), at 12:30 p.m. in the Old Town Hall. Karen Bruggman, program coordinator for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program of North Central Washington (RSVP of NCW), which covers Grant, Adams, Lincoln, Chelan, Douglas and Okanogan counties, is partnering with...
The Odessa School District board of directors met August 28, 2013. Prior to the regular meeting, the board members and the school administrators met to inspect the work done to facilities over the summer. They inspected the new window at the elementary entrance, refurbishing of the elementary/junior-high computer lab, placement of “cubbies” at the cafeteria entrance for bags and coats, removal of the pillar outside the high-school office to provide a better view of the entry doors, rehanging of the library door to open fro...
The brief but violent thunderstorm that passed through the Odessa area last Sunday evening left damage and much debris in its wake. The sky turned very black indeed, as the storm clouds blew in and the rain poured heavily for several minutes. After the storm passed through, the town of Odessa lost power, but it was restored within about five minutes. Area residents reported damage and other results of the storm to The Record. At the country home of Kelly (Kissler) and Don...
The Lincoln County Fair, which ended last Sunday, drew many Odessa-area exhibitors and visitors. This week, The Record begins its coverage of the fair with some of the pictures and information gathered following the event. The official fair results will likely be posted later in the week, so we will run more comprehensive information in our next edition. Audrey Beck of Odessa was the first to bring in her own results to The Record. She entered 20 garments into the Lincoln County Fair and won 20 first-place ribbons. She also...
Laura Estes of Odessa, proprietor of a home-based business called “Laura’s Sage Country Quilts,” has now added published author to her resume. She has written a book called “Pintucks, Pleats & Ruching,” which provides detailed instructions on how to be creative with those particular sewing methods. The book came about as the result of a trip to a Quilt Market, a wholesale international trade show for the quilting and soft crafts industries. In the U.S., it is held each fall...
Dear Odessa and surrounding community, We would like to take the time to thank you for your incredible support; it is our honor and privilege to be back home! We are grateful to Odessa for supporting our adventure to try a larger school district. Many of you visited, sent notes, cards and care packages along the way and continually checked in on how we were doing as a family. Although our journey was exciting, and we learned a lot about a larger educational system, it certainly did not fit either Jeff’s style of teaching o...
