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Air Force Reserve Airman Adrian M. Moffet graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Moffet is...
Ilan Coberly, a sixth-grader in the Odessa schools, has been recognized by the Northwest Chapter of the American Red Cross under its Honoring Hometown Heroes program. At a luncheon held at Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights on November 15, Coberly received an award and an American flag for his efforts last January to save a dog that had fallen through thin ice on a pond just outside of Odessa. After school on January 11, Coberly and two friends were walking near the pond...
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. Nov. 26: No drugs were found by the drug dog during a visit to the Reardan School. A caller advised that a stop sign was found in Cottonwood Creek near the Davenport skatepark. Wilbur ambulance...
Newly elected Lincoln County commissioner Mark Stedman will be the guest speaker at the 2012 annual Christmas dinner hosted by the Odessa and Canniwai Granges. The dinner will be held Friday, December 14, at Old Town Hall, beginning at 6 p.m. The menu will be a traditional turkey dinner, at a cost of $10 per diner. Everyone is welcome. Guests are asked to RSVP by December 10 to Ott Insurance at 982-0122. Donations to the Odessa Food Bank will also gladly be accepted the evening of the dinner....
The Thanksgiving dinner celebrated potluck-style at the Old Town Hall last Thursday was a rousing success. This second annual event just about doubled in size compared to last year, so it would appear that the idea is catching on. Family groups, single folks, empty nesters and people from all parts of the community were represented. The turkeys were supplied by the Odessa Masonic Lodge and the Odessa Food Bank. Several people, thinking they were supplying potatoes for the...
The Odessa Public Library is offering several new services that are available to the Odessa community. The newest service are the Nook and Kindle that have a dozen new titles downloaded on them. They are available for checkout. The Nook and Kindle are provided through a Connecting Libraries grant that was awarded this past fall. The grant opportunity was offered through the Washington State Library. Also, as part of the Connecting Libraries grant a traveling collection of books and DVDs and books on CD were purchased by...
Christmas Fest, sponsored jointly by the Odessa Junior Livestock 4-H Club and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce, will be held next Wednesday, December 5, in the Odessa Community Center. This Odessa tradition has become a premier event for area vendors and crafters, with both locals and out-of-towners sharing the space for a day-long kickoff to the holiday season. Faye King, representing the Jr. Livestock 4-H Club, has been busy contacting vendors, assigning tables and arranging for publicity. Kaci King has created an exciting li...
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. Nov. 19: Someone marked up the front window of a Davenport law office in the 500 block of Morgan Street. "Boy 7 Spirits of God Obey" were some of the words that were written with a black marker. A...
A busy and prosperous holiday shopping season was in store for Odessa merchants 77 years ago. The Odessa Record gave this report on the wide variety of gift merchandise available in Odessa in the issue of December 13, 1935: Stores bustling with activity, large additions to sales force, red and green Christmas colors interspersed with gold and silver tinsel in profusion in store windows, dozens of shoppers inquiring about particular gift merchandise indicate that Christmas is less than two weeks away. If one is to judge by...
To the Editor: What a wonderful way to celebrate Thanksgiving, in the midst of old friends and new friends made at the celebration at the Old Town Hall on Thanksgiving Day. I must say that Lise Ott and her “crew of many” did an excellent job, as they did last year, and I’m grateful for that. Not just for the food, not having to cook, serve or clean the mess is a big plus, but the dinner blessing, decorations, laughter, after-dinner games etc., etc., etc. In the wake of “problems” in our small community, it was just a pleasur...
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Auxiliary members will hold their annual pie sale at Christmas Fest, December 5, in the Community Center. This is an important fundraising event for the Auxiliary, in their endeavor to make the health-care campus a home for all who seek medical and respite care at the facility. The Auxiliary has recently paid for an additional cable TV box that ensures access to the channels residents and patients want most. Currently the Auxiliary is raising funds to pay for new, comfortable, wheelchair-friendly...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 11/26/12: Prices haven’t moved very much in the last week, as exports for corn and wheat remain poor, while soybeans are flying off the shelf. Winter wheat condition scores in the Great Plains continue to suffer with poor emergence due to continued affects from this summer’s drought. The security workers’ union reached a settlement with the Port of Portland, averting a 11/25 strike. However, grain handlers still do not have a deal with the Longs...
Beginning Wednesday, December 5, Zion-Emmanuel Lutheran Church (at 4279 SR21 N.) in Odessa will be holding traditional mid-week Advent services. Throughout the Christian Church, it has been the custom for many years to gather for mid-week services in the season of Advent, a season marked by repentance, hope and anticipation for Christ’s coming. Services are generally shorter than Sunday morning services and offer time for contemplation on God's Word, prayer and participation in the Church’s preparation for Christ’s first...
The Odessa Junior High School Band is once again selling Elite Discount Cards as their annual fundraiser. Proceeds from this fundraiser help to fund the various activities the group participates in throughout the year, as well as helping to pay for extra equipment. The cost of the card is a $20 donation. The deals on the cards range from discounts on oil changes to “buy one, get one free” offers at Arby’s, plus other savings at various establishments in Moses Lake and Spokane. These discounts are good for the entire year...
There’s nothing like a little validation to make you feel good. I felt really good last Thursday, when one of the guests at the community Thanksgiving dinner turned to me and said, "This is the best Thanksgiving ever!" That’s what I was hoping for. We had approximately 50 people come to dinner. Most brought food to contribute to the meal. But everyone brought something. A sense of community. The turkeys turned out well (if I do say so myself.) A communication error on my par...
At Monday night’s meeting of the Odessa Town Council, the six-year water plan for the town was explained and clarified by Kennet Bertelsen, an engineer with USKH, the Spokane engineering firm with which Odessa has a contract for such services. Bertelsen said the six-year water plan is a requirement of the Department of Health, and its purpose is to identify strengths and weaknesses of the towns water supply system and lay some of the groundwork for related future capital projects. An updated plan must be in place in order f...
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce would like some feedback from its members on meeting times that might allow for greater participation. Some proposals included a breakfast meeting beginning at 7 a.m., a mid-afternoon meeting at around 2 p.m. when it might be easier for business owners to get away for an hour or so or evenings (although most evenings are already taken up by meetings of various other groups). Any other suggestions are welcome. Call Chamber president Marlon Schafer at 988-0260. Noon meeting, 11/27 The Odessa...
A new feature, a dunk tank, was unveiled at the 71st annual Lions Club turkey carnival this year. Four volunteers braved the dunk tank: Marlon Schafer, Travis Schuh, Bryce Peterson and Mark DeWulf. A line quickly formed as each volunteer took their turn. At $1 per throw, it was no easy or inexpensive task to hit the small target that would trip the platform and dunk the volunteer. Marlon Schafer’s children tried, but they were unable to connect. Finally, high school senior M...
The feast of Thanksgiving is upon us, and as we gather with family and friends to give thanks and celebrate, let us not forget the Thanksgiving part. Here is a quick way to create a visual reminder of all we have to be thankful for. Take fall colored construction paper and cut into strips about 5 1/2 inches by 1 inch. Gather up some fine point marking pens and a stapler or two. Throughout the day or even the several days around Thanksgiving encourage everyone to write things...
With the proposal for a new bridge across Crab Creek on Dobson Road announced this week, it is interesting to note that the concrete bridge on First Avenue in Odessa, in recent years considered a candidate for replacement, was planned 79 years ago this week and was actually built 78 years ago in 1934. A new, reinforced concrete bridge was to be built, replacing a steel truss structure which had served since 1914. That bridge, in turn, had replaced the original wooden bridge across the creek in 1908. Before then, horses and...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 11/14/12: Wednesday was quiet compared to the big drops suffered in the previous few sessions, as Chicago futures lost two cents and soft white remained unchanged. Basically it’s been the negative momentum from Friday’s bearish supply-and-demand report, combined with general financial market turmoil that is doing all the damage. Expect things to remain unsettled while exports remain poor. 11/16/12: It wasn’t a very pretty end to the week as export sales...
I feel funny today. By that, I actually mean that I don’t feel funny today. I can’t think of a single entertaining thing to say. It’s possible that a serious over-commitment of time on my part has something to do with it. Can you hear my theme song playing quietly in the background yet? Oh, yes, there it is, “I’m just a girl who can’t say no . . .” Of course I can. I just don’t want to. I apparently get some kind of sick satisfaction from being overwhelmed with responsibi...
Staff reports The Odessa Town Council met last week Tuesday instead of Monday due to the Veterans Day holiday. Police reports Police chief Helen Coubra led off the November 13 meeting with reports of vandalism, burglary and general mayhem on the night of November 11. The perpetrators struck first at the equipment yard of the Odessa Trading Company, taking fire extinguishers that were strapped to combines and spraying their contents onto the ground. School buses parked outdoors near the grandstand at Finney Field were struck...
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday, November 13, at Any Occasion Banquet Hall for a pizza lunch hosted by the Chamber. A guest speaker, Keith Meadowcroft, an international trade specialist with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Spokane, gave a presentation on the free services provided by his organization for establishing export trade relationships with companies in other countries. Through the Obama administration’s National Export Initiative, a $600 billion increase in funding over five years will e...
At the November 13 town council meeting, Odessa’s town council gave unanimous approval for the formation of a committee to determine the future of Old Town Hall. The group will be headed by Lise Ott, who hopes that community interest in the project will be significant and ongoing. The initial phase of the project will be exploratory, and will include field trips to other historic sites around the area which have either been renovated, restored or repurposed successfully, or a...
