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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. July 16: A county Public Works crew estimated they'd need a couple of hours to clear a tree that fell across the roadway at Downs and McKinley roads. Four horses in a pasture along SR 28 in the...
Kurt Wolsborn and Brandi Simpson were married in Boise, Idaho, on March 10, 2012. Brandi is the daughter of Jan and the late Steve Simpson, of Blackfoot, Idaho. Kurt is the son of Myrna and the late Tom Wolsborn, of Odessa, Washington. Janet Heimbigner, of Odessa, is Kurt's grandmother. Brandi's grandmothers are Gene King, of Pacatello, Idaho, and Shirley Simpson, of Blackfoot, Idaho. The couple is living in Meridian, Idaho....
Pioneer Days were held in Davenport last weekend, with Odessa’s community float and royalty participating in the Saturday parade. Part of the weekend activities was a production of the musical Annie by Davenport Theatrical. The production was held at Davenport High School. Several people from the surrounding area had parts in the play, some of whom have been involved in theater in some way for years. Karen Brewster was in fine form and excellent voice as the irascible Miss H...
We are excited to announce that Dr. Craig A. Olson will be available for appointments one day a week at the Odessa Rural Health Clinic. Starting July 30th, he will be available on Mondays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Also available for appointments Monday through Friday is Dr. Linda J. Powell and our new Physician Assistant, Brandon Lee. Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center is here to assure that you have access to a variety of quality healthcare services in Odessa, and furthermore so that you do not have to travel long...
Patricia Nelson of Odessa graduated from the pre-nursing program at Big Bend Community College June 12. She has been accepted to the nursing program at BBCC and will be attending classes there starting this September. Nelson, who was born in Texas, reports that after 15 years in this area, she considers herself a Washingtonian. Nelson, her husband Dan and their five children moved to Odessa in 2009. She currently works at Odessa Memorial Hospital, and reports that she loves her work there. Nelson added that she hopes at some...
Wild and wooly weather has been keeping farmers and everyone else off balance this summer. Some summers, most of them actually, mean high temperatures of 90 degrees or more every day and absolutely no rain until September (okay, maybe one mid-summer thunderstorm). But the weather pattern has been very different this year, and many farmers are nervous. Rains in early June can mean an extra good wheat crop, with full kernels of good quality. But it can often also mean having to...
Your hometown museum is now open every Sunday afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. and has been since Memorial Day. It is important for the Odessa Historical Society and the town itself for residents as well as visitors to stop in and see the new and reorganized exhibits that the members of the society work so hard to make pleasing and interesting. Bring the kids and show them how things looked and worked in former times. The museum has a scale where you can weigh yourself for a penny...
Sean Bacon and Amanda Voelz are planning an August 31 wedding at the Tazer Valley Farm in Stanwood. Sean is the son of Ray Bacon of Benton City, Wash., and Scotty Bacon of Odessa. Amanda is the daughter of Tim Voelz of Moses Lake and Fran Voelz of Spokane. Sean and Amanda spent a little over two years in Phoenix, Ariz., where Sean attended and graduated from MMI (Motorcycle Mechanics Institute) this past February. The couple returned to Washington state in March, and they are...
Salayna LaRae McClanahan was born to Phillip and Shannon McClanahan on May 18, 2012, weighing in at 8 pounds, 11 ounces. Phil is the son of Erin Volkmann and the grandson of Dave and Joyce McClanahan of Odessa. Phil is a sensor operator for Predator Drones, stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri....
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. July 9: A lightning strike set a tree on fire in the Neal Canyon area near Wilbur. Deputies were unable to locate a vehicle that a caller reported had run off Jones Bay Road and down a steep grade. A...
Area students named to the President’s List for the spring quarter at Big Bend Comunity College are Mackenze Bemis, Aron Mills and Mandy Smith, all of Odessa. Students must earn a 3.75 or better grade-point average (GPA) to be named to the President’s List. The Vice President’s List contains students who have earned a 3.33 to 3.74 GPA. Area students on the VP’s List are Natalie Fish, Austyn Kagele, Nelda Reyes, and Jeanette Samuel, all of Odessa and Lucio Chavez and Natalie Garrett of Wilson Creek....
They were harvesting archaic varieties such as White Amber and Bluestem, and they were getting 70 cents a bushel for it. It was a time of custom threshing and 20-horse teams to pull the growing number of combines making their appearance in the area. Despite the many hardships, farm operation might have been simpler then than it is today. The wheat was planted, and growers waited to see what came up. There were no fertilizers or chemical weed killer. No irrigation. About 12 to 16 bushels was the normal yield for a wheat crop....
Strawberries, just the word brings to mind summer days and a slower, more relaxed pace of life. Try accompanying your morning beverage with this luscious Strawberry Banana Bread, a recipe submitted by Vicki Strang and adapted from Angie McGowan of Eclectic Recipes, a blog you might want to visit for creative seasonal recipes. Vicki included several exchanges, noted in the recipe, including baking the batter as muffins, my favorite, and substituting Splenda for the sugar. Strawberry Banana Bread 3 bananas, overripe 1/2 cup (1...
Today I’m rethinking my position on illegal immigration. Some undocumented aliens have set up housekeeping in my front yard. They’re not unattractive, until they open their mouths. They certainly don’t speak English. And they talk A LOT. LOUDLY. Their conversation always sounds urgent, unlike the measured, almost sweet cadence of their northern cousins. They’re driving me crazy. Or at least they will unless I find some way to live with them. Because, you see, I realize...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 7/11/12: Holy cow what a morning! Chicago wheat futures ranged 45 cents and soft-white prices fluctuated 25 cents during the morning market hours. Chicago corn futures ranged 63 cents on the day and closed 14 cents lower, which was 44 cents off their highs. The supply-and-demand report was not bearish, as the USDA cut the national corn yield more than expected but down to where the market was figuring it was anyway. They went from their early,...
The Odessa Friends of the Library are inviting families to meet in Reiman Park Monday, July 23, at 6 p.m. The Friends will pass out reading certificates and prizes and celebrate with the participants in the culmination of the six-week reading program. Children are invited to bring a book, a blaknet, a parent or grandparent and enjoy the summer evening together. It is a family night, and all are invited to participate. Cassie Nixon, president of the Friends group, and Jen Samuels have planned and implemented the Summer...
VFW Post #7395 has sold its building, located at the southeast corner of First Avenue and Division Street in downtown Odessa. Frank and Marcus Horak are purchasing the building and will be moving their Odessa Auto Parts (NAPA) store to that location. According to Marcus Horak, the renters who currently have storefronts on First Avenue will be able to stay right where they are. The NAPA store entrance will be on Division Street, where the entrance to the VFW hall is located. Plans are being made to install windows or perhaps e...
At Monday night’s Town Council meeting, Mayor Doug Plinski administered the oath of office to Odessa’s new Chief of Police, Helen Coubra, who comes to the town from the Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s office, where she served as Deputy Sheriff. Once she had taken her oath, Coubra administered the Police Officer’s oath to Bryce Peterson, then gave a brief summary of her law enforcement career. Coubra began her law enforcement career in 1986, and said that her first signifi...
San Antonio, Texas was the destination for 18 students from Odessa High School who competed in the 2012 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference. With the support of the Odessa community and the school, the students were able to make the trip of a lifetime. It was an experience we will not forget! More than 8,000 students from around the nation competed in 60 different events. Competition was tough, but our little high school was quite...
A report first appearing in the Harrington Citizen and then carried in the Spokane Spokesman-review and the Seattle Times in July 1909 didn’t amuse R.S.Crowl, the editor of The Odessa Record. In fact, he was furious about a story, which had it that all of the farm land southwest of Odessa was adrift in sand. The Record fired back with this front-page article in its July 12 issue: If a person were inclined to believe all of the stories gotten up by many unreliable corespondents, by this time he might really believe that the p...
What a wonderful feeling I had when I saw Anona Heimbigner's Thank-you in the Odessa Record several weeks ago! It doesn't seem like 69 years ago she so ably taught us in sixth grade to diagram sentences. I taught the same thing to my sixth-grade students my last twelve years of teaching here in Washougal. I often visualize sentences in their diagrammed form, especially when proofreading. Joyce (Napier) Goodale Washougal...
I urge your readers once again to contact their members of Congress and demand that Congress fix the problem it created in 2006 for the United States Postal Service. In 2006, Congress decreed that the USPS must fully fund current and future employees’ pension and health care costs to the tune of $5.5 billion a year. The Republican-dominated Congress required this funding to be done in 10 years to cover the costs for the next 75 years! No business pays 75 years into the future for its employees’ pension and health benefits. No...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 7/5/12: The grain markets continued their streak on Thursday as the hot weather continues. Next week is supposed to bring some relief from the heat in the corn belt, but rain is still lacking. New-crop corn traded out to a new contract high and Chicago September corn futures touched limit-up late in the day. Chicago wheat futures gained 38 cents, and white wheat gained 35. Export sales will be out in the morning. 7/6/12: Grain prices finally broke on...
On July 3, the management firm that has operated Inland Empire Oilseeds for the past year, known as 1138, LLC, acquired 75 percent of the company from the original investment group that got the plant up and running. That group (consisting of the Odessa Union Warehouse Cooperative, Reardan Grain Growers, Reardan Seed, Greenstar, Michael Dunlap and Avista) retains ownership of the remaining 25 percent. Joel Edmonds remains the general manager, the same position he assumed when...
Citing personal reasons, Odessa Public Works Director Roger Sebesta has resigned from his position, effective July 6. When asked about his future plans, Sebesta said that he does not yet know what he will do in terms of work or retirement. He said he has enough accrued sick leave and vacation time that he will not have to make that decision immediately. Assistant director Jerry Monroe has moved up into the director’s position, and the town is advertising for a third employee to join Monroe and Rod Webster on the town c...
