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On May 24, nine schools from the Bi-County joined Odessa for the Third Annual Bi-County Science Challenge. Odessa, Wilbur, Davenport, Liberty, Lind, Sprague, Reardan, Ritzville and Harrington arrived at the Odessa Gym at 9 a.m. to compete in the third ever science-based “Junkyard Wars.” Each school brought a team of six students to vie against the other schools for the traveling trophy. Team Odessa consisted of Kira Powell, Markus Smith, Justin Hauge, Griffey Powell, Tho...
Today is the day we have been waiting years and years to finally come – that last step into our future. However, this is not merely a day of reflection; it is a day of celebration. These past twelve years in high school have all led up to this moment. On behalf of the class of 2012, I welcome all of you to our graduation ceremony. Our class motto is “Life brings tears, smiles, and memories. The tears dry, the smiles fade, but the memories last forever.” We have had our “ups...
During the first week of May, a Columbia Basin Development League delegation visited Washington, D.C. to provide briefings on the current status of the Odessa Subarea Special Study and solicit continued support from Washington’s Congressional delegation. Participating in the trip were CBDL past chairman Clark Kagele, Odessa; CBDL trustee and East Irrigation District Director Bernie Erickson; Chris Voigt, Washington Potato Commission Executive Director; Derek Sandison, D...
Harry Tracy of Odessa died May 24 in Spokane. He was born to Harry E. Tracy and Carrie Heilman Tracy on April 9, 1935 in Hellmer, Idaho. Harry was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Wayne and Floyd Tracy; and his son, Harry William Tracy (called Billy). He is survived by his wife Margaret M. (Peggy) Tracy in Odessa; his twin brother, Larry Gale Tracy; two daughters, Laura Dale Dodd (Steve) and Carrie Ann Cordes (Kurt); and his grandchildren. Harry was a Vietnam...
Cool spring weather benefits spring vegetables. Spinach, leaf lettuce and peas flourish in cooler temperatures, as do herbs of many varieties. Dill can become a weed this time of year as it reseeds readily and sprouts prolifically. Though it won’t form heads desirable for pickling until later in the summer, the delicate fern like foliage is a wonderful addition to salads, soups and dressings. Take advantage of this flavorful bounty. A row of intentionally planted dill will ben...
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. May 28: A collision involving a vehicle and a deer took place on I-90 near Sprague. An extremely loud black motorcycle without a muffler was observed going through the Northridge area of Davenport at...
Aron Mills, a 2011 graduate of Odessa High School, was one of the faculty’s picks for top students of Big Bend Community College during the 2011-12 academic year, as announced at the ASB Spring Fling and Awards Barbecue on May 23. Mills’ award was for Automotive Technology. Bryce Todd, currently of Ephrata and a former student in the Odessa School District (and the nephew of Kim and Bruce Todd of Odessa) received the Pitcher of the Year award from the coach of the baseball team. Outstanding students were recognized by col...
Kira Powell did it for the third year in a row, capturing first place in 1B girls golf in the rain at Lakeside in western Washington. Koralynne Kuch, Hannah Schmidt, Chelsea Fisher and Jordyn Tanke, the four girls running the 4x200-meter relay event at the 1A/1B/2B track and field meet in Cheney also brought home a first place. The Odessa-Harrington Titan girls track team was in a three-way tie for seventh place at the state meet held last weekend on the campus of Eastern Wash...
Kira Powell brought home her third consecutive State B golf championship last week, finishing just one stroke ahead of Emily Baumgart of DeSales HS and four ahead of Michal Schuster of St. John-Endicott. According to coach Sam Read, “Kira came through in some tough playing conditions and under a lot of pressure of being the two time returning champion, and terrible weather.” State B golf was held at Oakbrook Golf and Country Club in Lakewood May 22 and 23. Five Ode...
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. May 21: Dispatchers learned of a verbal dispute between a man and his baby's mother in the Creston area. A Circle Road resident reported people were shooting from the roadway and noticed after a...
Hi, here I am again. Continued from last week – the Kiesz Children….. Joyce remembers the following about living in the L-B-D: (30.) There was usually no room in the kitchen’s “cool box” for pies and other bakery goods so goods were kept on the kitchen counter. I’m sure today a person would keep them in the refrigerator. In the old days, no one got sick …. after all, when the items came out of the oven it didn’t take long for them to be eaten, like within two seconds. (31.)...
The Memorial Day program at the Odessa Cemetery was well-attended again this year. As during most years in the recent past, the wind was a constant companion, making the scores of dedicated flags snap briskly throughout the ceremony. American Legion member Bob Kissler introduced the program presenters, Mike Hardung, who urged two volunteer veterans to help him place the wreath at the World War II tank memorial, and Pastor Jon Hayashi of Heritage Church in Odessa, who...
A rock festival planned for June 18, 19 and 20, 1971, in a barren sagebrush area just south of Marlin, which was expected to draw visitors from throughout the Pacific Northwest, caused anxiety in the Odessa area for nearly three weeks. First announced by Spokane news media on May 25, the Seattle promoters of the affair billed it as a major spectacle, featuring nationally famous rock stars. In Odessa and Marlin, however, there were visions of another Woodstock, but with even worse consequences, for it was feared that law...
The Odessa High School Knowledge Bowl team has reported in from New Orleans that they ended the competition with a record of two wins and four losses. All the schools Odessa competed against had a high school enrollment of more than 500 and included both public and private schools. Their first match on Saturday was against Bayside, Tenn., where Odessa won by a score of 260-210. The next match was against North Babylon High of Long Island, New York, where the Odessa squad came...
A shade tree has been donated by the friends and family of the late Rex Gibson of Odessa. The flowering cherry tree was planted at the Twin Lakes campground by local Girl Scouts Mya and Natosha Boss (representing the Junior Girl Scouts) and Katreace Boss (representing the Brownie Scouts). All three will earn a badge for planting the tree. Anyone using the campground over the summer, fishermen in particular, are asked to water the tree each time they visit. Once the tree is...
The Odessa Community Float had some “stand-in” passengers at the annual Last Stand Rodeo Parade in Coulee City on Saturday, May 27. Christa Clouter (queen in training) and Elizabeth Schwartz (princess in training) are the granddaughters of Odessa’s Jan Webster, who was in charge of revamping the float this year. Two of Odessa’s royalty were at the state track meet in Cheney this weekend and one was in New Orleans with the Knowledge Bowl team, so Webster went on the hunt fo...
Diane Whitman started working in the physical therapy department at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center in May of 1987 as a physical therapy aide. She took additional classes and became a licensed massage therapist not long after that. She has worked at OMHC for 25 years and in that time she has been a very important part of providing caring, quality healthcare to our patient population. She has built a large and dedicated massage clientele, while continuing to assist in the...
The Odessa Trading Company (OTC), with assistance from Ag Tech Services of Moses Lake, held its annual customer appreciation day last Thursday, May 24, with events beginning as early as 2 p.m. Representatives of Case IH and several other companies that supply equipment such as guidance systems and other specialized farming applications were on hand to show farmers and other interested citizens what their products could do. A special educational session on lube/filters was...
Thanks to the George and Dorothy Gies Foundation, 19 young women from Odessa High School had the opportunity to attend the Women Helping Women Luncheon in Spokane. The keynote speaker, Elizabeth Smart, inspired everyone to overcome adversity and live life to its fullest even after tragedy strikes. Elizabeth spoke of her abduction in 2002 at 14 years old. Her captors controlled her by threatening to kill her and her family if she tried to escape. The police safely retuned her to her family nine months later after she was...
Austin Schmierer, an Odessa High School senior who plans on studying biology, has been named a Washington Scholar for 2012/2013. The other two scholars are Elise Loggers of Colville and Lucy Hill of Wilbur. The alternate is Cory Sago of Colbert. The Washington Scholars program recognizes the accomplishments of four high school students in each of the state’s 49 legislative districts, three Washington Scholars and one alternate. A total of 196 Washington high school seniors have been honored as Washington Scholars or W...
The Odessa School Board met May 23 in the high school library to the disappointing news that a new science teacher, to whom a job offer had been made to fill the position being vacated by Jeff Wehr, had decided not to accept the Odessa job. The search thus continues for another candidate. In other personnel-related matters, the board approved paying bonuses to Duane Pitts and Marianne Iksic based on their National Board Certifications. They also accepted the resignation of Amy Hunt as the Pep Club Advisor. Coaching contracts...
As many of our readers already know, Odessa’s very successful high school science teacher Jeff Wehr and his wife Julie, along with their two children Thorsen and Kiegan, are leaving Odessa at the end of the school year. The family is moving to Duvall, Wash., located in King County south of Monroe, where Jeff is taking a position at Cedarcrest High School. The Record asked him how it all came about, and he responded as follows: “It actually is a wacky story! We were not loo...
Continuing her Advanced Science Research (for-credit class of independent study in the sciences), Odessa High School student Kira Powell returns from Pittsburgh, Penn. and the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a fourth-place award in the Plant Sciences category. Thousands of students from more than 50 different countries attended, 10 of the projects from Washington state alone. The competition was very demanding, and only one other project from Washing...
In a brief meeting May 22, members of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce voted to approve extending the Heimbigner addition to the community center from the existing outside kitchen wall north to the end of the building. The portion of the extension that will not be used for the current kitchen remodel will be framed in to be available for future expansion. It was also reported at the meeting that two individuals, whose names have not been released, have agreed to act as Biergarten co-chairmen for 2012. Justin Parr will continue...
The Odessa Museum will open for the season on Memorial weekend Sunday and Monday from 1 to 3 p.m. On the following weekends throughout the summer and into September, it will be open on Sundays from 1 to 3 p.m. A video of a slide program put together by Dr. John Gahringer is available for viewing on YouTube. The 30-minute program is titled "The Way We Were" and shows the early history and settlement of Odessa, along with the establishment of the museum. To view the show, go to the YouTube website and type in "Odessa...
