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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. Feb. 6: A caller reported a suspicious white van parked near the Hutterian crop circle pivots along SR 231 north of Reardan. A truck and trailer were reported off the roadway on Moore Road near...
Dean James Iltz died February 7, 2012, at the age of 69. He was born May 21, 1942 at Ritzville to George and Katie (Kissler) Iltz. He was raised on the Graedel place outside Odessa and graduated in 1960 from Odessa High School. After graduating, he worked various odd jobs including at the local IGA Grocery Store in Ritzville and the Ritz Theatre, where he ran the movie reels. Later he worked at the gas company in Ritzville known as Columbia Gas. He entered the U.S. Army in...
Odessa-Marlin entered Week 6 of the Spokesman Review annual trapshooting competition two shots behind the Colton Gun Club and one ahead of third place Garfield-St. John. Marlin Springlike conditions, with intermittent sunshine and highs around fifty degrees brought 65 shooters to the Marlin Gun Club Sunday. Even more were there as cooks, supporters and spectators. Marlin turned in four perfect scores, from Dave Lang, Mark Iksic, Doug Starkel and Ken Eckhart. Austin Nelson, Dus...
O-H girls vs. Wellpinit Playing last week Wednesday, February 8, in Odessa, the Titan girls lost to Wellpinit, 43-38, in probably one of the sloppiest games they have played all season. Numerous turnovers and missed shots were the order of the day. O-H 9 8 9 12 38 Wellp. 7 14 13 9 43 Kendall Todd led the team with 8 points. Charli Moffet, Jessie Whitaker, Rebekah Marshall, Chelsea Fisher and Jordyn Tanke all had 6 points each. Hannah Schmidt, Carley Williams and Cydnee...
The Odessa Branch of Bank of America is proud to announce that Rebecca Maddock has been promoted to the position of Banking Center Manager as of February 6, 2012. Maddock has been employed with Bank of America since December of 2004. She has enjoyed her job working for The Odessa Branch and is looking forward to the next step in her career. Prior to working for Bank of America, she worked for Odessa Office Equipment and Denny’s Foods. She has spent most of her life in L...
David Eric Johnson, a 2006 graduate of Odessa High School, has graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in economics/accounting. He currently lists his home town as Dayton, Wash....
Michael Cronrath, social studies teacher in the Harrington School District, has announced plans for an eastern seaboard trip from Smithsonian Student Travel in 2013. Students (and adults) from Harrington, Davenport, Sprague, Odessa and other surrounding communities have gone on similar trips in the past. Cronrath says that students continue to tell him how much they enjoyed the experience. Those who haven’t made such a trip should know that it is an incredible experience, says Cronrath. Those not interested in travel are r...
This year Odessa High School senior Kira Powell and freshman Thorsen Wehr have been selected by Dr. Ray Myers and the Washington Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) to be delegates at the golden anniversary of the Washington JSHS, two of only 18 students selected to give oral presentations. They were selected after preparing and submitting a written report in accordance with the symposium’s guidelines, and each will also deliver a concise oral presentation at the symposium. The top three oral presentation w...
The Sixth Annual Inland Northwest High School Science Symposium (INWHSSS) once again provided Advanced Science Research (ASR) students from Odessa High School an excellent opportunity to explain their scientific research. Last Friday, Kira Powell, Austin Schmierer, Hailey Williams, Rebekah Marshall, Koralynne Kuch, Griffey Powell and their advisor Jeffery Wehr traveled to the WSU Spokane Campus to present their science projects and observe other student presentations from across the Inland Northwest. The event was directed...
Presidents’ Day is February 20th, and though that day commemorates all United States Presidents, we still see the occasional reference to our first president, George Washington and his chopping down of the cherry tree. For many decades, cherry pie was pre-requisite when celebrating his birthday. Cherry Raspberry Pie was featured in the July 2011 issue of Family Circle Magazine. The sweet-tart filling pairs nicely with a half butter, half shortening pastry, and though a bit s...
Fire has leveled many Odessa buildings and businesses over the years. Fires are rare today, because of safer heating systems and nearly fool-proof electrical wiring. But in early time, buildings were vulnerable, especially during winter months, when coal stoves and furnaces often caused problems. The Odessa Record reported the following about the Odessa Mercantile Company’s fire, which spread across the street to destroy the Odessa Hardware and Implement Company as one of the towns most disastrous fires, in its issue of F...
In response to the bashing of Mr. Obama (President Obama) in last week’s Record, the writer forgot to bash him even more. Taken from Heritage Foundation news publications and broadcast by Fox News Network: 1) He was not born in the U.S.; 2) He is of the Islamic faith; 3) He is a Socialist; no he’s not, he is a Nazi and a liar and guess what! He’s black! Sincerely, a citizen born right here in Odessa. Wally Weishaar Odessa P.S. – To whom it may concern: Show me your birth certificate and I will show you mine....
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 2/10/12: Chicago futures closed down 16 cents Friday, however white wheat again faired very well in the face of that pressure. Since Thursday’s report, wheat futures have lost 30 cents and corn futures are down a dime. White wheat prices have followed corn prices much more closely, which isn’t surprising, since much of the export business done recently has been feed. The only significantly bearish item on the supply-and-demand report was that world wheat en...
Town Marshal Mike Wren presented the 2011 year end report at Monday night’s Town Council meeting. Wren and Deputy Marshal Bryce Peterson responded to 233 calls for service in 2011, up from 211 in 2010. Criminal citations were up from 15 in 2010 to 17 in 2011, and infractions issued were up from 16 to 22. There were five felony arrests during the last year, including charges of Assault 3, Theft 2 (theft of a motor vehicle), two sexual assaults, residential burglary and possession of methamphetamine. According to Wren, the A...
Just over $2,000 was raised for the Community Center Kitchen Remodel project at the Valentine's Day-themed fund-raising dinner held last Friday evening. The event was sponsored by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce and the Odessa High School FBLA. The evening began with a social hour and an opportunity for community members to view the kitchen equipment already purchased by the Chamber of Commerce. When the dinner was ready to be served, guests were welcomed by Kim King and by FBLA representatives Carley Williams and Jacob...
Daniel Hopp, long-time Colville resident, died February 2, 2012 in Colville at the age of 91. He was born in Odessa, the son of Conrad and Anna Margaret (Bostrom) Hopp. Dan moved with his family to Lamona in 1925, where he attended school through the sixth grade and worked on the family farm. He then attended seventh and eighth grade in Odessa. Due to the needs of the farm, he was unable to continue his formal education. On February 17, 1946, Dan married Mary Lou Long in...
Last week we ended the first part of our story on the January 24 oilseed workshop held at the Odessa Community Center without telling our readers that the article was to continue. Forgive us that oversight. There was much more to the workshop, and we should have let you know that we weren’t finished. --The Editor. Dennis Roe spoke from the perspective of an ag lender. He spent five years on a dryland wheat farm near Goldendale, raising grain, hay and livestock. He received d...
As previously reported in The Odessa Record, Odessa’s town council was informed at their December 12 meeting of cutbacks to the senior meals program. Since 2008 meals have been provided three days per week at Old Town Hall. Beginning in January, these meals have been reduced to two days a week. The senior meals program is administered by Okanogan County Transportation and Nutrition (OCTN), which is a private non-profit company that provides nutritionally balanced meals t...
Hi, here I am again. Continued from last week “The Schibels.” I asked Jeff Schibel what he remembered about the Batum grain elevators and who the closest neighbors were? His answer for the Batum grain elevators was “the “boxcars” the Odessa Trading Co. would load with grain and then have them taken west toward Moody Ruff, Moses Lake, Washington and for neighbors, there were the Webers, Finks, Heimbigners, Melchers, Kageles. Jeff also mentioned the railroad tracks were not maintain very well and before they were finally r...
The wonders of the computer age! Without them, visitors to Odessa this week from Switzerland would likely never have known what happened to a long-lost relative who left his Swiss homeland before the turn of the last century to become a circuit-riding minister for several churches in the Pacific Northwest. Philipp and Marion Graedel are from Burgdorf, a city of more than 15,000 inhabitants not far from the capital of Switzerland, Bern. Burgdorf is located in the valley carved...
Odessa’s excellent train service ended abruptly in early 1929, with the opening of the Great Northern Railway’s Cascade Tunnel. With shorter operating time, the railroad eliminated several stops for its express trains. From then on, Odessa was left with only local service, one west-bound train in the morning and the other east-bound in the afternoon. The Record reported the changes which were taking place in its issue of January 31, 1929: Odessa will be one of the towns that will have no reason to rejoice over the Great Nor...
President Obama recently said, “In January, American businesses added another 257,000 jobs,” and that the economy was on a roll. That is great news, but he forgot to tell you that in December and January alone there were more than 2.5 million fewer people working. This is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ own table published Feb. 2, 2012. Mr. Obama, if the economy is getting better, then why did new home sales in the United States hit a brand new all-time record low during 2011? If the economy is getting better, then...
After hearing the news Sunday of the Powell boys of western Washington who lost their lives through the actions of their father, not to mention their still-missing mother, I needed to express how grateful our family is to be on the receiving end of very caring, protecting local police. If not for the actions of Marshall Mike Wren and Officer Bryce Peterson, we could be a similar story. The day after harvest, July 2008, we received a frantic call from our daughter Korianne, at the time in Spokane, to come move her and her infa...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 2/3/12: Wheat futures fell Friday after Russia’s announcement that there would be no curbs on exports and raised their export projection to 27 million metric tons. That seemed like it should have done some pretty severe damage to wheat prices, however Chicago futures were only off 2 cents on the day. There’s another USDA supply and demand report out next Thursday to contend with. There should be some cuts to South American crop production; the question is,...
Pacific Coast Canola, a subsidiary of Legumex Walker Inc., has announced the appointment of two members of its senior management team. R. Bruce McTavish has been named vice president of sales and marketing, and Stephen L. Starr has joined the company as vice president of seed procurement. McTavish will join the company on February 1, and Starr assumed his duties with the company at the end of 2011. Joel Horn, president and CEO of Pacific Coast Canola and of parent company Legumex Walker, said the hiring of McTavish and Starr...
