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Wednesday, January 11, at 7 p.m., the Odessa Public Library...
Caragana Wreath, an appliqué quilt block designed and sewn by Laura Estes, was one of the five top vote getters at the Washington State Quilters Show held in Spokane this past October. Estes, a quilt pattern designer and owner of Laura’s Sage Country Quilts, incorporated her signature ruched flowers and gathered blossoms into the requires wreath design in jewel tones on a black background. Among other top blocks were entries by Barbara Lambrecht of Chattaroy, the 2011 Od...
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. Dec. 26: After discovering an abandoned rolled over vehicle along Devils Gap Road, deputies learned that according to a text message received by a woman from her son, the driver, the Chevrolet pickup...
Dr. Jason Iltz, son of Dorothy and Ron Frederick, was named pharmacist of the year by the Spokane Pharmacy Association at their annual banquet November 9. Iltz, a 1990 Odessa High School graduate, went on to Washington State University, where he earned bachelor and doctorate degrees in pharmacology as well as a minor in business. Since 2006, Iltz has been with Integrated Health Professionals, located in Spokane Valley. He also serves as Clinical Associate Professor at...
According to a press release from Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers, Lincoln County has been experiencing an increased number of residential burglaries throughout the county. On December 21, at least two burglaries occurred during daylight hours, one within Davenport city limits and another was reported a short time later in the county northeast of Odessa. In the past several weeks Adams County has been experiencing a burglary/theft spree in their northern borders to the sout...
The combined youth groups of Christ Lutheran Church and Heritage Church in Odessa, put on a “soup supper” for the community on Wednesday, December 21, in the basement social hall of Heritage Church. Parents did the cooking and the youngsters did the serving and cleaning up. The soups included various types of chili, as well as a chicken noodle soup for those not particularly fond of chili. Desserts were also served and included cookies, cakes and pies. Donations were req...
Meeting for the last time in 2011, the Odessa School Board met December 21 and unanimously approved resolutions to run a General Fund Maintenance and Operation Levy on February 14, 2012 for the same $698,000 as the retiring levy it will replace; and at the same time to run a Capital Projects Fund Levy of $110,00 which is also a replacement for the current levy. Due to an increase in property values within the district, the levy amounts have gone down from $4.03 to $3.98 per...
Christmas night, as folks were winding down from their holiday cheer and food and gifts, the infamous narco-burglars struck for the third time at Odessa Drug, the pharmacy/gift shop owned by Odessa resident Ted Bruya. Apparently, they were again after drugs, because that was primarily what was taken. A complete inventory has not yet been completed however. The burglars broke through the front door again this time, as they had during the first incident in March of 2008. The...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area (where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up). Hi, here I am again. Continued from last week “The Schibels.” In the 30s during the change from horses to tractors, most fencing that had been installed for control of the horses and/or protection of the grain fields, started to be removed. Today there is no such fencing whatsoever in the L-B-D except at the missile base. Also in the 30s as tractors sta...
The Odessa Town Marshal’s office has requested that residents of Odessa be reminded that dog licenses are due for renewal as of January 1, 2012. Most dog owners receive reminders printed on the town-generated utility bills. Here are a few facts about Odessa’s animal control policy that residents may not be aware of: All dogs residing within the corporate limits of the town are required to have a license. Current license fees are $10 per animal. There are exemptions for official police dogs, government-owned facilities and...
The Odessa Lions Club has announced the winners for the 2011 home holiday lighting contest. The annual contest was judged Friday evening, December 23. Judges were Wally Weishaar, Mark DeWulf and Steve Fink. Prizes were awarded as follows: First place – Fred Ramm Second place – Tom and Diane Vanderende Third place – Keith and Becky Kolterman DeWulf commented on the number of honorable mentions, including Shaun and April Steward, Doug and Joanne Tebow, Gerald and Nancy Liner, Dave and Rhonda Kuch and Tom and Lynette Schaf...
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. Dec. 19: After a call from the Ritzville hospital that a woman had become stuck near the Lincoln County fairgrounds, deputies checked the Davenport site, the new sports complex on McInnish Road and th...
Fall 2011 President's List (completed 12 or more graded credits with GPA of 3.75 and above) Odessa: Mackenze Bemis, Natalie Fish, Austyn Kagele, Aron Mills, Janice Noble, Theodore Noble, Mandy Smith. Wilson Creek: Natalie Garrett Fall 2011 Vice President's List (completed 12 or more graded credits with GPA of 3.33 to 3.74): Odessa: Patricia Nelson....
What should have been a joyous holiday season in 1918, with world War I having ended in November and many of the service men home or on their way home, was ruined by the ban on public gatherings which Lincoln County commissioners extended for fear that flu epidemic which was beginning to subside might flare up again. The Odessa Record gave this report in its issue of December 20, 1918: There are a disappointed lot of people in Odessa over the Lincoln County commissioners final action this week in refusing to raise the flu ban...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 12/21/11: White wheat prices stalled out Wednesday but Chicago wheat futures managed to tack on 9 cents after trading lower to start the session. Some weather models are reducing the chances for rain in Argentina over the coming days which helped March corn futures move above the 30 day moving average for the first time since the middle of November. If prices can hold or move above these levels then it could generate more short covering by speculators and...
We hear so often that the schools are failing that we begin to believe such claims. Recently the media reported that 42% of America’s public schools are failing. The newscasters, however, did not look behind the curtain to see the larger picture. Children are more than tests and statistics. When the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aka No Child Left Behind or NCLB) of 2002 was re-authorized, the aim was to help all pubic school students succeed. Translated, this means that by 2014 ALL public school students – 100% – m...
Donald D. Hopkins died December 14, 2011, in Davenport. His home was in Creston. He was 65 years old. He was born June 30, 1946, in Peoria, Okla. to Jasper “Jack” and Maudie (Carver) Hopkins. He married Colleen Lanway on July 2, 1982 in Wilbur. Don is survived by his wife, Colleen, at the home; two sons R.J. Hopkins of Spokane and Eric Hopkins of Creston; a daughter Dawn Marie Hopkins; two brothers Gene Eby (and Audrey) of Colbert and Jim Hopkins of Milton Freewater, Ore...
Holiday cooking can get hectic without planning ahead. Now would be a good time to revisit Mise-en-place. No, this is not a town in the south of France, but a French phrase, meaning “put in place”. The practice of putting everything in place in the kitchen, clearing the workspace, assembling all ingredients and utensils before starting to cook will make time in the kitchen more enjoyable. Clear the counters Read through the recipe Assemble ingredients. Gather bowls, pots and t...
Christmas was a happy time for residents of the new town of Odessa during the last week of December 1906 The Odessa Record reported. The issue of December 26 gave this account of the holiday season: Though Christmas was a quiet day, it was a merry one, especially for the little folks of Odessa. Christmas gifts and Christmas cheer in the shape of confections, nuts and other dainties abounded in every home, and the spirit in which the little ones entered into the occasion could not but bring back memories that made all feel you...
Darin Reppe, athletic director for the Odessa-Harrington athletic cooperative, was the recipient of the 2010-2011 Athletic Director of the Year award at last Friday night’s basketball games played in Harrington. Each year the Northeast 1B District, consisting of the Panorama and Bi-County Leagues, chooses an Athletic Director of the Year. Steve Jantz, athletic director at the Wilbur School District, made the award on behalf of the NE 1B District. Reppe was chosen for his o...
The Odessa and Harrington school districts, their combined athletic programs and the O-H Athletic Booster Club purchased Titan banners dedicated to the memory of Merlin K. Jantz. Jantz died September 10 of this year at his home near Odessa at the age of 83. He was a lifelong resident of the Odessa and Harrington areas. He began school in Harrington, later on going to Odessa and graduating from Odessa High in 1946. His classmate from the class of ‘46, Norma Carlson, became h...
Now here’s a Christmas story for you. Just this past weekend, an elderly Odessa resident answered the phone to find a Canadian police sergeant on the other end of the line. He told her that her grandson had been picked up and was in jail. The story was that the grandson and two friends had been on their way to a funeral in Canada when they were stopped for a traffic violation. The caller went on to say that drugs were found in the car, although none of them apparently b...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 12/14/11: Things got ugly pretty quickly last Wednesday as the crude oil and gold markets tanked and took the rest of the commodity sector with them. The euro tanked on further concerns over the state of the European economy, as Germany indicated it was unwilling to increase its commitment to the region’s bailout fund. The only grain news floating around at all is mild concern about a drying weather pattern in South America potentially affecting soy and c...
Mark King, certified physician’s assistant (PA-C) at the Odessa Clinic, has given notice that he has accepted a position in Ruidoso, New Mexico. In fact, he will be returning to the town he left when he moved his family to Odessa a few years ago after accepting a job offer at the Odessa Clinic. His wife, Kim King, told The Record that Mark had received an offer “out of the blue” from the doctor he had formerly worked with in Ruidoso. That doctor had been in the process of se...
In early December, Jason and Danielle Scrupps, Ritzville, Wash., participated in the CHS New Leader Institute in Minneapolis, Minn. The young producer program is organized by CHS Inc., the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative. The Scruppses represented AgVentures NW, LLC, Odessa, Wash., at the CHS New Leader Institute, held in conjunction with the CHS Annual Meeting. The Scruppses were among 130 participants from 14 states. Participants were nominated by their local cooperative or a producer organization. During the t...
