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Much of the Monday night town council meeting was taken up with discussion of a waiver request by Tom Schafer of Rocky Coulee Brewing Co., who is constructing a new building to be used for storage and to replace the rental tents used during special events at the brewery. Schafer submitted a letter to the council requesting that he be allowed to use the existing sewer hookup at the brewery. He stated that the building would have a bathroom plumbed in but that it would not be...
Midway Beverage of Moses Lake has been selected by Biergarten chair Ted Bruya and co-chair Justin Parr to be the distributor for supplying beer and other alcoholic beverages for this year’s Fest. Bruya and Parr solicited bids from both companies. Odom Corporation, which has been the distributor for the past several years, was the other bidder. Although Midway will be the main supplier, Bruya said, there are some products that Midway does not carry that will still be supplied by Odom, specifically Corona beer and a similar b...
For ages, this community has been founded on and raised around a few simple principles: Help your neighbor! If your neighbor has a hard time with something, lend them a hand. It doesn’t matter if they’re overwhelmed because of household chores, money troubles, or a death in their family, we help out however we can. This is a principle that the local grocery store used to believe in, too. Now, many families will be hit harder this winter because the “local” store (if it can still be called that) is not going to be deliver...
I have really enjoyed Lise Ott's articles in The Odessa Record - she has been a great addition to your staff - good job Lise! Also have enjoyed Arley Bischoff's poems. Want him to know that what he has done to fix up the old cemetery's was much appreciated. Thanks, Arley, for all your hard work. Helen Pierce Odessa...
It was 77 years ago this week, August 10, 1934, when The Odessa Record reported President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s visit to the Grand Coulee Dam site. A new highway had been built from Soap lake up past the Sun lakes to Coulee City and on to the dam site especially for the president’s motorcade The president’s motorcade. The presidential party had arrived at Soap Lake station via the Great Northern Railway, and accompanying the president were his long-time friends from Washington State Senator Clarance C. Dill, of Spoka...
Dream 2. Continuation. Krell, Mrs. Minnie C. ?, (b. 5/3/1879, Alta Vista, Iowa. D. 12/16/1971). Married Fred Krell (1876-10/12/1968) at Alta Vista on 2/8/1900. Kuest, John, (b. 6/23/1878, Menno, South Dakota. d. 5/13/1947). Father: Ludwig Kuest born South Russia; Mother: Dorothy Kampf born South Russia. John came west at the age of 21, where he was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Reiman at Odessa, 3/28/1901, farming in the southwest area for several years before moving to town, where they have made their home since. For...
The first high school practice for the Odessa-Harrington Titans volleyball team will be held August 22 at 3 p.m. in the Odessa gym. All players must have a current physical, completed eligibility packet and signed athletic code in order to practice. Both student athletes and their parents must sign the paper work, which can be picked up at the respective school offices. At 7 p.m. following the first practice, there will be a potluck in the park for football players, volleyball players, and their parents. Drinks will be provid...
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 28: A collision involving a deer and passenger van was reported on the Old Sunset Highway near the Avista pole yard. The vehicle sustained front end damage and a broken windshield. A deputy...
Larry Condon of the Barr-Tech regional waste-management facility on the eastern edge of Lincoln County gives much of the credit for the success of the startup business to the Odessa Public Development Authority (OPDA). “It was a great team effort – everybody worked together,” said Condon, referring to not only the OPDA but the Lincoln County Economic Development Council (EDC), Lincoln County in general and the communities of Sprague, Davenport, Reardan and Odessa. “Linc...
Last week Thursday night, or perhaps in the wee hours of Friday morning (night of July 28-29), thieves once again (The Record reported on an earlier break-in at Odessa Drug in March of 2008) broke into Odessa Drug, making off with all of the narcotic painkillers they could find, as well as about $200 in cash, said owner Ted Bruya. Two whole shelves inside the pharmacy were emptied. “They took everything that started with “hydro” or “oxy,” said store employee Megan Clark, “e...
It is nothing new. For most of our history, it has been common to say and practice that children are to be seen and not heard, to speak only when spoken to. Then we went through a period when it was popular to not stifle our children with so many rules and boundaries, instead, letting them blossom and be creative, expressing themselves in their own way. It appears that the no-boundaries type of parenting may have resulted in a generation of children who have pushed those who...
The waves of grain have begun to fall to the combine-harvester’s sickle. The wheat harvest began last Monday with the first load of wheat hauled to the Ruff elevator of the Odessa Trading Co./Ritzville Warehouse. Mark Cronrath, grain manager at OTC, says the wheat coming in has been nice and dry, with tests showing a range of 10 down to 8.2 for moisture content. Dryland wheat, he said, has been running from the high 50s to the low 70s in terms of bushels to the acre. No i...
I read with interest your article on water diversion to Crab Creek proposed in 1931, and felt the need to offer a correction and expansion on the Big Bend Water Resource group’s efforts. The plan to reuse polished water from Spokane’s waste treatment did not die because Lake Creek filled up (and dried out again.) It died because, in my opinion, the City of Spokane had no interest in the project. The City of Spokane has no interest in the project because the Department of Ecology permits them to release their waste water int...
Nickolas Steven Campbell died after a boating accident on Lake Roosevelt on July 23, 2011. He was 19 years old. Nick was born May 5, 1992 in Spokane. He was a 2010 graduate of Odessa High School, where he was a four-year letterman in football, basketball and baseball. He was also a certified lifeguard. Nick lived in Spokane and was employed by RNR-RV. Nick loved his family and friends. He especially enjoyed the out-doors … hunting, fishing, camping, go-cart racing, and b...
Ronald Kae Stehr, 74, died July 31, 2011 at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane from complications of diabetes. Ron was born in Odessa September 23, 1936, where he resided on the farm with his parents, Fred and Helen Stehr, brothers Les and Tom and sister Peggy. Ron graduated from Odessa High School in 1954 and spent two years in the U.S. Army. Upon coming home to Odessa he continued on the family farm with his wife Delores, children Tami, Jeff and Juli, until he moved to...
One of the first persons to settle in southwestern Lincoln County, long before Odessa came into existence, was Pat Sullivan, Like many of the first pioneers, he was legendary. Somewhat of a recluse, not much was known about his background. His ranch was in Marlin Hollow, and Sullivan Lake is named for him. Sullivan died August 18, 1908, at his home. The Odessa Record in its issue of August 21 reported the death and at the same time gave its readers a lesson in temperance. Word reached town Monday evening of the death of...
Lovely, just ripe, peaches tempted me at the market this week. Remembering that I had saved an unusual peach based recipe from Better Homes and Garden Magazine, I purchased six and proceeded to make Cheesecake-Stuffed Peaches. The recipe is attributed to Dee Guelcher of Acworth, Georgia. Several cooking websites sent out email reminders that this is National Cheesecake Week. The hour or so baking time for traditional cheesecake seems a bit daunting during August heat, but...
Staff Sergeant Phillip McClanahan, son of Erin Volkmann and stepfather Paul Volkmann of Spokane and grandson of Dave and Joyce McClanahan of Odessa, recently received his Air Force Crew Wings after completing the Basic Sensor Operator Class at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He finished the class as one of only two distinguished graduates. He was pleasantly surprised to have his brother, Ben Volkmann, who lives in Houston, Texas, pin on his wings. Both Phil and...
With completion of the GWMA groundwater model, identifying solutions begins with the launch of two new modeling projects to assess municipal groundwater supplies and identify sustainable wells along the east low canal. For the past two years, the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area (GWMA) has been developing a sophisticated computational groundwater model of the four Columbia Basin counties. This year the state appropriated $1.0 million for GWMA “to use the model to help answer critical questions about groundwater s...
The Odessa School District Curriculum Advisory Committee has new openings for elementary and middle-school parent representatives. Parents of Odessa students who are interested in serving on this committee are invited to contact or leave a message for Bev Scherr at 982-2111, Ext. 108, or to contact the school district office at 982-2668. The Curriculum Advisory Committee plans to meet at 7:30 a.m. each month on the Thursday one week prior to the monthly School Board Meeting. The names of interested candidates will be...
The board of directors held a budget workshop prior to the beginning of the July 27 meeting of the Odessa School Board. School superintendent Suellen White explained aspects of the new funding formula being used for the first time for the coming school year. The formula is used to determine how changes in student population effect apportionment of state funds to the districts. White said she was concerned about micro-management of school districts by the state legislature when using the formula, because it could affect local...
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 25: A Davenport woman reported a possible violation of a protection order after receiving several unwanted calls to her cell phone and an unwanted individual showed up at her residence. About...
IEO is back in business. That was the theme of the open house held at the plant last Thursday, July 21, with company employees serving sausages and hot dogs, potato salad and baked beans to anyone who cared to come. Joel Edmonds and Wally Kempe of the new management firm overseeing operations were both present and shared the duties of cooking and leading tours through the plant. Pearson Burke also led many of the tours, and as the employee with the longest tenure, was well...
Nick Campbell, a 2010 graduate of Odessa High School, has died in a tragic boating accident on Lake Roosevelt last Saturday, July 23. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), with help from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, the National Park Service and the Colville Tribe, was able to recover Campbell’s body Tuesday afternoon from very deep water, said LCSO Undersheriff Kelly Watkins. Watkins was working Saturday and was on a Sheriff’s Office boat with other LCSO de...
Rural Odessa fire chief Roger Sebesta, Town of Odessa fire chief Don Strebeck and more than 20 other area firefighters responded to a blaze that started north of Marlin Monday and quickly spread to cover about 2,000 to 2,500 acres of mostly sagebrush-covered pasture, plus some wheat fields. One structure was also lost to the flames, a machine shed belonging to Marlin farmer Ron Lesser, along with all of the equipment stored in it. In all, 11 vehicles fought the wind-whipped...
