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Kyler and Brooke (Voise) Lovgren are proud to announce the arrival of a son, Lincoln James, born on June 20, 2011 at 4:41 a.m. in Hermiston, Ore. He weighed six pounds, nine ounces at birth and was 20 inches long. His maternal grandparents are Alan and Diane Voise of Odessa, and his paternal grandparents are Pat and Bobbette Lovgren of Heppner, Ore. Great grandparents are Lloyd and Marge Tebow and Richard and Rita Voise, all of Odessa....
The runway expansion project at Odessa’s airport continues to be a challenge, with “two steps forward and three back,” according to Odessa Mayor Doug Plinski. The FAA representative assigned to the project has requested another environmental assessment regarding the building of roads. This request forces the town to return to the planning stage at a point where the town was ready to begin the implementation phase. Public works Odessa fire chief Don Strebeck and rural fire chief and public works director Roger Sebesta were...
The talk about diverting water from the Columbia River and the Spokane rivers to Crab Creek goes back a long way. Most recently, the Big Bend Water Resource group worked toward filling Lake Creek with water from Lake Roosevelt and, possibly, purified Spokane waste water. Lake Creek eventually filled on its own, so the plan died. In the 1950s, there were thoughts of damming Sylvan Lake, east of Odessa, to irrigate thousands of acres of farmland southeast of town. That dream also died. The idea of bringing water to the Odessa...
Korianne Scheller, the Deutschesfest publicity coordinator, presented a request for additional funding for a feature ad and story to run in Venue magazine, a free publication available at various locations throughout Grant, Lincoln and Adams counties. Scheller recommended the expenditure based on a 25,000 estimated readership for the publication. The feature would also be published on Venue’s website. The publishers are also offering a reduced rate for local advertisers for the issue. Scheller’s request was approved una...
Seaman Justin Ryan Jarschke, son of Butch (Patti) Jarschke of Odessa and Diana (Tommy) Montgomery of Soledad, Calif., are proud to congratulate Justin on successfully completing and graduating from U.S. Air Force basic training on July 15, 2011 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. From there, Justin travelled to Port Hueneme Naval Base in Ventura, Calif., where he will spend the next four to six months training in Special Vehicle Mechanics, primarily fire...
The Odessa Food Bank has partnered with 2nd Harvest of Spokane to provide fresh produce and other goods to the Odessa community on a monthly basis. Tuesday, July 26, was the first delivery, which 2nd Harvest brought to Ritzville. Odessa picks up the delivery and brings it to Odessa for distribution on the last Thursday of each month, from 1:30 - 3 p.m. The Odessa High School FBLA and Julie Jantz, Odessa Food Bank director, have worked with 2nd Harvest for several months to...
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 18: A woman reported the July 13 theft of a Canon Rebel camera and accessories valued at $850 that could have occurred in Spokane or at the Sprague I-90 rest area, where the rental van she and...
Odessa’s premier Deutschesfest attraction, the Oom Pas and Mas German band, was invited to perform for the Germans from Russia Heritage Society’s annual convention at Spokane’s Davenport Hotel Saturday, July 24. Nearly all of the band’s members turned out for the event in the Grand Pennington Ballroom of the hotel. Band member Lise Ott reported that “as the band was setting up, the guests looked like they’d been sitting long enough and didn’t really want more entertainment...
Registration for Odessa Parent Preschool Co-op is set for Monday, August 1, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Odessa Grade School. If you have a child who will be attending the Odessa preschool in the fall, please come to the registration meeting....
The new owners and managers of the Odessa grocery store have written the following message to the members of the Odessa community: “With over 100 years of combined grocery and customer-service experience, Bob and Bonnie Dewey, owners, and Jeff and Debbie Norris, managers, are excited to become a part of the Odessa community by presenting you with ‘Odessa Foods.’ We all come from small communities and know how important it is to be able to provide our customers with excellent c...
Orlando, Florida was the destination for 17 students from Odessa High School who competed in the 2011 National Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Conference. The support of the community and the school made it the trip of a lifetime and an experience they will not soon forget! With over 8,000 students from around the nation in attendance, competition was tough, but our little high school was one of the most successful. Odessa students competed in six different events,...
The Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution can trace their ancestors back to someone who lived in the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War period. Two of those descendants visited Odessa last week Wednesday to talk about U.S. history and the life and times of the colonists. One of the two was former Odessa resident Gale Palmer (a history teacher at Odessa High School who lost his wife and two of his three children in the...
Les and Carolyn Goetz of Marlin are very proud grandparents who are anxious to share some good news with the readers of The Record. Their two grandsons Kameron and Jared Goetz are performing in musical theater this summer. In March the boys auditioned for parts in The Sound of Music being performed by the Leavenworth Summer Theater. They were offered the roles of Friedrich and Kurt, the two Von Trapp boys. They are part of a split cast. They participate with a separate set of...
Recently the president said that there are no more spending cuts to be made to lower the deficit. Let me help you, Mr. President, to find a few that could be cut or should never have been there. Do you know how much money federal employees cost taxpayers each year upgrading their flights to business class? 146 million dollars. The United States government has spent $3 billion doing what to America’s beaches? The government has spent $3 billion to re-sand our nation’s beaches. Advocates claim this prevents erosion and kee...
Clarence Edward Meek, long-time resident of Burlington, Wash., died at Highgate Senior Living in Yakima Wash. on July 15, 2011 at the age of 87. Jack was born on June 12, 1924 in Caruthersville, Mo. to Clarence and Maude Meek. He graduated from Caruthersville High School in Caruthersville, Mo. in 1942, joined the Army and became a part of the 928th Engineer Aviation Regiment H&S Company, helping to build runways during World War II, first on the Azore Islands off the coast of...
Bus service has come and gone in Odessa. When the North Central Highway was paved in 1927, the Washington Motor Coach System started service over part of the route, with a bus between Soap Lake and Spokane via Odessa and Harrington. In 1929, cross-state service through Odessa by way of either Ellensburg or Wenatchee was begun. Eventually, Washington Motor Coach was absorbed by Greyhound Lines, which continued to operate two daily buses in each direction between Spokane and Settle until 1983, when service to all points...
Zucchini proves out again to be the one thing you can grow anywhere under just about any set of conditions. Soon, most of us will have had our fill of sautéed young zucchini and chilled sliced zucchini dipped in ranch dressing, and will be scouting around for new ideas to use up this summer bounty. Cindi Bell left me a large packet of recipes for zucchini, including her fabulous Zucchini Banana Bread, before she moved this spring. There are enough recipes to make a small book,...
Madison Elizabeth Pitts was born at 11:54 a.m. on July 8, 2011, at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake. She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long. Madison’s parents are Jeremy and Candace Pitts of Moses Lake. The grandparents are Bill Ecret of Moses Lake, Deb Ecret of Moses Lake, and Duane and Jonnie Pitts of Odessa....
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 11: Two pit bulls were reported loose in the vicinity of Third and Adams streets in Davenport. No injuries were reported in a traffic collision involving a motorcycle at Morgan and Twelfth...
Odessa’s local grocery, Denny’s Foods, has been sold to new owners who are assuming ownership this week. Kathy and Denny McDaniel decided to sell the Odessa store and concentrate on their other store in Medical Lake. Kathy also told The Record that she was looking forward to doing some other, unspecified things with the time she will save by not having to oversee the store in Odessa. She and Denny will also concentrate all of their effort on their Medical Lake store The new ow...
Public Works Tourist Park A concrete curb in Odessa’s tourist park that has deteriorated to the point that it is a crumbling ruin, will be removed by a contracted work crew. The crew will also install a handicapped-accessible ramp leading up to the covered pavilion. Council member Lynn Schmidt suggestion that a sidewalk should be installed along the road beside the tourist park, because it is the main avenue for kids walking to park and pool all summer long. Mayor Doug Plinski said that there may not be enough money in the b...
Odessa’s Chamber of Commerce heard a proposal from the Odom Corporation, which has been the beer distributor providing beverages to the Biergarten at Deutschesfest for the past five years., after purchasing the previous supplier. The company was invited to give a presentation after chamber members heard a June proposal from Midway Beverage of Moses Lake, which would like to obtain the Fest account. Chamber president Marlon Schafer said that ultimately the decision should be made by biergarten chair Ted Bruya, but Bruya was o...
I am given to making sweeping general statements about myself, which upon examination turn out to be less than true. For example, I frequently tell others that I am not a “people person.” While it’s true that I usually prefer the company of animals to that of people, I hardly think I can be classified as a misanthrope. I’m not comfortable in crowds. I don’t go to concerts. I prefer to wait to see a movie until I don’t have to sit next to strangers. I actually like it when we c...
As of this Friday the 15th of July our little hometown market will no longer be known as Denny’s after 7:00 p.m. For me, it’s heartfelt that the smallness and fun of it all will be over. I really enjoyed singing at the end of my shift and at the check stand, to sing along with the customers that I so much have grown to love and get to know. I especially thank them for their kindness. Hearing the stories of past times, of husbands, wives, farm life and the like will be cherished by yours truly. The $30 meat boxes to the sal...
Editor's note: Albert R. Fox Ramm's obituary ran in last week's paper, but more information was made available this week. A funeral will be held Saturday, July 16 at 11 a.m. at Opportunity Christian Fellowship, 1313 S. Pines, Spokane Valley, WA. A celebration of Albert's life will be held Monday, July 18 at 11 a.m. at the VFW Hall in Odessa. Rev. Tim Hauge will be officiating. Family members would like everyone to know that this event will be catered, so contributions of food are not needed. Dress will be...
