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Anita Fern Liddy Egger Boettcher died July 7, 2011 in Odessa. She was born November 27, 1912 in O'Neill, Neb. to Goldie Lansworth and Thomas Liddy. Her father died when she was three and she and her baby brother Tom were raised by their mother in O'Neill. After graduating from high school, she taught in a country school, boarding with one of the families. In 1932 she met and married Hans Egger. They moved to Columbus, Neb., and in 1934, their daughter Sharon was born. The...
A heat wave just before the beginning of harvest 81 years ago added to wheat growers’ woes. They were already expecting to harvest the shortest crop in history– if indeed they even harvested at all. The Record carried this account in its issue of July 18, 1930: The first real heat wave of the season caused Odessaites to swelter as the government thermometer registered an even 100 degrees as The Record went to press. The torrid weather is ripening the wheat fast, and har...
Editor’s note: In case you missed our recent story on a swarm of bees that landed in the roadway near Christ Lutheran Church, here is another bee story, this one submitted by Odessa’s Kathie Donahue. You've heard of “bats in the belfry?” How about “bees in the chimney?” Odessa residents, Bob and Kathie Donahue, noticed a few honey bees in their kitchen, daily, over the past few weeks. Last Saturday, while washing the car, they noticed numerous bees buzzing around the chimney...
Brenik and Kamie (Arlt) Iverson, of Odessa, are the parents of their third child, a daughter, Aubrey Lee Iverson, born at 7:49 a.m. on June 19, 2011, at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. At birth Aubrey weighed eight pounds, three ounces and measured 20 inches in length. She joins a brother, Holden, age 4 1/2 years and a sister, Leah, age 2. Maternal grandparents are Brad and Debbie Arlt of Ritzville. Paternal grandparents are Dave and Sharon Iverson of Keller, Wash....
Christ Lutheran Church is planning two events to include the Odessa community this summer during August. The first event will be a trip to Silverwood Theme Park August 8. Adult tickets are $32.85 which includes tax. There will be an $8 bus fare per person. Youth going into 5th grade and under need to be with an adult or high school sibling. The second planned event is to a Spokane Indians baseball game on Saturday, August 20 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 plus a donation of $8 for the bus. Again, youth going into 5th grade and...
Dates for the remaining weeks of the Summer Reading program at the Odessa Public Library will be Wednesdays July 20, 27 and August 3. All programs will be held at 12:30 p.m. Children and adults are invited to attend and participate in the Summer Reading program. Children age 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult. This years theme is "One World, Many Stories" so a variety of volunteer readers will share their skills at story telling and complement their stories with applicable visuals. The Summer Reading program at the...
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 4: An elderly Davenport woman told dispatchers that her 32-year-old granddaughter had thrown things at her during a dispute about money. Beehives were knocked over near Baldridge and Holderby...
The 41st annual convention of Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS) will be held at The Davenport Hotel & Tower in Spokane from July 20 to July 24, 2011. The library and bookstore will be open on Wednesday, July 20, and a city tour is planned for that day as well as a dinner cruise that evening on nearby Lake Coeur d’Alene. Opening ceremonies begin Thursday morning, followed by a variety of workshops on genealogy, history, cultural cooking and programs relating to today’s technology in using DNA. Visit the Web site at h...
Hi, Odessa Record, Here's another epistle, which is "Aged" for printing, should you desire. So many do not realize how wealthy they are, living in this blessed country, even though they consider themselves poor. Yes, even those who receive welfare and food stamps are filthy rich compared to the billions who live in other parts of the world and live in cardboard and rusted out corrugated sheet metal one room shanties and who have to cook their meals over an open fire on the ground. Yes --- America is truly "The Promised Land"...
The Firemen’s Barbecue held July 4 at Reiman Park in Odessa was very well attended. The volunteer firemen and their families served up grilled hamburgers and hot dogs with all the fixings, plus baked beans, potato salad, chips, watermelon and a beverage, all for a very reasonable price. It provided a welcome opportunity for folks to sit around and visit with their fellow townspeople for a good part of the afternoon. The pool was open, so those wanting to do something more a...
Chris Cargill from the Spokane office of the Washington Policy Center was the guest speaker at the June 28 meeting of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. The Washington Policy Center, based in Seattle, is a non-partisan, non-profit think tank that has operated in the state for two decades. Its six research centers provide advice on governmental policy. In Odessa Tuesday, Cargill spoke on legislative issues affecting small businesses. Cargill maintains that the legislature in the...
Mark Fulford of Core-A-Door returned to Odessa recently after several months away. Part of the winter was spent in Hawaii, where he lives when the weather in Washington is too miserable for him. All too soon, however, he was called back to Washington, to the west side, to look after his parents, Lloyd and Alma (Schauerman) Fulford. After getting them settled into an assisted-living facility, he made a quick trip to Odessa to work on some of his door-related ideas. With his...
According to the July 5 edition of the Kansas City Star, “parents are chilling out more at kids’ sporting events.” A national survey of youth soccer officials found that the majority of parents are behaving as well or better at their kids’ matches than they were two years ago. In most states, through the Youth Soccer Association program, the referee scores the behavior of parents, coaches and players on a scale of 1 to 5 after each game. At the end of the season, teams d...
At risk of being called crazy, I submit this letter to the Editor. Everyone knows I am nuts, why else why would I be here JK. Not a problem. I am nuts. I’m good with it. Over the 4th of July weekend I had some traveling bikers (at the Rolling Thunder Saloon). Somehow we came to a discussion about molecules. It was very interesting to me. Basically every item, be it a bar chair, a motorcycle, your grandma’s rocking chair. Everything contains energy. Even your car, your tractor, your table, somehow contains energy. Eve...
Albert R. Fox Ramm died June 18, 2011, at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane with his family by his side. He was 20 years old. He was born July 6, 1990, to Fred Ramm of Odessa and Cheryl Fox of Spokane Valley. He attended the skill center at West Central Community Center, after graduating from University High School. Albert enjoyed fishing, car racing and always being on the go. Albert is preceded in death by grandmother Mary Kay Fox and grandparents Albert and Frances...
“We are reducing wheat rate from Odessa to Seattle to fifteen cents per hundred, effective August 15.” This is the substance of a telegram received Wednesday by Agent Brown from M. J. Costello, assistant general traffic manager of the Great Northern Railway, with headquarters at Seattle. The reduced rates will enable local buyers to successfully compete with the buyers at stations on the Milwaukee, south of Odessa, where this rate has been in effect since the Warden bra...
You never know what you will find hid among the zucchini. To make a long story short, the cookie recipes that we had been waiting for were in with a packet of at least a hundred zucchini recipes, which I filed away until zucchini season. So for all who have been waiting for Cindi Bell’s Ginger Snap recipe, here it is. Ginger Snaps 3/4 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1 egg 1/4 cup black strap molasses 2 cups flour, sifted 1/4 tsp salt 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp each ground ginger, cinnamon and cloves Granulated sugar f...
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.) Dream 2 (continuation.) Kern, Friedrich "Fred," (b. 2/5/1885, Russia. d. 1/2/1935). Father: John Kern born Russia; Mother: Rose Weishaar, born Russia. Fred lived in Russia as a young man and came to America in 1905, locating at Marlin, where he made his home for 15 years. During the last nine years he has made his home south of Odessa, in the Lauer region....
The Washington Aerospace Scholars program has announced that Kira Powell of Odessa High School is participating in the July 10-15, 2011 session of the 2011 WAS Summer Residency at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) is a competitive educational program for high school juniors from across Washington State. Powell was among 160 students who qualified for the program from 290 students who applied in November. To qualify for the residency program, she spent six months studying a NASA-designed, dis...
On July 13, The Odessa Public Library will host an evening with Stan and Beverly Wills, of Sprague. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be at Reiman Park. The Wills' will come in Revolutionary War costumes and bring era flags and monies, and the men will demonstrate the muskets used in that war. For the adults attending, they will end the program with information on SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) and DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution), which will focus on those interested in joining these...
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. June 27: Deputies investigated the trashing of a rental house in the 1200 block of Adams Street in Davenport. A woman who resides in the 7400 block of Bruce Road was reportedly assaulted by an...
Avista Utilities much touted replacement project to install new natural gas lines wherever pre-1987 lines exist within the Odessa town limits has already begun. Letters from the company were received by every household recently, letting residents know that work would be taking place and asking everyone to be vigilant and report any unusual rotten-egg smell immediately. An odor-causing agent is added to natural gas as a safety measure, since the gas itself is odorless and color...
District superintendent Suellen White reported that there were issues with “senioritis” this year, leading her and principal Ken Schutz to research some changes that may need to be considered to keep the seniors more engaged throughout the entire school year. Once the students get college acceptance letters around the winter holidays, some tend to think they are done working for the year. Dr. Duane Pitts is taking an institute course on advanced placement classes. If it is found to be feasible, the district will try to add...
Three Odessa businesses were the victims of break-in attempts over the weekend. The parts department of the Odessa Trading Company/Ritzville Warehouse and Ramm Hardware in downtown Odessa, as well as the North Basin Seed office at the Odessa Industrial Park on the south hill were all targeted by thieves sometime late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, it is believed. The OTC parts department had a computer monitor and a cordless electric drill taken, in addition to a...
Every town has a story. What is Odessa’s story? The true story cannot be dictated by a town banner or a marketing campaign. Unconsciously, every person who travels through our town characterizes Odessa. Is it the tale we want told? Are we progressive or are we conservative? (I don't mean Democratic or Republican parties). Is Odessa hip and cool or is it family friendly? Are we dead or are we vibrant? Are we clean or are we dirty. Are our neighborhoods vacant or are they thriving? Is your property neat and tidy or overgrown a...
