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The Odessa High School Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, June 18, when the class of 2001 will be the hosts, and the honored classes will be those of 1951 (60 years), 1961 (50 years), 1971 (40 years) and 1986 (25 years). Happy hour begins at 5:30, with dinner served at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Center. The following have sent in reservations: 1942: Alice (Stroh) Schmierer 1943: Bob Deife 1946: Wilma (Lenhart) Schmidt, Frank Groh 1948: Robert Hemmerling 1949: George Rodeck 1950: Donna (Franks) Kittilson, Marvin Fink 1951:...
Thursday, June 2, sentence was imposed on Odessa native Steve Finkbeiner by District Court Judge Josh Grant. Finkbeiner opted to plead guilty to three counts of third-degree theft, which led to the cancellation of the jury trial originally set for May 18. Finkbeiner was originally charged in January of this year with five counts of third-degree theft dating to his tenure as EMT Coordinator for the Town of Odessa. Lincoln County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Mel D. Hoit sent a letter May 18 to Odessa residents who had...
Brad Greenwalt of Odessa was awarded the Washington State Honorary FFA Degree. He was nominated by Odessa/Harrington Agricultural Educator Erica Whitmore and District 9 FFA/Agriculture Educators. Whitmore said, “There are not enough words to express how much Brad deserves an Honorary State FFA Degree. He is the most giving individual and would put anybody before himself. He is a very compassionate person and wants to always do the right thing. He has stood behind FFA in our c...
What is wrong with this picture? The State of Washington loaned the PDA (Public Development Authority) $1.4 million dollars to build the Creston Bio Energy Plant. The operator left and the PDA was not able to keep up on the payments. The PDA then turns the project back over to the State of Washington. The state then sells the property for $213,000 to a private party. What a poor investment for the taxpayers. We spend $1.4 million on a plant only worth $213,000. How did this happen? No wonder the state is in financial...
There is always a feeling of expectation about the coming harvest at this time of the year. One hundred and one years ago, farmers were feeling good. There wouldn’t be a crop failure. It was going to be an average crop. The rains had come, and there was promise. Here is The Record’s report in its issue of June 24, 1910: The Odessa farmer is wearing the smile that won’t come off now that dame nature has sent a propitious rain to the dry fields of wheat which have been suffering for the past few weeks. Every year, the prove...
Dave and Brenda Frederick of Medical Lake, WA are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Whitney Frederick, to Kory Kolterman, son of Keith and Becky Kolterman of Odessa, WA. Whitney received a BA in communication studies with an emphasis on Public Relations from Eastern Washington University. She is currently employed at Zak Designs. Kory received a BA in accounting from Eastern Washington University. He is currently working as an accountant at Scafco Corp....
At the Washington State FFA Convention held May 11-15 in Pullman, 12 FFA members took part in the First Year Member, Agriculture Communications and Dairy Foods CDEs, served on the state Courtesy Corps and learned about the delegate process. Mackenze Braun received her Washington State FFA Degree and Amanda Hardt was awarded eighth place out of 22 chapters, in recognition for her hard work on the National Chapter Awards Application CDE. She has qualified to compete at...
Good morning and welcome to the graduation ceremonies for the class of 2011. And thank you for joining us as we go down in history as the first class to graduate as the Titans! Many of us have been together since the first day of school 12 years ago, but others, as myself, joined this circus some years later. Throughout the last four years, this group of students has experienced a lot. Together we have matured; together we have learned; and together, we have battled. Some...
Good morning and welcome to this year's graduation ceremony for the class of 2011, the first graduating class of the Odessa Titans. On behalf of our class, we thank all of you for joining us on such a special, exciting day. Today is an ending, and here we leave a part of us behind. Today is also a new beginning, the beginning we are here to celebrate. But first we give thanks to those who have guided us along our journey. To our teachers: Thank you for guiding us throughout...
Do we dare think summer is here after having one eighty degree day? Let’s just assume so and get on with the season of chilled party dips, cold salads and fruity desserts. Several requests came in for Rhonda Kuch’s Bacon Dip. She found this recipe in a magazine a number of years ago, and over time has adjusted it to accommodate new products available today. The recipe that follows is the original, with Rhonda’s adjustments in the following paragraph. Bacon Dip 8 ounces softe...
The Odessa Library Board has announced that the Friends of the Odessa Library will resume regular meetings and participation in library activities. The Friends of the Odessa Public Library is a volunteer organization dedicated to the enhancement of our library through fundraising, public advocacy and the promotion of fellowship among library patrons. Current fund-raising events are the book sales during Spring Fling and Deuchesfest and the Christmas Fest raffle. An organizational meeting will be held for all interested...
WSU Extension and the Lincoln County Wheat Growers are inviting the public to participate in tours of research plots at Harrington on Wednesday, June 15, Almira on Thursday, June 16, Creston on Tuesday, June 21, and Reardan on Wednesday, June 22. The Harrington tour will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15. Winter wheat will be the focus of the tour. The Odessa Union Warehouse will provide refreshments and snacks. The plots are located on Duck Lake Road about one mile west of SR 28. The Almira tour begins at 4 p.m. on...
Mackenze Braun, an Odessa High School senior, received the 2011 DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award at the annual chapter FFA Banquet on June 2. The highest agricultural honor bestowed by the FFA, the DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award is sponsored by the Monsanto Company. Mackenze is the daughter of Steve and Mandi Braun. She received the award for excellence in academics, leadership and agricultural work experience. Braun had significant experiences and accomplishments which included: FFA office positions, receiv...
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. May 30: A woman advised dispatchers that a badger was hanging around the Cottonwood Apartments in Davenport. Creston and Wilbur patrons of Avista Utilities experienced a power outage. Deputies...
Golf The Record erred last week in stating that Kira Powell had fallen to her opponent by one stroke. The true story was that she trailed by one stroke after Round 1. In Round 2, she showed grit and determination and ended defending her title and winning first place by eight strokes. The Odessa-Harrington golf team finished another golf season with great success at the state tournament in Tacoma, Wash. last Wednesday afternoon. Alex Hatten finished with a round of 85 to add...
The Odessa School Board has adopted a proposal to offer all-day kindergarten to its youngest pupils next year (2011-2012) but only for four days each week. Kindergarten will be held Monday through Thursday but not on Friday. Increased poverty levels among the school’s population of children was cited as one of the determining factors leading to the change from half-day kindergarten. School superintendent Suellen White said that the number of students receiving free or reduced-price lunches has increased to more than 50 p...
The state of streets in Odessa has been a topic of discussion at more than one town council meeting recently. Potholes are troublesome on some streets and nearly unavoidable on others. This year’s record-breaking cold and wet spring has delayed repairs past Memorial Day. Town of Odessa Public Works Director Roger Sebesta says that several factors need to line up in order to fill the potholes, from warmer dry weather to availability of asphalt. According to Sebesta, the actual repair process includes three relatively simple s...
In recent weeks, amid the breaking news of tornadoes across the southeast and plains states, there has been another story in the news, that of the so-called "Botox Mom," Kerry Campbell, aka Sheena Upton. This mother of eight-year-old daughter, Britney, hit the news when an article first published in the UK tabloid, The Sun, landed Upton a spot on Good Morning America and Inside Edition here in the United States after she boasted of injecting her daughter with Botox in order...
The U.S. Republican senators recently voted to keep giving $21 billion in subsidies to big oil and gas companies, which have made world-record profits -- $32 billion between January and March 2011 and more than $900 billion over the past 10 years. This Republican financial support of Conoco Phillips, BP, Chevron, Shell, and Exxon Mobil comes at a time when 74% of the American people (according to the Wall Street Journal) want this subsidy support ended and when at least 13 million Americans are out of work! (By the way, Mr....
I wanted to thank the young lady who wrote a few stories in the past weeks. She has been a GREAT addition to this newspaper. Her style and story made me smile and think of being young and full of imagination again (which I haven't done in a long while). I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to meet her in the post office. I can’t remember her name, but she is just a delight – so talented, so happy and so proud that someone liked her work. Well, young lady, please keep up the good work, and I look forward to the next sto...
Norman R. Goede died May 26, 2011 at the age of 94. He was born and raised on a wheat farm near Odessa. He and his brother helped out in the fields as soon as they were able. He was involved in school athletics, playing football, basketball and tennis, making it to state in all three sports. After graduating from Odessa High School in 1935, he attended both EWU in Cheney and Kinman Business School in Spokane. It was there that he met Jeanne, and they were married February 2, 1940, making their home in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. N...
Linda Diane Orr Schafer died May 21, 2011, at the age of 64. She was born October 11, 1946 in a log cabin in the mountains of Cascade, Idaho, delivered and placed into the arms of her mother, Jerry, by her father, Jack, when the doctor didn’t make it up the snow-covered incline in time. A year later, on their way west to “somewhere with more of a summer”, they found themselves with a flat tire and few dollars in their pocket stranded in Moses Lake. They never left. In 1965...
Melvin Richard Kuch died May 21, 2011 in Spokane at the age of 72. His home was in Moses Lake. He was born October 4, 1938 in Odessa to Richard and Anna Kuch. He was a member of the Moses Lake Assembly of God church. Melvin grew up on the family farm north of Odessa and graduated from Odessa High School in 1957. He attended Bible College in Kirkland before returning home to farm. He married Faye Wilson of Grand Coulee and settled on the family cattle ranch in Marlin. He raised...
The Odessa Commercial Club’s weekly luncheon meetings were prestigious gatherings early in the last century. The club, the name of which was later changed to the Odessa Chamber of Commerce, usually had a speaker of some distinction on the program. Meetings rotated among Odessa’ three restaurants. The events were always well attended by the owners, chief executives or managers of nearly every business in town. In its issue of June 14, 1936, The Odessa Record gave this report of the June 12 meeting of the Commercial Club: The...
Last Wednesday night’s dance recital was held in the school’s multipurpose room before a large crowd of parents, grandparents, neighbors and friends. Approximately 50 girls from about age three to high school age took part in the performance, all students of dance instructor Apryl Kuch of Odessa. Little girls in pink or blue tutus were the first performers, some showing poise and grace on stage, others not quite sure they liked being up in front of so many people. Four of the...
