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During a routine inspection being performed by Avista representatives in Odessa this week, a major gas leak was detected in the alley just north of east Third Avenue. Several Avista trucks and vans, as well as a crew of six or seven were still at work at the site Tuesday afternoon. The leak had been discovered sometime Monday and had already been repaired by that afternoon, according to the Avista gas division manager Randy Chandler. It was unknown, he said, how long the leak...
Kira Elizabeth Powell, 16, a junior this year at Odessa High School, has won a Best of Category award of $5,000 and a first-place award of $3,000 for her project entitled “The Use of Sodium Polyacrylate to Increase Crop Production in Dry-Land Farming.” Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to her school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair that the winners in each of the scientific categories represent. The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the wor...
As adults, most of us have childhood memories of those trips to the doctor’s office when we’d hear those words, "You'll hardly feel a thing", or "It won't taste that bad." For most of us it did hurt and yes, it did taste bad, but those vaccines that we were receiving through inoculations or tiny cups of not so tasty liquids, were just a part of life. They were what kept us from succumbing to innumerable diseases, some even contagious. And that lollipop from the doctor or a k...
I thought maybe I should dispense some free advice to those of you who are new (or some of you who are not so new) to our community. For those of you who might question my qualifications, here’s my resume: I grew up on a farm outside a town much smaller than Odessa, spending my first 18 years in Bickleton (population about 100). I was at Washington State University for four years, then lived in Yakima for four years. In 1981 I moved to Portland, where I worked and lived for o...
Violet M. “Vi” Frederick died Sunday, May 15, 2011, in Odessa at age 72. She was born August 31, 1938 in Kettleman City, Calif. to Clifford and Edith (Hill) Skaggs. She married Louis Wayne Frederick in Carson City, Nev. on September 1, 1956. Vi was a member of the English Congregational Church. She had so many hobbies and interests and loved arts and crafts. A few of her many talents were crocheting, knitting, quilting and making fleece blankets for family and the active-duty...
Jim Miller of Aberdeen, Wash. died May 15, 2011 of cardiac arrest at 68 years of age. Born in Florence, Ore., he was the third child of five born to Roland and Sarah Miller. He graduated from Ocosta High School as an outstanding scholar athlete. He went on to study and play football at Grays Harbor Community College and finished his degree in Education at Eastern Washington University, lettering in football. Jim married Carole Currie October 6, 1963 in Spokane. His first teaching position was at Wishkah Valley Schools as an...
Doris M. Witt died May 14, 2011 in Spokane at the age of 74. She was born April 21, 1937, in Gulf Port, Miss. to Wiley and Felicia (Malley) Woods. She married Dean Witt in Gulf Port on July 3, 1955. She is survived by her husband, Dean, at the home in Odessa, three children, Vicki Edwards and Ken of Snohomish, Wash., Patty McCarrell and Floyd and Terri Baker and Danny, all of Spokane; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; her brother Richard Woods of Gulf Port; three sis...
In May 1951 several activities took place in Marlin, Odessa and Spokane to mark the 50th anniversary of the town. A series of reunions of current and former residents were held, with the climax being a huge gathering at Manito Park in Spokane. The Record gave this account of that event in its edition of May 20, 1945: The Marlin reunion, held during last week, climaxing at a picnic at Spokane on Sunday, brought a large turnout of former residents for an estimated attendance of 250. Marlin commencement exercises last Wednesday...
Odessa Elementary School students are invited to a Flashlight Reading Night on Tuesday, June 7, at 6:00 p.m., in the school multi-purpose room. This will also be a kick-off event for the Summer Story Hour at the public library. Students are to bring parent(s) and siblings, a flashlight, books, a pillow or blanket, and they may even wear PJs and/or slippers if they wish. First, a snack of hot dogs, potato chips, and lemonade will be served. Next, there will be a special storyteller. Then the lights will go off, the...
On May 4, eight schools from the Bi-County joined Odessa for the second annual Bi-County Science Challenge. Odessa, Wilbur, Davenport, Liberty, Lind, Sprague, Reardan, and Harrington arrived at the Odessa school multipurpose room at 9 a.m. to compete in the “Junkyard Wars.” All other school districts in the Bi-County were invited but due to various reasons were not able to attend. The schools that did attend each brought a team of six students to compete against the other scho...
Track & Field Bi-County/Panorama League qualifier was held Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at Old University High School in Spokane. Odessa-Harrington competed against 1B schools Columbia-Hunters, Curlew, Cusick, Inchelium, Northport, Pomeroy, Selkirk, Valley Christian, Wellpinit and Wilbur-Creston. The 2B schools competing at the same time were Colfax, Davenport, Kettle Falls, Liberty-Spangle, Lind-Ritzville, Mary Walker, NW Christian-Colbert, Reardan, Republic and St. George’s. The top 8 finishers in lane events and the top 12 in fi...
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 9: A caller filed a complaint about loud noise originating from Delilah's Full Moon Saloon in the 500 block of Morgan Street in Davenport. A two-vehicle collision involving a state brand...
Anyone who has graduated from Odessa High School is reminded to send name changes, or changes of address to the attention of Debbie Praetorius at Leffel, Otis & Warwick. DPraetorius@leffelotiswarwick.com 509-982-2922...
The Odessa Healthcare Foundation’s 20th annual Wine Tasting and Auction was held at the community center Friday, May 6. A good crowd was on hand to bid on hundreds of silent auction, live auction and other items. Preliminary reports indicate that the event was a success, raising around $40,000, according to foundation president Kim King. Nearly $9,000 was raised in the special auction for the vital signs equipment for the ambulance. King reported that the highest bid for an i...
Parents of current fourth-graders at P.C. Jantz Elementary School, represented by Kim King and Carmen Weishaar, made a presentation to the school board April 27 concerning the lack of a fifth grade teacher. Due to budget cuts expected by the state legislature, the board last spring opted not to hire a replacement elementary teacher for retiring second-grade teacher Beverly Scherr. Instead, teachers of grades three through five moved down a grade, leaving the fifth grade without a teacher. Fifth-graders this year were...
Public input Dobson Road business owner Jim Walter attended Monday night’s town council meeting to request that the members save the road. Apparently multiple causes are combining to contribute to deterioration of the road. First, utility companies have not done an adequate job of tamping down the fill used after installation of utility lines, which has caused sinking in some areas. Then when cold or wet weather makes the surfacing more susceptible, traffic which includes heavy trucks contributes to breakage, which in turn h...
Joel Edmonds has taken over as general manager of Inland Empire Oilseeds under a management agreement with AgVenturesNW (not as majority shareholders as we erroneously reported last week, although they may become majority shareholders at some time in the future). Edmonds and Wally Kempe are the two principals in 1138, LLC who have been negotiating with IEO since last November to work out a way to get the plant reopened and operating once again. Kempe was out of town, but...
The sixth annual Friends of the Pool Walk-a-Thon was held Sunday, May 1, and raised over $4,500 as of Monday. According to Suzie Deife, FOP president, a total of 66 walkers collected pledges. Most of them were school-aged children, but participants ranged in age from one year old to adults who took advantage of the fresh air and exercise. The pledge walkers walked or ran a total of 1,278 laps around the track at Finney Field for a total of 319.5 miles. This is an average of...
Laura Estes presented the results of the Spring Fling downtown quilt walk at Tuesday’s meeting. A total of 150 passports were distributed and 37 were turned in for the $100 cash drawing. All 37 had been initialed or stamped by at least the required six businesses. Of the entrants, 30 had visited more than six businesses. Twenty-one different communities were represented in the completed ballots, with entrants from Odessa and nearby communities to as far away as Monroe, Wash. and Rathdrum, Idaho. Justin Parr reported that t...
On volunteering in Odessa . . . The people who wanted to volunteer and were told, “We do not need you” are not shy and were persistent. They have lived here for three years. The husband works in Odessa. When they were finally asked to help at the beer tent during the 2011 Desert 100, it was on a Friday afternoon, and the husband took off from work. When they got to the tent, there were already three women working and no customers. When they got home, he called Marlon Schafer who said, “Oh, the help showed up and I forgo...
Bob Praetorius died peacefully in his sleep May 6, 2011 in Odessa at the age of 87 following an extended illness. He was born January 6, 1924 in Odessa to Seigfried (Zeke) and Sophie (Havlicak) Praetorius. He attended school in Odessa, graduating from Odessa High School in 1943. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, and proudly served with the First Marine Division from 1943-1946. Robert was stationed in the South Pacific, spending time on Guadalcanal,...
David L. Crossley died May 8, 2011 in Odessa. He was born January 2, 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio to William and Marion Crossley. He lived in Ohio until he joined the Army in 1950. He served during the Korean War and was honorably discharged in 1955. He then made his home in Edison, New Jersey where he met and married his wife Florence Clementi in June of 1958. They were married for 32 years before Florence’s death in 1990. David and Florence had three children Joan, David Jr. a...
On April 14, five businesses in Spokane and Lincoln counties failed liquor compliance checks conducted by the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB). WSLCB enforcement officers checked 22 businesses for sales/service of alcohol to minors. The five businesses sold alcohol to investigative aides working with WSLCB enforcement officers. The WSLCB regularly conducts compliance checks of area businesses licensed to sell alcohol. These businesses include restaurants, grocery stores, state and contract liquor stores,...
Odessa’s observance of Memorial day this year promises to be the most noteworthy ever, with the dedication of the new military monument at Odessa Cemetery. The community has always celebrated the occasion, honoring its deceased at the Odessa and surrounding cemetery and paying tribute to armed services personnel who have died. Plans for a typical observation of many years ago were reported in The Odessa Record in its issue of May 23, 1930: Odessa American legion men, who have had charge of Memorial Day services ever since t...
The success of Odessa’s high school students just may cause a problem with this summer’s entertainment. Odessa councilwoman Lois Harp reported at Monday night’s council meeting that the pool may have to close for a week in June because every lifeguard with the exception of manager Zack Powell will be going to the FBLA national conference in Florida the last week of June. In spite of notices at the school and newspaper advertisements, applications for lifeguard positions have not been pouring in. Although the lifeguard posit...
