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Victoria Weishaar of Odessa, attending the Robbins College of Health & Human Sciences, is one of more than 5,000 Baylor University students who have been named to the Dean’s Academic Honor List for the Summer and Fall 2021 semesters. She is the daughter of Traig and Carmen Weishaar. The Dean's Academic Honor List recognizes Baylor undergraduates for their outstanding academic work during each semester. Students honored on the Dean’s List earned a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.70 with no grade lower than a "C" whi...
ODESSA – Odessa High School advisor for the Future Business Leaders of America, Terri King, reports that the members of the Odessa chapter have chosen home-based businesses as the focus of their American Enterprise Project with the Odessa School District’s eighth-grade students. According to Nerdwallet, a website that provides comparisons of financial products, expert information and helpful tools for managing money, roughly 50 percent of all small businesses in the United States are considered home-based businesses. Man...
Kaleb Walter, an Odessa fifth-grader, was the first to submit a photo of a buttercup to the newspaper this year. Congratulations, Kaleb....
Odessa Calendar of Events Mar. 14: Town Council, 7 pm, public library Mar. 15: HS golf at Odessa course, 2 pm Mar. 17: HS T&F at Valley Christian, 3 pm Mar. 19: HS baseball vs LRS at Odessa, doubleheader starts at noon SAIL class for seniors, Mon/Thurs each week, 1-2 pm, Old Town Hall AA group meets Thursdays in Heritage Church basement, 7 pm Odessa school menu Mar. 14: Breakfast: Muffin, string cheese, fruit. Lunch: Waffle, sausage, hash browns, fruit. Mar. 15: Breakfast: French toast sticks, fruit. Lunch: Chicken...
Davenport Elementary held a Kindness Week during Feb. 14-18. Each day of the week there was a kindness theme: You Matter Mondaym Thankful Tuesday, There for you Wednesday, Thoughtful Thursday and Gorillas are Crazy for Kindness Friday. Friday included a red & white/gorilla gear dress up day. Throughout the week students had the opportunity to participate in their own version of "The Great Kindness Challenge" where students tracked completing kindness actions on a task card...
Mason R. Lewis of Odessa is a new junior member of the American Angus Association®, reports Mark McCully, CEO of the national organization with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Junior members of the Association are eligible to register cattle in the American Angus Association, participate in programs conducted by the National Junior Angus Association and take part in association-sponsored shows and other national and regional events. Lewis is a second-grader at the Odessa schools and is the son of Tim and Jennifer...
Are the tulips coming up? Is it snowing again? Eastern Washington weather keeps us guessing. Shelly Hauge’s recipe for “Ultimate Potato Soup” is a favorite at area soup suppers and with her family members. Easy to prepare and ready in under an hour, this soup will take the chill off any late winter or early spring day. Ultimate Potato Soup 6 cups peeled, diced potato 3 stalks celery, diced 1 cup chopped onion 3 can (14.5 ounces each) chicken broth 4 cups half and half 6 Tbsp...
HARRINGTON – Susan Larmer chaired the Library Board meeting here on Feb. 8 at 3:30 p.m. with board members Grace Moeller, Stacey Rasmussen and Katie Steward plus instructor Kris Moritz, librarian Marge Womach and Mayor Jess Silhan present The board had asked Mortiz to come and report how the After School Program is going and to give her the opportunity to make requests if needed. She has been leading the program since September one Thursday per month at Memorial Hall. Moritz stated that she has consistently had a craft, an a...
DAVENPORT--Several years ago, Davenport was home to a town pet in one friendly wild turkey. He walked into town as a stranger but over time became so well known that the people around town gave him the name of Clyde. Clyde could be seen roaming the streets of town where people would stop to wave hello or offer him something to eat. He stayed around town for many months despite being injured in a series of clashes with the motoring public, as he'd stop in the middle of Morgan S...
Mid-County Seniors The Mid-County Seniors held their quarterly meeting in January. Present were President Tim Campau, Lorraine Gilliland, Aileen Sweet, Billie and Gordon Herron. Discussion centered on the need for a substitute cook for Elizabeth Wolfe when she is unable to be there. The program is presently managing on donated funds, but more funding is needed to keep Senior Meals afloat. Since expenses are said to be higher than income each month, suggestions were to send a letter to organizations in town requesting yearly...
1 years ago Feb. 17, 1922 R.S. Crowl, former publisher of the Record dropped off No. 4 last night and is today renewing the acquaintance of his many friends here. Ralph is now located in Fresno, California, where he now owns a prosperous job printing business. During his ten years absence Father Time has been good to Crowl for he looks hardly a day older than when he left here. He reports also that Mrs. Crowl and their son, Robert, also enjoy the best of health in the sunny south, which according to his ideas now is the onl...
Davenport first-graders have been learning about different types of penguins and their habitats over the past month. The snow turning to ice here in Davenport made the perfect opportunity to make penguin masks and huddle like penguins on an ice mound in front of the playground....
DAVENPORT--On Feb. 3, 25 members of the Davenport FBLA chapter competed in person at the Northeast Region FBLA Winter Business Leadership Conference. Members competed in a variety of events including, but not limited to: Accounting, Website Design, Parliamentary Procedure, Public Speaking and Personal Finance. The following is a list of winners who will move on to compete at the FBLA State Business Leadership Conference: Zackary Bruce - Data Analysis - 1st place Selah Hupp & Tessa Cormier - Public Service Announcement - 1st...
After a month and a half of preparation, the "Kiss the Pig" event finally came to fruition on February 5th. The Davenport FBLA Partnership with Business co-chairs, Jesse Raugust, Emma Cormier, and Lexi Cormier put in countless hours preparing for the "Kiss the Pig" event.. At the beginning of the partnership with Care and Share, the co-chairs' goal was to raise $1,500 for their business and the additional costs that would be incurred when they moved locations. The 1st and 2nd...
Longtime Davenport head volleyball coach Pete Schweiger was surprised with an induction into the school Hall of Fame during halftime of the boys basketball game Saturday, Feb. 5. Schweiger received his banner and accolades to a standing ovation from the crowd. He was joined on the court by his former assistant coaches before giving a short acceptance speech, wherein he remembered to thank his wife and family in the nick of time....
Senior Night was celebrated for the girls and boys basketball teams and the cheer team at the Feb. 1 game against Valley Christian. Back row: Jamie, Alyssa and Regina McKinney; Suzie, Daeton and Dalles Deife; HP, Nathan and Cory Carstensen; Maria, Landen and Justin Brooks; Connie Greenwalt; Kevin Schaefer and Gina Schlomer. Front row: Lyndsay Reyes and Chloe Winkler; Wayne and Emma Schmidt; Amy Schaefer, Tori Schlomer and Joe Schlomer....
Ireland Luiten has earned placement on the Gonzaga University Dean's List for fall semester 2021. Students must earn a 3.5 to 3.84 grade-point average to be listed. Ireland is the daughter of Greg and Kellie Luiten of Odessa. Gonzaga University is a humanistic, private Catholic University providing a Jesuit education to more than 7,500 students. Situated along the Spokane River near downtown Spokane, Washington, Gonzaga is routinely recognized among the West's best comprehensive regional universities. Gonzaga offers over 75...
During the Feb. 3 basketball games against ACH, the Warriors brought along their Warrior mascot to help the ACH fans cheer on their team. Since the ACH girls were unable to field a team that day, the Odessa girls coach Travis Schuh had the night off, which allowed him to reprise his role as the Tiger mascot. The two mascots even held a dance contest during halftime....
Valentines Day provides opportunities for cooks and bakers to show off culinary skills. Biscuits and cookies may be cut in heart shapes. Heart stencils will produce valentine embellishment for cookies, cakes, pie crusts, potato salad, even your morning latte. Baking powder style biscuits are easy to make with packaged biscuit mix, but are nearly as easy from scratch. Cut with a heart shaped cutter, biscuits will go nicely with just about any Valentine’s Day menu. Add grated ch...
HARRINGTON--In lieu of news this week, the reader is presented with some of the groups in Harrington and the personalities associated with them. The Harrington School Board has two carry-overs from the preceding year, Mark Kramer and Darren Mattozzi, and three new members, Jonathan Evans, Michelle Quigley and Justin Slack. Quigley won the seat as Chair. Personnel of school district administration School District are, in part, Principal Tiffany Clouse, Superintendent Wayne Massie and Nurse Ronda Cordill, The continuing PTA...
DAVENPORT—Brian and Stacy Graham purchased six acres of farmland in 2017 with the goal of turning the largely run-down structures on the property into usable buildings for family and livestock use. That goal took another step toward reality when the Heritage Barn Register awarded the Grahams a $20,000 grant to fix the roof of the main barn on the property, which has been damaged over the years due to age and weather deterioration. Brian Graham said the barn was constructed in...
ELLENSBURG—Three local students achieved honor roll at Central Washington University for fall quarter in 2021. Students from Davenport and Reardan were represented. Students must achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher while completing at least 12 credits to achieve quarterly honor roll at CWU. Hannah Warwick of Davenport and Zane Perleberg of Reardan were the lone students at CWU to make honor roll from the east county area, according to Central’s honor roll online log. This year, we have covered honor roll students at CWU, Com...
Davenport celebrated its winter sports seniors before the basketball games against Upper Columbia Academy Tuesday, Feb. 1. Pictured are boys basketball seniors Jake Coffman and Jarrett Jacobsen, wrestling seniors Isaac Harvey and Willie Waters, girls basketball senior Hanna Orvis and cheer senior Olivia Hawley....
ODESSA – The first-semester honor roll has been released by the Odessa School District for both high school and junior-high students. Students must have a grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0 to be on the honor roll. Honorable mention requires a GPA of 3.25 to 3.49. High school Members of the senior class who achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA were Nathan Carstensen, Drew Hardung, Alyssa McKinney, Emily Scrupps and Paul Sheldon. Also listed on the honor roll are Chloe Winkler, Emma Schmidt, Hayden Miller, Daeton Deife, Nathan M...
