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Susan Jensen has joined the staff of The Odessa Record and is busily learning the ropes. With a background in hobby photography and work experience with computers, she brings talents to the job that will allow her to perform most of the tasks that the job has to offer. Jensen grew up in Odessa and graduated from Odessa High School in 1971. She has two children, Bryonny and Garrett, both also Odessa grads who now live west of the Cascades. Susan is the second youngest of the...
Lincoln County Treasurer, Linda Fisher, has completed the 2014 tax & assessment roll for collection and is providing notification the Treasurer’s Office shall now accept payment and issue receipts for the 2014 taxes and assessments as required by RCW 84.56.020. 2014 Lincoln County Tax statements are scheduled to be mailed the third week of February 2014. Taxpayers who do not receive their statement need to contact the County Treasurer’s Office, 450 Logan, Davenport, WA or (509) 725-5061 or etreasurer@co.lincoln.wa.us . Tax...
Morgan Lewis, daughter of Tim and Jennifer Lewis of Odessa, brought the year's first buttercup to The Record's offices after family members phoned in the news early Monday morning. Morgan found it Sunday afternoon at the Rick and Marilyn Smith Ranch north of town....
On September 12, 2013 Advanced STEM Research (ASR) student Thorsen Wehr and science teacher Jeffery Wehr traveled to the Museum of Flight in Seattle for the 6th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS). As honored guests, Thor was selected to receive the Washington State Academy of Sciences Award. Thor's ASR project entitled, ìFocusing Sound Waves Using a Two-Dimensional Non-Linear Systemî and the international recongnition he has r...
Improvements made by Odessa FBLA members and the BLM's Chris Shafer include removing vegetation to widen the trail, removing rocks, smoothing out the ground to improve the trail tread and installing new markers and signs to make it easier to navigate. When the project is completed in the spring, the group will host a community trail hike so everyone can see the uniqueness of the craters and get some exercise....
The annual crab feed fundraiser put on by the Odessa Lions Club, with variety added for non-seafood lovers in the form of prime rib prepared by the Odessa Riders Club, was held Saturday evening in the community center. The crab was very fresh, arriving from the coast just a short time before dinner was to get underway. As has been the tradition for the past several years, the evening began with horse racing. Club members have laid out a "racetrack" on the dance floor of the...
Birthdays for March 6: Lecia Fink, Steve Finkbeiner, Sharon Eide, Macey Singer, Ella Schlomer, Jim Burden and Katie Schafer. March 7: Amy Greenwalt, Fran Bramer, Ted Suchland, Jon Hayashi, Megan Selbach-Allen. March 8: Renee Woodruff, Trygve Lovvik, Karen Bockman, Sarah Hayashi and Caleb Singer. March 9: LeRoy Rains, Nanette Lamberton, Kendall Todd and Lauren Fink. March 10: Anthony Smith and Pam Suchland. March 11: Porter Whitmore, Cade Weber, Nick Tebow, Kathy Reeves and Daniel Wollman. March 12: Doris Jasman, Garret...
The Odessa Volunteer Fire Department held their annual consignment auction Saturday, February 22, in an empty lot on north Alder Street in Odessa. Beginning at 9 a.m., a total of 175 registered bidders took part in the auction under the direction of auctioneer Tom Reinland of Reinland Auctioneers & Liquidators of Greenacres. The number of items offered was the largest to date and included 500 lots from the estate of Sam Todd. The bidding was brisk and competitive, with many...
Odessa gun club Landon Lobe and Jon Fink shot 24s. Shooting 23s were Daniel Mann, Mike Nichols, Jr., Doug Tebow and Colley Walter. William Mann, Hunter Bramer, Bill Weber, Mike Nichols, Sr. and Sam Greenwalt shot 22s. Shooting 21s were Markham Nichols, Ryan Lewis, Tom Schuh, Jared Praetorius and Lane Lobe. Shooting 20 and under were Wyatt Haase, Brandon Larmer, Jenny Larmer, Jordan Larmer, HaLee Walter, Joel Hardung, Nathan Luck, Aaron Gies, Marlee Eldridge, Cody Larmer, Pilot Weishaar, Drew Hardung, Rochelle Schuh and Maddy...
Tori Weishaar and the Athletes in Motion (AIM), gymnastics team from Moses Lake, attended the Great West Gym Fest in Coeur d'Alene this weekend. This is a huge meet that draws gymnasts from Alaska to California and even Canada. It is also a meet that is attended by past Olympians- they give the awards, do speeches and interact with the gymnasts. Tori competed as a level seven gymnast, scoring her personal best on bars with a 9.425 out of 10 and her personal best in the...
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center is taking a pro-active approach to ensuring continued quality care when contracting with relief doctors. While we evaluate and plan for 2014, we will be contracting with one company that will provide a medical doctor for these needs. We are excited that they are able to offer us well-credentialed doctors with all of the medical certifications necessary to take care of patients here in our rural community, just as our current providers have. Over the next six months, we will have several...
The Odessa and Harrington FFA Chapters and Agriculture courses have been very busy attending and preparing for events. District 9 kicked off their Career Development Events (CDEs) Monday, February 3, in Wilson Creek where students competed in Sub-District Creed and Job Interview. Job Interview is where FFA members are scored on their resume and cover letter prior to the event; and at the event they are interviewed on their chosen agricultural career. Odessa participants were,...
Birthdays for February 20: Lee Praetorius, Kathy Taylor and Victoria Peterson. February 21: Michael Nichols, Jr. and Patty Williams. February 22: Mark Burroughs, Michael Kuest, Gwen Clavel, Blayne Albertson and Punch Pfeifer. February23: Ashley Steilstra, Marilyn Fink, Patricia Kissler and Jerry Walter. February 25: J.P. Luiten, Lance Wagner and Ed Deife. February 26: Cindy Haase. Anniversary for February 21: Lamar and Marguerite Heimbigner. Birthdays and Anniversaries are taken from the Odessa High School Band...
Odessa gun club Shooting a perfect score of 25 was Landon Lobe. Shooting 24s were Colley Walter, Ryan Lewis and Nick Tebow. Shooting 22s were Doug Tebow, Mike Nichols, Jr. and Markham Nichols. William Mann, Jon Fink, Mike Nichols, Sr., Aaron Gies, Brandon Larmer and Harley Wraspir shot 21s. Shooting 20 and under were Pilot Weishaar, Craig Schuh, Traig Weishaar, Daniel Mann, Hunter Bramer, Bill Weber, Wyatt Haase, Maddy Wagner, Rochelle Schuh, Lane Lobe, HaLee Walter, Tom Schuh, Jenny Larmer, Cody Larmer, Jordan Larmer and...
Odessa and Harrington FFA students traveled together to the Ag Expo held in Spokane February 4, 5 and 6. More than 50 students and chaperones attended the event, which also included displays by area vendors and visitors from throughout the rural area....
Members of the Friends of the Pool (FOP), a group of young parents who conduct fundraising efforts on behalf of the Odessa Aquatic Recreation Center, met with town officials at the publicl library recently to discuss needs at the pool prior to the coming swim season. The concrete needs to be resurfaced and leveled before decking can be added. Town officials said the concrete issues need to be addressed before the 2014 swim season in order to eliminate safety code violations. 1...
The All-Opponent Team for the Northeast District South 1B basketball league was announced last Friday. Jacob DeWulf and Sam Schafer of Odessa were selected from the O-H Titans for inclusion on the team. The Titans head boys basketball coach Travis Schuh was named the Northeast District's 1B Coach of the Year for the same District...
Kennet Bertelson of the engineering firm of USKH, which has a contract with the Town of Odessa to provide engineering services, was at Monday evening's public hearing on street projects held prior to the meeting of the Odessa Town Council. He brought with him poster boards depicting current photos of the Fourth Avenue and Fifth Avenue projects in Odessa, as well as artists' renderings of how the streets will look once work is completed. The town was recently awarded grant fund...
Cub Scout Pack 784 celebrated their Annual Pinewood Derby Race on Sunday, February 9, at the Old Town Hall. Scouts and their families enjoyed a potluck dinner and a presentation of achievement badges that each scout earned through participation in various activities this year. The group also showed their appreciation to Cub Scout Master Peggy Dewulf for her many years of service to the scouting program. She will be retiring now that all her boys have made it through all the...
The Odessa and Marlin gun clubs met on Sunday, February 9, with a combined total of 87 participants. Odessa gun club Nick Tebow shot a perfect score of 25. Tom Schuh and Jared Praetorius shot 24s. Shooting 23s were Traig Weishaar and Brady Gies. Aaron Gies and Ryan Lewis shot 22s. Shooting 21s were Steve Telecky, Chris Phillips, Pilot Weishaar, Rod Herron, Doug Tebow, Harley Wraspir, and Brian Wraspir. Shooting 20 and under were Danielle Tebow, Hunter Bramer, HaLee Walter, Maddy Wagner, Rochelle Schuh, Lane Lobe, Wyatt...
Birthdays for February 20: Lee Praetorius, Kathy Taylor and Victoria Peterson. February 21: Michael Nichols, Jr. and Patty Williams. February 22: Mark Burroughs, Michael Kuest, Gwen Clavel, Blayne Albertson and Punch Pfeifer. February23: Ashley Steilstra, Marilyn Fink, Patricia Kissler and Jerry Walter. February 25: J.P. Luiten, Lance Wagner and Ed Deife. February 26: Cindy Haase. Anniversary for February 21: Lamar and Marguerite Heimbigner. Birthdays and Anniversaries are taken from the Odessa High School Band...
The Odessa Board met at noon on February 5, 2014 for a special meeting to change the calendar for the 2013-2014 school year. The snow make-up day scheduled for February 28 has been changed to March 7. If there are no additional days when school is canceled due to the weather, then March 7 will be the only make-up day....
Mark Turner is the Observing Program Leader (OPL) at the National Weather Service in Spokane. His main focus is to service what is known as the Cooperative Observer Program (COOP). He makes sure that COOP observers have the equipment and training needed to accurately report the weather at a specific location. These observations contain vital information for a variety of users and are invaluable in learning more about the floods, droughts, heat and cold waves affecting our area. The data are also used in agricultural planning...
After opening in late August, the Livestock Producers Co-operative Association (LPCA) plant, the local meat processing facility in the Odessa Industrial Park, has received the final “Grant of Inspection” from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA). “We have been working hard to meet this milestone and are ready to roll full speed in 2014,” said General Manager Darren Summers. The design/build contractor for the plant, Garco Construction, was on site from January 13 to 24, following up on warranty work to the floors in both pr...
