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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...
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....
Odessa VFW Post #7395 and its ladies auxiliary are proud to announce the winners of their youth scholarship programs for 2013-2014. The Junior Essay program is for third through fifth grades. First place for the third grade is Sarah Hayashi; second place is Isaiah Chavez; and third place is Harley Carson. The fourth grade winners are: first place, Nathan Carstensen, second place, Tianna Gies and third place, Paul Sheldon. The fifth grade winners are: first place, Madeline...
The ER got a new state-of-the-art cardiac monitor- defibrillator purchased with funds raised at the 2013 Odessa Harrington Healthcare Foundation Wine Tasting/ Auction....
By MARJORIE WOMACH Elizabeth Iaukea, Project Manager, Washington State Library Microsoft IT Academy, held a training session at Reardan, Tuesday, Jan 26 from 10 to noon, with librarians from Wilbur's Hesseltine Library, the Sprague Library and the Harrington Library joining the Reardan librarian for the session, getting the local libraries signed up for the IT courses and testing. An afternoon session was being offered at the Davenport Library for those that were not able to attend the morning session. First grade teacher...
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...
A Quilters Tea is being held Monday, February 10, at Any Occasion Banquet Hall, to benefit The Odessa Quilt Club’s quilt-making project for Angel Flight, and hopefully also make a monetary donation to the Angel Flight organization. The auction/raffle has over 200 items committed to the event, with more coming in daily. Angel Flight is an organization of small aircraft pilots who volunteer their time and airplanes to fly medical patients from remote places to medical appointments and treatments. Local pilot Stan Dammel has b...
The Odessa Memorial Hospital Auxiliary has announced the date of its annual rummage sale to be held in the hospital atrium. The group’s service projects have raised money to buy items for the hospital not covered in its annual budget. This will be the final fund-raising event for the group, which due to the age of its current members, their small number (fewer than 10) and a lack of new volunteers willing to participate, plans to disband. Current members plan to meet with representatives of the Odessa Hospital Foundation t...
The Odessa Record received press releases from several area universities and community colleges, listing students from the immediate area who have achieved top grades in their studies. They are listed below in the order in which they were received. Nate Lathrop Nathaniel Lathrop of Odessa (but currently residing in the Yakima area) was named to the fall 2013 honor roll at Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC). To receive honor roll status, students must earn a 3.0 grade-point average or higher. Nick Tebow Nicholas Tebow of...
The Lincoln County Economic Development Council (EDC) had a busy 2013. Here are a few of their activities and events: • The EDC served as the Lincoln County Visitor & Convention Bureau for the fourth year. An agreement between Lincoln County and the EDC requires the EDC to submit a proposal and budget for advertising that utilizes the County’s Lodging Tax funds. A few new ideas implemented in 2013 included brochures in kiosks at rest areas along I-5, signs at the Telford and Sprague rest areas, and advertising to central Was...
