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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...
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...
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...
Elizabeth Floch, daughter of Jewel and Clay Floch, formerly of Odessa, played in an exhibition wheelchair basketball game between the varsity games played against Valley Christian High School in Spokane last Saturday. The disabled students in wheelchairs played against able-bodied students, also in wheelchairs. The exhibition was sponsored by ParaSport of Spokane. Eight teams and up to 90 athletes with disabilities will roll into Spokane on March 1-2 to battle for a spot at...
Shooting a perfect score of 25 was Brady Gies. Shooting 24's were Jared Praetorius, Traig Weishaar, Hunter Bramer and Daniel Mann. Shooting 22's were Doug Tebow, Mike Nichols, Sr. and William Mann. Mike Nichols, Jr., Lane Lobe, Markham Nichols and Harley Wraspir shot 21's. Shooting 20 and under were Tom Schuh, Colley Walter, Jim Smith, Bill Weber, Joel Hardung, Wyatt Haase, HaLee Walter, Pilot Weishaar, Rochelle Schuh, Daeton Deife, Drew Hardung and Maddy Wagner. High Handicap went to Hunter Bramer, High Continental went to...
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...
This is a Cinderella story of sorts. Sprinkle in some fairy dust, a little luck, and a lot of hard work and you have the story of Rebecca Maddock. This young woman went from cleaning the bank to managing it. She is the manager of the new Washington Federal (formerly Bank of America) branch in Odessa. She has tenacity and perseverance and, by her own admission, "it wasn't going to be handed to me." This quiet, unassuming woman has always had a natural, high level of professiona...
The Odessa Gun Club met on January 19th with a total of 29 participants. Those who shot a perfect score of 25 birds were Traig Weishaar and Dan Williams. Participants who shot 24's were Lane Lobe, Nick Tebow, Tom Schuh and Jon Fink. Shooting 23's were Landon Lobe and Markham Nichols. William Mann and Pilot Weishaar shot 22's. Shooting 21's were Dylan Nichols, Bill Weber, Tyler Smith and Doug Tebow. Shooting 20 and under were Hunter Bramer, Daniel Mann, Daeton Deife, Drew Hardung, HaLee Walter, Mike Nichols, Sr., Mike...
The Odessa and Harrington school boards met jointly in Odessa January 15 to discuss the athletic cooperative between the two schools. Harrington superintendent Mike Perry, serving as athletic director (AD) for the co-op for last year and this year, provided an athletic report for fall and winter sports to date. He shared information concerning the playoff situation for basketball this year and from the athletic directors meeting he attended earlier. Perry told the board that the Odessa-Harrington teams not only receive...
Members of the Odessa Historical Society met Monday evening and reviewed the events of the past year. A new website, odessawamuseum.com, includes photos and information and will also soon carry photos from the Washington Rural Heritage webpage, thanks to the work of Tom Clavel. The St. Matthew’s historical church has received a new roof and coat of paint. The work was done by Diamond Construction of Odessa. Al Volmer constructed and donated the new sign for the church located at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Alder S...
The Odessa and Marlin Gun Clubs held their second shoot on January 12. Odessa Gun Club Shooting a perfect score of 25 was Nick Tebow. Colley Walter and Landon Lobe shot 24’s . Shooting 23 were Jon Fink and Traig Weishaar. Tom Schuh, William Mann, Dylan Nichols, Markham Nichols, Ryan Lewis, Bill Weber, Harley Wraspir, and Jared Praetorius all shot 22. Daniel Mann shot 21. Shooting 20 and under were Brandon Larmer, Jeremy Sewell, Jenny Larmer, Pilot Weishaar, Daeton Deife, Drew Hardung, Nathan Luck, Rod Herron, Rochelle Schuh,...
After running unopposed in the November 2013 general election, Odessa Town Council members Lois Harp and Landon Lobe were re-elected to their positions. Town clerk Gail Kiesz administered the oath of office to both at Monday night's town council meeting in the Odessa Public Library. Gun Club proposal Representing the Odessa Gun Club, area farmer Jon Fink reported on his meeting with council members to work out an agreement for the club to purchase the land adjacent to the muni...
