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The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures in the triple digits on the weekend and into early next week. People are being advised to limit strenuous outdoor activities and to stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water. This is bad news for Hoopfest teams planning to head to Spokane this weekend, as Spokane is also forecast to have temperatures above 100 degrees both Saturday and Sunday. Event organizers have reportedly ordered additional cool-air misters, fans and lots of water for all involved in Hoopfest as...
Scammers are back at it, as they constantly are. Odessa’s Grannie BarBar is the most recent potential victim, but she had already heard about this type of scam and avoided falling for it. The caller claimed to be a grandson in need of money. When Grannie BarBar said, “This is a scam, isn’t it?” the caller hung up. Since the caller had addressed her as Grannie BarBar, she felt the scammer might be targeting the Odessa area. The Record advises citizens to be very wary of anyone requesting money or personal information of any...
When Odessa travelers cross over Mohler Road E. toward Sprague, they cross over an area formerly referred to as the “Four Corners,” “Unbewust corner” or “the old Liberty school.” Approaching Harrington-Tokio Road from the west, there is an old homestead to the north, encircled by trees and outbuildings. The Four Corners are located about four miles east of Mohler and about four miles south of Harrington. For those not familiar with this specific area, continuing east past the Four Corners and going to the end of Mohler Rd....
“An Unquenchable Optimism and a Tenacity that Verges on Stubbornness: Let’s Grow” is the title of the keynote address Alex McGregor will deliver on Friday, June 26, during the Adams County Development Council’s Annual Banquet in Ritzville. McGregor has viewed more than 2,000 images from the Adams County Historical Society’s archives in preparing his visual presentation. He has parlayed images from Adams County’s past with a vision for the future. McGregor is the owner of “the largest independent fertilizer, agriculture-c...
Keith Erber, son of the late John Erber of Marlin and godson of Gordon Peterson, graduated June 10, 2015, from San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, Calif. He attended Odessa schools until the end of the first semester of his freshman year, when his father died. He was enrolled at Rogers High School in Spokane until the end of his sophomore year and then moved to California to live with his sister Kaye Palomarez. He plans to attend community college in Santa Barbara to...
Reservations are still coming in for the 2015 Odessa High School Alumni Banquet to be held June 20 in the community center. Those who have signed up to date are listed below: 1942: Laverna (Lesser) Dormaier 1946: Wilma (Lenhart) Schmidt 1949: George Rodeck 1951: Coleen (Luiten) Janke 1955 (60-year honored class): Robert Raugust, Virgil King, Jerry Walter, Carol (Weber) Schott 1957: Rosemary (Self) King, Jan (Giese) Graham 1959: J.D. Birge, Bob Martin, Ken Witt 1960: Anthony...
Alex C. Wagenblast, formerly of Odessa, has graduated from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas with a degree from the Department of Physics and Geosciences. He was also on the Dean’s List for the spring semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must be enrolled fulltime at ASU and must maintain a 3.25 or better grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Area students Brett Haden Larmer of Harrington, Jacob Alan Tanke of Mohler and Hannah Marjorie Null of Odessa have been named to the President’s Honor Roll...
In our story on the 2015 graduates last week, we neglected to mention the two students who received the citizenship awards, Carsen Weber and Jenna Shafer....
City Council Wednesday evening, June 10, Mayor Paul Gilliland called the meeting to order with all council members present: Terry Howe, Rick Becker, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk and Mike Cronrath, along with Bunny Haugan, clerk, and Scott McGowan also present representing the city. Visitors included John Dempsey, Dianne Dempsey, Sharon Schultz, Crystal Hickman, Cassandra Paffle-Dick, Ashley Schenk, Paul Charlton, Justin Slack, Allen Barth, Dan Fromm, Jay Gossett, Marge Womach and Donita Simons. Paffle-Dick, representing the...
Jon Heimbigner, a 1966 graduate of Odessa High School, has a long history of participation in and promotion of sports of all kinds in Spokane. Gerald (Gerry) Ray, whose letters to the editor often appear in this newspaper, is a former Odessa school teacher and a 1953 graduate of Ritzville High School. When Ray read about Heimbigner’s work with sports halls of fame in Spokane and elsewhere in eastern Washington, Ray approached him with the idea of establishing an Odessa hall of fame for athletes. Heimbigner told The Record h...
Lincoln County Auditor Shelly Johnston has announced that there will be a special three- (3-) day filing period held Tuesday, June 23, 2015, through Thursday, June 25, 2015, for the purpose of declaring candidacy for the following elective positions that were not previously filed for during the regular filing period: Town of Creston Council 1 short & 4-year Council 5 short & 4-year Town of Odessa Mayor 4-year Creston School Dist. #73 Director 3 4-year Director 4 at-large 4-year Odessa S.D. #105 Director 1 4-year Reardan...
On May 29, Harrington students and staff took a break from studying and enjoyed the sunny afternoon with a K-12 MARVELous Field Day. A community barbeque, a Justice League bouncy house, a plethora of superhero-themed stations, face painting and temporary tattoos, Otter Pops, Eastern Washington University Health and Fitness student volunteers, timeless music and the Spokane Indians baseball team mascot Recycle Man contributed to the fun. Student teacher Megann Erni planned the K-12 superhero-themed event as a part of her EWU...
Bob, A Life in Five Acts opens at the Masquers Theatre June 19, and according to director Cheri Barbre, “This comedy is a little gem.” Jeffrey Ames plays “Bob” who leads us through his unusual life journey – beginning with his birth in a fast food restaurant, his education achieved through his travels across America where he meets the people who teach him life’s lessons, and his ambition to become a great, great man. “This comedy explores what it truly means to be a success,” said Barbre. “You’ll want to know who Bob might...
Good morning and welcome to the graduation ceremony of Odessa High School’s class of 2015. Thank you for being here on this very special day. The best way to explain how this day feels to all of us is in the words of Lloyd Christmas (in the movie Dumb and Dumber), “We’re there.” Some of us have been together for the past 12 years, and nearly all of us have been here together for our four years of high school. Over those past four years, we did everything we could to make high school fun, challenging and exciting. We believe t...
The Lincoln County Relay for Life event is slated for June 12 and 13 at the Davenport football field and the planning committee extends an open invitation to the community to attend the event. “You don’t have to be on a team or have been doing fundraising to enjoy this event,” said Gina Halme, the Davenport High School junior who took Relay on as her senior project. “Relay is here to show support to those in our community battling cancer and we welcome everyone to attend.” Cancer survivors and caregivers are also invited to p...
Improvements to a state-owned eastern Washington rail line would help Washington farmers deliver their goods to market more efficiently and benefit the state’s overall economy, according to a new plan developed by the Washington State Department of Transportation. The Palouse River and Coulee City (PCC) Rail System Strategic Plan, finalized last month, will help shape future funding, policy and planning goals for the state-owned rail system. Developed with the PCC Rail Authority, the plan also incorporates suggestions brought...
The House of Representatives passed a measure on Wednesday to increase academic rigor and streamline assessment requirements for high school students. Rep. Matt Manweller voted in favor of House Bill 2214 siting the reduction in the number of assessment tests from seven to three as the main reason. “As a former high school teacher and now a professor, I have seen firsthand the effects of the over testing. Educators are spending too much time teaching to the test, and students are spending too much time gearing their s...
HOHS Meeting in the Art Room of the Opera House, the Harrington Opera House Society held its monthly meeting with Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Gordon and Billie Herron, Linda Wagner, Carol, Bonnie Hardy, Dillon Haas, Karen Robertson and Marge Womach present. The floor of the auditorium has been finished and cured. Preparations are now underway for the electrical and plumbing work for the second floor. Members voted to purchase the necessary lumber to complete the woodwork for finishing the baseboards. Blinds...
The Odessa School Board met May 27 in the high school library. Three students taking the Advanced Science Research class each presented a brief description of the work they performed this school year. Johnathon Brightwell described his research on finding a cheaper, less environmentally toxic substance for rocket fuel. He is working with a professor at Eastern Washington University on his research. Elizabeth Larson described her research on the relationship of price to UV protection level provided by sunglasses. Her research...
LIND, Wash. –The 100-year anniversary of the Washington State University Dryland Research Station will be celebrated at the Lind Field Day, Thursday, June 11. The centennial event is held at the University's Dryland Research Station, 781 E. Experiment Station Road, Lind. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the field tour starting at 9 a.m.; a complimentary lunch and program will follow the field tour. Research presentations will include WSU's commitment to agricultural r...
The Bureau of Land Management Spokane District is seeking nominations for several positionsbeing vacated on its 15-member Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council (EWRAC) which advises the BLM on public land issues. As published in a notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations through June 22, 2015. The advisory councils, composed of citizens chosen for their expertise in natural resource issues, help the Bureau carry out its stewardship of 245 million acres of public lands. The Bureau, which...
Six Harrington Opera House piano students of Rebecca Hardy and Heather Safe performed Saturday afternoon at the Harrington Church of the Nazarene, since the opera house auditorium floor had not cured sufficiently for use. The program was initiated with “The Lonely Goatherd” (by Richard Rodgers, arranged by Glover) played by the two instructors, Rebecca Hardy and Heather Safe. Safe played “The Robin’s Return” (Leander Fisher; In Memory of Lilly Rauch Mitchell 1921-2014). Third on the program were three songs played as a duet b...
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton only recently announced her bid for office in 2016, she has already declared a few important issues on her presidential agenda, including the ever-important opioid crisis in the United States. In order to work toward a safer world that is free of opioid abuse, here are six steps we can take. 1. Redefine the problem. Many people who suffer from chronic pain rely on opioids to live a semblance of a normal life. There may be no alternative treatments for them. We should view the...
Tennis Katie DeWulf, the sole member of the O-H tennis team to qualify for the state tournament, went to the Yakima Tennis Club last weekend. She won her first match against Jasmine Nesbitt of King’s Way Christian, 6-7, 6-3 (after which Nesbitt withdrew). DeWulf lost her second match to Kellie Kuch of Cascade, 6-1, 6-2. Moving into the loser’s bracket, she lost to Darby Fox of Colville 6-1, 6-3 and was eliminated from further competition. It was only her second year of competitive tennis, and she aquitted herself well. Track...
Yakima Tennis Club Eastern Washington University May 27/28 May 28-30 Katie DeWulf Lanessa Simon Casey Schlomer Colby Sooy Aaron Gies Shelbey Watkins Jordyn Tanke Sam Schafer Gaven Elder Tyler Paris Jenna Shafer Cole Kissler John DeWul...
