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Kindergarten/first-grade teacher Taunya Sanford, left, joins in as students dance to the music of Rudy Christianson, also known as "Santa Clogs" of Inchelium. He played the banjo and sang Christmas songs with the K-6 children, then taught them how to clog....
The year in review highlights the main events that took place during each of the months of 2014 as reported in The Odessa Record. The first three months are provided here, with more to follow over the next three or four weeks. January The 97th season of the Spokesman-Review trap-shooting contest began on the first Sunday in January. As has been the practice for a number of years, the Marlin and Odessa Gun Clubs combined their scores for the competition, although they continue to maintain separate club facilities. Reporting...
The 14th annual Ryan Floch Memorial Basketball Games will be held January 3 at Big Bend Community College. The BBCC women host the Alumni at 2 p.m., and the men’s team will host an Alumni team at 3:45 p.m. Local high school teams also will compete in BBCC’s gym Saturday. The Odessa-Harrington Titans will be the home team against Wilbur-Creston. The boys’ game starts at 5:30 p.m., and the girls wrap up the memorial evening starting at 7 p.m. Gate receipts and donations go to the Ryan Floch Memorial Scholarship to suppo...
January: Kathy M. Scrupps, Marie E. (Ramm) Braun, Richard Wraspir, James E. Goetz, Thomas E. Goetz, Beatrice Kay (Zeiler) Lyon February: Miriam Lenhart, Carolyn Marie (Heitman) Cronrath, Lila Mae (Kuest) Godwin. March: Debra A. (Frederick) Praetorius, Katherine (Schmauder) Gies, Mollie Heinrich Wolf Grant Reed. April: Troy Lee Price, Howard W. Kramer, LeRoy Milton Buchmann. May: Leland L. Frederick, John (Jack) Birchard. July: Anita C. Frederick, Merlin Traylor, Ronald E. Frederick, Billie (Martin) Mills, (Tyke) Josephine...
Harrington Public Library recently received six CDs from Georgia Dover of Eagle Point, Ore. containing interviews with her father, the late Frank Gateley, taped in 1984. On the first CD, Dover asks her father questions about their family, where the grandparents came from, when they arrived in Harrington and what lands that they obtained in Lord’s Valley near Harrington. He shares his recollections, and his personality shines through in this oral history. Several local family histories have been written and donated to the l...
Debbie Norris, manager at Odessa Foods, is restocking the new refrigerated produce case recently installed at the store. The new case will maintain freshness longer and provide better product quality for Odessa customers. Below: A new refrigerated meat case was also purchased at the same time which offers more shelving and display space for the different cuts of meat carried at Odessa Foods....
At the December 17 meeting of the Odessa School Board, Ed Deife was elected as the new board chairman for 2015. Heather Valverde is the vice chairman, Marcus Horak the legislative representative and Joe Schlomer the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association representative. Committee assignments are Deife and Schlomer, facilities committee; Horak, curriculum committee; Valverde and Horak, b...
Harrington Elementary pupils in the combined Kindergarten/first grade class of Taunya Sanford made houses out of graham crackers and other sweet treats with the help of their mom, dad, or both, on Wednesday, December 17. In other news affecting both the Harrington and Odessa school districts, the only athletic contests during the winter break will be held December 30 (Tuesday) at Liberty High School and January 3 (Saturday) in Moses Lake, where the O-H Titans will play Wilbur-Creston in the Floch Memorial Games. Middle...
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center held a series of discussion groups on December 9 and 10 to listen to community members and help with understanding of concerns and perceptions regarding the services provided. Each discussion group started with a brief presentation on the current state of affairs regarding rural health care in America and locally. The discussion groups were hosted by the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) and facilitated by Jody Carona and Mattie Osborn from Health Facilities Planning & Development...
Three Titan volleyball players were selected for the Northeast 1B League All-Opponent Team. Jordyn Tanke, Katie DeWulf and Casey Schlomer were named co-MVPs of the league. Below left: Volleyball team awards went to Katelyn Worley, Coaches Award; Jenna Shafer, Most Inspirational; Katie DeWulf, Defensive Award; Jordyn Tanke, Offensive Award and Maleah Davison, Most Improved (not pictured). Graduating seniors on the football team are joined by athletic director and football...
The slate of officers elected by the members present at the December 9 meeting of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce were: Marcus Horak, president; Justin Parr, vice president; Mo Sheldon, secretary; Larissa Zeiler, treasurer; board members, Lise Ott, Sherrie Frederick and the Fest biergarten chair. A budget committee consisting of Larissa Zeiler, Brenik Iverson and Marlon Schafer will begin meeting to come up with the Chamber’s 2015 budget. Chamber committee members are reminded to provide those committee members with e...
Grant County Health Officer, Dr. Alexander Brzezny, has declared a gonorrhea outbreak due to the sharp increase this year in the number of gonorrhea cases in Grant County. Public Health nurses are working closely with the Washington State Department of Health and health care providers to increase testing, reporting and treatment for gonorrhea. Testing and treating more people will curtail the spread of the disease. Gonorrhea is a treatable, sexually transmitted disease (STD) that rarely has symptoms in its early stages,...
Keller Ferry drivers will need to find another route to cross the Columbia River this weekend as crews make permanent repairs to the ferry’s steering system. The ferry will be out of service starting at 6 a.m. Saturday, December 20, with service anticipated to resume at 6 a.m. Monday, December 22. Over the weekend, crews from Rolls Royce will make permanent repairs to the vessel’s steering system. The rudder actuator has failed on several occasions, requiring temporary repairs. Rolls Royce will complete the repairs under war...
Three people who have had huge and positive impacts on the “greening” of Eastern Washington have been honored by the Washington State Water Resources Association, which represents the state’s 100-plus irrigation districts. The awards were presented, one posthumously, at the the Association’s annual conference in Spokane December 4. The Legacy Award went to Paul Lemargie, who died in 2004 at age 95. Lemargie’s posthumous award was for his decades of service benefitting the members of the Association, the federal Bureau of Recl...
The upcoming 2015 legislative session in Olympia provides a unique opportunity for students who are 14 to 16 years old to participate in and witness the legislative process. Thirteenth District lawmakers Judy Warnick and Matt Manweller encourage students from Cle Elum, Ellensburg, Moses Lake, Ephrata, Quincy, Davenport and every town in between to apply for the civics program. “The page program has a long tradition at the Legislature,” said Warnick, R-Moses Lake. “Many pages have gone on to become legislators thems...
The Town of Odessa is all decorated for the holidays, following the hard work of town citizens willing to volunteer their time and equipment to the effort. The snowflakes that line the downtown area of First Avenue were put up during the weekend following Thanksgiving by Tom Clavel and his sons, Nick Stewart and Brian Clavel. The snowflakes were refurbished by Chamber of Commerce members last year with new LED lights, and the blue and white light they produce is very...
Twenty-five animal heads and furs have been on display in the Harrington Public Library since June of 1973. The late Louis Schultz was a Harrington farmer who enjoyed game hunting when he was not busy keeping his farming operations going. He began game hunting in 1946 and made two trips to Africa, trips into British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska....
The baby's name is Shaye Marie Dirks, and she weighed seven pounds, six ounces and was 21 inches long. Her maternal grandparents are Neil and Lecia Fink of Odessa, and her paternal grandparents are Don and Sheryl Dirks of Ritzville. The baby's great-grandparents are Marvin and Marilyn Fink of Odessa and Marge Tebow and the late Lloyd Tebow of Odessa. Shaye's uncle is Brian Fink and aunt and uncle are Ashley and Vinneau....
The Peace Corps today released the 2014 rankings of the top volunteer-producing states and metropolitan areas across the country. Washington ranked number three among states with the highest number of Peace Corps volunteers, with 320 volunteers currently serving worldwide. “Peace Corps volunteers promote a better understanding of Americans around the world by sharing their unique hometown perspective during their service,” Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet said. “As we forge a modern Peace Corps for modern times, we...
The annual Christmas Fest put on by the Odessa Junior Livestock 4-H Club and the many volunteers who helped out last Wednesday, December 3, have once again put on a well-attended local event to kick off the holiday shopping season. Fest coordinator Faye King said the 46 slots available in the community center were filled by 33 vendors (several with double slots) and the Tree of Sharing. Many local small and/or home-based businesses participated in addition to the many vendors...
At its Monday night meeting, the last meeting of 2014, the Odessa Town Council approved its annual budget for 2015, a resolution adopting a fee structure for use of the Old Town Hall and the community commercial kitchen, and another resolution adopting the increased fees for water/sewer/refuse. Police chief Helen Coubra read to the council a letter she had drafted to the state Department of Transportation requesting that the speed limit sign at the eastern town limits be moved back to its prior location east of Hopp Road....
In the Art Room at 7 p.m. December 1 the Harrington Opera House Society met for its annual meeting and election of officers. The election committee, Bunny Haugan and Billie Herron, submitted the names of the present officers as the ballot for this election and allowed the group to add names for consideration. With no additions, the ballot was voted as unanimous acceptance with President Mark Stedman, Vice-President Carol, Secretary Linda Wagner, Co-Treasurers Ed Haugan and...
November 17 found the members of Odessa Lodge No. 156, Free and Accepted Masons conducting their 107th annual installation of officers. Principal officers for the new year are: Dennis Thompson, Master; Jerry Schafer, Senior Warden, Marcus Horak, Junior Warden, Norman Ott, Secretary/Treasurer and Michael Kiesz, Senior Deacon. What do Freemasons do? This oldest fraternity in the world has, through the ages, enjoyed deep and lasting fellowship and friendship within its membership while continually promoting good character and...
Zack Powell, 2010 graduate of Odessa High School and son of Steve and Dr. Linda Powell of Odessa, helped design both the crew module and service module portions of the NASA Orion spacecraft, set to launch Thursday, December 4, at 4 a.m. "I work as part of the design team as a member of the avionics, power and wiring subsystem. Specifically, I work on the wiring harnessing team which is responsible for designing the cables and connectors that tie all of the components of the ve...
