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Wheatland Bank, a locally owned 5-Star bank, is proud to announce the addition of Wheatland Wealth Management, a full-service brokerage and financial planning division of Wheatland Bank offering services throughout Investment Centers of America (ICA), to the Bank’s array of comprehensive business and consumer banking services. Customers of Wheatland Bank, which currently operates 13 branches through eastern and central Washington, will now have access to a wide array of financial products and services, including n...
As part of Pioneer Days in Davenport this coming weekend, Davenport Theatrical’s performances of Arsenic & Old Lace will take place in the Davenport High School auditorium. Incorrect times were listed on the “Schedule” page of the Pioneer Days supplement that was inserted into last week’s issue of The Record. The correct times for the three performances of the play are Thursday, July 18, Friday, July 19, both at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 20, at 2 p.m. There will be no evening performance on Saturday! For additio...
Last week’s issue of The Record incorrectly stated that Justin Hunt had been selected to the all-state basketball team. He has been selected for the all-state baseball team. Due to a transcription error, the date of birth for Parker Ryan Kramer was also incorrect. Parker’s birthday is May 17....
Earlier this year, Tax Foundation released a study detailing the wireless service tax and fee rates in the U.S. The map below shows the state and local tax and fee rates on wireless service. The average state and local rate is 11.36 percent. Oregon has the lowest rate at 1.85 percent and is tailed closely by Nevada at 2.13 percent and Idaho at 2.28 percent. Nebraska has the highest rate at 18.67 percent and is followed closely by Washington at 18.62 percent and New York at 17.85 percent. It is interesting to note what...
Travis Schuh played with his cousin Jolyn Hutsell, sister Rachel Jewell, and brother Corby Schuh....
By TERRI KING Anaheim, Calif. was the destination for 14 students from Odessa High School who competed in the 2013 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference. With the support of the community and the school, it was a trip of a lifetime and an experience we will not forget! With over 9,000 students from around the nation competing in 60 events, competition was tough, but our little high school was quite successful. Odessa students competed in...
Stephanie Holman of Odessa has been awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree, Magna Cum Laude, in Speech Communication from Whitworth University. Located in Spokane, Wash., Whitworth is a private liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian church. The university, which has an enrollment of nearly 3,000 students, offers 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Holman interned last summer at California Disneyland and is hoping to work there full-time in guest relations....
Harrington author David Michaelson has received word that his book for young readers, “Butterfly Dust,” written under the pen name Nubby Grumpins, has made the Summer Recommended Reading List of the Military Writer’s Society of America. The Odessa Record has several copies of the book for sale. That same organization has also given Michaelson the distinction of being named Author of the Month for his latest novel, “Annals of the Element,” which is now available at the Davenport Times offices, Ritzville Art Center and Cow C...
To the students and faculty of our high school: I am your new principal, and honored to be so. There is no greater calling than to teach young people. I would like to apprise you of some important changes coming to our school. I am making these changes because I am convinced that most of the ideas that have dominated public education in America have worked against you, against your teachers and against our country. First, this school will no longer honor race or ethnicity. I could not care less if your racial makeup is...
Stefanie Colby-McQuaig and Lexi Watkins, both of Odessa, have been named to the Dean’s List at Eastern Washington University in Cheney for the spring quarter of 2013....
The final Lady Vikings basketball camp of the summer will be held at Big Bend Community College July 15-18. Lady Vikings’ coach and camp director Preston Wilks will lead a group of current college players to instruct girls in grades 3-9 in the DeVries Activities Center. Activities will last from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Players are divided into groups according to age and skill level. Basketball fundamentals are taught and drilled each day. Players participate in multiple games and contests daily, and a...
Starting in 1990, Spokane's Hoopfest has grown to be the largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament in the world. It is held the last weekend in June and this year 42 city blocks were shut down in order to set up 454 courts. It is estimated that 225,000 fans watched almost 28,000 players play basketball. Players come in from 42 countries to play on about 7,000 teams. It is believed that the second-largest 3-on-3 tournament has only about 1500 teams, so Spokane's Hoopfest is consider...
Knapweed, Dalmatian toadflax, kochia, oh my! What do you do when you need to remove noxious weeds from almost impassable terrain? Just ask Avista Utilities. Bring in the goats! Every year, Avista treats areas around their facilities for noxious, or non-native, weeds that have been identified by county weed boards. In early 2013, during a routine inspection, Spokane County officials identified noxious weeds at Avista’s generating facility in Spokane Valley. While Avista has h...
The Odessa School Board met June 26 to approve summer maintenance projects to be performed while school is not in session. The JRCC Company will paint the exterior of the gymnasium builidng, including the columns which have had peeling paint for some time now. They will also provide a ‘rain cap’ for the columns, so that rain and runoff from the roof are directed away from the columns instead of running down them as it does now. Head custodian Justin Parr reported that the maintenance and custodial staff are busy with several...
The Odessa-Harrington athletic cooperative joint board meeting was held in Harrington June 19. Representing the Odessa Board were chairman Ed Deife, Marcus Horak, Travis Wagner and Joe Schlomer, and representing the Harrington Board were chairman Darren Mattozzi, Linda Mielke, Alan Tanke and Mark Kramer. Also present were Harrington principal Jacob Bang Odessa principal Ken Schutz, Harrington superintendent Mike Perry and Odessa superintendent Suellen White. Mike Perry reported on the winter and spring sports seasons: The...
Farmers who have not reported their 2013 crop acreages yet are nearing the crop reporting deadline of July 15, 2013. Acreage reports are required to participate in many of the programs this office administers, such as DCP, CRP, Price Support Loans and NAP. Please contact this office at 509-754-2463, ext. 2, to make an appointment to certify. Questions? Please contact Greg Anderson, County Executive Director, at 509-754-2463 or email him at greg.andeson@wa.usda.gov. For farm loans, contact FLM Libby Anderson, Farm Loan...
Shelley Leong, a Seattle native, will be job-shadowing Dr. Linda Powell at the clinic and hospital in Odessa until July 12. Leong is a second-year medical student at the University of Washington medical school in Seattle. While pursuing her undergraduate degree in pre-med, Leong took advantage of opportunities for foreign travel programs to enhance medical training. On two separate occasions, she spent a week each time in Honduras and another week in Panama, where she found sa...
The Odessa Aquatic Recreation Center will open this coming Sunday, June 23. The later start to the swim season will allow the pool to be open one week longer in August when the weather is more likely to be nice and hot. Odessa town council member Lois Harp heads the committee that hires the lifeguards, sees to their training and sets the schedule for swim times and lessons. College student Kolby Crossley has been hired as the pool manager, along with two assistants, Kira Powell, also a returning college student, and Carley...
The alumni banquet held last Saturday filled the Odessa Community Center just about to capacity. The event was catered by the Longhorn Restaurant of Spokane. The alumni association now honors six groups of graduates each year, following the adoption of motions made within the past few years to include the 40-year and 60-year groups. In addition to all of the visiting with former classmates, the banquet this year included fundraising for contributions to the alumni scholarship...
By PEARSON BURKE Grain markets moved lower for the week. The Crop Progress Report on Monday, June 10th showed corn plantings at 95% complete nationwide with corn conditions similar to last year at this time. Spring wheat plantings were 87% complete with North Dakota at 77% finished. Winter wheat conditions continue to trail last year's ratings, particularly the Hard Red Winter Wheat crop in the Southern Plains. Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado all have more than 25% of their wheat crop rated very poor. Winter wheat...
More low-income childen in Washington are getting free summer meals that help their families stretch food dollars, although a new report from the Food Research and Action Center )FRAC_ says many more could be served. It says more than 342,000 children get free or reduced-price lunches in Wahington schools, but only about 33,000 recieve free summer meals. One dilema is that summer food is often tied to summer school or other enrichment programs. Crystal FitzSimons, FRAC director of school and out-of-school-time programs, says...
The Washington State Health Care Authority and Department of Social and Health Services announced today that Regence BlueShield and United HealthCare have been declared apparently successful bidders on a project to coordinate Medicare and Medicaide services in Snohomish and King counties beggining next year. HealthPlanWashington has two strategies to improve servies and benefits. Strategy One will begin next month with a series of Health Homes in 37 of the state's 39 counties. Strategy Two begins April 2014 and will focus on...
The Washington Cattlemen’s Association (WCA) applauds the proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the list of threatened and endangered species. The Service will open a 90-day comment period on both proposals seeking additional scientific, commercial and technical information from the public and other interested parties. The comment period will commence upon publication of the proposed rules in the Federal Register. Relevant information received during this c...
The management of gray wolves in Washington could soon be exclusively under state control thanks to a proposal announced today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to end federal protection for the species. While gray wolves statewide are considered endangered under Washington law, the federal Endangered Species Act protects only those in the western two-thirds of the state. Sen. John Smith, R-Colville, said ending federal protections after three decades of nationwide recovery efforts would signal that wolf populations have...
Northwest Farm Credit Services in Spokane is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Scholarship Program; 43 scholarships were given to sons and daughters of Northwest FCS customers and employees in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Eight high school students and three college students from each state were awarded $1,500 scholarships. Three employees’ students received $1,500 scholarships and one $1,500 minority scholarship was awarded. A local winner was Jacob Tanke, the son of Glen Alan and Kelli Tanke of M...
