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Kurt Wolsborn and Brandi Simpson were married in Boise, Idaho, on March 10, 2012. Brandi is the daughter of Jan and the late Steve Simpson, of Blackfoot, Idaho. Kurt is the son of Myrna and the late Tom Wolsborn, of Odessa, Washington. Janet Heimbigner, of Odessa, is Kurt's grandmother. Brandi's grandmothers are Gene King, of Pacatello, Idaho, and Shirley Simpson, of Blackfoot, Idaho. The couple is living in Meridian, Idaho....
As primary election ballots hit mailboxes, the League of Women Voters of Washington announces the launch of the nonpartisan election resource VOTE411.org. This "one-stop-shop" for statewide election information provides simple, helpful tools to help Washington voters navigate the state's voting process. "Candidate information, voting tips, voter registration and much more are available at your fingertips," said Linnea Hirst, Co-President. "You can enter your address, see everything that will be on your ballot, and easily...
After 25 years of sorting and distributing the U.S. Mail in the town of Marlin, Leah Correia will be free to do as she wishes every day between 9 and 1:30. Correia, the daughter of Ed and Elva Batterman, was raised and educated in Wilson Creek, where she graduated from high school in 1968. Correia did not work for the postal service prior to being hired as postmaster. She was interviewed for the position in 1987, and was “hired right off the street” to manage the Marlin post o...
Wild and wooly weather has been keeping farmers and everyone else off balance this summer. Some summers, most of them actually, mean high temperatures of 90 degrees or more every day and absolutely no rain until September (okay, maybe one mid-summer thunderstorm). But the weather pattern has been very different this year, and many farmers are nervous. Rains in early June can mean an extra good wheat crop, with full kernels of good quality. But it can often also mean having to...
Your hometown museum is now open every Sunday afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. and has been since Memorial Day. It is important for the Odessa Historical Society and the town itself for residents as well as visitors to stop in and see the new and reorganized exhibits that the members of the society work so hard to make pleasing and interesting. Bring the kids and show them how things looked and worked in former times. The museum has a scale where you can weigh yourself for a penny...
Area students named to the President’s List for the spring quarter at Big Bend Comunity College are Mackenze Bemis, Aron Mills and Mandy Smith, all of Odessa. Students must earn a 3.75 or better grade-point average (GPA) to be named to the President’s List. The Vice President’s List contains students who have earned a 3.33 to 3.74 GPA. Area students on the VP’s List are Natalie Fish, Austyn Kagele, Nelda Reyes, and Jeanette Samuel, all of Odessa and Lucio Chavez and Natalie Garrett of Wilson Creek....
The Odessa Friends of the Library are inviting families to meet in Reiman Park Monday, July 23, at 6 p.m. The Friends will pass out reading certificates and prizes and celebrate with the participants in the culmination of the six-week reading program. Children are invited to bring a book, a blaknet, a parent or grandparent and enjoy the summer evening together. It is a family night, and all are invited to participate. Cassie Nixon, president of the Friends group, and Jen Samuels have planned and implemented the Summer...
VFW Post #7395 has sold its building, located at the southeast corner of First Avenue and Division Street in downtown Odessa. Frank and Marcus Horak are purchasing the building and will be moving their Odessa Auto Parts (NAPA) store to that location. According to Marcus Horak, the renters who currently have storefronts on First Avenue will be able to stay right where they are. The NAPA store entrance will be on Division Street, where the entrance to the VFW hall is located. Plans are being made to install windows or perhaps e...
At Monday night’s Town Council meeting, Mayor Doug Plinski administered the oath of office to Odessa’s new Chief of Police, Helen Coubra, who comes to the town from the Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s office, where she served as Deputy Sheriff. Once she had taken her oath, Coubra administered the Police Officer’s oath to Bryce Peterson, then gave a brief summary of her law enforcement career. Coubra began her law enforcement career in 1986, and said that her first signifi...
San Antonio, Texas was the destination for 18 students from Odessa High School who competed in the 2012 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference. With the support of the Odessa community and the school, the students were able to make the trip of a lifetime. It was an experience we will not forget! More than 8,000 students from around the nation competed in 60 different events. Competition was tough, but our little high school was quite...
On July 3, the management firm that has operated Inland Empire Oilseeds for the past year, known as 1138, LLC, acquired 75 percent of the company from the original investment group that got the plant up and running. That group (consisting of the Odessa Union Warehouse Cooperative, Reardan Grain Growers, Reardan Seed, Greenstar, Michael Dunlap and Avista) retains ownership of the remaining 25 percent. Joel Edmonds remains the general manager, the same position he assumed when...
Citing personal reasons, Odessa Public Works Director Roger Sebesta has resigned from his position, effective July 6. When asked about his future plans, Sebesta said that he does not yet know what he will do in terms of work or retirement. He said he has enough accrued sick leave and vacation time that he will not have to make that decision immediately. Assistant director Jerry Monroe has moved up into the director’s position, and the town is advertising for a third employee to join Monroe and Rod Webster on the town c...
Leaping Lizards! Thirteen, yes 13, young ladies will grace the Davenport Theatrical stage in the summer 2012 production of Annie on July 13, 14, 20 and 21 at the Davenport High School theater. Based on the beloved comic strip that debuted in 1924, this Tony-award-winning musical is a delightfully heart-warming tale of the Depression-era orphan girl who finds happiness with a grouchy millionaire. One of Broadway’s longest running shows ever, Annie is a big-hearted musical f...
Jim Kershner, whose recent article in the Spokesman Review featured the Harrington Opera House and BankBlock, will be presenting a Humanities Washington program entitled, “Two Extraordinary Lives in the Inland Northwest: Carl Maxey and Chief Moses.” This free event will be held on Friday, July 13 at 7 p.m. in the Opera House auditorium. Kershner is a well-known author, historian and journalist in Spokane and is a staff historian for HistoryLink.org, an online Encyclopedia of...
The Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundaiton recently awarded a $15,000 grant to the Hartline Betterment Organization, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. The vital funds will help support the completion of capital improvements for the Historic Hartline School Rehabilitation and Adaptive Reuse Project. The timely grant award, combined with additional funding assistance, will allow the HBO to proceed with planned exterior masonry repairs on the Hartline School. The charitable...
The Odessa School Board met Wednesday, June 27, 2012, to learn from Superintendent Suellen White that the open high school science teacher position being vacated by Jeff Wehr is still unfilled. High hopes that the early start to the hiring process would quickly lead to the selection of a replacement are now fading to concern, as five candidates have been offered the position only to have them opt for other positions elsewhere. In other personnel issues, the hiring of Frances Liner, Jennifer Swartz and Nancy Glines as...
The Odessa High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America sent 16 students to the national FBLA conference in San Antonio, Texas this summer, and the Chapter, as a whole, won first place for its Partnership with Business presentation. The group worked on a program with the 2nd Harvest Food Bank to provide backpacks filled with weekend take-home food for needy youngsters in area communities. Also competing very well and coming in second in the category of Business...
High-school-age youths will return to Eastern Washington roadsides this week to clean up litter tossed by motorists. Teens aged 14 to 17 will work this summer along roadsides near Chewelah, Clarkston, Colville, Ephrata, Inchelium, Moses Lake, Othello, Pasco, Pullman, Republic, Ritzville, Spokane, Walla Walla and Wilbur. The last time crews cleaned up litter in the Walla Walla vicinity was in 1998 because of the active local participation in the Department of Transportation’s “Adopt a Highway” program. But that parti...
Several parents of spring 2012 college graduates from Odessa and its nearest neighboring towns submitted photos and information on their children’s progress. The official results have now also been released by Washington State University and are included below, regardless of whether prior articles have appeared in The Record about any given student. Honors earned by students are listed as follows: summa cum laude for a cumulative grade point average of 3.90 or better, magna cum laude for a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.70 b...
The Washington State Association of Head Start and ECEAP (WSA) has been awarded a two-year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to provide financial literacy training and asset building for parents who have children enrolled in Head Start and ECEAP. By partnering with the Washington Asset Building Coalition and the Washington State Department of Commerce, this innovative approach will be integrated into WSA’s Parent Ambassadors Program which provides high quality peer-to-peer leadership and advocacy training to 25 low-incom...
I was inside the Supreme Court yesterday when Chief Justice Roberts announced the Court’s historic ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act. As a mom of two young children, a wife who helps balance the family budget, and someone who helped run a family-owned small business, I am disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision – especially on the individual mandate, which is a dangerous expansion of government power. The health care law that passed Congress over the will of th...
Much of Monday night’s town council meeting dealt with the June 19 vandalism of Odessa’s public pool, which was originally scheduled to open Thursday, June 21. Sometime early the previous Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, someone threw a container of red dye into the pool that was later identified as the dye that is added to diesel fuel before it is sold. Because the additive can irritate the skin, the pool had to be drained and cleaned, delaying its opening from June 21 to...
In order to facilitate greater input from the public and key stakeholders, including industry and public health groups, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced that it is extending the public comment period for a proposed rule to require companies to publicly disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations on federal and Indian lands. Notice of the 60-day extension, which resets the comment deadline for Sept. 10, 2012, is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on Tuesday, June 26....
As a result of our most recent Washington State Department of Health Survey, Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center must be protected throughout the facility by an approved, supervised, automatic sprinkler system. Because it is an older facility, OMHC has been grandfathered in over the years. Now, however, it has become a requirement for us to ensure that the automatic sprinkler system is installed throughout the facility. Currently, most of the facility has adequate automatic sprinkler systems installed. The north wing of the hos...
The Odessa School Board met June 19 to consider an offer to purchase the old bus barn. The Odessa Trading Company’s offer of the district’s minimum asking price of $57,000 was accepted by unanimous vote of the board. The board discussed three bids it had received for the construction of two different sizes of a new storage facility for the district’s vehicles. The bid from Johnson Brothers Construction was accepted for erection of a 50' x 72' free-standing pole structure attached to the grandstand. The board asked for chang...
