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As of this week Tuesday, Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center and the Odessa Clinic have converted their record-keeping to an electronic format. The move to computer-based records was prompted in part by incentives offered by the government programs of Medicare and Medicaid, which offered incentives to medical facilities making the transition, said hospital administrator Gary DelForge. The software package alone comes at a cost of $600,000. Necessary hardware and equipment,...
Odessa’s Old Town Hall was the designated site for Republicans of Lincoln County Commissioner District 1 to caucus on March 3. A total of 18 precents were represented at the event. This was the first time Lincoln County had held pooled caucuses by commissioner district. Norman Ott, Area Chairman for District 1, reported that 76 people participated at Old Town Hall, with 27 going for Ron Paul, 22 for Mitt Romney, 17 for Rick Santorum, 8 for Newt Gingrich and 2 undecided. R...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service agency has a portion of its farm loan program funds specifically allocated for minority and women producers announced Judy Olson, State Executive director. "While FSA farm loans are available to all qualified applicants, by setting aside funds specifically for minorities and women, it ensures that they will receive a portion of available funds," said Olson. Loan funds can be used to purchase farms, livestock and equipment. They may also be used to operate the farm, build or...
Everyone has a moral responsibility to report cases of sexual molestation or other severe abuse of children to authorities. Washington State Representative Mary Lou Dickerson (D-Seattle) wants to make it a legal responsibility as well. Dickerson is proposing legislation that would require every adult in Washington to contact a law enforcement agency when they have reasonable grounds to suspect that a child is being severely abused or neglected. “Children are suffering behind curtains of silence as we try to combat serial s...
The Hartline Betterment Organization recently received a $5,000 National Trust Preservation Funds grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The vital funds, allocated from the Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Fund and the Eldridge Campbell Stockton Memorial Fund for Washington, will help support architectural services needed for the next phase of the Historic Hartline School Rehabilitation and Adaptive Reuse Project. The National Trust Preservation Fund grant, together with local matching funds, will support the...
Kramer Schutz, son of Ken and Lea Ann Schutz of Odessa, has been named to the Dean’s List at Carroll College, Helena, Mont., for the fall 2011 semester. Appointment to the Dean’s List at Carroll College requires an average of 3.5 or higher for all courses taken in a semester. Schutz was a 2010 graduate of Odessa High School....
Stan Wills was one of the two gentlemen who came to Reiman Park in Odessa to demonstrate Colonial era clothing and other items, including muskets and coins. Stan Wills, age 60, recently took on a summer project. Half way between Sprague and Harrington on Hwy 23 there stood an old log cabin. The roof had fallen in, and it was about to be torn down and burned. Stan approached the current land owner and asked if he could have it. The land owner agreed, and the project began....
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center employee Karen Carlson had just finished an all-day CPR training session when she had the opportunity to put what she had learned into practice. While eating at a restaurant in Moses Lake, Carlson heard someone choking behind her. The man’s wife was attempting to perform the Heimlich maneuver, but the man collapsed to the floor. Carlson was able to give him chest compressions, and perform a finger sweep of his mouth, after which, she said, h...
Last Wednesday’s severe windstorm raised havoc from one end of town to another. Those of us watching from the safety of our downtown businesses saw hordes of tumbleweeds blowing along First Avenue, with some then swirling down intersecting streets as suction created small whirlwinds off to the side. Garbage cans, their lids and all manner of other debris were swept into other people’s yards, Crab Creek and the surrounding countryside. Two homes on Fourth Avenue lost pine trees...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 2/23/12: White wheat prices held steady even as Chicago futures prices closed lower on Thursday. The value of the dollar was down on the day but that didn’t help grain prices today. Export sales are delayed until tomorrow due to the holiday on Monday but are expected to show good totals for both corn and wheat last week. Spain reportedly bought some more U.S. SRW for feed and there were sales of 4 million bushels to unknown destinations as well recently. L...
Farmers and ranchers interested in the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) can sign up March 12 through April 6. CRP has a 25-year legacy of successfully protecting the nation’s natural resources through voluntary participation, while providing significant economic and environmental benefits to rural communities across Washington state, explained FSA County Executive Director. CRP allows agricultural producers to enroll land in 10- to 15-year contracts that help preserve environmentally sensitive la...
The final discussion at Tuesday’s Chamber of Commerce meeting was about the current condition s of the float and the representatives needed to ride it. “I would pay to have my kid not ride on that float!” was reported as the reaction from many parents. This is not the first time this topic has arisen at Chamber meetings, which has been responsible for funding the float for the past few years. In previous years, young women of the junior class were encouraged to visit downtown businesses to help offset not only the cost of th...
At the February 23, 2012, meeting of the Odessa School Board, board members and administrators heard the concerns of several parents of 5th-grade students. Odessa 5th-graders this year do not have just one 5th-grade teacher in a single classroom. Instead, they have lockers and go to different classrooms for different subjects taught under different teachers, just as junior-high students do. After second-grade teacher Bev Scherr retired a year ago, the administration opted not to hire a replacement and shifted the other...
Town Marshal Mike Wren, who has worked for the Town of Odessa for the past five years, resigned Monday morning, a move that left town officials as well as the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office scrambling to cover the town’s law enforcement needs. In a letter of resignation read to the councilmembers by Mayor Doug Plinski, Wren stated that after 23 years in law enforcement, the last 5 of them in Odessa, he felt it was “time to move on,” and gave February 27 as the effective date for his resignation. Police report Deputy Marshal...
Sunday February 19 brought another large group of shooters and observers to the Marlin Gun Club, where 67 competitors (in 40 squads) took a shot at the standings. Marlin Dave Lang, Doug Starkel and Ken Eckhart all achieved perfect 25s. Shooting 24 were Bill James, Mackenzie Bemis, Jim Schell, Dave Pelham and Dean Moore. Mark Iksic, Travis Iksic, Mike Christ, Ken Thompson and Mark Edwins shot 23. Shooting 22 were Harlan Thrall, Daryl Kimble, Keith Lenssen, Dusty Kimble, Jake...
Whether you love or hate the Canada goose, you would have to admit that the one pictured above looks like the real thing. In 1982, John M. Schmauder completed “The Wonder Deek,” as he titled it on the bottom of the platform bearing his carving, a decoy representating a very lifelike Canada goose. The goose is carved out of sugar pine, a wood particularly favored by woodworkers, according Mark Fulford, the current owner of the goose. Securely mounted on a wooden platform, it...
On February 6, an officer responded to a call about a woman attempting to enter a residence in the 500 block of S. Birch St. A neighbor, who knew the occupant of the house was not home, called in the complaint. When contacted, the woman informed the officer that she wanted to ask the occupant how to season a turkey, and to apologize for past behavior. Officers were able to contact the home’s resident, who stated that he had not seen the woman in several months, and that he believed she had stolen items from his house in t...
House Republicans presented what they call an “all priorities” state budget for the public to review. With less than three weeks left in the legislative session, House Republicans’ budget would fund core state services and take the prospect of a tax increase on the November ballot off the table. Rep. Joel Kretz supports the budget and believes it represents the values and priorities of Washingtonians. “We’ve worked with the majority party up to this point to find common ground on a budget solution that closes the nearly $1...
Washington state has used a combination system with both a primary and a caucus to allocate delegates to the national Republican convention since 1989, after a successful initiative to the legislature in 1988. The Democratic party continued to rely on the caucus system to select their delegates, although Democratic candidates appeared on the primary ballot. This year, the secretary of state and the state legislature decided to cancel the presidential primary due to budgetary considerations. As the largest state to caucus...
This is part 3, the last of a series of articles about the Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) and the studies it has made of area water resources. Part 1 appeared in the January 19 and Part 2 in the February 2 editions of The Record. What happens now that the GWMA has created its hydrologic model and mapped many of the groundwater sources? Does the project stop here? GWMA project managers hope not, because there are still a lot of questions to be answered. The hydrologic...
This week is National FFA Week, and as it does every year at this time, The Odessa Record, with the support of the Odessa and Harrington communities, salutes the high-school and eighth-grade students who dedicate themselves to this extra-curricular activity at their respective schools. Their advisor Erica Whitmore holds half-time positions at both schools, a situation that keeps her very busy and very often driving on the well-traveled road between the two schools. Through FFA, young people learn practical approaches to the...
County Commissioner Dennis Bly attended Tuesday’s Chamber of Commerce meeting, where he presented Lindsy Starkel, Deutschesfest Food Chairman, with official notification of a $10,000 grant from the Lincoln County Commissioners to be used for economic development. The fund is generated from a portion of the county’s excise taxes. The community kitchen project was one of several in the county which received funding. Chamber members went on to vote in a slate of officers and boa...
The Odessa Branch of Bank of America is proud to announce that Rebecca Maddock has been promoted to the position of Banking Center Manager as of February 6, 2012. Maddock has been employed with Bank of America since December of 2004. She has enjoyed her job working for The Odessa Branch and is looking forward to the next step in her career. Prior to working for Bank of America, she worked for Odessa Office Equipment and Denny’s Foods. She has spent most of her life in L...
Town Marshal Mike Wren presented the 2011 year end report at Monday night’s Town Council meeting. Wren and Deputy Marshal Bryce Peterson responded to 233 calls for service in 2011, up from 211 in 2010. Criminal citations were up from 15 in 2010 to 17 in 2011, and infractions issued were up from 16 to 22. There were five felony arrests during the last year, including charges of Assault 3, Theft 2 (theft of a motor vehicle), two sexual assaults, residential burglary and possession of methamphetamine. According to Wren, the A...
Just over $2,000 was raised for the Community Center Kitchen Remodel project at the Valentine's Day-themed fund-raising dinner held last Friday evening. The event was sponsored by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce and the Odessa High School FBLA. The evening began with a social hour and an opportunity for community members to view the kitchen equipment already purchased by the Chamber of Commerce. When the dinner was ready to be served, guests were welcomed by Kim King and by FBLA representatives Carley Williams and Jacob...
