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Two months ago, when a contract was signed between the Lincoln County Economic Development Council and the Community Colleges of Spokane to bring a technology seminar to Lincoln County on January 12, several established banquets and meetings were not considered. So as not to interfere with these events, the date has been changed to Thursday, February 9. The seminar will take place at 6 p.m. at Davenport Memorial Hall and is free and open to the public. The focus will be on the evolving use of smart phones, tablets, websites...
Donald H. Evavold, Tacoma, died January 4, 2012. Arrangements are pending. A full obituary will appear next week....
Sue Lani Madsen, architect, rancher, writer and political activist from Edwall had this to say about the new boundaries of Washington’s legislative districts: Lincoln County has been moved to the 13th Legislative District, joining most of Grant County and all of Kittitas in a district stretching from the Spokane County line to Snoqualmie Pass with each county in a different Congressional District. Kind of looks like a salamander. It will be an interesting district to work with for the next ten years. Still thinking about w...
Odessa had much to be thankful for in 2011. A couple of new businesses opened, and the biodiesel plant resumed production when a new management/investment team came on board. The grocery store underwent a change of ownership, with the new owners introducing many upgrades and repairs. A month-by-month summary of the year’s activities follows. January The new year opened on an optimistic note when the town’s newest business venture opened its doors Saturday, January 1, 201...
Grant County Sheriff Tom Jones today shared the following information regarding the search for missing Moses Lake area resident Dan Toya, who went missing Friday, December 23. Also missing is Toya’s 10-month-old golden retriever, Molly. Molly had accompanied Toya, and it is believed they were still together on a walk near Samson’s Beach. The dog was wearing a reflective red-orange collar and may also have been connected to a chain leash. A side-scanning sonar boat from Boi...
According to a press release from Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers, Lincoln County has been experiencing an increased number of residential burglaries throughout the county. On December 21, at least two burglaries occurred during daylight hours, one within Davenport city limits and another was reported a short time later in the county northeast of Odessa. In the past several weeks Adams County has been experiencing a burglary/theft spree in their northern borders to the sout...
Meeting for the last time in 2011, the Odessa School Board met December 21 and unanimously approved resolutions to run a General Fund Maintenance and Operation Levy on February 14, 2012 for the same $698,000 as the retiring levy it will replace; and at the same time to run a Capital Projects Fund Levy of $110,00 which is also a replacement for the current levy. Due to an increase in property values within the district, the levy amounts have gone down from $4.03 to $3.98 per...
Christmas night, as folks were winding down from their holiday cheer and food and gifts, the infamous narco-burglars struck for the third time at Odessa Drug, the pharmacy/gift shop owned by Odessa resident Ted Bruya. Apparently, they were again after drugs, because that was primarily what was taken. A complete inventory has not yet been completed however. The burglars broke through the front door again this time, as they had during the first incident in March of 2008. The...
The Odessa Town Marshal’s office has requested that residents of Odessa be reminded that dog licenses are due for renewal as of January 1, 2012. Most dog owners receive reminders printed on the town-generated utility bills. Here are a few facts about Odessa’s animal control policy that residents may not be aware of: All dogs residing within the corporate limits of the town are required to have a license. Current license fees are $10 per animal. There are exemptions for official police dogs, government-owned facilities and...
Pacific Coast Canola, a subsidiary of Legumex Walker Inc. (TSX: LWP), has announced that it has begun hiring for its canola crushing plant currently under construction in Warden. The plant is expected to commence operations in early 2013, but the company is looking to bring aboard key personnel in early 2012 to participate in the construction phase of the project and to establish the plant’s operating procedures. The first six positions posted are: • Production manager • Environmental health and safety manager &...
Washington’s minimum wage increases 37 cents to $9.04 an hour beginning January 1, 2012. Washington's minimum wage applies to workers in all industries, including agriculture, although 14- and 15-year-olds may be paid 85 percent of the adult minimum wage, or $7.68 an hour. The Department of Labor & Industries adjusts the state’s minimum wage each year in September as required by Initiative 688, which Washington state voters approved in 1998. The initiative requires the state to adjust the minimum wage according to the cha...
Cattle Producers of Washington (CPoW) with the aid of a price break from Yoke’s Fresh Markets, purchased 500 pounds of “Product of USA” Lean Ground Beef valued at over $2,000. The beef was delivered to the Moses Lake Food Bank on December 16 by CPoW vice-president Dave Dashiell. It was crucial to CPoW that the donation be American lean beef for the receiving families, not only to support local ranchers, but to provide the most nutritious, healthiest beef to those in need. A three-ounce serving of lean beef is a superb source...
Darin Reppe, athletic director for the Odessa-Harrington athletic cooperative, was the recipient of the 2010-2011 Athletic Director of the Year award at last Friday night’s basketball games played in Harrington. Each year the Northeast 1B District, consisting of the Panorama and Bi-County Leagues, chooses an Athletic Director of the Year. Steve Jantz, athletic director at the Wilbur School District, made the award on behalf of the NE 1B District. Reppe was chosen for his o...
The Odessa and Harrington school districts, their combined athletic programs and the O-H Athletic Booster Club purchased Titan banners dedicated to the memory of Merlin K. Jantz. Jantz died September 10 of this year at his home near Odessa at the age of 83. He was a lifelong resident of the Odessa and Harrington areas. He began school in Harrington, later on going to Odessa and graduating from Odessa High in 1946. His classmate from the class of ‘46, Norma Carlson, became h...
On Friday, R-CALF USA commented on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS') proposed rule titled Traceability for Livestock Moving Interstate (proposed rule). In its 41-page comment supported by 27 exhibits, R-CALF USA urged USDA-APHIS (APHIS) to immediately withdraw the proposed rule and to, instead, proceed in a cooperative effort with states, tribes and individual livestock producers to develop best practices guidelines. The group states that states and tribes could...
Gov. Chris Gregoire and the Washington State Department of Commerce today announced that help is on the way for our state’s small businesses seeking new sources of financing to grow and create jobs. Commerce was recently awarded $19.7 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury to launch the Washington Small Business Credit Initiative – three new programs designed to spur investment and lending to businesses throughout the state. “About 95 percent of Washington businesses are small businesses, and they need help right now t...
The Washington State Patrol reported that on December 19, 2011, the Reardan town marshall was involved in a shooting at the Reardan cemetery. Just after 11 a.m., the Town Marshall contacted a suspicious vehicle that was parked in the cemetery. During the initial contact, shots were exchanged between a male suspect and the town marshall. The male suspect is deceased at the scene, and the town marshall was not injured. The critical incident protocol was invoked by the Lincoln County Sheriff, and the Spokane Investigative...
Mark King, certified physician’s assistant (PA-C) at the Odessa Clinic, has given notice that he has accepted a position in Ruidoso, New Mexico. In fact, he will be returning to the town he left when he moved his family to Odessa a few years ago after accepting a job offer at the Odessa Clinic. His wife, Kim King, told The Record that Mark had received an offer “out of the blue” from the doctor he had formerly worked with in Ruidoso. That doctor had been in the process of se...
There are still class openings for winter quarter at Big Bend Community College. College officials report students can still enroll in math, science, history, social science and English classes. Winter quarter instruction begins January 4, 2012. Last fall, nearly all classes were filled to capacity and there were long waiting lists. Contact BBCC Counseling at 793-2061/793-2035....
In early December, Jason and Danielle Scrupps, Ritzville, Wash., participated in the CHS New Leader Institute in Minneapolis, Minn. The young producer program is organized by CHS Inc., the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative. The Scruppses represented AgVentures NW, LLC, Odessa, Wash., at the CHS New Leader Institute, held in conjunction with the CHS Annual Meeting. The Scruppses were among 130 participants from 14 states. Participants were nominated by their local cooperative or a producer organization. During the t...
Odessa’s town council voted to approve a budget of $1,579,553 at their December 12 meeting. Council members have been working on the budget for approximately three months. Mayor Doug Plinski distributed a letter from Okanogan County, providers of Odessa’s senior meals program. The letter stated that, due to reductions in funding and declining attendance at the meals, the program would be reduced to two days per week beginning in 2012. Okanogan County requested the council to...
Based on the numbers, Christmas Fest 2011 was even more successful than last year’s event. A total of 275 people signed in at the door to be eligible for the 32 available door prizes (see box for winners’ names). Names of winners were drawn throughout the day. In 2010, 216 had signed in for a chance at one of 20 prizes. There may have been others who visited but did not bother to sign in, but the number was nevertheless a good indicator of the crowd size. Of the 32 door pri...
The Risk Management Agency reminds producers of winter and spring sales closing dates for the Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) programs, the Adjusted Gross Revenue Pilot (AGR) available in select Northwest counties, and the Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite (AGR-Lite) programs available throughout the Pacific Northwest. AGR and AGR-Lite cover most farm-raised crops, animals, and animal products. Upcoming regional sales closing dates: January 31, 2012. Final date to obtain or change AGR insurance in select counties in Idaho,...
Stephen McFadden of Ritzville has been appointed to the Big Bend Community College Board of Trustees by Washington Governor Chris Gregoire. McFadden is the publisher/owner of the Ritzville Adams County Journal. He has been a print journalist since 1985 and is a past President of the Washington Newspapers Publishers’ Association. He has also been president of the Ritzville Chamber of Commerce and served on the Adams County Development Council. Trustee Katherine Kenison stepped down November 30 after serving 13 years on the B...
Odessa/Harrington’s boys and girls basketball teams get to be the home team while playing in the Big Bend Community College gym during the Ryan Floch Memorial Basketball Games next Tuesday, December 13. The Floch Memorial games are a home-and-away series alternating between Odessa/Harrington and BBCC. The gate receipts and donations go to the Ryan Floch Memorial Scholarship, which supports student athletes graduating from “Class B” high schools in Eastern Washington. The Odessa/Harrington varsity teams will host St. John-...
