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Last week Thursday night, or perhaps in the wee hours of Friday morning (night of July 28-29), thieves once again (The Record reported on an earlier break-in at Odessa Drug in March of 2008) broke into Odessa Drug, making off with all of the narcotic painkillers they could find, as well as about $200 in cash, said owner Ted Bruya. Two whole shelves inside the pharmacy were emptied. “They took everything that started with “hydro” or “oxy,” said store employee Megan Clark, “e...
The waves of grain have begun to fall to the combine-harvester’s sickle. The wheat harvest began last Monday with the first load of wheat hauled to the Ruff elevator of the Odessa Trading Co./Ritzville Warehouse. Mark Cronrath, grain manager at OTC, says the wheat coming in has been nice and dry, with tests showing a range of 10 down to 8.2 for moisture content. Dryland wheat, he said, has been running from the high 50s to the low 70s in terms of bushels to the acre. No i...
With completion of the GWMA groundwater model, identifying solutions begins with the launch of two new modeling projects to assess municipal groundwater supplies and identify sustainable wells along the east low canal. For the past two years, the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area (GWMA) has been developing a sophisticated computational groundwater model of the four Columbia Basin counties. This year the state appropriated $1.0 million for GWMA “to use the model to help answer critical questions about groundwater s...
A $1,000 grand prize is being offered to the last poet standing in a free contest sponsored by the Celestial Arts Society. There are 50 prizes in all totaling $5,000. Poems of 21 lines or fewer on any subject and in any style will be judged by the contest director Dr. James Cameron. “I encourage poets to send in the poem they’re most proud of” he says. “I know this contest will produce exciting discoveries!” Entries must be received by August 31, and may be submitted by mail to Free Poetry Contests, 221 N. Central Ave. #228...
IEO is back in business. That was the theme of the open house held at the plant last Thursday, July 21, with company employees serving sausages and hot dogs, potato salad and baked beans to anyone who cared to come. Joel Edmonds and Wally Kempe of the new management firm overseeing operations were both present and shared the duties of cooking and leading tours through the plant. Pearson Burke also led many of the tours, and as the employee with the longest tenure, was well...
Nick Campbell, a 2010 graduate of Odessa High School, has died in a tragic boating accident on Lake Roosevelt last Saturday, July 23. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), with help from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, the National Park Service and the Colville Tribe, was able to recover Campbell’s body Tuesday afternoon from very deep water, said LCSO Undersheriff Kelly Watkins. Watkins was working Saturday and was on a Sheriff’s Office boat with other LCSO de...
The man suspected of kidnapping and raping a 19-year-old Moses Lake woman was captured this week Tuesday, thanks to tips from the public. On Monday, July 25, Grant County Major Crimes Detectives had asked the public for help identifying the man responsible for the kidnapping and rape of a Moses Lake woman. The 19-year-old victim, a student at Big Bend Community College, told authorities that at around 10 a.m. Monday she was walking to her car in a BBCC parking lot, when she was confronted by a man with a knife. That suspect...
Rural Odessa fire chief Roger Sebesta, Town of Odessa fire chief Don Strebeck and more than 20 other area firefighters responded to a blaze that started north of Marlin Monday and quickly spread to cover about 2,000 to 2,500 acres of mostly sagebrush-covered pasture, plus some wheat fields. One structure was also lost to the flames, a machine shed belonging to Marlin farmer Ron Lesser, along with all of the equipment stored in it. In all, 11 vehicles fought the wind-whipped...
The runway expansion project at Odessa’s airport continues to be a challenge, with “two steps forward and three back,” according to Odessa Mayor Doug Plinski. The FAA representative assigned to the project has requested another environmental assessment regarding the building of roads. This request forces the town to return to the planning stage at a point where the town was ready to begin the implementation phase. Public works Odessa fire chief Don Strebeck and rural fire chief and public works director Roger Sebesta were...
The Upper Crab Creek/Wilson Creek Water Resource Inventory Area, also known as WRIA 43, is taking a temporary break until questions of funding are resolved, said WRIA 43 Chairman Sue Lani Madsen. “We want to keep the planning unit viable,” said Madsen. “It would be a shame to discard all of the time contributed by local volunteers, not to mention the state funds spent. Think of it as an intermittent stream during a drought – the stream is still there, just waiting to be refilled at the right time.” The WRIA 43 watershed...
WRIA 43’s Watershed Resource Management Group (WRMG, the Phase 4 name for the Water Resource Inventory Area process) reached a general consensus to pursue the following goals as funding becomes available. Goals are listed in no particular order and represent areas to emphasize in educational efforts and information outreach to Lincoln County landowners and managers: WRMG Goals Group 1 – Livestock, Streams and Grazing • Provide assistance to riparian grazing training scheduled for 2012 by working on any preparatory wor...
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds producers of important 2012 crop year Federal crop insurance sales closing dates and changes for 2012 crop year for fall planted crops. Expansion of multi-peril crop insurance Winter coverage for the Barley Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) program was added for Idaho (Ada, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, Jerome, Minidoka and Twin Falls counties) and Washington (Asotin County). Barley and dry pea winter protection Winter coverage for Austrian Winter Dry Peas in Benewah County, Idaho is also a...
Registration for Odessa Parent Preschool Co-op is set for Monday, August 1, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Odessa Grade School. If you have a child who will be attending the Odessa preschool in the fall, please come to the registration meeting....
The new owners and managers of the Odessa grocery store have written the following message to the members of the Odessa community: “With over 100 years of combined grocery and customer-service experience, Bob and Bonnie Dewey, owners, and Jeff and Debbie Norris, managers, are excited to become a part of the Odessa community by presenting you with ‘Odessa Foods.’ We all come from small communities and know how important it is to be able to provide our customers with excellent c...
Orlando, Florida was the destination for 17 students from Odessa High School who competed in the 2011 National Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Conference. The support of the community and the school made it the trip of a lifetime and an experience they will not soon forget! With over 8,000 students from around the nation in attendance, competition was tough, but our little high school was one of the most successful. Odessa students competed in six different events,...
The Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution can trace their ancestors back to someone who lived in the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War period. Two of those descendants visited Odessa last week Wednesday to talk about U.S. history and the life and times of the colonists. One of the two was former Odessa resident Gale Palmer (a history teacher at Odessa High School who lost his wife and two of his three children in the...
Les and Carolyn Goetz of Marlin are very proud grandparents who are anxious to share some good news with the readers of The Record. Their two grandsons Kameron and Jared Goetz are performing in musical theater this summer. In March the boys auditioned for parts in The Sound of Music being performed by the Leavenworth Summer Theater. They were offered the roles of Friedrich and Kurt, the two Von Trapp boys. They are part of a split cast. They participate with a separate set of...
In order to receive or retain Farm Service Agency (FSA) program payments, farmers and ranchers must have an adjusted gross income verification consent form on file with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) according to Jeff Lust, FSA County Executive Director. “FSA is still missing the required consent forms from any producers for 2009 and 2010,” Lust said. “In order to avoid an interruption of program payments, farmers and ranchers need to check their business records and turn these forms in the IRS immediately.” These f...
The Lincoln County Economic Development Council has announced that free Microsoft Training is available from its partners at WorkSource. Those wanting to improve their skills in Word, Excel, Outlook or PowerPoint, will have an opportunity to do it right now for free. The Washington State Employment Security Department has contracted with Microsoft to bring free e-classes to anyone who wants to improve their skills in order to get a job or to advance in the job they have. There are five learning plans and over 1,000 different...
Lincoln County farmers and ranchers have until July 29, 2011 to apply for assistance for 2009 crop losses under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program, according to CED Jeff Lust. The program provides crop disaster assistance payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred crop production or quality losses. “USDA wants to ensure that all eligible producers are aware of the approaching deadline,” said CED Lust. “SURE covers producers on farms in disaster counties that incurred crop produ...
Odessa’s local grocery, Denny’s Foods, has been sold to new owners who are assuming ownership this week. Kathy and Denny McDaniel decided to sell the Odessa store and concentrate on their other store in Medical Lake. Kathy also told The Record that she was looking forward to doing some other, unspecified things with the time she will save by not having to oversee the store in Odessa. She and Denny will also concentrate all of their effort on their Medical Lake store The new ow...
Public Works Tourist Park A concrete curb in Odessa’s tourist park that has deteriorated to the point that it is a crumbling ruin, will be removed by a contracted work crew. The crew will also install a handicapped-accessible ramp leading up to the covered pavilion. Council member Lynn Schmidt suggestion that a sidewalk should be installed along the road beside the tourist park, because it is the main avenue for kids walking to park and pool all summer long. Mayor Doug Plinski said that there may not be enough money in the b...
The Rolling Thunder Saloon has applied for and received a special liquor license allowing it to have a designated seating area for minors and their families or guardians. The minors must be 13 years of age or older to enter the saloon on their own. Those under 13 must be accompanied by a parent or a sibling or sitter over the age of 13. Minors will be allowed inside the saloon from the saloon’s specified opening hour until 11 p.m. The latter time will soon change to 9 p.m., but for now it remains 11 p.m. This change in the l...
Odessa’s Chamber of Commerce heard a proposal from the Odom Corporation, which has been the beer distributor providing beverages to the Biergarten at Deutschesfest for the past five years., after purchasing the previous supplier. The company was invited to give a presentation after chamber members heard a June proposal from Midway Beverage of Moses Lake, which would like to obtain the Fest account. Chamber president Marlon Schafer said that ultimately the decision should be made by biergarten chair Ted Bruya, but Bruya was o...
The 41st annual convention of Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS) will be held at The Davenport Hotel & Tower in Spokane from July 20 to July 24, 2011. The library and bookstore will be open on Wednesday, July 20, and a city tour is planned for that day as well as a dinner cruise that evening on nearby Lake Coeur d’Alene. Opening ceremonies begin Thursday morning, followed by a variety of workshops on genealogy, history, cultural cooking and programs relating to today’s technology in using DNA. Visit the Web site at h...
