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ODESSA – At Odessa Jr.-Sr. High School, a student must have a grade-point average of 3.50-4.00 to be on the honor roll, and honorable mention requires a grade-point average of 3.25-3.49. Grade values are based on the state transcript requirements and are as follows: A=4.0, A-=3.7, B+=3.3, B=3.0, B-= 2.7, C+=2.3, C=2.0, C-=1.7, D+=1.3, D=1.0, F=0.0. High school Six OHS seniors achieved a 4.0 grade-point average: Kaya Curo, Tim DeWulf, Nicholas Larson, Jett Nelson, Maddie Scrupps and Pilot Weishaar. Joining them on the honor r...
ODESSA – Odessa School Superintendent Dan Read reported that the district had a spike in positive COVID cases over the past two weeks, with a total of 14 positive cases. The district therefore returned to remote learning for students in grades 6-12 from Wednesday, May 19, to a return date of Tuesday, May 25. The district continues to be in daily contact with the local health department and to monitor cases, illnesses and known exposures within the school system, he said. Read reported a student count of 202.58 full-time e...
WARDEN – A new pump station seven miles northeast of the city will provide irrigation water to nearly 10,500 acres of farmland. The EL 47.5 station was dedicated Thursday afternoon, May 27. About 50 people attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, was among several state lawmakers who helped secure funding for the $20.8 million project. Dye represents the 9th Legislative district, which includes Adams, Asotin, Franklin, Garfield, Whitman and part of S...
SOAP LAKE – Masquers Theater is back, as director Jesse Huntwork presents the first show in over a year! The reopening features Noel Coward's comedy "Present Laughter"! This lighthearted comedy is about an aging actor (Greg Becker) who is the star of the London theatrical scene at the height of his fame and adored by many. He is besieged by the demands of his estranged wife (Rosalee Chamberlain), women who want to seduce him and a crazed playwright. But when his best friend’s wife (Zhane Serrano) forgets her house key, dis...
The Record HARRINGTON –Harrington's Ninth Annual Car Show will be held Saturday, May 15, 2021, in honor of its founder, Allen Barth, who passed away in 2017. This car show has continued to grow yearly due to the generous donations from its sponsors. Sponsors for this year's event include: The Studebaker Garage, CONAGSCO, Wild Hair Salon, Leonardson's Engineering, Wilcox5555, Harrington Lions Club, The Post and Office, Circle H Ranch, Ott Insurance, Duck Lake Farms, Wagner Financial Strategies, Scott and Celeste Miller, H...
CHEWELAH – April 23, the Tigers competed at District #7 1B Meet #2 at Jenkins High School in Chewelah. The Odessa girls finished in second place with 58 points to Valley Christian’s 143. The other teams participating and their scores were Selkirk (Ione) 56, Republic 47, Columbia (Hunters) 42, Wellpinit 38, Mary Walker 33, Wilbur-Creston 30, Curlew 19, Tekoa-Rosalia 14 and Harrington 7. The Odessa boys placed seventh, with the other teams and scores being Valley Christian147.5, Wilbur-Creston 78.5, Republic 78, Tek...
ODESSA – The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library on Wednesday, April 28, at 6 p.m. The meeting was also available via ZOOM. The board also held a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the 2021-2022 budget and staffing. Present were board members Ed Deife, Janie Steward, Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Carmen Weishaar, Superintendent Dan Read, Principal Jamie Nelson, Assistant Business Manager Staci Claassen, Operations Supervisor Justin Parr and Athletic D...
ODESSA – During the past month, members of the Odessa High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America completed their projects, submitted videos and then competed virtually at the Washington State FBLA winter conference that was held last week, reports Terri King faculty advisor to the group. Odessa students receiving awards for their presentations at the conference included the team of Maddie Scrupps, Collin Martin and Hayden Schuh, who took first place for their L...
ODESSA – There was no quilt show this year, but the Fronen Steppdecker, Odessa Quilt Club nevertheless held the drawing for the "Savanah Afternoon" quilt shown here. On Saturday afternoon, Kyle Tebow drew the winning ticket from a bucket held by club member Laura Estes. The winner is Mary Overmyre of Downs, Wash. The 2022 quilt top is constructed and is on the way to be machine quilted, says Estes, and plans are underway to resume in-person quilt shows April 29-30 of next y...
Three Odessa High School graduates, Colton Hunt, Brady Walter and Camden Weber, have been placed on the Eastern Washington University Dean's List, which is released after every fall, winter and spring quarter. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours and receives a grade-point average of 3.5 or better is placed on the Dean's List....
ODESSA – The Odessa chapter of the National Honor Society said good-bye to four graduating seniors at a ceremony held at the school on Monday, April 19: Pilot Weishaar, Madeline Scrupps, Tim DeWulf and Kaya Curo. Nine new members were selected for induction into the chapter this year: Kaya Curo, Alyssa Mckinney, Charleigh Cornett, Daeton Deife, Kaytlyn Shafer, Grace Nelson, Ashlyn Neilsen, Laela Hardung and Gage Starkel. “We are very proud to recognize these outstanding members of our student body,” said Lindsy Stark...
ODESSA – The annual wine-tasting, microbrew sampling and auctions of the Odessa Healthcare Foundation has gone virtual this year due to Covid restrictions imposed by government entities. Sara (Fink) Dirks, a member of the Foundation’s board of directors, has provided information on the live auction items available at omhf.maestroweb.com. “A year after the world shut down, a lot of things are still different,” she says. “That doesn’t mean that we haven’t found new ways to have fun, though, and this year’s virtual Odessa...
ODESSA – Odessa Clinic manager Barbara Schlimmer has a couple of questions for the local population, “Are you 50 or older? Do you know somebody 50 or older?” The reason she asks is because shingles is a painful rash illness that can lead to long-term nerve pain that, in some cases, can last years after the shingles rash disappears. This nerve pain can limit daily activity for many years afterward. Shingles is not a one-time-only condition. It can re-occur throughout a lifetime. As we get older, the risk of shingles and its re...
ODESSA – As the May 7 date approaches for the annual fundraising event for Odessa’s medical community, the members of the Odessa Healthcare Foundation board have been working tirelessly to organize and promote its first-ever virtual auctions, both silent and live, on the website at omhf.maestroweb.com. Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center administrator John Serle has provided information to The Record on the goal of this year’s event. The purchase of new and valuable technology is what the administration and staffers want in or...
The official filing period for the fall elections will be held May 17 through May 21, 2021. All offices are subject to both Primary and General Elections. If more than two candidates file for a position, the Primary Election would narrow the field to the top two candidates who would then appear on the General Election ballot. The filing fee of 1% of the annual salary shall accompany the Declaration of Candidacy. There is no fee if the office sought is without a fixed salary. Anyone wishing directions on filing for office may...
ODESSA – Odessa Healthcare Foundation board members are working on final details for the upcoming “Roaring Twenties” Virtual Auction. The auction website at omhf.maestroweb.com is a work in progress and changes often, so visitors should check back often. Bidding on silent auction items via the website begins on Saturday, May 1, 2021, at 10 a.m. and ends Friday, May 7, at 6:15 p.m. Bidding on live auction items begins Thursday, May 6, at 10 a.m. On Friday night, May 7, a pre-show begins at 6 p.m., followed by live cover...
WARDEN – An Odessa woman is in jail in Grant County after allegedly attacking a man and woman with a Taser on Wednesday, April 7. Deborah Davidson, 41, of Odessa, is facing charges of first-degree burglary, first-degree assault, third-degree malicious mischief and two counts of fourth-degree assault. The charges stem from the attack, believed connected to romantic relationships, a Grant County Sheriff’s Office report said. Davidson allegedly entered a home off state Highway 262 East at about noon and shot the man and wom...
HARRINGTON – The Harrington city clerk received two framed photographs from the Fort Meade Museum at Fort Meade, S.D. The museum had no idea how the photos ended up in their building, and Harrington's history of the Cobb family does not include any mention of South Dakota. The two photos were dated 1927, 1) J.M. Cobb and Sons Ten Harrow Teams in the Field near Harrington, Washington and 2) J.M. Cobb and Sons Combines Operating near Harrington, Washington....
ODESSA – The Davenport Times and Odessa Record will again serve as the official publications for the Lincoln County following a unanimous vote by commissioners Monday morning. County commissioners opened bids for the print contract; the joint Times-Record proposal was the only qualified, responsive bidder. Both newspapers are operated by Free Press Publishing, a local media group that serves rural communities in five Eastern Washington counties. Under state law, counties are required to select a paid newspaper of general c...
ODESSA – The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the library and the meeting was also available via ZOOM March 24, preceded by a workshop held in the district office to discuss the budget, ESSER fund planning and the school calendar/schedule. Present were board chair Ed Deife; board members Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Carmen Weishaar; Superintendent Dan Read; Principal Jamie Nelson; Assistant Business Manager Staci Claassen; Operations Supervisor Justin Parr and Athletic Director Bruce Todd. Boar...
ODESSA – The Odessa School District, in cooperation with Educational Service District #101, will be providing a Child Find Screening clinic on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. The screening will be offered at no cost to children of concern ages three through five. By identifying children at an early age, we can better prepare for their future educational needs. The screening will take at P.C. Jantz Elementary School. The screening itself takes about an hour to complete. During this time, a screening test will be administered to a...
ODESSA – Terri King, business teacher and FBLA advisor at Odessa High School, was notified in 2020 that she had been selected by 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholar Madelynn Jae Wagner as her most influential teacher. Former U.S. Secretary of Education under President Donald Trump, Betsy DeVos, informed King of her selection. DeVos wrote in her letter to King, “Great teachers help change students’ lives in positive ways. Student achievement knows no bounds when an innovative and resourceful teacher is there to guide and unlea...
ODESSA – Clinic manager Barbara Schlimmer is requesting that people in Odessa who still wish to receive the Covid vaccine call the clinic and have their names put on a list. She needs to have people on her list so that she can order the proper number of doses each week. The list of names is used to determine who is still waiting for the vaccination. Once people have put their names on the list, she also requests that they notify the clinic if they have received the vaccine elsewhere in the meantime. She wants to be as a...
OLYMPIA – With spring almost here, drivers have just a few more days to remove studded tires from their vehicles. The Washington State Department of Transportation reminds drivers that state law requires all studded tires to be removed by the end of the day Wednesday, March 31. Starting at midnight on Thursday, April 1, drivers with studded tires face a $136 fine. Studded tires damage pavement, so removing them promptly after winter has passed helps preserve state roadways. Tire removal services can get crowded near the r...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Commerce will open applications for Working Washington Grants: Round 4 on March 29. Business owners can find information about the program and a link to the application portal at commercegrants.com. Legislators approved $240 million for the current round as part of an early action bill that also provided additional funding for rent assistance and other COVID-19 response efforts. Some of the criteria outlined in this legislation include: Businesses must apply the grant award t...
