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The Office of the Attorney General of the state of Washington is advising consumers to keep an eye out for post-holiday email scams carrying malicious malware disguised as a link to a helpful “change of address” form. Malware is software used to disrupt computer operation and gather sensitive information. Washington consumers have reported receiving emails containing names and logos of legitimate companies such as Costco and Walmart, notifying the recipient that their “order has been cancelled.” Scams that use names and log...
Wait. What? God Doesn’t want me to be happy?!?! Okay, perhaps that was a bit of an overstatement. Allow me to explain. Three ideas dwell at the forefront of our cultural psyche. What are they? Life. Liberty. The Pursuit of Happiness. They are enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, said to be "self-evident" rights "endowed by the Creator." Not only are these ideas foundational to the American way of thinking, but they are oftentimes assumed in popular American C...
The AgriBusiness Council of Greater Spokane Incorporated has announced that Odessa High School FBLA chapter is the winner of the “Excellence in Agriculture” Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize an individual, business or organization that has made a significant and positive influence on the agricultural industry in the Inland Northwest during 2013. The students were honored at the 2014 Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest Farm Forum February 4, 2014 for their work with the AgriBusiness Council in promoting bus...
We have been undergoing some changes here at The Record. Some new faces are present in our office, and some familiar faces have moved on to other endeavors. Recent popular series have come to an end, and we do not know whether they will continue at some point in the future. List Ott's column will be missed, but she may contribute additional columns whenever inspiration strikes. But most of her time will be dedicated to her new love, "Experience Quilts!" Despite the many favorable columns we have heard about Kathy Taylor's...
Janiary 2014 Titan Pride winners...
The Titan girls played their final two games of the regular season. Friday's game honored the team's senior players. Wellpinit On Friday, January 31, the Titans were in Harrington for a game against Wellpinit, losing 41-46. O-H 11 15 4 11 41 Wellp. 17 14 6 9 46 Katie DeWulf and Cydnee Kieffer each scored 9 points to pace the Titans. DeWulf also had 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and Kieffer had 4 rebounds, 5 steals. Jordyn Tanke had 8 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1...
The Titan boys ended their season this past week by defeating Wellpinit, Wilbur-Creston and ACH. Wellpinit On Friday, January 31, the Titans came from behind in the first half to defeat Wellpinit, 54-43, in a game played in Harrington. Wellp. 9 15 3 16 43 O-H 10 6 20 18 54 Point guard Carsen Weber scored 17 points, hitting well from 3-point range, and also had 4 assists and 2 steals. Sam Schafer had 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals; Shane Whitaker 8 points, 2 rebound...
Odessa VFW Post #7395 and its ladies auxiliary are proud to announce the winners of their youth scholarship programs for 2013-2014. The Junior Essay program is for third through fifth grades. First place for the third grade is Sarah Hayashi; second place is Isaiah Chavez; and third place is Harley Carson. The fourth grade winners are: first place, Nathan Carstensen, second place, Tianna Gies and third place, Paul Sheldon. The fifth grade winners are: first place, Madeline...
The ER got a new state-of-the-art cardiac monitor- defibrillator purchased with funds raised at the 2013 Odessa Harrington Healthcare Foundation Wine Tasting/ Auction....
All of the seniors that play basketball for Odessa- Harrington were recognized...
One of the things my mutt from the pound and I like to do together is go on long walks. Sometimes on weekends Buster Brown and I stroll at the bottom of the Snake River Canyon where dogs can be off-leash (as Mother Nature intended). There’s a six-mile walk in the canyon we like to do: me limping along in a straight line, Buster ranging over a wider area of ground sniffing for wildlife. Closer to home, there is a six-mile loop around town we enjoy. I think I can speak for both...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record February 6, 1914 The Department of Agriculture issued a bulletin stating that the land of eastern Washington, eastern Oregon and northern Idaho was well-suited to adding beans as an additional crop besides cereal crop. 15 years experience showed that as good cereal crops can be grown following beans as after an ordinary summer fallow. The cultivation of the bean crops replaces the work necessary to care for the fallow and leaves the soil in excellenct condition for seeding winter wheat....
To the Editor: Our President has been reading the polls and they are causing him to make mistakes. Unfortunately he chose to bemoan his predicament on MLK Day which was really in questionable taste. He tried to play the Rodney Dangerfield and the race card when nationwide people of most races were marching together. History should have told him that the second term has been tougher for many presidents. He needs to recognize that positive results are what America needs to see for their support to be earned. He had two years...
SEPTEMBER The Cattle Producers of Washington held a grand opening for the new meat processing plant. It was held at the Odessa Industrial Park. The Livestock Processors Cooperative Association (LPCA) is processing cattle, pigs, goats and sheep. Maureen Sheldon (Mo) was hired as the new hospital administrator. The town council debated how to comply with the law legalizing marijuana use and sales. Chris Costlow, Mark Worley and Johnny Walter resued two men in a car crash near Othello early in the morning on their way to fishing...
Jacob DeWulf is the son of Mark and Peggy DeWulf and a senior at Odessa High School and plays on the Titans high school boys basketball team. Coach Schuh chose DeWulf as athlete of the week because he has been a force defensively leading the team in rebounds and blocked shots. His offensive game has improved so much as well and he is averaging about 11 points per game....
Colton Hunt, son of Stacey Hunt and Amy Hunt, is in the eighth grade in Odessa and plays junior high boys basketball. Coaches Oestreich and Linstrom chose him to be Athlete of the Week because he worked very hard the first two weeks of the season. He stepped up into being a team leader. Editors note: This should have run in the newspaper Jan. 23, but the information was not submitted to The Record in time....
To the Editor: We are writing with the hope that we can shed some light on what we feel is a disservice to the children of Odessa Elementary School. Some classes had “Seahawks Parties” last week, in preparation for the Super Bowl. We have a child in school who is not a Seahawks fan and is being forced to partake in the creation of Seahawks pictures and attend class “Hawk rallies.” This child has been segregated by the other children due to not being a Seahawks fan, and the teacher has allowed this to take place. Student...
Mark Turner is the Observing Program Leader (OPL) at the National Weather Service in Spokane. His main focus is to service what is known as the Cooperative Observer Program (COOP). He makes sure that COOP observers have the equipment and training needed to accurately report the weather at a specific location. These observations contain vital information for a variety of users and are invaluable in learning more about the floods, droughts, heat and cold waves affecting our area. The data are also used in agricultural planning...
The junior varsity girls won against Wellpinit and Wilbur-Creston. Both games lasted only two quarters. Wellpinit On Friday, January 31, against Wellpinit, the JV girls eked out a one-point win. O-H JV 14 13 0 0 27 Wellpinit 15 11 0 0 26 Lanessa Simon led the team with 12 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 steals; Isabelle Phillips had 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals; Robbie Kieffer 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal; Maleah Davison 2 points, 6 rebounds; Evie Mann 2 points; Alexis Burdick 1 point; Amber Smith 1 rebound; Zoe Clark 1...
After opening in late August, the Livestock Producers Co-operative Association (LPCA) plant, the local meat processing facility in the Odessa Industrial Park, has received the final “Grant of Inspection” from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA). “We have been working hard to meet this milestone and are ready to roll full speed in 2014,” said General Manager Darren Summers. The design/build contractor for the plant, Garco Construction, was on site from January 13 to 24, following up on warranty work to the floors in both pr...
The Odessa School Board met January 22, initially in a workshop meeting to discuss policies, then in their regular monthly meeting. Despite a power outage soon after the meeting started, board members took out their cell phones and the meeting proceeded. The regular meeting followed, still in the dark. The board approved the hiring of Julie Wehr as co-director of the school musical this year, so she can be trained to take over the position upon Ellen Holman’s retirement. Principal’s report Principal Ken Schutz told the boa...
Harrington photographer and award-winning author David Michaelson will host a book signing and readings at the Harrington Opera House Art Room on Saturday, February 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Michaelson’s 15 books have received many literary accolades, including one gold medal and two silver medals. His latest book is a political satire entitled “Congressional Integrity” and will be among the books displayed. Also on display will be many of his handcrafted items, including his full line of 18 wooden model airplanes and many...
Miriam Lenhart, age 87, of Odessa, Washington, passed away on January 20, 2014. She was born in 1926 to William and Ida Wahl of Lind, and was raised on their family farm in the Ralston area. She graduated from Ritzville High School in 1944. Miriam married Laurence Lenhart of Odessa in 1949. A daughter, Cheri, was born in 1950 and a son, Gary, in 1953. The family spent some years in California before returning to the Odessa area in 1967 to farm the Lenhart family land. Miriam and Laurence retired from farming in 1989 and moved...
A Quilters Tea is being held Monday, February 10, at Any Occasion Banquet Hall, to benefit The Odessa Quilt Club’s quilt-making project for Angel Flight, and hopefully also make a monetary donation to the Angel Flight organization. The auction/raffle has over 200 items committed to the event, with more coming in daily. Angel Flight is an organization of small aircraft pilots who volunteer their time and airplanes to fly medical patients from remote places to medical appointments and treatments. Local pilot Stan Dammel has b...
“Eleven new laws took effect in Washington state on New Year’s Day, including a measure to create special license plates for fans of the Seattle Sounders FC and the Seattle Seahawks,” reads the first line of a recent AP story out of Seattle. While I fully support the Seahawks by cheering them on to the Super Bowl, I would much rather purchase another type of special license plate! A bill I sponsored that passed in 2012 went into effect last year that allows more than 90,000 4-H members in Washington state to also have a speci...
