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Susan Jensen has joined the staff of The Odessa Record and is busily learning the ropes. With a background in hobby photography and work experience with computers, she brings talents to the job that will allow her to perform most of the tasks that the job has to offer. Jensen grew up in Odessa and graduated from Odessa High School in 1971. She has two children, Bryonny and Garrett, both also Odessa grads who now live west of the Cascades. Susan is the second youngest of the...
Kennet Bertelson of the engineering firm of USKH, which has a contract with the Town of Odessa to provide engineering services, was at Monday evening's public hearing on street projects held prior to the meeting of the Odessa Town Council. He brought with him poster boards depicting current photos of the Fourth Avenue and Fifth Avenue projects in Odessa, as well as artists' renderings of how the streets will look once work is completed. The town was recently awarded grant fund...
Lauren Crosby, part-time staffer at The Odessa Record, submitted a photo she took for the newspaper in the Ag Expo Photography Contest this year, receiving 'honorable mention' for her efforts. The photo depicts the runaway wheat-field fire that took place in July of 2010 and which was the paper's front-page photo the week after the fire. Firefighters thought they would soon be mopping up, but the blaze of unknown origin flared into a major conflagration as the wind picked up...
Cub Scout Pack 784 celebrated their Annual Pinewood Derby Race on Sunday, February 9, at the Old Town Hall. Scouts and their families enjoyed a potluck dinner and a presentation of achievement badges that each scout earned through participation in various activities this year. The group also showed their appreciation to Cub Scout Master Peggy Dewulf for her many years of service to the scouting program. She will be retiring now that all her boys have made it through all the...
The Odessa and Marlin gun clubs met on Sunday, February 9, with a combined total of 87 participants. Odessa gun club Nick Tebow shot a perfect score of 25. Tom Schuh and Jared Praetorius shot 24s. Shooting 23s were Traig Weishaar and Brady Gies. Aaron Gies and Ryan Lewis shot 22s. Shooting 21s were Steve Telecky, Chris Phillips, Pilot Weishaar, Rod Herron, Doug Tebow, Harley Wraspir, and Brian Wraspir. Shooting 20 and under were Danielle Tebow, Hunter Bramer, HaLee Walter, Maddy Wagner, Rochelle Schuh, Lane Lobe, Wyatt...
INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Monday, Feb. 3: A Davenport woman told dispatchers she believes she lost her wedding ring at either the local Safeway store or middle school. A Davenport woman reported the loss of a purse near Reardan. A man was...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record February 13, 1914 Twelve new steel bridge will be built in Lincoln County this year. Steel for the dozen county bridges to be built this year, one of them 60 feet, will span Wilson Creek south of Odessa. The second division of the Ladies Aid of the Congregational church made in excess of $25 by putting on a playlet called “How the Story Grew”. It was the story of someone moving into an empty house in town and the news traveling from kitchen to kitchen around town. Excellent music was ren...
Those of us living in the northern half of the country can be forgiven for being tired -- at this stage of winter -- of shoveling snow. I enjoy the brightness snow can bring to dark winter days, but I'm getting old enough that shoveling the walk in front of my house has very little appeal even though it's good for me to do some honest work before I head into my desk job. I've now hired a man to plow my driveway and I feel fortunate to have that service - even though it means I pay a fee each time we have significant snow....
Wheat markets finally reacted positively after a USDA Crop Report. Monday's report showed a 50 million bu decrease in carryovers from the January report due to a long anticipated increase in wheat exports of 50 million bu as well as a 10 million bu increase in feed usage. That more than offset the 10 million bu increase in wheat imports coming from Canada. Wheat markets had rallied over the last week going into this report as wheat sales have remained strong and concerns continue about the condition of the winter wheat crop...
This year's Ag Expo in Spokane was well attended by Odessa and Harrington area farmers and business people, as well as the FFA chapters from both the Odessa and Harrington School Districts. Odessa's FBLA chapter also shared the spotlight by winning an award for their project partnering with the Ag Expo organizers (as highlighted in last week's issue of The Record). Implement dealers such as the Odessa Trading Company division of the Ritzville Warehouse and Walter Implement...
NOVEMBER $20,000 was awarded to the Odessa Chamber of Commerce by the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners. The money will be used to fund the WSDA-certified community commercial kitchen within the Odessa community center. Transmessis Columbia Plateau is the new name of the Odessa biodiesel plant, formerly known as Inland Empire Oilseeds, LLC. An investor group from Houston, Texas is providing the financial backing required by the Odessa Public Development Authority (OPDA) prior to signing the agreement to lease the...
Monday evening the Harrington Opera House Society met in the Art Room with their new president, Mark Stedman, leading the agenda. Edwall resident and architect Sue Lani Madsen presented her plans for installation of an elevator, followed by discussion of those plans. After many months of discussion regarding the opera house auditorium south wall, the decision was made to cover all of the exposed brick with wall board. The stage drapes were obtained from Cheney this winter. HOHS voted to hire a company to cut, stitch and hang...
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is publishing a list of unclaimed stolen property recovered January 27 during a raid at 12253 Road P NW, rural Quincy, case number 13GS15507. To view this list, go to www.co.grant.wa.us/SHERIFF/HTM/SPR.htm. People wishing to claim seized property must provide proof of ownership. Acceptable forms of proof are: 1. A report from a law enforcement agency listing the property as stolen, and/or 2. Identification of property through serial number, and/or 3. Identification of property through i...
Odessa students did very well at the FBLA Northeast Region Winter Conference held in Spokane last week. The students listed below have qualified to attend the state conference to be held in Seattle in April. The team of Carley Williams, Katie DeWulf and Steven Braun took first place in the Business Ethics category. Elizabeth Larson, Brad Johnston and Zoe Clark placed first in the Business Presentation category. Placing second in the same Business Presentation category was the team of Jenna Shafer, Trevor King and Fee Pilger....
At home in Odessa Tuesday night, the Titan boys dominated Republic, 53-41. Distrtict play continues this Saturday in Deer Park, as the Titans take on Wilbur-Creston at 3:45 p.m. Curlew, which lost to W-C Tuesday, plays Republic at 3:45 in a different Deer Park gym. O-H 15 16 13 9 53 Republic 10 8 10 13 41 Jacob DeWulf scored 19 points to pace the Titans, adding 6 rebounds and 4 steals. Shane Whitaker contributed 11 points, 2 rebounds; Carsen Weber 8 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist...
The Titan girls soundly defeated Curlew for the last berth to the District 1B tournament. The score was 67-34. The game was played last Tuesday in Reardan. O-H 22 12 17 16 67 Curlew 8 6 8 12 34 Jordyn Tanke led the O-H offense with 14 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals. Katie DeWulf had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals; Hannah Schmidt and Cydnee Kieffer had 11 points each, with Kieffer contributing 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and Schmidt 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal; Lanessa Simon scored 6 points, with 2 rebounds, 3...
It was brought to our attention last week that our list of those who departed in 2013 was missing two names. Louella Praetorius died in May of 2013, and Herb Burghard in June 2013. The Record regrets the error....
The Odessa Board met at noon on February 5, 2014 for a special meeting to change the calendar for the 2013-2014 school year. The snow make-up day scheduled for February 28 has been changed to March 7. If there are no additional days when school is canceled due to the weather, then March 7 will be the only make-up day....
Nominations for kids ages six to 18 will be accepted between January 31 and March 14 at kohlskids.com. Nominators must be 21 years or older. Through the program, Kohl’s will award more than 2,300 young volunteers nearly $400,000 in scholarships and prizes to reward kids who have made a positive impact on their communities. Two nominees from each of the more than 1,100 Kohl’s stores nationwide will win a $50 Kohl’s gift card. Nearly 200 of the store winners will win regional scholarships worth $1,000 toward higher educa...
The Washington State Department of Transportation is looking for a freight rail operator to provide rail services to businesses in Grant and Adams Counties. WSDOT released a request for proposals February 6. Interested parties must submit their proposals by noon on Wednesday, March 19. “This section of track has been out of service for the last 16 years,” said Alan Schrom, commissioner for the Port of Royal Slope. “But, we’re back in business thanks to a $750,000 grant from the Washington state legislature.” Along with oper...
Carolyn Cronrath was born to Louis and Marie (Brammer) Heitmann October 27, 1926, in Gifford, Idaho. She graduated from Gifford High School in 1944. After high school, she worked as a secretary for Buckley State Custodial School until entering Kinman Business College in Spokane and graduating December 21, 1945. She attended Pacific Lutheran College in Parkland, Wash. for spring semester 1946. In late 1946, she went to work for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph in Yakima as a service representative. In summer 1951, she attended...
To the Editor: It has come to my attention that, in regards to students watching a replay of the Seahawks game in class, my child was less than truthful with me...the viewing of the game in class did not, in fact, occur. He thought it would be “fun to see what happens.” My sincerest apologies to all those affected by my letter to The Record. While the class parties did occur, no games were replayed during classtime. I regret not going straight to the source, and I hope we can now consider this matter close...
No one is eternally grateful every day of the year. Usually these feelings of overwhelming thankfulness are only experienced after watching the news, or a close call with the neighbor’s trash can while backing out of the driveway. But, every once in a while, I like to count my blessings fully. I was born in wedlock with 10 fingers and 10 toes, one head and two mostly functional eyes. My parents never separated, and so far I’ve evaded serious injury for 18 years and counting. I live in a town where it isn’t necessary to screen...
Last week's letter to the editor from a parent unhappy about what they perceived as Seahawk fever at school stirred up a hornet's nest. Children are not always reliable reporters of what happens in any given situation, as this weeks retraction by the same letter writer makes abundantly clear. At times, we have all been guilty of throwing out allegations that are not backed up by facts. That's when we have to eat crow, as the saying goes. But The Record wants to thank the letter writer for using the newspaper as a venue for...
