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This year’s 21st annual winetasting and auction was another well-attended event that raised a generous amount of money from both Odessa residents and visitors from out of town. The proceeds this year will go toward implementation of the electronic medical-record-keeping system Carol Schott, chairperson of the organizing committee, said that the amount of money raised was about the same as last year, as was the attendance. She also added that expenses were somewhat higher t...
Powell repeats Kira Powell has returned from the 50th Annual Science and Humanities Symposium held this year in Bethesda, Md., where she once again earned first place in Environmental Science and, once again, could fly to London, England to represent the United States at the London International Youth Science Forum, just as she did last year. Her decision to attend is still uncertain, as the timing may interfere with fall college activities, and, altruistically, says her...
Lucile Iverson of Odessa represented Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center at the Celebrate Life Pageant hosted by the Spokane Chapter of the Washington State Association of Activity Professionals (WSAAP) April 24, 2012, at the South Hill Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Spokane. The pageant honors senior residents living in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities in the Spokane area. Iverson’s escort for the day was her great grandson, Peyton Van Pevenage, one of the 23 m...
Obama's hyperbole: When Obama (5-3-2012, The Record) said that another 2,000 members of "Our American Family" have been killed in just over two months, he must have talking about some other family than mine. The majority of youth deaths by gun are within the gang, drug-dealer and assault statistics provided by the FBI and the Bureau of ATF&E public records. I for one feel no loss for these young people who chose their own lifestyle outside the law. Obama's lifelong record as being rabidly anti-gun should make a reasonable...
Spring weather in the daytime and winter weather at night seems to be the norm these past few weeks. Not quite ready to trade casseroles for salads, I tried a recipe for Asparagus-Tuna Casserole. The lemony sauce that pulls together this dish is a nice compliment to the tuna. The original recipe called for flavored tuna, but having only water pack variety on hand, I flavored my own with a teaspoon of minced garlic. This makes a lovely springtime meal when accompanied by a...
Sheriff's Report 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. April 30: A caller reported a theft of fuel at the I-90 rest area near Sprague. Deputies and Mental Health personnel responded to a Davenport caller's advisory that a female friend wanted to harm...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans Jr. High track team had a successful meet on Monday, April 30, at Wilbur. A total of nine team participated: Davenport, Liberty, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, Mary Walker, Odessa-Harrington, Reardan, Valley Christain, Wellpinit, and Wilbur-Creston. The 7th grade girls from O-H finished seventh with 25 points. Wilbur won with 186 points and Reardan was second with 77 points. The Titans were led by Keia Baird, who earned 10 points with a fourth-place finish in the shot put, a sixth-place finish in the 200...
This past winter, students from Eastern Washington University assisted the Lincoln County Economic Development Council (EDC) with a countywide strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) survey. The students analyzed the survey results, reported their findings and pointed out a couple of holes in our survey coverage (one being a shortage of input from our youth). The EDC went back out and gathered the missing data. A second team of students, this time from Gonzaga University, agreed to incorporate the new survey...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 5/2/12: Big washout today in the grain markets, yet there didn’t seem to be any terrible news item that caused it. Soybeans closed down 18 cents, which was probably overdue after the run they’ve been on lately and that seemed to allow everything else to get hammered, too. Wheat was off the most, as there certainly isn’t the tight supply situation as there is in corn and beans, and the winter wheat tour is roaming through Kansas and finding excellent yield p...
During my lifetime I have watched the sale of adult beverages go from being controlled by selling it only at state controlled outlets and lounges that closed at 12:00 p.m. They were not open on Sundays! Beer had 3.2% alcohol content and wine was closely monitored. Also, alcohol was not sold on election days during voting hours. There were still remnants of illegal moonshine stills that people had used for home use and to make some money. These were left over from the time when Women’s Temperance groups had forced our c...
Just when I thought “Big Brother” wouldn’t interfere anymore with parental rights and Christian Values, Federal Law makes a “morning after” pill available from a vending machine. For two years, students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania have purchased “morning after” pills by putting $25 into a vending machine. The same machine offers condoms and pregnancy tests. You are supposed to be 17 or older to access the machine. It is legal; but is it right to make the pill so readily available? This is part of a trend that...
Eunice Barker, age 92, passed away at the home of her daughter Linda Kuch Sunday, April 29. Eunice had been living with her daughter and husband Paul Kuch for the past 10 years. Eunice had three grandchildren, Ryan, Scott and Heidi, and 6 great-granchildren. There will be a private graveside service at a later time....
The Chamber of Commerce was informed that Andrew Holman has agreed to be the music chairman for the 2012 Deutschesfest, replacing April Strebeck who has done the job for several years. Laura Estes reported on the success of the 2012 Quilt Show and the Downtown Quilt Walk. According to Estes, attendance at the quilt show was up over 10%, from 252 in 2011 to 283 this year. Quilt walk participation was also up, with 22 businesses participating vs. 12 in 2011, and with 20 more passports being completed. Estes also said that the...
I have dreams, you know. Not dreams of the future or what I would like to accomplish. Night-time dreams. When I was a kid, we were frequently entertained at the breakfast table by my father’s descriptions of the previous night’s dreams. They were always colorful, detailed and fantastic. Well, I seem to have inherited my father’s dreams. The other night I dreamed I was visiting the family farm in the company of my older sister. We discovered a stray cat in the front yard,...
