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Odessa High School's 13 graduating seniors celebrated the beginning of their new futures June 4 in the school gymnasium (see page 4 for pictures and student speeches). Some will further their education and some will go straight into the workforce. AnnaRenée Bockman will attend Studio Beauty School. Directly entering the workforce will be Hunter Bramer, Johnathon Brightwell, Garrett Gross and Caleb McNeil.Heading to Spokane Falls Community College are Casey Schlomer and Paige...
Chamber meeting Wednesday noon, June 1, at city hall, the Harrington Chamber of Commerce met with Cassandra Paffle-Dick, Cindy Haase, Tim Tipton, Jenna Fries, Paula Pike, Bunny Haugan and Heather Slack present. It was reported that the money from vendors will be placed in the Downtown Revitalization Fund. Review of the clean-up day for Cruizin' Harrington, utilizing the students with various projects, worked well, and hopefully instilled the principle of working for and with...
Good morning and thank you all for attending this exciting and special day with each of us. As we gather here to celebrate more than a decade of long, hard years of learning, we are surrounded by all of the people who taught and inspired us throughout our lives. Although yesterday was our last day of high school, like most seniors we have been mentally done for about a month. Needless to say, without our oh-so-patient teachers, some more than others, encouraging family and...
Today our class comes together one last time to celebrate how far we have come. Some of us have been together since preschool, while others have joined us along the way. We are a very diverse group, but one of the things we have in common is that today we are all receiving our diploma from Odessa High School. After today, some of us will go to a four year university, some will go to community college or trade school, and others will enter the workforce, but Odessa will remain...
A niece of former Odessa resident Noreen Groh submitted a story of recognition Groh received recently at Touchmark on South Hill Retirement Community in Spokane. She was honored as Resident of the Month for June 2016 by the Resident Council, which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the quality of life at Touchmark. At a ceremony announcing the honor, council vice president Don Rice described her outgoing nature and friendly, warm, welcoming...
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. Monday, May 30: Trader’s Express in Davenport was given erroneous information by a driver who attempted to leave with a gas nozzle still in the vehicle’s tank, breaking it off. No one was hurt af...
The 2016 alumni banquet has already seen a number of folks submitting their dues and their intention to attend. Those who have signed on thus far are listed below: 1942: Alice (Stroh) Schmierer, Laverna (Lesser) Dormaier 1946: Wilma (Lenhart) Schmidt 1949: George Rodeck, Al Fink 1950: Ardyce (Kissler) Kahler, Norma (Hopp) Kuch 1951: Coleen (Luiten) Janke 1953: Melba (Mills) Evans, Dorothy (Kremsritter) Frederick, Edwin Jasman, Paula (Haug) Kramer, Barbara (Heimbigner) Van Zanten 1955: Gale Salo 1956 (60-year honorees): Joy...
Connie Tschritter, 66, a longtime Marlin resident, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016, at home. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 13, 2016 at Heritage Church, 302 S. First Street in Odessa. Please sign the online guestbook or leave a note for the family at www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are in the care of Kayser’s Chapel & Crematory. Connie was born in Spokane Sept. 16, 1949, the daughter of Laurence and Louella (Haase) Smith. She married Don Tschritter, and they made their home in Marlin. Connie e...
Athletes from the Odessa-Harrington track and field team and their parents and friends were presented with end-of-season awards at a backyard barbecue Friday, June 1, at the home of their head coach Travis Schuh. Most Valuable Player awards went to Gaven Elder for the boys and Lanessa Simon for the girls. The Captain’s award for the combined team went to Lanessa Simon. Most Inspirational awards went to Shelbey Watkins for the girls and Sage Elder for the boys. Cole Kissler w...
(Davenport, WA, June 2, 2016) The Lincoln County Economic Development Council recently completed income surveys on behalf of two Lincoln County municipalities, helping those communities save hundreds of thousands of dollars in infrastructure costs. Income surveys have recently become a necessary evil – undesirable but unavoidable. They require that a predetermined, population-based percentage of residents report their annual household incomes to a neutral third party. Although income is a sensitive subject, the surveys w...
Lincoln County Auditor Shelly Johnston has announced that there will be a special three (3) day filing period held Tuesday, June 21, 2016, through Thursday, June 23, 2016, for the purpose of declaring candidacy for the following elective position(s) not previously filed for during the regular filing period: PUD COMMISSIONER, L. Jerald Sheffels, 6-year term, Third District. Declaration of Candidacy forms are to be filed with the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office at the Courthouse in Davenport between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the a...
The Odessa School District announces the sponsorship of the Simplified Summer Food Program for Children. Meals will be made available at no charge to attending children 18 years of age and younger. In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age o...
Odessa resident Kathy Ratkowski told The Record about the most memorable weekend she has ever experienced. She was picked up by her daughter, son-in-law and two of the couple’s children, a boy 12 and a girl 14, last week Thursday. They were taking a family trip to the high school graduation of another grandchild of Ratkowski in Colorado Springs. The family group headed east on I-90, reaching Missoula, Mont. by 3:30 a.m. Friday morning. They stopped for gas and snacks at a convenience store near a casino. On entering the c...
