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As reported last week, the end of the spring sports season was celebrated by holding an awards ceremony. An end-of-season barbecue was held at the home of track and field coaches Travis and Maria Schuh for team members and their families and supporters prior to the presentation of awards. The weather cooperated and the outdoor event proceeded in the comfort of the Schuh's back yard. Every member of the team was called forward to receive a handshake from the coaches and to...
Matthew Walter Bren passed away unexpectedly on June 7, 2015, as the result of an auto accident. Matt was born to Frank and Donna Bren October 1, 1979. Matt attended elementary school in Odessa and later in St. Regis, Mont., before his family moved to Lind. Matt graduated from Lind High School in 1998 and joined the United States Marine Corps, where he made Sergeant with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Echo Company. He was stationed in San Diego, Calif. He did a tour...
Ronald W. Hardt, age 70, of Othello, passed away June 8, 2015 at Trios Southridge Hospital in Kennewick, surrounded by his loved ones. Ron was born in Spokane, Washington on July 24, 1944 to Alvin and Ruth Hardt. Until age eight he lived on a farm west of Odessa with his parents, two younger sisters and his favorite dog. The family moved to Odessa where he graduated from Odessa High School in 1962 and went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Eastern Washington University. Ron...
Benjamin Kim Porubek was born May 22, 2015 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Wash. to Adam and Katie Porubek of Orting, Wash. Ben was born at 8:18 p.m. weighing nine pounds, five ounces, and was 20.5 inches in length. Ben joins his older brother Luke as the second grandchild to Debbie (Schmidt) and John Cutter, Bill Porubek, and Liz Adams-Hendrickson. He is the great-grandson of Wilma Schmidt (Gi-Gi) of Odessa, Wash. and Lois Porubek of Colville, Wash...
Nick Sebesta and Kristen Frederick were married on May 2, 2015, at the Coeur d'Alene Resort in a small family ceremony. Kristen is the daughter of Jeff and Kelly Frederick of Moses Lake and the sister of Megan Frederick. She is the granddaughter of Doug and Pamela Boole of Pasco, the late Pat "Grandy" Ryan of Port Townsend and the late Leland and Anita Frederick of Sprague. Nick is the son of Roger and Phyllis Sebesta of Odessa and the brother of Mark Sebesta. He is the...
Zachary A. Zagelow, 18, of Milton, Wis. died June 12, 2015 at Loyola University Hospital of Chicago, where he had been hospitalized in hopes of receiving a lung transplant. Zach was born February 13, 1997 in Spokane and underwent his first of several heart surgeries in his first week of life. In November of 1998, Zach received the gift of a life-saving heart/lung transplant at Stanford University, and much of his life centered on regular visits to multiple doctors and...
Keith Erber, son of the late John Erber of Marlin and godson of Gordon Peterson, graduated June 10, 2015, from San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, Calif. He attended Odessa schools until the end of the first semester of his freshman year, when his father died. He was enrolled at Rogers High School in Spokane until the end of his sophomore year and then moved to California to live with his sister Kaye Palomarez. He plans to attend community college in Santa Barbara to...
James Ralph Lathrop (Col. Jim) was born December 1,1935, in Madison, Wis. He passed away peacefully June 9, 2015, surrounded by friends and family. He was the sixth child of Ralph and Dessa Lathrop. He was baptized at the Congregational Church in Columbus, Wis. At the age of five, his family moved to Seattle. He graduated from Broadway High School in Seattle and earned his BA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He later went on to complete many military schools while in...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record June 18, 1915 Headline: Big crowd coming to celebrate in Odessa The biggest 4th of July celebration is Eastern Washington is to be held on Friday and Saturday, July 2 and 3, in Odessa. Crop prospects, the best ever known in the Big Bend country, promise a record-breaking crowd for the town on those two days and the committees in charge of the big event here are making preparations to give every visitor to Odessa the best time they ever had. The celebration is to open with cannon salutes...
To the Editor: Odessa is a small community with a traditional agriculture base. The local opportunities that are currently available to our youth include sports, church, FBLA, Science, 4-H, and FFA. With this information I am saddened to learn that a few would like to see our school drop the agricultural classes and FFA program and take this unique opportunity away from our youth. The argument has been made that not enough students desire to or are available to take agriculture education classes; however ag ed classes exist...
Reservations are still coming in for the 2015 Odessa High School Alumni Banquet to be held June 20 in the community center. Those who have signed up to date are listed below: 1942: Laverna (Lesser) Dormaier 1946: Wilma (Lenhart) Schmidt 1949: George Rodeck 1951: Coleen (Luiten) Janke 1955 (60-year honored class): Robert Raugust, Virgil King, Jerry Walter, Carol (Weber) Schott 1957: Rosemary (Self) King, Jan (Giese) Graham 1959: J.D. Birge, Bob Martin, Ken Witt 1960: Anthony...
Carrots tend to get overlooked except as the color in a veggie tray or grated into salads. Savory Grill Roasted Carrots flavorful side dish easy to prepare along side any slow grilling item as they need about 1 hour of cooking time. Savory Grill Roasted Carrots 1 pound carrots 2 Tbsp bottled Italian dressing Clean carrots, peel if necessary and cut into 1-1/4 inch pieces. Cut larger carrots in half. Place in a bowl and drizzle with dressing, mixing well to coat evenly. Place...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up. Hi, here I am again. Bertha Raugust grew up at Batum, lived in both houses, the Sam Reimann one and the new one. She attended Batum School for a few years. 1916 appears to be the last year of attendance. In 1915 at age 14, Bertha got a job cooking for a harvest crew that was working with a thrasher. She cooked, baked, etc. for 14 men all by herself. Around...
High Low Prec. S Jun. 11 92 56 .00 Jun. 12 90 51 .00 Jun. 13 79 41 .00 Jun. 14 78 41 .00 Jun. 15 83 45 .00 Jun. 16 86 46 .00 Jun. 17 88 55 .00 Yearly total to date 9.27 inches. Snow accumulation: .93 inches to date....
The latest cash grain market here shows Soft White Wheat down at $5.24. Hard Red Winter is down at $5.21. DNS is down at $6.29. Barley is down at 128.00....
At the joint meeting of the Odessa and Harrington school boards June 10 to discuss issues involving the athletic cooperative between the two schools, it was quickly apparent that better and more consistent communication was needed between the boards and the administrators of the two school districts. The meeting was held in Harrington and was chaired by Harrington board chairman Darren Mattozzi. All of the members of both boards were present, as were the two administrators from each school. Also attending were approximately 3...
Alex C. Wagenblast, formerly of Odessa, has graduated from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas with a degree from the Department of Physics and Geosciences. He was also on the Dean’s List for the spring semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must be enrolled fulltime at ASU and must maintain a 3.25 or better grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Area students Brett Haden Larmer of Harrington, Jacob Alan Tanke of Mohler and Hannah Marjorie Null of Odessa have been named to the President’s Honor Roll...
Odessa Schools Superintendent The administration and school board are committed to having an agriculture education program in Odessa that meets the needs of our students now and for their future. The biggest issue that we are trying to solve is to find a traditionally certified agriculture education teacher. We will continue to look for a teacher but are not optimistic about our chances. We can solve this problem and offer agriculture education in the next school year if we can find someone who can be “conditionally certified...
In our story on the 2015 graduates last week, we neglected to mention the two students who received the citizenship awards, Carsen Weber and Jenna Shafer....
Kim Todd's second grade class and Ellen Holman's fourth grade class visited the Odessa Historical Museum, where they learned why the Germans from Russia moved to America and how Odessa got it's name. Above, back row: Corbyn Neilsen, Holden Iverson, Tucker Walter, Bo Walter, Abbey Keys, Zane Reninger, Xavier Hicks, Elizabeth Peterson, Lily Starkel, teacher Kim Todd. Front row: Sean Widger, Levi Hardung, Carter Zigan, Reegan Carstensen, Kenzy Kuchenbuch, Blake Zigan. Below,...
The second semester honor roll for the Odessa Jr-Sr High School is based on the criteria below: A student must have a grade point of 3.50-4.00 to be on the Honor Roll and Honorable Mention requires a grade point 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 Senior Class: Carsen Weber, Thorsen Wehr (4.0), Jenna Shafer, Garrison Schmierer, Katelyn Worley, Paige Alloway, Tyler Paris,...
Asked by Rohan Dear Rohan, The left and right side of the brain each have unique abilities, so when they come together, it’s a kind of brain duet. My friend Sheila Converse is a music professor here at Washington State University. She said to try this out: Snap the fingers of your left hand while patting your right leg with your right hand. It might seem crisscrossed, but the left side of the brain is controlling the right hand. Meanwhile, the right side of the brain is controlling the left hand. As you hear the snaps and p...
City Council Wednesday evening, June 10, Mayor Paul Gilliland called the meeting to order with all council members present: Terry Howe, Rick Becker, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk and Mike Cronrath, along with Bunny Haugan, clerk, and Scott McGowan also present representing the city. Visitors included John Dempsey, Dianne Dempsey, Sharon Schultz, Crystal Hickman, Cassandra Paffle-Dick, Ashley Schenk, Paul Charlton, Justin Slack, Allen Barth, Dan Fromm, Jay Gossett, Marge Womach and Donita Simons. Paffle-Dick, representing the...
Jon Heimbigner, a 1966 graduate of Odessa High School, has a long history of participation in and promotion of sports of all kinds in Spokane. Gerald (Gerry) Ray, whose letters to the editor often appear in this newspaper, is a former Odessa school teacher and a 1953 graduate of Ritzville High School. When Ray read about Heimbigner’s work with sports halls of fame in Spokane and elsewhere in eastern Washington, Ray approached him with the idea of establishing an Odessa hall of fame for athletes. Heimbigner told The Record h...
Lincoln County Auditor Shelly Johnston has announced that there will be a special three- (3-) day filing period held Tuesday, June 23, 2015, through Thursday, June 25, 2015, for the purpose of declaring candidacy for the following elective positions that were not previously filed for during the regular filing period: Town of Creston Council 1 short & 4-year Council 5 short & 4-year Town of Odessa Mayor 4-year Creston School Dist. #73 Director 3 4-year Director 4 at-large 4-year Odessa S.D. #105 Director 1 4-year Reardan...
