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ODESSA – The Fire Department will host its annual July 4 barbecue at the community center this year, with service from a drive-up window in order to comply with Covid-19 guidelines, according to Rural Fire Chief Roger Sebesta. Meals will be pre-packaged ahead of time to speed up the delivery process. There will be no special orders. Patrons can then take their meals home or maintain social distancing wherever they choose. Payment this year will be by donation only, so that servers will not be burdened with making change. P...
ODESSA – Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center’s administration and staff want to thank all of the area residents who have provided masks, food, visits and well wishes during this COVID-19 Pandemic. We are fortunate to have such a supporting and engaged community to work with and for during these trying times. OMHC has worked hard to meet the governor’s expectations in protective equipment, staff safety and texting capability. The County Health Department and our staff talk weekly to ensure they know the status of our patie...
ODESSA – The municipal pool will open for the summer season this coming Sunday, Father’s Day, June 21, from 1-5 p.m. The pool manager this year is Mya Boss, with assistant manager Natosha Boss. Their fellow lifeguards are Katreace Boss, Tori Schlommer, Kaitlyn Zagelow, Laela Hardung, Kaylee McKinney, Kaytlyn Shafer and Alyssa Iverson. The pool will be closed Mondays, with open swim times on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 1-5 p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m. and Sundays from 1-5 p.m. Adult-only swim times are 5-6 p.m. Tuesdays thr...
What wonderful June rains we have been having. Gardens are flourishing with natural watering. Dill is growing by leaps and bounds. Soon zucchini will be proliferating with some getting a bit big for stir-fry and too numerous for zucchini bread. Zucchini Soup Base uses lots of zucchini and freezes well for a starter to winter soup recipes. I thawed the last quart from 2019 and put it, 1/2 cup chopped onion, 3 stalks sliced celery, 2 cups chopped cabbage, 1 can each drained...
ODESSA — Odessa High School ag teacher and FFA adviser HaLee Walter applied for an FFA Foundation CASE grant this spring to buy all sorts of new equipment for the school’s agriculture education shop. The grant was fully funded to the tune of $21,324. The grant will allow the purchase of various pieces of new equipment to help support the new APT (Agriculture Power Technology) class that Walter will be teaching. The new items include three Miller Multimatic 215 Auto-Set Multiprocess Welders, woodworking equipment, a water bat...
All meals are currently available for pick-up only, unless previous arrangements for home delivery are made by calling 509-982-2654 prior to 10 a.m. on the day of the meal. Monday, June 22: Roast beef, potatoes & gravy, mixed vegetables, tossed veggie salad, whole wheat roll, fruited Jell-O. Wednesday, June 24: Sweet & sour pork, steamed rice, Oriental vegetables, green salad & tomatoes, Mandarin oranges, egg roll, dessert. Thursday, June 25: Baked lemon pepper fish, roasted red potatoes, trio vegetables, coleslaw, chilled...
Anniversaries for June 19: Larry & Heidi Moffet, Steve & Jamie Gruenberg. June 21: Shaun & April Steward, Dirk & Karen Jensen. June 23: Jim & Lora Zimprich, Jason & Chandra Schumacher. June 24: Jason & Jackie Johnston, Andrew & Randi Holman. June 25: Pat & Laura Estes....
ODESSA — Farmers and other land owners willing to provide hunting access on their land may be eligible to receive funding from the state. The state Department of Fish and wildlife has $2.7 million to help with hunting program costs and private land access. Some of the funds will be used for the Hunt by Reservation system and increasing hunting opportunities for big game, turkey, upland game, waterfowl and more. “We are honored to receive this grant funding to expand our current opportunities and private lands access sta...
Birthdays for June 19: Silas Sebesta, Jody Tschritter, Josh Steward, Margret Schlimmer (†), Aubrey Iverson, Lori Weber, Noah Anderson. June 20: Lincoln Lovgren, Angela Weber, Kurt Wolsborn. June 21: Corinne Schuh, Kimberly Ryan, Megan Shafer, Jack Praetorius, Megan Walter. June 22: Marcis Knight. June 23: John DeWulf, Lucian Iksic, Destiny German. June 24: Savannah Nolt, Mike Haines, Pete Martin, Matt Douglas. June 25: Diane K. Nelson....
ODESSA — Last Wednesday was another celebration for the Odessa High School senior class, as the students rode various vehicles down First Avenue after visiting the medical campus and waving to the patients and residents. Social distancing was maintained, and some residents of the Quail Court Assisted Living facility even ventured outside to wave to the graduates and wish them well. A video showing pictures of each of the grads during their parade is available on The Odessa Record’s Facebook page. OHS alum Bryce Luiten acc...
ODESSA — Another special event of particular interest to Odessa’s 2020 group of seniors is set to take place later this month at the 2020 Spokane Youth Sports Awards and will be broadcast on SWX on Friday, June 26, at 7 p.m. This ceremony celebrates the top athletes, coaches and teams in the region. SWX and Spokane Teachers Credit Union (STCU) are sponsoring this broadcast-only event. Nominated for the top male HS sports team in the 1B classification are both the Odessa High School basketball and football teams and the Alm...
Courtesy of Brian Buck Date H L Precip. June 10 54 44 .26 June 11 72 48 June 12 74 50 T June 13 74 48 .13 June 14 53 38 .25 June 15 59 40 T June 16 55 45 .18 June precipitation: 0.84...
REARDAN – Instead of gathering in-person to celebrate its 49 graduates, Reardan High School conducted a virtual graduation honoring the Class of 2020 Saturday, June 13. Graduates logged onto a Google Meet at 11 a.m. to interact with each other before a 45-minute virtual slideshow, which acted as the ceremony. The slideshow was simulcast on Facebook Live for the public to view. The ceremony opened with a short video of drone footage surveying the school campus, including a...
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. NOTE: Several listings are missing locations because the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office did not include in its report to the media. June 8 A Davenport man reported an illegal dumping on an old junk pile. An Odess...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Treasurer’s Office reported the following land transactions for publication in the June 18 edition of the newspaper: William R. and Shelly C. Johnson, Wilbur, to Rick T. Smith, Davenport-a portion of Section 14, Township 26 N, Range 32 E.W.M. in Lincoln County. $35,000. John P. and Jody M. Clough, Enumclaw, to Jeremiah and Nicole Willis, El Paso, TX-Plot 2 of Magpie Short Plat in Lincoln County. $64,000. Barbara L. Collier, Wenatchee, to Grant and Michelle Rice, Seven Bays-39355 Sun Ridge N,...
Educators nationwide scoff at the idea of homeschooling children. Those in unions, especially those in the Washington Education Association in our state, say parents can’t provide the same educational opportunities at home as are available in public schools. A large part of their reasoning are social interactions. Indeed, those in the union have long argued social interactions are more important than allowing advanced students to move up a grade or substandard students from being held back. Even educators in our community c...
Planting and emergence progress for both corn and soybeans are currently ahead of the five-year average across the Midwest. But, still fresh in farmers’ minds is the 2019 planting season, which was severely delayed due to record-breaking precipitation that led to flooded fields and excess soil moisture. According to USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, on June 2, 2019, corn-producing states had completed only 67% of planting. In addition, NASS reported the soybean-producing states had only completed 39 percent. T...
SPOKANE VALLEY - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and 5th District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers look over boxes of fresh farm produce at the Share Care facility in Liberty Lake. Perdue and McMorris Rodgers visited the facility as part of a Farmers to Families food box event Thursday afternoon, June 18. Share Care is an online food co-op that connects families in need of fresh food with growers within a 100-mile radius of Liberty Lake. The co-op is one of many local...
Myron Huston "Bill" Floyd, 105, was the eighth child born to William and Ida Floyd in Dayton, Wash. He was their Christmas Eve gift in 1914. Two more siblings came later. Growing up in Dayton gave Bill the chance to explore, hike, fish and hunt in the Blue Mountains. He graduated from Dayton High School in 1932. For many years (including last year), he was the oldest living graduate at the Dayton High Alumni Reunion. As a young man in a big family during the Great Depression,...
HARRINGTON – Open meeting laws require city government to notify the public of the time and place of city council meetings and of the agenda for that meeting. The June 10 city council meeting was advertised to be either a conference call or to be held at Memorial Hall. However, four of the five council members had met at city hall based on an email received earlier in the week. The clerk informed the public as late as 4:30 p.m. on June 10 that the 7 p.m. meeting would be by conference call. According to Peter Davenport, ...
