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FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE-Col. Cassius T. Bentley became the new commander of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing during a change of command ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base Wednesday (July 1) morning. He takes over for outgoing commander Col. Derek Salmi, who will be "assigned to the joint staff at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.," according to a press release from the 92nd. Salmi was commander of the 92nd for the allotted two years. Bentley takes over at Fairchild after a stint...
SPOKANE — At the 2019-2020 Spokane Youth Sports Awards live-streamed over the Internet last Friday evening, the Odessa High School football team was named the 1B/2B/1A Top Male High School Sports Team, edging out the Odessa basketball team and the Almira-Coulee-Hartline baseball team for the top honor. Marcus King was selected the 1B/2B/1A High School Sports Top Male Athlete over three other nominees, including fellow Odessa senior and basketball teammate Ryan Moffet (whose older sister Charli is married to Marcus’s brother J...
ODESSA — Unlike past July 4 holidays that boasted parades, sporting contests and many and varied activities, the Independence Day holiday in Odessa this year will be a rather low-key affair. Nevertheless, there will be things to do for residents still striving to maintain social distancing and prevent the scourge of Covid-19 from reaching Odessa. The Odessa Volunteer Fire Department will hold a modified version of their annual July 4 barbecue this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering their usual menu of pulled-pork s...
ODESSA — Here are the wedding anniversaries for Odessa residents for July 3-7: Anniversaries for July 3: John & Michelle Melgren. July 5: Brandon & Kayla Meise. July 6: Scott & Dani Kramer, Dan & Heather Carper. July 7: Alex & Kaci King, Justin & Lindsy Starkel....
ODESSA — Here are birthdays of area residents for July 3-9: Birthdays for July 3: Grace Greenwalt, Ann Richaardson, Drew Fink, Duane Pitts. July 4: Rita Voise (†), Josh Clark, Vickey Melcher, Meagan Kane, Karlee Maioho, Adam Palacio. July 5: Parker Valverde, Debbie Walter, Lamar Heimbigner (†), Ray Quilici. July 6: Dave Frederick, Xavier Fortner. July 7: Mike Connolly (†), Angela Wolverton. July 8: Terry Goetz, Korianne Scheller, Jett Nelson, Madison Pitts, Brianna Bedell. July 9: Martha Todd, Jesse Goetz (†), Karin Har...
ODESSA — Several local President Trump supporters, who live on or near Fourth Avenue, have reported that signs stolen from their yards. The thefts of the signs for incumbent presidential candidate Trump have occurred at night under cover of darkness and some in broad daylight, by person or persons unknown, according to local reports....
Elizabeth Larson, the daughter of Tim and Jill Larson of Odessa, has earned placement on the Gonzaga University President’s List for spring semester 2020. Students must earn a 3.85 to 4.0 grade-point average to be listed. Gonzaga University is a private Catholic university of more than 7,500 students situated along the Spokane River near downtown Spokane....
ODESSA — On Tuesday of this week, The Odessa Record received a phone call from Carol L. Moore (nee Williams) in which she requested that we inform our readers that she is alive and well and residing in California. At age 82, she is retired but still very busy and involved in various activities. She was especially concerned that family members, former classmates, friends and readers of The Record should know that she is still here and doing just fine, thank you. Last week’s edition of The Record stated that Gale Salo was the...
I was disheartened to learn of Lewis County Sheriff Rob Snaza’s dismissal of Gov. Jay Inslee’s order requiring facemasks. Heeding the advice of experts makes you wise, not a sheep. I have family in Odessa, and I have visited many times. I grew up in Chehalis and am now a graduate student of University of Texas-Austin. I have studied how airborne particles move around and do important research on air quality and environmental health. It is my profession to learn about air quality, and with that, airborne disease tra...
ODESSA — Summer popsicle time has arrived. When I was growing up, at this time of the year my mother started pulling out the quarts of fruit syrup she had drained from canned fruit over the winter to make popsicles for us kids. Usually she would mix in some Kool-Aid for color. Before Tupperware came out with popsicle molds, mom used ice cube trays or small paper cups. And, yes we were to save the sticks to be reused. To a quart of fruit syrups, mom would add half a package of...
HARRINGTON — Incorporated in 1902, Harrington and Odessa have had similar influences effecting their development. Each built up their city government and each had a newspaper, the Harrington Citizen and the Odessa Record. Between these two young towns were other centers of inhabitants: Lamona, Downs, Mohler and Morocco. Lamona was a small village along the Great Northern railroad. It was first settled in 1894 and had a nice business district by the early 1900s. In 1908, it would boast a hotel, general store, three w...
ODESSA — The Odessa School Board met at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2020, preceded by a workshop at 5:30 p.m. at which the board reviewed and discussed the district’s proposed 2020-2021 budget. Present were board chairman Ed Deife, board members Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley, Janie Steward and Carmen Weishaar; Superintendent Dan Read; Principal Jamie Nelson and Business Manager Juli Weishaar. Also present were Bruce and Kim Todd, Justin Parr and Staci Claassen. The board approved the consent agenda which included the min...
