Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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1 years ago From The Odessa Record July 3, 1914 "Odessa was starting its immense Fourth of July celebration. With the most favorable crop since 1907, spirits are high. Concession booths of every kind grace the four parts of every corner along main street and those who could not find a corner have stands at every available vacant space. “The Odessa creamery turned out its first butter on Tuesday. The plant has been busy making ice cream for the celebration. “It has been seven years since the crop prospects were as good as...
The latest cash grain market here shows Soft White Wheat down at $6.16. Hard Red Winter is down at $6.73. DNS is down at $7.08. Barley remains at 148.00....
Birthdays for July 10: Nicholas Larson. July 11: Tom Weishaar, Kelby Braun, Joy Westmoreland and Josh Hink. July 12: Carol Green. July 13: Laura Estes, Nancy Liner and Landon Lobe. July 14: Denise Kissler and Riley Allen. July 15: Anthony Hoskinson, Kira Powell, Kenna Schutz and Randi Stephens. July 16: Travis King, H.P. Carstensen and Todd Iverson. Anniversaries for July 10: Dallas and Emily Dafler. July 11: Bob and Kathie Donahue and Larry and Claudia Iverson. July 12: Bud and Linnie Largent. July 14: Adam and Sarah Dirks,...
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16: Tuna salad croissant, minestrone soup, peaches, brownies. THURSDAY, JULY 17: Polish sausage & sauerkraut, baby red potatoes, buttered carrots, waldorf salad, whole wheat bread, frosted cake. If you are not a regular attendee at senior meals and wish to participate, please call 982-2654 prior to 10 a.m. on the day of the meal. Suggested donation for a meal is $3.25 for those 60 and over. For those under age 60, lunch costs $8.00....
On July 7, Odessa High School researcher Thorsen Wehr and his mentor, Jeffery Wehr, from the Advanced STEM Research Laboratory had their physics research published online in The Journal of Emerging Investigators; the journal is an online journal organized by Harvard University graduate students in Arts and Sciences. The teacher/mentor is part of the publishing process, because it is understood that they are part of the writing process. Thor's research, Focusing Sound Waves Using a Two-Dimensional Non-Linear System, was...
The Hoopfest team "Just B' Cuz" featured Odessa's Travis Schuh and his relatives: Jolyn Hutsell (a cousin from Eugene, Ore.), Travis Schuh, Jennifer Dejong (sister-in-law from Arlington, Wash.), Corby Schuh (brother). The team won its fourth bracket championship in a row....
Merlin Traylor was born on December 24, 1930 in Wessington Springs, South Dakota to Thomas and Kathryn Traylor. After Kathryn's death in 1935 his father moved the family first to Tacoma and then to Spokane. Merlin completed high school and then went on to Gonzaga University and Washington State University earning his degree in Zoology at the age of 19. During this time he met his soul mate and the love of his life, Beverly. They were married in 1950. Merlin moved from being a...
The Lincoln County Relay for Life walk-a-thon was held in Davenport, starting on June 13 at 6 p.m. and continuing until 6 a.m. on June 14. The event was held at the Davenport High School track and field complex. Twelve teams, with over 100 participants, ranging in age from infants to senior citizens, walked, jogged, strolled and danced their way around the track to raise money for the American Cancer Society in the fight against cancer, with the goal that more people survive...
The average IQ in the US, as well as the world, has risen significantly since the turn of the century. Today, the average U.S. citizen has an IQ of 98. Personally, I believe this is because the importance of education is being embraced more and more in school and at home, as well as the increase in the amount and readiness of information that is now available. Our generation has something that gives us an advantage over our ancestors: the Internet. Nearly anything we need to know is right at our fingertips, at little to no ex...
I need to get a cap on my front tooth redone; it has a significant chip in it. Luckily I live at a time in which dentists are in every city and town, plying their trade in ways that can help us each day. A young woman who scientists are calling Naia was not so lucky. She lived about 12,000 to 13,000 years ago in what’s now the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. A recent article in New Scientist reports that Naia’s teeth have a number of large cavities in them. Her mouth likely hur...
Chamber meeting Wednesday noon, July 2, the Harrington Chamber of Commerce met, led by president Cassandra Paffle-Dick. Those present included Kathy Hoot, Carol, Cindy Haase, Bonnie Hardy, Bunny Haugan and Marge Womach. Considerable discussion was held on the city directory sign at the entrance to Harrington and its reconstruction. Estimates were obtained and proposals considered. The committee will now investigate the cost of having a local metal art worker construct the...
Grant County Health District staff are investigating three laboratory confirmed cases and 210 people that came into contact with ill individuals with whooping cough (pertussis) in Mattawa and Quincy. No one has been hospitalized. “We are responding to a cluster of whooping cough cases among migrant farm workers near Mattawa and Quincy. Because of a large number of exposed and ill individuals in a very well-defined area, we are considering this a local outbreak,” states Dr. Alexander Brzezny, Grant County Health Officer. He ad...
OLYMPIA, Wash. In May, the state’s largest small-business association gave its coveted Guardian of Small Business award to 69 legislators. Today, it singled out Sen. Janéa Holmquist as one of only two lawmakers to receive its Outstanding Legislator honor for the 63rd Washington State Legislature. Holmquist is the first lawmaker in at least a decade to be named National Federation of Independent Business’s Outstanding Legislator a second time. “While we are always eager to recognize those who stand with small business on tough...
Four employees of the Odessa School District retired at the end of the school year in early June. Together, the four of them put in over 100 years of service to the district and the community. Jackie Allington worked as a substitute teacher for the district from 1974 to l988. In August of 1987, she was hired as a home economics teacher at one-third of full time. All together, she worked 26 years in Odessa, plus 1.5 years outside the state before she moved to Odessa. Sam Read came to the district in September of 1983, where...
Local Internet service provider Odessa Office Equipment is the first to provide Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) high speed Internet to communities in Lincoln County. Marlon Schafer, owner of Odessa Office Equipment, has negotiated a contract with NoaNet to utilize their fiber for anchor institutions as well as businesses and residents in both Odessa and Wilbur. And he's working on more. Schafer was already providing the two communities with wireless Internet options, but now he can provide the high speeds that...
The July 4 barbecue at Reiman Park, put on by the Odessa Volunteer Fire Department, was very well attended last Friday. Firemen and their family members served up pulled-pork sandwiches, beans, potato salad, watermelon, snack chips and beverages. Afterward, folks sat in the shade of the park’s trees and visited in the warm afternoon breeze. The pool was open for those wanting a refreshing dip in the water. Toward evening, the fireworks started, as residents used their yards a...
