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1 years ago The Odessa Record July 12, 1918 Some Dust Storm. Following two of the hottest days of the season, which pinched some more of the already damaged wheat, the biggest dust storm that ever struck the Odessa country during the past eighteen years, broke upon the town about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening. The dust came in such clouds that for nearly an hour the dust clouds, at times, made it as dark as night and at no time during the gale was it possible to see across the s...
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, July 2: Harrington ambulance personnel assisted a 70-year-old man with a low pulse and shallow breathing. Checking a report that a resident of the 200 block of South Elm Street had heard two...
Summer Reading Program On July 5, the Harrington Library's Summer Reading Program began and will be held each Thursday in July. Katie Steward, library board member, volunteered to lead the first session and had additional volunteers on hand. The school program joined the library program and brought three teenage "aides" to help when needed. All together, there were 14 children and the three aides, Grace Daniels, Sammy Aldous and Tommy Christianson. The children divided into...
Beverly (Zeiler) Goehringer died June 17, 2018, following a seven-year battle with breast cancer. Bev was born May 12, 1952 to Roy and Mary (Scheibner) Zeiler of Odessa, the youngest of three daughters. She attended school in Odessa up through her junior year. Her parents then sold their farm and moved to Issaquah, where Bev completed her senior year and graduated from Issaquah High School in 1970. She attended cosmetology school and worked as a hair dresser for many years as...
Fox News: A 32-year-old cold case murder has been solved after the suspect turned himself in because he wants to "right the wrong that he has done." Glenn Adams, 58, was charged with first-degree murder and robbery Friday after he walked into the Cowlitz County Hall of Justice in Kelso, Washington and confessed to the 1986 killing of Russell Haines. Haines was found strangled in his room at the Oregon Way Hotel after what officials suspected was an ambush and robbery. Adams was living at the hotel, a men's only hotel often us...
Baltimore, Maryland was the destination for 25 members of Odessa High School's Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter competing in the 2018 National Leadership Conference. Over 12,000 students were in attendance competing in approximately 100 events. Odessa competed in 10 events, made the finals in three of those events and placed in two. Coming home with a first place award and competing against over 100 schools was the Community Service Project team of Kassidy...
To the Editor: I believe this information is important, as my name was included in a pamphlet that was included with The Odessa Record. I was listed as a member of the Odessa Athletics Hall of Fame and that is not correct. An idea about a Hall of Fame came from me, but I was not able to go to meetings, so I was dropped as a voting member. I voted for the first ballot by telephone but that was my last vote. The Hall of Fame has taken a turn away from being for individual athletes as was my original intent. I regret I waited...
Anona Heimbigner, formerly of Odessa, died July 2, 2018 in Kirkland, Wash., only a few months shy of her 105th birthday. A full obituary will follow with details for a memorial gathering at a later date....
About 20,000 students recently graduated from U.S. medical schools. Now, they’re beginning the next chapter of their training, as residents. Yet, fewer than 7,000 will be pursuing careers in primary care. America will be short up to 43,100 primary care physicians by 2030, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Medical schools have a responsibility to help fix this shortfall. They can do so by making primary care more alluring to students. Primary care physicians are our healthcare system’s first line of...
Part 1: Dr. Universe: Why does music give us chills? -Nicole, 11, Spokane, Wash. Dear Friends, If you are anything like me, maybe you’ve suddenly felt a chill while listening to music. Perhaps, you got goosebumps and saw your arm hairs stand on end. Maybe you even teared up. The truth is I really wasn’t sure why music gives us chills, but I was determined to find out. My first stop was the Washington State University School of Music. That’s where I met up with my friend and music professor Greg Yasinitsky. He played a few d...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced the following changes in fire danger rating and industrial fire precaution levels on lands protected by the Dept.. Effective Wednesday, July 11, 2018: * Fire danger will increase from low to moderate in Pend Oreille and Ferry counties and Stevens County outside fire districts 1 and 2. * Fire danger will increase from moderate to high in Lincoln and Spokane counties and Stevens County inside fire districts 1 and 2. * Fire danger remains high i...
