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1 years ago The Odessa Record July 21, 1916 Back from Ellensburg: Ye editor and family returned Sunday evening from Ellensburg where they attended the thirtieth annual meeting of the Washington State Press Association, making the trip overland. Inquiries before starting as to the condition of the Vantage ferry road, received all kinds of answers from good to bad and indifferent, and making the trip proved that all were right at least in spots. With the exception, however,...
Mark Alan Wagner died June 30, 2016 at Hospice House North in Spokane at the age of 62. He was born on January 10, 1954 to Roscoe and Blanche Wagner (both deceased). Mark has a brother, Randy Wagner and is survived by Robert Wagner and wife, Christine; niece Michelle and her husband, Jacob Beitinger and their children, Eliana and Holden. He was raised in Odessa and graduated from high school in 1972. Mark played football and basketball (played at state tournaments in 1971),...
Sandi Smith's farewell was celebrated on Thursday, July 7. She started her career at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center in 1992 by taking the nurse aide course with Diana Finkbeiner, RN as her instructor. After a brief job change in 1995, she came back to OMHC, still as a nurse aide, and later decided to pursue a career in activities for long term care patients. Ultimately, she earned her "Activity Director Certification" and then became the Activity Department Director in...
The Odessa area wheat crop is now being harvested and delivered to the town's two grain cooperatives. The Odessa Trading Company (a division of Ritzville Warehouse) received an initial load of club wheat on July 1 in the Batum area southwest of Odessa, according to marketing manager Mark Cronrath. He estimates that about 30 to 35 percent of the wheat harvest has already been delivered to the Trading Company's rural and in-town stations. Over at the Odessa Union Warehouse,...
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 11: EMTs from Reardan and Edwall assisted Davenport ambulance personnel in caring for a 67-year-old Edwall woman suffering severe abdominal pain. A Davenport woman reported she was the...
Dear younger self, I thought I would write a list in hopes you might read it, and maybe it will help guide you throughout the rest of your life. I don’t claim to know everything, but what I do know is that about 80 percent of what you think you know, is incorrect. 1. Have self-confidence. I know you moved around a lot and it has contributed to your low self-esteem and shyness. You have mastered the art of “blending in,” but trust me when I say this, you won’t be this shy gir...
Gilbert White, age 82, passed away in Ritzville on July 17. A full obituary will be run at a later date. For service information, please visit the Danekas Funeral Home website at www.danekasfh.com....
Herman W. Schmierer, passed away July 18, 2016, in Odessa where he has lived for all 95 of his years. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 25, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Christ Lutheran Church in Odessa with Pastor Tim Hauge officiating. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. at Fairmount Memorial Park, 5200 W. Wellesley in Spokane. Memorials may be made to the Christ Lutheran Church or to the Odessa Museum. Please sign the online guestbook at www.stratefuneralhome.com. Strate Funeral Home in Davenport is caring for...
EWU Dean’s List Graduates of Odessa High School and Harrington High School attending Eastern Washington State University have been named to the Dean’s List. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours and acheives a grade point average of 3.5 or better is placed on the Dean’s List for the quarter. Odessa: Jacob DeWulf, Koralynne Kuch, Garrison Schmierer, Marci Steinbach and Carley Williams. Harrington: Jennifer Adams and Sidney Morris. WSU President’s List Area students attending Washington State University who hav...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health is urging parents to make sure their kids’ immunizations are up-to-date before heading back to school this fall. “Summer is a busy time, and immunizations are often overlooked. Vaccines are critical protection for our children and help keep other kids around them safe from many diseases such as whooping cough and measles,” said State Health Officer Dr. Kathy Lofy. Last school year, 85 percent of kindergartners had all their required immunizations. However, the number of kids...
Opera House Society Two meetings were held Monday by the Society in the Art Room, one at 6 p.m. to discuss the October 1 Gala Event, followed by the regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Those attending were Linda Wagner, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Gordon and Billie Herron, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Carol and Marge Womach. The Society is planning a dedicatory social event to celebrate the acquisition of the elevator and the grand piano. Discussion was primarily brain-storming to set the event parameters. Wagner was selected to chair...
More than 40 farms representing 110,000 acres in Eastern Washington are in line to become among the first Farmed Smart certified agriculture operations in the Northwest. The Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association, an organization of direct-seed producers in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, collaborated with Ecology and others to develop a certification for farms where dryland crops are grown and managed in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way. This unique approach is a win for farms and environmental health. Certif...
How many suns are in the universe? Asked by Kristen, 8, Pullman, WA. Dear Kristen, Our sun is really one big star. And there are billions and billions of stars in our universe. “More than we can even count,” added my friend Phil Lou. He’s an expert on solar energy here at Washington State University. He’s really curious about finding ways to power homes and schools using energy from the sun. “Most of the energy and life around us that we know is linked to the sun,” he explained. Then we put on our sunglasses, slathered o...
Fall City- A 28-year-old driver was cited for causing a collision because he admitted to being distracted by the Pokémon Go App. This is the first distracted driving collision reported to the Washington State Patrol since the mobile app launched earlier this month. On Monday July 18, 2016, a driver of a Honda heading eastbound on State Route 202 near 332nd Street in Fall City was traveling the posted speed limit when he collided into the rear of a newer Chevy sedan. The female driver of the Chevy had stopped in the roadway...
I was asked a question last week about our ads for staff and thought it might be helpful to discuss the continuing need for OMHC employees, especially in the nursing department. The workforce shortage was even a topic of discussion at a recent rural hospital CEO round-table. The American population living today has advantages that none before us has had. We live in a time of tremendous medical advances which allow us to live longer and with a greater quality of life than ever before. In addition, the healthcare industry is...
WARDEN – Farmers, local dignitaries and water managers celebrated construction of the new Lind Coulee Siphon complex. It’s part of a 10-year effort to bring surface water to hundreds of deep-well irrigators now relying on a declining aquifer known as the Odessa Subarea. With the flip of a switch and raising of a gate, water from the Columbia River poured through newly built siphons to be delivered to farmers growing potatoes, corn, alfalfa and seed crops in the rolling hills near Warden in eastern Washington. “Today beaut...
