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Wheatland Bank, a locally owned 5-Star bank, is proud to announce the addition of Wheatland Wealth Management, a full-service brokerage and financial planning division of Wheatland Bank offering services throughout Investment Centers of America (ICA), to the Bank’s array of comprehensive business and consumer banking services. Customers of Wheatland Bank, which currently operates 13 branches through eastern and central Washington, will now have access to a wide array of financial products and services, including n...
Nancy and Robert Andes of Snohomish visited Lincoln County July 18 to learn about Nancy's ancestors, the Finch family from Lamona. With a few directions form Lamona resident Becky Walter, they made their way to the Lamona Cemetary, called Fairview in some of the early-day records. The graves of Cyrus, August, Mildred, May, and Ruben Finch were located in the northeast portion of the cemetary; Ruben was Nancy's great grandfather. From Lamona they traveled to Harrington to locate Marge Womach for possible history of the Finch...
On May 11, 2013, Ilea Graedel graduated with distinction from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, MA, recieving two Bachelor of Science degrees in Aerospace and Engeneering and Professional Writing. The night prior to graduation she was elected to deliver an address at the Baccalaureate ceremony for students and families. Ilea talked about striving to achieve great feats, but not forgetting that simple tasks can have the greatest impact. She was an employee...
Harrington author, David Michaelson has recieved word that his book for young readers, "Butterfly Dust", written under the pen name Nubby Grumpins, has made the Summer Recommended Reading List of the Military Writer's Society of America. The Odessa Record has several copies of the book for sale. That same organization has also given Micaelson the distinction of being named Author of the Month for his latest novel, "Annals of the Element," which is now avaliable at the Davenport Times office, Ritzville Art Center and Cow...
The President's Honor Roll at Washington State University recognizes students who stand above the rest with excellent academic performance. To be eligible for the honor roll, undergraduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine graded hours in a single term at WSU and earn a grade point average of 3.75 or earn a 3.50 cumulative GPA based on 15 cumulative hours of graded work. Odessa students on the President's Honor Roll for spring 2013 were Travis Michael King; Corinne Marie Kinney; Kayli Beth Ann Smith and...
Kramer Shutz has been named to the Dean's List at Carroll College for spring semester of 2013. To be included on the dean's list, a student must recieve a 3.5 grade point average or better for the semester and take at least 12 credits. Kramer is a 2010 graduate of Odessa High School. His parents are Ken and LeeAnn Shutz....
I have watched closely how the number of people on various government assistance programs has expanded at an almost unbelievable rate. I have a friend who lost his job and applied for unemployment. Almost immediatley, he started getting applications for food stamps, free cell phone, SNAP, etc. He had not applied for the programs and he was surprised to basically have these things offered again and again when he didn't apply. He had too much pride to accept even one program. I understand that human nature being what it is, mos...
Marianne Iksic and I realized that though the state standards were superior, the new national standards were here to stay. About 90-95% of our English program matched the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). At Common Core English workshops, we both have heard teachers’ concerns, the major one being that the CCSS would dictate the books that teachers were to teach and students to read. When teachers saw, for example, that Alice Walker’s The Color Purple or William Faulkner’s The Sound and Fury were marked at the 4th grade...
The Mohler School was completed on August 29, 1902. The gymnasium was added in 1913. Work on it was mentioned in historical records in July 1913, so it was likely completed before the fall school session began. The old gym was used for stage productions, sporting events, Bible study, and then from 1931 on also by the Grange. On July 2, 2013, just shy of its 100th year, the old gym building collapsed. The school is still upright, but is also unsafe and could collapse at any...
At Tuesday noon’s meeting of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce, community kitchen chairperson Lindsy Starkel reported that Phase 1 of the project is on schedule to be completed by the first week in August. On Monday, July 29, the oven will be moved from The Kraut Haus into the new kitchen. At the end of July, the sinks, dishwasher and ice machine will be installed, and the electrical work will be completed. Starkel said electrician Larry Gustafson has been working very hard to g...
Chris Bartalamay was born in Odessa January 26, 1969. He graduated from University High School in Spokane and from Washington State University in Pullman. He had a huge heart. He was generous and thoughtful. He had a great sense of humor, quick wit and a handsome smile. In younger years, he was outrageously adventuresome and a bit accident prone. Chris lived life, loved people, being involved with his church and music – very loud music. Survivors include his parents Tom B...
My interview target this week is not an easy man to catch up with. Even though he is “retired”, he currently serves as chairman for the County Noxious Weed Board and also as chairman for the County Retired Public Employees Council. Driving around town in his signature blue Toyota 5 speed, he is typically running errands and going out to check on his farm. The amazing thing…he is 97 years old. Eddie Kern is a humble man with a spring in his step and a twinkle in his eye. I had...
First concrete water tank was rising 90 years agoOdessa’s north hill reservoir, now dilapidated and leaking, will soon be history. Ninety years ago this week, contractor Con Eckhardt had just finished pouring the concrete floor for the 250,000-gallon water tank. The wooden forms and steel reinforcing rods were ready to be set in place in preparation for pouring the concrete for the side walls. Shortly before harvest in 1923, Odessa area farmers and able-bodied men of the town had joined to excavate the water tank site. In 1...
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 15: A Davenport woman requested law enforcement assistance with a man who she said moved into her residence in the 1100 block of Adams Street last spring without her permission. A caller reported the...
We live in a time in which most animals are relatively small. If you think back to your exposure to the Ice Age, perhaps in elementary school, you may remember big mammals like the mastodon and the saber tooth tiger. Less famous but equally big was a deer the size of a modern elk and a beaver the size of a black bear. In sum, our ancestors – the people alive in the Ice Age – were small compared to a number of the animals around them. Dinosaurs are also famously large. How dinosaurs grew to be as large as they did has alw...
I think I’ll poke a little fun at the editor this week. Really, I’m poking fun at myself, but I’m disguising it. Every once in a while, I forget to write my own headline for this column. That’s the first mistake. Then I read what the editor supplied. That’s the second mistake. It’s not the editor’s fault, you know. If I could just remember to go back to the top of the page before that final save and the email to The Record. If I could just figure out what the heck I was wr...
Nearly 80 people sang traditional hymns at the Harrington Church of the Nazarene’s 75th anniversary celebration Sunday, July 14. Mrs. Gordon Herron. Pastor Jim Beattie welcomed the members and guests. Short addresses were given by Rev. Guy Cooksey of Oregon, Rev. Bill Bull of Clarkston, Rev. Chuck Wilkes of Idaho, Rev. Paul Barber, and a letter from Rev. Gene Delbridge was read. A trio comprising Gerald and Virginia Zellmer and daughter Jana Shea sang accompanied by Linda Zellmer at the piano. A special guitar number was o...
