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St. Joseph Catholic Church "Of course," you say. But in all fairness, I didn't ask the whole question. After all, there are only so many words you can fit into the title of an article! What I really meant to ask was, "Do you know how to read Scripture?" If you're like most people around here, your response is probably still, "Of course!" Have you ever given a second thought to the way you read the Bible? People read it in different ways and for different reasons. Some people r...
Aug. 13, Mayor Paul Gilliland called to order the meeting of the city council with members Terry Howe, Rick Becker, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk and Mike Cronrath present and Bunny Haugan, Scott McGowan, Margie Hall, Ashley Schenk, Charles Marsh, Sharon Schultz and Marge Womach in attendance. Margie Hall of the Economic Development Council gave an update of activities and meetings and provided the council with handouts. She noted that the mayors would be meeting on Sept. 12,...
The Fourth Avenue street renewal project is proceeding according to plan. As stated in the call for bids published in The Odessa Record on July 3, 2014, the project is to reconstruct 750 linear feet of residential road, including new pavement, gravel parking lanes, a rolled concrete curb and gutter, concrete sidewalk, concrete driveways, curb ramps and other associated work. It also includes drainage improvements that include the installation of catch basins, culverts and...
Garrett Jensen and Brady Haase were working to load train cars with soft white winter wheat headed for Portland last week. These cars will be headed first to Spokane, then Pasco and eventually, Portland. Jensen said, “Once contracted, the Odessa Union has 48 hours to complete the job of loading the cars.” Pearson Burke, of the Odessa Union Warehouse, said they load 24 cars at a time. There are two different car sizes, so, after he crunched the numbers, he said that each car holds between 3,250 bushels and 3,700 bushels per...
As reported in our August 7 edition, two Odessa High School sophomores played in an international baseball tournament in Italy. Brad Johnston and Chance Messer have now returned home, their team having won second place, losing only in the championship game to the other American team in the tournament. The USSA Nationals team won the tournament; the Odessa boys played for the USSA NW Elite team. According to family members, both boys had a great time and enjoyed the experience...
Great Northern Railroad - Part 1, submitted by Marjorie Womach, was published on July 10 and Part 2 on July 17. Anyone interested in additional information on Northwest railroads may come to The Record office where we have several books for sale on the subject. In 1921 it was said that in order for the Harrington Harvester to sell its machines at distant towns, they used two small white mules that pulled and scratched their way up the old City Hall hill pulling one of their machines. They wrote that the belly of the mules...
Odessa's preparations for the upcoming Deutsches Fest, September 19, 20 and 21, are moving forward, as the groups providing homemade German food get together to assemble the dishes for which they have become famous. Tuesday, members of Heritage Church, along with other volunteers, spent the morning rolling a mixture of hamburger, rice and tomato sauce into freshly harvested cabbage leaves. They began their task at 8 a.m. and by 10:30 a.m. had assembled 2,100 cabbage rolls. Thi...
The latest cash grain market here showed Soft White Wheat up at $6.13. Hard Red Winter is up at $6.64. DNS is up at $7.32. Barley is down at $148/ton....
Birthdays for Aug. 21: Daryl Holvermale. Aug. 22: Randy Walter, Jennifer Walter, Michael Jeske. Aug. 23: Carter Pitts, Ashley Ross, Barb Greenwalt, Jesse Scheller. Aug. 24: Vincent Wheeler, Tim DeWulf, Ezekiel Chavez. Aug. 25: Tom Camp, Ashley Buchmann, Kim King. Aug. 26; Trenton Pratt, Jordan Ford, harry Price, Brandi Maloho, Treig Wagner, Kately Worley, Greg Luiten. Aug. 27: Nancy Floether. Anniversaries for Aug. 21: Mike and Cheryl Nichols, Joe and Gina Schlomer, Troy and Camille Eldridge, Ken and Bernice Melcher. Aug....
Wednesday, August 27: Lasagna, green beans, Caesar salad, chilled peaches, garlic bread, frosted cake. Thursday, August 28: Baked fish filet, twice baked potatoes, broccoli salad, glazed carrots, Oregon berries, ww roll, lemon pudding....
The road construction project on 4th Avenue is going to have a major impact on traffic around the school until the road reopens. The school bus zone will be on the north side of the school, so there will be no parking on the south side of 3rd Avenue until the buses are able to use the old school bus zone.Parent pick up and drop off will be on the northwest corner of the school campus. Student parking is very limited until the road construction project is complete. Students can park on the east side of 2nd Street and on 4th Av...
Harvest is over in the Odessa region, and according to market experts at both the Odessa Trading Company and the Odessa Union Warehouse, the crop this year is said to have been reduced by about one third compared to what farmers have been receiving for the past several good years. The reasons vary and include winter kill, late frosts in the spring and drought. The lack of moisture, at least prior to the bit of rain that accompanied some of the recent thunderstorms to strike the area, has farmers worried now about their fall...
On August 8, 2014, Avista Corp.’s (NYSE: AVA) board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.3175 per share on the company’s common stock. The common stock dividend is payable September 15, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 21, 2014. The declaration of dividends is at the sole discretion of the board of directors. The board considers the level of dividends on a regular basis, taking into account numerous factors, including financial results, business strategies, and economic and com...
Avista has announced that a full settlement agreement has been reached in its Washington electric and natural gas rate case. The company filed a general rate request February 4, 2014 to increase electric and natural gas base rates in Washington that would support the ongoing need to expand and replace the facilities and equipment used every day to serve customers. This settlement agreement would conclude the rate case and support these efforts. It is the result of all parties working together to agree on a settlement that is...
To the Editor: I knew a lady who got into a home business in 1995. She was very successful in Texas. Then her marriage ended, and she had to put her toy aside and go to work for real. After two years, she became very sick and had to stop that job. While being at home full time, she got her toy out and started making things. While recovering, for two years she worked on and off. But she did good work and had at least two customers a month who were very happy with her skills. Because her boyfriend of two years was getting...
The Ritzville Downtown Development Association is proud to present the Oom Pas & Mas in concert on Saturday, August 23, at the Ritz Theatre. Doors will open at 7 p.m.; Oom Pas & Mas will step on stage at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 (pre-sale) and $12 (at the door). Tickets are available at the Ritz Theatre, www.ritzvilletheater.com, Flying Arts Ranch, The Ritzville Chamber Office, Remember When, and online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/. The Oom Pas & Mas started as a small polka group for Odessa’s Deutsches Fest over 40 y...
To the Editor: The article about the Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ott Golden Anniversary was written by my mother Margaret (Snider) Wood. She was so happy that The Record printed her story, and I have a copy in my scrapbook. She loved coming back to visit along with her mother and seeing the hotel where she was born. Chuck Wood Gig Harbor...
In light of the recent devastating fires and other challenges facing northwest ranchers, the Pacific Northwest Center for Holistic Management (PNCHM) presents a complimentary three-hour seminar on September 6, 2014 for ranchers and land managers. This introductory session will provide some tools and insights on how to: • Deal with and recover from crisis including fire, floods, and other disasters • Manage the replacement of fencing • Pre-plan for drought or other crises • Use holistic planned grazing to improve forage...
On our 25th wedding anniversary, Tom and I had decided to be brave and fly to Hawaii, though neither of us like flying, especially over the ocean. Our plans began to grow. We saved our money. When was the best time to go? When was the weather good there? What to take? But then something happened with our plans. We received a telephone call that changed our lives. Would we be interested in adopting again? Yes, was my answer. Tom was a little more cautious, saying things like, “We’re too old.” I never thought our family was c...
We are currently looking for volunteers to run the Youth Garden. Several of the kid-friendly events that we had lined up have backed out or are too expensive. The youth garden may be our only kid friendly option.Our plan is to have the YG open on Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Shifts would be 2-3 hours and volunteers would be responsible for making sure things don't get out of control. Easy peasy! There is also the possibility of selling snow cones, candy, and little snacks like that.That is not set in stone...
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, Aug. 11: A county patrol car sustained no visible damage after a fawn ran into the car door. MedStar air ambulance used the U.S. 2 Telford rest area west of Davenport to transport a patient w...
By PEARSON BURKE Wheat markets continue to consolidate. On the charts, Chicago wheat has formed a double bottom; we will see if that holds. If so, then the downtrend has been broken and at least a sideways pattern can be expected. From a seasonal standpoint, the wheat market is due for a break from the selling that we have seen for the last 3 months. Fundamentally, last Tuesday's USDA Crop Production Report changed U.S. wheat carryovers for next year only slightly. But world wheat carryovers were raised 3.5 million metric...
What a difference 50 years can make in the life of a former president. Harry Truman went from being the most powerful man in the world to basically being a pauper who had to borrow money to pay his bills. He received no support from the federal government. He received no protection from the secret service, no free office space and he even had to raise money for the Truman Library. His family was not financially secure until he was forced to sell the family farm five years after leaving office. Mr. Truman could have had a...
1 years ago From the Odessa Record August 20, 1914 The Great Northern has come up with a novel advertising idea. Its boxcars carry a circular sign containing in its center a picture of a mountain goat at the crest of a snow covered range. The power company has warned that two men are working the area pretending to be meter inspectors. They put the meters out of commission, offer to fix them for $1.00, and ask for an additional deposit of 42.50. The company has not learned of any who fell for the game. Four from Odessa are...
The Harrington Opera House Society met for their monthly meeting, opened by President Mark Stedman and attended by Sheryl Stedman, Becky and Stephen Hardy, Carol, Edwin and Bunny Haugan, Billie and Gordon Herron, D. P. Charlton, Bonnie Hardy, Karen Robertson, Marge Womach and Linda Wagner. Progress might appear slow in regard to the opera house building projects, however the progress is steady in consistent increments following a master list of pieces of the structure that need work; each is thoroughly investigated and...
