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Shutterbugs of all ages – it’s not too early to get those cameras out and take those photos to enter in the 2012 Spokane Ag Expo photography contest! Spokane Ag Expo, celebrating its 35th year, will again feature the popular photography contest celebrating agriculture at their 2012 show. Photographers are asked to submit entries depicting "Agriculture in the Inland Northwest" by November 30, 2011. Photographs will be displayed at Spokane Ag Expo 2012, which is held in the Spokane Convention Center Complex in the exhibit hal...
Pedestrians may want to avoid the southwest corner at the intersection of First Avenue and Division Street for the next week or two, as phase one of a restoration project is underway. The corner building, owned by John and Michelle Melgren, is home to Any Occasion Banquet Hall and The Odessa Record offices. The Melgrens have contracted with Peter Cooper of Coeur d’Alene, a specialist in brick walls and masonry, to remove layers of paint, replace decayed bricks, tuckpoint a...
The Knoell family will be celebrating Jakob Knoell’s 100th birthday on September 3 and 4. He was born September 4, 1911, in the Black Sea area called Bessarabia. He immigrated to the United States and Odessa in 1952, with his wife of 71 years, Lydia. His children, Marianne Saltz (Soldotna, Alaska), and Vern and Joni Knoell (Colbert/Lamona, Wash.), as well as his grandchildren Jeannette Ducker (Kasilof, Alaska), DiAnna Leaders (Soldotna), Tami Knoell (Spokane), Kristi and M...
The Odessa School Board met Wednesday, August 24, to hear about the final preparations for the start of school on August 31. After the meeting board members toured the school buildings to see what had been accomplished over the summer in terms of repairs, new installations and repainting. Handicapped-accessible bathrooms have been installed in both the kindergarten and first-grade rooms, and a wheel-chair ramp leading from the elementary wing to the upper hallway was nearing completion and expected to be finished by the...
People don’t appreciate what they have until they lose it. For example, if your water line breaks and you go without showers for a couple of days, you have a whole new appreciation for the water company. Too often, Americans focus on what we don’t have, and we take the simple things in life for granted. But the freedoms and standard of living we’ve always known are not guaranteed. Just look at what has happened in other places around the world. For example, today Gdansk and G...
When I was a kid I was “born again,” a process that involved being fully and totally immersed in water. Much more recently I was on the home stretch of an 8-mile walk in the hot sun when the minister I was walking with kindly poured her drinking water on my hot little head. Seldom does water feel so good as when splashed on an overheating noggin in the summertime. As soon as my hair was sopping wet, I certainly felt born anew, able to complete the walk with at least a tiny smidgen of spring in my step. Just a cup or two of...
Destiny Skidmore, how can you compare Bob and Bonnie Dewey to Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is being sued left and right for their labor practices. You know nothing about these people or about labor law. “Help your neighbor!” has nothing to do with business. Bob and Bonnie Dewey come from a small town also; they do have the same family values. But they are in business to make money. Go to the food bank if you can’t afford food or get an EBT card. Newcomers continue to come to Odessa for the cheap housing. You have a drug store, a healt...
Subject: A good interpretation of the Federal Budget If anyone is puzzled by the effort to "substantially" reduce federal spending and is confused by the absolutely huge numbers involved, the following is a primer to understand why this issue is so critical to our country's economic health. It also portends to the mountain of federal debt faced by our children and our grandchildren. Federal Budget 101 The U.S. Congress sets a federal budget every year in the trillions of dollars. Few people know how much money that is so we c...
I have way more ideas than I have energy or know-how to bring to fruition. I have ideas for quilts. I have ideas for redecorating the house. I have ideas for how to gain control of the garden. And I have lots of ideas for the “betterment” of Odessa. Not that Odessa needs “betterment” – it’s a lovely community. Odessa has held up to the decline of rural America much better than many other communities. But I don’t think we can afford to rest on our laurels, and I think about i...
In a 1913 effort to bring new industry to town, the Odessa Commercial Club targeted a creamery as a likely prospect. The club made a survey of the dairy cows in the Odessa area, and a poll was taken among local farmers to determine whether they would increase their dairy cattle herds. The following year, a creamery turning out dairy products including butter and ice cream was established by Hugo Kleeman, who brought in experienced creamery operators form Germany to set up the business. Here is The Odessa Record’s report in i...
Zucchini abound in Odessa gardens now that some hot weather has arrived. If you are looking for zucchini you don’t have to search very far, just ask a few neighbors or friends and soon you will have plenty to try the recipes in this column. I have been overwhelmed with zucchini recipes. Though I have plenty of zucchini, I have not enough time to test drive all these recipes. Joyce McClanahan agreed to test out Cindi Bell’s recipe for Vegan Zucchini Bread. She reported tha...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area (where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up.) Dream 2 (Continuation): Raugust, Rudolph, (b. 9/30/1896, Eigenheim, Bessarabia, Russia. d. 7/28/1992). Was a son of Jacob Raugust Sr. – Rudolph served in the U.S. Army during WWI. When he returned from the service he married Margaret Reimann, and moved to Monroe, Washington, where he was employed at a sawmill. He also work for a time at the Carnation Co. T...
We know that driving while you are distracted can be fatal, but apparently texting while walking can lead to serious consequences as well. In Philadelphia, texting pedestrians are on notice that their cell phone habits will have to change. In May, The City of Brotherly Love launched a campaign called “Give Respect, Get Respect.” According to CNET News, the program is “geared toward preventing unsafe behavior on the roads, including pedestrians who talk and text while they cros...
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. Aug. 22: A deputy responded to a report that a front left wheel came off a vehicle, blocking the southbound lane of SR 231 near Broadway Avenue in Reardan. The company working on electrical lines...
Big Bend Community College was on the verge of reducing the enrollment of its registered nursing program this summer due to ongoing budget cuts. Not wanting to see the local supply of RNs decrease, the two largest health care providers in BBCC’s service district stepped up to commit $120,000 ($60,000 each) to help pay a nursing faculty salary for the next two years. The move by Samaritan Healthcare and Wenatchee Valley Medical Center (on behalf of Moses Lake Clinic) means BBCC’s RN program won’t be reduced from 24 students to...
The Bureau of Land Management is requesting public nominations to fill three positions – which are set to expire on January 8, 2012 – on the national Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. Nominations are for a term of three years and are needed to represent the following categories of interest: wild horse and burro advocacy, veterinary medicine (equine science), and general public interest (with special knowledge of wild horses and burros, wildlife, animal husbandry, or natural resource management). The Board advises the BLM...
