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Karl Kissler was born November 16, 1925 and died on September 19, 2011, preceded in death by his wife, Pauline. He is survived by his two children Margaret Simpson and Dennis Kissler and daughter-in-law Margaret Rose; four granddaughters Karlene and Leonard Logg, Dawn and Troy Pace, Courtney and Adam Hawkins and Becky and Brian Mc Laughlin; and four great- grandchildren, Ashleigh, Claire, Maxine and Trent. A graveside service for immediate family will be October 8, 2011 at...
Jennie Cater Schell Gates died September 16, 2011. She was born February 26, 1921 in Spokane Wash., and raised in Marlin Wash., known as Caterville. Her parents and grandparents were pioneers and dairy farmers. She was dedicated to her family and her faith. As an accomplished artist, her work had been displayed at the Civic Theater, Ridpath Western Art Show and many private homes. She is preceded in death by her parents Catherine and Otis Cater, her husbands Robert Schell Sr....
Unser Tagelich Brot, The Staff of Life V, has arrived from the printer. This German recipe edition was compiled by the Odessa Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, and features all the German recipes from the past eight cookbooks put out by the Auxiliary. Cookbook committee members Nettie Miller, Debbie Walter, Carey Jasman and Laura Estes spent many hours creating the book in Cookbook Publishers new online program, making it possible to reprint the book as needed, and keep up with the demand for this popular cookbook. Cookbooks are f...
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. Sept. 26: Deputies investigated a caller's report that a strange man had been seen in a woodshed in the 700 block of Marshall Street in Davenport. A couch and loveseat were found dumped on Brown Road...
In 1916, there were no cross-state highways in Washington. The road through Odessa, known as the North Central Highway, extended from Davenport to Vantage Ferry, and the Sunset Highway went through from Spokane to Wenatchee. That year, there was talk of forming a “good roads association,” to promote the development of a better transportation system. The Record carried this article 95 years ago in its issue of October 6: The Record advocated last week a Good Roads Association The plea was made simply on general principles and...
The cards were being dealt and sometimes in the heat of the game it takes some time to sort out the diamonds from the hearts and the spades from the clubs as the colors of red and black become a blur. Such is the case with our lives at times. At this moment in time, it appears this will be my last article for “The Record”, as my health situation is under a total medical disability and I am not working. So for “the record” I remind you one and all that we are under the curse o...
In today’s dog-eat-dog world, change is constant and accelerating. Other countries are stealing our factories and jobs and are hungry for more. That is the new reality. For example, in the 1990s, a California-based company called FormFactor developed a new and faster way to test semiconductors, the heart of today’s computers. Chipmakers needed assurance their products operate efficiently, consistently and have long-term durability. FormFactor was founded by a Ukrainian imm...
This is my favorite time of the year. It’s the time of year that is somehow linked with my memories of it finally being cool enough to wear those new school clothes. There’s something really satisfying about going out to the now-finished garden, cleaning up the beds, digging the spuds, preparing for the winter and, in so doing, the spring. There’s a sense of relief that I will have a few months off from moving sprinklers, remembering to water the flowerpots, and weeding. I lov...
Fall quarter 2011 full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment dropped 9.6 percent at Big Bend Community College compared to 2010. By headcount--all students taking at least one class--enrollment is down 12.6 percent from fall 2010, according to college officials. Long waiting lists and fewer class offerings were the norm for BBCC students this fall. The college did not open new sections to meet demand due to state budget restrictions. Classes with low enrollment were canceled. BBCC set a fall quarter enrollment record in 2010 with...
The Titans split their matches again this week, prevailing against Columbia-Inchelium but falling to Almira/Coulee-Hartline. O-H vs. Columbia-Inchelium Odessa-Harrington traveled to Hunters to take on the Columbia-Inchelium co-op. The games were all close, with the Titans ultimately winning the final game for the match win. O-H 25 21 25 18 15 3 C-I 23 25 21 25 12 2 Lexie Hirst and Kendall Todd each had 4 aces, while Amanda Hardt served 8-0 and Fisher 16-0. Fisher had a...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans thoroughly dominated Mansfield last Friday with a 56-16 blowout victory. The Titans amassed 32 points in the first quarter of action, en route to a 40-point performance by halftime. O-H 32 24 -56 Mansfield 8 8 -16 Jared King (7), Stetson Sanford (31), Garrison Schmierer (19) and Justin Hunt (24) all scored touchdowns via the run, with 16, 9, 4 and 14 yards gained, respectively, to score those touchdowns. King found a wide-open receiver, Jake Tanke...
P.C. Jantz Elementary School will host an open house on Tuesday, October 11, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Parents of K-5 students are invited to attend. Teachers will be available for any questions parents may have regarding how they can become more involved in their child's education. All parents are encouraged to attend. They will be able to get acquainted with the teachers and learn how to get involved in their child's education....
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. Steffen, Edward Martin, (b. 6/21/1886, Russia. d. 3/1963). Parents: Edward M. and Fredericka Steffen. Edward married Amelia Graber in 1906. Steffen, Herbert Wilhelm, (b. 11/3/1893, Eugene, Oregon. d. 4/4/1981). Mother: Fredrica Freschau; Father: Edward Steffen. Wife: Helen Christel. Along with his parents Herbert moved to the...
Kerri Barglof of Odessa spent last Saturday, October 1, in Spokane competing The Night of Champions, the Pacific Northwest’s largest bodybuilding/figure show with participants coming from all over the U.S. and Canada. The event is a national qualifying contest of the National Physique Committee (NPC). Barglof entered the Masters (age 35 or over) Bikini category and took second place. She also entered the Masters Figure competition and again took second place. In both e...
When I received The Odessa Record on Saturday and got to the second page I saw a letter to the editor attacking Lise Ott on an article that she wrote on Sept. 1 that hurt someone from Harrington. I have said in the past that the first thing I read in the paper is the history, but not anymore, as I enjoy the stories that Lise writes. So I read them first. I have been racking my brain trying to remember what was said, but no luck. But I am sure if it had been something terrible I would have remembered it. We live in a small...
Do college athletes deserve to be paid? ESPN reporter Michael Wilbon used to argue against it, thinking that tuition, room, board and books were compensation enough. And even if it wasn’t enough, the idea of pay-for-play would at best be considered a logistical nightmare. “Where would the money come from? How could you pay college football players but not baseball players or members of the women’s field hockey team? And how in the world would you pay men in a way that would...
I spent this past summer trudging through six-mile treks each weekend with two good friends. We walked along the edge of wheat fields outside of town. (My friends and I qualify as middle-aged ladies, so the walks counted as significant exercise. Sad but true.) One of the interesting things about the walks was simply observing the growth and ripening of the wheat fields by which we passed. We depend on wheat for bread, pasta, animal feed, noodles and – perhaps most i...
When asked how he heard about Honor Flight, Lloyd Tebow replied, “Well, we were over at Barb’s ( Tebow’s daughter, Barb Greenwalt), and she asked if I’d like to go. I said ‘well, I can’t do that.’ Tyler (Tebow’s grandson) was over messing around with some game on the TV and he found the form on the website and filled it out for me.” When his application was received, he was 139th on the waiting list. After about 7 months, Tebow was notified that he would be a part of the Inl...
The minimum wage in Washington state goes up 37 cents January 1, 2012 to $9.04 an hour. Washington is one of only 10 states that ensure by law that their minimum wage keeps up with inflation, which was calculated at just over 4 percent this year. Whenever there’s a minimum wage hike, some employers claim the extra cost will put them out of business. But that has not happened, says John Schmitt, a senior economist with the Center for Economic Policy Research, who studies wage trends since the 1930s. “What the evidence see...
Cattle Producers of Washington (CPoW) will hold their annual meeting Friday, October 21, at the Pillar Rock Grill in Moses Lake from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The cost of the all-day and evening event is $60. Two panel discussions will be offered. One focuses on the CPoW livestock processing facility planned for the Odessa Industrial Park, as well as on the marketing of meats. The second will concentrate on wolves in Washington state. There will be time for questions from the audience. A U.S. beef prime-rib dinner will be served from...
Several parents attended the regularly scheduled Odessa School District board meeting September 28 to express support for a change in athletic policy. According to the majority, Odessa is the only 1B school that does not allow sixth-graders to “play up” to junior-high level athletics. They contend that since Odessa is now participating in an athletic cooperative, both schools should follow the same guidelines. Support was not unanimous, however. One parent delivered a petition signed by 7th and 8th graders protesting the cha...
As a result of her first-place finishes at science fairs held earlier in the summer, Kira Powell was eligible to join 10 other high school students from all parts of the United States who attended the London International Youth Science Forum, which focussed this year on the Science of the Seas. It was held at the South Kensington campus of Imperial College in central London from July 27 to August 10. The group of American students arrived in London on July 28, accompanied by t...
