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Donald D. Hopkins died December 14, 2011, in Davenport. His home was in Creston. He was 65 years old. He was born June 30, 1946, in Peoria, Okla. to Jasper “Jack” and Maudie (Carver) Hopkins. He married Colleen Lanway on July 2, 1982 in Wilbur. Don is survived by his wife, Colleen, at the home; two sons R.J. Hopkins of Spokane and Eric Hopkins of Creston; a daughter Dawn Marie Hopkins; two brothers Gene Eby (and Audrey) of Colbert and Jim Hopkins of Milton Freewater, Ore...
The free turkey dinner served Saturday, December 3, was sponsored by the Wheatland Queens of Odessa (Chapter of Red Hat ladies) and the Primetimers of Odessa. This dinner was a full turkey dinner with all the traditional sides, plus a large array of desserts. We had the pleasure of some local teens: Elena Hernandez, Alexa Boss, Kimberly Nelson and Morgan Nelson, who served and cleaned up. Following the dinner Santa came to visit, which was a delight to all the children present, as well as the adults, who had their picture...
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. Dec. 12: Personnel at Crop Production Services in Davenport advised that before he left with another man in a second vehicle, a man parked a vehicle that had no license plates but was full of clothing...
Holiday cooking can get hectic without planning ahead. Now would be a good time to revisit Mise-en-place. No, this is not a town in the south of France, but a French phrase, meaning “put in place”. The practice of putting everything in place in the kitchen, clearing the workspace, assembling all ingredients and utensils before starting to cook will make time in the kitchen more enjoyable. Clear the counters Read through the recipe Assemble ingredients. Gather bowls, pots and t...
Christmas was a happy time for residents of the new town of Odessa during the last week of December 1906 The Odessa Record reported. The issue of December 26 gave this account of the holiday season: Though Christmas was a quiet day, it was a merry one, especially for the little folks of Odessa. Christmas gifts and Christmas cheer in the shape of confections, nuts and other dainties abounded in every home, and the spirit in which the little ones entered into the occasion could not but bring back memories that made all feel you...
O-H vs. Soap Lake The boys varsity basketball team appears to have found a way to stay in the win column. After a delayed start to the season due to the football playoffs and a third-place finish for the football team, many of those same boys immediately started basketball practice. The first two games against larger 2B rivals did not go the Titans’ way, but since then, against 1B schools, O-H has found the winning touch. O-H 18 23 10 9 -60 Soap Lake 10 4 13 4 -31 Against S...
O-H vs. Soap Lake Last Saturday night, December 17, the non-league contest in Odessa between Odessa-Harrington and the Soap Lake Eagles gave the Titan girls their first win of the season. Soap Lake 0 6 12 10 -28 O-H 17 17 12 8 -54 Kendall Todd led the team scoring with 15, but nearly everyone else also scored, and every team member got to play. Jessie Whitaker had 9, Cydnee Kieffer 8, Charli Moffet 8, Chelsea Fisher 6, Rebekah Marshall 5, Katelyn Worley 4, Jordyn Tanke 2 and...
Darin Reppe, athletic director for the Odessa-Harrington athletic cooperative, was the recipient of the 2010-2011 Athletic Director of the Year award at last Friday night’s basketball games played in Harrington. Each year the Northeast 1B District, consisting of the Panorama and Bi-County Leagues, chooses an Athletic Director of the Year. Steve Jantz, athletic director at the Wilbur School District, made the award on behalf of the NE 1B District. Reppe was chosen for his o...
The Odessa and Harrington school districts, their combined athletic programs and the O-H Athletic Booster Club purchased Titan banners dedicated to the memory of Merlin K. Jantz. Jantz died September 10 of this year at his home near Odessa at the age of 83. He was a lifelong resident of the Odessa and Harrington areas. He began school in Harrington, later on going to Odessa and graduating from Odessa High in 1946. His classmate from the class of ‘46, Norma Carlson, became h...
On Friday, R-CALF USA commented on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS') proposed rule titled Traceability for Livestock Moving Interstate (proposed rule). In its 41-page comment supported by 27 exhibits, R-CALF USA urged USDA-APHIS (APHIS) to immediately withdraw the proposed rule and to, instead, proceed in a cooperative effort with states, tribes and individual livestock producers to develop best practices guidelines. The group states that states and tribes could...
The 10th Annual Ryan Floch Memorial games were held at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake December 13. The Odessa-Harrington Titans took on the St. John-Endicott Eagles, as the boys and girls varsity teams fought it out in a non-league contest. The BBCC Runnin’ Vikings then played an exhibition game against the Gonzaga Mens Basketball Club team. The winner of the Ryan Floch Scholarship was Cody Groth of Republic. He plays guard for the Vikings. His older brothers also played for BBCC. The scholarship for an Odessa s...
Gov. Chris Gregoire and the Washington State Department of Commerce today announced that help is on the way for our state’s small businesses seeking new sources of financing to grow and create jobs. Commerce was recently awarded $19.7 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury to launch the Washington Small Business Credit Initiative – three new programs designed to spur investment and lending to businesses throughout the state. “About 95 percent of Washington businesses are small businesses, and they need help right now t...
The Washington State Patrol reported that on December 19, 2011, the Reardan town marshall was involved in a shooting at the Reardan cemetery. Just after 11 a.m., the Town Marshall contacted a suspicious vehicle that was parked in the cemetery. During the initial contact, shots were exchanged between a male suspect and the town marshall. The male suspect is deceased at the scene, and the town marshall was not injured. The critical incident protocol was invoked by the Lincoln County Sheriff, and the Spokane Investigative...
Now here’s a Christmas story for you. Just this past weekend, an elderly Odessa resident answered the phone to find a Canadian police sergeant on the other end of the line. He told her that her grandson had been picked up and was in jail. The story was that the grandson and two friends had been on their way to a funeral in Canada when they were stopped for a traffic violation. The caller went on to say that drugs were found in the car, although none of them apparently b...
Officials at Big Bend Community College recognize they have a message problem. The college is receiving recognition in the media for doing great things, but too many people aren’t aware of BBCC’s dire financial situation. Too many close friends of the college are making comments like, “Sounds like the college is doing great.” The fact is: Big Bend Community College is in a state of financial emergency. It is true BBCC received a federal grant to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. The college...
One of the best parts of baking for me as a kid was the process of “helping” my mama roll out and cut cookie shapes for the oven. At this age I know that I actually hindered her work, and she was just being kind in letting me participate, but at the time I thought I was an aide in the process of transforming a lump of material into a thin sheet of ginger-rich dough that we could cut up into the barnyard animals of which I was so fond - and for which we had many different cutter shapes. One of the goals in the overall pro...
Byron Behne watches the grain markets for the Odessa Union Warehouse. 12/14/11: Things got ugly pretty quickly last Wednesday as the crude oil and gold markets tanked and took the rest of the commodity sector with them. The euro tanked on further concerns over the state of the European economy, as Germany indicated it was unwilling to increase its commitment to the region’s bailout fund. The only grain news floating around at all is mild concern about a drying weather pattern in South America potentially affecting soy and c...
With a bad economy, political bickering in our nation’s capital and daily news coverage of raucous protests here at home, it may seem harder to get into the Christmas spirit this year. But if you look closely, you will see countless examples of generosity, courage and hope. Just a few weeks ago, more than 18,000 motorcycles rumbled down I-5 for the 33rd Annual Olympia Toy Run. A tougher band of softies was hard to find, as the state’s capitol filled with leather-clad mot...
Mark King, certified physician’s assistant (PA-C) at the Odessa Clinic, has given notice that he has accepted a position in Ruidoso, New Mexico. In fact, he will be returning to the town he left when he moved his family to Odessa a few years ago after accepting a job offer at the Odessa Clinic. His wife, Kim King, told The Record that Mark had received an offer “out of the blue” from the doctor he had formerly worked with in Ruidoso. That doctor had been in the process of se...
There are still class openings for winter quarter at Big Bend Community College. College officials report students can still enroll in math, science, history, social science and English classes. Winter quarter instruction begins January 4, 2012. Last fall, nearly all classes were filled to capacity and there were long waiting lists. Contact BBCC Counseling at 793-2061/793-2035....
In early December, Jason and Danielle Scrupps, Ritzville, Wash., participated in the CHS New Leader Institute in Minneapolis, Minn. The young producer program is organized by CHS Inc., the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative. The Scruppses represented AgVentures NW, LLC, Odessa, Wash., at the CHS New Leader Institute, held in conjunction with the CHS Annual Meeting. The Scruppses were among 130 participants from 14 states. Participants were nominated by their local cooperative or a producer organization. During the t...
