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Yakima Tennis Club Eastern Washington University May 27/28 May 28-30 Katie DeWulf Lanessa Simon Casey Schlomer Colby Sooy Aaron Gies Shelbey Watkins Jordyn Tanke Sam Schafer Gaven Elder Tyler Paris Jenna Shafer Cole Kissler John DeWul...
Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7395 and American Legion Post #105 decorated the graves of all veterans at the Odessa Cemetery with flags and crosses and dedicated two new flags donated by the families of veterans who had died within the past year. Flags were dedicated for Lloyd Tebow and James Goetz. Prior to the ceremony at the cemetery, the volunteers performed a similar ceremony for the folks in the Odessa hospital assisted-living and long-term care wings. At the cemetery, Legion member Bob Kissler was the...
As reported by The Record last week, the local chapter of Business Leaders of America at Odessa High School was one of only five schools in the nation singled out for their achievements in feeding the hungry. Tuesday morning, the entire student body of the Odessa School District and invited guests attended an awards ceremony in the school multipurpose room. The FBLA officers put on the program featuring speakers from the school administration, the Lead2Feed organization and the students themselves. FBLA adviser Terri King als...
A special three-day filing period will be held June 23 through June 25, 2015 for the purpose of declaring candidacy for the following elective positions that were not previously filed for during the regular filing period: No one has filed for the position of mayor for the Town of Odessa (4-year term) or for Odessa School District #105, Director #1 (4-year term). Declaration of Candidacy forms are to be filed with the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office at the Courthouse in Davenport between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the above s...
The Odessa school bands will put on their annual spring concert on Tuesday, June 2, beginning at 7 p.m. in the multi-purpose room. Groups performing will be the fifth-grade beginning band, sixth-grade band, junior-high band and high school band. “The music will range from classical to blues, so there will a little something for everyone,” said band director Craig Holman. “We hope you will attend and support these students in their musical efforts....
Golf No golf results have been provided to The Record for several weeks. A web search for the schools attending the state tournament at Columbia Point Golf Course in Richland on May 27-28 turned up no Odessa-Harrington names, apparently the season has ended for the golf team. Tennis Three members of the O-H girls’ tennis team made it to the second day of District 7 competition. The doubles team of Zoe Clark and Dani Tebow placed sixth in the district, not high enough to give them a berth in the state tournament. But Katie D...
The Odessa-Harrington Titan track and field teams, both boys and girls, took first place at the district meet held May 22 at Central Valley High School in Spokane. A total of 12 O-H students qualified for the state meet to be held May 28-30 at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Lanessa Simon qualified in four events, high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault. Casey Schlomer will compete in discus, javelin and pole vault. Colby Sooy qualified in shotput and discus. Aaron Gies will run the 110-m hurdles and will...
The Bureau of Reclamation is monitoring water seeping along I-90 near the Weber Siphon, after being notified by the Washington Department of Transportation. The area is near the location where two concrete pipes run underneath I-90 and transport water for irrigation purposes. “Reclamation is monitoring the site and taking protective measures. The seep is minor, and at this time does not pose a threat to I-90 or to the frontage road,” said Brandt Demars, Program Manager for Construction Engineering. “The East Low Canal remai...
Senator Judy Warnick’s legislation, Senate Bill 5733, was signed by Governor Jay Inslee recently during a formal ceremony. The new law allows for increased flexibility for the cattle industry by implementing an electronic livestock transaction system. “This legislation provides more flexibility for dairies and modernizes the way the state manages animal disease traceability programs,” said Warnick, R-Moses Lake. “This gives people an option to utilize an electronic system that provides accurate and timely information about c...
Cecil Gene Pfeifer, age 89, passed away May 13, 2015 at the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center in Odessa. Cecil was born July 3, 1925, at the family farm north of Wilson Creek to Philip and Annette Pfeifer, the sixth of 12 children. In 1928, the family moved from their farm north of Wilson Creek to the Pfeifer family homestead farm 7 miles north of Marlin. He graduated from Marlin High School in 1943. On February 22, 1948, he married Edna Mae Alling. He and Edna Mae were divorced in 1980 after 32 years of marriage. In April 19...
Rick Goetz passed away May 19, 2015 at his home in Moses Lake at the age of 60. He was born January 23, 1955 in Grand Coulee to Allen and Doris (Starkel) Goetz. Rick grew up in Odessa and graduated from Odessa High School in 1973. He later married Peggy Finkbeiner and they had four children Justin, Jeff, Jason and Jennifer. Rick worked at various jobs in the area and was a truck mechanic. He is survived by three children Justin Goetz, Jason (and Beth) Goetz, Jennifer Goetz (and Jose); nine grandchildren; Rick’s significant o...
The following was sent in an email to Odessa FBLA instructor Terri King and 2nd Harvest representative Julie Humphreys by the Linda Spahr, Lead2Feed project manager for the USA Today Charitable Foundation who was in Odessa Tuesday for the award presentation to the FBLA chapter at Odessa High School. Thank you both for a wonderful day celebrating the Odessa community and it’s terrific students. Terri (King): Every child should be blessed with a teacher like you! I can’t wait for my colleague Debby Dodge to meet you in Chi...
Kenneth G. Melcher passed away May 24, 2015, at the age of 88. He was born March 19, 1927, to Jake and Mollie (Horst) Melcher in Odessa. He married Bernice Lobe on August 21, 1949. Ken retired in 2007 after a 60-year career of wheat farming in Odessa. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Frances and brother Robert. Ken is survived by his wife Bernice of 65 years, children Wes (Vickey) and Nancy (Karl); seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Ken was a loving and caring husband, father and papa who will be...
To the Editor: I was reading last week’s newspaper about how well the Odessa High FBLA did, along with what the track and field team did. We get the Tacoma Tribune and we get to read about shootings at high schools and teachers in love with their students. Odessa High should be very proud of its school. My better half (Joanne Kingsbury) went to a country school where there were only seven in her class. Chuck Wood Gig Harbor...
To the Editor: Most of my life I remember that there was a serious penalty for doing or saying things that could cause a riot or serious injuries. It is also deeply imbedded in my memory that we have freedom of speech that I believe has been abused by using these incendiary statements. During the last decade it seems that our great republic has seen some African-American leaders abuse the law about free speech to the point these words have helped incite riots. These riots appear to be getting larger in scope and longer in...
A draft rule issued by USDA aims to define what it means to be ‘actively engaged’ in farming. The proposed rule makes some important changes, but those improvements are immediately undermined by two new loopholes introduced in the rule. The draft rule, somewhat unabashedly, only applies to farms that are large enough to “require” quadruple the statutory limit. You can abuse the rules, as long as you only abuse them up to $500,000 ($1 million if you’re married) each year. Moreover, as drafted, farms made up solely of family me...
Monday, May 18, the Mobius Science Center from Spokane came to Odessa with all kinds of interesting activities for kids of all ages. Most activities were hands-on, where learning by doing is the standard practice. The reptiles and tarantulas were very popular, as were the stream-building efforts involving dirt and water (mud pies, anyone?). High school students involved in the advance science research class also had their display boards set up and spent the time explaining their projects to members of the public. The evening...
Asked by Michael, Ceres, CA Dear Michael, A hundred years ago, human beings only lived to be about 50 years old. Now people are living longer, so there’s more time for cancer to develop in their bodies. That’s what I learned from my friend David Liu who researches cancer at Washington State University. In the lab where Liu works, tiny bugs that don’t live very long at all are helping his team understand more about cancer in humans. “The fruit fly has made a wonderful contribution to genetics and cancer research,” Liu said....
City Council The Harrington City Council met May 13. Of the three candidates who applied to fill the summer position for the city crew, only one was interviewed. The hiring of Justin Carnahan was approved. Abatement notices were sent to citizens with overgrown yards. All recipients have made progress with cleanup, but some violations will take longer to bring into compliance. Some citizens are annoyed with yards that remain a fire hazard. But since no formal complaint was made, the owner was not notified.The council attempted...
