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After a 10-year battle against cancer, Judith Ann Iverson passed away the afternoon of December 23, 2015. Born to Bill and Lucile Iverson at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane on May 3, 1947, she thrived with her brothers David, Larry and Norman and sister Sandy on their farm south of Lamona, in Lincoln County. She attended Odessa schools, graduating in 1965. Graduated in 1967 from Concordia College in Portland, Ore., she continued her education at Concordia Teacher's College in...
Nancy Elizabeth Liner 07/13/1945 – 12/18/2015 On December 18, 2015, surrounded by family, Nancy went to be with our Lord and Savior. Nancy was born in Spokane on Friday the 13th of July, 1945 to Herb and Millie (LeBret) Lyons. On December 18, 51years ago, Nancy met Gerald Liner at the Church of the Nazarene in Zillah, Wash. On their third date, New Year's Eve 1964, Gerald asked Nancy to be his wife. They were married in Deer Park on May 14, 1965. During their 50 years t...
Russell Thorson (80) died Saturday, December 19, 2015. He was born October 8, 1935 to Milton and Evelyn Thorson on their farm in Lake Crystal, Minn. Russell began painting with his father at age 12 and discovered he had a knack for it. He excelled as a marine painter. He restored a Deadliest Catch fishing vessel, was a member of the Tacoma Painter's Union Local #164 and started his own painting business. When he relocated to Odessa in 2002, his painting skills helped to...
After several years of no or very little snow for Christmas, Odessa has finally had a white one. Much welcome snow began coming down in mid-December. Right before the holiday, there was snow, then warm enough temperatures to melt some of the snow, then some very wet snow or a mix of rain and snow (those who shoveled any of it know how heavy it was), followed by a cold snap and more snow. So now folks are having to drive on streets that did not all get cleared and have deep rut...
Stacey Bresee, a director at the Masquers Theater, has announced that a production meeting will be held Monday, January 11, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. at the theater lobby for anyone interested in being part of the production team for the fall 2016 musical, Disney’s The Little Mermaid. “We need folks to help with sets, costumes, props, choreography and lights! Anyone interested in participating behind the scenes to help get this production started, please come,” said Bresee. “If you are not able to attend this meeting, please...
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, Dec. 21: Reardan emergency personnel assisted Spokane County authorities with a one-vehicle slide-off on U.S. 2 and Coulee Hite Road. No injuries were reported after a semi-truck went off SR...
Elizabeth Jane Graves Gabe, age 95, passed away peacefully December 25, 2015 at Odessa Memorial Hospital in Odessa. She was born May 19, 1920 in O’Neill, Neb., the daughter of William Brown Graves and Julia Ann (Buckley) Graves. She is survived by her brother Howard Graves of Sioux City, Iowa, daughters Karen (Ron) Baumgartner of Fraser, Mich. and Cheryl (Neil) Jeske of Odessa, three grandchildren Lanae (Chuck) Carper, of Odessa, Michael (Becky) Jeske, of Olympia, Kimberly (Devin) Ryan, of Odessa and three g...
The state of Washington has begun accepting applications for the No Child Left Inside program, which is aimed at giving at-risk children outdoor experiences. The No Child Left Inside grant program is funded by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and administered by the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO). The grants are intended to fund programs that provide outdoor environmental, agricultural or other natural resource-based education and recreation programs serving youth in Washington s...
Hi, there. I’m Dr. Universe. Wendy Sue Universe, that is. Ever since I was a kitten, I’ve been digging in the dirt, gazing at the stars, exploring new places and searching for answers to questions about our world. Still, some people are surprised when they discover I’m a scientist. After all, it’s not every day you meet a cat in a lab coat. With the help of experts in the field and my friends at Washington State University, I answer some of the most interesting, tough and smart questions from curious kids all around the wor...
On the fall 2015 president’s list at Big Bend Community College, two area students were listed as having completed 12 or more graded credits with a grade-point average of 3.75 or higher: Odessa’s Jennifer Martin and Wilson Creek’s Stacy Sims....
Recently this writer viewed a photo of the Grand Social Brass Band that The Odessa Record published in its 1951 edition as the Golden Anniversary and reprinted in 8-18-1977. The photo, taken in 1901 or 1902 showed Art Kunkel, Garrett Bruchsen, Henry Reese, Joe Barto, Vincent Totusek (the band leader), Reinhold Weber, Louis Wraspir, Doc Kelley, Jake Wolsborn, Frank Quade and John H. Luiten. The Odessa Historische Museum has a great collection of early photographs. The museum also has memorabilia from Al Wagner’s band, i...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finalized a rule to ensure that farm safety-net payments are issued only to active managers of farms that operate as joint ventures or general partnerships, consistent with the direction and authority provide by Congress in the 2014 Farm Bill. The action, which exempts family farm operations, closes a loophole where individuals who were not actively part of farm management still received payments. “The federal farm safety-net programs are designed to protect against unanticipated c...
Center for Rural Affairs On December 17, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued their final rule defining what it means to be actively engaged in farming and thereby eligible to receive federal farm payments. The final rule serves only to ensure access to unlimited farm program payments for the vast majority of the nation’s largest and wealthiest farms and writes loopholes directly into regulation. USDA is more interested in allowing the nation’s largest farms to avoid meaningful payment limits than in making far...
An Odessa resident asked The Record last week, after several inches of snow had fallen, why his early morning trip to a Spokane hospital, where his wife was to have minor surgery, was so treacherous and slow. In Odessa itself, he said, the major streets had been plowed and sanded. As he made his way on SR 28, he noticed that most county roads off to the side had also been tended to. The state road he was traveling, however, was a different story. Did the state not have enough employees to get the major roadways cleared, he...
