Year in Review

January

The end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 saw the Odessa biodiesel manufacturing facility, Inland Empire Oilseeds (IEO), hit a rocky patch on its way to successful, long-term operation. Just prior to Christmas, the majority of the “permanent” staff was laid off. It was then learned that on December 27, 2012, IEO had filed a petition requesting Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.

Odessa’s town government saw changes in early 2013, as Gail Kiesz was sworn in as the new town clerk during the first town council meeting of the new year. Long-time town clerk Linda Burghard retired at the end of 201...