Volume 3, No. 10 www.OthellOIndependent.cOm ECRWSS PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Othello, WA Permit No. 46 Current Resident November 11, 2009 NDEPENDENT OTHELLO I Photo by bess Reneau Othello Veterans of Foreign Wars post commander Tommie Tindell presents a symbolic Buddy Pop- pie to Grace Rocha during the annual fundraiser in honor of Veterans Day. Dailey wins Othello’s first DAISY ergeant Nels Larson was hon- ored Monday night at the City Council meeting for 25 years of service to the Othello Police De- partment. Following is a tribute that was read by Mayor Shannon McKay at a short awards ceremony where Sergeant Larson was awarded a plaque: “Nels was born and raised in Othello. He graduated from Othello High School and then served a two- year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is married and has six children. Nels started with the City as a Re- serve Officer in 1979 and was hired as a Dispatcher / Jailer in 1984. In 1989 he was hired as a Police Officer and he was promoted to Sergeant in 2007. He is involved with traffic safety issues. He has written and obtained several grants in this area amount- ing to thousands of dollars in equip- ment and overtime being received by the department, one of the more popular being the SIDNE Vehicle, which Nels has used to train over 400 young people about the effects of al- cohol consumption on driving. Nels is also a Field Training Officer responsible for training new recruits, and he is involved in maintaining ac- creditation files for the department. As a community, we salute Ser- geant Larson for his service.” Other issues discussed at the meet- ing included a staff recommendation to the council to table the vehicle parking code that has been the cen- terpiece for much of the discussion the past few meetings. According to city planner Darryl Piercy, “There are many, many elements of our code that compliment each other but aren’t found in the same area.” Piercy went on to explain that af- ter careful examination of the city’s codes, he found most of the pieces to the proposed code already existed in the current code. For some reason, however, they were not in the same place. He suggested council table the is- sue and give him time to comb out the code and find all of the pieces before council discusses the issue INSIDE XI BEtA XI HArrIS-lEAftY tO wED DrAmA cluB pErfOrmS pIgS fOr A purpOSE OlD HOtEl ArtIStS Please see A 5 Please see A 5 Please see A 6 Please see A 7 EllENSBurg 23, OtHEllO 14 Please see B 5 Retired serviceman honors fellow veterans Photo by Jay Manon Vietnam veteran Roy Dodge honors fellow combat veterans. Community honors Larson Shane ProvoSt Contributing writer See cOuNcIl A 3 that didn’t go off and blowing them up. Although Dodge wasn’t on the front lines, he did experience enemy fire. One night in May of 1966 the enemy launched an air attack on the Air Force base where Dodge was stationed. “They mortared us and rocketed the base all night long,” said Dodge. The attack destroyed two-thirds of the base and two-thirds of the air- craft. All of the aircraft were fight- oy Dodge is an American vet- eran who takes Veterans Day very seriously. Dodge served in the United States Air Force dur- ing the Vietnam War. He was born and raised in Vermont where he was working in a paper mill when he re- ceived his draft notice. Rather than being drafted into the Army, Dodge sought to enlist in the Air Force as a weapons mechanic. This was on the advice of his brother who served in the Korean War in the same capacity. “Based on my brother’s advice, I figured I would have a better chance of surviving the war as a weapons mechanic in the Air Force,” Dodge said. He wasn’t fond of water, so the Navy was not an option for him. Dodge served in Vietnam during 1966 and 1967, a total of one year and one day. He was stationed at an Air Force base located about 89 miles north of Saigon, South Viet- nam. A weapons mechanic in the Vietnam War was responsible for arming and disarming aircraft. As a weapons mechanic, Dodge was also responsible for ordinance disposal. This involved fixing aircraft guns that were jammed and bombs that had not properly deployed from the aircraft. Additionally, Dodge was responsible for digging up bombs S Photo by bess Reneau Othello Community Hospital nurses Kari Blaak, Linda Bork, Kathi Trussel and Barbie Dailey were nominated for the hospi- tal’s first DAISY award presentation. Not pictured, nominee Jane Zyph. ers; there were no bombers at the base. Many of the jets were single- fighter aircraft such as 101s, 102s and 105s. The newest jets were the F4Cs, which were a phantom air- craft. Dodge was discharged in 1968 in Grand Forks, N.D. He came to Othello to visit the Kummer broth- ers, who were friends of his fam- ily. 1968 was a rather mild winter in Othello, and significantly more Please see A 3 cItY cOuNcIl R Jay Manon Contributing writer Election results Although the recent election will not be certified until Nov. 24, the latest results are pretty solid. The Othello mayor race went to Tim Wil- son with 491 votes (67.45 percent). Ken Johnson received 237 votes (32.55 percent). For Initiative Measure 1033 which concerns state, county and city rev- enue, Adams County voters strongly mirrored the rest of the state. Adams County voted it down 58.12 percent to 41.88 percent and the state voted to reject the measure 57.38 percent to 42.62 percent. For Referendum Measure 71 (concerning rights for state-registered domestic partners) it was a much different story. It ap- pears the measure will pass with the latest state-wide tally at 52.55 per- cent approving it and 47.45 percent rejecting. Most Adams County voters felt different with only 26.73 percent voting to approve the measure and 73.27 percent voting to reject. Su- san Fagan appears to be headed to Olympia to represent Legislative District 9. Fagan received 55.09 per- cent of the district-wide vote with Pat Hailey receiving 44.91 percent. In Adams County, Fagan got 30.83 percent to Hailey’s 69.17 percent of the vote. Both candidates are Repub- lican. he Othello Community Hos- pital awarded its first DAISY Award on Monday, Nov.9 honoring extraordinary care in nurs- ing. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The DAISY foundation was created in honor of J. Patrick Barnes who died at 33 from the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Pur- pura. The Barnes family wanted to re- member his charitable, natural and kind spirit by acknowledging the compassion and care he received from his nurses. OCH nurse Cindy Peterson knew Pat Barnes. Her brother was Barnes’ fraternity brother at Washington State University and is involved in See DAISY A 5 See VEtErAN A 3 beSS reneau editor T po ppies for veterans Please see B 1 cuStOm SwAtHINg
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Volume 3, No. 10www.OthellOIndependent.cOm
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Othello, WAPermit No. 46
Current Resident
November 11, 2009
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PhotobybessReneau
Othello Veterans of Foreign Wars post commander Tommie Tindell presents a symbolic Buddy Pop-pie to Grace Rocha during the annual fundraiser in honor of Veterans Day.
Dailey wins Othello’s first DAISY
ergeant Nels Larson was hon-ored Monday night at the City Council meeting for 25 years
of service to the Othello Police De-partment. Following is a tribute that was read by Mayor Shannon McKay at a short awards ceremony where Sergeant Larson was awarded a plaque:
“Nels was born and raised in Othello. He graduated from Othello High School and then served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is married and has six children.
Nels started with the City as a Re-serve Officer in 1979 and was hired as a Dispatcher / Jailer in 1984. In 1989 he was hired as a Police Officer and he was promoted to Sergeant in 2007.
He is involved with traffic safety issues. He has written and obtained several grants in this area amount-ing to thousands of dollars in equip-ment and overtime being received by the department, one of the more popular being the SIDNE Vehicle, which Nels has used to train over 400 young people about the effects of al-cohol consumption on driving.
Nels is also a Field Training Officer responsible for training new recruits, and he is involved in maintaining ac-creditation files for the department.
As a community, we salute Ser-geant Larson for his service.”
Other issues discussed at the meet-ing included a staff recommendation to the council to table the vehicle parking code that has been the cen-terpiece for much of the discussion the past few meetings. According to city planner Darryl Piercy, “There are many, many elements of our code that compliment each other but aren’t found in the same area.”
Piercy went on to explain that af-ter careful examination of the city’s codes, he found most of the pieces to the proposed code already existed in the current code. For some reason, however, they were not in the same place.
He suggested council table the is-sue and give him time to comb out the code and find all of the pieces before council discusses the issue
INSIDE
XI BEtA XI
HArrIS-lEAftY tO wED
DrAmA cluB pErfOrmS
pIgS fOr A purpOSE
OlD HOtEl ArtIStS
Please see A 5
Please see A 5
Please see A 6
Please see A 7
EllENSBurg 23, OtHEllO 14
Please see B 5
Retired serviceman honors fellow veterans
PhotobyJayManon
Vietnam veteran Roy Dodge honors fellow combat veterans.
Community honors Larson
Shane ProvoSt
Contributing writer
See cOuNcIl A 3
that didn’t go off and blowing them up.
Although Dodge wasn’t on the front lines, he did experience enemy fire. One night in May of 1966 the enemy launched an air attack on the Air Force base where Dodge was stationed.
“They mortared us and rocketed the base all night long,” said Dodge.
The attack destroyed two-thirds of the base and two-thirds of the air-craft. All of the aircraft were fight-
oy Dodge is an American vet-eran who takes Veterans Day very seriously. Dodge served
in the United States Air Force dur-ing the Vietnam War. He was born and raised in Vermont where he was working in a paper mill when he re-ceived his draft notice. Rather than being drafted into the Army, Dodge sought to enlist in the Air Force as a weapons mechanic. This was on the advice of his brother who served in the Korean War in the same capacity.
“Based on my brother’s advice, I figured I would have a better chance of surviving the war as a weapons mechanic in the Air Force,” Dodge said.
He wasn’t fond of water, so the Navy was not an option for him.
Dodge served in Vietnam during 1966 and 1967, a total of one year and one day. He was stationed at an Air Force base located about 89 miles north of Saigon, South Viet-nam. A weapons mechanic in the Vietnam War was responsible for arming and disarming aircraft. As a weapons mechanic, Dodge was also responsible for ordinance disposal. This involved fixing aircraft guns that were jammed and bombs that had not properly deployed from the aircraft. Additionally, Dodge was responsible for digging up bombs
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PhotobybessReneau
Othello Community Hospital nurses Kari Blaak, Linda Bork, Kathi Trussel and Barbie Dailey were nominated for the hospi-tal’s first DAISY award presentation. Not pictured, nominee Jane Zyph.
ers; there were no bombers at the base. Many of the jets were single-fighter aircraft such as 101s, 102s and 105s. The newest jets were the F4Cs, which were a phantom air-craft.
Dodge was discharged in 1968 in Grand Forks, N.D. He came to Othello to visit the Kummer broth-ers, who were friends of his fam-ily. 1968 was a rather mild winter in Othello, and significantly more
Please see A 3
cItY cOuNcIl
RJay Manon
Contributing writer Election results Although the recent election will
not be certified until Nov. 24, the latest results are pretty solid. The Othello mayor race went to Tim Wil-son with 491 votes (67.45 percent). Ken Johnson received 237 votes (32.55 percent).
For Initiative Measure 1033 which concerns state, county and city rev-enue, Adams County voters strongly mirrored the rest of the state. Adams County voted it down 58.12 percent to 41.88 percent and the state voted to reject the measure 57.38 percent to 42.62 percent. For Referendum Measure 71 (concerning rights for state-registered domestic partners) it was a much different story. It ap-pears the measure will pass with the latest state-wide tally at 52.55 per-cent approving it and 47.45 percent rejecting.
Most Adams County voters felt different with only 26.73 percent voting to approve the measure and 73.27 percent voting to reject. Su-san Fagan appears to be headed to Olympia to represent Legislative District 9. Fagan received 55.09 per-cent of the district-wide vote with Pat Hailey receiving 44.91 percent. In Adams County, Fagan got 30.83 percent to Hailey’s 69.17 percent of the vote. Both candidates are Repub-lican.
he Othello Community Hos-pital awarded its first DAISY Award on Monday, Nov.9
honoring extraordinary care in nurs-ing.
DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The DAISY foundation was created in honor of J. Patrick Barnes who died at 33 from the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Pur-pura.
The Barnes family wanted to re-member his charitable, natural and kind spirit by acknowledging the compassion and care he received from his nurses.
OCH nurse Cindy Peterson knew Pat Barnes. Her brother was Barnes’ fraternity brother at Washington State University and is involved in
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See VEtErAN A 3
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was to be a farmer. Kind of hard to do in Seattle, so he and Tammie headed to Othel-lo where Tammie had grown up. Horses had always been around, but next thing you knew there were sheep, pigs and steers and a few dogs and cats too. Fairs and 4-H and FFA became the routine – spring shows with pigs and sheep, horse shows starting in early spring and running through fall, and then the fairs with pigs and sheep again. Throughout it all, Bill was entertained by and mentored hundreds of kids and others.
Friends were an important part of Bill’s life and he had many. He developed and cul-tivated friendships. He often said “you can’t pick your rela-tives, but you can pick your friends.” He was great at re-membering names, places and details and it always felt good to hear his hello because he knew who you were and he was happy to see you again. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Michael and his mother, Patricia. He is survived by his wife, Tam-mie; sons Nicholas and Noah and daughter Samantha. His sister, Susan (Chris); father, Robert (Judy); Robert Jr; sister, Kimberly; along with several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law and nieces and nephews.
The family will greet friends Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, beginning at 10 a.m. with the funeral service to follow at 12:00 (noon) at the Nazarene Church Gathering Place, 835 E. Ash, Othello.
Please leave a note and view the obituary at www.carver familyfuneralhome.com.
Bill’s family asked Carver Family Funeral Home, Othel-lo to care for the arrange-ments.
Oct. 26Emma Delight – A daughter
was born to Michael and Jen-nifer Stevenson of Othello. She weighed 8 pounds, 16 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Oct. 28Moises – A son was born to
William Henry Howes1966-2009
William “Bill” Henry Howes, 43, Othello, passed away Nov. 6, 2009 in Othello, Washington.
Bill was born Sept. 8, 1966 to Patricia Corbett and Robert Howes in Hollywood, Calif.
When Bill was three he and his mother and his older broth-er, Michael, moved to Grants Pass, Ore. Bill attended his school years at Hidden Valley, Ore. Bill then left home and moved to Seattle where he met his wife Tammie.
Bill worked in Seattle at Garrett Press where he was trained to be a journeyman press operator. This was a family-owned and operated business and Bill became part of the printing family, besides marrying into it. He and Tammie were married in July of 1987. After twenty years in the printing business, Bill decided it was time for a change of career. Being a handy guy – he liked to tinker with cars, computers, elec-tronics and remodeled every house he lived in – he found a great fit working at Lowe’s. His people skills led him to his first promotion within two months. Within a few years he moved his way up to Op-erations Manager and had the opportunity to open the new store in Moses Lake.
During 22 years of marriage he and Tammie were joined by their first son, Nicholas in 1987; Noah in 1990; and their daughter, Samantha in 1993. Bill was an avid family man. Whatever the kids were doing, or wanted to do, so did Bill. There were years of T-ball fol-lowed by baseball. Bill spent many years umpiring youth of all ages on many different baseball fields from Seattle to Shoreline to Snohomish. There were horse shows, FFA trips, 4-H events and always there were kids. Bill was the neighborhood dad. If the group was going somewhere and needed a ride - call Bill – he’ll take us. He chaperoned dances, field trips, BBQs and hosted many a BBQ himself. He loved to cook and feeding people was a hobby.
One of Bill’s life ambitions
cious mischief. An unknown male wearing a white sweat-shirt struck a door with a baseball bat. Estimated cost of repair $100.
Police responded to the report of some type of mini-van striking a red 2000 Nis-san pickup while parked in the Pic-A-Pop parking lot. The mini-van drove off be-fore information could be exchanged. Anyone with in-formation on this crime is asked to contact the police department.
Othello police responded to a call from a 54 year-old female who was near the intersection of Second and Hemlock Street. Respond-ing officers found the female who had been stabbed sev-eral times in the arms, hands, and legs. The victim was transported to the Othello Community Hospital. The investigation into the assault led to the arrest of Robert Jackson, 83, Othello. Jackson was transported to Ritzville where he was lodged at the Adams County correctional center for first-degree as-sault. Alcohol was a factor in the assault.
Nov. 2Abraham Rodriguez-Rive-
ra, 23, Connell was stopped in the 100 block of South Fifth Avenue after he did not stop at a stop sign. Ro-driguez-Rivera was issued a citation for failure to stop at a stop sign and a citation for third-degree driving while li-cense suspended.
Ignacio C. Ayala, 39, Othel-lo, was arrested in the 1000 block of South First Avenue for third-degree driving while license suspended for unpaid tickets.
A hit and run accident oc-curred in the parking lot at Time-Out Pizza. A black Ford Mustang was struck causing a large dent and scrapes on the rear driver side. The damage is estimated at approximately $1000. Anyone that has any information regarding this in-cident, please call the Othello Police Department.
Salvador and Martina Nieves of Othello. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19 and one-half inches long.
Oct. 29Omar – A son was born to
Hector E. Gomez and Ele-na Barajas of Othello. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Joseph Deandre – A son was born to Homero Dominguez and Ana Camacho of Othel-lo. He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces and was 18 and three-quarter inches long.
Skyler James Scott – A son was born to Shayne Kultgen and Shavon Hoots of Othel-lo. He weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 and one-quarter inches long.
Abraham – A son was born to Juan and Susana Robles of Mattawa. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Noemi Rosamarie – A daughter was born to Loren-zo and Amanda Ruiz of Mo-ses Lake. She weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces and was 20 and one-half inches long.
Oct. 31Jolette – A daughter was
born to Gerardo Galvez and Anita Cruz of Mattawa. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was 20 inches long.
Nov. 1Isabela Aimar – A daugh-
ter was born to Candido De Jesus and Olga Cornelio of Othello. She weighed 7 pounds and was 19 inches long.
Guadalupe Angela – A daughter was born to Jesus and Lucia Jimenez of Othel-lo. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Charles Mark and Erika Wheaton, Redding, Calif. To Jared B. Bailey, Othello, 1028 E. Oak St., legally de-scribed as Lot 3 and the west 12 feet of Lot 4, Block 199, Othello’s Land Company’s First Addition, $125,000.
Adam Perez, Othello to Gabriela Z. and Jorge E. Ma-cias, Othello, 405 S. Third Ave., legally described as
Lot 6, Block 39, Barrett Ad-dition, $114,900.
Fannie Mae Federal Na-tional Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas to Alfredo Go-mez and Salvador and Espe-ranza Baldobinez, Othello, 725 S. Sunset Acres Rd., le-gally described as part-time Farm Unit 190, Irrigation Block 49, Columbia Basin Project, $146,000.
Blanca E. Suarez, Othel-lo to Daniel L. Nygard, Othello, 200 S. First Ave., legally described as Lots A and B except the easterly 10 feet thereof, Lot C, expect the easterly 10 feet and the south half thereof, Block 27, Amended Plat of the Town of Othello, $190,000.
Olsen Homes, LLC, Othel-lo to Leonel Sauceda, Jr., Othello, 1055 Cobblestone Court, legally described as Lot 2, Block 2, Sagestone Fifth Addition, $140,000.
Luz and Guillermina Marti-nez, Moses Lake to Francis-co A. Ramirez, Jr., Othello, 2239 W. Justin Pl., legally described as Lot 5, Block 3, Summerset West First Addi-tion, $130,000.
Alfred V. and Faelela Mitchell, Othello to Brent L. and Maxine D. Mitchell, Othello, a property legally described as Farm Unit 214, Irrigation Block 45, Colum-bia Basin Project, $150,000.
Nov. 3Adams County district
five firefighters responded at 11:22 a.m. to a gas leak at 2039 W. Bench Rd.
Nov. 5City of Othello firefighters
responded at 4:33 p.m. to a motor vehicle collision at N. Fourth Ave. and E. Cedar Blvd.
Nov. 1Police responded to the
1000 block of South Fourth Avenue for a report of mali-
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NEwS IN BrIEfSenior Center announcel lunch menus
The Othello Senior Center lunch menus for the remainder of the week include:
Today, Nov. 11 – King Ranch casserole. Thursday, Nov. 12 – Chicken corn chowder with grilled
cheese sandwich.Friday, Nov. 13 – CLOSED.Menus for next week include:Tuesday, Nov. 17 – Hamburgers.Wednesday, Nov. 18 – Pot roast. Thursday, Nov. 19 – Chicken and biscuit.Friday, Nov. 20 – Baked potato bar.All meals include vegetable or salad, fruit or dessert and
coffee. The cost of lunch is $4 per person. Those attending lunch are asked to call the Othello Senior
Center at 488-5700 by 9:30 a.m. for that day’s lunch to help with meal planning.
The Othello Senior Center is located at 755 N. Seventh Ave.
Caring Neighbors donates to organizations
Caring Neighbors recently made a $500 donation to Othel-lo’s Old Hotel Gallery.
The donated money will be used for the Children’s Center to acquire an efficient furnace.
The Caring Neighbors board also donated $200 to the Community Museum and Arts Society to promote the Othel-lo Community Museum and Othello Centennial.
$500 was donated by Caring Neighbors to the Othello Se-nior Center for improvements to the Center’s parking lot to make it safer.
Caring Neighbors is a non-profit entity established by Big Bend Electric Co-op.
The Caring Neighbors funding has been donated by Big Bend Electric Co-op members.
Hal Large to speak at Nazarene church
The Othello Church of the Nazarene is bringing Hal Large to speak in Othello on Sunday, Nov. 15.
He will speak at three services on Nov. 15: 8:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary, 9:45 a.m. in the Gathering Place and 11 a.m. in the Sanctuary, all at the Othello Church of the Nazarene, 825 E. Ash St.
Large and his wife Cheryl have ministered in El Salvador since 1978, bringing the message of salvation through politi-cal turmoil, civil war and poverty.
Since the early ‘70s the evangelical population has grown from 4 percent to over 35 percent of the population.
Kresge to speak at Othello Rotary Club
Cheryl Kresge from Othello Community Schools will be the guest speaker at the weekly Rotary Club meeting on Thursday, Nov. 12. The meeting begins at noon at Time Out, 1025 E. Main St.
For additional information on Othello Rotary Club projects or meeting, contact Othello Rotary Club president Nathan Beus at 750-3890.
Library to host “Food for Fines” campaign
As the economy and holiday season tighten budgets, library customers can reduce their library fees while helping friends and neighbors who struggle to afford food.
Mid-Columbia Libraries is holding a “Food for Fines” campaign Nov. 15 – Dec. 15 to benefit local food banks dur-ing the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons.
Library customers can reduce their overdue fines by $1 for each donated food item, up to a limit of $10/10 food items. Food will be accepted for fines on returned library items only – not for collection, processing, or replacement fees for lost items. Charitable food donations beyond the $10/10 item limit will be accepted, but will not apply toward library fines. Food items must be non-perishable, labeled, undamaged, and un-expired. Homemade goods will not be accepted.
Customers can donate food at all eleven Mid-Columbia Libraries branches.
Food donated at each library will stay local to benefit the community in which the food is collected.
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The Old Hotel Art Gallery will feature four Othello resi-dents, Faelela Mitchell, Pa-mela Krupa, Marilyn Larson and Patty Stemhagen as artists for the month of November.
Mitchell started as the art in-structor for this group of art-ists ten years ago.
“Painting is 95 percent learning techniques and 5 per-cent talent,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell, her husband and family moved to a farm in Othello in 1959 and in 1974 she decided to take a painting class at her local church. She loved it so much that she has been painting and teaching classes ever since, to show others it is very rewarding to be able to capture on canvas the beautiful things around us. Mitchell is also the owner of Fae’s Books and Crafts in Moses Lake.
Stemhagen grew up on Roy-al Slope where her family had a small farm.
She has enjoyed drawing and sketching from an early age but after taking classes with Mitchell has learned to love using oils.
Stemhagen said, “I just sort
of got hooked after using the oils and have been painting ever since.”
Stemhagen works for the U.S. Postal Service in Othello.
Krupa is also a resident of Othello and works with the U.S. Postal Service. She and Stemhagen started taking classes with Mitchell about 10 years ago. Her favorite things to paint are flowers. She enjoys capturing the life in the flower and putting it on canvas.
“I like to show in my paint-ings the beauty in the colors of various flowers and birds,” Krupa said.
Larson is Mitchell’s daugh-ter and was six months old when the family moved to
Othello. Larson also took classes from Mitchell, but her work is a little different. She does tole or decorative paint-ing and is able to capture the whimsy in her little charac-ters.
Larson said, “I enjoy paint-ing and decorating items rath-er than painting a picture. To me this is the best way to de-velop my creativity”.
If you would like to be a fea-tured artist or crafter to have your work showcased or for more information about any of our art programs or classes, call Sally Laufer at 509-488-5936, email: theoldhotel@ho tmail.com or visit the The Old Hotel Art Gallery, 33 E. Larch Street, Othello.
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mild than the cold, snowy and nasty winters of Vermont that often see lots of snow. Dodge decided to stay in Othello and has been here ever since. He worked as a maintenance su-pervisor, then as a city cop and sheriff’s deputy for a pe-riod of time.
Dodge then spent 25 years working construction in many western states with jobs taking place as far away as Utah. Af-ter tiring of the travel, Dodge worked for Adams County Public Works, from which he retired last March.
Dodge considers Veterans Day to be particularly signifi-cant in honoring America’s veterans and notes there is a distinction between Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
“Memorial Day is for all servicemen, whereas Veter-ans Day honors veterans who fought in conflicts around the world,” said Dodge.
Veterans Day was origi-nally Armistice Day, which honored those who fought in World War I. It was later named Veterans Day and hon-ors those who served in con-flicts including World War I and World War II where loss of life was significant.
Although retired, Dodge is still active in the community and serves as the president of the cemetery board. There are currently 264 veterans buried in the cemetery.
As president, Dodge has made it very clear that there are two days per year the cem-etery must be looking very nice – Memorial Day and Vet-erans Day.
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again. Meanwhile he told council, “the existing regula-tions are adequate to address those issues that we are dis-cussing.”
McKay agreed reaffirming the city needs to concentrate harder on enforcing existing code.
One of the main areas that will be looked at is parking in front of homes. Existing code already states, “Two parking spaces are required in the ga-rage plus a minimum of two but not more than three con-crete parking spaces in the front yard area.” Also, “Single driveway parking areas can-not exceed 30 feet.” These ex-isting codes will allow the city to focus on the beautification portion of the residential park-ing code they were targeting.
Other matters decided at the council meeting included approval of tourism funding requests by 11 of 12 organiza-tions who applied to the city for financial assistance. Some of these were the Old Hotel, the Othello Centennial Com-mittee and the Othello Com-
munity Museum. Council was careful to only fund those organizations who would di-rectly affect tourism in our community.
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“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
-Stephen R. Covey
One of the greatest chal-lenges of parenthood is learn-ing how to “balance” all the demands of life. With the birth of my first child I soon discovered there were never
enough hours in the day to get everything done. No mat-ter how hard I worked, I still ended up with piles of laundry and too little sleep.
Even now as I sit here writ-ing I am distracted by all I need to do – load the dish-washer for the millionth time, bake cookies for tomorrow’s community event, figure out what to make for dinner, find the lost Boy Scout shirt, get some clothes on the three-year-old, take a shower…
Some years ago Mr. V and I sat in a meeting with a re-spected church leader. In the course of the conversation we expressed our concerns about balancing work and family. I have never forgotten the re-sponse he gave us:
“The idea of balance be-
tween work and family is a myth -- It doesn’t exist. We can only set priorities and stick to them.”
My mother was a master at priorities. She raised nine children and we always knew we were most important. I have many fond memories of playing at the park, read-ing stories, making cookies and long hours just talking. It’s funny how none of these memories include living in a spotless house, wearing perfectly matching outfits, or having a lot of money to spend.
On one particularly trying day I called her to complain about the kids and my disas-ter house. The advice she gave me has served me well over the years. She said,
“The housework will always be there, but your children won’t.”
For several years now I have had the following quote on my fridge. It is a constant reminder of the priorities in my life:
“FACT IS, we can’t fully be at home and fully at work at the same time -- not even if work is in the next room. Work and life don’t over-lap so much as they collide or intersect -- leaving us to sit in our ergonomically cor-rect swivel chairs and pivot between the two. And each time we turn toward one, we are, in that moment, turning away from the other.” -- From Life’s Work: Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom by Lisa Belkin.
Adams county labor market summary
The labor market in Adams County continued to be weak in September 2009, as em-ployers in the manufacturing industry posted modest job gains and their counterparts in the government sector lost workers at a higher rate than the state.
Overall, nonfarm employ-ment dropped to 5,420 jobs at the end of the third quarter from 5,500 the same period last year.
The jobless rate rose over the year, but declined over the month. The number of people unemployed increased over the year, but decreased over the month.
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September 2009 losses • At the end of the third
quarter, government employ-ment in Adams County ac-counted for 28.0 percent of
all nonfarm jobs. The number of people employed in the government sector dropped to 1,520, down 70 jobs or 4.4 percent from September 2008 to September 2009. Statewide, government jobs shrank at 0.6 percent over the same time period.
• Paychecks in the trade, transportation and utilities sector declined to 1,320, after falling by 40 between Sep-tember 2008 and September 2009. Over a comparable 12-month period ending in September 2008, employ-ment in this services provid-ing sector remained flat.
• Employers in natural re-sources, mining and con-struction lost ten workers (7.1 percent) and ended the third quarter with a total of 130 employees.
• The area’s manufacturers, the second and biggest goods producers in Adams Coun-ty, gained 20 workers over the year and increased their workforce to 1,020 from Sep-tember 2008 to September 2009. Across the state, em-ployers in natural resources and mining cut 23.1 percent of their workforce, while companies in the construction industry lost 19 percent of their workers and the manu-
facturing industry was down 10.4 percent.
Jobs in professional and business services expanded at 8.3 percent, or by ten to reach a total of 130 workers over the year. Statewide, profes-sional and business services were down 6.4 percent.
• The number of jobs in the information and financial ac-tivities sector remained un-changed between September 2008 and September 2009. Statewide, employment in the information sector was down 4.6 percent, while financial activities contracted at 4.8 percent.
Unemployment
The number of people filing for continued unemployment claims, a statistic that tracks the strength of the labor mar-ket, more than doubled over the 12-month period ending in September 2009.
This month, the total of 207 Adams County residents fil-ing continued claims for un-employment benefits was up from a total of 91 claimants in September 2008.
Among those filing for con-tinued claims for unemploy-ment benefits, over the year, the three occupations with the most claims were helpers–
production workers (nine), followed by farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, green-house and agricultural equip-ment operators, whose claims increased by 13, and truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailers climbing by six (see unemployment claims table).
The jobless rate, a ratio of the unemployed divided by the total civilian labor force, rose to 6.6 percent in Sep-tember 2009 from 4.7 per-cent in September 2008, or an increase of 1.9 percentage points over the 12-month pe-riod.
Over the month of Septem-ber 2009, the unemployment rate declined 0.2 percentage points from a revised August 2009 rate of 6.8 percent.
The state’s unemployment rate remained the same in August and September at 8.8 percent, but up 3.8 percentage points from a revised 5.0 per-cent in September 2008.
There were 8,010 employed residents (nonfarm jobs, farm work, and self-employed) in Adams County in September 2009, down 70 from 8,080 12 months earlier.
Over the same time period, the unemployed increased 170 to reach a total of 570 job seekers in September 2009.
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Honoring those who served...by Doc Hastings
More than 100 years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt spoke to the residents of Springfield, Illinois about how vital it was for the government to keep its commitment to those who fought for our nation, our veterans. He said that, “A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled, and less than that no man shall have.”
With veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan joining those veterans who fought and served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and in other conflicts around the globe, those words still ring true today.
In communities large and small, Americans will pause this week to praise the brave men and women who served in our military. They are the soldiers who volunteer to help keep America secure and pro-tect our freedoms and liberties throughout the world.
That is why I am doing all that I can in Congress to sup-
port our veterans and their families. This Veterans Day, I want to highlight two bills that I believe will improve the qual-ity of life and care for those men and women who served our country with honor and dis-tinction.
The BRAVE Act is legisla-tion that will reduce bureaucra-cy and give disabled veterans timely access to their Social Security benefits. This com-mon sense bill says that if the VA determines you are dis-abled, that designation should be good enough for Social Security. This will reduce the time it takes veterans to get their benefits and also reduce redundant paperwork costs.
The second bill is legislation that will specifically allow the construction of a new Walla Walla veterans’ outpatient health care clinic. Veterans who fought for our country should not have to fight to get the medical care they earned in service to our nation. This bill recently passed the House and is expected to be signed into law.
While Veterans Day is an im-portant holiday to honor our he-roes, Congress must work year-round to support policies and laws that take care of the needs of all veterans. I will work hard to meet that challenge during the next two years and do my utmost to appropriately honor Central Washington veterans. As always, any veteran needing help with federal issues should contact me for assistance.
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From left to right, Marcia Bougher (sterile processing technician); Joeleen Barker (Auxiliary President); Monique Small, M.D.; Louise Oord (Auxilian Treasurer); Nancy Bliss and Nancy Briggs (Auxilians); Sandy Stromberg (surgical technician); Laura Besherse and Janelle Jones (Auxilians) present the new hysteroscope and resectoscope equipment.
The OCH Auxiliary recently donated new hysteroscope and resectoscope surgical instrumentation valued at just over $17,240. Hysteroscopy permits visual inspection of the uterus with a scope. This specialized equipment can be used both to diagnose disease and as a method of surgical intervention. Hysteroscopy may be used for removal of endometrial polyps, control of gynecologic bleeding, removal of uterine fibroids, and other conditions.
“Our patients, staff, physicians, and commissioners are proud of the tremendous effort put forth by the Auxilians on behalf of the hospital,” remarked Harry Geller, Administrator. “Since 2002, the Auxiliary has raised over $114,000 for patient care equipment.”
Hung Miu, M.D.; and Monique Small, M.D., obstetrical/gynecology specialists, are particularly appreciative of this equipment. Dr. Miu has provided outstanding care in Othello since 1998 and Dr. Small since early 2009 at Columbia Basin Health Association.
Thank you, Auxilians!
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ocal women interested in contributing to the community while cre-
ating friendships are invited to learn more about the local Beta Sigma Phi chapters serv-ing the Othello community.
The non-academic soror-ity was founded in 1931 as an opportunity for women to gather in a united purpose of developing social and cultural enrichment as well as civic stewardship. The organization helped bring women together in these purposes during the challenges of the Great De-pression. Since that time the organization has grown to all 50 states, all provinces of Canada and 30 other coun-tries. There are currently more than 165,000 members throughout the world.
The organization is not religion-based and is open to women of all ages. There are three chapters of Beta Sig-ma Phi in Othello: Xi Beta Xi, Delta Upsilon and Beta Lambda. Although the chap-ters were originally organized based on age they are no lon-ger formatted on age or expe-rience. Local women join the chapter that best suits their interests.
“Our purpose is to serve our community, to build friend-ships and enjoy our time together,” said Xi Beta Xi president Barb Taylor. “All
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fundraising goes to some type of community service.”
According to Taylor, the so-rority is always open to new members.
“If someone new comes to town we invite them to our meetings,” Taylor said, noting her chapter currently has 15 members.
New members are welcome to join any of the three local chapters.
There are several levels of membership within the soror-ity.
Each new member starts as a Pledge for the first three years, then moves up to Rit-ual of Jewels. The Exemplar level is reached after four years, Preceptor after 6 years and Laureate after 8 or more years.
The Order of the Rose is for those who have been mem-bers for 15 years or more.
“Our focus is always on lo-cal community,” Taylor said.
Recently Xi Beta Xi held a holiday auction benefit at the Eagles Lodge. The chapter raised $1137 for the Othello Food Bank during the event. Xi Beta Xi is also currently collecting supplies to donate to the women’s shelter in Moses Lake, including soap, shampoo and other sundries. The items are gathered and delivered to the shelter about every eight months.
In addition to philanthropic endeavors, the sorority is meant to build and cultivate
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Xi Beta Xi members, left to right, Mary Bustos, Sue Carlson, Shelley Olsen, Liz Jensen, Genna Dorow, Guiomar Azevedo, Barb Taylor and Kristine Robertson at a holiday auction to benefit the Othello Food Bank.
lasting friendships. Once a year the sisters of Xi Beta Xi participate in a secret get-away weekend.
“We don’t even know where we’re going,” Taylor said, explaining two people are placed in charge of planning the secret activity. “No mat-ter where we go the getaway weekend always includes a cultural activity.”
Taylor’s chapter meets twice a month. Members take turns hosting the meetings. Each meeting begins with a business portion followed by a program. Depending on who is hosting, the program may consist of learning a new skill, a historical feature or a cultural presentation. Those interested in learning more about the Beta Sigma Phi or-ganization are invited to call Barb Taylor, 989-2337.
some of the other foundations dedicated to Barnes, who is remembered for his positive attitude.
Barnes’ father Mark Barnes and stepmother Bonnie Barnes were present at the OCH award ceremony to de-scribe the significance of the DAISY award.
“We got to see what nurses do day in and day out. We needed to find a way to thank nurses for all they do,” Bon-nie Barnes said.
“Nurses will say ‘but I didn’t do anything special, I was just doing my job’,” Mark Barnes added, noting he hopes to re-mind nurses “how special you are. You really are – thank you for being nurses.”
The first DAISY award was given out nine years ago. There are now 443 hospitals honoring nurses with this award. The Othello Com-munity Hospital will present DAISY awards twice a year, once in May during Nurses’ Week and once each Novem-ber.
Those nominated for the first award included Barbie Dailey, Kathi Trussel, Kari Blaack, Linda Bork and Jane Zyph.
“I really appreciate all that they do,” Jamie Lehman of the OCH staffing committee said of the five award nominees.
The winner was selected during a staffing committee meeting. After evaluating the nominations Barbie Dailey was selected as the first OCH DAISY award winner.
“I really feel she exemplifies everything this award stands for,” Lehman said.
Nomination comments for Dailey included:
“Barbie has shown com-passion and care for others through her personal gifting of her time and talent,” “Barbie always goes a level beyond the call of duty,” and “she al-ways puts the patients first.”
The next DAISY award winner will be chosen in May. Nurses can be nominated anytime up until one month before the award date. Nomi-nations can be made in the form of a written letter or by picking up a nomination form from OCH. All nominees re-ceive a DAISY pin.
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Kathy Harris of Othello is pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of her daughter Jennifer to Thomas James “TJ” Leafty, son of Stephen & JoAnn Leafty of Kirkland, Wash.
The couple will be married in the LDS Columbia River Temple in Richland on Nov. 21.
TJ grew up in western Washington and served an LDS mission in Australia. He
is currently employed at Mi-crosoft in Redmond. Jennifer grew up in Othello and cur-rently lives in Sammamish. She is employed at Glo balScholar.com in Bellevue.
A reception to honor the couple will be at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 611 S. Sev-enth Ave. in Othello on Nov. 21 from 7 to 9 p.m.
The couple plan to make their home in Sammamish.
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Students recognized for outstanding academic per-formance and citizenship at Hiawatha Elementary for the month of October included:
Students of the Month – Kindgarten: Chon Sauceda Jr.; First Grade: Melissa Mendoza; Second Grade: Rosa Serrano; Third Grade: Genesis Serena; Fourth Grade: Emily Marti-nez; Fifth Grade: Samantha Hines; Sixth Grade: Mayra Bentancourt.
Academic Award – Kinder-garten: Chon Sauceda, Jona-than Cruz, Camron Forde and Sandy Nieves; First Grade: Kevin Garza, Ruben Rodri-guez, Miguel Bastida and Carlos Valdez; Second Grade: Taylor Taff, Osvaldo Gallar-do, Alex Alvarez and Monica Guerrero; Third Grade: Dan-iela Policarpio, Diego Avalos, Juan Tapia and Nicola Jau-regui; Fourth Grade: Kolton Dockins, Naria Herrera, Alex Duran and Johnny Suarez III; Fifth Grade: Viviana Gomez,
Amber Gatewood, Hector Soto and Crystal Torres; Sixth Grade: Azalia Solorio, Mirella Serrano and Karl Hawks.
Citizenship Award: Kinder-garten: Jimena Silva, Daisy Trinidad, Eunice Perez and Inoel Ziranda; First Grade: Isabella Burns, Floriza Caza-rez, Garrison Kinder and Tyla Michel; Second Grade: Ju-lian Maldonado, Stacie Serna Vicente Montejano and Noe Torres; Third Grade: Perla Se-gura, Edith Reyes, Jesus Perez and Damon Martinez; Fourth Grade: Mario Vazquez, Ezra Ortiz and Ryan Sauced; Fifth Grade: Deanna Vasquez, An-thony Pruneda, Ruby Farias and Christopher Afaro; Sixth Grade: Alberto Cano, Arianna Cesar and Daisy Sarabia.
Students recognized for the month of October at Scootney Springs Elementary were:
Student of the Month – Kin-dergarten: Zackary Shade, Hayley Beus, Aidrik Rodri-guez and Alonso Cruz; First
Grade: Jess Vanlandingham, Jacob Valdez, Molly Jensen and Adrian DeLeon; Second Grade: Reylee Sanchez, Libby Colley, Patrick Azevedo and Adrian Valencia; Third Grade: Edgar Ramirez, Araceli Gon-zalez, Zinnia Huerta and Ga-briela Rodriguez; Fourth Grade: Mykiah Hollenbeck, Jair Alvarez, Rachel Risen-may and Mikayla Garza; Fifth Grade: Micah Giles, Amalia Reyes, Brandon Borrero and Flor Garcia; Sixth Grade: Trae Taylor, Lidize DeLeon and Erika Pineda; Mrs. Allen: Is-sac Fuentes.
Citizen of the Month – Kin-dergarten: Magaly Ramirez, Alexis Cantu, Alexia Mendez and Alex Pena; First Grade: Ramzie Vasquez, Alfonso Gonzalez, Fernando Pena and Marisa Duran; Second Grade: Cristian Garza, Cassandra Gonzalez, Kylie Ashton and Joshua Araiza; Third Grade: Gerardo Pineda, Graciela Aya-la, Jonathan Garza and Kaitlyn
Elementary students recognizedMartinez; Fourth Grade: Rylee Ashton, Julia Pineda, Angelly Lara and Kaiden Quigley; Fifth Grade: Abel Gomez, Ri-cardo Ramirez, Zeilyn Guerra and Ben Garza; Sixth Grade: Thalia Sparrell, Kirsten Quig-ley and Silvia Rodriguez; Mrs. Allen: Cassey Gearheart.
Writer of the Month – Kin-dergarten: Jesse Garcia, Aiden Thien, Charizma Fletcher and Stephanie Ramirez; First Grade: Jennifer Lopez, Amy Bates, Demi Dorow and Tani-sha Salsbury; Second Grade: Kassandra Sanchez, Clarissa Martinez, Connor William-son and Mary Ramos. Third Grade: Alyssa Garza, Miguel Pena, Macy Hampton and Alex DeLeon; Fourth Grade: Ruth Topete, Jakelin Munguia, Lupita Soriano and Emma Gentry; Fifth Grade: Iyahye Barraza, McKenna Fuhrman, Marivel Macias and Anglica Hernandez; Sixth Grade: Alexyss Nunez, Aubrie Ste-vens and Sarah Valdez.
ScHOOl NOtESRachel’s Challenge promotes character
McFarland Middle School will host the character building, anti-bullying program, Rachel’s Challenge, on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in the new McFarland auditorium.
There will be morning assemblies for the students pre-sented earlier in the day. Rachel’s Challenge was created by the friends and family of one of Columbine High School’s shooting victims, Rachel Scott, and focuses on empowering students to make a difference in their world.
All are invited to attend.
Othello School District meal planning
The Othello School District breakfast and lunch menus for the remainder of the week include:
Wednesday, Nov. 11 – NO SCHOOL – Veteran’s day. Thursday, Nov. 12 – Breakfast: Breakfast pizza; Lunch:
Chicken patty on a bun, chips and sliced oranges.Friday, Nov. 13 – Breakfast: Waffle stix; Lunch: Nacho
cheese pizza, corn and pineapple. Menus for the week of Nov. 16 include:Monday, Nov. 16 – Breakfast: French toast stix; Lunch:
Chicken nuggets, cookies and mandarin oranges. All breakfast menus include cereal, fruit and milk. All
lunch menus include salad bar, fruit and milk.
Community Schools winter classes
Upcoming Othello Community School classes include:Thursday, Nov. 12
Cinnamon Dough Ornaments – 6:30 p.m., instructor: Jan Leatherman; class fee: $7. Learn to make heavenly cinna-mon dough ornaments. Bring a jelly roll pan or cookie sheet with sides.
Saturday, Nov. 14Quilt in a Day – 8 a.m., instructor: Betty Bagwell, class
fee: $5. Choose from several “Quilt in a Day” patterns and make a quilt in eight hours. Bring your own sewing machine, materials and supplies.
AARP Driver’s Safety Program – 8:30 a.m., instructor: Don Darsow, class fee: $12, supply fee: $14 for non-AARP members. A review of driving and safety skills specific to older adults. Two-year certification given at end of course. Bring snacks, beverages and a brown-bag lunch.
Kubotan Self Defense – 1 p.m., instructor: Terry Stone, class fee: $15 including Kubotan. Learn self defense skills using a Kubotan keychain.
lish, 7 p.m. Spanish, instructors: Heather Martinez, RN and Dulcye Field. This class will teach portion control, healthy substitutions and take-along snacks for diabetes patients.
Metabolic fitness is getting your body as healthy as you can given your genetics. Learn to improve blood lipids, reduce blood pressure, improve your insulin sensitivity and more. Free gift for attending.
Personal Awareness for Women’s Safety -- 6:30 p.m. This class is offered to educate women with hands-on experience in self defense. Learn the importance of carrying yourself with confidence and being aware of your surroundings.
Students host pet rescue blanket drive
Othello High School agriculture education students Esmer-alda Duran and Zoraida Martinez will be hosting a blanket drive as part of their S.A.E. Project.
The purpose of the S.A.E. (Supervised Agriculture Experi-ence) Program is for students to design a hands-on experi-ence and develop skills in agricultural career areas that inter-est them.
Duran and Martinez will be collecting blankets and towels for Adams County Pet Rescue. Donations can be dropped off in the office at Othello High School Nov. 10 through Nov. 24.
Othello High School drama club students will present their annual fall performance this week at the McFarland Mid-dle School auditorium. This year the club will perform the William Shakespeare “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” adapted by Ken Womble. The play will open tomorrow, Nov. 12 and will run for three consecutive nights.
According to high school drama teacher Thomas Chris-tensen, the Womble adapta-tion of the play is “condensed to appeal to audiences of all ages while preserving the lan-
guage, humor and magic of the original.”
Included in the leading roles are Lisa Miranda as Titania, Ben Taff as Oberon, Ryan Garza as Lysander, Max Har-ris as Demetrius, Samantha De Los Santos at Hermia and Kenzie Villarreal as Helena.
Tickets for the show are sold at the door only. Cost of ad-mission is $7 for adults and students. Admission for se-nior citizen and students with ASB ID cards is $5. Perfor-mances will be Nov. 12, 13 and 14 and 7 p.m. at McFar-land Middle School.
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LPS Principal Leon-ard Lusk reported on the success of the
recent math curriculum adop-tion and transition for ALPS student at Monday night’s board meeting. The new cur-riculum has shifted instruc-tion from an individualized plan to a “stand up teaching class” method according to Lusk. “At this point, with about two weeks to go, we think that we’re going to have about a 75 to 80 percent pass rate which is high for ALPS stan-dards,” said Lusk. “There will be five or six [students] that will petition to get back to the high school at the end of the trimester and they will be on-line to step into second semes-ter Algebra.”
Lusk reported there are 26 seniors who are currently on line to graduate. Lusk said, “It’s significantly more than we’ve had in the past.”
High School Counselor Amy Parris and High School ESL Literacy Teacher Paul Firth introduced several stu-dent special guests who had the chance to attend two dif-ferent conferences focused on inspiring and preparing mi-grant students to continue on to higher education.
Firth said, “Students get the whole enchilada of what col-lege is like.”
Lilian Amador and Rogelio Gonzalez went to Washing-ton State University for the CASHE (Children of Aztlàn Sharing Higher Education) conference and Geovanny Ramirez attended both the CASHE conference and the SEMY (Secondary Education for Migrant Youth) confer-ence at Columbia Basin Col-lege. The students spoke of their excitement for learning online tips to look for scholar-ships and the realization that college could be a possibility
for them. Ramirez said, “We learned
that if you want to go to col-lege, you have to do every-thing you can so you could achieve that dream. I didn’t really want to go to college, but after the conference I know that college is really important.”
Amador said, “My parents didn’t complete high school. So it’s great that I’m going to be the first one to go to col-lege. Maybe after my parents will be inspired to get their GEDs.”
Assistant Superintendent Mike Villarreal said encour-aging the students, “Keep it up. Don’t lose that feeling; you have to remember it al-ways. There’ll be bumps in the road.”
Othello High School has been busy. Assistant Principal Carlos Gonzalez said they’ve been working on creating pac-ing guides for every course that is offered at the high school. According to Gon-zalez the pacing guides are to help teachers know what will be taught, how it will be taught, and how long is need-ed for each subject. Principal Matt Stevens said the transi-tion from the old integrated math curriculum to the new traditional curriculum has been a difficult one.
Stevens said, “We found
that in the integrated, critical thinking, word problem fo-cused [program] that a lot of the basic skills that we learned through repetition, that you consider foundation, are non-existent. We’re having to try and mediate as well as keep up with the pacing guides.”
The high school book club is a huge success. According to Counselor Amy Parris there are about 70 students who consistently attend the book club sessions.
Stevens said, “One of the difficulties we’re having is that kids are learning to read and enjoy it so much that we’re actually losing books out of the library to theft. Dai-ly there are two to three of the popular books that the com-puter says that we have that are not on the shelves.”
This past week the district saw a lot of activity on the Summit front. According to Villarreal, Ruth McKenna with WestEd was here going over the tracker system that is part of the district’s work with the Summit grant. The system tracks every goal, item, or task to be accomplished, etc. and gives feedback as to how well they are doing towards com-pleting each task. Vicki Bates, who spearheads the Summit grant for OSPI, was also visit-ing and spent time working on benchmark assessments.
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called “Pigs for a Purpose.” Participants will each raise a spring pig to sell at auction in April, with all proceeds ben-efiting a charity of their choice.
Twenty students are par-ticipating in the project. Each student will choose the charity they would like to support, al-though if a sponsor requests a certain beneficiary the students will accommodate the request.
According to FFA advisor Jamie Krueger, the idea was formed during the fair when a boy auctioned off a lamb and dedicated the proceeds to a cancer awareness group.
“I thought it would be a neat idea,” she said. “I could see this really catching on. What a great community service.”
Coho Farms in Ephrata is providing the pigs to the FFA for a special rate of only $50 each. The pigs normally sell for about $125 each. Students will receive their 6 to 10-week-old pigs today. According to FFA member Hesston Hayduk, the Yorkshire-cross pigs will already weigh 50 to 60 pounds when they arrive.
“Pigs double their weight the first week they’re born,” he said.
“That’s why they’re called ‘pigs’,” said Krueger.
The pigs will be raised at the FFA barn located off Highway 24. While the pigs are young
their care will be a collabora-tive effort. Students will even-tually select separate pigs to work with.
The pigs will be auctioned off during the Northwest Ju-nior Livestock Show at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake. The exact dates for the show have not been set, but the event will likely be held in April.
Hayduk and FFA vice-pres-ident Cody Gearheart have both selected Give Burns the Boot as their beneficiary. Both are volunteer members of the Adams County district five fire department. Bobbie Jensen, a hunting enthusiast, chose the Rocky Mountain Elk Foun-dation. TJ Spurgeon chose the March of Dimes in honor of his cousin who was born prematurely and passed away this year. Other organizations students have selected include the American Cancer Society, Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospi-tal and the Council for Abused and Neglected Children.
There are more than 30 stu-dents in FFA this year, which according to Krueger is about average. This project has helped enroll new students in FFA who are new to animal husbandry. The experienced students will help guide the new members as they learn to raise and show an animal for auction.
“We have some of the kids in FFA who have already shown pigs before. We’re trying to reach out to other kids to give them experience in showing
and bring new kids into FFA,” Gearhart said. “We will be putting on showing clinics to teach them how to show and prepare pigs for the fair. We’ll show them how to properly raise and feed pigs and moni-tor their health.”
“We will weigh them once a week and check their weight-gain ratios,” Hayduk added. “This is an awesome learn-ing experience for those who haven’t done it before. We’re hoping they might go on to participate in the fair.”
According to Gearheart the FFA still needs sponsors to purchase pigs for students and to provide feed. Gearheart has estimated that 20 tons of feed will be required to raise all 20 pigs up through auction, including approximately 3 tons of starter feed, 15 tons of grower and 2 tons of finisher.
“We need donations for the feed, any donation will help,” he said.
FFA members will be ap-proaching local businesses for donations of feed to support their new project.
“We need also pre-arranged buyers to go to the auction in April,” Gearheart said, noting so far Evergreen Implement and Leonard Lusk have com-mitted to buying a pig at the auction.
“We hope to accomplish a great way for people to get involved in the community,” Hayduk said of the new com-munity service project. “We hope businesses will come out and support us.”
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ence MVP, threw a TD pass, ran for another and kicked a late field goal to help the El-lensburg Bulldogs to a 23-14 win over Othello on Friday, Nov. 6 at Huskie Field. The top-ranked Bulldogs com-pleted an undefeated season and were crowned CWAC champs.
“That was a good high school football game,” said coach Roger Hoell. “You had two good teams slugging it out.”
Othello suffered its first loss in the conference in what was essentially the CWAC title game and will be the confer-ence’s #2 seed at state.
“The bottom line, Ellens-burg won and we lost,” said Hoell. “But our focus should
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be that we’re still in the state playoffs.”
Sterkel completed 15-of-23 passes for 157 yards but noth-ing deep as the Huskies were
Huskies were able to put pres-sure on him. Othello’s Conor Hamilton recorded two-and-a-half sacks.
prepared for Ellensburg’s vaunted passing attack and kept it under control. Ster-kel’s longest completion was only 18 yards because the
laying for the CWAC’s third and final spot in the state tournament,
Othello traveled to Prosser and was defeated 3-1. Three different Prosser players net-ted goals including the confer-ence’s leading scorer, Helen Peterson.
The score was tied, 1-1, af-ter Othello’s Vanessa McDon-
ald found the back of the net in the 26th minute.
“It was played pretty evenly in the first half,” said McDon-ald.
The game remained tied until the 42nd minute when Prosser’s Kelli Wilson scored.
“We got caught on our heels and didn’t cover the back post,” said McDonald. “They had a really good push and scored one.”
The Huskies continued to attack and create chances in the second half but weren’t
he Huskies were elimi-nated in the district tournament on Satur-
day, Nov. 7 at Taggares Gym but played their best volley-ball of the season during their three playoff matches, accord-ing to coach Dean Spurbeck.
The Huskies faced the Wapato Wolves in a play-in match on Tuesday, Nov. 3 to begin the tournament and had to win to stay alive.
Wapato took the first set and led 16-12 in the second when the Huskies turned things around. Othello’s Brenda Rodriguez swung over a kill and then hit a serve Wapato
couldn’t handle to tie the score, 17-17. She also had a stuff block to give Othello a 24-22 lead.
Othello’s Kylee Mollotte hit over a kill for the set winner. The senior had five kills in the Huskies’ final eight set points and led everyone with 31 kills in the match.
The momentum carried into set three where Jody Walker recorded important kills near the end to help give the Hus-kies a 2-1 advantage.
Wapato led 11-7 in set four but Othello wouldn’t be de-nied. The Huskies came back and led 22-20 after Jacky Val-dez stretched out for a cru-cial dig that Yvonne Garza touched over the net.
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2009 CwaC volleyball diStriCt tournaMent
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GrandviewGame 7 at Ephrata
Nov. 7, 5 p.m.Winner #3
to state Game 6 at Othello
Nov. 7, 1 p.m.
Game 5 at Othello
Nov. 7, 1 p.m.
East Valley
Selah
Game 3 at Grandview
Nov. 5, 7 p.m.
Game 4 at SelahNov. 5, 7 p.m.
Game 8 at Othello
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Ellensburg
Game 1 at Grandview
Nov. 5, 5 p.m.
Game 2 at SelahNov. 5, 5 p.m.
Play-in at Prosser,
Nov. 3, 6 p.m.
Play-in at Othello,
Nov. 3, 6 p.m.
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Othello’s Allesha Reyes snags the corner kick.
Mollotte, as she had done the previous two games, hit the set winner – this time from the back row.
“Kylee had an awesome game and Jody had an awe-some game,” said Spurbeck of the two seniors who led the team in kills. “And part of that comes from Yvonne set-ting nice balls. When you got two hitters going it’s tough (for the other team).”
Yvonne Garza had a match-high 39 assists.
The Wolves had beaten the Huskies in their previous meeting with Wapato’s mid-dle blocker AJ Yarlott con-trolling play at the net but this time she was less effective.
“Last time, 11 (Yarlott) shut us down with her blocks,” said Spurbeck. “This time Kylee hit her angles.”
Eden Garza led the Huskies with 21 digs. Walker finished with nine kills.
SOCCeR:able to score.
“We had a lot more opportu-nities in the second half than they did,” said McDonald.
But Prosser took advantage of its opportunities and Peter-son sent in a third goal in the final minutes when the Hus-kies were pushing numbers forward in search of an equal-izer.
“I only had two defenders,” said McDonald. “I had to push everybody up.”
It was the third game of the district tournament for the Huskies who began with a disappointing 1-0 loss to Ephrata. But in between the two losses was an exciting 2-1 road win against the Selah Vi-kings. Selah and Othello fin-ished the regular season tied for first in the CWAC North and had split its two regular season meetings. It was a los-er-out contest that propelled the Huskies to the third place game and ended the Vikings’ season.
Midway through the first half, Lindsay Garza beat the keeper on a breakaway after goal-keeper Allesha Reyes caught a Selah corner kick and quickly threw the ball down the field to Alexis Martinez. Martinez turned and sent a long through-ball to Garza who used her speed to beat the
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defenders.Conference MVP, Monik
Martinez, tied the score in the 57th minute after receiving a cross in the 18-yard box.
Monik Martinez and Lind-say Garza each had shots bounce off the crossbar but the winning goal was scored by an unlikely hero, Marissa Martinez.
Othello’s Daisy Salgado sent a high-ball into the box and Lindsay Garza aggressively challenged Selah’s keeper in the air. It bounced off the two of them and came down to Marissa Martinez who booted it into the back of the net from
12 yards away. It was her first goal of the season.
“It was a great time to get that goal,” said McDonald.
Othello’s defense kept Se-lah’s forwards under wraps for most of the contest. The Huskies played a diamond in the back four that allowed Tif-fany Martinez to roam around and continually stamp out Selah attacks with her aggres-sive play.
“She was a monster today,” said McDonald of his only se-nior in the starting line-up.
“It was a great win for these girls,” he added. “I can’t say enough of how well they did.”
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diStriCt tournaMentEphrata
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Grandview
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Othello
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Game 5 at highest seedNov. 5, 4 p.m.
Prosser
Ephrata
Selah
Game 3 at East Valley,
Nov. 3, 4 p.m.
Game 4 at Selah,
Nov. 3, 4 p.m.
Game 8 at highest seedNov. 7, 1 p.m.
Winner #1 to state, Loser
#2 to state
Game 2 at Prosser,
Oct. 31, 1 p.m.
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Oct. 29, 4 p.m.
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Othello advanced to play the East Valley Red Devils while the loss ended Wapato’s sea-son.
The Huskies played with the same high energy and ex-ecution against East Valley that they had in the win over Wapato, according to Spur-beck, but were defeated 3-0 (27-25, 25-21, 25-17).
On Saturday, Nov. 7 Othello returned to Taggares Gym and were beaten by Ellensburg 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-14) ending the Huskies’ season.
“I was very proud of what this team did,” said Spurbeck. “It’s tough having a new coach come in and having to learn a new system. They did a very good job.”
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Ellensburg 7 0 13 3 - 23Othello 0 7 0 7 - 14
Scoring playsE - Connor Meehan 4 run (Ethan Sterkle kick)O - Devon Lind 42 pass from Jeremy Cerrillo (Brian Elgin kick)E - Stephen Stein 3 pass from Sterkle (Sterkle kick)E - Sterkel 9 run (kick failed)O - Chris Brunetti 31 pass from Cerrillo (Elgin kick)E - FG Sterkle 25Individual statisticsRushing – O, Parker Davis 9-37, Cerrillo 10-3, Matt Jensen 7-28, David Charles 6-25. E, Mike McKinney 13-56, Meehan 10-46, Sterkel 12-58.Passing – O, Cerrillo 2-9-2-73. E, Sterkel 15-23-1-157.Receiving – O, Lind 1-42, Brunetti 1-31. E, Kramer Ferrell 5-43, Sungyoung Lee 4-46, Adam Haberman 3-37, Blaze Affholter 1-16, McKinney 1-12, Stein 1-3. OTH ELLTotal net yards 166 317First downs 7 20Rushes-yards 32-93 35-160Passing 73 157 Turnovers 3 1Penalties-yards 2-15 8-55
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Where Ellensburg found most of its success was run-ning the ball.
“We took away their pass-ing game and they had to go to their running game,” said Hoell.
Othello’s Jeremy Cerrillo zipped a 31-yard TD pass to Chris Brunetti on the first play of the fourth quarter to bring the Huskies to within one score, 20-14, but the Bull-dogs put together a 14-play
drive that went deep into Hus-kie territory and ate up nearly eight minutes. They rushed the ball on 12 of the 14 plays and gained five first downs. On third down at Othello’s 8-yard line, Brunetti knocked down a pass attempt in the end zone On fourth down, Sterkel kicked a 25-yard field goal with 4:40 remaining for a 23-14 lead.
The Huskies got the ball twice more in the final min-utes but were unable to capi-talize. An Ellensburg inter-ception with 1:14 left ended the Huskies’ comeback hopes.
a 42-yarder to Lind late in the first half to tie the score, 7-7.
Ellensburg drove 65-yards and scored on its opening possession on a 4-yard run by Connor Meehan. The Bull-dogs also scored to open the second half with another 65-yard drive capped by a 3-yard play action TD pass from Sterkel to Stephen Stein on third-and-goal.
Sterkel intercepted a pass near midfield on Othello’s following possession and five plays later he ran in a 9-yard touchdown for a 20-7 lead af-ter the extra point was missed.
Throughout the contest, Othello’s offense was slowed by a physical and big Ellens-burg defense.
“Size wise they were bigger than we were but I don’t think that really was a factor in this game,” said Hoell.
The Huskies rushed for 105 yards on 30 carries.
“Ellensburg was able to shut down our running game and we did not execute as well in the passing game as we would have liked,” said Hoell.
Cerrillo was 2-for-9 passing but his two completions were for touchdowns. The first was
Sterkel, who towers over most players at 6’ 4” tall, rushed 12 times for 57 yards.
“He (Sterkel) created a lot of things,” said Hoell. “Our defense took away a lot of stuff so he had to improvise. If you have a great athlete like that and you don’t contain him, he can make things hap-pen.”
Othello plays host to Colville on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m.
It is the fourth year in a row the Huskies have faced Colville in the state playoffs. Othello won the last two at Huskie Field including a 28-21 victory a year ago.
“We have to be able to run the ball but we have to be able to throw at critical times in the game,” said Hoell. “If we’re able to run the ball, play dominate defense and eliminate mistakes we’ll be in great shape.”
Ellensburg is the CWAC’s #1 seed and is at home against Clarkston this weekend.
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esus Guzman, the own-er of Othello Custom Swathing, began his
business on May 15, 2009. Previously he was working as an equipment operator driving any type of vehicle for a vari-ety of farmers.
He decided it was time to own his own business and work for himself.
He knew he would really like the business and what he was doing, that was another reason why he decided to go out on his own and begin Othello Custom Swathing. Guzman now operates with four swathers, a John Deere chopper and four semi trucks. He also employees three oth-ers to help him keep up with his current jobs.
“I am really busy. It is go-ing better than I thought,” said Guzman.
Guzman is running almost non-stop and during this in-terview was also running a chopper, swather and loading
trucks at the same time. He is always looking for more busi-ness.
“I can cut any crop. I started the season with hay, then triti-cale, berries, bluegrass, peas, beans, buckwheat and straw. I can cut almost anything with a swather. I am cutting beans right now,” explained Guz-man.
Othello Custom Swathing has traveled to the following locations to cut crops: Tri-Cities, Connell, Moses Lake, Mattawa and of course - the Othello area. He will travel wherever his services are needed.
Transport is always includ-ed in his pricing and charges are based on acre number of crops.
Each crop has its own price - for example: hay is $20 per acre and beans are $35 per acre.
Othello Custom Swathing’s largest job so far has been for Ochoa Ag cutting 2,500 acres of bluegrass. His smallest to this point is only 120 acres.
Guzman, a man who cannot
be idle, is always working. His plans for the winter when there are no crops to cut is to return to working as a ma-chinery mechanic for a few months. Guzman has experi-ence working on all types of farming equipment and ma-chinery.
When the crops are ready he plans to begin cutting again as soon as his customers call him in the spring.
His family consists of his wife and four daughters. When not working he enjoys swimming and traveling with his family to see new things and visit new places.
He came to the Othello area at the age of 16 with his par-ents.
His mother passed away a few years ago and now his father travels back and forth from Mexico, always winter-ing in Mexico. Guzman has family scattered throughout the United States.
To inquire about Othello Custom Swathing services or pricing, call Guzman at 750-5850.
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Dear Neighbors, The other day I was talk-
ing about bird hunting with someone who’d read a news-paper column from southwest Washington about the state’s efforts to rejuvenate pheasant habitat.
The state fish and wildlife department reports pheasant hunting is better around ir-rigated fields – and I would agree, even though the edges of fields don’t get watered as much as they used to (thanks to advances in irrigation tech-nology that allow much more precise delivery of water).
It’s interesting that the state Partnerships for Pheasants program, which pays land-owners to “plant and maintain high quality habitat” and al-low public hunting, is aimed at enhancing pheasant habitat without irrigation. Aren’t the salmon in the Columbia and Snake river basins willing to share some water with their feathered friends?
I managed to get out recent-ly with the dog and the shot-gun to check the status of our pheasant population, and had an enjoyable “hunting experi-ence,” as the people in Olym-pia would call it. There aren’t too many better ways to spend a fine fall day!
Coming into this year our state had 470 boards and com-missions. There was a lot of talk during the legislative ses-sion about significantly reduc-ing that number, and the wheat and barley commissions set a noble example by voluntarily merging, using language I in-troduced in a Senate bill.
In the end the number of boards and commissions was reduced by just 18, with vows made to look for other oppor-tunities.
For example, the new state budget instructed the state’s natural resources agencies – which include the Department
of Agriculture – to “consider the experience of other states and their organizational struc-tures to identify consolida-tion opportunities to improve service delivery and reduce costs.”
Of the states surveyed for the resulting report only Rhode Island does not have a stand-alone ag department. Maryland is folding its agri-culture agency into its Depart-ment of Natural Resources (an idea proposed unsuccess-fully in Maine in 2008).
A work group looked at consolidating natural resource agencies and other agencies’ natural resource-related activ-ities (I count 18, there prob-ably are more) into several structures: two-agency, three-agency and so on. In a three-agency model, for example, one of the three would be a new Agriculture and Natural Resource Land Management Agency, combining programs now at the ag department and DNR with the habitat lands management now at the De-partment of Fish and Wildlife; conservation lands (natural areas and natural resources conservation areas); land-owner technical assistance provided by the State Conser-vation Commission; certain regulatory programs related to working lands; and all for-est fire prevention and control programs.
The work group report stresses these are “ideas,” not recommendations, which will, “along with other ideas gathered from many sources...help stimulate critical think-ing among governmental partners, decision-makers, stakeholders, the public, and elected officials.” Either way I’ll be keeping an eye on this to see if it produces legisla-tion for the 2010 session or surfaces in the governor’s up-coming supplemental budget proposal.
End to field burning tax exemption proposed: your thoughts?
For three years now the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee – the state counter-part to the feds’ Government Accounting Office -- has been reviewing tax exemptions and forwarding its recommenda-tions to a group created by the Legislature in 2006: the
Citizens Commission for Per-formance Measurement of Tax Preferences. That com-mission recently endorsed JLARC’s recommendation that the Legislature allow the sales and use tax exemption for field burning equipment to expire, “because the transi-tion to reduced air emissions from agriculture burning has occurred.” JLARC figures the exemption, enacted in 2005 (RCW 82.08.841, 82.12.841) allowed farmers to keep about $2 million in 2008.
Olympia’s financial situa-tion is so lousy that tax pref-erences like this (which too many lawmakers like to call “loopholes”) are easy targets. Do you believe it’s time to put this particular exemption out to pasture? Please write or phone me with your opinion. PO Box 40409, Olympia, WA 98504-0409. 360-786-7620.
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Wed., Nov. 11 and Thurs., Nov. 12 – PNW Vegetable Association An-nual Conference and Trade Show, Kennewick (infor-mation: 509-585-5460 or www.pnva.org)
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Thurs., Nov. 19 and Fri., Nov. 20 – Annual Convention, Washing-ton Association of Wheat Growers, Spokane (Daven-port Hotel, registration fee increases after.
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Mid-Columbia Libraries – Othello Branch is currently seeking a part-time Customer Service Asst. (19 hrs/wk). Some evenings/weekends re-quired. To apply go to www.midcolumbialibraries.org/em ployment or apply in person at 101 E. Main St. Applications must be received by Novem-ber 20.
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Do you enjoy interacting with people? Do you enjoy help-ing people solve problems? Can you multi-task? We may have a place for you. Com-petitive wages, Generous Store Discounts, Vacation & Sick leave, Holiday Pay, and Health care available for year round, Full Time persons. Full Time position available. Ask us how to become a part of the ACE Team. Apply in person at 420 E. Main St. Othello, WA.
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HORSE SALEMoses Lake Market, Nov. 29, 2009. Tack will sell from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Horse sale will start at 1 p.m. SHARP! Lo-cation: 14372 N. Frontage Rd. East, Moses Lake, WA. For more information call Tony Favero 509-750-5800 or email: [email protected].
FOR RENT: Office space in commercial building at 455 E. Hemlock Street, Othello. 1,510 sq. ft. Great business location with plenty of park-ing. Call 488-5636 for more information.
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For Rent: 1700 sf 3-4 bed-room home on 4 ½ acres. Beautiful scenery. $800 per month call 760-0154.
PROPERTY FOR SALE: 1 lot with Quonset shed next to 895 S Broadway and one behind. For more information call or contact Larry at Com-puter Cow 509-989-4989.
SPECIAL FHA TITLE I FINANCING. New 2bedroom/2bath manufac-tured Home in a community setting. $44,995. Call and ask me how! 509-765-5559.
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FOR SALE: Turn-of-the-Century home 16 miles east of Othello. Wiring, plumb-ing, insulation updates. Roof is about 8 years old. Original hardwood doors in mahogany have been restored to their former glory. Country setting on 2 acres. Bring the horses. $110,000. First Choice Re-alty, 509-488-7737.
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YARD CLEAN UP: Flower bed and garden rake outs and blow-outs. Shrub and tree trimming etc. Call Manny 488-0976 or 855-6693.
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PUBLIC NOTICEOn June 2, 2009 the Ingle-sia Pentecostal Visperia del Fin, LLC., filed an applica-tion with the federal com-munication commission for a new low power television station to serve Othello, WA on channel 47. The proposed transmitter site will be located on latitude: 46-49-29 n. lon-gitude: 119-11-30 w. with a maximum effective radiated power of 1kw.
PUBLIC NOITCEOn August 25, 2009 Ingle-sia Pentecostal Visperia Del Fin, filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for a new low power television station to serve Othello, WA on channel 42. The proposed transmitter site will be located at 46-49-29 north, 119-11-30 west with a maximum effective radiated power of 1kw.
PUBLIC NOITCEOn August 25, 2009 Ingle-sia Pentecostal Visperia Del Fin, filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for a new low power television station to serve Othello, WA on channel 47. The proposed transmitter site will be located at 46-49-29 north, 119-11-30 west with a maximum effective radiated power of 1kw.
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1475 W. Lee Rd.Over 5 acres of Heaven!
5600sf of Shop Space. 3449sf Home = Completely Remod-
eled Manufactured Home (1584sf) with Stick-Built
Two-Story Add-on.
$320,000
835 S. Skylark WayLive the Good Life on the Golf Course! Near the 2nd hole fair-way and the 8th green. 3 Bed / 2.5 Bath. Nearly 2800 SF All
on One Level! Beautiful Wood Vaulted Ceilings!
$360,000
$89,000
405 S. Chelan St.Ritzville: Priced to sell quick.
This house has been completely remodeled and is ready to move in. It features new energy win-
dows, new gas stove, Very good location.
1095 S. Hi-Lo Dr.Gorgeous 4 Bed, 3 Bath
Home. 2004 Valley Mansion MFH. You’ll love all the open space with 2240 Square Feet! Big Trees and lots of room to
roam on 2.4 Acres.
$210,000
$375,000
NNA S. McKinney Rd.81.4 acres of rill irrigated farm
land close to Othello.
925 S. HWY 174 Bed / 3 Bath Home on 2.75
irrigated acres. Home features tile and hardwood flooring, fireplace in living room, forced air, kitchen
updates including cabinets. Nice insulated shop, 2 irrigated
pastures with animal shelter.
$229,000
Pending
651 S. 12th Ave.Beautiful 3 Bed / 4 Bath 2038 Sf Home! All on One Level!
Attached 2-Car Garage, Remodeled Kitchen, Separate Dining Room, new Flooring,
Great Corner Lot! UGS.
$195,000
653 S. Kaylee Rd.Gorgeous 3 Bed/2 Bath 1998
Manufactured Home on Large Lot. Call Now to Tour!
$105,000
775 S. 3rd Ave2 Bed / 1 Bath Home on 3rd Ave. Central Heat with Gas
Furnace. Large Fenced Back-yard with Storage Shed. Tile floors in Kitchen and Bath.
$96,000
$155,000
W. Bench Rd.Producing Orchard with room to build on. Seller will carry contract. Down payment and terms negotiable. Irrigation water & Power on property.
2618 W. Valley View Ln. 3 Bed / 2 Bath 1998 MFH
on 5.76 Acres. Using shared well but also has own pri-vate well. Cows or Horses
will enjoy the Large Fenced Pasture!
$150,000$189,000
345-A W. Cunningham Rd.This very nice home is close to othell and fast growing Connell, it has a new kitchen and a new bathroom upgrade. Bring the
animals and the kids and enjoy a very quiet area.
$140,000
1311 E. Larch St.Nice 3 Bed/1.75 Bath Home! Fully Fenced, 2 Car Detached
Garage with alley access. Make an appointment today!
1975 W. Atkinson Rd.Immaculate MFH on 3.1 acres.
Large deck off dining room. Attached 1020 sf attached
garage and large outbuilding with electric garage door. No
945 Capstone Ave.Spacious Living Room area in this 2007 3 bed/2 bath home.
Vaulted ceilings, double garage and underground sprinklers.
Fully fenced. All appliances stay.
$153,000 $152,000
1336 E. Elm St.3 Bed / 1.5 Bath, 1320 SF Home on Very large Lot! Many Updated features including Tile and Hard-wood Floors Throughout Home! Amazing Backyard with UGS.
Ally Access, 2-Car Garage!
November 11, 2009b 8 The Othello IndependenT
408 N. 11th St.Newly remodeled 4 bed/2 bath home on large corner lot. New heating and air conditioner unit.
New carpet, flooring, countertops, sinks and bathtubs.
$179,900
338 S. 10th Ave.Immaculate home and land-scaping. Hardwood floors
throughout most of the rooms. Newer roof, hot water heater and furnace. Priced at below market value for quick sale.
$139,900
1010 Sylvan Dr.4 Bedroom Home with 2
Bathrooms. 1452 SF - Very Comfortable Layout. Newer Carpet, Freshly Painted, Gor-geous Kitchen. Lots of Shade!
$139,900
Pending
$137,500
641 S. Kristina Rd.Very nice 2007 MFH has 4
Bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, deluxe master bath, a computer room and many more features. A very large lot with sprinkler system in front
and back. Large storage shed.
$134,900
1725 W. Bench Rd.Extensively Remodeled
stick-built home on 1.78 acres. New roof, horizontal siding & windows. New carpet and
ceramic tile throughout.
660 S. Kaylee Rd.Very Nice 1998 MFH with 3
Bed / 1.75 Bath on over 3/4 of an Acre. Stove and refrigerator included. Classy upgrade. Stor-
age Shed in Large Backyard.
$124,000
REDUCED
631-651 S. 11th Ave.Great investment property.Well-kept income property with low tenant turnover.
Duplex is very well-built. 3 Bed on one side, 2 Bed with
Garage on the other.
$195,000
DUPlEX
344 W. Cunningham Rd.Cunningham: Turn-of-the-Century home is located in
Cunningham, Washington. Has newer wiring, plumbing, insu-
lation. Roof is 8 +/- yrs old.
$110,000$132,000
617 S. 4th Ave.Connell: This nice home has a great water fall in a nice private fenced back yard. Hot tub goes with it. All kitchen appliances stay. It has 3 bedrooms and 1
bath all on one level.
620 E. Clark St.Connell: 1638 sf NEW CON-
STRUCTION Home with 3 Bed / 2 Bath. Nice, Large Lot. Many
upgrades. You’ll love the Tile Floors! Better Hurry!
$169,900
630 E. Clark St.Connell: 1630 sf NEW CON-
STRUCTION Home with 3 Bed / 1.75 Bath. Nice, Large Lot. Many
upgrades. You’ll love the Tile Floors! Better Hurry!
$174,900
629 E. Beech Ave.Connell: This Wonderful home
is 3 bed,2 bath with a 3-Car Garage. UGS and the backyard is perfect for entertaining. All
of this in fast growing Connell.
$194,500$258,000
550 N. Dayton Ave.Connell: This Duplex is very nice in the fast growing town of Connell. Great Investment.
Easy maintenance and the tenants pay W.S.G.
DUPlEX REDUCED606 W. Main Ave.
Ritzville: This 4 Bed / 2 Bath charmer is in a nice area of
Ritzville. It is only 40 Minutes from the fast-growing area of Connell, Washington.
$105,000
Large Othello Parcel of Land!21.5 acres between and behind
Cimarron and Mirastar Currently Zoned C-1. Give us a call
to discuss options!
$500,000
2878 W. Kuhn Rd.90.5 A orchard ground ready to
plant. Older trees recently removed. 5-Orchard-Rite wind generating units w/ low hours powered by Chev V-8 industrial engines.
$550,000$1,300,000
1135 E. Cedar St.(12,000+/- sf) church building on a 1.12+/- acre city lot. Sanctuary
will seat 350+, multi-purpose room commercial grade kitchen.
10 classrooms and 4 offices.
$900,000
NNA W. Bench Rd.149.08 acres with 139.6 under new (2007) valley center pivot
with precision corner. Currently leased. One domestic water
hookup available.
NNA E. Yeisley Rd.905 Acre Dryland Wheat Farm currently CRP through 2011.
$420,000
SOLD
1135 E. cEDAr St. • $1,300,000
Room to expand your congregation or group in this massive (12,000+/- sf) church building on a 1.12+/- acre city lot. 28,000+/- sf of paved parking and driveways. 3 sets of restrooms + nursery restroom. Sanctuary will seat 350+, multi-purpose room and fabulous commercial grade kitchen. 10 classrooms upstairs and 4 separate offices.
Shown by appointment only.
Pending
775 S. 4th Ave.Newly renovated home in good
neighborhood. New kitchen cabinets, countertops, floor tile and carpeting. fully fenced back yard opening to Kiwanis Park.
This one won’t last!
$136,000
NEw lIsTING
846 S. Taylor Rd.4200 SF of Asphalt Pavement.
Home is 2700 SF with 3 Bed / 2 Bath and a Basement! In-ground
Pool! 672 SF Garage next to home. Shop is 816 Sf and
