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GETS CHRISTMAS LOOK - Washington Water
Montague puts decorations in place
Gerald Leliefeid lend
from the ground. Othello Jaycees and WWP
Othello its annual "Christmas look" with the
of the decorations on Tuesday and Wednesday.
the bright red bells, with the Merry Christmas
Avenue entruce. The decorations have
through fund-ra/sing efforts of the Jaycees.
ittee "brain-
"sessions aimed at
Othello Chamber
moving on four
featur~ at the
luncheon
formed four
discuss directions
should take
coming year, with
the findings of
due to be
Thefts
Police
rs Busy
of 14 theRs varying
at a local
to batteries and
were investigated
during the
lent spokesmen
• " week-
from
Standpoint in city
was reported
~orning at Cope-
Yard, but police
has been repor*~-
door of the
pried open .and
went through
the desk and
to open the safe,
were reported
service sta~tion
Ist and by a local
had his vehicle
while it was
downtown Othello.
$40 to $50 in
deck and charge
$300 to $500
from the Ramm
On Sunday
of Route I
and other
more than $300
from his vehicle
parked behind
Tavern.
incident at 3:10
Judy Meek of
window in
broken while it
local doctor's
said a large rock
through the left
presented at the next Cham-
ber board meeting on Jan. 7.
Vice president Garth Lyb-
bert, who presided at Wed-
nesday's meeting, explained
that hopes are to get ideas
from the sessions to provide
programs for the new year.
Topics discussed by each of
the groups included promot-
ing Othello as a region farm
center with Lybbert as
chairman; recognition awards
headed by Peggy Klingeman;
housing with Rich Jackson as
chairman; and closer contacts
with government agencies
serving the area with Betty
Jenkins and Norman Coulter
as chairmen.
Numerous ideas have al-
ready been presented for each
of the areas, with hopes to
zero in on specific projects,
officials explained.
Plans were also set for a
special Christmas program to
be presented at the Dec. 18
luncheon meeting of the
Chamber.
Jackpot Hits
Record $110
A new record was reached
this week in the Who's Who
contest with a jackpot prize of
$110 offered for some lucky
winner.
The previous record of $90
was set in the fourth week of
the contest, with the new
jackpot meaning the entire
total hasn't been won in five
weeks.
For details on the contest
see Page 3 of today's Outlook.
Join in the fun and have a
chance at the big prize money.
from the seat.
~ontained no cash,
credit cards
Checks.
in-
Charles
a
Vess; a spare
a shot gun
Ken Krause;
Jesus Gonzales;
stands; a
d Storey
purse by
of Moses Lake.
sheriffs'
that a
thefts were re-
the rural area
Weekend.
HERE TONIGHT
O
Efforts to organize a state-
wide movement to block farm
leasing by gun clubs will be
the aim of a sportsmans'
meeting scheduled here to-
night.
Local residents spearhead-
ing the formation of the
organization said that all
persons interested in helping
preserve public hunting in the
state are urged to attend the
meeting.
The session is set for 7 p.m.
on Dec. 5 at the Othello Fire
Station.
Lots of Support take action to stop the leasing
Dave Duncan, who is of land exclusively for hunting
coordinating the local organ- rights.
ization efforts, reported that
"support has been fantastic CompromiseS ought
during the last week". "If a farmer wants to post
"I have gotten calls from all his land that is fine, but what
over the state since having a we are objecting to is the
letter to the editor publish-
ed," Duncan said. "There
appears to be far more
support than I originally
thought."
Duncan said the prime
object of the organization will
be to circulate petitions
calling for the legislature to
leasing of hunting rights so
that only a select few can take
advantage of the hunting,"
Duncan said. "We realize that
the hunting revenue has
become something some
farmers depend on, but also
feel that some compromise
~n be worked out so that the
rights of the majority of
hunters can be protected.
With the increase of hunting •
clubs, the average hunter is
fast being excluded and only
the rich are able to enjoy the
sport."
Duncan explained that a
group from Hermiston, Ore.,
which is working along the RITZVILLE - A motion
same lines in their state, is charging that vote tampering
scheduled to be present at changed the outcome of the
tonight's meeting.
"We are hoping for the
organization to get statewide
support and membership,"
Duncan added.
Swyter as the next step came
in resolving the tight commis-
sioner contest, which has been
Nov. 5 general election race the object of county-wide
for county commissioner will attention during the past
be heard in Adams County week.
Superior Court on Monday, Swyter set the hearing date
Dec. 16. and then announced that he
The hearing date was set on will disqualify himself from
Monday by Judge Gordon hearing the case. He indicated
that a visiting judge will be
called in to hear the matter.
The motion contesting the
election was filed on Wednes-
day of last week by Republi-
can Kenny Foulkes. In the
motion he charges that ballots
cast in the general election
were changed fc~lowing the
election to give his opponent,
Gordon Hays, the apparent
victory in a recount.
Foulkes had led by 35 votes
following the election, but
after a recount held two
weeks ago, Hays gained more
~HU~SDAY, [}[~EMB[R S, |974 than I00 votes an~i currently
holds a 72-vote margin.
Numerous errors were found
in Othello, Washtucna and
some Ritzville rural precincts
during the recount to account
for the change.
Three Poss~ilities
Joseph T. Moynihan, at-
torney for Foulkes, expressed
confidence this week that his
client has a strong case in
contesting the election.
He explained that any one
of three outcomes could come
Roots of the first plantsfrom the hearing of the
went into nutrient-soakedmotion next Monday. Hays
gravel here Monday as pro- could be elected, the re count
duction officially started at reversed and Foulkes be
Green Thumb Inc. of Othello. elected, or the entire election
Bill Skeels, manager of the be declared null and void and
locally-based firm which a new election called for.
hopes to set up a large-scale None of the principals in the
hydroponics tomato i~ru- case had any comments to
duction operation throughout make this week, with Hays,
the Basin, announced that the who is listed as the defendant
first crop should be ready in in the motion to contest,
about six weeks from the new indicating that he will not
plants, have a statement until the
The delicate work of trans- matter is resolved.
planting spindly tomato In a statement in an area
plants began on Monday, with daily newspaper last week
2,000 plants expected to be in county commission chairman
place in the first greenhouse W.E. Longmeier was critical
by mid-week, of Foulkes' action in contest-
The ~ants are ~laced in aing the election.
~,-:~" - ~= i, ~utzien ~te stance, ,aat it would be
supp~+vtl m tlquid l~rm impossible to tamper with the
through the gravel: votes since they are sealed in
Skeels noted that the envelopes and kept locked in a
temperature is kept.: at 70 vault. He was quoted as
degrees constantly in thesaying .that if vote tampering
gr!eenhouse with the n~ient occurred, it would have to
circulated automatically to have been on the precinct
the plants, level.
He explained that the first
building to gn into production, Offices Open
is one of four growing houses
which have been under
construction for the past year.
New Community
A second house is '~J8 per
cent" complete wlth planting
Services Unit
O
RITZVILLE - A sentencing
date is pending for an Othello
woman who was found guilty
of being an accesory to first-
degree murder here early last
Saturday morning.
An Adams County Superior
Court jury returned with a
guilty verdict for Nikki Kelly,
23, Othello, after deliberating
over 11 hours•
Miss Kelly was convicted in
connection with the shooting
death of Errol James Tucker,
17, Tacoma here on Sept. 14.
She was charged with aiding
the escape of Benjamin
Deodies Curry, 51, who is
currently in custody in the
Adams County Jail on first
degree murder charges.
Trial date for Curry has
been set for Jan. 14 following
his arraignment last week
before Judge Gordon Swyter.
Curry, who will be defended
by Jack E. Tanner of Tacoma,
pleaded not guilty to the
murder charge. He was
arrested about two weeks ago
in Tacoma.
Miss Kelly's trial started on
Monday of last week, with the
case finally going to the jury
at 3:20 p.m. last Friday. The
jury returned with the verdict
at 2:27 a.m. on Saturday.
Members of the jury were
Gordon Field, Micheala
Pruenda, Irene Holt, Deanna
Simmons, and Fred A. Miller,
all:Othello; Sue Ellen Johnson.
and Emil Wahl of Lind;
Lawrence Kiesz and Clara
Rogel of Ritzville; David
Greenwalkt and Albert Win-
ter of Odessa; and Jess W.
Langford of Washtucna.
Edward Cross was the
attorney for the defendant,
with Waiters Miller serving
as the prosecutor for the case.
Judge Swyter Wednesday
denied a defense motion for
dismissal on grounds Miss
Kelly lacked knowledge a
crime was committed when
she helped Curry flee after a
warrant was issued for his
arrest.
The judge announced that a
sentencing date for Miss Kelly
will be set later.
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FIRST PLANTS GO IN - Bill Skeels plants first tomato plants in the first greenhouse to go
into production at the Green Thumb Inc. site lee~l west of Othello. Another empioye of
the firm works at right. First ripe tomatoes are expected in about six weeks at the
hydroponics firm.
New WWP Office
Opens Next Week
Othello's new office of
Washington Water Power will
get its first use next week,
Sale of Yarger's Market to a operating the Lep-Re-Kon them" manager Norman Coulter
former Othello grocer who Mart in Warden for the past Lepper said that Tom reported today.
Coulter explained that the
now operates a store in eight years, is no stranger to Schaffner has been named the office, staff will be moved
Warden was announced here Othello. Originally in the new manager for Lep-Re-Kon early next week, with the new
this week. grocery business in the of Othello, with Mark Tucker, office expected to be open for
Ed Lepper of Warden Tri-Cities, he wasmanagerof another member of the business on Tuesday at the
purchased the store on East the former Vickery s Shopp- Warden staff, to serve as 4th and Hemlock site.
Main effective Dec. I and ing Center of Othello for five meat department manager. He reported that plans are
announced the name will be years before purchasing the Schaffer has been with the now underway for a grand
changed to Lep-Re-Kon Mart, Warden store. Warden store for three and a opening to be held next
same as the store he now "We re glad to get back into half years, and in the grocery Friday, Dec. 13. Additional
owns in Warden. Othello and hope to see many business since he was 13. details will be announced next
The local grocery has been of our old, friends," Lepper Originally from Coeur d'week.
operated on a lease and reported. We have severalAlene, Ida., he spent two
manager hasis by the estate of ideas and plans for changes in years in the Seattle area dPid
the late Clyde Yarger for store operation which will be before coming to Othello. Rewar a
more than a year. announced later and hope that
Lepper, 'who has been the people of Othello like
STORE IS PURCHASED - Former othdlo resident Ed Lopper, leR, who now operates the
Mart of Wardm, this week purchased Yarger's Market. At right is Tom
Schaffner, who has been named mMqer of the store.
Schaffer is a past president
of the Warden Jaycees and In Theft Case
serves on the parish council of
the Queen of All Saints
Catholic Church of Warden. At Cemetery
He and his wife, Sharon,
have three children, Jeff 12,
Greta 5 and Justin 4. They
hope to move to Othello as
soon as they can complete
housing arrangements.
'Dear Santa'
Leffers Due
Officials of the Bess Hamp-
ton Memorial Gardens an-
nounced this week that $50 in
reward money has been paid
to a "local resident for
assistance in helping solve a
theft which occurred at the
local cemetery earlier this
year.
According to board member
Ted Muscott, the reward was
paid in connection with the
-Letters to Santa Claus will theft of amplifiers and speak.
again be featured in the ers which weretaken several
special Christmas edition of months ago.
The Outlook to be published He said the stolen items
later this month, have been recovered, and a
Youngsters wishing to have
their letters published should
send them to Santa Claus, in
care of The Othello Outlook,
Box O, Othello. The letters
will be prepared for printing
and then forwarded to the
North Pole.
The special edition is
scheduled to be published on
Dec. 24 and will arrive just in
time for Christmas.
juvenile, who was responsible
for the theft has been
sentenced on a work release
program.
The reward was the first
paid under the offer made by
the cemetery board for
~n|ormation leading to the
arrest and conviction of
persons guilty of theft or
vandalism at the cemetery.
"The board appreciates the
help of local residents,"
Muscott said.
there expected in the next
few weeks.
Two others have yet to
have the tops installed, but
are making rapid progress
under the a five-man crew
working at the site.
Skeels noted that ideally
the plants should have gone
into the greenhouse about two
months ago to properly
"mesh" with the local summer
tomato growing season. The
season for the plants in the
growing houses will run 10
months.
Growing conditions in the
houses are tightly controlled
to guard against disease to
the plants. Persons entering
must remove street shoes and
no smoking is allowed inside
the houses.
Skeels explained that the
delay in starting production
at the site was caused when
A.C. Schouiz, who orginally
was manager of the business,
left the firm. Skeels has taken
over the management position
and recently completed ex-
tensive schooling on the
hydroponics system of plant
production.
Meeting Cancelled
Plans for a single meeting
of the Othello School District
Bond of Directors were set
during the meeting held here
last week.
The members voted to
cancel the regular meeting.
scheduled for Dec. 24
Consolidation of three re-
lated county service offices
into a single location was~
announced here this week.
The new community ser-
vices office will be located at
881 E. Main. Included will be
the Adams County juvenile
court service, Adams County
Counseling Service and
Alcohol Information and
Referral Center.
The counseling office had
been located at the office for
sometime, with the probation
and alcohol offices moving
there last week.
Probation officer Ernie
Packabush explained that
since the offices all work
closely together and offer
similar services, it seemed
only natural to have them in
one location.
Melody Williams is director
for the counseling service,
with Alan Hanks serving as
director of the alcohol center.
Phone numbers are 488-5162
for the alcohol center,
488-9595 for the counseling
service and 488-3512 for the
probation officer.
Packabush also explained
that another new social
worker assigned to the area k
Sherry Baker, who works out
of the county public assistance
office and can be contacted at
488-9673.
She is based in Othello and
has charge of child welfare
service and Adams county,
including foster care and
group home facilities.
An effort to provide a "real
honest to goodness" com-
munity Christmas concert is
being made this season,
according to Clarence Brand-
void, Othello Schools band
director.
Brandvold said the 1974
Christmas concert has been
scheduled for Wednesday,
Dec. 18.
Plans have been made to
include all local church singing
groups which want to per-
form. Also on the program
will be the High School and
McFarland Junior High hands
and the High School swing
choir and girls' chorus.
Brandvold urged 'any
church group that has not
been contacted about part,
icipating in the concert to
notify him immediately by
calling the High School office
at 4883351 or his home at
488-2946,
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