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The 41st Odessa Deutschesfest celebration is now behind us, and it’s time to regroup and think about what went right and what went wrong. Most vendors of food, crafts and souvenirs that we spoke to appeared to have done quite well. According to Nancy Kramer of the Friends of the Library, the used-book sale made more money than it did last year. Kelly Kissler Korpenin of JonathINN’s said that on Saturday she had to run out to the farm for some of the food that they had set asi...
Ephrata will hold its first annual Brewers' Harvest Expo Saturday, September 24, from noon to 6 p.m. on the Grant County Courthouse lawn. Visitors will be able to sample offerings from 11 northwest craft breweries. Admission is $25 and includes 12 two-ounce samples and a souvenir glass. Additional four-ounce samples can be purchased for $1 each. Organizer Denver Morford said the Expo will double as a fundraiser for college-bound high school athletes at Ephrata High. The Marty O'Brien Scholarship Fund was established in 2007...
Imagine being told you have cancer. It’s the diagnosis nobody wants to hear. At the time, you don’t think it can get any worse. Well, it can. Two years later you could be told the cancer is back. That’s what has happened to Michael Jeske, a member of the Odessa High School Class of 2000. Having graduated from the University of Idaho and received his teaching certificate, Michael landed his first teaching job on the “west side” in Rochester. He teaches agricultural mechanics and coaches track and field. In March of 2009, Mic...
Moses Lake Veterinary Clinic’s mobile van has stopped its weekly visits to Odessa. Over this past summer, the van parked each Tuesday morning next to Walter Implement on Dobson Road at the eastern town limits of Odessa. Sometimes, cars were lined up waiting for the van to arrive, but on too many days, only one or two people showed up or even none at all. With the current price of gas, the cost to the clinic’s current young animal doctors of buying the veterinary practice from the estate of their mentor Dr. Dwaine McIntosh, wh...
Grant County Emergency Management reported that firefighters averted disaster last Thursday, saving part of Soap Lake’s downtown business district during a fire in a business storefront. Around 7:30 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to the 300 block of Main Avenue East, along one of Soap Lake’s main thoroughfares. The occupant of an apartment in the rear of the burning building called 9-1-1 to report smoke coming from the front of the building. The fire was also reported by S...
The 1896 Yukon gold rush triggered a boom for Seattle as prospectors flocked to ships bound for Alaska. In 1968, ARCO found black gold — oil — on the state’s North Slope around Prudhoe Bay, triggering a boom for Tacoma’s port where equipment was loaded onto ships and barges bound for our 49th state. Today, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (R) is launching a campaign to bring more business to his state. Parnell, who served as Sarah Palin’s lieutenant governor, has been traveling...
The laws of physical science teach us we can neither create nor destroy energy. But it’s also a simple fact that we can surely waste it. And that raises the possibility of saving money by refusing to let energy slip through our fingers. Typical families in the U.S. spend about $1,900 each year on home utility bills. That’s $160 per month. Your bills may be higher if your household consumes a lot of energy, if you heat with oil or if you live where the cost of electrical pow...
ABC News recently released a video of an armed robbery of a Walgreen's Pharmacy in Benton Township, Michigan which took place in May. The video showed two masked, hooded robbers brandishing weapons entering the nearly deserted store at 4:30 a.m. They grabbed an employee as a hostage and dragged him around the store. Pharmacist Jeremy Hoven tried to call 911, but then one of the two robbers jumped over the pharmacy counter and pointed his pistol at Hoven, who drew his own...
I was pretty sure that I’d be writing about Deutschesfest this week. You know, about how it couldn’t happen without me. But aside from not being over-committed for a change and gaining 8 pounds in four days, I have nothing to say. It’s done. The party’s over. I leave it to wiser heads than mine to debate the outcome. No, I’m going to talk about something else this week. Because while I was downtown in my dirndl, my dogs vanished. I saw them early Sunday morning when I let the...
Howard Kissler, a former Odessa resident and graduate of Odessa High School, died September 12 following his battle with liver cancer. Services were held September 17 at Rainier View Church in Tacoma. Arrangements are through the Mountain View Funeral Home in Tacoma (website: http://www.mountainviewtacoma.com/home.html) If you go to the website, search under condolences for Howard Kissler, and you be taken to his pages, which includes an area where one can leave messages for the family. If you have a facebook account, a...
A memorial service for former Odessa resident Clarence “Jack” Meek will be held at the Odessa Cemetery Chapel this coming Saturday, September 24, at 11 a.m. Pastor Jon Hayashi of Heritage Church will conduct the service. The family invites anyone who knew Jack to join them at the service....
Originally published in "Common Dreams," September 14, 2011 The crisis of poverty in America is one of the great moral and economic issues facing our country. It is very rarely talked about in the mainstream media. It gets even less attention in Congress. Why should people care? Many poor people don’t vote. They certainly don’t make large campaign contributions, and they don’t have powerful lobbyists representing their interests. Here’s why we all should care. There are 46 million Americans – about one in six – living below t...
Odessa was late in getting electricity, not having illumination other than gas lights until August 1910. Telephone service had come earlier, in June 1903, even before the town was incorporated when service was offered to 25 subscribers. Among those, only three were residential subscribers, although all four saloons in town had telephones. Connections with the outside world remained spotty until a long-distance circuit was extended to Odessa in 1910. However, one still could not make a call when the central switchboard...
The Odessa Public Library is among the libraries in Adams and Lincoln counties that will soon have extra materials on their shelves thanks to a grant administered by the Washington State Library. The Connecting Libraries through Resource Sharing grant program has provided a $5,000 grant for seven public libraries. The Ritzville Public Library is the lead library receiving the grant, and Odessa, Davenport Public Library, Harrington Public Library, Hesseltine Public Library, Reardan Memorial Library and Sprague Public Library...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area (where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up). Dream 2. Continuation. Schmidt, Jacob J., (b. 8/17/1877, Neu Messer, Russia. d. 4/20/1950). Son of John Peter Schmidt and Maria Christina Oestreich Schmidt. He married Elizabeth Green on 1/13/1913, likely at the Schmidt homestead near Batum, Adams Co., Washington. Schnell, John, (b. 12/20/1860, Russia. d. 7/29/1936). Father: Conrad Schnell, born Russia. Wif...
Just as the number of words a pre-schooler hears before the age of five is important, so too is the amount of reading a student does. In 2009, Kelly Gallagher, English teacher and writing project director in California, noted that “by providing a wide and deep reading experience, we actually help students raise their test scores.” This makes sense. We know that when adults read more, they know more. The same holds true for children, even for test taking. For example, in a reading study of fifth graders conducted in 1998, rese...
The Titan girls varsity volleyball team had a split for the week in its games against Davenport and Liberty. OH vs. Davenport Head Titan volleyball coach Ken Scherr said of the September 13 contest against Davenport, “It was an off night for us, but Davenport is always tough, especially at their place.” Odessa-Harrington went down 25-18, 25-19 and 25-16 at Davenport. Serving leaders were Koralynne Kuch (8-0), Kendall Todd (7-0) and Amanda Hardt (11-0). Todd and Chelsea Fis...
LaCrosse/Washtucna returned to Odessa Saturday evening of Fest weekend to play the game that was aborted Friday by the failure of a transformer that shut off the field lights. The game had just gotten under way, when the lights went out. Not to be deterred, both teams agreed to meet again the next day, same time, same place, to complete the Sausage Bowl. Saturday night, the Tigercats struck first, with Harder scoring on a four-yard pass from Aune. Holdren was the receiver for the two-point conversion. L/W kept its 8-0 lead th...
The Harrington Opera House Society (HOHS) continues to work hard to find funding for the rehabilitation of the historic Bank Block Building including the Harrington Opera House auditorium. The small but dedicated group of volunteers also endeavors to bring a variety of events for audiences from around the area to enjoy. Recent events included hosting the Harrington Historic Preservation Commission's public presentation on historic preservation in August and on September 10th...
Crisp autumn air, endless blue sky, apple butter cooking in a copper kettle over an open fire, smoked German sausage on a stick, Mennonite and Amish quilts in an array of patterns and colors, auctioneers barking prices. Those will be the sights, sounds and smells of the Mennonite Country Auction and Relief Sale on Saturday, October 1, at Menno Mennonite Church near Ritzville. Now in its 34th year, the Mennonite Country Auction raises funds for the Mennonite Central Committee,...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Sept. 12: Deputies responded to a report that a vehicle with small children in the back seat (but not in car seats) was being operated recklessly on SR 25 and McInnis Road. Three toilets and two bags...
The Lincoln County Economic Development Council (EDC) was host to a diverse group of stakeholders last week for a meeting to discuss the NoaNet broadband fiber installation projects taking place in several rural eastern Washington counties. Among those in attendance were the Director of the Washington State Broadband Office, the Washington State Library Program Manager for rural libraries, representatives from WSU and Community Colleges of Spokane and several broadband experts. Lincoln County was well represented by guest...
