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INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Monday, Aug. 5: A Sprague man reported the tire on car parked in the 400 block of West 1st Street had been slashed. A Davenport man was arrested after an altercation with another man at a residence on Olsen Road North...
When I arrived at the home of Keith and Becky Kolterman, I was amazed at the beautiful, sprawling green lawn and manicured flowerbeds. “Your yard is amazing. It looks like a park,” I told them. “Funny you should say that,” Becky told me. Apparently, one day when she and Keith were inside the house, a car pulled up in their side yard. They watched as two adults, two kids and a very large dog got out of the car. The dog gleefully frolicked around their yard. They watched...
To the Editor: Reading the August 4, 1988 history, I saw the name Stanley Wrasper and it brought back memories of me playing a gig with him and with Richard Totusek on piano. This was in the summer of 1959 while I was working on the Ott ranch. I was given the oldest set of drums that I had ever seen in my 55 years of playing. The set had to be from the very early 1900s. We played at a place in Wilson Creek. What I remember is Stanley and Richard whistling in harmony all the way from Irby to the gig. Not one song but one...
Wayne Geissler died August 11, 2013, at his home in Davenport. He was born October 7, 1918, to Edward and Lena Geissler. He grew up in Odessa and attended school there. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1942 and served for over 25 years, being discharged as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He farmed a little and drove truck for Huck’s Transfer for many years. He is survived by four children: Dianne (Dale) Cresap, Yvonne (Gary) Eyler, Robert Geissler and Jaunita (Carl) Schluneger; n...
Odessa voted to repeal 18th ammendment Odessa went to the polls on August 29, 1933, to vote for or against the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Five candidates from what was then Washington’s 8th Legislative district, including Lincoln, Adams and Ferry counties, were chosen as delegates to the convention for ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution. Two were against repeal and three were for. J.P. Keller, Odessa’s Ford dealer, who later became a state senator, was the local candidate as a delegate. In the ele...
Zucchini quiche, stir-fry, and yeast rolls are on the menu this week. Merleen Smith served a Zucchini Bacon Quiche at a recent brunch gathering that garnered numerous recipe requests. She got the recipe from Nancy Floether, who found the recipe in the 2004 August/September issue of Taste of Home Magazine. The recipe is attributed to Sheri Krueger of Black Creek, Wisconsin. Zucchini Bacon Quiche 1 tube (8 ounces) refrigera- tor crescent rolls 2 tsp prepared mustard 6 bacon stri...
When our special needs son was in school, he always rode the school bus for handicapped children. God blessed us with great school bus drivers and you have to be very special yourself for this job. In my husband’s church office, he had intercoms that led to his secretary due to the long distance between offices. There were days that Tom would pick up truck drivers speaking on CBs to other truck drivers. Tom would stop his work occasionally and try to catch a few words between drivers. Tom said it never distracted him from h...
In Part 7, we saw Common Core curriculum being used with second-graders in New York. For K-12, the standards, readings, and suggested curriculum remain about the same – developmentally inappropriate for learners, especially in elementary school. How did it come to this? According to the 2010 U.S. Census and the National Center for Education Statistics, 13,604 school districts oversee the more than 100,000 public schools serving about 50 million students. I understand that about 100 high-poverty school districts formed the bas...
What are the odds? That was my thought when I read recent pieces about a very special fossil from the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. Here’s some background: if you saw the movie Jurassic Park, you may think that Tyrannosaurus rex was the biggest predator of all time. That’s certainly the way the movie portrays the 40-foot-long dinosaur that could weigh seven tons. But there’s actually been a long debate in scientific circles about whether T. rex was a predator chasing d...
Lincoln County’s commissioners have announced that they will award a round of grants from the Rural Development Fund this fall. The Rural Development Fund utilizes a portion of sales tax to promote economic development projects within Lincoln County. Projects must be “shovel ready” and must generate new or support existing employment, thus increasing the vitality of the local economy. Beginning Monday, August 19, grant guidelines and applications will be available to download from the Economic Development Council (EDC) websi...
HOHS meets in former newspaper office The Harrington Opera House Society held its monthly meeting Monday evening at 7 p.m. in the art room of the Opera House, with the vice president presiding in the absence of Linda Wagner. A total of 13 members were in attendance. Updates were provided on the group’s many renovation projects, including the stage lighting, the proposed elevator, potential sidewalk repairs or alterations and proposed entertainments. Tina Turner-Fisher, an artist, was present and spoke briefly of her i...
The grain markets have been in a downtrend for the last couple of months, pressured by very favorable weather in the central U.S. and continued selling by speculative funds. Traders were surprised that in the July crop report USDA increased acres and production despite the flooding and planting delays that the cornbelt experienced for most of the spring. Heading into Monday’s report, most traders were looking for a 14 billion bu corn crop and a 2 billion bu carryover for next year. Once again the market got caught leaning the...
National Night Out or “America’s Night Out Against Crime,” as it is also known, was established in 1984 by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of various crime-prevention programs. The aim is to promote involvement in crime-prevention activities, form police-community partnerships, develop neighborhood camaraderie and send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. N...
The town of Odessa has an ordinance governing the numbers of pet cats and dogs any given household may have (without requiring a kennel license) and stating that pet owners are responsible for cleaning up after their animals. Animals running loose, getting into other people’s yards or defecating on downtown streets or lawns are subject to capture by local police, and fines may be levied against the owners. But what if the animal is not a personal pet? What if it is a wild animal that has found life in Odessa to be a v...
Summer school students enjoy breakfast prior to the summer classes being offered at the school. The last day of summer breakfasts and lunches is thirsday, August 15, when students will have a pizza party at 11:30 am in the school cafeteria. Also planned, for students participating in the summer learning program who completed their goals, a free trip to Silverwood on Friday, august 16. Students will have breakfast and be provided lunch for the trip....
I just got back from a short stay in my home town. I’m pretty sure I should have stayed longer, but I ran away. I usually do. My dad fell last week, and the results weren’t particularly pretty. When I arrived at his house Saturday afternoon, he was asleep on his bed. That was enough to alarm me. My dad has always been a pretty good napper (wherever he happens to be – on the porch or at the table) but if he’s in bed in the middle of the day, you know it’s serious. After he...
To the Editor: How lovely to write a little news article about the charm I left in your town. I just found out. Here are the links to the blog posts about Kiama's Charm in Odessa: http://catherinapetitvanhoey. blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/kiamas-charm-no-18-is-found.html http://catherinapetitvanhoey. blogspot. co.uk/2013/08/kiamas-charm-no18-news-coverage.html Catherina Hertfordshire, UK And from the blog: I had a lovely email/comment from two children, Makayla and Charleigh, from Odessa in Washington, who found charm no.18...
Harvest is just about over for the Odessa area, and it looks as though yields were down in some places and above average in others. Some farmers reported far more frost damage than they had anticipated. Especially when going through low-lying parts of their fields and then up onto hills, the change was sometimes quite dramatic. Dryland wheat ranged from the low 30s to the mid-50s (bushels per acre). One Lamona-area field of dryland wheat farmed by Tom Evavold produced 69 bushels per acre. Some other fields of wheat planted...
