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Odessa – After decades of community service, Jerry and Ellen Schafer were named grand marshals of the Deutschesfest Parade, to be held Saturday, Sept. 16. Jerry grew up in Odessa, graduating high school in 1956. Ellen graduated from Marlin High School in 1962. In 1965, they married and began their lives as farmers, growing wheat, beans, potatoes and hay. After retiring from the day-to-day operations of the farm, they opened Das Kraut Haus, a local restaurant that served G...
ODESSA - Deanna Lobe, a lifelong resident, was named Biergarten Chairman for the 52nd Deutschesfest scheduled for Sept. 14-17. She has volunteered at Fest since graduating from high school in 1996, most recently in the sausage booth and as a server in the Biergarten. Over the past two years, Lobe has been the Service Manager at Wheatland Bank. Prior to that, she worked for 23 years at the Odessa Clinic. When not at the bank, she can be found working in the kitchen at Odessa...
It is that time of year again, when the sausage starts cooking, the music starts playing in the biergarten, the vendors fill the streets and the festivities begin in Odessa. That’s right! It’s time for the 52nd Annual Deutschestfest! The Odessa Chamber of Commerce is excited to invite you all to come enjoy the fun this year at one of Washington State’s oldest and longest running German-Russian festivals. Pull out your lederhosen and come enjoy the city-block biergarten with live music. The local vendors will fill the stree...
ODESSA - A former resident and professional graphic designer was the mastermind behind the design of this year's Deutschesfest T-Shirt. 38-year-old Jesse Scheller, now of Spokane, created the logo that he called a "marriage" between Odessa's wheat farming and German heritage and rock-style bands that frequent the Biergarten at Deutschesfest. "We felt it met people right in the middle," Scheller, who grew up on the family farm near town until 2006, said. The shirt features the...
Oktoberfest is a celebration that transcends geographical boundaries. Much like people in various pockets of the globe celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and Cinco de Mayo even if they have little or no connection to Ireland or Mexico, respectively, Bavarian heritage is not a prerequisite for participation in Oktoberfest revelry. According to Oktoberfest.de, each year millions of people are attracted to the festival of Oktoberfest. It’s not hard to see why so many people attend Oktoberfest, which is synonymous with fun, food, mus...
Pfeffernuesse, a much sought-after item at Deutschesfest, has as many spelling variations as there are ingredient lists. Translated pepper nuts, Germany has three types depending on the location. Northern Germany style are softer and glaze or powdered sugar coated. Southern Germany cookies are a hard variety but often include nuts and/or minced candied citrus peel. The cookie is believed to have originated in Germany in the 1850's. It soon became popular in Denmark, the...
ODESSA - A former resident and professional graphic designer was the mastermind behind the design of this year's Deutschesfest T-Shirt. 38-year-old Jesse Scheller, now of Spokane, created the logo that he called a "marriage" between Odessa's wheat farming and German heritage and rock-style bands that frequent the Biergarten at Deutschesfest. "We felt it met people right in the middle," Scheller, who grew up on the family farm near town until 2006, said. The shirt features the...
Oktoberfest is a celebration that transcends geographical boundaries. Much like people in various pockets of the globe celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and Cinco de Mayo even if they have little or no connection to Ireland or Mexico, respectively, Bavarian heritage is not a prerequisite for participation in Oktoberfest revelry. According to Oktoberfest.de, each year millions of people are attracted to the festival of Oktoberfest. It’s not hard to see why so many people attend Oktoberfest, which is synonymous with fun, food, mus...
Pfeffernuesse, a much sought-after item at Deutschesfest, has as many spelling variations as there are ingredient lists. Translated pepper nuts, Germany has three types depending on the location. Northern Germany style are softer and glaze or powdered sugar coated. Southern Germany cookies are a hard variety but often include nuts and/or minced candied citrus peel. The cookie is believed to have originated in Germany in the 1850’s. It soon became popular in Denmark, the U...
It is that time of year again, when the sausage starts cooking, the music starts playing in the biergarten, the vendors fill the streets and the festivities begin in Odessa. That’s right! It’s time for the 52nd Annual Deutschestfest! The Odessa Chamber of Commerce is excited to invite you all to come enjoy the fun this year at one of Washington State’s oldest and longest running German-Russian festivals. Pull out your lederhosen and come enjoy the city-block biergarten with live music. The local vendors will fill the stree...
Odessa – After decades of community service, Jerry and Ellen Schafer were named grand marshals of the Deutschesfest Parade, to be held Saturday, Sept. 16. Jerry grew up in Odessa, graduating high school in 1956. Ellen graduated from Marlin High School in 1962. In 1965, they married and began their lives as farmers, growing wheat, beans, potatoes and hay. After retiring from the day-to-day operations of the farm, they opened Das Kraut Haus, a local restaurant that served G...
ODESSA - Deanna Lobe, a lifelong resident, was named Biergarten Chairman for the 52nd Deutschesfest scheduled for Sept. 14-17. She has volunteered at Fest since graduating from high school in 1996, most recently in the sausage booth and as a server in the Biergarten. Over the past two years, Lobe has been the Service Manager at Wheatland Bank. Prior to that, she worked for 23 years at the Odessa Clinic. When not at the bank, she can be found working in the kitchen at Odessa...
