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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
The Odessa Golf Course was slated to go up for public auction in May after owner Gary Valenta was unable to find a buyer. On Monday, a Soap Lake couple bought the course with some of the proceeds from its 2011 lottery winnings.
The Odessa Town Council and visitors present at the meeting Monday evening, April 22, were treated to a very pleasant surprise by Odessa resident Jackie (Jax) Allen. She reported that the Odessa Golf Course had been purchased Monday by her brother-in-law Jim McCullar of Soap Lake.
McCullar and his wife Carolyn, both in their 60s, were winners of the Mega Millions lottery in January of 2011. They split their winnings with an Idaho resident and took home $190 million, half of the second-largest jackpot in history in the U.S.
According to Jax Allen, they have been investing in Soap Lake and tryin...
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