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Jeff and Amber Zagelow have announced the birth of their son William Hugo Zagleow, born Sunday, August 24, 2014, at 7:54 a.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. He joins his sisters, Kaitlyn and Ashley, and brother, Justin. Maternal grandparents are William (Bill) and Vicki Sutor of Charlotte, S.C. and great grandparents are Grady and Jimmie Cash of Signal Mountain, Tenn. Paternal grandparents are Larry and June Zagelow of Odessa. Great grandparents are...
Varsity Football Coach Bruce Todd, John DeWulf, Colby Sooy, Sam Schafer, Sage Elder, Brad Johnston, Wyatt Haase, volunteer coach Heath Voise. Second row: Assistant coach Jeff Nelson and manager Jett Nelson, Chance Messer, Jacob Montgomery, Lukas Marshall, Cole Kissler, Dylan Shockley, Colton Hunt, Jayd Jennings, volunteer coach Mark DeWulf and manager Tim DeWulf. Front row: Gaven Elder, Steven Braun, Dakota Largent, Caleb Behrens, Alex Hernandez, Carsen Weber, Patrick...
At Wellpinit last Friday, the O-H Titans trounced the opposition by a score of 66-28. O-H 14 32 12 8 66 Wellp.8 0 12 8 28 Wellpinit scored first and followed up with a two-point conversion to lead 8-0. After that, the Titans rattled off 52 unanswered points until the opposition finally scored again in the third quarter. Sam Schafer scored on runs from 55 yards (run attempt for two failed), 15 yards (with Schafer running for two more) and 10 yards (Carsen Weber running for the two-point conversion). Sage Elder then scored on...
More than 6 million young people across the country celebrate National 4-H Week, an annual celebration of 4-H during the first full week of October (Oct. 5-10 this year). The Lincoln County 4-H Leaders' Council takes this opportunity to announce the recipient of this year's Lincoln County 4-H Leader of the year: Joy Wilken of Sprague. Joy Wilken She has been a 4-H volunteer for 21 years. Many teens who were part of the countywide Teen Time 4-H club that Wilken led for several...
Inland Northwest Partners is a non-profit organization made up of more than 300 business, community and economic development professionals from eastern Washington and northern Idaho. The organization's focus is education and the sharing of ideas and experiences at quarterly meetings. The Lincoln County Economic Development Council is a member. The theme for the September 26 meeting was "Growing your economy through travel and tourism." The director invited the Odessa Chamber...
Titan Pride winners from the month of September are: Haydn Reynolds, Katie Mae Shelton, Austin Goetz, John Melcher, Ashley Zagelow, Keira Buck, Zane Reninger, Kenzy Kuchenbuch, Lily Starkel, Yvette Davey, Laela Hardung, Grace Nelson, Zachary Claassen, Douglas Anderson and Paul Sheldon. Kenzy Kuchenbuch, Kaedin Schorzman and Reegan Carsternsen all won lunch with the school principal....
Tayla Lynn and Eric Tingstad were to perform at the Harrington Opera House this Friday. After the original booking in Harrington, Tayla was asked to appear at the taping of a PBS/BBC and SONY Music American Masters documentary on Loretta Lynn this week. In addition, she was asked to open for her "Memaw," Loretta Lynn October 11 in the Ryman Theatre and perform a two-hour show at Tootsies, a famous honky tonk located behind the Ryman in Nashville, Tenn. So now fans will have ex...
Ray (Bud) Pfeifer passed away October 3, 2014, in Ellensburg, formerly of the Soap Lake and Marlin areas. He is survived by his two children Marilyn (Michael) Santangelo and Lyle (Marlene) Pfeifer along with his six grandchildren: Joe (Casey) Giovanelli, Maggie Santangelo and Mitchell, Matthew, Brian and Kaitlin Pfeifer. Ray has four brothers Cecil, Dale, Loren and Keith Pfeifer, along with three sisters, Lois Starkel, Lorene Arbuckle and Donna Rainey, and numerous nieces and...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record 1914 Local registration books showed that the town of Odessa had 121 registered voters in 1914, with another 84 in the outlying district. Wheat was selling for 79 cents per bushel. Enrollment at the Odessa schools was 160 and growing, expected to reach 200 by the first of the year in 1915. 75 years ago From The Odessa Record October 12, 1939 Friday the 13th may be unlucky in some towns, according to the old traditions, but in Odessa it carries the best of luck, as provided by merchants...
The latest cash grain market here shows Soft White Wheat is down at $5.84. Hard Red Winter is down at $6.39. DNS is up at $7.93. Barley is down at 143.00....
The Lincoln County EDC welcomed folks from across the county to a Social Media Marketing workshop followed by dinner and networking on September 25. “There was 10 minutes of pure chaos as we changed the room from a classroom to a dinner event, but other than that things went as planned and the EDC Connect event was a very entertaining couple of hours,” according to EDC Director Margie Hall. “The feedback on both events has been positive.” Between networking with other businesses and enjoying the buffet and refresh...
Russet potato harvest is in full swing, and these huge, processing style potatoes make a luscious soup. Swiss chard, a dark green leaf vegetable has come into prime sweet flavor now that nights have turned cooler. Pair these two readily available ingredients with chicken, broth and seasonings for a savory fall or winter season soup. Potato, Chicken and Chard Soup 6 cups peeled, diced potato 1 cup diced onion 2 Tbsp butter or cooking oil 2 large Swiss chard leaves, cut into...
High Low Prec. S Oct. 01 70 33 .00 Oct. 02 66 33 .00 Oct. 03 66 33 .00 Oct. 04 71 33 .00 Oct. 05 77 40 .00 Oct. 06 79 40 .00 Oct. 07 83 44 .00 Yearly total to date 5.72 inches. Snow accumulation: 8.5 inches to date. Seasonal rain: September to February is 4.02 inches....
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, Sept. 29: A caller reported a horse missing in the Devils Gap area north of Reardan. A Creston man reported three llamas messing up his garden and rubbing on a truck parked in the 300 block of NE Foster. The...
Signups for the Columbia Basin Development League Conference and Annual Meeting must be in by October 23 to get the early bird price for registration. The League’s Annual Conference is Thursday, November 6, at ATEC, Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake. Contact Naila Duffy: naila@cbdl.org or call 509-782-9442 for more information. Registration begins at 12:15 the day of the meeting. Following welcoming remarks at 1 p.m., the agenda deals with the following: 50 Years of Support for the Columbia Basin Project Intro: A V...
Harrington PDA President Josh Steward called the Tuesday evening meeting of the Public Development Authority to order at 7 p.m. with Jay Kane, Bunny Haugan, Dylan Haas and Marge Womach present. Members contributed what each knew of interest and activities surrounding the potential purchase of empty buildings, including recognition that several contractors from other cities had been to Harrington to examine buildings. Haas reported that he had been to the meeting of the Economic Development Council in Davenport with...
Proposals due by 5 p.m., PST, Monday, November 17, 2014. The Western Extension Risk Management Education Center (Western Center), in conjunction with the Northeast, North Central and Southern Centers, announces a funding opportunity for projects that help farm and ranch families succeed through targeted risk management strategies. The maximum amount of requested funding shall not exceed $50,000. To apply, go to the Western Center website and select “Competitive Grants Program.” The grant application process is fully exp...
The Friends of the Odessa Public Library are inviting the public for an evening of poetry written and presented by Elizabeth Austen, Washington state’s Poet Laureate for 2014-2016, on October 14 at 7 p.m. “My motivation for being poet laureate is, I think, that without even knowing it, people want what poetry offers. They want language for what feels large. Large in the sense of awe or large in the sense of grief or large in the sense of mystery,” says Austen. “One of the most amazing things about poetry in this state i...
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the Dairy Farmers of Washington and Les Schwab Tires are pleased to announce the Third Annual Smart Choices College Scholarship. The Smart Choices Scholarship recognizes one female and one male high school student for their achievements in athletics/activities, the community and the classroom. The selected recipients will receive a $5,000 college scholarship that will be presented to them at the Association’s Hall of Fame Banquet held at the Renton Pavilion Event C...
My word processor is set up to deal with the errors I make when writing. The programmers who wrote the computer program knew I’d screw things up, so they built in corrective functions like spellcheck and the ability to simply backspace to delete typos. Those of us old enough to remember manual typewriters still sometimes marvel at the ease with which corrections in documents can now be made. Mother Nature also has a built-in corrective function, one at work in organisms as s...
David Michaelson of Harrington has been awarded two bronze medals for two recently published books: The Adventures of Gopher Piddington, a coming of age novel set in the 1880s and Congressional Integrity, a satirical look at our elected legislators. The national conference of the Military Writer’s Society of America was held September 25-28 in Phoenix, Ariz. All of Michaelson’s books are available at the office of the Davenport Times and in Ritzville at both Cow Creek Mercantile and the Uniquely Washington gift store. Ele...
To the Editor: Tom Dent has great knowledge of agriculture and a true friend to farmers, related industries and companies. After all, isn’t that almost all of us in Grant County and the 13th legislative district? We are blessed with natural resources to feed much of the world. Tom has proven leadership for many years. He’s proven himself successfully as the chair of the Grant County Republican Party. As a result he’s gained respect throughout our entire state. He is also involved in other leadership positions and sits on ma...
On Tuesday, September 30, the Odessa-Harrington Titans played at Republic, getting the win, 3-1, by scores of 25-13, 25-14, 24-26 (Republic’s sole win) and 25-11. Katelyn Worley led the team with 7 service aces. Shelbey Watkins contributed 30 assists. Casey Schlomer had 4 blocks for the Titan defense, while Jordyn Tanke pounded out 12 kills and Katie DeWulf kept the ball in play with 13 digs. The following Thursday, October 2, Valley Christian met the Titans in Harrington, winning three straight by scores of 25-12, 25-12 a...
To the Editor: A letter printed in the 10-2-14 Columbia Basin Herald (Editor’s note: and The Odessa Record) by Rick Heiberg was given the title of “ Setting the Record Straight.” Not so fast! Heiberg, a previous one-term mayor of Coulee City, implies previous letters were “Opinions based upon hearsay, rumors , or gossip” and were written by people who were not even there. WRONG! The only recent letters on that topic were written by Kevin Moore and myself. Both of us were duly elected precinct committee officers of the Grant...
To the Editor: I am a resident and business owner in Moses Lake. I have had the privilege of knowing Tom Dent for about 15 years. I have had many discussions with him over the years, and I have been very educated on issues that are often the topic of great debate and interest. He is a very intelligent and well-versed man on most all topics I bring up. Tom has taught me that one needs to understand all sides in order to have an intelligent discussion. He is a natural leader and educator. Leaders need to be able to get...
