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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, Oct. 6: Harrington ambulance personnel transported a man and woman to Lincoln Hospital in Davenport after they were hurt in a one-vehicle collision in the 400 block of West Glover in Harrington. The woman...
Odessa Clinic has now received its private shipment flu vaccine and part of the State Supplied Vaccine for children. By the time, this article is read; we anticipate all flu vaccine should have arrived. This seems to be a good time to discuss the importance of a yearly flu vaccine, even if you are a healthy person. While we have always encouraged people with health problems such as asthma, lung or heart disease and diabetics to get vaccinated; healthy people get sick with flu all the time as well. The flu virus does not...
Jenna Shafer is a senior at Odessa High School. She is a member of the varsity volleyball team. She also participates in track and field in the spring. FBLA, Knowledge Bowl and National Honor Society are other activities in which she is involved. She is the daughter of Chris and Ryan Shafer of Odessa....
The Mobius Science Center from Spokane and the Odessa School District invites the greater Odessa and surrounding communities to a Family Science Night on October 21, 2014 from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be food, drink and science for the entire family. This fun-filled evening features selections from each of Mobius’ exciting shows. A set of demonstrations covering a wide range of subjects is guaranteed to ignite the imagination. Let Mobius and the Odessa School District help spark your enthusiasm for the wonders of our world. T...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This past Saturday, the Big Red Barn Farmers Market in Davenport hosted a Farm-to-Table event. Local chefs, Adam Hegsted and Aaron Fish prepared a five-course meal in which all the food was provided by market vendors and travelled no more than 45 miles to the table. The event was hosted in the historic Big Red Barn two miles east of Davenport. The barn is listed on the National Historic Barn Registry and was restored by Davenport native, Crayton Guhlke. To say the dinner was...
Harrington alumni began arriving in the week prior to the Harrington Fall Festival, and the town had a flurry of activity preceding Saturday's festival events. With flags flying on Third Street, the parade route was being hand-swept on Friday. USBank was serving hotdogs, and the weather seemed ideal. The Lions Club members were in the city park at their barbeque pit. Water was being applied to the field east of the school bus garage in preparation for the early Saturday mud...
Elizabeth Austen feared letting her poetry loose in public, until she realized she was just its channel. A stage actor for years before turning wholesale to the written word, the Seattle poet never endured stage fright when speaking lines from other writers. It was only her own work that scared her when she tried to give it voice. “My mouth would go dry, my knees would shake, and it troubled me,” says the Seattle poet, 48. “I couldn’t figure out why it was so completely different to perform my own work.” Then, an epiphany...
The Odessa School Board met on September 24 for their regular monthly meeting to approve the resignations of Sam Read as golf coach and Rachel Roberts as assistant junior-high girls basketball coach, a salary rider adjustment in Julie Wehr’s contract, naming Terri King as Senior College Advisor, Ellen Holman as Senior Class Advisor, Ben Burbank as the FFA advisor and Landon Lobe as a volunteer trap shoot advisor. Principal Jamie Nelson told the board about upcoming homecoming activities planned for the week beginning O...
Everyone involved in our agricultural industry has benefitted from individuals and groups who have made extraordinary contributions to the industry. It can be as far reaching as Dr. Norman Borlaug who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his work in wheat genetics. That research is credited with helping to feed a hungry world and starting the “Green Revolution.” Or it can be local with researchers who made discoveries in the use of Variable Rate Technology for fertilizer applications or one of our local producers who...
STCU has promoted Lance Kissler to Digital Marketing Manager. Kissler started work at STCU in 2010 as New Media and Marketing Officer, and most recently was eBusiness Development Officer. A 2014 graduate of Leadership Spokane, Kissler now serves on the board for that organization. Among other community activities, he is president of the Inland Northwest Business Alliance, volunteers at the Humane Society and is an adjunct instructor at both Eastern Washington University and Whitworth University. The valedictorian of Odessa...
