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1 years ago From The Odessa Record July 30, 1915 The biggest crop that the Odessa country has had in eight years, and probably the biggest in its history, is now being harvested, and the end of the week will see in the shock or headed practically wheat which is to be threshed. Wheat that is being cut with combines will not be in the sack for some time after this week, although these big machines are busy on all sides now. Reports from Harvest fields are so large and exceptional for this country as to be unbelievable, and...
Sheriff's Report 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, July 20: Three callers observed a man walking along Interstate 90 near Sprague carrying a guitar case. Odessa firefighters responded to a fire in a summer fallow field adjacent to Fink Roa...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday evening in the public library. Council member Lois Harp had submitted a letter of resignation from the council due to illness. It was accepted with regret by the other council members. Since it is too late for the position to appear on the ballot for the general election, the council will have to appoint someone to fill the position. Mayor Doug Plinski said that citizens are encouraged to send letters of interest (in the position) to the town clerk’s office. Cass Gebbers and Will Wolfe a...
The wheat harvest in the Odessa area is about 90 percent complete, and as most people suspected when harvest began, the outcome has been rather dismal. Overall dryland yields were down by about 40 to 50 percent overall, according to Mark Cronrath at the Odessa Trading Company, even lower than the initial reports at the beginning of harvest. For the second year running, yields have been below average. On top of that, the dollar has been strong lately, which tends to depress wheat prices. At the Odessa Union Warehouse, Pearson...
The board approved the hiring of Kate Wenzl (Harrington’s new special education teacher) for head junior-high girls basketball coach and assistant junior-high volleyball coach and Danielle Vesneske (Odessa’s new special education teacher) as the junior-high assistant basketball coach. Both have previous experience. Football camp was held July 6-8 with 17 participants in grades 7-8 and 19 participants in grades 9-12. Boys basketball team members attended the Soap Lake basketball camp at the end of June with 15 par...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up. Hi, here I am again. Last week, I started telling you about Pauline Catharina Paulsen Rodeck, this week we continue on. While gathering information about Pauline, I found an article on Mr. & Mrs. Karl George Rodeck written by a daughter, Georgina Martha Rodeck Nicholls. Mentioned in the article was the following: Pauline Paulsen, born in Bohmstedt, Germany,...
Cade Lawrence Weber, a sophomore from Odessa, has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Washington for the winter 2015 quarter. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed at least 12 graded credits and have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (out of 4). Students are notified that they have achieved this distinction when they receive their grades for the quarter....
1 years ago From The Odessa Record July 23, 1915 Record temperatures for the season were recorded Wednesday. Coming as it did on the heels of the cool weather, the change was very noticeable. Different places in the Inland Empire reported the mercury ranging from 91 to 100 degrees. The official report here at noon saw 103 degrees. Old residents here say it was the hottest day in three years. The Odessa Record began a subscription contest in which each new subscription or renewal was awarded “votes,” with multiple-year sub...
Odessa has had more than its share of tragedy in recent months. Traffic accidents of various kinds have affected several local families. The two most recent incidents were not fatalities, but they will certainly have enormous repercussions. The Grant County Sheriff reported that the car Larry Zagelow was driving drifted too far to the right, then rolled, perhaps several times. Larry’s son Jeff Zagelow spoke to The Record Tuesday and said that his father is making a slow recovery, but a recovery nonetheless. He has been m...
Last Saturday, July 18, a small car show was held in the parking lot across from the former Rolling Thunder Saloon and current Green Goat Gathering Art Gallery building. The purpose of the car show was to promote the coming car wash to downtown Odessa at some point in the future. Organizer Nate Lathrop said he had a great time organizing his first car show. Odessa has not had a car show in several years. He called it a “small but nice showing.” The People’s Choice winner was local resident Jim Zimprich with his 1936 GMC T...
The July 8 meeting of the Odessa and Harrington school boards was a special meeting held in Harrington to complete business regarding the two schools’ athletic cooperative that had been tabled at the previous meeting in June. The June meeting had drawn a relatively large crowd of parents from both towns who had expressed discontent with the Odessa board’s filling of a coaching position without the Harrington board’s expressed approval and various other issues of communication between the two school administrations and board...
Troy Eldridge and Ty Trexler have been friends for several years. Both are chiropractors by profession. Both are family men and enjoy life in eastern Washington. As these things sometimes happen in life, their career trajectories came together at the right time for both men. Trexler, with offices in Coulee City and Wilbur, wanted to expand his business further. With a solid administrative crew in place, he wanted to offer his services to a wider geographical area. Eldridge, on the other hand, although he loves being a...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the fo rmer Joyce Kiesz, grew up. Hi, here I am again. Louise Weishaar Hemmerling has many memories of the fa rm, which was in the Lauer area (TS20N, R33E, in sections 20 & 30). It was here that her family was raised. The house was enlarged. Travel wasn’t easy, for the dirt roads were graded but once a y ear. Highway 21 was then a graveled county road. In 1924, the Hemmerling’s built a new...
Sheriff's Report E ditor’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 indiv iduals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Monday, July 6: Harrington ambulance personnel assisted a woma n who told dispatchers she was “hurting horribly” in her back and leg. Davenport firefighters responded to a fence and power pole on f ire at 107...
Much rejoicing could be heard around Odessa this past week as temperatures returned to normal hot weather as apposed to the scorching of the previous couple of weeks. N ever the less, Odessa cooks continue to search out and implement the most efficient ways to prepare meals with out heating up the house. Responding to my request for recipes, product selection and user tips, Irene Carnes shared the following information about stand alone counter top pressure cookers. Irene got...
On June 30, Odessa rural resident Larry D. Zagelow was injured in a single-car accident that took place 17 miles northwest of Odessa, according to the Washington State Patrol. The report by law enforcement stated that the vehicle was southbound on State Route 21 at milepost 73 when it drove off the right shoulder, rolling several times before coming to rest on the west side of roadway. Zagelow was transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center via the MedStar helicopter. He has remained in the intensive-care unit and has...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record July 16 , 1915 Playing through all the matches in tip top form Odessa tennis entries at the Big Bend tournament, held this week Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Davenport, captured every final event and brought home every prize which was put up for the winners. Besides Odessa, which had 14 contestants in the tourney and Davenport which had 20, Sprague had 3 entries and Hartline 2. Those who took part in the tournament were: Mr. and Mrs. Hy W. Rieke, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thiel, Miss Orlou...
No one in Odessa has filed to run for mayor in the November election. So what happens now? Councilwoman Lois Hubbard went to the Lincoln County Auditor’s office for the answer. Since no one filed for the office in either the initial filing period or the special additional filing period, the office will not even be on the November ballot. Therefore, there is also no possibility for a write-in candidate to be elected. Once current mayor Doug Plinski has concluded his final day as mayor on December 31, 2015, it will be up to t...
The 2015 harvest has begun in earnest, two to three weeks ahead of schedule for most area farmers. Dry conditions have prevailed since last year, with spotty rain allowing some farmers good conditions for planting winter wheat, but almost no snow all winter and only scattered showers in March and May, plus late spring frosts, all of which adversely affected the crop. Since the beginning of June, there has been no rain at all and a three-week streak of hot weather with high temperatures in the triple digits. None of this has b...
