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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...
Suellen White attended her final school board meeting in Odessa June 24. Board chairman Ed Deife thanked her for her service to the Odessa School District for the past six years. He also introduced and welcomed Dan Read, the incoming superintendent, whose contract begins July 1. White thanked the board and community for allowing her to be the superintendent for the past six years. She said she had planned to accept the job only for one year when she first took it on. But she...
The June 24 meeting of the Odessa School Board was one of the larger such meetings ever held, with supporters of the school’s ag program clamoring for an expanded, more robust program with a full-time ag teacher. Superintendent Suellen White, attending her final meeting in that role (she is retiring and the new superintendent Dan Read takes over July 1), described the current state of the district’s Agriculture Education Program. She told the board and those present that she understands the importance of the ag program to...
The largest federal reclamation project in the United States is gaining momentum. After contracts were issued in January to construct two siphons in Lind Coulee, the expansion of the East Low Canal portion of the Columbia Basin Project continues to advance. The East Low Canal delivers water to landowners in the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and is the source of water for the Odessa Ground Water Replacement Program. This expansion makes groundwater delivery possible...
Gertrude Weber was born to Black Sea and Volga German immigrants Wendel and Katherine Weber on a farm near Odessa, Wash. Wendel had been an officer in the Russian Czar’s army and fled with a large number of other Germans, called “Volgadeutsch,” upon the fall of Russia to the Bolscheviks. The group arrived in the U.S., boarded a train provided with plowshares, wheat and basic provisions, mules, etc. and came to Ritzville to join other Germans. Life on the farm was originally tough, trying to grow wheat on the Palouse. Trudy...
February 26, 1933 – June 22, 2015 Richard “Dick” Miller, 82, of Ritzville, passed away peacefully, Monday, June 22, 2015, in Spokane with his four daughters by his side. Richard was born in Beulah, N.D. to John and Louisa (Weil) Miller, the youngest of nine children. At age 13, he and his family moved to Odessa. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1953-1955. He used his GI Bill to educate himself as an appliance serviceman. In 1958, he married Ronna Jean Lesser and together they had four daughters. Richard w...
According to the National Weather Service, the high temperature in Odessa on Sunday was 109 degrees Fahrenheit, just three degrees shy of the all-time record high temperature of 112 degrees set July 28, 1939....
The June 24 meeting of the Odessa School Board was one of the larger such meetings ever held, with supporters of the school’s ag program clamoring for an expanded, more robust program with a full-time ag teacher. Superintendent Suellen White, attending her final meeting in that role (she is retiring and the new superintendent Dan Read takes over July 1), described the current state of the district’s Agriculture Education Program. She told the board and those present that she understands the importance of the ag program to...
Odessa volunteer firefighters spent Sunday, the hottest day of the year 2015 so far, fighting two fires that started on the eastern outskirts of town, caused by downed power lines. Rural fire chief Roger Sebesta said the precise cause was still being investigated, but he suspected it had something to do with the extreme temperatures and the increased electrical loads due to air conditioners in use, irrigation pumps running, etc. Spectators a serious hazard for firefighting...
Vacation Bible School is a long-standing tradition in Odessa. It is generally held during the first week or two of the summer break from public school. The Odessa Ministerial Association, comprising the pastors of all of the Odessa churches, has jointly put on VBS for area children up through junior-high age. Pastor Jon Hayashi of Heritage Church, Pastor Bill Cox of the Foursquare Church, Pastor Mark Squire of the Zion Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Pastor Tim Hauge of Christ...
Odessa High School sophomore Cole Kissler, a member of the Advanced STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Research class was selected back in March by the Mid-Columbia Science and Engineering Fair to represent Washington state at the 2015 GENIUS Olympiad in Oswego, New York. Kissler and his mentor and teacher Jeff Wehr flew into Syracuse and then traveled to Oswego to present his science research project, "Engineering an Aluminum Cone-Studded Solar Panel to Increase Output Efficiency." Students from more than...
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, June 15: A horse ran loose in the 900 block of SW Alder in Wilbur. Firefighters battled a blaze adjacent to the Egypt Loop Road north of Davenport. Davenport ambulance personnel assisted an elderly man who...
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. While talking with Virgil, Marian, and Joyce about their mother, they all remembered the following –(1.) Her weekly schedule while living out at Batum was; Monday, washing clothes; Tuesday, ironing clothes, Wednesday, “mid-week” baking, Thursday and Friday, cleaning the “main” house; Saturday, “serious” baking, Sunday, church. (2.)...
