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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...
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...
When Odessa travelers cross over Mohler Road E. toward Sprague, they cross over an area formerly referred to as the “Four Corners,” “Unbewust corner” or “the old Liberty school.” Approaching Harrington-Tokio Road from the west, there is an old homestead to the north, encircled by trees and outbuildings. The Four Corners are located about four miles east of Mohler and about four miles south of Harrington. For those not familiar with this specific area, continuing east past the Four Corners and going to the end of Mohler Rd....
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...
6/25 Twelve Step Program – Odessa group meeting @ Heritage Church basement, 7-8 p.m. Food bank open from 1:30 p.m.- 3 p.m. 6/28 Museum open, 1-3 p.m. 6/29 Quilt club @ museum barn, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., TOPS, Christ Lutheran Church. Odessa Town Council, public library, 7 p.m.6/30 Chamber of Commerce @ Any Occasion, noon. 7/02 Primetimers 12:30 p.m. @ Old Town Hall.OTHRS Meeting, 6:30 p.m. @ Old Town Hall.Twelve Step Program – Odessa group meeting @ Heritage Church basement, 7-8 p.m. The Swinging Boots Country Swing Dance Cla...
The latest cash grain market here shows Soft White Wheat down at $5.55. Hard Red Winter is down at $5.49. DNS is down at $6.48. Barley is down at 128.00...
Birthdays for June 25: Diane K. Nelson. June 26: Chris Luiten, Chloe Winkler. June 27: Luke Henry, Tianna Gies, Tina Butler, Justin Hunt, Kristen Anderson, Rachel Anderson. June 28: Dan Miller, Sandra Stanton-Heimbigner, Blake Zigan, Carter Zigan. June 29: Byron Behne, Ray Stevenson. June 30: Jeremy Haines, June M. Powers, Craig Holman, Kevin Krieg, Maddie Wagner, Travis Wagner, Kris Hosking, Rebecca Joathwick. July 1: Scott Kramer, Graden Hink, Rogelio Reyes. Anniversaries for June 25: Pat and Laura Estes. June 26: Connie...
Titus James Mertens and Kristin Danielle McKernan, originally of Spokane Valley, are proud to announce their engagement. The couple plan to be wed June 18, 2016 at The Castle Vineyards in Deer Park. Kristin is the daughter of Daniel McKernan and Sandra Maine of Spokane Valley. Titus is the son of Tim and Lisa Mertens of Spokane Valley. Kristin lives in Odessa and works at The Odessa Record. Titus also lives and works as a staff accountant at Leffel, Otis and Warwick in Odessa. The happy couple met when they were just four...
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.)...
