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Twenty-two quilters and friends gathered Monday evening at Any Occasion Banquet Hall for the annual Christmas dinner and party. Quilt Club President Debbie Buscher gave a welcoming address, then turned the proceedings over to Laura Estes, who challenged guests with quilt-related games. Dinner featuring Cornish game hen and including a choice of dessert was provided by Marla Beth of Helping Hands Catering. Quilters each brought 2 “fat quarters” of fabric to the event, to be exchanged via a “left-right-left’ passing game. J...
December, Christmas shopping, seasonal programs and parties are rolling into full swing. Preparations for holiday meals and gift giving are foremost in the minds of most folks. Lecia Fink brought luscious Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies to a recent community music event. This cake style cookie is filled with the goodness of pumpkin and spices as well as rich chocolate chips. Baking these cookies on parchment lined pans allows the cookie to bake more firmly than most cake style...
The Local Book (telephone book) of Moses Lake has joined a coalition of independent Yellow Pages publishers across the United States to create a first of its kind “jobs program” designed to extend much needed economic relief to American veterans returning home from military duty. The initiative, entitled “American Hometown Heroes,” was launched November 8, 2011 and will provide professional marketing advice and consultation to any returning veteran who would like to start a new business – all at no charge to them! This prog...
Canniwai Grange and Odessa Grange have announced that their annual combined Christmas dinner will be held Thursday, December 8 at 6 p.m. at the VFW Social Hall. This year’s guest speaker will be Don Strebeck, who recently returned from a trip to Germany, where he attended “Agritechnica,” the world’s largest exhibition of agricultural machinery. The trip was awarded to Odessa Trading Company as a result of the company’s success at equipment sales, being named the top dealership in Case IH’s western region for 2011. OTC g...
The Floch Memorial Basketball Games, originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 29, at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake this year, have been postponed until Tuesday, December 13. On that date, the Titans will face the St. John-Endicott Eagles in Moses Lake, with the girls varsity playing at 4 p.m. and the boys varsity at 5:30 p.m. There will be no junior varsity games. The BBCC Vikings college game will follow at 7 p.m. Now that the football season has come to an end for the Titans, the basketball season can get...
Hi, here I am again. “The Schibels” (continued): On 09 April 1919, Henry Schibel married Katherine "Katie" Frick. Katie was age 19, Henry age 22. Katie's parents were Heinrich "Henry" & Anna Margaret Schafer Frick. At the time, the Fricks were living in Adams Co. TS 20N, R31E, Section 2, about 1½ miles north of Moody and almost 2½ miles southwest of the Schibel farm. I have been told the Fricks settled in the area around 1900, and that they were the last in the area to farm with horses which was toward the end of the 1930s...
Threats that morning snow showers may materialize by Thanksgiving Day have been just that; threats (so far). Snow or not, it is always a good time for soup. Vicki Strang recently shared her recipe for Gypsy Soup, a highly seasoned vegetable mixture that would easily accommodate the addition of leftover turkey and feed a dozen or so football fans on game day. Gypsy Soup 4 Tbsp olive oil 2 cups chopped onion 1/2 cup chopped celery 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 cups peeled, diced...
The cupboards---the frig---they’re bursting with food. It’s Thanksgiving Day---and we’re in a festive mood. Steam soars from kettles, both ovens are on. The table’s well trimmed, thanks to Myrna and DeVonne. Flames dance a slow waltz, on tall candles, aglow, Which adds a warm touch, hey look---it’s starting to snow! We’re glad part of a family, could make the trip home, While we watch football live, from Pontiac’s Silverdome. There’s Chee-tos, Doritos, Tostitos for snacks. Pita bread, elk salami, and for Nash---Cracker Jacks!...
Hudson Lee Walter was born May 10, 2011, at 9:20 p.m. at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. He weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 20 inches long. His parents are Colley and HaLee Walter of Odessa. He joins his two brothers, Tucker and Sawyer, at home. Maternal gradnparents are Ron and Diane Nelson of Sandpoint, Idaho and paternal grandparents are Bruce and Deb Walter of Odessa. Maternal great-grandparents are Lois Renken of Odessa and Grace Nelson of Ephrata. Paternal...
Hi, here I am again. On the west side of Kagele road, on the west edge of the L-B-D in Lincoln Co. TS 21N, R31E, Section 36 is the Schibel farm. The attachment of the Schibel name to the farm started with Georg Peter before 1911, then Henry, Don and finally Jeff today (2010). One of Don’s sisters and her husband also farmed on the land for a period of time. Talking with Don Schibel and looking at the Schibel obituaries, I learned that in Russia about 1888, Georg Peter & K...
The Odessa Quilt Club hosted their third annual open house at Christ Lutheran Church fellowship hall Saturday, November 12. Event organizers provided kits and instructions for three choices of projects for guests to make: a “not so brown” lunch bag, a wine tote (or gift bag) or a purse. Guests included a mother-and-daughter duo, a mother-and-son duo, a grandmother-and-granddaughter duo, teenagers and adults of all ages and both sexes. The event began at 10 a.m. and ended at...
Sourdough waffles, there is nothing like them. For years, I had a wonderful sourdough starter that I kept going by using every couple of weeks. Due to not enough waffles, bread and biscuits being made, that starter died. When the latest Hospital Auxiliary cookbook came out I decided to try Pauline Schimke’s sourdough starter recipe. So far I have been very pleased with it. Sourdough Starter 1 package active dry yeast 1/2 cup lukewarm water 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 Tbsp salt 1 Tbsp granulated sugar 1 1/2 cups room t...
The 2011 State Land Judging Contest was hosted by the Lincoln County Conservation District on November 2 at the Keith and LeAnna Schafer farm on Highway 28 five miles west of Odessa. Attending the contest were 135 students from the FFA chapters of 18 eastern and central Washington high schools. Schools sending one or two FFA land judging teams to the contest included Almira-Coulee-Hartline, Cheney, Davenport, Freeman, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Lacrosse, Lind, Moses Lake, Odessa, Pomeroy, Prosser, Ritzville, Rosalia,...
The Odessa Prime-Timers and the members of the Odessa chapter of the Red Hat Society will be hosting a free dinner at 5 p.m. on Saturday, December 3 at the Old Town Hall. The evening will feature a turkey dinner supplied by the club members, with potluck side dishes to be provided by the guests. Guests are also asked to bring items for “white elephant bingo,” which will be played following the dinner. Those wishing to attend are asked to call in their RSVP to Sharon Parr at 982-9932....
Dream 2. (Continuation): As he promised, the speaker that night at the Batum school, finished his presentation talking about Joyce Kiesz and her future husband, Larry. Fisher, Larry and Joyce Elaine Kiesz, (d. 7/20/2050, Larry – age 128, Joyce – age 127). Joyce will be born 1937 in Batum at the Raugust farm, one of four children born to Edward and Bertha Raugust Kiesz. Larry will be born 1936 in the Fisher’s addition at the Berry house in Palouse, Washington, one of two children born to Russell and Verna Manning Fishe...
The November calendar brings to our attention a couple of important events for us, Veterans Day and later in the month, Thanksgiving. This past week I was reminded why it is important for us citizens to remember with great thanksgiving the service and sacrifices our current military service members and veterans of the military have given. I have always been a grateful citizen in regards to those who serve us in our armed forces and other public safety services. Why we as citiz...
A dear lady of talent, surely an angel of God Was sweet Mrs. Bennett, the wife of T. Claud Her home built of gray rock, a house so unique There was no other quite like it, in Wilson Creek I'll share with you now, warm memories she's made When I was but a small boy, just in the first grade She journeys to school, it's early in the fall With steps light and quick, she walks down the hall Our class is all seated, there's hush at our table It's after lunch Friday, and she'll tell us a fable Maybe the Three Little Pigs, that ol'...
Deutchesfest weekend brought special visitors to see Great Granny, Mildred Deife. Her great grandchildren and their parents, Tyler and Adelee Stone from Chandler, Ariz. visited, along with Gramma and Grampa Teresa Stone and Barry Kirkeeng. Violet was nine months old at the time, and Everest and McLaren were about 2 1/2. It was a busy and happy time for all of us but especially for Mildred who turns 90 this November 19! Great Aunt and Uncle are Dee and Ed Deife, who showed the...
The Odessa Quilt Club elected new officers for the coming year at the monthly October business meeting. The new officers are as follows: President, Debbie Buscher; Vice President, Kathie Donahue; Treasurer, Julie Weishaar; Secretary, Sherrie Heimbigner; Sgt. at Arms, Joyce McClanahan. The club sponsors many activities throughout the year. In March, they hold “Quilt ‘Til You Wilt,” an all-day quilting bee with games and quilt classes. In April, the annual Spring Fling Quilt Show is offered in the High School Gymnasium. Last...
Alberto and Lyndsay Reyes of Odessa, along with their children Chloe, AJ, and Mackenzie, have announced the arrival of their newest family member. Carlos Glen Reyes was born October 17, 2011 at 8:46 p.m. in Moses Lake. At birth, Carlos weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19 3/4" long....
Frost has hit the pumpkins and just about everything else in local gardens. This weeks column includes a few recipes to use up the produce rescued from the frost, as well as some requested recipes. Numerous people asked for the recipe for a Caramel Cake that Bev Scherr brought to a coffee hour. She shared the recipe for Better Than Anything Cake, of which the Caramel Cake is one of the many variations. Following is the Caramel Cake directions. If you would like the other...
We are the women in red hats, we are the ones enjoying life to the fullest, no matter where we are or what we are doing. We are the mothers, daughters, sisters and grandmothers of society. When you belong to the RHS (Red Hat Society) you are the vital part of an enormous nurturing network of women. We always have fun when we get together. If you are over 50, you wear red hats; if you’re under 50, you wear pink hats. As a group of women, we work together to raise money for us to do fun things. But we also contribute to our c...
Wilmon (Bill) K. Warren, 76, of Lewiston, Idaho and formerly of Moscow, Idaho died Sunday, October 23, 2011, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. Arrangements are pending with Short’s Funeral Chapel of Moscow. Bill and his wife Alyce Birge Warren (deceased 2005) were former residents of Odessa....
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). Dream 2. Continuation. Walter Jr., Jacob, (b. 1896, Walla Walla, Washington. d. 11/14/1993). When he was 3, his family journeyed by wagon via Lyons Ferry on the Snake River to the Odessa area, where they homesteaded near the present town of Odessa. Mr. Walter graduated from Odessa H.S. in 1916. He also attended Washington State College. He married Rachel Ma...
Nice rains last week could keep zucchini plants producing awhile longer. Jo Ann Hardt reported having a “ton” of zucchini on hand, and conducting an internet search for Zucchini au Gratin, her goal being making something tasty for Sunday dinner, and using up some of the bountiful squash supply. She found the following recipe on www.food.com. Zucchini au Gratin 3 cups shredded zucchini 1 1/2 Tbsp butter 1 1/2 Tbsp all-purpose flour 3/4 cup milk 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1/4 tsp gro...