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There are just a few days left before Christmas. Hopefully most of your baking is done, and make ahead recipes prepared. Some of this columns offering may help if you are a bit behind. Several requests have come in for reprinting Luscious Lemon Bars. This is my go to recipe for just about any occasion. Only basic ingredients, but it is preparation process that makes them turn out with a light crust, yummy filling and a slightly crispy surface. Luscious Lemon Bars Crust: 1/2...
Witten Jay Dirks was born to parents Adam and Sara Dirks of Ritzville on November 10 in Spokane. At birth, he was 19.5 inches long and weighed six pounds, eight ounces. His paternal grandparents are Don and Sheryl Dirks of Ritzville, and maternal grandparents are Neil and Lecia Fink of Odessa. His great-grandparents are Marilyn and the late Marvin Fink and Marge and the late Lloyd Tebow, both of Odessa....
Wheatland Theatre Company, under managing director Drew Kowalkowski and artistic director Karen Brewster, provided an Odessa audience with a version of the It's a Wonderful Life story in the form of a live radio play last Saturday evening in the Old Town Hall. The organization has had performances in Davenport, Reardan, Wilbur and Odessa over the first week of December. The radio play was directed by Jerry Sciarrio. A casting call was made earlier this fall in all of the...
Recently, I’ve had any number of people ask me, “Are you leaving?” Unfortunately, I can’t answer with a simple “yes” or “no,” because the answer has much less to do with me than with the denomination to which I belong. This month, I want to shed some light on what is, in fact, going on, and why it’s happening. Those of you active in congregations understand that there are times when, for one reason or another, a new pastor needs to be found. But, it can come as a surprise tha...
Christmas is in the air, a time for family, friends and festivities – also a time for giving and meeting new people. Let me introduce you to Hal and Jann Patterson. Hal was born in California and grew up in Texas and Oklahoma. When he was in the sixth grade, he moved with his family back to California. Jann was born in New Jersey, moved to Chicago and, when she was four, moved with her family to Hammond, Ind. After high school she moved to Illinois, married and raised a family...
Christmas baking season has arrived. Whether you are preparing for family gatherings in your home, or making to take as part of a potluck, planning ahead will make the preparation easier. Making a list of dishes to prepare, then add needed ingredients to your shopping list, so they get purchased and are on hand when you are ready to bake. This can make your holiday kitchen preparations less stressful. Billie O’Mack of Snohomish, my sister, sent a recipe for Rocky Road P...
Koda Lynn Orr is the newest addition to the Johnson/Orr family of Odessa. Koda Lynn Orr was born November 2, 2017 at the Samaritan hospital in Moses Lake at 12:21 p.m. At birth he weighed 7.8 pounds and was 20 inches long. His parents are Brianna Johnson of Odessa and Jordan Orr of St. George, Utah. Shirley Johnson of Odessa is his grandmother. His family members say they couldn’t be any happier to see him home, and they love the silly little grins he makes....
If you need to speak to Stan Dammel these days, you may need to make an appointment. Life keeps him so busy that the odds of catching him on the spur of the moment are just about slim to none. This has been a very busy year for Dammel, who describes himself as somewhat of an underachiever in his youth, saying, "I really only did what was necessary to get through, no more." Time sure has a way of changing things. Along with working part-time to help out a friend, Dammel also...
The Reason We Fought I was once asked why I volunteered to go into the Army. After thinking about it for a moment, I gave this answer: Sir, nothing in this country should ever come free to anyone. Somebody’s got to pay for it, either in taxes or some other way, and sometimes even with some giving up our lives. Me, I would have given my life for it, but you see it isn’t up to us. It’s up to our Lord who lives or dies. But now in this country we are fighting about whether to stand or kneel. I have lost buddies fighting for t...
Sheriff Wade W. Magers announced the promotion of Deputy Roland Singer to the position of Lincoln County Sergeant. Sergeant Singer will begin his new duties effective November 1, 2017. Singer and his wife Jennifer reside in Odessa and have made their home there for 21 years. They have three children Caleb, Bradly and Macey. He has been a Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy for 11 years and a detective for the past three years. Sergeant Singer will have a several responsibilities,...
Food donations will be picked up from porches Sunday, November 12. The Odessa Food Bank will not be open during the months of November and December. Instead, holiday food baskets will be delivered to those who have shown interest in receiving them. If you wish to have a basket for the holidays and have not let the Food Bank know, please contact Merleen Smith at 982-2202 and leave a message including your name, address and a phone number. Holiday baskets will be delivered November 15 for Thanksgiving and December 14 for...
A lot of leaves have fallen on our property, and I have put them in the garden. Fall is definitely in the air, with some sunny days and some rainy days. As I am writing this column, it is one of those rainy days. I am thankful for sunny people like Lynne Wenick, who make the rainy days brighter. I had a very pleasant visit and interview with Lynne as she told me her story. She was born and raised in Twisp, Wash. to parents Lela and Garl Price. Her mother grew up in Methow and...
Fall has arrived with below freezing nights and windy afternoons. Time for warm and comforting meals. Recently I was in on a discussion about ham and beans served over cornbread, and how it is almost impossible to reproduce recipes from times gone by. Sometimes it is the people and the surroundings that made up part of the remembered flavor. So with no attempt to reproduce any recipe, just offering something good to try, I include Elsie's Bean Soup and Barb’s Corn Bread E...
The more time I spend serving the people of Lincoln County, the more things I see that make me shake my head. When I first got elected, I knew that there would be plenty of hurdles standing in the way of progress. Overcoming some of these issue would be an inviting challenge. But in reality, there are not enough hours in a day, so you have to learn to pick your battles. So, I thought I would take some time to describe just a few of those battles that the public may not be...
Odessa Food Bank director Merleen Smith has announced that the Odessa Youth Group consisting of members of various local churches will once again be conducting a food drive for the Odessa Food Bank. The group will be knocking on doors and distributing bags on Sunday, November 5, beginning at 1 p.m., and will return the following Sunday, November 12, to pick up the bags of donations from front porches, again beginning at 1 p.m. These youth aspire to make a difference in their community by collecting food from local...
Christ Lutheran Church will be hosting a Movie Night on October 22. All are welcome to come enjoy the movie Believe In Me, based on a true story about “the Lady Cyclones,” a girls’ basketball team. It is an inspiring tale of perseverance, character and redemption. Rated PG. The movie will be shown on Sunday, October 22, at 6:30 p.m. Admission is one non perishable food item for the Odessa Food Bank....
5 years is a long time. 500 years ago, the “New World” really was new, having only been known to Europeans for some 20 years. The printing press was just beginning to reach its widespread impact after being invented in 1440. And the United States of America was still 260 years from declaring itself a sovereign nation. And yet, what happened 500 years ago is still studied, debated and celebrated today. On October 31, 1517, a monk and professor named Martin Luther shared with the world words that changed the course of his...
On the evening of Thursday, November 2, at Any Occasion Banquet Hall on First Avenue in Odessa, the Odessa Public Library will present a new dramatized documentary chronicling the life and work of Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a German monk who slowly began to find fault with what the medieval Catholic Church was teaching and with how Church officials were acting. In 1517, Luther wrote a document for debate, but instead began a movement that changed the course of the history of the Church, Germany, Europe, Western...
The Odessa Tiger Booster Club dinner and auction is coming October 21, with a happy hour starting at 5:30 p.m., a prime rib dinner at 6, and the auction at 7:30. One of the items to be auctioned is the new reserved parking sign. The lucky bidder for this item will have a reserved parking spot at every home sporting event from basketball season to basketball season. Another item is a quilt made by Juli Weishaar, along with a wine and champagne lotion basket donated by the...
Another Deutschesfest is in the books. We have had a little rain to wash off the summer dust and smoke from wildfires. Gardens are beginning to wind down, but you may still have a few summer squash sitting and tomatoes ripening. Gwen Clavel shared the recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Cake that she brought to a recent quilting meeting. She found the recipe at www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes website. This ultra-moist, super-rich chocolate cake may even fool the zucchini haters into...
Last week The Odessa Record included a Deutschesfest insert. In the insert on page 3 is a stock recipe for Apple Strudel. Please Do Not use that recipe. Reason one, amounts in metric or US are incorrect. At best, you will end up with goop suitable for hanging wallpaper. Reason two, this is not the style of strudel served during Fest, as it is a rolled rather than stretched dough. The filling ingredients listed are typical of an Austrian style strudel. Most Germans from Russia Odessa area settlers made strudel with a...
As summer is winding down and we are headed toward fall, I notice the summer flowers slowly fading and the fall flowers starting their entry into the wonderful world of beauty. Along the pathway, I also find two beautiful people happy to share their story. Chuck and Ellen Van Hevel and their faithful companion dog named Moupher have lived in Odessa for five and a half years. Chuck has a sister who lives in Soap lake and Ellen has a sister who lives in Chewelah. In 2006, they b...
School is in session and the school lunch dilemma has come to the fore. Some kids will eat anything provided, and others have extremely discriminating tastes. Parents pack a nice, well balanced lunch including a treat item, only to find, the treat and maybe the string cheese were the only items eaten, or hot school lunch was skipped or only half eaten. Parents, how do you handle the lunch routine. Two things I would not eat in the school lunches back in the “dark ages”, wer...
Shirley A. Johnson of Odessa recently returned from the Denver area where she attended the wedding of her son James Dean (JD) Johnson to his lovely bride Loren M. Cosseau. Friends and family of the couple joined them for the ceremony held at Stonebrook Manor in Thornton, Colo. on July 15, 2017. His brother Michael J. Johnson and Michael's two sons, Jameson and Weston Johnson, also arrived from their home in Ft. Mohave, Ariz. Unable to attend were JD's grandmother Emma Cloud...
During some recent conversations, I didn’t realize how many people are still hurting deeply over the loss of Pastor Tim Hauge. I should have figured that out, knowing how deeply I’m still affected by it and struggling to deal with it, especially as we approach the first anniversary of his entrance into Heaven. But it’s not just Pastor Tim we’re grieving. There are plenty of others with whose deaths we still wrestle. It’s so easy to get caught up in our own pain that we forget...
