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I sat down to interview Jim and June Walter in their home one evening after they had been at the home of friends enjoying oysters. June is a soft-spoken, polite and elegant woman who loves genealogy. Jim can have a gruff, intimidating exterior, but you know where you stand with him. He is honest, devoted to his wife and family, and has a great sense of humor. June was born in Kansas and moved to Omak, Wash. after her parents had divorced, reconciled, and remarried within the y...
I met with Michelle Melgren for our interview at Any Occasion, her banquet hall and one of many of her and her husband’s business ventures. She explained that this business was “for fun…a hobby,” which allows her to indulge her love of planning parties and decorating. Michelle is a 5-foot-tall spitfire, a working mom who seems to balance it all, family, friends, career(s) and church. Since she and her husband John moved to Odessa 12 years ago, they have been active members...
The results for Odessa and Harrington from the Lincoln County Fair have arrived. Below are the entrants who were recognized by the judges for some kind of special award. The participants are from Odessa unless otherwise noted. David Eldridge won a trophy in the 4-H Intermediate (Int) Round Robin event for small animals. Marcus King won Overall Grand Champion and 4-H Grand Champion in the 4-H Market Steers; Trevor King won Overall Reserve Grand for a 4-H Market Steer and Max Gr...
Bake sale season is coming. Odessa area residents received postcards reminding them of the Odessa Museum German Bake Sale held Friday of Deutchesfest, and soliciting donations of baked goods. Though kuchen and pfefferneuse are hot sellers, there are lots of buyers looking for quick breads, yeast breads and rolls, pies, cakes and cookies. Wendy Cronrath, Lacrosse, WA served several baked items at an Odessa, summer event. I don’t usually devote an entire column to one persons r...
Last Friday, September 6, the Odessa-Harrington Titan football team played their first game of the season against Touchet in an away game, losing 46-28. O-H 6 0 8 14 28 Touchet 24 16 0 6 46 In the first quarter, Touchet scored first on a five-yard pass, and then ran the ball for the extra two points. O-H responded with a 70-yard run by Sam Schafer. The extra-point attempt on the ground was unsuccessful. Touchet then completed a 10-yard pass play for a TD and a running two-point conversion, followed by a 40-yard running play...
I first met Bonnie Burroughs one day at the local hair salon. We had never been officially introduced. We became fast friends, largely because of our mutual love of reading. We discussed different books and recommended some of our favorite authors. A few weeks later, she came into my office with a bag full of books. I couldn’t believe that someone I had met only once would do something so thoughtful. Telling her I would get them back to her as soon as possible, she told me to...
Do you need to get healthy? The Aging and Adult Care Program called Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL) is looking for participants, someone to teach and a few attendees for the class. Anyone interested in the program should come for a discussion September 11 (Wednesday), at 12:30 p.m. in the Old Town Hall. Karen Bruggman, program coordinator for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program of North Central Washington (RSVP of NCW), which covers Grant, Adams, Lincoln, Chelan, Douglas and Okanogan counties, is partnering with...
The Odessa School District board of directors met August 28, 2013. Prior to the regular meeting, the board members and the school administrators met to inspect the work done to facilities over the summer. They inspected the new window at the elementary entrance, refurbishing of the elementary/junior-high computer lab, placement of “cubbies” at the cafeteria entrance for bags and coats, removal of the pillar outside the high-school office to provide a better view of the entry doors, rehanging of the library door to open fro...
Lincoln Hospital in Davenport and Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center in Odessa are among the 18 hospitals utilizing health information technology solution from Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS) that have again earned the distinction of being among the most technologically advanced hospitals in the country. INHS provides health information technology solutions to hospitals, healthcare facilities and physician offices throughout the nation, allowing providers to achieve meaningful-use measures to securely access critical...
Laura Estes of Odessa, proprietor of a home-based business called “Laura’s Sage Country Quilts,” has now added published author to her resume. She has written a book called “Pintucks, Pleats & Ruching,” which provides detailed instructions on how to be creative with those particular sewing methods. The book came about as the result of a trip to a Quilt Market, a wholesale international trade show for the quilting and soft crafts industries. In the U.S., it is held each fall...
Harper Riley Carstensen was born August 10, 2013 at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane to H.P. and Cory Carstensen of Odessa. At birth, she weighed six pounds and measured 20 inches long. She joins siblings Brenna (12), Nathan (9) and Reegan (6). Grandparents are Pete and Darcy Carstensen of Almira, Pete and Barb Thiry of Coulee City and Glen and Jackie Allen of Odessa. Great grandparents are Henry and Yvaughn Carstensen, Lois Geib and Beverly Betz....
OMHC strives to provide our community with caring, quality healthcare. As part of our mission we need to comply with our government's stimulus program toward enhancing patient engagement. We will be using your email address solely for the purpose of communicating with you about your patient portal after you are discharged. Your patient portal will give you better access to your medical information. Sometime during or short after your hospitalization, you will be given instructions on how to access your Patient Portal. Your...
For someone who will be 27 this month (August 28), Marcus Horak is truly an “old” soul. He is a kind, quiet, introspective guy…shy in some respects. Although imposing at 6’4” tall with a size 17 boot, he is a gentle, compassionate and caring guy. There to lend a helping hand to anyone who needs it, he admittedly has an issue saying “no” to anyone. This might account for why Marcus is currently on the school board, an EMT, a Freemason, a lifetime FFA alumni member, Chamb...
S. Holman qualifies for Whitworth Laureate Society SPOKANE, WA (08/15/2013)(readMedia)– Stephanie Holman of Odessa has been named to the Whitworth University Laureate Society for Spring semester 2013. The student qualified for the academic honors society by maintaining a grade point average of at least 3.75 during the semester. Located in Spokane, Whitworth is a private liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian church. The university, which has an enrollment of nearly 3,000 students, offers 60 undergraduate a...
When I arrived at the home of Keith and Becky Kolterman, I was amazed at the beautiful, sprawling green lawn and manicured flowerbeds. “Your yard is amazing. It looks like a park,” I told them. “Funny you should say that,” Becky told me. Apparently, one day when she and Keith were inside the house, a car pulled up in their side yard. They watched as two adults, two kids and a very large dog got out of the car. The dog gleefully frolicked around their yard. They watched...
Zucchini quiche, stir-fry, and yeast rolls are on the menu this week. Merleen Smith served a Zucchini Bacon Quiche at a recent brunch gathering that garnered numerous recipe requests. She got the recipe from Nancy Floether, who found the recipe in the 2004 August/September issue of Taste of Home Magazine. The recipe is attributed to Sheri Krueger of Black Creek, Wisconsin. Zucchini Bacon Quiche 1 tube (8 ounces) refrigera- tor crescent rolls 2 tsp prepared mustard 6 bacon stri...
National Night Out or “America’s Night Out Against Crime,” as it is also known, was established in 1984 by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of various crime-prevention programs. The aim is to promote involvement in crime-prevention activities, form police-community partnerships, develop neighborhood camaraderie and send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. N...
Harvest is just about over for the Odessa area, and it looks as though yields were down in some places and above average in others. Some farmers reported far more frost damage than they had anticipated. Especially when going through low-lying parts of their fields and then up onto hills, the change was sometimes quite dramatic. Dryland wheat ranged from the low 30s to the mid-50s (bushels per acre). One Lamona-area field of dryland wheat farmed by Tom Evavold produced 69 bushels per acre. Some other fields of wheat planted...
Fest is fast approaching, and volunteers are desperately needed. This call seems to go out every year about this time. The office staff at the firm of Leffel, Otis & Warwick has organized the bed races at Deutschesfest for the past several years. This year will be their last, and some other business or organization needs to take it over. More importantly, the new volunteers need to get on board now, so that they can learn the ropes from the gals who have done such a great job...
New restaurant manager at Harrington Golf Club As of mid-June, the Harrington Golf and Country Club restaurant has come under new management. Harrington’s golf course has long been noted as one of the highest rated 9-hole courses in Washington. Their board members are Norm Brock, Rick Becker, Chris Janess, Chris Hickman and Scott Hutsell. Christine Derry Harding has taken the helm of the restaurant with energy and enthusiasm. She has been so busy since becoming manager that s...
The Odessa Friends of the Library completed seven weeks of the summer reading program "Dig into Reading" at the Odessa Public Library. Each week featured a different subject, such as: big equipment that digs. Jim Williams, from the town maintenance crew, brought a front loader to show the group. Each child was encouraged to climb into the cab and have their picture taken, which they then took home with them. Burrowing animals was another theme. A story about a groundhog was re...
This week’s edition includes our back-to-school page, coming out somewhat earlier this year due to the way the calendar dates fall. Registration will take place next week, August 14 and 15, at school, and the first day of school for students will be August 28, a Wednesday. The week following school registration is the week of the Lincoln County Fair, so many Odessa members of FFA and 4-H will be busy grooming, showing and selling their livestock, as well as putting final touches on craft, cooking, sewing items or many o...
It is that time of year again when the lazy days of summer (who has those anyway; we certainly don't) give way to the hectic late summer time of county fairs, back-to-school activities, preparation for Odessa's number-one money-making community festival Deutsches Fest, not to mention all of the other local festivals in towns all around us. This week is our back-to-school issue. We haven't even had time to cover the local harvest yet. That will come next week, as will the sched...
Phillip Klein and Servi Dei Farms of Columbia County have been fined $10,000 by the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) for burning wheat stubble without an approved agricultural burning permit. Klein, owner and operator of Servi Dei Farms, burned a field of about 300 acres of wheat stubble before the required agricultural field burn permit had been issued in 2012. Klein applied for the permit, citing agricultural burning as the only reasonable means to reduce crop residue in his fields before fall planting. Inspectors...
