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1 years ago Leonard Day, who claimed to walk 10,000 miles on foot across the United States, arrived in Davenport. A new oil company was granted permission to build on Northern Pacific railroad property near the Davenport water tank. Voters narrowly decided against a school tax levy to pay general fund deficits in Davenport. 75 years ago Lincoln County 4-H girls entering the costume selection contest at the State Fair in Yakima included Yolanda Rettkowski and Marilyn White of Govan, Verna Eagle of Wilbur, Betsy and Lora...

Davenport birthdays Sept. 29: Aaron Carruth, Matthew Parsons, Nick Marriott, Cody Murdock, Shane Stiles, Ethan Wynecoop, Carissa Abbott Sept. 30: Rick Roemer, Everett Bailey, Theo Hein Oct. 2: Patrick Bodeau, Annalee Biles, Jason Pentzer Oct. 3: Joli King, Bethany McLachlan, Susie Friedland, Dede Shawley, Rikki Chavelas Oct. 4: Dixie Novak, Harrison Zaugg, Eamon Hein Oct. 5: Kevin Heid, Martha Cash, Brad Chappell, Jared Storer, Merilla Hopkins Davenport anniversaries Sept. 30: Daryl and Jan Ziemer Oct. 1: David and Leslie...

HARRINGTON - Longtime residents Crayton and Beth Oestreich have enjoyed a married life of getting involved with organizations around their small city and offering their skills and services to volunteer work. Now, they're being recognized for it. The couple was named Citizens of the Year by the local Lions Club and will be recognized in the Fall Festival Parade Saturday, Sept. 23. Crayton, 71, grew up on the family wheat farm between Harrington and Sprague. He graduated from...
8 a.m. - Pancake feed by Harrington FFA at Memorial Hall 8 a.m. - Golf and Country Club opens. 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. - The Harrington Opera House Rummage Sale and tours 10 a.m. - Huff N Puff Fun Run 11 a.m. - Fall Festival Parade 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. - Hotel Lincoln is open 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. - Stone Road Distillery is open 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. - Vendor booths Noon - Lions Club BBQ Noon - 3 p.m. - Childrens games and face painting Noon till goods are sold out - Harrington Homemakers pie sale 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Live Bingo 3 p.m. - Raffle drawing...
HARRINGTON—Attendees at the 76th Annual Fall Festival Saturday, Sept. 23 will likely be eager to enjoy a Lions Club BBQ lunch that begins serving at noon. But what those attendees may not know is that the same family has overseen smoking the rounds used for that lunch since Fall Festival began. Wes Bly took over the project that his son Dennis now operates in 1946, one year after the Lions Club was chartered. “They knew my dad had taken animal science and meats down at Wazzu,” Dennis Bly said. “I came back to the farm in 1975...
1 years ago Senator Charles E. Myers, a local man running for Congress, addressed a “good sized crowd” while standing in an automobile in the street alongside Lincoln County State bank. County school superintendent Carl Morgan spoke to the commercial club about financial concerns. Estelle Ripke asked for a divorce from Richard Ripke after alleging her husband would not go to places of amusement with her. 75 years ago Harry Heid and Dwight Pease sought to unseat Mayor C.W. Richards, while Norman C. Nelson filed to opp...
Davenport birthdays Sept. 22: Shawndale Smith, Tanner Abbott, Grady Gants, Joel Odenrider Sept. 23: Aaron Jacobsen, Tamera Gunning, Meghan King, Navia Bowdish Sept. 24: Roberta Hein, Colin Guhlke, Jim Reinbold, Gina Zahajko, Kolt Skalisky Sept. 25: Keni Deal, Norm Brock, Nita Woodland-Hollis Sept. 26: Derik Oliver, Brandon King, Luke Jacobsen, Lane Sewall, Kylee Ballance Sept. 27: Dallas Gustaveson Sept. 28: Katie Vesneske Davenport anniversaries Sept. 22: Joe and Lynn Coppersmith Sept. 24: Clay and Sidney Fleming Sept. 25:...


ODESSA - The friendly spirit of competition is a key part of every Deutschesfest weekend, and this year was no different. Here are all the winners of various activities throughout Fest weekend, held Thursday, Sept. 14-Sunday, Sept. 17. Chalk art contest winners Truett James, Adley Vanderwood, Henry Starkel and Audrey Gleave Tricycle race winners 2-3-year-olds: Conner Douglas 4-5-year-olds: Brandtly Maier 6-year-olds: Heston Stanford 7-year-olds: Maverick Rosman 8-year-olds:...

Odessa – After decades of community service, Jerry and Ellen Schafer were named grand marshals of the Deutschesfest Parade, to be held Saturday, Sept. 16. Jerry grew up in Odessa, graduating high school in 1956. Ellen graduated from Marlin High School in 1962. In 1965, they married and began their lives as farmers, growing wheat, beans, potatoes and hay. After retiring from the day-to-day operations of the farm, they opened Das Kraut Haus, a local restaurant that served G...

ODESSA - Deanna Lobe, a lifelong resident, was named Biergarten Chairman for the 52nd Deutschesfest scheduled for Sept. 14-17. She has volunteered at Fest since graduating from high school in 1996, most recently in the sausage booth and as a server in the Biergarten. Over the past two years, Lobe has been the Service Manager at Wheatland Bank. Prior to that, she worked for 23 years at the Odessa Clinic. When not at the bank, she can be found working in the kitchen at Odessa...
It is that time of year again, when the sausage starts cooking, the music starts playing in the biergarten, the vendors fill the streets and the festivities begin in Odessa. That’s right! It’s time for the 52nd Annual Deutschestfest! The Odessa Chamber of Commerce is excited to invite you all to come enjoy the fun this year at one of Washington State’s oldest and longest running German-Russian festivals. Pull out your lederhosen and come enjoy the city-block biergarten with live music. The local vendors will fill the stree...

ODESSA - A former resident and professional graphic designer was the mastermind behind the design of this year's Deutschesfest T-Shirt. 38-year-old Jesse Scheller, now of Spokane, created the logo that he called a "marriage" between Odessa's wheat farming and German heritage and rock-style bands that frequent the Biergarten at Deutschesfest. "We felt it met people right in the middle," Scheller, who grew up on the family farm near town until 2006, said. The shirt features the...
Oktoberfest is a celebration that transcends geographical boundaries. Much like people in various pockets of the globe celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and Cinco de Mayo even if they have little or no connection to Ireland or Mexico, respectively, Bavarian heritage is not a prerequisite for participation in Oktoberfest revelry. According to Oktoberfest.de, each year millions of people are attracted to the festival of Oktoberfest. It’s not hard to see why so many people attend Oktoberfest, which is synonymous with fun, food, mus...

Pfeffernuesse, a much sought-after item at Deutschesfest, has as many spelling variations as there are ingredient lists. Translated pepper nuts, Germany has three types depending on the location. Northern Germany style are softer and glaze or powdered sugar coated. Southern Germany cookies are a hard variety but often include nuts and/or minced candied citrus peel. The cookie is believed to have originated in Germany in the 1850's. It soon became popular in Denmark, the...

Pfeffernuesse, a much sought-after item at Deutschesfest, has as many spelling variations as there are ingredient lists. Translated pepper nuts, Germany has three types depending on the location. Northern Germany style are softer and glaze or powdered sugar coated. Southern Germany cookies are a hard variety but often include nuts and/or minced candied citrus peel. The cookie is believed to have originated in Germany in the 1850's. It soon became popular in Denmark, the...
Oktoberfest is a celebration that transcends geographical boundaries. Much like people in various pockets of the globe celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and Cinco de Mayo even if they have little or no connection to Ireland or Mexico, respectively, Bavarian heritage is not a prerequisite for participation in Oktoberfest revelry. According to Oktoberfest.de, each year millions of people are attracted to the festival of Oktoberfest. It’s not hard to see why so many people attend Oktoberfest, which is synonymous with fun, food, mus...

ODESSA — A former resident and professional graphic designer was the mastermind behind the design of this year’s Deutschesfest T-Shirt. 38-year-old Jesse Scheller, now of Spokane, created the logo that he called a “marriage” between Odessa’s wheat farming and German heritage and rock-style bands that frequent the Biergarten at Deutschesfest. “We felt it met people right in the middle,” Scheller, who grew up on the family farm near town until 2006, said. The shirt feature...

Odessa – After decades of community service, Jerry and Ellen Schafer were named grand marshals of the Deutschesfest Parade, to be held Saturday, Sept. 16. Jerry grew up in Odessa, graduating high school in 1956. Ellen graduated from Marlin High School in 1962. In 1965, they married and began their lives as farmers, growing wheat, beans, potatoes and hay. After retiring from the day-to-day operations of the farm, they opened Das Kraut Haus, a local restaurant that served G...

ODESSA — Deanna Lobe, a lifelong resident, was named Biergarten Chairman for the 52nd Deutschesfest scheduled for Sept. 14-17. She has volunteered at Fest since graduating from high school in 1996, most recently in the sausage booth and as a server in the Biergarten. Over the past two years, Lobe has been the Service Manager at Wheatland Bank. Prior to that, she worked for 23 years at the Odessa Clinic. When not at the bank, she can be found working in the kitchen at Odessa G...
It is that time of year again, when the sausage starts cooking, the music starts playing in the biergarten, the vendors fill the streets and the festivities begin in Odessa. That’s right! It’s time for the 52nd Annual Deutschestfest! The Odessa Chamber of Commerce is excited to invite you all to come enjoy the fun this year at one of Washington State’s oldest and longest running German-Russian festivals. Pull out your lederhosen and come enjoy the city-block biergarten with live music. The local vendors will fill the stree...

Kraut Ranza’s are a popular item at German festivals, with each area of Germans from Russia have variations in the spelling of the name and numerous variations in recipe ingredients. All feature a yeast dough wrapped around a savory filling that includes sauerkraut. Making the yeast dough is often the roadblock preventing folks from making these handy to serve and eat pocket sandwiches. Frozen Texas Roll dough to the rescue. Thaw the rolls 2 hours before ready to make and y...
1 years ago The Lincoln County Medical Society met in Harrington to endorse a goitre prevention plan that would give small iodine tablets to children each week. Smoked glass, old photographic films and colored glasses were in great demand as locals clamored to view a solar eclipse. Jesse Logsdon pleaded guilty to counterfeiting money and was sentenced to one day in jail. 75 years ago 4,000 people attended the 9th annual Lincoln County Fair. Community Grange’s float took first prize, while Bluestem Grange’s float was second....
Davenport birthdays Sept. 15: Sabrina Warwick, Greg Buchmann, Max Mielke, Stan Reider, Daxton Sewall, Susan Dashiell, Michael Dodson Sept. 16: Leona Carr, Marilyn Dorgan, David Forest, Richard Hayes, Bennett Cooper, Donna Mathis Sept. 17: Dave Anderson, Torri Mielke, Megan Hayes, Danielle Miller, Kayleb Hennings Sept. 18: Alice Nachtigal Sept. 19: Jeff Wilkie, Ryker Wagner Sept. 20: Treana Briggs, Dawn Canfield, Benson Zaugg Sept. 21: Cynthia Tucker Davenport anniversaries Sept. 16: Kevin and Patty Hupp, JJ and Richelle...