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  • Year end hectic for students, teachers, administrators

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    The Odessa School Board met May 27 in the high school library. Three students taking the Advanced Science Research class each presented a brief description of the work they performed this school year. Johnathon Brightwell described his research on finding a cheaper, less environmentally toxic substance for rocket fuel. He is working with a professor at Eastern Washington University on his research. Elizabeth Larson described her research on the relationship of price to UV protection level provided by sunglasses. Her research...

  • This Week in Odessa History

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    1 years ago From The Odessa Record June 4, 1915 Odessa’s two-day celebration to be held on July 2nd and 3rd this yeaer will eclipse all former attempts along the celebration line in this town. A sum of nearly $1,000 was set aside, and of this sum $500 will go as prizes to winners in horse races, foot sports and baseball games. Decoration committee chairman Browning is completing arrangements for stringing almost twice as many electric lights on Main Street as were used last year. The decoration contemplated is far more e...

  • Lind Station looks back on century of challenges

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    LIND, Wash. –The 100-year anniversary of the Washington State University Dryland Research Station will be celebrated at the Lind Field Day, Thursday, June 11. The centennial event is held at the University's Dryland Research Station, 781 E. Experiment Station Road, Lind. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the field tour starting at 9 a.m.; a complimentary lunch and program will follow the field tour. Research presentations will include WSU's commitment to agricultural r...

  • Court Report

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    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, May 25: Wilbur firefighters responded to a report of lightning striking a tree along Martin Canyon Road North and causing a small fire. Almira firefighters and Inland Power and Light Co. workers handled a lig...

  • Class of 2015

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    Graduates Future Plans Paige Alloway Eastern Washington University Steven Braun Jack Stewart Lineman School Braxton Estep Workforce Nicholas Kuest Workforce Trevor King Central Washington University Dakota Largent Big Bend Community College Tyler Paris Washington State University Sam Schafer Washington State University Jenna Shafer University of Idaho Megan Stahl Workforce Garrison Schmierer University of Washington Carsen Weber University of Washington Thorsen Wehr University of Washington Katelyn Worley Big Bend Community...

  • Titan Pride

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    Titan Pride winners for the month of May, back row; Douglas Anderson, Paul Sheldon, Steven Molsbee, Trenadee Zyph, Nathan Melcher. Third row; Jade Maddock, Destiny Wiles, Alysia Chavez. Second row; Sean Widger, Blake Zigan, Bo Walter, Corbyn Neilson, Sophia Squire.First row; Austin Goetz, Haydyn Reynolds, Leah Iverson, Ivy Neblock. Not pictured; Rachel Nelson and Colin Martin. Below; Winners of lunch with the principal are; Haydyn Schuh, Ethan Goodnight and Macey...

  • O-H athletes compete in tennis, track and field and state tournaments

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    Tennis Katie DeWulf, the sole member of the O-H tennis team to qualify for the state tournament, went to the Yakima Tennis Club last weekend. She won her first match against Jasmine Nesbitt of King's Way Christian, 6-7, 6-3 (after which Nesbitt withdrew). DeWulf lost her second match to Kellie Kuch of Cascade, 6-1, 6-2. Moving into the loser's bracket, she lost to Darby Fox of Colville 6-1, 6-3 and was eliminated from further competition. It was only her second year of...

  • 'Carol's Korner' owner retiring

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    Carol Green styles the hair of Wilma Schmidt on Greene's final day of work in her shop, Carol's Korner. She is now retired and she and her husband Dick are moving to Spokane....

  • Welcome to my Kitchen

    LAURA ESTES|Updated Jun 3, 2015

    Graduation parties, reunion picnics and family barbeques can fill a June calendar quickly. Salads are on the menu, and all are ideal for summer dining events. Twist Tuna Salad, from the collection of the late Mrs. Rueben (Elizabeth) Fink, can serve as a side or main dish salad. I received this recipe from Elizabeth in 1989 and she told me it got the name from the spiral pasta, but for me the “twist” is the dill seasoning and the colorful red onion. Twist Tuna Salad 6 oun...

  • 2nd Wednesday 4H will feature Connolly's new book

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    Lincoln County 4-H alumna, Jillian Connolly, and her new book, "A Horse Named Sugar" will be featured at "2nd Wednesday 4-H" on June 10 at the WSU Extension Office, 205 W Main Ave in Ritzville. Jillian, the daughter of Mike and Terry Connolly, grew up in Odessa and was a 4-H member in the Lincoln County 4-H program for 10 years. She was very involved in the 4-H horse project from the beginning, over the years participating in Lincoln County and state 4-H activities including...

  • Interest sought for BLM's Resources Advisory Council

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    The Bureau of Land Management Spokane District is seeking nominations for several positionsbeing vacated on its 15-member Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council (EWRAC) which advises the BLM on public land issues. As published in a notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations through June 22, 2015. The advisory councils, composed of citizens chosen for their expertise in natural resource issues, help the Bureau carry out its stewardship of 245 million acres of public lands. The Bureau, which...

  • Piano students perform at Opera House

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    Six Harrington Opera House piano students of Rebecca Hardy and Heather Safe performed Saturday afternoon at the Harrington Church of the Nazarene, since the opera house auditorium floor had not cured sufficiently for use. The program was initiated with “The Lonely Goatherd” (by Richard Rodgers, arranged by Glover) played by the two instructors, Rebecca Hardy and Heather Safe. Safe played “The Robin’s Return” (Leander Fisher; In Memory of Lilly Rauch Mitchell 1921-2014). Third on the program were three songs played as a duet b...

  • Six ways to end the opioids crisis

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton only recently announced her bid for office in 2016, she has already declared a few important issues on her presidential agenda, including the ever-important opioid crisis in the United States. In order to work toward a safer world that is free of opioid abuse, here are six steps we can take. 1. Redefine the problem. Many people who suffer from chronic pain rely on opioids to live a semblance of a normal life. There may be no alternative treatments for them. We should view the...

  • Dr. Universe

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    Asked by Ms. Flores and her fourth grade students in East Alton, Ill. Dear Ms. Flores and 4th graders, There’s wind in the Alton, Illinois, forecast this week, so it’s prime time for an answer. In fact, it looks like there’s wind all around Earth and even some gusts out on other planets. My friend Nic Loyd, a meteorologist at Washington State University, studies all kinds of weather. He told me the simple answer: Wind is moving air. We thought you might want to know more about how it works. Wind happens both because of how t...

  • State tournament results

    Updated Jun 3, 2015

    Tennis Katie DeWulf, the sole member of the O-H tennis team to qualify for the state tournament, went to the Yakima Tennis Club last weekend. She won her first match against Jasmine Nesbitt of King’s Way Christian, 6-7, 6-3 (after which Nesbitt withdrew). DeWulf lost her second match to Kellie Kuch of Cascade, 6-1, 6-2. Moving into the loser’s bracket, she lost to Darby Fox of Colville 6-1, 6-3 and was eliminated from further competition. It was only her second year of competitive tennis, and she aquitted herself well. Track...