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Josh Steward, president of Steward Farms, Inc. in Harrington, is among visionaries being recognized nationally through a program called Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives, a search to identify and honor 100 leaders who are changing rural communities and agriculture for the better. The honorees were announced at a National Ag Day event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Farm Credit launched the Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives program as part of its 100th...
After an eight-hour day of continually presenting their research to experts in the field, the student scientists from the Advanced STEM Research Laboratory at Odessa High School exhibited their academic prowess in science and engineering at the Mid-Columbia Regional Science and Engineering Fair in Kennewick on Thursday, March 10, 2016. More than 100 high school student researchers represented the finest scientific minds vying for top prizes in STEM-related categories. There...
The Odessa Record of March 17, 1916, included a front-page column on doings from 14 years prior. Since The Record has no archives from 1902, so we include it in this issue. Notes of interest to old timers. Frank Schmierer bought a half section of land near Quincy last week at $9 per acre. Christian Doering and family of Parkston, S.D. arrived and will locate south of town. W.P. Mitchell, prosperous stockman is having an addition biuilt on to his residence east of town. Mr....
Sheriff's Report 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, March 7: A Davenport woman reported receiving a fraudulent phone call from someone claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. Reardan Police investigated a possible harassment inc...
What is fire? Asked by Anish P., 10, Nepal. Dear Anish, There’s nothing like taking a little catnap by the fireplace, feeling the heat, watching the flames, and listening to crackling sounds. But until you asked, I wasn’t entirely sure what this mesmerizing thing was or how it works. I decided to find out from my friend Michael Finnegan. He’s a chemistry professor here at Washington State University. In the 4th grade Finnegan got a chemistry set that came with a chemistry book. He read about how everything around us is made...
It makes me sad when I hear teenagers say things like, “I can’t wait to move out of this town” or “It’s so boring here. I hate Odessa. There’s never anything to do.” It’s not the first time I’ve heard those words. They are likely spoken by every teenager in every small community around the world. Trust me on this, I know because I spoke the same words living in Ephrata just 45 minutes down the road. The only difference was that I thought I knew exactly what I was talking about...
Washington STEM, in partnership with Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, has announced the first round of $4 million in grants to statewide schools, school districts, educational service districts, higher education institutions, nonprofits and community based organizations to support computer science education. The competitive grants will make it possible for these recipients to provide professional development for teachers, obtain technology, and expand access to girls and students from groups u...
Missionaries Sunday, March 6, the Harrington Church of the Nazarene hosted missionaries, Larry and Susan Weil, who have been on furlough from Mozambique nearly a year. They presented a slide show of their mission work and both spoke during the presentation. They have been in the mission field for about 18 years, since One Mission Society began work there in 1996, and have been instrumental in building a school complex there. They will return to the same mission field in about five weeks and will be there another four years...
About 87 percent of drivers engaged in at least one risky behavior while behind the wheel within the past month, according to latest research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. These unsafe behaviors include driving while distracted, impaired, drowsy, speeding, running red lights or not wearing a seat belt. These disturbing results come as nearly 33,000 Americans died in car crashes in 2014, and preliminary estimates project a nine percent increase in deaths for 2015. “There is a culture of indifference for far too m...
What is the difference between a caucus and a primary? Since the state of Washington has both this year, an explanation is needed. The following information from Washington state Secretary of State Kim Wyman should help: 1. Caucuses are run entirely by the political parties. The Republicans had their caucus on February 20, and the Democrats will have theirs on March 26. At each caucus, voters declare themselves a member of the party and work with their fellow caucus-goers on party platform planks and elect delegates to later...
Time for the truth concerning Cathy McMorris Rodgers. She is part of the most dysfunctional Congress ever. She is paid $174,000 a year by us to work for the 5th district of Washington state. This is what she has done: voted over 60 times to stop all of us from getting affordable health care, voted to cut millions of dollars from food programs for children and the disabled, voted against our veterans health, voted for cuts to Medicare, voted for raising the eligibility age for Medicare to 67, for privatizing our Social...
Enclosed please find my check for a two-year renewal of The Odessa Record. Although I left the area many years ago after growing up in Marlin, I still enjoy your newspaper. Thank you for what you do for small towns and for providing coverage for your area. Larry Reider Bakersfield, Calif....
What would an effective Congressional representative do to improve lives in the 5th District? Be available, answer letters personally, attend important rallies and EIS hearings concerning the oil and coal terminals, visit the homeless, attend City Council meetings, visit schools and colleges and live in the District, instead of visiting the Spokane area a few times a year. Cathy McMorris Rodgers votes straight along Republican lines and does very little to help our people. Instead, her recent activities include cavorting...
More than 100 quilters from all across the state have pre-registered for the 21st annual Quilt Til You Wilt event put on by the Odessa Quilt Club. The event takes place Monday, March 21, at the Odessa Community Center. Quilting demonstrations will be presented throughout the day by Lise Ott, Shelly Sieverkropp, Rhonda Luiten, Laura Estes, Kathie Donahue and P.J. Jacobsen. The participants bring potluck dishes to the event for their noon and evening meals. It is a day that is both educational and social, and participants are...
The Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society, at its March 1 meeting, agreed to reschedule the annual indoor yard sale to coincide with Spring Fling this April 29/30. Donations of items for sale will be accepted effective immediately, and a storage unit has been graciously donated by the owners of Sky High Mini Storage until the sale is over. To schedule pickup (or delivery) of a donation, please call 509-988-0085. The Society has also decided to refocus their improvement efforts to the interior of the building, specifically the...
In anticipation of the silver anniversary of the Odessa Healthcare Foundation’s annual wine tasting, microbrew sampling and auctions, I began reading past minutes and treasurer’s reports of the Odessa Healthcare Foundation’s meetings, as well as past issues of The Odessa Record in search of information about previous “wine tasting parties.” I hope you will enjoy this walk down memory lane. In June of 1988, the Odessa Memorial Hospital Board of Commissioners had a desire to set up a foundation structured in such a way as to...
