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It’s clear: Parents in Washington are sick of their children being used as pawns by radicals in power who wish to destroy family, children and faith. Widespread protests against mask mandates at school and vaccine mandates at work have erupted statewide, with many calling out Gov. Jay Inslee for his aggressive misuses and abuses of emergency powers. This has largely been a fight for religious freedom and individual liberty, but it is creeping onto another deeply disturbing frontier — the fight for parental rights. The see...
The masking at schools and inside public places, regardless of vaccination status, is very questionable. The “one-size-fits-all” approach (typical government) should not apply to us in rural, sparsely populated areas, especially those with small numbers of students, small class sizes. Again, the medical people (CDC, National Institutes of Health, etc. are being overly cautious and unrealistic. Supposedly, some 600,000 have died from Covid in the U.S. With some 320 million people, this is only 0.18 percent of the pop...
Having lived in three developing countries for 17 years, I met very fine Americans, as well as arrogant and ignorant Americans. Representatives from the U.S. Embassy, USAID, Peace Corps, U.S. Military, UNICEf and UNESCO and missionaries are among those I encountered. Many stayed briefly, never getting to know the culture. Not fitting into any of those categories gave me special insight – into others and myself. Most Americans, including me, travel with American glasses on and don’t often see what is happening right bef...
On the evening of Aug. 29, several people smelled what they thought must be a natural-gas leak at the corner of First Avenue and Division Street in downtown Odessa. As calls went out to various Odessa governmental and emergency responders, as well as Avista, the natural-gas supplier for Odessa, the only immediate agency response came from Odessa Police Chief Les Jimerson. He came with lights flashing, cleared and blocked off the immediate area and then waited. And waited. And waited. Three hours or so later, an Avista truck a...
ODESSA – The administration at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center has provided The Record with photos and names of two new nurse practitioners, who have recently begun working in Odessa. Administrative Assistant Kayla Glaze provided the following information. Russell Jones, ARNP, is the newest full-time medical provider at the Odessa Clinic, following the resignation some weeks ago of Ruby Ayers, ARNP. He comes from Fosterburg, Ill., a quaint small town much like Odessa, althou...
ODESSA – Six weeks ago, Odessa learned it was the recipient of a $68,000 grant to make the Old Town Hall a safer and more functional space for Odessa's senior citizens, as well as for the Odessa community as a whole. The Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society, teamed now with the Odessa Historical Society, has worked for nearly a decade to make improvements to the building. The Odessa High School chapter of FBLA joined in to help raise funding for these efforts, beginning with an...
