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Summer Reading Program With eight eager children attending Thursday's Summer Reading Program, the group was much quieter than the previous session with 18. Interestingly enough, more books and DVDs were checked out by the eight. Two sisters brought a stack of books to the counter, and it was refreshing to hear the older one help the younger to check out her books. The topic for this session was entitled "Wild With Water." Children were taught a multitude of facts about water...
Navy SEALS were in the Odessa area recently, using the property of Tony and Pam Williams for training purposes. The group spent four days in the classroom prior to heading into the field to practice sharpshooting accuracy and the use of modified M-16s. Through a friend of a friend, Tony Williams was put into contact with the people in charge of the SEALS, who were looking for relatively remote areas in which to offer the training to instructors who will then go on to train others. The SEALS are certainly not known as...
Last Wednesday was an event in Odessa at Reiman Park that, admittedly, came together at the last minute. That might explain the low turnout, even with the free food offered. Flyers were put up around town, and word went out through Facebook posts, but no one thought to put an ad in the local newspaper. Would that have resulted in a bigger crowd? We cannnot say so for sure, but plenty of people were said not to have known a thing about it despite the flyers and Facebook...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library Wednesday, July 26, at 6 p.m. Prior to the regular meeting, the board held a budget workshop in the district office, with superintendent Dan Read giving a brief overview of revenues and expenditures budgeted for each of the funds in the budget. Chairman Ed Deife opened the budget hearing right before the regular meeting, and Read gave a brief overview of the proposed 2017-18 budget. He gave...
Needed at this time by the Odessa Food Bank are the following items: Peanut butter, jelly, jams, soups, spaghetti sauce, spaghetti noodles, Hamburger Helper-style boxed meals, healthy breakfast cereals, canned chicken, pork and beans, tuna, laundry soap and shampoo. Items may be left at any local Odessa churches in labeled food bank containers. The Food Bank is open to its approved clients the last Thursday of each month from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and is located at Foursquare Church, 411 E. First Ave., at the alley...
Bellevue, Wash. (July 31, 2017) - This week’s triple digit weather will make it extra dangerous and deadly for children or pets if left in a vehicle, even for a short amount of time. AAA Washington recommends parents, caregivers and pet owners to never leave a child or pet unattended in a vehicle, even if the vehicle is parked in the shade or has a window open. On a mild or overcast day with an outside temperature of 70 degrees the internal temperature of a vehicle will increase to 104 degrees in just 30 minutes, causing a c...
Fires in crop fields and pasture lands kept Odessa firefighters busy over the past few weeks. The weather has been very dry since the beginning of summer, and any small spark can turn into a conflagration. Paul and Kerry Scheller have had their share of fire troubles. The winter snows and spring rains have made for an abundant crop, but at the same time, there is much thick stubble just waiting for a spark to ignite it. Over this past weekend, the Schellers experienced their third field fire this season. Although combine...
The caption to one of the photos accompanying our story on an ag class attended at WSU by HaLee Walter was intended for a photo we are running this week. The photo in the July 27, 2017 issue should have the following caption: Odessa ag teacher HaLee Walter, fourth from left in the middle row, and her classmates learned about a new ag curriculum, surveying methods and more at WSU in Pullman this summer that they will take back to their classrooms....
Billings, Mont. - In the wake of the discovery of a cow in Alabama infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) that did not enter the U.S. food supply, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement regarding his organization’s involvement in strengthening the nation’s BSE safeguards. “Bovine spongiform encephalopathy was first detected in Europe in 1986 and then spread to 25 countries. Worldwide, more than 180,000 cattle contracted the disease and 205 human deaths in 11 countries were attributed to BS...
Summer Reading Program Eighteen energetic and vivacious children modified the normally quiet atmosphere of the Harrington Public Library on Thursday afternoon about 2 p.m., when they descended from the Summer Camp Program at the school for their last two hours of the day. Emma Aldrich led their lesson with an inquiry as to what the students already knew about space. The children looked through "The Science of Everything" from National Geographic and "Science Encyclopedia" by...
In a normal year, the canola harvest would be finished by now and even the subsequent wheat harvest would be winding down. This year, the long winter has led to concurrent harvesting of canola and wheat. Farmers and their families are extremely busy. By all accounts, the northwest wheat harvest is turning out very well in terms of quality and quantity. The only caveat – low prices. The large harvest worldwide has left no shortage of this commodity. Better weather, with rain f...
OLYMPIA – Washington’s average annual wage grew by 4.8 percent in 2016 to $58,957, representing the largest percentage increase year over year since 2007. The average weekly wage rose from $1,082 in 2014 to $1,133 in 2016, according to the state Employment Security Department These figures include only those wages covered by unemployment insurance. Much of the increase was driven by a 7.3 percent increase in total earnings, which grew by nearly $12.5 billion in 2016. Overall, the average number of workers in Washington cov...
OLYMPIA - July 25, 2017 - The Washington Department of Revenue is warning businesses to be aware of an email phishing scam targeting Washington state businesses. The scammers are sending emails that appear to come from Revenue and provide them with instructions to renew their business license using alternate links to the “My DOR” business licensing system. Businesses are encouraged to be on the lookout for this, and other similar scams, and never click on an unusual link in an email. To avoid falling victim to this scam, bus...
Preparations for Fest have begun in earnest over the past couple of weeks. The Chamber’s marketing committee has printed posters and smaller heavy-paper cards to hand out to interested visitors and to send with Miss Odessa and her princess as they ride the Odessa community float in various celebrations throughout the area. Several groups and organizations which have chalets in the Fest Platz have been seen downtown sprucing up their facilities with new paint and added decorations. The members of Christ Lutheran Church, w...
SEATTLE - Today is the final day for the public to comment on an updated assessment of four pesticides that environmental and food-safety groups worry are killing off bees. Hundreds of thousands of public comments are being delivered to EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., today by Friends of the Earth, the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice and others. They’re urging the agency to ban pesticides known as neonicotinoids. Attorney Janette Brimmer with Earthjustice says there isn’t enough scrutiny from the EPA of...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday evening with two members of the town’s engineering firm providing reports. Steven Nelson reported that the downtown street project is finished except for the intersection of Division and First Avenue area where a water pipe with no shutoff had been found. Public works director Rod Webster plans to have the town crew work on sealing off the pipe and finishing whatever work remains. Repeated attempts to find the source of the water coming through the pipe have been unsuccessful, said W...
As we go to press this week, harvest has yet to start within the closest environs of Odessa, although the station of the Odessa Trading Co. at Batum began receiving hard red winter wheat last week. This week, the stations at Moody and Ruff also began receiving hard red winter wheat, with one dryland field coming in at 60-61 bushels to the acre. The few quality reports that have come in also look good so far, according to Mark Cronrath, marketing manager for OTC. The station at...
HOHS July 10, Monday evening at 7 p.m., the Harrington Opera House Society met in the Art Room with the following persons present: Billie Herron, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Edwin and Bunny Haugan, Karen Robertson, Marge Womach, Carol Giles and Cherie MacClellan. Maintenance issues were discussed and the event schedule was reviewed. City Council Harrington City Council met Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., at city hall with the following present: Mayor Dillon Haas; councilmen Justin Slack,...
OLYMPIA – Attorney General Bob Ferguson has joined a federal lawsuit demanding that Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt complete a scientific safety review of the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. Pruitt abruptly halted a review already underway earlier this year. According to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the EPA can allow the continued use of a pesticide at certain levels only if it finds that pesticide to be safe. Ferguson, four other states and the District of Columbia filed a motion in the U...
GRANT COUNTY, WA – Grant County Health District staff are investigating 12 confirmed cases of pertussis (whooping cough), with additional tests pending. All confirmed cases are within the Ephrata and Moses Lake communities. None of the cases have been hospitalized. There is the potential for more cases to occur. All “close” family contacts have been notified and offered and started on post-exposure prophylaxis. In an effort to control the spread of the disease, the Grant County health officer has recommended antibiotics for i...
Independence Day in Odessa was a relatively calm and quiet affair, with only a few evening fireworks disturbing the peaceful, small-town atmosphere that prevailed most of the day. The members of the Odessa Volunteer Fire Department and their families served up a lunch of pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, potato salad, chips and watermelon. The crowd was large, as people came out to enjoy the sunshine and the company. The pool was open for swimmers to enjoy, and Odessa's...
The last three individuals in the 1957 group photo should have been identified as Leota (Sackman) Greenwalt, Janice (Giese) Graham and Patty (Gross) Bischoff....
Allen Barth Memorial Saturday, July 15, is the date for the Allen Barth Memorial and Pig Roast which Allen had planned more than a month ago as a fundraiser for the PDA. This event will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m. with the BBQ to be held about 11 a.m. With Allen’s sudden death, it was determined to continue with his plans and use it to honor him as the founding father of The Studebaker Garage where he always loved to have large gatherings. It is the hope of his family, friends and the community at large that t...
As reported at Monday evening’s town council meeting, Odessa police chief Tom Clark is very pleased with a computer application now available to Odessa residents that allows alerts to be issued on subjects related to public safety. Even as the app was going live, it was put to use in helping to find two elderly Odessa gentlemen who had gone missing. Both were found safe and sound and returned to their loved ones. The app allows users to anonymously contact the Odessa police with such information as tips about crimes in p...
Anaheim, California was the destination for 29 members of Odessa High School’s Future Business Leaders of America chapter competing in the 2017 National Leadership Conference. Over 12,000 students were in attendance competing in nearly 100 events. Odessa competed in ten events, the most ever, and were thrilled when members placed in five of these events! Two Business Financial Plan teams came away with awards. The team of Molly Schafer, Eric Johnston and Jayd Jennings placed third, and the team of Wyatt Haase, Ireland L...
