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It took longer than any of us would’ve liked it to, but after 176 days and three special sessions, we were finally able to adjourn last week. Although we needed three special sessions, I am proud of many of the things we accomplished as a Legislature for the people of Washington state. My first session in Olympia truly exceeded my expectations. I made it my mission to build solid relationships with people on both sides of the aisle throughout the session, because I know how mu...
For the third week of the summer reading program, the children listened to a short story of the super-power of a dog’s nose which gives them the ability to find people lost in snow, or find drugs or explosives in the airport, or find lost children during a fire. Dogs have other super-powers that, with training, enable them to be seeing-eye dogs. Budding entomologists Cindy and Victoria Rice brought live specimens of insects in jars, while program director Bridget Rohner was well-prepared with placards depicting insects for t...
Odessa has had more than its share of tragedy in recent months. Traffic accidents of various kinds have affected several local families. The two most recent incidents were not fatalities, but they will certainly have enormous repercussions. The Grant County Sheriff reported that the car Larry Zagelow was driving drifted too far to the right, then rolled, perhaps several times. Larry’s son Jeff Zagelow spoke to The Record Tuesday and said that his father is making a slow recovery, but a recovery nonetheless. He has been m...
Last Saturday, July 18, a small car show was held in the parking lot across from the former Rolling Thunder Saloon and current Green Goat Gathering Art Gallery building. The purpose of the car show was to promote the coming car wash to downtown Odessa at some point in the future. Organizer Nate Lathrop said he had a great time organizing his first car show. Odessa has not had a car show in several years. He called it a “small but nice showing.” The People’s Choice winner was local resident Jim Zimprich with his 1936 GMC T...
The July 8 meeting of the Odessa and Harrington school boards was a special meeting held in Harrington to complete business regarding the two schools’ athletic cooperative that had been tabled at the previous meeting in June. The June meeting had drawn a relatively large crowd of parents from both towns who had expressed discontent with the Odessa board’s filling of a coaching position without the Harrington board’s expressed approval and various other issues of communication between the two school administrations and board...
A fire which tore through a Moses Lake business Friday has been ruled accidental. Grant County Deputy Fire Marshal Nathan Poplawski says employees at Inland Tarp and Cover, 4172 North Frontage Road East, accidentally ignited a fire while using a metal chop saw. Sparks from the cutting ignited nearby combustibles. Employees tried to put out the fire using extinguishers, but the fire quickly grew out of hand. Firefighters from Grant County Fire District 5 were called around 9:40 a.m., and quickly called for help from the Moses...
Troy Eldridge and Ty Trexler have been friends for several years. Both are chiropractors by profession. Both are family men and enjoy life in eastern Washington. As these things sometimes happen in life, their career trajectories came together at the right time for both men. Trexler, with offices in Coulee City and Wilbur, wanted to expand his business further. With a solid administrative crew in place, he wanted to offer his services to a wider geographical area. Eldridge, on the other hand, although he loves being a...
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today the following changes in the fire danger rating. Effective 12:01 a.m. on July 15, 2015: * Fire danger has increased from ‘high’ to ‘very high’ in Spokane and northern Lincoln counties, and Fire Districts 1 and 2 in Stevens County. * Fire danger remains ‘very high’ in Okanogan and Ferry counties * Fire danger remains ‘high’ in Pend Oreille County and in Stevens County outside of Fire Districts 1 and 2. The Industrial Fire Precaution Levels remain c...
Due to severe drought throughout much of the eastern half of the state, emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres has been authorized for many counties, including Lincoln County as of July 13, 2015. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency has authorized emergency haying and grazing for Lincoln County to provide livestock producers relief from drought or other natural disasters. Grazing is authorized through September 30 this year. Haying is authorized through August 31 this y...
No one in Odessa has filed to run for mayor in the November election. So what happens now? Councilwoman Lois Hubbard went to the Lincoln County Auditor’s office for the answer. Since no one filed for the office in either the initial filing period or the special additional filing period, the office will not even be on the November ballot. Therefore, there is also no possibility for a write-in candidate to be elected. Once current mayor Doug Plinski has concluded his final day as mayor on December 31, 2015, it will be up to t...
Several tax changes took effect July 1 following passage of Washington’s new state operating budget. Tax preferences expiring July 1, 2015 are: * The sales and use tax exemptions for machinery and equipment used directly for the retail sale of a biodiesel blend and E85 motor fuel and fuel delivery vehicles used to distribute such fuels. * The business and occupation (B&O) tax exemption for credits against power contracts with, or amounts received from, the Bonneville Power Administration. * The B&O deduction for the retail s...
The 2015 harvest has begun in earnest, two to three weeks ahead of schedule for most area farmers. Dry conditions have prevailed since last year, with spotty rain allowing some farmers good conditions for planting winter wheat, but almost no snow all winter and only scattered showers in March and May, plus late spring frosts, all of which adversely affected the crop. Since the beginning of June, there has been no rain at all and a three-week streak of hot weather with high temperatures in the triple digits. None of this has b...
Suellen White attended her final school board meeting in Odessa June 24. Board chairman Ed Deife thanked her for her service to the Odessa School District for the past six years. He also introduced and welcomed Dan Read, the incoming superintendent, whose contract begins July 1. White thanked the board and community for allowing her to be the superintendent for the past six years. She said she had planned to accept the job only for one year when she first took it on. But she...
Last week's Harrington column included a questionnaire used to prove up patent claims for homesteads. We continue here with question 14. Q. 14. Was the land occupied by any other person when you made such settlement? If so, state who lived there, and how you obtained possession. Ans. It was not. I was the first person to make settlement upon the land. Q. 15. When did you actually move on this land and commence living permanently thereon? Ans. I built my house in March 1884...
The largest federal reclamation project in the United States is gaining momentum. After contracts were issued in January to construct two siphons in Lind Coulee, the expansion of the East Low Canal portion of the Columbia Basin Project continues to advance. The East Low Canal delivers water to landowners in the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and is the source of water for the Odessa Ground Water Replacement Program. This expansion makes groundwater delivery possible...
According to the National Weather Service, the high temperature in Odessa on Sunday was 109 degrees Fahrenheit, just three degrees shy of the all-time record high temperature of 112 degrees set July 28, 1939....
The June 24 meeting of the Odessa School Board was one of the larger such meetings ever held, with supporters of the school’s ag program clamoring for an expanded, more robust program with a full-time ag teacher. Superintendent Suellen White, attending her final meeting in that role (she is retiring and the new superintendent Dan Read takes over July 1), described the current state of the district’s Agriculture Education Program. She told the board and those present that she understands the importance of the ag program to...
Odessa volunteer firefighters spent Sunday, the hottest day of the year 2015 so far, fighting two fires that started on the eastern outskirts of town, caused by downed power lines. Rural fire chief Roger Sebesta said the precise cause was still being investigated, but he suspected it had something to do with the extreme temperatures and the increased electrical loads due to air conditioners in use, irrigation pumps running, etc. Spectators a serious hazard for firefighting...
Vacation Bible School is a long-standing tradition in Odessa. It is generally held during the first week or two of the summer break from public school. The Odessa Ministerial Association, comprising the pastors of all of the Odessa churches, has jointly put on VBS for area children up through junior-high age. Pastor Jon Hayashi of Heritage Church, Pastor Bill Cox of the Foursquare Church, Pastor Mark Squire of the Zion Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Pastor Tim Hauge of Christ...
The Lincoln County Public Health Coalition is urging people to prepare for extreme heat this summer by staying cool, hydrated, and informed. Hot weather can be more than just uncomfortable. It can pose a threat to people’s health or even their lives. Heat exhaustion is a milder form of heat-related illness that can develop after several days of exposure to high temperatures and not drinking enough fluids. Heat stroke occurs when the body is no longer able to regulate its temperature. If not treated immediately, heat stroke c...
Odessa High School sophomore Cole Kissler, a member of the Advanced STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Research class was selected back in March by the Mid-Columbia Science and Engineering Fair to represent Washington state at the 2015 GENIUS Olympiad in Oswego, New York. Kissler and his mentor and teacher Jeff Wehr flew into Syracuse and then traveled to Oswego to present his science research project, "Engineering an Aluminum Cone-Studded Solar Panel to Increase Output Efficiency." Students from more than...
