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Michael Cronrath, the social studies teacher at the Harrington School District, reports that the Eastern Seaboard Trip of 2015 is only about 18 months away. Students (and adult chaperones) from Harrington, Davenport, Sprague, Odessa and other surrounding communities have gone on this trip in the past and have deemed it a worthwhile educational experience. The trips are organized through Smithsonian Student Travel, which has informed Cronrath that that the price for the trip will go up after the first of the year. However, if...
Former Odessa residents Clay and Jewel Floch attended the Floch Memorial Games held at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake December 7. They returned to the U.S. in September after having spent 4.5 years in China working as foster parents at an orphanage for disabled children. The Flochs lost their two sons, Ryan and Drew, in a fishing accident in the Pacific Ocean that also took the lives of Jewel's father and a nephew. Ryan and Drew were both graduates of Odessa High...
Scores of businesses are contacting the Department of Labor & Industries to report they have received an official-looking letter that implies they must buy required workplace posters or face fines. L&I did not send the letters, but wants to remind companies that the workplace posters are available for free. The mass mailing has confused many business owners, who assume it’s from L&I. The letters say “final notice,” are addressed to individual businesses, and include a payment stub to purchase the posters for $295. It’s...
Mayor Paul Gilliland opened the city council meeting at 7 p.m. Dec 11th with all members present: Levi Schenk, Terri Howe, Michael Cronrath, Rick Becker and Peter Davenport. Sharon Schultz and Paul Charlton on the dog issue committee were present, as was Scott McGowan and Marge Womach. The proposed new ordinance is continued in review with the city attorney, the insurance agent and AWC. The law enforcement contract with Lincoln County Sheriff's office and the Town of Harrington was discussed, and the council voted to approve...
Each of the seven rural libraries in Adams and Lincoln counties has received extra materials on their shelves due to a grant administered by the Washington State Library, and the efforts of Carolyn Peterson, Assistant Program Manager at the State Library (carolyn.petersen@sos.wa.gov). The Washington State Library is a division of the Office of Secretary of State. "We at the State Library are very pleased to give the CLRS grants to help these libraries grow their collections...
Odessa High School science teacher Jeff Wehr has informed The Record that his former science student, Kira Powell (now attending the Colorado School of Mines), has officially had a minor planetoid named after her, 28537 Kirapowell, discovered Feb. 29, 2000, by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Team at Socorro, New Mexico. Kira Elizabeth Powell (b. 1994) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She...
According to Damon Pistulka, Transmessis Columbia Plateau (Odessa’s biodiesel facility, formerly IEO) started crushing canola and making biodiesel December 4. The first load of canola meal was shipped December 5, and the first load of biodiesel has been made and is now awaiting shipment....
Washington Federal Bank has replaced Bank of America in Odessa. New signs replaced the old on Monday of this week as the purchase of several smaller branch offices of BoA was completed by Washington Federal....
USDA’s Risk Management Agency reminds producers of the fast approaching winter and spring sales closing dates for multiple-peril crop insurance programs, whole-farm insurance programs, the Adjusted Gross Revenue Pilot, and Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite. AGR and AGR-Lite cover most farm-raised crops, animals, and animal products. Current policyholders and uninsured growers must make all of their decisions on crop insurance coverage before the sales closing date. If there is no coverage in a county for a specific crop under t...
The federal shutdown in October generated one dubiously positive result: it helped to lift the state’s unemployment rate enough to reactivate nine weeks of long-term unemployment benefits that were shut off in August. Currently in Washington, jobless workers can claim up to 54 weeks of unemployment benefits, including 26 weeks of regular, state-paid benefits and 28 weeks of federally funded emergency unemployment compensation (EUC). Nationwide, EUC is paid in a series of four tiers. All states qualify for tier 1, but tiers 2...
Premiums for workers’ compensation insurance next year will increase for the first time in three years, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has announced. The average 2.7 percent rate increase for 2014 premiums is an increase of less than two cents per hour worked. This modest increase in rates is part of a long-term plan to ensure steady and predictable rates by benchmarking against wage inflation,” said L&I Director Joel Sacks. “It will also help to gradually rebuild the workers’ comp reserves.” Noting that the...
The December Agricultural Survey and County Agricultural Production Survey (CAPS) conducted by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are designed to obtain crucial year-end production information that is important for producers, suppliers, bankers, and grain elevator operators. These surveys ask producers to provide information on their planted acres, harvested acres, yields, total levels of production for specific commodities, and the quantities of grains and oilseeds stored on-farm. The results of t...
Thirty-six people attended the third annual community Thanksgiving dinner last week at the Old Town Hall in Odessa. The dinner is sponsored by the Odessa Masonic lodge members who provide the turkey for the feast. Organizer and turkey cook Lise Ott reported that the "pot-luck" meal was delicious as always, but that a couple of people were taken aback when no potatoes arrived. Diners included a number of single individuals, but also families and groups of friends. Games of...
State Senator Mark Schoesler (9th District) and Representative Judy Warnick (13th District) were awarded Honorary Life Memberships by the Columbia Basin Development League during their conference and annual meeting held in Moses Lake last month. Clark Kagele, a League board member said that, “Legislators from the 9th and 13th Districts provided the leadership to get the job done and worked to secure the largest state investment ever in Project infrastructure. Schoesler, the Senate Republican Leader, and Warnick, the then r...
The Odessa Lions Club Turkey Carnival, held last Saturday in the community center, was another successful venture for the service club that has been a fixture in Odessa for decades. This was, in fact, the 72nd Turkey Carnival in Odessa’s history. Businesses and individuals donated prizes for a raffle that, in addition to the bingo games played for turkeys, raised money for the club’s various civic and national projects. A “spin the wheel” game also allowed participants to win...
TransMessis Colombia Plateau, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TransMessis Renewable Energy, Inc., has announced that it had closed on an approximately $6 million restructuring of the integrated canola crushing and biodiesel production operation in Odessa. This restructuring includes an operating agreement on the physical plant with the Odessa Public Development Authority, investment in working capital to allow an immediate restart of production, and additional investment to allow an approximately three-fold increase in the...
TransMessis Columbia Plateau LLC, the new tenant of the biodiesel production facility in Odessa, Wash., has lined up seed supply for the facility’s planned start-up in December, but the firm continues to scout for additional supply. “We’re always looking for seed,” Joel Edmonds, president of TransMessis Columbia Plateau, or TCP, told the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) last week. As reported by OPIS, the Odessa Public Development Authority (OPDA), which is responsible for leasing the facility, announced last week th...
Sunday evening at 7 p.m., the Harrington United Methodist Church sponsored this year's annual community Thanksgiving service. Randy Behrens of the Harrington United Methodist Church opened the evening service with a welcome and the Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. This was followed by "Come Ye Thankful People Come". Tony Hamilton of the Community Church led in the Responsive Reading and the Lord's Prayer. An offering was taken for needs of local people. Unable to attend, Jo Gooley had volunteered to represent the Catholic Churc...
The Phi Theta Kappa chapter of Green River Community College has honored 2008 Odessa High School graduate Lauren Crosby for superior academic achievement with an invitation to membership in Phi Theta Kappa, the International Honor Society of Community Colleges. Phi Theta Kappa is the oldest, largest and most prestigious honor society serving two-year colleges around the world with nearly 2.5 million members and 1,280 chapters in nine nations. Privileges of membership include...
The Odessa School District announces the sponsorship of the Simplified Summer Food Program for Children. Meals will be made available at no charge to attending children 18 years of age and younger. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. If you believe you have been treated unfairly, you may file a complaint of discrimination by writing, USDA, Director, Office of Adjudicati...
Love’s Travel Stops (Love’s) in Ritzville, on I-90, Exit 221, opened its doors for business on October 31. Love’s is a 24/7 operation featuring a Carl’s Jr. restaurant, gourmet coffee selection, a variety of fountain drinks, fresh fruit, name-brand snacks, travel items, gift merchandise and more. This location will also have 72 parking spaces for professional truck drivers. An on-site Love’s Truck Tire Care center is scheduled to open in December. To celebrate the opening, Love’s held a ribbon cutting at the location on...
By MARJORIE WOMACH Mike Cronrath organized an all-school Veteran’s Program with participation from many of the various age groups. Debra Armstrong and Karen Kennedy handed out programs during the prelude. Madison Charlton, ASB President, made the introductory comments prior to the opening with a flag ceremony. The third and fourth graders sang the Star Spangled Banner under the direction of Mr David Nighswonger. Mike Cronrath made opening remarks and introduced the veterans that were present, one in uniform. Cronrath e...
Colville Rural Resources Community Action has announced the availability of specially trained personnel as a part of a new program in Lincoln County. The “Health Plan Navigator Program” at Rural Resources is underway to help Lincoln County residents explore their health plan options as a part of the nationwide healthcare decision-making process required by the Affordable Care Act. Washington state created the Health Benefits Exchange as a marketplace for public and private healthcare coverage options. The Washington Hea...
Lincoln County Sheriff Wade W. Magers reports that on November 6, 2013, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call around 5:30 a.m. reporting a man who was acting erratically and behaving unusual in the Lincoln area. Deputies Mark Stauffer and Calen Hayes responded and upon arriving learned the suspect was in the woods, as they could hear him yelling and screaming. Upon checking the area further deputies could hear banging sounds in the woods below them. The suspect was located walking from a residence in the are...
TransMessis Columbia Plateau is the new name of the Odessa biodiesel plant formerly known as Inland Empire Oilseeds, LLC. An investor group from Houston, Texas is providing the financial backing required by the Odessa Public Development Authority (OPDA) prior to signing the agreement to lease the facility to the new management team. Damon Pistulka, a resident of Edmonds, Wash., will be the manager, as the plant gears up to restart production after several months of forced...
