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Asked by Heidi, Cincinnati, OH Dear Heidi It’s a big week for Pluto as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gets a close-up look at the distant, icy world. But first, the answer to your question: Pluto is not a planet. Scientists called it a planet when it was discovered in 1930. They needed a name for it and an 11-year-old girl living in London at the time came up with “Pluto.” Things changed in 2006. “Pluto is now classified as minor planet 134340,” said my friend Jessica Jones at the Washington State University Planetarium...
Asked by Ash, 6, SeaTac, WA Dear Ash, We’ve learned a lot about how water supports life on the blue planet, but the first drop is a bit mysterious. Scientists have a few theories about how it happened. My friend Jen Adam co-leads the State of Washington Water Research Center. She told me the answer really goes “beyond physics.” She introduced me to her friend Michael Goldsby, a philosopher of science. Adam and Goldsby work together at Washington State University studying climate change and water. Earth’s water covers three-f...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up. Hi, here I am again. While talking with Virgil, Marian, and Joyce about their mother, they all remembered the following –(1.) Her weekly schedule while living out at Batum was; Monday, washing clothes; Tuesday, ironing clothes, Wednesday, “mid-week” baking, Thursday and Friday, cleaning the “main” house; Saturday, “serious” baking, Sunday, church. (2.)...
To the Editor: Odessa is a small community with a traditional agriculture base. The local opportunities that are currently available to our youth include sports, church, FBLA, Science, 4-H, and FFA. With this information I am saddened to learn that a few would like to see our school drop the agricultural classes and FFA program and take this unique opportunity away from our youth. The argument has been made that not enough students desire to or are available to take agriculture education classes; however ag ed classes exist...
Carrots tend to get overlooked except as the color in a veggie tray or grated into salads. Savory Grill Roasted Carrots flavorful side dish easy to prepare along side any slow grilling item as they need about 1 hour of cooking time. Savory Grill Roasted Carrots 1 pound carrots 2 Tbsp bottled Italian dressing Clean carrots, peel if necessary and cut into 1-1/4 inch pieces. Cut larger carrots in half. Place in a bowl and drizzle with dressing, mixing well to coat evenly. Place...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up. Hi, here I am again. Bertha Raugust grew up at Batum, lived in both houses, the Sam Reimann one and the new one. She attended Batum School for a few years. 1916 appears to be the last year of attendance. In 1915 at age 14, Bertha got a job cooking for a harvest crew that was working with a thrasher. She cooked, baked, etc. for 14 men all by herself. Around...
Asked by Rohan Dear Rohan, The left and right side of the brain each have unique abilities, so when they come together, it’s a kind of brain duet. My friend Sheila Converse is a music professor here at Washington State University. She said to try this out: Snap the fingers of your left hand while patting your right leg with your right hand. It might seem crisscrossed, but the left side of the brain is controlling the right hand. Meanwhile, the right side of the brain is controlling the left hand. As you hear the snaps and p...
Asked by Lydia, 8, Essex, England. Dear Lydia, A cookie is a tiny file of text that gathers information about you as you browse the web. You might be familiar with cookies if your computer has ever asked if you wanted to turn them on or off. Let’s say you want to go visit your favorite website. Maybe it is one with cat videos. Humans seem to love cat videos, especially the ones where we are doing something silly. You open up a web browser and type in the web address, which starts out with H-T-T-P. HTTP is a kind of l...
Graduation parties, reunion picnics and family barbeques can fill a June calendar quickly. Salads are on the menu, and all are ideal for summer dining events. Twist Tuna Salad, from the collection of the late Mrs. Rueben (Elizabeth) Fink, can serve as a side or main dish salad. I received this recipe from Elizabeth in 1989 and she told me it got the name from the spiral pasta, but for me the “twist” is the dill seasoning and the colorful red onion. Twist Tuna Salad 6 oun...
Asked by Ms. Flores and her fourth grade students in East Alton, Ill. Dear Ms. Flores and 4th graders, There’s wind in the Alton, Illinois, forecast this week, so it’s prime time for an answer. In fact, it looks like there’s wind all around Earth and even some gusts out on other planets. My friend Nic Loyd, a meteorologist at Washington State University, studies all kinds of weather. He told me the simple answer: Wind is moving air. We thought you might want to know more about how it works. Wind happens both because of how t...
To the Editor: I was reading last week’s newspaper about how well the Odessa High FBLA did, along with what the track and field team did. We get the Tacoma Tribune and we get to read about shootings at high schools and teachers in love with their students. Odessa High should be very proud of its school. My better half (Joanne Kingsbury) went to a country school where there were only seven in her class. Chuck Wood Gig Harbor...
To the Editor: Most of my life I remember that there was a serious penalty for doing or saying things that could cause a riot or serious injuries. It is also deeply imbedded in my memory that we have freedom of speech that I believe has been abused by using these incendiary statements. During the last decade it seems that our great republic has seen some African-American leaders abuse the law about free speech to the point these words have helped incite riots. These riots appear to be getting larger in scope and longer in...
Asked by Michael, Ceres, CA Dear Michael, A hundred years ago, human beings only lived to be about 50 years old. Now people are living longer, so there’s more time for cancer to develop in their bodies. That’s what I learned from my friend David Liu who researches cancer at Washington State University. In the lab where Liu works, tiny bugs that don’t live very long at all are helping his team understand more about cancer in humans. “The fruit fly has made a wonderful contribution to genetics and cancer research,” Liu said....
Washington-grown asparagus is in season, and available at markets and road side stands. Steamed and seasoned with a bit of butter, salt and pepper or prepared in your favorite main dish, nothing beats the flavor of fresh-from-the- field asparagus. Precious Frittata Prima-vera, a recipe from the Precious dairy products company, is a savory main course for breakfast, luncheons or dinner. Preparation time is less than 20 minutes, and the nearly 1 hour baking time makes it ideal...
Asked by Hailey, 10, Ontario Dear Hailey, Cats love attention, but we don’t get jealous like humans do. It’s one of those emotions that set human beings apart from other creatures in the animal kingdom. But I can’t imagine it’s the most pleasant. The poet William Shakespeare once called jealousy a green-eyed monster. Still, it’s an emotion that can help you navigate the world. To learn more about it, I met up with my friend Craig Parks. He’s a psychology professor at Washington State University who studies how humans tick. Hu...
I’ve heard it several times from people who claim belief in God and faith in Christ: “It’s all about me and Jesus.” In a manner of speaking, confessing that “it’s all about me and Jesus” is true. Jesus came to earth, shed his blood on the cross, and died for you. He died so that you might have life. So, in a sense, it is all about you and Jesus, because Jesus is, was, and always will be for you. But, there are at least two problems with confessing that “it’s all about me and...
Facebook has a custom of post called; “Throwback Thursday.” Participants post photos of past events and friends respond with remembrances of those events. We are in the season of wedding and baby showers and my “Throwback” is recipes for shower refreshments from the 1970’s. Lemon Fluff was a staple for showers and teas in the era. For variety change the gelatin flavor for, Cherry Fluff, Strawberry Fluff or Lime Fluff. The recipe was given to me by Ada Larsen of Marysvill...
Asked by Danielle of Latrobe, Tasmania. Dear Danielle, Movies not only took the ideas and inventions of people, but also the work of a horse. Her name was Sallie Gardner and the debate of her day was whether or not horses ever had all four hooves off the ground during a gallop. The human eye moved too slowly to see what was going on with horses’ hooves, so in 1872, the governor of California hired photographer Eadweard Muybridge to find out. Muybridge set up big cameras around a track to capture Sallie Gardner in motion. H...
To the Editor: As Lincoln County Superior Court Administrator, I want to alert our residents to jury duty scams that are becoming more prevalent across the county and around Washington. We greatly value our citizens willing to serve on jury duty and are very concerned that you might become victims of a scam artist out to take your money, and using the name of the court to do so. Please be aware that citizens in several Washington Counties as well as around the country have lost large sums of money. Here is how it usually...
To the Editor: In 1833, Joseph Story made this observation about the United States Post Office: “The post-office establishment has already become one of the most beneficent and useful establishments under the national government.” In 2015, the post office remains a major benefit to the American people and businesses. And this is despite the Republican effort since 2006 to undermine the U.S. Constitution in the attempt to privatize the post office. In 2006, the Republicans in Congress manufactured a crisis by claiming tha...
Asked by Xitan of The Philippines. Dear Xitan, Look up to the twinkly stars and you’ll witness starlight traveling from deep space to your eyeballs. That twinkling you see is the light taking lots and lots of detours. Out in space, astronauts don’t see stars twinkle. I learned about this from my friend, astronaut John Fabian. He studied engineering at Washington State University and flew two space shuttle missions with NASA. Before his missions, they told him not to worry if the stars weren’t twinkling in space. It’s normal...
To the Editor: Kids and water... Your front-page article on bridge-building kids brought back memories; when I was a lot younger I played in the creek. Without water we couldn’t live here and without kids we wouldn’t be here, cause we all started out as kids, so why are you trying to stop the kids from having fun. If you take a trip around town, I think you will see a lot of boats so I think a lot of us older kids like to play in the water, only we call it fishing. Henry Wilson Odessa...
To the Editor: Congress is still fighting about whether or not La Raza ( Liberals) will win and we would legally become a multi-lingual country. The Red party would like to pass “The English Language Unity Act” that would make us a Legal English Language Republic. This Bill has been viable for years but there were not enough votes to pass it. La Raza would have voters faced with ballots in over 200 languages. The number of people and their languages is increasing thanks to our lack of immigration laws that have teeth! For...
To the Editor: On Saturday, April 18, 2015, the ladies of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League of Zion Emmanual hosted the South Columbia Zone Spring Joy Shop – with the theme “Abundant Gifts.” The mission of the LWML is to assist each woman of the LWML in offering her relationship with the triune God so that she is enabled to use her gifts in ministry to the people of the world. Bible study, a slide presentation by Mary Lynn Huntwork on her mission trip to Alaska and an ingathering of items needed for the Odessa Communi...
