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Snow drops are blooming and we are past the vernal equinox, so it must be spring. Sunny days whet our taste buds for the fruits of summer, but the local berries, vegetables and fruits are still a few months in the future. Maybe this is why lemon flavored recipes come to the fore in springtime. Coincidentally, the first of the gluten free recipes to come along in response to my request on behalf of gluten free diet readers is lemon based. Merleen Smith shared the recipe for...
My mother lives with me and I'm involved in her medical care. She's a tough cookie. But like many 88-year-olds, she has several health problems. We visit her doctor at least once a month to report what's working and what isn't doing the trick. Recently the doctor ordered blood work that showed she was low in vitamin D. So now I've added vitamin D tablets to her daily medication regime. In the summer our bodies produce vitamin D when sunlight strikes our skin. But during the...
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. Last week the article was about some of the grain storage structures at the Steve Fink farm. This week we continue on and learn about the house in the trees. The picture was in The Odessa Record in 1956. Before 1914, the Conrad and Anna Fink family lived in a structure constructed by...
To the Editor: It is getting close to a year since we had an armed assault on a power station in California and we have no answers from our government. Last April 16, a person or persons slipped into an underground vault outside of San Jose. Telephone cables were cut in a way that made them difficult to repair. Cameras picked up a streak of light about a half hour later and snipers opened fire. The shooter appeared to be aiming at the transformer’s cooling systems that were filled with oil. The system leaked 52,000 gallons t...
“You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.” - Wayne Gretzky From the ordering take-out, to choosing a baby name, we have all come to a point in our lives when we have been faced with a choice. I have seen too many people always choosing the same thing, the same methods, the same path they travel every time. It pains me to see so few people who are willing to try new things. One of these things is “the usual”. When I go out to eat or see a character on TV and they ask for “the usual”, it bothers me probably m...
Even if I walked to work each day, I would still be indebted for my daily bread to cars and trucks. The many goods we buy in stores arrive at their destinations courtesy of the internal combustion engine. Motors and engines are woven into the warp and weft of all our economic activity from farming to manufacturing. Although small amounts of biofuels are mixed with the gasoline we purchase, most of the fuel we use comes from crude oil. Energy companies work night and day to...
An overview and analysis of HB 2175 indicates the bill would help improve Washington’s wireless telecommunications climate, making it easier and less costly for wireless companies to respond to ever-increasing consumer demand for wireless telecommunications services. Among other things, HB 2175 would require local governments to allow one permit for multiple small cell networks, known as microcells, instead of a permit for each individual microcell facility. Based on WPC’s research and analysis, HB 2175 would serve the pub...
Sometimes when we feel we want something that we may not need, we immediately seek out this item, or perform this action. However, we may not realize that it will be better for us, in time, if we try not to indulge in what we want right away. For example, say today you went to the store and saw on the shelf, shining in all it’s aluminum glory, a king-sized Snickers candy bar. You have several options now. You can A) buy the candy bar and immediately inhale it before you can even get to your car, B) Pass it up altogether, o...
Hi, here I am again. This week we continue on and learn about the grain elevators. The picture aside was taken in 2009. There is no mystery about these structures. The crib one was built during Reuben Fink's time (1950) and the capacity was about 14,000/15,000 bushels. The metal tank next to the crib elevator was constructed during Alvin Fink's time. I asked Alvin "why did your father build the elevator? Was it so he could store grain and not have to pay W.C. Raugust/OTC or ot...
To the Editor: We have the White House and their party trying to shift the news media away from their most recent problems. We had warm weather, draught, electricity shortages and petroeum shortages for many years. Think back to the 70s with California talking about running a pipeline from the Columbia River, lines at the gas pump, room temperatures at 62 degrees in schools and givernment buildings. Also, we need to remember rationing during World War II. We would have enough petroleum if Obama would approve Keystone and the...
Apples and cherries are the focus ingredient of two dessert bars served at a recent women’s gathering. Merleen Smith, in charge of refreshments for the event, shared the recipes she prepared. Apple Caramel Cheesecake Bars are a layered dessert, with the crust partially baked before adding the filling and topping. Merleen found both of her recipes in the Taste of Home,” Simply Delicious” cookbook and this recipe is attributed to Katherine White of Clemmons, N. Carolina. Apple...
We've all seen globes in classrooms. They represent the Earth well -- better than flat maps can do. But all the globes I've seen in schools have national boundaries on them, usually indicated by having nations in different colors. The U.S. is yellow, Canada is light green, Mexico is pink, and so on. When I was a child my big brother owned a globe like that, and I got to pore over it sometimes. My sister-in-law has a different globe, one specially purchased for her by her...
Much ink and, unfortunately, much blood have been spilled over the question of salvation. From the early days of Christianity, believers have sought a fuller understanding of what is required for entrance into eternal life. The question is even posed directly to Jesus in the Gospels: "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" Scripture and Tradition teach that it is faith – in itself a gift from God – that saves. Unless one embraces the truth of Jesus' saving action thr...
Every time I fill my gas tank, I see the notice on the pump that explains part of the fuel I'm buying is ethanol. Ethanol is alcohol, a type of biofuel rather than fossil fuel. While biofuels can be good to promote national energy independence and possibly help with greenhouse gas emissions, the ethanol in our gasoline is made from corn. (The starch in the corn is broken down into sugars that are then fermented into alcohol.) With corn ethanol, we are essentially putting food...
We love cookies in Odessa. I have quite a backlog of cookie recipes waiting to be printed. Quick bars, rolled or frosted drop cookies, there is something here for just about any cookie occasion. Joyce McClanahan shared the recipe for the delicious Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars she brought to a January quilters meeting. She found the recipe in the January, 2006 issue of Pillsbury Quick Comfort Food. The recipe calls for refrigerated cookie dough and ready to spread frosting,...
When my husband, Tom, gave his retirement sermon in our church in Buckley, his topic was “A man with no regrets.” Not many people can say that of their lives, but he could. Tom and I have many, many great memories in our 55 years together (50 married). The greatest was serving the Lord for 42 years. Another was how each of our children came to us through adoption. Over the years, Tom traveled to many states to teach pastors; he loved doing that. He also had no regrets writing his book “The Grace Based Life”, which wasn’t...
The rally in grains has continued over the last two weeks. Dry conditions in the Southern Plains and decent export demand have finally forced the speculative commodity funds to cover about half of their record short position in the wheat futures. Corn and soybeans have also moved higher as investment funds have lightened their positions in equities and shifted some of their funds back into the commodity markets. Technically the market is now overbought and possibly due for a technical correction at some point. On the...
“Without labor, neither knowledge nor wisdom can accomplish much.” -FFA opening ceremonies, Advisor In my pursuit of happiness I have found that, in great part, the aspect of that pursuit which has brought the most toil, yet by far the most satisfaction, is the collection of knowledge. Within every category of knowledge, there is so much to be known that there never will be a single being alive who can acquire every bit of fact about it. Thus, knowledge is never-ending. We can know nothing, yet we can never know everything. W...
There are two main things most people would like to know about particular volcanoes: when is the next eruption and how big will that eruption be? Scientists in Iceland have taken another step forward in monitoring volcanoes to best predict when they will erupt and even warn people of the size of the coming eruption. In May of 2011, a volcano in Iceland named Grímsvötn erupted. It generated a 12-mile-high plume of volcanic debris that temporarily grounded airplanes as far a...
The last time The Record ran this column was November 1, 2012. This week the column continues with more about the Finks. In 1991, an article written by Linda Gustafson, published in The Odessa Record (TOR), mentioned the following: (1) That Reuben went to the Frederick school southwest of Odessa which was east three and a half miles from the Fink farm. That he, Reuben, walked or rode a horse to school because there wasn't any school bus service. Alvin Fink told me that during...
To the Editor: I’d like to say thank you to the Odessa Record for the good information you provide. I am one of those who live elsewhere, but subscribe to keep up with Odessa happenings. A number of my relatives live in the area. It sounds like you have a lot of changes going on - always a challenge – and those deadlines to meet. I do want to thank you for continuing “This Week in Odessa History” where I learn a lot about the area and what life was like when my grandparents, Jacob and Eva Kallenberger, farmed north of Odes...
America has a new insidious disease that is choking the life out of our population! It’s called apathy. We are rapidly developing indifference to what is going on around us. Korea and Vietnam should have awakened us! Or when we passed one trillion dollars for our national debt during Reagan’s time in office. Then we have Clinton who was brash enough to tax social security and lied about Monica. The fiasco of Iraq during the Bush years as our debt is climbing at a faster rate. Then we have Obamacare, Afghanistn, the debt cli...
Dr. Haifang Wen grew up in a rural area of Shandong province, in eastern China. In his youth there were not many paved highways in the Chinese countryside. "Lots of the roads were gravel," he told me recently. "They were muddy when it rained. I remember riding a cow on them, or going along in a wagon pulled by a donkey." Living in those conditions, Wen could see quite a bit of room for improvement in road materials. "I thought, we can do better," he said with a smile. Thus...
I enjoy writing. I especially enjoy when others enjoy my writing. It takes hours to write a few full pages; it may take years to write a novel that will be enjoyed for only a few days. But in those few days, you will manipulate the emotions of a stranger. You will move them to feel, to think. You will make someone cry, laugh, wonder; you will stir emotion in the heart of a person you have never even seen. You can propose a thought, sparking a chain of reasoning that may lead to a life-changing revelation, or a simple...
Last week's letter to the editor from a parent unhappy about what they perceived as Seahawk fever at school stirred up a hornet's nest. Children are not always reliable reporters of what happens in any given situation, as this weeks retraction by the same letter writer makes abundantly clear. At times, we have all been guilty of throwing out allegations that are not backed up by facts. That's when we have to eat crow, as the saying goes. But The Record wants to thank the letter writer for using the newspaper as a venue for...
