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Residents who receive water or sewer service from the Town will be receiving a letter in their January utility bill informing them of an upcoming community-wide income survey. The Town of Odessa is seeking funding from state and federal agencies to help pay for much needed improvements to our community’s infrastructure. The letter explains that we have a better chance of qualifying for grants and low-interest loan by conducting an income survey. Without the income survey, our funding opportunities are limited. It is our g...
How does a chameleon change colors? Asked by Jasmine B. 12, Nepean, Canada and Marie F., 11, Ghana. Dear Jasmine and Marie, There’s something about a chameleon’s darting eyes, long tongue, curled tail and ability to climb that makes it a fascinating animal to watch. Especially when it’s changing colors. And the latest research on your question suggests that how a chameleon changes has more to do with light than scientists once thought. That’s what I learned from my friend Paul Verrell, a biologist at Washington State Univers...
Can you hear in space? Asked by a curious reader. Dear curious reader, Your question reminds me of an experiment: You put a ringing alarm clock in a jar and use a hose to slowly suck out all the air. As the air escapes, the ringing gets quieter until there’s no sound at all. The inside of the jar becomes what scientists call a vacuum. It’s empty. Just like space. Despite any zooms and explosions you may have heard in movies about outer space, sound actually can’t travel through empty space. That’s why on the moon, where t...
What are fingernails made of? Asked by Amy, 8, of Seattle. Dear Amy, My claws can come in quite handy when I need to scratch my ears or climb trees. I bet you’ve found that your own fingernails can be useful tools, too. Perhaps you’ve used them to pick up a penny or peel an orange. It turns out that while my claws and your fingernails look a little different, they are actually made out of the same thing: keratin. That’s what I discovered when I went to visit my friend Professor Lisa Carloye, who teaches biology here at Washi...
Dissatisfaction with government has a long history in this country. Henry David Thoreau noted this in his 1849 essay “Civil Disobedience,” where he claimed that to achieve “at once a better government,” individuals first have to become more just themselves before the government will follow suit. He further suggested that people needed to live their faith, not give lip service to it. Then the State would be just to all and “treat each individual with respect as a neighbor.” However, being just with one another and treating ea...
The Record has a new look beginning this week. We have changed over to a somewhat narrower format that will save us a little on our printing costs. We have maintained our six columns, but they are just a smidgen narrower than before. We will get the new advertising dimensions to our clients as soon as we have worked everything out. The question posed by one of our readers last week regarding the clearing of snow from SR 28 brought forth an explanation from another town resident who said an equipment failure had put a snow...
In 2006, Congress required the Postal Service to fully pre-fund 75 years of retiree health care benefits in 10 years. No one else has this burden; I know of no private businesses that do this. Unsurprisingly, the Post Office has difficulty finding the required $5.5 billion a year. One way to help the Post Office is to allow it to offer banking services the way it did until 1967. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders proposes “postal banking” to help the finances of the USPS and to help about 68 million low-income people fin...
Are you aware that America is involved with a Visa Waiver Program that allows as many as 20 million citizens from 38 countries to travel to the U.S. and stay for as many as 90 days? Therefore, people from friendly countries in Europe and Asia can visit without adequate screening by a U.S. consulate. It also allows Americans to travel abroad with minimum screening. With the world situation like it is, should this policy still be in affect? Business and tourist dollars are the reasons this program is still allowed to operate. S...
What are fingernails made of? Asked by Amy, 8, of Seattle. Dear Amy, My claws can come in quite handy when I need to scratch my ears or climb trees. I bet you’ve found that your own fingernails can be useful tools, too. Perhaps you’ve used them to pick up a penny or peel an orange. It turns out that while my claws and your fingernails look a little different, they are actually made out of the same thing: keratin. That’s what I discovered when I went to visit my friend Professor Lisa Carloye, who teaches biology here at Washi...
Hi, there. I’m Dr. Universe. Wendy Sue Universe, that is. Ever since I was a kitten, I’ve been digging in the dirt, gazing at the stars, exploring new places and searching for answers to questions about our world. Still, some people are surprised when they discover I’m a scientist. After all, it’s not every day you meet a cat in a lab coat. With the help of experts in the field and my friends at Washington State University, I answer some of the most interesting, tough and smart questions from curious kids all around the wor...
We are experiencing a shortage of substitute teachers in the United States and it is hitting our state quite hard! I am a retired educator so I watch these things closely. Washington has been hiring people with a college degree who can pass the logical tests that safeguard our children. The college degree can be in any field. I have a suggestion that could help solve the problem. About 45 years ago I was involved in helping a lady get a teaching degree without going back to campus. There was a program that allowed her to...
Hi, there. I’m Dr. Universe. Wendy Sue Universe, that is. Ever since I was a kitten, I’ve been digging in the dirt, gazing at the stars, exploring new places and searching for answers to questions about our world. Still, some people are surprised when they discover I’m a scientist. After all, it’s not every day you meet a cat in a lab coat. With the help of experts in the field and my friends at Washington State University, I answer some of the most interesting, tough and smart questions from curious kids all around the wor...
Hi, there. I’m Dr. Universe. Wendy Sue Universe, that is. Ever since I was a kitten, I’ve been digging in the dirt, gazing at the stars, exploring new places and searching for answers to questions about our world. Still, some people are surprised when they discover I’m a scientist. After all, it’s not every day you meet a cat in a lab coat. With the help of experts in the field and my friends at Washington State University, I answer some of the most interesting, tough and smart questions from curious kids all around the wor...
I have had the privilege (and great pleasure) of being allowed to participate in the community Christmas cantata this year. I haven’t been able to sing with a group for several years now and had forgotten how much I enjoy it. It’s not at all like singing along with the radio or pretending you’re on “The Voice.” I was a volunteer (read, “dragooned”) choir director for several years, regardless of my lack of skill. I did my best, but I’m not a trained musician and don’t even...
To the Editor: I am sad to see that the Lions Club Christmas Board has so few names on it. It is only $10 to have your family name put on there for this holiday season. The Lions Club does so many wonderful things for this community. I use the board instead of mailing Christmas cards to local people. Please consider stopping by Ramm Hardware or call a Lions Club member. I know that Scott Heimbigner would help you, too. Please consider filling the board. Merry Christmas. Barb Schlimmer Odessa...
Hi, there. I’m Dr. Universe. Wendy Sue Universe, that is. Ever since I was a kitten, I’ve been digging in the dirt, gazing at the stars, exploring new places and searching for answers to questions about our world. Still, some people are surprised when they discover I’m a scientist. After all, it’s not every day you meet a cat in a lab coat. With the help of experts in the field and my friends at Washington State University, I answer some of the most interesting, tough and smart questions from curious kids all around the world...
Hi, there. I’m Dr. Universe. Wendy Sue Universe, that is. Ever since I was a kitten, I’ve been digging in the dirt, gazing at the stars, exploring new places and searching for answers to questions about our world. Still, some people are surprised when they discover I’m a scientist. After all, it’s not every day you meet a cat in a lab coat. With the help of experts in the field and my friends at Washington State University, I answer some of the most interesting, tough and smart questions from curious kids all around the wor...
How will Washington State University’s plan to have a second public medical school in the state of Washington impact Odessa? We believe it will make things better in a variety of significant ways. First, the vision for this medical school from the late WSU President Elson S. Floyd was to give rural Washingtonians help on a serious shortage of physicians in our state, not to mention on the shortage in our rural areas. As a land grant university, it is WSU’s mission to meet the needs of the people of our state when we are abl...
What if our crops and land were devastated by something totally unexpected or unforeseen? Hopefully we have some sort of contingency plan to fall back onto. But, what if we didn’t? This is more the case than we realize. The devastating loss caused by the Omak, Okanogan, Brewster and Conconully forest fires continues, and the ongoing needs are tremendous! A number of us from Christ Lutheran here in Odessa as well as other members of the Odessa community have taken the time and effort to make contacts with our neighbors to t...
Privacy. Just a small seven-letter word that most people don’t think they have a problem with. As a matter of fact, most people probably don’t think about it at all. Maybe this is something that we should all reconsider, and it starts with the little area in your cell phone/tablet settings that reads “Location.” According to the Pew Research Center, 90 percent of adult Americans have cell phones (for people under the age of 44, the number is more like 97 percent); 64 percent...
Thank you so much for the news you print. I grew up in your area. I was the first wedding at Zion Emmanuel on January 1, 1959. But Harrington was my town – first through 12th grade in Harrington schools. So I do appreciate the local news. I’ve only been gone from your area since 1970!!! Thanks for your news! Lorna Williams Olympia...
Member of the Tekoa City Council and president of the Tekoa Trail and Trestle Association. During the final budget conferences of the 2015 legislative session, behind closed doors, Representative Joe Schmick (9th District, Colfax) placed into the capital budget a proviso that took 135 miles of the John Wayne Trail, 6,000 acres of parkland, and gave it away, at no cost, to 200 adjacent property owners. It was a land grab done without any public announcement or input. When asked later why he made such a move to close the...
Hi, there. I’m Dr. Universe. Wendy Sue Universe, that is. Ever since I was a kitten, I’ve been digging in the dirt, gazing at the stars, exploring new places and searching for answers to questions about our world. Still, some people are surprised when they discover I’m a scientist. After all, it’s not every day you meet a cat in a lab coat. With the help of experts in the field and my friends at Washington State University, I answer some of the most interesting, tough and smart questions from curious kids all around the wor...
Hi, there. I’m Dr. Universe. Wendy Sue Universe, that is. Ever since I was a kitten, I’ve been digging in the dirt, gazing at the stars, exploring new places and searching for answers to questions about our world. Still, some people are surprised when they discover I’m a scientist. After all, it’s not every day you meet a cat in a lab coat. With the help of experts in the field and my friends at Washington State University, I answer some of the most interesting, tough and smart questions from curious kids all around the wor...
Hi, there. I’m Dr. Universe. Wendy Sue Universe, that is. Ever since I was a kitten, I’ve been digging in the dirt, gazing at the stars, exploring new places and searching for answers to questions about our world. Still, some people are surprised when they discover I’m a scientist. After all, it’s not every day you meet a cat in a lab coat. With the help of experts in the field and my friends at Washington State University, I answer some of the most interesting, tough and smart questions from curious kids all around the world...
