The Odessa Record - Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!

ODESSA – Native son William F. (Bill) Schillinger retired Jan. 1, 2022 from his position at Washington State University as a professor and research agronomist. Much of his time over the past 30 years has been devoted to his work at the WSU Dryland Research Station near Lind, Wash., where test plots are studied over several years to ascertain their suitability for the low-rainfall regions of the Pacific Northwest.

On Feb. 21, Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, introduced state Senate Resolution 8645, which the senators passed, honoring Schillinger for his service to farmers. Schoesler spok...