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Student-led conferences for students in preschool through 11th grade will be held Thursday, April 24, and Friday, April 25. There will be no school on these days. All students in the above-mentioned grades have been scheduled for a specific conference time, and parents should receive a designated date and time slip this week from each child's homeroom teacher or the school office. Anyone who has not received a date and time slip by the end of this week, April 18, is asked to...
Advanced STEM Researcher Thorsen Wehr was recently selected by the International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering, and Environment Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) to present his science research, "Focusing Sound Waves Using a Nonlinear Acoustic Lens." Top high school researchers from all over the world will display their innovative ideas at George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. More than 1,000 participants will share their ideas, experience and knowledge to pro...
The family of Mark Wetjen donated two leases, a business certificate, and a winter jacket once owned by Dr. L.F .Wagner, an early day physician in Harrington, to the Harrington Museum. LaFayette F. Wagner, 28, married Ida A. Sierman on August 21, 1907 at Hope, Bonner County, Idaho. Since Dr. L.F. Wagner, formerly of St John, Washington, had purchased a half interest in the business of Dr. J.M. Gunning, the Wagners moved to Harrington following their marriage, where they...
On a picture-perfect Sunday afternoon, several groups of Odessa residents hiked the newly defined and marked Odessa Craters Trail north of town. The high school chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) had spent time working with Chris Shafer of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to remove encroaching sage brush and larger rocks from the existing trail, which is on BLM land. In some places, the students had placed stones aligned along the side of the trail to...
The obituary for LeRoy Buchman last week should have included the name of his son, Scott Buchman, of Odessa. The Record regrets the error....
The caption on the picture incorrectly stated the Fallert Hotel was being renovated by Jerry and Karen Allen. The Fallert Hotel was built in 1916 by Henry and Mary Fallert and is presently for sale by Mike and Kathy Hoob, but is not being renovated....
The flowering plant above is arrowleaf balsamroot, a native to western North America and associated with sagebrush communities including basin big sagebrush. The picture above was captured along the newly improved Odessa Craters Loop Trail on the hike hosted by the FBLA on Sunday, April 13. The plant's extended bloom season of April through July creates colorful vistas of yellow daisy–like blossoms along the talus slopes of basalt cliffs and throughout the scrubland areas o...
Monday evening, April 7, the Harrington Opera House Society met for their monthly meeting, which was opened by President Mark Stedman. Those attending included Linda Wagner, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Sheryl Stedman, Billie and Gordon Herron, Karen Robertson, Marge Womach, Rick Smith, Jen Mallery, Bonnie Hardy and her son Stephen and Becky Hardy via Skype. The building committee chair, Gordon Herron, summarized the discussions from that committee's meeting. Two lists were generated, the first, a list of all projects that currently...
It seems at times that every human and every animal in the world is trying simultaneously to be better than all the others. One more mile, one more page, one more year; all for a bit more bragging rights than someone else. Darwinism may suggest that this is a survival instinct, but must we humans embrace the principals of survival of the fittest? Personally, I don't believe it's necessary. Not that friendly competition isn't fun, but why strive for perfection when chances are that, for pretty much every kind of talent, there...
I’ve gained 5 pounds since last summer. My body mass index (BMI) is still fine, but I need to stop gaining to keep it that way. Grizzly bears put my weight gain to shame. In the late summer, they eat some 50,000 calories per day and gain more than 100 pounds. Then, when they hibernate, they fast and live on their body fat. While sleeping the winter away, they don’t pee or poop. They conserve their energy by having heart rates around 15 beats per minute. When they emerge fro...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday evening to hear pressing news from the Public Works Department on the town's fleet of vehicles. PW employee Gerald Greenwalt and director Rod Webster said the town garbage truck now being used to haul yard waste collected in the yellow dumpsters in town had broken down and was thought to be hardly worth repairing. The truck was of 1988 vintage and was purchased used. It currently has a broken axle, leaking cylinders and faulty brakes that...
The annual Odessa Healthcare Foundation Wine Tasting and Auction would not be successful without the many donations from the employees of the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center, as well as other individuals and businesses of Odessa and the surrounding area. In addition, the many talented artisans in our community have generously donated handcrafted items to the 23rd annual Odessa Healthcare Foundation Wine Tasting and Auction. This is by no means a complete list, but just a sampling of what you will find at both the silent...
Despite Brad Johnston’s three hits, the Titans lost to Cusick 9-7 in the first game of the double-header away on Saturday. He picked up two RBIs on singles in the first and sixth innings and a double in the seventh. Chance Messer had one hit, one RBI, walked once and struck out once. He also had a stolen base. Carsen Weber had no hits but drew a walk and had two RBIs in three at bats. Nathyn Winslow struck out once in three at bats but was hit by a pitch to get on base. He also scored a stolen base. Colton Hunt drew a w...
Students in kindergarten through grade five will be inviting grandparents or a special senior citizen to visit P.C. Jantz Elementary on Monday, April 28. Grandparents are invited to have lunch with students and attend recess activities. The lunch will be: chicken teriyaki over rice, salad bar with all the fixings, melon fruit salad, roll, and milk. The price is $3.75 for adults. Grandparents of preschool students are invited to attend a yogurt social at 10:30 in the preschool room. Reservations for the lunch will need to be...
The Titans golf team played a 9 hole match on April 10 in Colfax, against Colfax, Wilbur/Creston, and Northwest Christian. It was a slow start for the Titans returning from spring break. Team scores were: Colfax 220, Northwest Christian 251, Wilbur/Creston 258 and Odessa-Harrington 261. Individual scores were: Madison Charlton 43, Griffey Powell 46, Thorson Wehr 50, William Mann 55 and Kiegan Wehr 67. Odessa-Harrington played their first 18-hole match on a beautiful sunny April 14 at Dominion Meadows in Colville. There was a...
Making the Dean’s List for the winter 2014 quarter at Eastern Washington University are: Koralynne Kuch, Lexi Watkins, Jared King and Justin Hunt, all of Odessa; Hillary Hayes, Jennifer Adams and Samantha Raigosa, all of Harrington; and Jaclyn Treat of Wilson Creek....
Northwest agricultural markets are mostly stable to improving this spring. Wheat markets rallied late in the first quarter of 2014, driven in part by the volatile geopolitical situation in Ukraine. Northwest dairy producers are benefitting from near-record milk prices and lower feed costs than in the past three years. However, hay prices are increasing ahead of first cutting in the Northwest. Drought in California is expected to reduce hay yields and forage production in the state, resulting in increased demand for Northwest...
An alert issued by the Grant County Sheriff's Office on April 10 indicated that 911 lines were not working. Grant County citizens were advised to call 509-762-1160 or 888-431-9911 for emergency help in Grant County. The state E911 office reported a major, nearly total 911 outage in the state of Washington that occurred just after 1 a.m. on April 10, 2014. The office is actively engaged with CenturyLink in working on the problem. Initially, there was no estimated time frame for restoring 911 services. Approximately nine hours...
Lincoln County Auditor Shelly Johnston has announced that the official filing period for the fall elections will be held May 12 through May 16, 2014. Precinct Committee Officers will only be able to file during filing week and will appear on the ballot in the Primary Election instead of the General Election. According to the records of the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office, the following is a list of those positions subject to the 2014 election. County offices having four-year terms are presently held by the following: Assessor...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record April 17, 1914 The state immigration committee, in an effort to bring more settlers to agricultural lands in Washington, has made a plan to make that happen. Civic organizations of every community will co-operate with the state immigration bureau in listing all possible farm land, diversified farm land and irrigated land, at reasonable prices, for the purpose of offering to homeseekers, who will come to the Northwest within the next eighteen months, suitable places for making new homes....
Why does Obama want to give away control of the internet? It was financed with American dollars and it was created with our ingenuity! It has been well run under the control of the Commerce Department and Americans enjoy First Amendment protection. Other countries have been allowed our generosity. We could wind up with globalists having their way and they would decide what acceptable speech is and what is not acceptable. Would they impose internet taxes on American companies, while at the same time censoring what they...
INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Monday, April 7: Two responding deputies determined that a false hold-up alarm had been activated at Davenport's AmericanWest Bank branch. No injuries were reported from a collision involving two vehicles at Morgan...
