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Junior-high football team members will begin having practices on August 24 at 3:30 p.m. in Odessa, reports head coach Larry Weber. Players are advised to be at the field in running gear and to make sure that all paperwork has been completed and turned into the Odessa High School office by that time and date....
Harrington US Bank Building With the renewed interest in the Harrington Revitalization Plan, community members were pleased to see the work being done on the US Bank Building, originally built in 1909 for the First National Bank. The First National Bank was organized in 1908 and located in the Faulding building, directly east across the street with Pres. Harry Ochs, VP Thos H Brewer, Cashier W W Downie and four directors: J J Cameron, Grant McCann, Chas Hegele and T A Hansard. The excavation of their new building was...
HHPC The Harrington Historic Preservation group met August 4, at 6:30 p.m. in the cool of the beautiful Harrington City Park with Karen Allen, Celeste Miller, Lindsey Harder, Anita Harmon, Aileen Sweet and Margie Hall present. The sole purpose of the meeting was to review the draft from the community planning and design consultants at Studio Cascade, make corrections and return it to them with the expectation of a final draft to be received on August 10. The final draft will then be placed in a packet for the city council to...
County Executive Director Melissa Michael of the Farm Service Agency has announced that a livestock watering assistance program is now available due to the severe drought designation for Lincoln County. “Ranchers suffering from drought and in need of water for their livestock operation may receive financial assistance from the Farm Service Agency,” said Michael. The agency is implementing its Emergency Conservation Program for drought in Lincoln County. The program helps farmers and ranchers to repair damage to farmlands cau...
This has been a great summer! I hope all of you have had the opportunity to spend time with family and friends during this season. We had the chance to hang out with our family on the Oregon Coast. I stood and watched the waves come crashing to the shore. They continued to roll as the tide would come in and then recede. The night we arrived we went down to watch the waves and stroll on the beach. Our grandchildren were with us and wanted to run to the water. The youngest, Jordan, went fairly close and set himself up ready to...
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission wants the public to know that Tuesday, August 25, is a state parks ‘free day.’ Day-use visitors will not need a Discover Pass to visit state parks. The ‘free day’ is in honor of the 99th birthday of the National Park Service, which was established on August 25, 1916. State Parks’ ‘free days’ are in keeping with legislation that created the Discover Pass, a $30 annual or $10 one-day permit required on lands managed by Washington State Parks, the Washington departments o...
Big Bend Community College students will benefit from a reduction in tuition costs when they pay for fall classes in 2015. Widely discussed as a 5-percent decrease in tuition, the actual reduction will be slightly less, according to college officials. The new tuition rate will allow a full-time in-state student at BBCC to save approximately $300 in tuition in the next academic year. Tuition is comprised of three parts: operating fees, building fees, and student and activities fees. The state Legislature cut tuition for...
1 years ago From The Odessa Record August 13, 1915 The commissioners of Adams County have just closed a deal for the purchase of a half section of land about a mile and a half north of Lind for the sum of $5,500, which is to be used as an experimental station and operated under the direct supervision of representatives of the agricultural department of the state college. Mr. McCall, representative of the agricultural department, is in charge of the farm. It is understood the expense of operating will be paid by the state...
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Headquarter’ s telephone was compromised . The WSP received 30 complaints from citizens stating they were called by someone who falsely identified themselves as a WSP trooper. According to the citizens, the caller impersonating a trooper accused the citizens of various violations including outstanding warrants, unpaid tickets, and unpaid school taxes. The WSP does not call citizens to advise of violations, warrants, or collect fines. If citizens receive phone calls from someone stating t...
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...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday to hear from Kirstin Wilson of the Department of Enterprise Services Energy Program. The department is a cabinet-level agency reporting directly to the governor of Washington state and offers a statewide program of assistance to municipalities, schools, hospitals, etc. The program offers a free draft energy audit of all of the facilities of the entity requesting its services. The department has overseen projects at the Odessa Memorial Hospital and at the Odessa School District within the...
The groundwork is laid and construction plans are in progress for pump stations and pipelines to carry irrigation water from the Columbia Basin Project to those farmers (who are eligible) pumping ground water from the Odessa subarea. The work is being done by the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District as part of the Odessa Ground Water Replacement Program. Along with landowners, the program is a partnership with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Ecology’s Office of Columbia and the irrigation district, to r...
Local and county law enforcement personnel, medical emergency services personnel and town and rural firefighters in the Odessa area gathered to join more than 37.8 million others in 16,124 American communities in celebrating National Night Out, America’s Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, sponsored in part by the National Association of Town Watch. According to the organization’s website, “National Night Out is a cohesive effort to promote involvement in crime prevention activities, police/community partn...
