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Students tour missile site north of Harrington Michael Cronrath, instructor of Current World History and World War II and the Cold War, took nine of his students on Friday, Oct 18th, to Peter Davenport's missile site. Mike Perry and Tony Hamilton accompanied the group for the one-and-a-half-hour tour. Since Cronrath's classes had been studying the beginning of the nuclear age and the opportunity availed itself, arrangements were made for the trip. The students, aged 15 to 18,...
Growth and progress were in the minds of almost everyone in the fall of 1960. The town’s population had reached an all-time high. A home building boom was continuing. Downtown, new businesses were opening. Also prominent on page was announcement of plans for the nursing home in Odessa as part of a $314,000 expansion program of Odessa Memorial Hospital. The Odessa Convalescent Center was opened in 1963. Here is The Record’s report appearing 53 years ago this week: The Odessa Memorial Hospital administrator, speaking to mem...
By ERICA WHITMORE The Halloween Carnival on October 30 had the largest attendance since 2009; the community center was packed with kids in costumes, and parents, grandparents, and visitors coming in for a delicious burger. The FFA had two new additions this year, freshly-made cotton candy and the football toss. Kids were awarded prizes for their efforts. The FFA members greeted the kids, encouraged them to do their best at the game, and handed out prizes. The three most...
According to Odessa Mayor Doug Plinski, the Town of Odessa is very proud to recognize Chief Coubra for being selected to join the ranks of 250 rural law enforcement executives from across the country. Chief Coubra was among 29 other rural law enforcement chiefs and sheriffs from Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington who were invited to attend a federally funded class in Spokane, September 29 through October 3, 2013. The National Center for Rural Law Enforcement has...
Recipe requests make up a large part of this column. This week brings four recipes that have been requested over the last five months. To start with, we have Jason Schaal’s baked bean recipe, submitted by Charlene Kagele. She had made this recipe for a graduation party early this past summer. Charlene states she is not sure what title Jason has given the recipe but she named it Jason Schaal’s Beans. It makes about a gallon of beans and is super easy to prepare, a great rec...
To the Editor: The last time I heard a plea from our president, it was F.D.R. asking people to buy war bonds and stamps. We responded very well. We believed him because of his previous record. Mr. Obama’s pleas seem to be falling on deaf ears as he has not been convincing with previous promises. Several things are going against Obama care. He is making promises that he can’t keep. Why would he put a plan in the market place when he expected glitches and a diffecult time making deadlines? Mr. Obama is a very intelligent man...
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, Oct. 28: A Davenport man reported that his bank had alerted him about the attempted unauthorized use of his credit card to purchase security equipment in India. The credit card had been used to purchase fuel...
Whether this weather sticks around or not, your friends at AAA recommend you make sure you are prepared for winter driving by putting together a winter driving kit for your vehicle now, before severe winter weather hits. AAA recommends making sure you pack at least these 10 essential items in your winter driving kit: Cell phone and charger for making emergency calls. Warning devices (flares, triangles or other visual alerts). First aid kit. Flashlight with NEW batteries. Non-perishable food and water. Blankets and warm...
Odessa-Harrington head coach Bruce Todd earned his 100th win as the Titans routed Almira/Coulee-Hartline 58-20 in Northeast 1B South league play on Friday. Now completing his 15th year as head football coach for Odessa and then for the Odessa-Harrington athletic co-operative, his career win-loss record is 100 wins and 62 losses to date. The Titans will play Cusick next week in a District 7/8 1B crossover match-up. Cusick handed the Titans one of their non-league losses earlier this season on October 11....
The Odessa-Harrington Titans volleyball team begins district play November 7 in Curlew in a game that begins at 2 p.m. Their next game is Saturday, November 9, at Northwest Christian High School in Colbert, beginning at 3 p.m. The state tournament is November 15 and 16 at the Sundome in Yakima...
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds producers in Idaho and Oregon of the November 15 sales closing dates for the Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) pilot program, Vegetation Index program, and the Apiculture (API) pilot program for the 2014 crop year. The PRF and API pilot programs (available in all counties in Idaho and Oregon) are based on vegetation greenness indices. PRF is designed to give forage and livestock producers the ability to buy insurance protection for losses of forage produced for haying and grazing. T...
The Wenatchee office of the Washington State Department of Revenue is hosting a free workshop for new and small business owners on Tuesday, November 19, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Douglas County Fire District, 377 Eastmont Ave., in East Wenatchee. Participants will learn about Washington excise taxes, reporting classifications, deductions, tax incentives, sales tax collection, and record-keeping requirements. All receive a workbook and helpful reference guide to the rules and regulations. To register, visit the Department of...
Playing their final regular-season football game, the Odessa-Harrington Titans got a satisfying win over the Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors last Friday night at Finney Field in Odessa. ACH 0 6 6 8 20 O-H 8 16 34 0 58 On offense, O-H quarterback Sam Schafer broke loose for an 82-yard run, then ran the ball for the two-point conversion in the first quarter’s only score for either team. In the second quarter, Schafer repeated with a 70-yard run and successful two-point running play. Receiver Sage Elder caught a 40-yard pass f...
On November 19, a Tuesday, at 7 p.m., Title 1-A will sponsor a kick-off event entitled “Unwrap the Gift of Reading.” According to Bev Scherr, curriculum coordinator at the Odessa School District, “We are trying to generate an interest in having families set aside a family reading time throughout December.” For the event, Scherr is soliciting book donations, so that as many as possible can be “wrapped up” for children to open. The Spokane Valley Kiwanis Club has donated 200 books through the “Success by Six” program, a publ...
Today and every day, 56 million Americans try to get by in a condition of chronic pain. That’s more than one of every five adults. Yet in many cases, their suffering is undue. Those with chronic pain often do not receive medication or treatment that could safely alleviate their pain. The simple truth is that pain today can be relieved in most cases. Afflicted patients and their families should insist that their healthcare providers control and treat their pain accordingly. The vast majority of those with chronic pain are n...
To the Editor: I’m tired of being called ignorant and foolish by idiots spouting Democratic talking points. I had good insurance. I could afford it. Benefits were better, premiums lower. It’s canceled because HHS rewrote the rules making it nearly impossible for good, affordable plans to stay grandfathered. That’s not capitalism, as Democrats like to claim, that’s over-regulation. It was not “lousy insurance,” and I’m angry at being told I’m too stupid to know what I was buying. This is no longer about partisanship, this is a...
Because even though you might be reading this on Thursday, I'm writing it Monday, while spending time in the company of women. And dogs. And trees. I may not be my usual wordy self, because I'm typing this with my fat index finger on the incredibly tiny keyboard of my "smartphone." (If it's so smart, how come it didn't remind me to bring my laptop?) Oh, that's right; I don't have one. At any rate, I am on day two of a four-day quilting retreat at Palouse Divide Lodge up the...
Normally, when a bacterium invades your body, it’s surrounded and engulfed by a white blood cell. At least that’s what we were taught in high school biology. If all goes well, the white blood cell kills the bacterium and the infection is over: case closed. But a few bacteria have some tricks up their sleeves. One of them is the rod-shaped Brucella bacterium, the agent that causes brucellosis or what is sometimes known as “undulant fever” because it causes people to run deb...
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners announced the 2013 Rural Development Fund grant awards at its regular meeting Tuesday, November 5. n $20,000 was awarded to the Odessa Chamber of Commerce for its WSDA-certified commercial community kitchen within the Odessa Community Center. n $20,000 was also awarded to the City of Davenport for a restroom/concession facility for the Field of Dreams Sports Complex. n $15,000 was awarded to the Harrington Opera House Society for sidewalk improvements, including ADA-compliant ramp...
“It’s like Vegas. Every morning we come out here, press a button and hope for water,” said Clark Kagele, manager at Kagele Family Farms in Odessa. For farmers in the Columbia Basin within the Odessa Subarea, getting water from their wells is a daily gamble. Early each morning, they head out to the well pumps, turn them on, and wait for water. Their source is the Odessa aquifer and it provides water to irrigators, municipalities, industrial users and domestic users. Unfortunately, the source is declining to a critical level...
This coming Monday, November 11, is Veterans Day, and area residents will have some options for helping to commemmorate the day the honors America’s war dead. Since Monday is a non-school day, the students of the Odessa School District will give a Veterans Day presentation this Friday at 11 a.m. in the school multipurpose room. All veterans and community members are invited to attend. On November 11 itself, the members of VFW Post and American Legion Post and their associated auxiliary members will provide a turkey dinner at...
Last week's Halloween activities appeared to provide fun for young and old in the communities of Odessa and Harrington. Both towns had Halloween carnivals that allowed kids to be in out of the cold, participate in games and win prizes. The Halloween carnival in Harrington took place on Monday, October 28, sponsored by the Harrington PTA, and had great success with a good turnout, according to Marge Womach of Harrington. The Odessa carnival was sponsored by the FFA chapter of...
