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  • Harrington News

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Apr 29, 2021

    HARRINGTON – Although the rains Saturday were not appreciated for indoor/outdoor sales events, it is recognized how sorely rains were needed and continue to be needed for everything else, especially farmers' fields. Studio 1 will regroup and continue its sale for the next week or two in the Studio 1 front Annex, as well as offering some items for sale on Craigslist. Studio 1 features products from many local artists including Leather Jewelry by Cindy Lee and Cherishables by C...

  • Harrington council holds two public hearings

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Apr 22, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The Harrington City Council met at Memorial Hall on April 18 with Mayor Nathan Luck leading the meeting. Also present were council members Stephen Hardy, David Buddrius, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk and Justin Slack; clerks Janice Cepeda and Cynthia Silhan; Public Works Director Scott McGowan and visitors Steve Marsh (via Zoom, representing the engineering firm TD&H), engineer Andy Tom, Jess Silhan, Joe Armand, Randy Behrens and Cherie MacClellan. Luck opened t...

  • Harrington employees submit resignations

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Apr 15, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The City of Harrington has recently received the resignations of both public works employees and the city clerk. Maintenance worker Charlie Kruger has submitted his notice, and so has Supervisor Scott McGowan, although McGowan has offered to work through April and then claim May for vacation time due him. Janice Cepeda has accepted a position elsewhere and has given April 9 as her final day as city clerk. Harrington School The Harrington Lions Club joined with t...

  • Harrington in the mirror of time

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Apr 1, 2021

    HARRINGTON – Recently the Harrington Library had an inquiry from Jack Dunsmoor who is in transition from California to Spokane and looking for some very specific information: Which of the Harrington veterans flew in B-17s or B-24s, besides Eugene Kramer, and what history does Harrington have pertaining to Eugene Kramer? He spent several hours reading from notebooks, which were given to the Harrington Museum by Adelia Bassett Scott. These notebooks contain the best of the a...

  • Citizens viewed as disinterested

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Mar 25, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The Harrington City Council met March 17 for a "Public Hearing: Utility Rate Increase & 2021 Budget Amendment" with council members Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Stephen Hardy and Justin Slack, Janice Cepeda (city clerk), Mayor Nathan Luck and visitors Chris Meats. Others attending via Zoom were Cherie MacClellan, Joe Armand and Lynn McGowan. The initial discussion addressed the utility rate for the 23 inactive accounts in Harrington, some commercial and the o...

  • Council meets at city hall March 10

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Mar 18, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The March 10 regular council meeting was held at city hall with the full council present: Stephen Hardy, Justin Slack, Peter Davenport, David Buddrius and Levi Schenk. In addition, Mayor Nathan Luck led the meeting with City Clerk Janice Cepeda and engineer Andy Tom present. It was unclear from the YouTube video whether the identified visitors were present at city hall or if they were attending by Zoom: Cherie MacClellan, Chris Meats, Joe Armand, Denisa Holling, Scott McGowan and Jesse Silhan. Several items w...

  • Opera House Society makes plans

    Marjorie Womach, Contributor|Updated Mar 11, 2021

    HARRINGTON – President Ellen Evans, Linda Wagner, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Edwin and Bunny Haugan, Gordon Herron and Becky Moeller of the Harrington Opera House Society met March 1 at the opera house. The east-side hand railing for the main lobby staircase has been completed and is said to look great. Herron reported that Ray Harrington has agreed to build a staircase from behind the rummage room area to the basement. Work on the cushions for the pews can now proceed, as the plywood has been purchased for that project. Added...

  • Harrington News

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Mar 4, 2021

    HARRINGTON – Those acknowledged as present: Mayor Nathan Luck, Council members David Buddrius, Peter Davenport, Justin Slack, Stephen Hardy, Levi Schenk, Clerk Janice Cepeda, and visitor Cherie MacClellan. The agenda for this meeting which was slated as "Special Meeting: 2021 Budget Amendment" was limited to said amendment. Upon opening the meeting, Slack stated that this meeting was going to be a public hearing. Mayor Luck opened the council meeting at 7:07 and the public hearing at 7:09. Two drafts were available and discus...

  • Harrington News

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Feb 17, 2021

    City Council [Editor’s note: A recording of the ZOOM meeting of the Harrington City Council is available on the YouTube page for the City of Harrington at http://youtube.harrington.city.] HARRINGTON – The Harrington City Council met via ZOOM Feb. 10, with the full council in attendance (Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Stephen Hardy, Justin Slack, Levi Schenk), Mayor Nathan Luck, Clerk Janice Cepeda, Treasurer Mike Cronrath, Public Works Supervisor Scott McGowan, Code Enforcement Officer Jay Gossett and identified vis...

  • Council holds public hearing on budget

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Feb 11, 2021

    Public Hearing HARRINGTON – The Harrington City Council held a public hearing on the 2020 Budget Amendment on Jan. 29 via Zoom. Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Stephen Hardy and Justin Slack were in attendance, along with Janice Cepeda, clerk, and one acknowledged visitor. In a brief 16-minute meeting, including the opening and closing of the public hearing, voting on the amendment and voting to close the meeting, the Council made quick work of a long overdue task. Several mi...

  • Harrington News

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Feb 4, 2021

    HHPC HARRINGTON – The Harrington Historic Preservation Commission, an arm of the city government, met Saturday, Jan. 23 at 9 a.m. at Harrington City Hall. Elections were held: Dianne Sanchez, chair; Heather Slack, co-chair; and Karen Allen, recorder. Meetings will be held on Apr. 24, Aug. 21 and Nov. 6 in 2021. Discussions were held about the facades of City Hall and Memorial Hall and about cleanup of the upstairs portion of City Hall. The Commission will search for grant opportunities for improvement or restoration of t...

  • Harrington City Council: January 13th

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jan 21, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The Harrington City Council met by Zoom for its Jan. 13th meeting with the following present: Mayor Nathan Luck, council members Justin Slack, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk, Stephen Hardy and David Buddrius, Clerk Janice Cepeda, announced visitors Joe Armand and Cherie MacClellan and others unidentified. The council is showing interest in questioning the expenditures going out of city hall, as was the habit of Mike Cronrath when he served on the council from 2001 to Jan. 2019. Rubber-stamping of the budget was r...

  • Harrington Opera House Society hosts annual meeting

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The Harrington Opera House Society met for their 2020 annual meeting wrap-up on Jan 4, 2021 in the Art Room with the following present: Ellen Evans, Becky Moeller, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Gordon and Billie Herron and Linda Wagner. The group approved payment of membership dues to the Harrington Chamber of Commerce for the 2021 year. Billie Herron had met with a representative of Leffel, Otis & Warwick regarding continued auditing and filing of tax returns, when Herron’s computer is removed fr...

  • Harrington City Council passes budget

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    HARRINGTON - The City Council met in special session on Dec. 22 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. All council members were in attendance: Justin Slack, Peter Davenport, Stephen Hardy, David Buddrius and Levi Schenk. City Clerk Janice Cepeda was present. Mayor Nathan Luck chaired the meeting and recognized one visitor, Joe Armond. Other visitors did not offer their names to be recognized. RFQ (Request For Qualifications) was taken off the agenda; Luck stating, "still some work going on...

  • Harrington elves help local groups during holidays

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The city apparently has a group of silent elves that eavesdrop on all the community meetings and disperse needed items to members of various organizations who continue to adorn the city with lights, garlands, a manger scene, Santa and other seasonal ornamentation. Scurrying about at the north entrance to Harrington, elves brought about changes in the triangle and, from there to the heart of the city, greater lighting than had appeared in previous years. The Lions Club has its listings of donors with Christmas w...

  • Harrington City City Council may raise utility rates

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    HARRINGTON – As an additional explanatory statement regarding last week’s public hearing on the State Environmental Policy Act, the City of Harrington had posted the public hearing notice for two weeks prior to the issue being voted upon in the Council meeting in order that the public at large can question the activity of the council in an informed manner. The notice that preceded the meeting stated, “the project involves modification of the City of Harrington Wastewater Treatment Plant to facilitate operations, replacing two...

  • Harrington holds public hearings, budget discussion

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The City Council met via Zoom for a special meeting and two public hearings. Those attending were councilmen Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Stephen Hardy, Levi Schenk and Justin Slack; Clerk Janice Cepeda; Mayor Nathan Luck and identified visitors Jamie Henneman (Davenport Times), Marge Womach and Cherie MacClellan and others unidentified. The State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA/DNS) Determination of Non-Significance was the first of two public hearings to be opened. MacClellan asked which project this was in...

  • Town happenings and events to look forward to

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    HARRINGTON – Crisp air and a slight breeze lets one know that the seasons are changing as does the aroma of burning leaves in various piles about town. New fencing can be seen going up to enclose a yard, while trenches are being dug in other yards in an attempt to get these types of projects completed before the ground has a solid freeze upon it. Weather has been ideal for preparations of Christmas decorations, lights being raised, inflatables growing to full size and nativity scenes appearing before the Thanksgiving h...

  • Harrington council meets via teleconference

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The City Council met via teleconference on Nov. 12, chaired by Mayor Nathan Luck in the presence of council members David Buddrius, Peter Davenport, Justin Slack, Stephen Hardy and Levi Schenk, as well as Janice Cepeda (city clerk), Mike Cronrath (city treasurer), Marge Womach and Cherie MacClellan. Mike Cronrath provided the treasurer’s report that had been sent out by email in two formats for the clerk and mayor to forward to the council. There were a lot of bank fees for the past month, and Cronrath will check...

  • Opera House Society meets

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The Harrington Opera House Society met Nov. 2 in the Art Room with the following present: Ellen Evans, Becky Moeller, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Linda Wagner, Billie Herron, Ed and Bunny Haugan and Karen Robertson. The Stedmans offered to check on wood for the pew cushion project. Members discussed the First-Aid kit and the sandwich-board style that is being considered for the marquee with no action taken. A roof hatch was discovered open following the recent w...

  • Harrington City Council holds special meeting

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    HARRINGTON – The City Council held a special teleconference meeting at 6 p.m. Oct. 28, led by Mayor Nathan Luck. Present were council members Peter Davenport, Stephen Hardy, David Buddrius, Justin Slack and Levi Schenk, along with Clerk Janice Cepeda, and one acknowledged visitor Denisa Holling. On the agenda for the special meeting were discussions of Covid Relief funding and of obtaining a credit card. Each member had the opportunity to share their preferences regarding e...

  • The many lives of Peter Davenport

    Marjorie Womach|Updated Sep 11, 2020

    Te-Ping Chen's Sept. 1 article in the Wall Street Journal, entitled "UFO spotting has replaced bird watching as pandemic obsession," stated that the "non-profit National UFO Reporting Center reports sightings this year are up 51 percent so far over the same period in 2019. Among 5,000 incidents recorded this year, 20 percent occurred in April, as much of the nation remained in lockdown." An excerpt from her article continues, "At Peter Davenport's home in Harrington, Wash.,...

  • COVID-19 relief funds available through EDC

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jul 20, 2020

    HARRINGTON — The City Council met July 8 via conference call with the following participants: Mayor Nathan Luck; council members Stephen Hardy, David Buddrius, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk and Justin Slack; Clerk Janice Cepeda; Margie Hall of the EDC, Steve Marsh of TD&H and identified citizens Geoff Talkington, Marge Womach, Jess Silhan and Cherie MacClellan. A public hearing was opened with Steve Marsh talking about the Community Development Block Grant. Davenport wanted to know what the time-line would be, and Marsh r...

  • Reflections on our small towns

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jul 10, 2020

    HARRINGTON — Incorporated in 1902, Harrington and Odessa have had similar influences effecting their development. Each built up their city government and each had a newspaper, the Harrington Citizen and the Odessa Record. Between these two young towns were other centers of inhabitants: Lamona, Downs, Mohler and Morocco. Lamona was a small village along the Great Northern railroad. It was first settled in 1894 and had a nice business district by the early 1900s. In 1908, it would boast a hotel, general store, three w...

  • Optimism survives coronavirus

    Marjorie Womach, Special to The Record|Updated Jul 1, 2020

    HARRINGTON — The 9th Annual Harrington Car Show has been rescheduled to Saturday, July 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a note of “Remembrance of Allen Jay Barth”, the late founder of the event. It can be stated quite honestly that Barth’s vision and passion for creating the Studebaker Garage was equal to his dynamism for revitalizing the town of Harrington. His personality was such that he attracted other like-minded people to participate in the community groups that would awaken Harrington’s potential; and he was successfu...

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