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The Harrington FFA Chapter was chartered in March of 1954. This year, the chapter has 32 members led by President Stormy Stiles, Vice President Markus Foley, Secretary Travis Bradford, Reporter Evie Mann, Sentinel Tash Sheldon and Historian Izzy Burke. Many things about FFA have changed over the years, and Harrington's FFA chapter is experiencing some changes of its own. The chapter started its Pancake Feed in 2016 to provide breakfast during Harrington's Fall Festival. It...
The Odessa varsity boys basketball team is headed to the state tournament after winning second place at the District 7 tournament in Deer Park last weekend (see full story on page 5). The boys will travel across the state to North Creek High School in Bothell to play Cedar Park Christian of Mountlake Terrace beginning at 4 p.m. Other teams will play in this first round of regional play at various neutral sites around the state. Almira-Coulee-Hartline will play Sunnyside...
Sheriff Wade Magers recognized the 2017 Employee of the Year for the road deputy team after an in-service training and meeting with the patrol division last week. The employee recognized was Deputy Kody Becker. Deputy Becker is a very hard worker. He is always willing to step up and cover open shifts and his work is top quality 100 percent of the time. He has been with the Sheriff's Office for several years, starting as a Lincoln County Reserve Deputy. Deputy Becker is an...
1 years ago The Odessa Record February 22, 1918 Day’s work get Y.W.C.A. quota: Pro Germans and others in the state who have been opposed to the United States participating in the war will find it advisable to keep their opinions to themselves from now on. The department of home defense on the state council of defense has just issued to the county councils a complete detailed “code” of instructions and suggestions for meeting disloyalty, of whatever degree. This booklet naturally will not be made public, but it is the resul...
LACEY – This summer, more than 300 teenagers throughout Washington will hit the road to pick up litter and protect the environment with the Ecology Youth Corps. In 2017, EYC crews cleaned more than 5,000 miles of roads and picked up more than 1.1 million pounds of litter. “The Ecology Youth Corps is a terrific first job for young people, and it’s a way they can give back by protecting the environment in their communities,” said Peter Christiansen, who oversees EYC for the Washington Department of Ecology. Applica...
Sheriff's Report 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, Feb. 12: Almira ambulance personnel transported a 90-year-old man with stomach pains to a local hospital. After Davenport firefighters extinguished a fire that fully engulfed a vehicle, Dav...
Rea Claudine (Dobson/Lyons) West loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away February 2, 2018 at the Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata after a very brief illness at age 92. Born in Odessa on August 17, 1925, Claudine was the youngest child of Claus (C.C.) Dobson who was an early settler and owner of the Odessa Meat Market and the only child of his wife, homesteader Mary Haubenschild-Dobson. Claudine was raised and educated in Odessa after which she att...
The Tiger boys took the long road to the state tournament, but they made it. After losing a close game to Wellpinit February 10 in Deer Park, the boys defeated Columbia, Cusick and then Wellpinit to make their way back into contention. Columbia (Hunters) Playing at Deer Park High School against Columbia on February 14, the Tiger boys came out with a lopsided win, 65-27. Odessa 16 22 20 7 65 Columbia 4 8 11 4 27 Ryan Moffet led the scoring with 21 points, followed by Marcus King with 10 and both Jett Nelson and Colton Hunt...
When conservative members of Congress worked with the White House to force through a tax cut that was a huge windfall for millionaires and billionaires, many observed how this would inflate the Federal deficit. After decades of presenting themselves as the “deficit hawk” party, and warning of the danger of our national debt and of government spending, how did the Republicans come to be the party that explodes the deficit? The Republican tax plan takes $1.5 trillion in revenues out of the budget, and no serious economic ana...
To the Editor: Here is another example of phone fraud: I received a call this week from someone claiming to be from Dish Network. He said they were sending me updated equipment and needed my credit card number as “insurance”. I have autopay, so I asked him to give me the last four digits of my number. He gave two sets of numbers neither of which were correct. When I told him I would not give him the number he abruptly hung up. I called Dish and they said they will never ask for a credit card number. Paul Scheller Ode...
The Odessa Knowledge Bowl team will compete at the regional contest at Whitworth University in Spokane this Friday, February 23. Competitors are presented oral and written questions drawn from secondary curriculum areas including math, science, history, language, literature, music and geography. Current events and topics of general interest also were included in the five-round competition. To compete at state, each team must first qualify in a regional competition sponsored by NEWESD 101 and hosted by Whitworth...
The Inland Northwest Trapshoot competition, sponsored by the Spokesman Review newspaper of Spokane, completed week seven on Sunday, February 18. Marlin Gun Club On February 18, 54 members of the Marlin Gun Club faced the bitter cold of 25 degrees with winds out of the NE at 30 mph and horizontal snow. Out of those 54 die-hard members, Dan Asker was the only one to shoot a perfect score of 25. Shooting 24 were Mark Iksic, Dave Lang and Tristan Rocha. Mark Edwins, Rich Swanson, Jim Schell, Carmen Eckhart and Chase Conahan shot...
City Council Wednesday, February 14, the Harrington City Council met with one council member absent. In attendance were Mayor Dillon Haas, councilmen: Peter Davenport, Jeremy Sewall, Levi Schenk and Justin Slack, town clerk Bunny Haugan, maintenance supervisor Scott McGowan, and visitors Billie Herron, Brent Wilday, Marge Womach, Brian Belsby (Belsby Engineering), Stormy Stiles, Nathan Luck and Maddie, and Cherie MacClellan. Brian Belsby discussed Small Water System Management Plans and the Rural Community Assistance Corporat...
The Odessa Town Council met February 14 at noon for a special meeting to take care of business for which it did not have a quorum at the previous Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting. The first order of business was to approve requests made Monday by Steve Nelson of Century West Engineering in Spokane to submit an application for a USDA loan and to begin advertising for bids for the Federal Emergency Management Agency roadway work to be gin as soon as the weather permits. The council approved Ordinance 693 for the town of Ode...
Please note a correction to the ad from Ritzville Warehouse. Its suite number at the Spokane Arena for area residents attending the state 1B basketball tournament February 28 - March 3 has been changed. Ritzville Warehouse is sponsoring Suite 9 at the Arena....
