Chamber members hear appeal

The Odessa Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting of 2015 on Tuesday, January 13, at Any Occasion Banquet Hall. A good-sized crowd was on hand for the meeting at which Odessa’s hospital administrator Mo Sheldon gave a presentation on the financial situation of the medical facilities in town and the decision of the hospital district commissioners to ask for an increase in the maintenance and operations levy to be voted on in February.

Sheldon, with assistance from the Association of Washington State Hospitals, has been working to educate the public on the dire situation that has developed a...