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Harrington Public Development Authority The Harrington PDA met September 15, with vice-president Allen Barth calling the meeting to order. Three members were present: Bunny Haugan, Jay Kane and Paul Charlton, along with visitors: Margie Hall of the Lincoln County Economic Development Council, Marge Womach, Amy and Blaine Foley, Tim Tipton and county commissioner Mark Stedman. Margie Hall explained to the visitors that the PDA is an arm of city government with its primary...
Harrington Chamber of Commerce Wednesday noon, September 2, Cassandra Paffle-Dick called the meeting of the Harrington Chamber of Commerce to order with Kathy Hoob, Cindy Haase, Margie Hall (EDC), Allen Barth, Becca Downing, Ken and Melanie Kennedy, Heather Slack, Summer Clark, Bunny Haugan and Tim of the Hide-Away RV Park attending. Discussion was held on the selection of the “Yard of the Month.” Downing, representing the U.S. Post Office, informed the group of the availability of mass mailing for $47 to notify the com...
Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. the Harrington Food Bank dispensed five tons of food at the Harrington Nazarene Church while God's Closet at the Harrington Community Church also had a good turnout and a great turnover of clothing which will allow their staff the space to put out a new supply of clothing that had been held in reserve. God's Closet was also open from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday with a much lesser turnout during the dust storm, but enough activity to keep it open. S...
Free event The Harrington PTA is sponsoring a free event, an outdoor movie to be shown in front of the Harrington Elementary school, on Thursday, August 27, at 8 p.m. Drinks, goodies and popcorn will be sold at the event. Doggy Daze Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Doggy Daze will be held near the Harrington Opera House, with “dog washing” provided by Carol, as a yearly treat, and “grooming” furnished by Kristi Poteet, owner of “Me Too!”, a dog boarding and grooming business. Other activities include a moving sale...
Harrington City Council Wednesday evening Mayor Paul Gilliland opened the city council meeting at 7:30 p.m. Those present included Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk, Mike Cronrath, Rick Becker, Bunny Haugan, Scott McGowan, Ashley Schenk, Sharon Schultz, Dick and Priscilla Derr, Justin Slack, Paul Charlton, Jay Gossett, Marge Womach, Terry and Diane Sanchez, Donita Simons, and Chris Hickman. Alan Gay had requested that the Mayor ask the council to take a straw vote for accepting or rejecting the grant from DOE for the sump pump...
Summer reading ends Emma Aldrich organized the youngsters into the reading circle and began a story about Super-Hero Firemen. Bridget Rohner brought ample supplies for the 17 young super heroes to create costumes during their craft period. Masks for their eyes were colored and worn for most of the session. Rolls of foil were dispensed freely and the children used it to make protective helmets, capes for swift flight, claws for the ends of their fingers and weapons. One young l...
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...
Summer Reading In spite of summer vacations, Bridget Rohner has managed to keep the statistics high with the attendance this fourth week at 15 children. The group began with the reading of a story, for which the children were very attentive. The major theme this week was the five senses and the children thoroughly enjoyed the hands-on approach. Each was given a piece of paper to record their answers regarding the bottled aromas that they were sniffing. Victoria Rice helped the children with the hearing test, where the...
For the third week of the summer reading program, the children listened to a short story of the super-power of a dog’s nose which gives them the ability to find people lost in snow, or find drugs or explosives in the airport, or find lost children during a fire. Dogs have other super-powers that, with training, enable them to be seeing-eye dogs. Budding entomologists Cindy and Victoria Rice brought live specimens of insects in jars, while program director Bridget Rohner was well-prepared with placards depicting insects for t...
In recent issues of The Record we have shared the involved paperwork that early homesteaders had to complete and how they even had to involve their neighbors in the successful completion of the “patent” granting them the homestead. In the last issue the witness for John Unbewust was William Tinsley. The other witness was John Alexander, age 70, who lived a mile from John Unbewust and who cited as his neighbors John J. Curl and John Clark. Alexander had lived there six years prior to filling out the form.These documents giv...
Council meeting Wednesday evening, July 8, the Harrington City Council met with Mayor Paul Gilliland at the helm, and council members Peter Davenport, Terri Howe, Mike Cronrath and Levi Schenk in attendance; as were city clerk, Bunny Haugan and Alan Gay, of Stantec. Visitors included Priscilla and Dick Derr, Paul Charlton, Sharon Schultz, Donita Simons, Ashley Schenk, Crystal Hickman, Cody Anderson, Marge Womach and Justin Slack. Alan Gay announced that Harrington was awarded the $59,000 grant/loan for the study of sump pump...
When Odessa travelers cross over Mohler Road E. toward Sprague, they cross over an area formerly referred to as the “Four Corners,” “Unbewust corner” or “the old Liberty school.” Approaching Harrington-Tokio Road from the west, there is an old homestead to the north, encircled by trees and outbuildings. The Four Corners are located about four miles east of Mohler and about four miles south of Harrington. For those not familiar with this specific area, continuing east past the Four Corners and going to the end of Mohler Rd....
City Council The Harrington City Council met May 13. Of the three candidates who applied to fill the summer position for the city crew, only one was interviewed. The hiring of Justin Carnahan was approved. Abatement notices were sent to citizens with overgrown yards. All recipients have made progress with cleanup, but some violations will take longer to bring into compliance. Some citizens are annoyed with yards that remain a fire hazard. But since no formal complaint was made, the owner was not notified.The council attempted...
The Harrington Opera House Society met May 4. Gordon Herron, Bonnie and Mike Hardy, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Linda Wagner, Karen Robertson, Marge Womach, Steven Hardy and Dillon Haas were on hand for discussion by the building committee which expressed concern about the auditorium floor refinishing project. Upon realizing that the floor would not be finished for the Cruisin’ Harrington celebration on May 16, the quilt show and the musical performance were both moved to the Community Church. Discussion w...
The former Harrington Haus is finally drying out with the new owner, John Dempsey, working long, hard hours and continuously ventilating the structure. Several on-lookers contemplated the removal of the old pool table which Dempsey was not interested in trying to preserve. At one point, Gene Dietrich had stipulated that he wanted to remove the pool table prior to the signing of the papers, but in the final analysis, Dietrich was not willing to remove it. Leaks in the roof for years had damaged the table, making it necessary...
Tuesday evening, April 21, at 7 p.m. in Harrington City Hall, Josh Steward called the meeting of the Public Development Authority to order with members Bunny Haugan, Allen Barth and Paul Charlton present with Peter Davenport, Heather Slack and Marge Womach also attending. Davenport, director of the National UFO reporting center, consented to a request by the PDA for him to give a presentation in October at the opera house as a fund-raiser for the PDA. When it was suggested that he also give a tour of his missile site near...
Monday evening, April 6, the Harrington Opera House Society met in the Art Room with Billie and Gordon Herron, Linda Wagner, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Carol, Dillon Haas, Karen Robertson, Steven and Becky Hardy and Bonnie Hardy present. Building projects for the present time are the addition of electrical, water, and sewer connections for the stage, the auditorium rest room and the kitchen area and the sanding of the auditorium and stage floors. Scheduled events begin with the opera house piano benefit...
At the Harrington Opera House on Thursday, April 9, from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. will be the first in a series of meetings to present purpose, goals and plans of each of Harrington’s civic and community organizations. The public is invited. There will be short five-minute presentations by four or five organizations followed by a question and answer session and informal visiting time. This will allow each organization to showcase the purposes of their organization and enlist new members. It provides time to share projects and e...
Harrington City Council met on March 11, at 7:30 p.m. at city hall with four councilmen present: Peter Davenport, Mike Cronrath, Rick Becker and Levi Schenk. Mayor Paul Gilliland opened the meeting. Others in attendance included Bunny Haugan, Scott McGowan, Ken Kennedy, Kathy Hoob, Sharon Schultz, Paul Charlton, Justin Slack, Marge Womach, Jay Gossett. Also attending were five high school students: Isabelle Phillips, Vanessa Larson, Jordan Tanke, Samantha Nighswonger and Jacob Montgomery. The council tabled the discussion on...
Monday evening, March 2, at 7 p.m. the Harrington Opera House Society met for their monthly meeting. Those present included: Ed and Bunny Haugan, Gordon and Billie Herron, Linda Wagner, Paul Charlton, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Karen Robertson, Mike and Bonnie Hardy, Michelle Quigley, Carol, Celeste Miller and Marge Womach. Many of the building projects are coming to completion. The painting has been finished and the stage drapes have been shortened. Dressing room #1 is completed and ready for use. Beveled windows were installe...
Although The Odessa Record avoids publishing rumors, the Record obliged the people of Harrington by publishing in the October 13, 2013 issue the rumor that the Harrington Haus was closing its doors for failure to keep the building up to code. Gene and Pamela (Meyer) Dietrich of Davenport had operated the business since Roy and Cora Rae Meyer died in 1991. Since that closing day, Harrington has functioned without a year-round restaurant. The Harrington Golf & Country Club furnished meals during the golf season but closed every...
Harrington City Council met Wednesday evening at city hall. Paul Gilliland, Rick Becker, Mike Cronrath, Levi Schenk, Scott McGowan, Bunny Haugan, Sharon Schultz, Paul Charlton, Justin Slack and Marge Womach were in attendance. A question was raised regarding the missing street and speed signs and McGowan reported that the city has the signs, but they have not been put up. The bill was received for the repairs to the city street sweeper which was just over $4,929. The Mayor informed the council of Avista proposed projects that...
The Harrington Opera House Society met Feb 2, in the Art Room at 7 p.m. The “project” list is becoming smaller with current emphasis on the need to hem the stage curtains, completion of the painting in the auditorium, completion of the exterior doors and installation of the refurbished molding in the auditorium. New prices were determined for the rental of the opera house for weddings or functions. The next performance will be the Horse-Crazy Cowgirls scheduled for March 20 with tickets selling for $15. There will also be...
Last week the Harrington Lions Club repainted the large meeting room of the Memorial Hall, replaced damaged ceiling tiles and made other cosmetic repairs. The club now consists of 16 members as compared to the 90 original charter members on March 22, 1946 when they organized. History of Memorial Hall The Memorial Hall was created by 1949 when the American Legion Post #95, with community donations of money and labor, gutted and rebuilt the entire inside of the old brick...
Twenty-five animal heads and furs have been on display in the Harrington Public Library since June of 1973. The late Louis Schutz was a Harrington farmer who enjoyed game hunting when he was not busy keeping his farming operations going. He began game hunting in 1946 and made two trips to Africa, trips into British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska. “More Trophies for Schultz Collection. The trophies from the species of the deer and antelope families will include the mounted heads and horns; the elephant ivories, 12 pound o...
