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Rocklyn Zion Chapel Hymn Sing The Rocklyn Zion Chapel sits atop a hill about six miles northwest of Harrington, one of the most frequently photographed churches of the Pacific Northwest. Just under 40 persons attended the Rocklyn Zion Chapel hymn sing held at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, the majority being 50 years of age or older. The youngest attendee was age 15. Descendants of the early German Methodist Church flock to the "chapel" several times a year and enjoy worshipping the...
Continued from the April 19, 2018 issues of the Odessa Record. 75 years ago The Odessa Record April 15, 1943 Club members hold judging practice: The Odessa 4-H beef club members held a meeting at the Mark Smith and Praetorious brothers ranches, where they had access to several groups of choice beef steers for practice judging and coaching on showmanship, as a warmup practice before the Odessa and Spokane junior livestock shows. Those taking part in the contest where Bud and...
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, April 23: State Department of Transportation personnel reported spray-painted graffiti at the U.S. 2 Telford rest area. A responding deputy was unable to find any tagging there. After rec...
The Harrington Athletic Booster Club held its First Annual Dinner and Auction last Friday at the Larmer Barn as 120 proud supporters of Panther athletics arrived at 6 p.m. to enjoy happy-hour drinks and began bidding on the many great silent-auction items donated by local businesses and community members. A delicious dinner of pulled pork sandwiches and German sausage was served by Eagle Catering at 7 p.m., while more silent-auction bidding took place, and raffle tickets were drawn and prizes given away. As people finished...
Spaghetti feed Cars began arriving at 5:30 p.m. Thursday for the benefit Spaghetti Feed for the family of Lorne Howe who recently lost his battle against cancer. Dinner was held at 6:30 with more than 70 in attendance. Lorne had been an active participant and supporter of the annual Cruizin’ Harrington events. Donations can be made by contacting petermad012@gmail.com . After-school program Twelve young ones aged 2 years to 13 met Thursday, April 19, at the Harrington Public Library with the Library Board in charge for a c...
To be included on the winter 2018 honor roll lists at Spokane Community College (SCC) and Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC), students must earn a 3.0 grade point average or higher and be full time (at least 12 credits). In our local area, Raymond Harrington of Harrington and Joshua Watkins of Odessa were among the more than 2,300 students named to the SCC honor roll. SCC is one of the largest community colleges in the state and serves more than 20,000 students every year. SCC has provided college transfer,...
On Wednesday, April 18, the track and field team competed at Lakeside High School in Nine Mile against the following teams: Colfax, Davenport, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Lind-Ritzville, Oakesdale, Reardan, St. George’s and Wellpinit. The Odessa boys placed third and the girls placed fifth. Colfax won the boys’ competition, and Oakesdale took first on the girls’ side. NE 1B/2B D7/9 League Meet Boys’ team 100 meters Gaven Elder took first place in 11.35 seconds. Jonny Hayashi fourth with a time of 11.81. David Hayashi...
Seattle, WA – CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced the winners of the CenturyLink Clarke M. Williams Foundation’s Teachers and Technology grant program. The program, which began in 2008, awards grants of up to $5,000 to schools in CenturyLink’s local service areas on behalf of teachers who have developed specific plans to innovatively implement technology in their classrooms. CenturyLink has awarded nearly 2 million dollars to teachers in Washington state since 2008....
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, April 16: Harrington Golf and Country Club personnel advised dispatchers they were tending to a wounded owl at the golf course clubhouse. The message was referred to the local state Fish and W...
On Tuesday, April 10, the track and field team competed in Odessa at Finney Field. The Tigers competed against the following teams: Davenport, Harrington, Kittitas, Lind-Ritzville, Reardan and Wellpinit. The Odessa boys placed fourth and the girls placed third. Kittitas won the boys’ competition, and Reardan took first on the girls’ side. Boys’ team 100 meters Gaven Elder took first place in 11.81 seconds. Jonny Hayashi tied for second place with a Reardan sprinter with a time of 12.37, a personal record. 200 meters Gaven...
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, April 9: A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad crew was enlisted to repair the malfunctioning Brown Road crossing arms in Sprague. A report of a possible road rage incident on Int...
Breakfast with Mayor Haas Four times this year, citizens are offered an opportunity to have not only a free breakfast but also free time with Haas to ask questions and receive explanations for why our town is as it is and why it functions as it does. Come join others who are eager for good food at 8 a.m. at the Senior Meals room on Saturday, April 21. Those who turned out last time were pleased to hear some good dialogue. HOHS The members of the Harrington Opera House Society met April 9 in the Art Room, with Mark and Sheryl...
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, April 2: Responding to the 100 block of Main Street, Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a 63-year-old man with breathing problems. Four girls were discovered “exploring” the Lincoln...
Chamber meeting The Harrington Chamber of Commerce met at 6 p.m. on April 4 at The Post & Office with Tim Tipton, Paula Pike, Karen Robertson, Dave Michaelson, Bunny Haugan and Cherie MacClellan present. After the reading of the minutes and treasurer’s report, the Chamber took up unfinished business, predominantly Cruizin’ Harrington, the newsletter and mailer and working with the Huckleberry Press. Discussion was held to assemble the next Chamber mailer using volunteers on April 16. Chamber purchased new banners for the Cru...
Romeo and Juliet Tuesday morning, March 27, the Seattle Shakespeare Company arrived at the Harrington school and gave three or four workshops including the topics of Elizabethan dance and style of clothing. The school obtained a director's grant which paid for this event. At 1 p.m., students in grades K-12 came from the school to the Harrington Opera House to view an actual production by the same people who had given the workshops. Parents and local residents joined the...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 held a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. for a legislative update, to review a district policy and to review the budget. The board then met in the high school library on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 6 p.m. Present were chairman Ed Deife; board members Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley, Janie Steward and Carmen Weishaar; Superintendent Dan Read; Principal Jamie Nelson and Business Manager Juli Weishaar. Also present were Facilities Director Justin Parr, Athletic...
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, March 26: A Creston woman reported receiving a scam phone call that included a threat to turn her in to the authorities if she didn’t comply. She refused to provide any personal infor...
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, March 19: Sprague School District personnel conducted an intruder drill. Deputies and county Juvenile Services staff joined with Sprague School District personnel to deal with a truant student...
Harrington Public Development Authority Heather Slack, president, opened the 7 p.m. March 20 meeting of the Harrington Public Development Authority with Bunny Haugan, Paul Charlton, Jay Kane and Tim Tipton present. The announcement of the completion of the Harrington Community display sign by Baldwin Signs of Spokane was made accompanied with the news that Don Timm and Jim Knapp volunteered to go to Spokane to pick it up saving the Authority several hundred dollars on...
Spring runoff is in evidence with the awakening of Delzer Falls just a few miles northwest of Odessa between Pacific Lake and Bob’s Lakes, which also remained filled with water. Despite the cool and windy weather last weekend, several intrepid local photographers were out in the countryside recording the beginnings of new spring growth of both flora and fauna. Calls and messages to The Record told us that photos of Delzer Falls were available, and so they were. We also h...
The first track and field meet of the season took place last Saturday in Ephrata, where schools large and small competed in the Ray Cross Invitational. Besides our own Odessa Tigers, the following teams were signed up to participate: A.C. Davis, Almira/Coulee Hartline, Chelan, Chiawana, Cle Elum/Roslyn, Connell, Easton, Ephrata, Gonzaga Prep, Harrington, Juanita, Kennewick, Lake Roosevelt, Liberty Bell, Moses Lake, North Central, Okanogan, Omak, Othello, Prosser, Quincy, Richland, River View, Royal, Sunnyside, Toppenish, Wate...
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, March 12: A caller reported being the target of an IRS phone scam. A woman asked that a hospital evaluate her 7-year-old son who “keeps attacking” her. Deputies removed a “fully tattooed Nativ...
Harrington City Council The Harrington City Council met March 14 with the full council present (Peter Davenport, Michael Cronrath, Levi Schenk, Jeremy Sewall and Justin Slack), as well as Mayor Dillon Haas, clerk Bunny Haugan, maintenance supervisor Scott McGowan and visitors David Michaelsen, Nathan Luck, Cherie MacClellan, Marge Womach and Ted Axelson. Michaelsen, Senior Meals cook, took the floor to address security issues at the Memorial Hall, stating that six times he has found the building not secured. Other issues...
Harrington Opera House Society Monday, March 5, the Harrington Opera House Society met at 7 p.m. with Sheryl and Mark Stedman, Billie and Gordon Herron, Carol, Karen Robertson, Bunny Haugan, Linda Wagner, Marge Womach and Stephen Hardy present. Members were reminded to give “in-kind forms” to Billie Herron. Minutes of the previous meeting and the financial reports were approved. Following a year’s hiatus, the building committee is again working on small restorative projects and preparing for the refurbishing of the rumma...
Robert (Bob) Schultz would like to let you know his work here is done. He received a call, late afternoon on Sunday, March 4, 2018, while resting peacefully at the family farm where he was born and raised, for a trip he will not be returning from, but one that will reunite him with friends and family, including his parents, Adolph and Lydia Schultz also of Harrington. Robert is survived by his wife Vivienne of 68 years, son Randy (Myra) Schultz, daughter Marita (Ed)...
