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The Tekoa Trail & Trestle Association and the Rosalia Chamber of Commerce have begun what they hope will be greeting the new year with a new, uniquely Washington tradition of "Lights Across Washington." This new annual goal is to have a large holiday light display in every community along the epic John Wayne Trail to celebrate the holidays and Washington's only cross-state trail. Each year we would partner with one or more of the 18 Washington towns and cities that the trail...
Public Development Authority The Harrington Public Development Authority met December 19, with the following present: Heather Slack, president, Jay Kane, Paul Charlton, Jay Gossett, Jill Plaskon, Bunny Haugan, Marge Womach, Tim Tipton, Cherie MacClellan, Dillon Haas, Margie Hall (Lincoln Co. EDC) and Josh Steward. Gossett related to the group that another quote had been received for the sign which the Authority is planning to buy to place on the west edge of town to announce events. The new quote is slightly cheaper and has...
If you need a conversation starter this holiday season here are a few Christmas facts you may not know. 1. Christmas supposedly marks the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. But there is no mention of December 25 in the Bible and most historians believe he was born in the spring. 2. These evergreen branches became the foundation of our Christmas tree. It is thought that Germans are the first to bring "Christmas trees" into their homes at the holidays and decorate them with cookies and lights. 3. Santa Claus comes from St....
MARLIN (13 DEC 2017) – Grant County deputies are asking the public for help finding 15-year-old James Friend. Friend was last seen in his hometown of Marlin (Grant County) Washington on December 2, 2017. He has not spoken with family or friends since then, nor has he communicated over social media. It is out of character for him to not be in touch with family or friends. It's unknown what he was wearing when he left. He has no other risk factors which would explain why he h...
OLYMPIA... The Association of Washington Business recently honored Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, at its 2017 Evening of Excellence as the Legislator of the Year. Warnick, who served as the Chair of the Senate's Agriculture, Water, Trade and Economic Development Committee, received the award for her work to support small businesses across the state. "I am honored to receive this recognition," said Warnick. "I have worked to expand opportunity and limit unnecessary...
Odessa's schools celebrated a School of Distinction award on November 6, 2017 for sustained improvement in English Language Arts and Math over a five-year period. Odessa Jr./Sr. High School is one of 98 schools so honored by the Center for Educational Effectiveness and their partner organizations that have recognized schools across the state for continuous and substantive improvement. Then on December 15, the Future Business Leaders of America chapter at Odessa High School...
The December 12 meeting of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce gave its first vote of approval to the 2018 budget for the group, cutting back wherever possible to achieve a positive balance at year’s end. To do so, the Chamber board had opted to eliminate the Tim Suchland Memorial scholarship for $1,000 in addition to cutting back on many other line items. The Miss Odessa scholarships associated with the community float will remain in place. Chamber president Zach Schafer said board members very much hoped that some other civic g...
Mike Baker, a staff reporter at the Seattle Times newspaper, reported on December 11 that Central Washington University was investigating the conduct of state Rep. Matt Manweller and had placed him on administrative leave from his job as a political science professor. Officials at the Ellensburg school declined to discuss the details of the investigation, except to say that it involved “allegations of inappropriate conduct.” Manweller, who has taught at the university since 2003, has been investigated twice in recent yea...
Harrington City Council The Harrington City Council met December 13 for its monthly meeting and public hearing with the following present: Mayor Dillon Haas; Clerk Bunny Haugan; Maintenance Supervisor Scott McGowan; Council Members Mike Cronrath, Peter Davenport, Justin Slack and Rick Becker and visitors Gavin Wagner; Marge Womach; Brent Wilday and Cherie MacClellan. Gavin Wagner introduced himself and stated that he came to learn what city requirements might apply to him placing a small silo on a cement pad and attaching it...
MOSES LAKE – Landowners near Moses Lake have been fined for illegally pumping more than 500 million gallons of groundwater from the declining Odessa aquifer. In June, the Washington Department of Ecology issued cease and desist orders requiring the landowners and their lessee to stop pumping groundwater. Ignoring the orders, they continued pumping water illegally for three-and-a-half more months to water 530 acres of crops. The Odessa aquifer has been rapidly declining since 1980. Groundwater has dropped more than 200 f...
Our report on the most recent Odessa Town Council meeting said incorrectly that Bill Knerr had been appointed to the council. He has been appointed to the planning commission, not the council. The open council position being vacated by Terry Goetz will be filled by Vickie Iverson, who was elected by Odessa voters in November. There will be another vacancy, as we stated last week, when Bill Crossley resigns his council seat to begin serving as mayor in January. Citizens willing to serve on the council are asked to submit...
After receiving training, Lincoln County Deputies are now equipped with the opioid overdose reversal drug Naloxone. The deputies have been equipped with single-dose spray dispensers to be used in the event they encounter a subject who is suffering from an opioid overdose. Opioids include heroin, Methadone, OxyContin, Dilaudid, morphine, Demerol, hydrocodone/Vicodin, Percocet, Fentanyl and Fentanyl analogs. An opioid overdose causes a person's breathing to slow or completely stop. Naloxone can help counteract those...
Opera House Society The Harrington Opera House Society met December 4 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Art Room with Linda Wagner, Carol, Karen Robertson, Cade Clarke, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Sheryl and Mark Stedman and Gordon and Billie Herron present. New officers were voted upon with Wagner taking the helm as president. Bunny Haugan accepted the role of secretary. Carol remained vice president and building manager. Ed Haugan retained his position as treasurer, with Sheryl Stedman as co-treasurer. Chamber of Commerce The Harrington...
In its final meeting of 2017 and also the final meeting for outgoing mayor Lois Hubbard, the Odessa Town Council adopted its budget for 2018 at Monday night’s regularly scheduled meeting, which was also its final meeting of 2017. The budget total comes to just over $4 million. Two million of that total is earmarked for street repairs and involves mostly grant funds that are being provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Transportation Improvement Board, the Community Development Block Grants program and the U...
The 2018 Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest Farm Forum is scheduled for their three-day event for February 6-8, 2018 at the Spokane Convention Center. The largest farm machinery show in the Inland Northwest will host 300 exhibitors and conduct 36 educational seminars and forums relating to agri-business from large-scale operations to small acreage farms and ranches. Exhibitors will range from large farm equipment manufacturers and service providers to businesses catering to small acreage and part-time farmers who hold down...
Odessa music students from pre-school through sixth grade will present their Holiday Concert on Monday, December 18, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the school multi-purpose room. Sure highlights will be the pre-school and kindergarten groups, the fifth grade band taking part in their first public performance, plus first through fourth grades combined into a large choir singing songs of the season. There is also a rumor that Santa might arrive with goodies for all the younger children following the program. The public is...
In last week's issue, the front-page picture of senior citizens and high school freshmen in FBLA had an incomplete caption. The correct caption is: Carey Mae Jasman, Maddie Scrupps, Jett Nelson, Lowell Isom, Colton Messer, Frank Clark, Keith Strebeck, Elena Bechthold and Dennis Miller in the Old Town Hall, where senior citizens picked up free meals made and packaged by the school's FBLA freshmen....
Hometown Christmas Flurry and activity amid the cold temperatures during the week leading up to the Harrington Hometown Christmas were the keynotes of the community leaders in bringing the event to fruition. Special meetings and people moving about with wreaths for the businesses and lighting for the outdoor Christmas tree, while others were decorating indoor trees, windows and venues. Calls for "more lights" and inquiries for "what's next?" were heard about town. The city cre...
The Odessa High School chapter of FBLA delivered 553 meals to 44 local senior citizens as part of their community service project. Using $100 from Spokane Teachers Credit Union (STCU), they purchased supplies to decorate 200 caramel apples which they sold at various events throughout October and November. When the last caramel apple had been sold, they had raised $1,051.25 to purchase ingredients to cook the freezer meals. Students met over Thanksgiving vacation and cooked a variety of items, including beef stew, lasagna,...
A procedure chair has been purchased for the Odessa Rural Health Clinic using "Raise the Paddle" funds obtained at last May's Wine & Microbrew Tasting and Auction event put on by the Odessa Healthcare Foundation. The chair allows for patient comfort and optimal positioning, so the medical provider can best access the region necessary for making excisions, placing stitches and similar procedures. Each year, the event endeavors to raise money for pieces of equipment, tools,...
We at The Record have been asked to clarify a portion of our report in last week’s paper about the most recent town council meeting. We had reported that recent test results at the local water treatment plant had caused some concern to public works director Rod Webster and Mayor Lois Hubbard. Both wished to reassure Odessa citizens that the tests performed at the treatment plant had nothing to do with the water coming out of residents’ taps. In fact, recently completed tests of the well water had produced very good res...
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington Health Benefit Exchange today announced that nearly 18,000 new customers have used Washington Healthplanfinder to select 2018 health coverage through the first four weeks of open enrollment. The number of new customers who have signed up since November 1 represents a 43 percent increase over the same period last year. In addition to the 4,500 new sign-ups received on average each week, Washington Healthplanfinder has experienced an 18 percent increase in visits to the website, with more than 4...
OLYMPIA -- The Department of Health announced today a Salmonella outbreak involving pre-cut watermelon, cantaloupe or fruit mixes containing watermelon or cantaloupe in both Washington and Oregon. People who purchased these products on or about October 25 up to December 1 from QFC, Fred Meyer, Rosauers and Central Market in Washington and Oregon are urged not to eat the fruit and throw it away. Eighteen people from King (5), Mason (1), Pierce (1), Snohomish (7), Thurston (1), and Yakima (1) counties and two individuals from...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library November 29, first holding a workshop in the district office review the district’s educational programs and maintenance and operations replacement levy and the capital projects levy, followed by its regular meeting at 6 p.m. Present were board members Ed Deife, Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley, Janie Steward and Carmen Weishaar, Superintendent Dan Read, Principal Jamie Nelson and business manager Juli Weishaar. Also present were facilities s...
Steve Nelson of Century West Engineering in Spokane attended Monday’s town council meeting in the public library to announce that the Transportation Improvement Board has agreed to pay the amount of matching funds that Odessa owes as its contribution to roadway improvements made with grant money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA will also fund replacement of three parking lots on the Odessa medical campus, he said. Nelson also proposed to the council that the town consider applying for a $400,000 loan, g...
