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Since starting for the Odessa High School boys basketball team as a freshman, Ryan Moffet, now a junior, has accumulated 2,000 points. Head basketball coach Larry Weber awarded Moffet a white basketball signed by all of his teammates to commemorate the event. Moffet spoke to The Record this week about his love of basketball and his future plans. Having played Little League baseball in his younger years, he said he has concentrated only on basketball since about sixth grade. Hi... Full story
MOSES LAKE — More than 80 employers are expected to attend the 2019 Job and Career Fair scheduled for Thursday, February 28 on the Big Bend Community College campus. The annual job fair, which is in its 26th year, is the largest local event that places potential employees and employers under one roof. The annual gathering will be held at the Masto Conference Center, inside the college’s ATEC Building, beginning at 9 a.m. and will continue until 2 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Employers at the event will rep... Full story
September The 48th annual Deutschesfest arrived, and Odessa rolled out the welcome mat to the many friends, family members, former residents, long-time repeat visitors and first-timers to the town’s celebration of its founding by many German-speaking immigrants at the turn of the 20th Century. As the cost of operating a business has risen in many areas, including wages, postage, paper products and software licenses, The Odessa Record had to raise its subscription and advertising prices. Notice was given that a general i... Full story
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the library at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, preceded by a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing the budget and discussing staffing. Present were board chair Ed Deife; 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 and Athletic Director Bruce Todd. Following...
Over the past few weeks before the winter break, the Odessa High School and Junior High School science students had been busy conducting independent science research entitled the Second Quarter Research Project. This project is designed to encapsulate the knowledge and the ability to formulate a testable research question, design and execute an experiment with quantifiable results, scientifically compare the experimental results with a control method and discuss their... Full story
PDA The Harrington Public Development Authority met January 15 at city hall with President Heather Slack opening the meeting with the following present: Tim Tipton, Bunny Haugan, Jay Kane, Jay Gossett, Paul Charlton and Jill Plaskon. Discussions centered on the website, selection of a logo, grants and progress and direction for the vacant lot project. City Council The Harrington City Council met January 16, with the following present: Mayor Justin Slack, councilmen Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk, Tim Tipton and Nathan Luck, Cle... Full story
On January 9, awards were presented in the school cafeteria to members of the state champion Tiger football team. The team's quarterback Camden Weber received the Captain's Award. Marcus King, in recognition of his abilities on both offense and defense, was presented the Thundebolt Award. Joshua Clark, also known for stellar play on both sides of the ball received the Iron Man Award. Theron Schlomer received the Gale Martin Award and Tim DeWulf went home with the Hardest... Full story
The Spokesman-Review’s Inland Northwest Trapshoot competition completed the third of its eight weeks of competition on January 13, 2019. The Marlin and Odessa Gun Clubs participate in trap shooting from their respective locations but combine their scores to form one team that is entered into the competition. Marlin Sunday, January 20, was pretty chilly, but that didn’t deter the 55 participants that showed up to shoot for the Marlin Gun Club. Of those 55 people only four shot a perfect 25: Dan Asker, Bill James, Kevin Myr... Full story
(Davenport WA, January 18, 2019) It was early 2016 when the Harrington PDA began to install a high speed broadband network through their downtown business district. Now, three years later, that project has become a model for do-it-yourself rural internet. Last January the stakeholders in the project were invited to tell their story to the state senate Committee for Economic Development and International Trade. This past October, Harrington hosted a policy discussion with Governor Inslee’s advisor on rural broadband, John F... Full story
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce has undergone the challenging task of creating an operating budget for 2019. As revenues remain flat and expenses continue to rise, we have been forced to make additional budget cuts. In 2018, we were forced to discontinue the $1,000 Tim Suchland memorial scholarship. Sadly, this year we have had to significantly reduce our budget for the community float. Years ago, the float was its own entity. The people involved in it raised funds and sustained the float by funding repairs, decorations,... Full story
March The Odessa High School boys basketball team took fourth place at the state 1B tournament in Spokane last week after a grueling post-season of play. Two Odessa boys earned medals for sportsmanship along the way, Jayd Jennings and Marcus King. RDO Equipment Co. announced the acquisition of equipment dealership Evergreen Implement at the end of February. This adds stores in Coulee City, Moses Lake, Othello, Pasco and Ritzville to RDO Equipment Co.’s existing network, which includes Pasco and Sunnyside in the state of W... Full story
It's amazing how one person can flip your whole world upside down. Just one call made life in the Deering home sad, stressed and hectic. Our landlord of about 13 years for my husband and 10 years for me, called on Friday and said that our house may get sold, we need to eliminate animals and repair all that needs repaired by Monday. My husband and I were both in tears. We love our babies more than anything and don't want to lose them We are those people in your community that take in those that others don't want or can't... Full story
Replacing the 22 single-pane wood-frame windows in the Old Town Hall is the goal of Odessa High School FBLA’s current Window Campaign, says FBLA advisor Terri King. The students have been approaching businesses, organizations and individuals to consider sponsoring a window at a cost of $756/window. The new windows to be installed by Ramm Hardware will be vinyl, insulated, Low-E picture windows which will reduce energy costs and preserve the building. The chapter is pleased to announce that this week’s featured window spo... Full story
HOHS Monday, January 7, the Harrington Opera House Society held their first meeting of the year with Ed Haugan, Linda Wagner, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Gordon and Billie Herron, Marge Womach, Karen Robertson, Carol, Becky Moeller and Ellen Evans present. Haugan gave his final treasurer’s report with its usual keen attention to details and comparisons and gave his formal resignation as treasurer, having served for more than 22 years. Discussion was held on the status of the building committee’s projects and needs. Water was... Full story
The second week of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Northwest Trapshoot competition was held Sunday, January 13, 2019. The Marlin and Odessa Gun Clubs participate in trap shooting from their respective locations but combine their scores to form one team that is entered into the competition. Odessa Achieving a perfect 25 at the Odessa Gun Club were Lane Lobe and Brian Wraspir. Shooting 24 were Landon Lobe, Nick Tebow, Cody Stanford and Markus Smith. Anthony Smith, Doug Tebow and Jim Smith all shot 23, while Justin Hunt, Ryan Lewi... Full story
Monday night's meeting of the Odessa Town Council included the swearing in of the town's new police chief Brent Dell by Mayor Bill Crossley. The meeting was followed by a "meet and greet" session with the new chief. Dell said he was originally from Michigan but has spent his law enforcement career in the state of Washington with his first posting in Seattle. His most recent former job was in Kennewick, but prior to that he had been located in Okanogan County, nine miles from... Full story
January A five-to-six-month-old pup left for dead in the cold of December was rescued and revived by a group of several animal lovers. Thus began the saga of LuLu in a series of stories written by The Record’s Linda Goodman. Keith Bailey was honored by CHS, Inc., the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative, for contributing 25 years of service to strengthening and growing the cooperative system. He is CEO of AgVentures NW, LLC, of Odessa and general manager for its owner companies, Reardan Grain Growers and Odessa Uni... Full story
The Spokesman-Review of Spokane is again sponsoring the Inland Northwest Trapshoot competition that began Sunday, January 6, 2019, and will continue for the next seven weeks. From their separate gun clubs, the Marlin and Odessa shooters combine to form one team that enters into the competition, now in its 100th year. Marlin Jim Imbert, Juan Rocha, Todd Druffel, Bill James and Dan Asker all shot 24. Fred Meise, Taeven Brashear, Daryl Kimble, Dave Asker, Brent Finkbeiner and Mark Brashear all shot 23. Tyson Visker, Kevin Myer,... Full story
By WADE MAGERS Lincoln County Sheriff In 2018, Lincoln County had a decrease by 30 percent in overall crime compared to 2017 but experienced an increase in calls for service by 306 over 2017. The crime statistics are only figured through October but the trend is maintaining. The calls for service include everything we give a case number that is assigned to a deputy to investigate, for example, car collisions, neighborhood disputes, death investigations and general calls for... Full story
This year, for me, Christmas was an extremely rare treat, I was able to spend it with both of my children. Usually when I visit Ephrata they are working opposing schedules so I can only visit with them solo and if I do happen to get them at the same time, it’s rarely for more than an hour. It was about three or four days before Christmas when one morning I receive a text from Kaitlyn, my daughter, telling me that she and Daniel, my son, both had Christmas day off and that t... Full story
By MAJORIE WOMACH Chamber of Commerce Harrington's Chamber of Commerce met at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 2, at the Post & Office with the following in attendance: Tim Tipton, Cade Clarke, Paula Harrington, Cindy Haase, Kathy Hoob, Dave Michaelson, Heather Slack, Geoff Talkington, Mark Stedman, Bunny Haugan and Cherie MacClellan. Discussion was held regarding the vacant lot project, sometimes called Opera House Square due to its location across Willis Street from the Opera House. The Innovia Grant amount of $30,000 has been... Full story
By TERRIE SCHMIDT-CROSBY Now that our sometime columnist Vivianne Poe has become busy with other pursuits and has less time to devote to our Meet Your Neighbors articles, we will try to fill the gap until she finds more time on her hands. We are grateful to Nate Lathrop for introducing us to one of the newer couples in Odessa, Michael and Margie Sgobba. Vivianne Poe met them when they first moved to Odessa from Bremerton in July of 2018, but scheduling interviews with them... Full story
Sam and Donna Mullens took first place in the 2018 Christmas lighting contest sponsored by the Odessa Lions Club. Their house and yard (front and back) on Sixth Avenue were filled with lights and figures that must have taken quite some time to install. Pete and Lisa Martin took second place and Tammy Tokas on Fourth Avenue took third place. The Lions Club awards prizes to the top two residences selected. The town looked very festive this Christmas season, with many homes... Full story
[Editor’s note: Since The Record did not publish last week due to illness among the staff, we have included double submissions for the Harrington news.] Harrington news submission for 12-27-2018 By MAJORIE WOMACH Omission in the News Last week this writer omitted a piece of information in the article regarding the city council’s budget proposals, which, correctly written, would read: Budget A was based on the purchase of a new mower and the hiring of a summer employee, while Budget B was based on the expense of con... Full story
Odessa Food Bank director Merleen Smith was very happy with the help she received in collecting, organizing and distributing donated food over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Students in the Odessa chapter of the National Honor Society, under the direction of their advisor Lindsy Starkel, generously volunteered their time in preparing and delivering the Odessa Food Bank’s baskets for the two holidays. The food bank is sponsored by the Odessa Community Ministerial Association. These students came ready to work and s...
