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Rocklyn Zion Chapel The December Hymn Sing at the Rocklyn Zion Chapel will be Dec. 28 at 6 p.m. and is “an old-fashioned Christmas” with a live Christmas tree lit with real candles, prayer by Pastor Kim Kruger, singing for everyone, a message by Mary Mendenhall, a men’s quartet and Santa with children’s activities. Just as the church has in its long past, the traditional treat bags of nuts and candy will be given out and refreshments will follow the service. City Council The Harrington City Council met Dec. 12 at city ha... Full story
The senior citizens of Odessa have been the focus of community service by the local high school chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America for the past two years. Last year the chapter was able to donate $9,000 toward the new roof on the Old Town Hall, which is used for senior meals and SAIL (Stay Active and Independent for Life) classes for seniors. This year, the chapter has continued to put their efforts into improving the lives of Odessa senior citizens by assisting with yard work and chores this fall, cooking and... Full story
Chamber of Commerce The Harrington Area Chamber of Commerce met December 5 at The Post & Office with Tim Tipton, Paula Harrington, Debbie Chapman, David Michaelson, Summer Shockley, Kathy Hoob, Bunny Haugan, Heather Slack and Cherie MacClellan present. Guest speaker Debbie Chapman, coordinator for Parent-To-Parent, told the Chamber that this program provides information and one-to-one emotional support to parents of children who have special needs. She is based in Ritzville,... Full story
It was a busy Christmas Fest Day for the Old Town Hall Rejuvenation Society this year! The Pie Booth, organized by talented volunteer Merleen Smith, was appreciated by all pie lovers again this year, because the best pie bakers in the area donate the fruit of their labors! Christmas Fest After-Party The Old Town Hall opened at 7:30 p.m. to a happy group enjoying warm drinks and a huge variety of homemade cookies while eyeing the generous selection of silent auction items and o... Full story
he Odessa Chamber of Commerce adopted its budget for 2019 at its monthly meeting at Any Occasion Banquet Hall on December 11. Much of the budget remained the same or very similar to what was adopted for 2018, with cutbacks to only a few items in order to balance the new budget. Chamber president Zach Schafer plans to write an article for The Record before the end of the year in order to explain to the public and the business community some of the challenges faced by the Chamber. One of these challenges is the community... Full story
Monday night’s meeting of the Odessa Town Council once again nearly filled the Odessa Public Library, as citizens appeared eager to learn as much as possible about the council’s efforts to provide police coverage for however long it takes to hire two new officers to fill the ranks of the Odessa Police Department. As we reported last week, Officer Bryce Peterson retired suddenly on November 30, and Police Chief Tom Clark was let go the following Monday, December 3, by Mayor Bill Crossley. Steps were taken immediately by the ma... Full story
Fellow Odessans, It is once again time to put the names back on the Christmas greeting board. The Odessa Lions Club would like to see your name up there with all of ours. The board not only shares your holiday spirit with others, the proceeds also allow your Odessa Lions Club to continue to serve our community and our world. As you know, Lions Club in Odessa has completed many service projects, including the covered picnic area, the ramp and new stairs at the Old Town Hall, new picnic tables for Festplatz, the public... Full story
Let's roll out the red carpet and start the ticker tape parade. The Odessa Tigers completed a perfect season, 14-0, after their win Saturday afternoon against Almira-Coulee-Hartline, 63 to 12. A little credit must be given to ACH for keeping the turnovers coming, it was almost like a light brunch, there were so many. Which in turn kept the ball in the Tigers' hands and made for a record breaking game, with 40 points in the first quarter. Marcus King ended the game with 224... Full story
Odessa Mayor Bill Crossley has confirmed that Officer Bryce Peterson retired from the Odessa Police Dept. last Friday and that police chief Tom Clark was let go Monday evening of this week for what Crossley described as “the best interests of the town.” As most of our readers are probably aware, Crossley cannot discuss personnel issues in much detail because of privacy laws. A meeting in the public library on Wednesday, December 5, was announced Tuesday for the council to review a temporary contract with the Lincoln Cou... Full story
City Council The Harrington City Council met November 29 at 5:30 p.m. for a public budget meeting with Mayor Justin Slack, councilmen Nathan Luck, Mike Cronrath, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk and Tim Tipton, clerk Bunny Haugan and two visitors, Marge Womach and Cherie MacClellan present. The mayor opened the "Hearing for Final Budget" and the long process of adjusting calculations began. Considering how recently Slack has moved from council member into the role of mayor, he sho... Full story
The board of directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 6 p.m., preceded by a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing the budget and discussing athletic programs. Present were Ed Deife, Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley, Janie Steward, Carmen Weishaar, superintendent Dan Read, principal Jamie Nelson and business manager Juli Weishaar. Also present were Amy Schaefer, Justin Parr, Bruce Todd and Terrie Schmidt-Crosby. There was no...
SPOKANE, Wash. – Dec. 3, 2018: With the arrival of the sustained colder temperatures, heating systems are operating more frequently and for longer periods of time, which can increase monthly energy costs. Heating can make up to 60 percent of a home’s monthly winter energy costs. Avista suggests checking your home’s air flow and making sure to use supplemental heating sources efficiently to help manage your winter energy bill. Making sure door sweeps are in good condition and caulking around windows and doors will help preve... Full story
The OHS Tigers obliterated the Quilcene Rangers on Saturday afternoon, November 24, at the Wenatchee Apple Bowl. This lady knew that they could get the job done after I looked at the stats and discovered that the Tigers have outscored the Rangers this season 866 to 88. The Tigers took the Apple Bowl game by a score of 65 to 6, with Marcus King walking away with the Sportsmanship Medallion in this semi-final playoff game. Within the first 58 seconds of the game, King had taken... Full story
Music in the Air A concert will be performed Friday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. by Alicia Mielke on flute and Kevin Garnica on piano at the Mielke barn located at 35099 Rolinco Road E., near Sprague, nine miles south of Harrington on the Harrington-Tokio Road. The concert will consist of a full hour of music with an intermission midway. No tickets or invitation are needed. All are welcome with a suggested donation of $20. For additional information, the Mielkes may be contacted at the... Full story
The Odessa Junior Livestock 4-H Club is once again busily gearing up for Christmas Fest, which will be held in the Odessa Community Center next Wednesday, December 5. Vendors from near and far will sell craft items and food items to kick off local shopping for the holidays. Hometown talent will provide live music on the indoor stage throughout the day. The Fest is open from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Door prizes donated by the attending vendors will be awarded, also throughout the... Full story
(November 26, 2018) Last December President Trump signed into law the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Act included a new economic development incentive that targets private investment - Opportunity Zones. Opportunity Zones offer incentives specifically intended to help revitalize low-income population areas that suffer from a lack of investment and business growth. The unique investor incentives tied to Opportunity Zones pertain to capital gains from long term investment. Incentives include 1) tax deferral on capital gains... Full story
On November 15, twelve FFA members were able to compete in State Potato Judging and State Tractor Driving. This event is held annually at CBTech in Moses Lake. FFA members from all over Washington come to compete. The potato-judging teams spent many hours looking over potatoes and studying their workbooks. Coming into the competition, they needed to be able to distinguish between a grade #1, grade #2 and a cull potato, as well as to state the five reasons why they are graded... Full story
By MAJORIE WOMACH Harrington City Council The Harrington City Council met at 7:30 p.m. Nov 14, with the following present: Mayor Justin Slack, councilmen Peter Davenport, Michael Cronrath, Nathan Luck, Levi Schenk and Tim Tipton, clerk Bunny Haugan, maintenance man Scott McGowan and visitors Jess Silhan, Turner Slack, Marge Womach and Cherie MacClellan. Following the approval of minutes and bills to be paid, the mayor opened a public hearing on the Preliminary Budget for 2019... Full story
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 14, 2018) – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) and Rep. Dan New-house (WA-04) issued the following statements after the Bureau of Reclamation recently released its fiscal year 2019 Distribution of Additional Funding that includes $7.1 million to the Columbia Basin Project Ephrata office, allocating up to $2 million for design and oversight to the Odessa Ground Water Replacement Program. “The Odessa Ground Water Replacement Project is critical to ensuring our region has access to the water nee... Full story
OLYMPIA – Earlier this month, a woman reportedly released two large coolers of live tilapia into Sammamish Lake, a popular location for water sports and hiking. A concerned citizen saw the act and reported it to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Upon following up, four fish were found dead, assumedly due to the shock of the cold water. “People often think they are doing a kindness to animals by releasing them into the wild, but, in many cases, those animals are not adapted for our climate and perish,” said... Full story
Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation has awarded OMHC with a 2018 Patient Safety Grant to be used for dementia and mental health education and training. Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital with a significant geriatric population. Much of the care provided is for patients with dementia or cognitive impairment. Successful interaction with these patients involves a skill set that is not always taught in nurse aide courses and is generally not part of any curriculum for other types of... Full story
Saturday, November 17, was a busy day for many Odessa folks. The day started off for parents of school-aged children and other interested community members with a trip to Moses Lake's Lions Field, where the Tiger football team played in a quarter-final round against the Neah Bay Red Devils. Although Neah Bay often has had a powerful team in the past, this was not their year. The Tigers handily defeated them, 71-8. On that happy note for Odessa, most community members returned... Full story
For over a decade, Steve Luiten and the Odessa Union Warehouse have graciously tested the engineering designs of Odessa High's ninth-grade Integrated Science class during their unit on forces and impulse. The students engineer devices, using very limited supplies, to help an egg survive drops of one, two, four and 30 meters. The one and two meter drops begin in the high school science laboratory. The designs that survive the first two rounds then move out into the high school... Full story
The Youth Group of the Odessa Community Ministerial Association and the drivers who assisted them collected 2,000 pounds worth of food donations from our generous community during the recent food drive for the upcoming holiday season. The group gathered in the fellowship hall of the Foursquare Church to organize and unpack the donations which will be gathered into holiday baskets for members of the community who request assistance from the food bank over the Thanksgiving and... Full story
By LISE OTT In 2017, JoEllen Wollman and I made a pledge to present every veteran in Odessa with a quilt. It may take us a few years, but we are well on our way. Seven quilts were presented in 2017, and we were able to follow up with nine more this year. We are not an official part of the Quilts of Valor program, nor of any of the other official groups that award quilts to vets. We wanted our program to be flexible and personal, so we make the quilts with a lot of help from... Full story
