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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...
Pam MacEwan, CEO of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange, has issued the following statement on the signing of House Bill 2516: “The Washington Health Benefit Exchange applauds today’s signing of House Bill 2516 by Gov. Jay Inslee. “This state-level legislation protects important progress made in Washington state under the Affordable Care Act. Our position as the state’s health insurance gateway is now stronger than ever, and despite continued uncertainty we may see at the federal level, this bill enables us to continue imp...
OLYMPIA — A three-judge state court of appeals panel today ruled that local jurisdictions have the authority to ban marijuana sales, agreeing with Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s arguments and a 2014 Attorney General Opinion. This is the first appellate court to rule on the issue. Judges in five trial-court cases have also agreed with the attorney general’s interpretation. The Attorney General’s Office intervened in the case to uphold the will of the voters and ensure proper interpretation of Washington’s marijuana law. “My...
Harrington FFA Alumni secretary The Harrington FFA Alumni held a very successful First Annual Dinner and Auction Saturday night in the Harrington Memorial Hall to end National FFA Week. Packed into the Hall at 5 p.m. for happy hour drinks and silent auction bidding were 130 proud supporters. A dinner of ribs and chicken was catered by Longhorn BBQ, while silent auction bidding went on. At 7:30 p.m., Washington state FFA president Seth Smith addressed the crowd on the...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday night to hear from the candidates for the open council position, get updated on the roadway repair and reconstruction efforts and bid a fond farewell to retiring town clerk Gail Kiesz. A public hearing on the street project was led by Steve Nelson of Century West Engineering in Spokane. He presented each council member with a map of the town indicating which roads would be involved in the project, for which bids are currently being...
Opera House Performance Friday, March 2, was the opening of the 2018 opera house season with Kevin Hekmatpanah on cello and Tomoko Kimura, accompanist on piano, performing to an appreciative audience in the Harrington Opera House. Hekmatpanah, a native of Chicago, has performed around the globe and throughout the country in concerts, festivals, recitals, symphonies and competitions. This past summer he performed at St. Stephens Cathedral in Vienna and the Esterhazy Palace in...
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. Some losses along the way meant that the boys had to claw their way through the losers' bracket, just as they did during the district tournament, but nevertheless earned their way into the trophy round. Two Odessa boys earned medals for sportsmanship along the way, Jayd Jennings and Marcus King. A full account of the games leading...
Fifth-grader Holden Iverson, son of Brenik and Kamie Iverson of Odessa, found the first buttercup of 2018 in the Odessa area. Father and son were on top of the south hill near the large, lit "O" when Holden spotted the single yellow blossom against all of the dried vegetation around it. Congratulations, Holden, on finding the first harbinger of spring and sharing your find with the readers of The Odessa Record....
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 Washington. Rich history RDO Equipment Co. began with one man and a single equipment store in a small farming town, and throughout several years of strategic moves and capitalizing on opportunities, grew into the company it is today, serving c...
Student-led conferences for grades PreK-12 have been set for Wednesday, March 28 through Friday March 30. School will be dismissed at 12:15 p.m. on these days. All PreK-12 students have been scheduled for a specific conference time. Parents should receive a designated date and time slip from their child’s homeroom teacher or the office. Those who have not received a date and time slip by the end of next week are asked to call Linnie Largent at 982-2603 or Chris Luiten at 982-2111....
Harrington PDA The Harrington Public Development Authority met Tuesday, February 20, with the following attending: Jay Gossett, Paul Charlton, Jill Plaskon, Bunny Haugan, Heather Slack, Tim Tipton, Marge Womach and Cherie MacClellan. The final critiquing of the post and panel display-sign design was done and the order for the first sign, that for Cruizin’ Harrington, was turned in, to allow Baldwin Signs of Spokane adequate time to complete the sign before the May 19 event. The need for housing in Harrington, the availability...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library on Wednesday, February 22, 2018 at 6 p.m., preceded by a workshop in the district office at 5:30 p.m. to discuss facilities use and to review a district policy and procedure. Present were board chairman 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 supervisor Justin Parr, athletic director...
The Odessa varsity boys basketball team is headed to the state tournament after winning second place at the District 7 tournament in Deer Park last weekend (see full story on page 5). The boys will travel across the state to North Creek High School in Bothell to play Cedar Park Christian of Mountlake Terrace beginning at 4 p.m. Other teams will play in this first round of regional play at various neutral sites around the state. Almira-Coulee-Hartline will play Sunnyside...
Sheriff Wade Magers recognized the 2017 Employee of the Year for the road deputy team after an in-service training and meeting with the patrol division last week. The employee recognized was Deputy Kody Becker. Deputy Becker is a very hard worker. He is always willing to step up and cover open shifts and his work is top quality 100 percent of the time. He has been with the Sheriff's Office for several years, starting as a Lincoln County Reserve Deputy. Deputy Becker is an...
LACEY – This summer, more than 300 teenagers throughout Washington will hit the road to pick up litter and protect the environment with the Ecology Youth Corps. In 2017, EYC crews cleaned more than 5,000 miles of roads and picked up more than 1.1 million pounds of litter. “The Ecology Youth Corps is a terrific first job for young people, and it’s a way they can give back by protecting the environment in their communities,” said Peter Christiansen, who oversees EYC for the Washington Department of Ecology. Applica...
City Council Wednesday, February 14, the Harrington City Council met with one council member absent. In attendance were Mayor Dillon Haas, councilmen: Peter Davenport, Jeremy Sewall, Levi Schenk and Justin Slack, town clerk Bunny Haugan, maintenance supervisor Scott McGowan, and visitors Billie Herron, Brent Wilday, Marge Womach, Brian Belsby (Belsby Engineering), Stormy Stiles, Nathan Luck and Maddie, and Cherie MacClellan. Brian Belsby discussed Small Water System Management Plans and the Rural Community Assistance Corporat...
The Odessa Town Council met February 14 at noon for a special meeting to take care of business for which it did not have a quorum at the previous Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting. The first order of business was to approve requests made Monday by Steve Nelson of Century West Engineering in Spokane to submit an application for a USDA loan and to begin advertising for bids for the Federal Emergency Management Agency roadway work to be gin as soon as the weather permits. The council approved Ordinance 693 for the town of Ode...
Please note a correction to the ad from Ritzville Warehouse. Its suite number at the Spokane Arena for area residents attending the state 1B basketball tournament February 28 - March 3 has been changed. Ritzville Warehouse is sponsoring Suite 9 at the Arena....
HOHS The Harrington Opera House Society met February 5 with Linda Wagner, Sheryl Stedman, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark Stedman, Cherie MacClellan, Marge Womach, Susan Larmer, Gordon Herron and Karen Robertson present. At the close of the meeting Billie Herron and Carol returned from Reardan and visited briefly. Ed Haugan gave the treasurer's report, noting that the average monthly bills for the building is $900, a figure arrived at by dividing last year's expenditures by twelve....
LACEY, Wash. - The Washington Farm Bureau named Sen. Judy Warnick (R-Moses Lake) and Rep. David Taylor (R-Moxee) 2017 legislators of the year at Farm Bureau's annual Legislative Banquet Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. "We are very appreciative of the work these two legislators did on behalf of agriculture, the state's second largest industry," said Mike LaPlant, Farm Bureau's state president. While a number of legislators helped to support issues critical to the state's farmers and...
Ephrata, WA – Grant County resident Sylvia Hammond is pleased to announce her campaign for the Washington State House of Representatives, 13th Legislative District, Position 2. She is a Democrat running against incumbent, Matt Manweller. Over the last 40 years living in Grant County, Hammond has worked on a family farm, taught, volunteered, and raised a family of five. Her campaign will focus on the needs and issues of the 13th District, which includes most of Grant County a...
Monday night’s meeting of the Odessa Town Council included a discussion of the recycling bins in town in which citizens are encouraged to deposit used cardboard, plastic bottles, aluminum cans and newspapers. The service was instituted several years ago when Odessa was still collecting and hauling its own waste. The tipping fees were based on the tonnage of waste delivered. To decrease the level of waste tonnage, the town opted to contract with the Lincoln County Transfer Station near Davenport to provide dumpsters for i...
The Odessa Town Council did not have a quorum Monday night, and therefore was unable to approve any motions or take any official action. The council members present therefore decided to discuss issues and hear input from citizens who had requested to be put on the meeting agenda. Steve Nelson of Century West Engineering in Spokane was hoping to have motion of support from the council for submitting a USDA grant application and also to have council approval to begin advertising for bids for the Federal Emergency Management...
Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, and Reps. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, and Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, are holding an hour-long telephone town hall on Monday, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m. The program is similar to a call-in radio show in which people may call and ask questions over the telephone. To participate, residents can call (509) 404-3047 during the event. If listeners have questions during the call, they can press the star (*) key on their telephone keypads. For more information about the telephone town hall, residents can...
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday at noon for its monthly meeting. The newly elected secretary had asked to withdraw from the position, so nominations were reopened. As members present pondered who might fit the bill, Michelle Melgren volunteered to take the job once again and she was approved unanimously for the post. Chamber president Zach Schafer expressed his worry that the Desert 100, now only weeks away, will not be the success that it has been up to now for lack of a person or even a committee of two or three...
