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Veterans Day was celebrated this past Saturday with a dinner and awards ceremony held in the social hall of Heritage Church. Organized by the local members of VFW Post #7395 and American Legion Post #105, the main dishes of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy were prepared by four Odessa sisters: Pam Williams, Carol Bell, Debbie Walter and Jean Starkel. Side dishes and desserts were provided potluck style by members of the general public. Approximately 80 place...
Opera House Society On November 6, the Harrington Opera House Society met in the Art Room with Ed and Bunny Haugan, Billie and Gordon Herron, Carol, Linda Wagner, Marge Womach, Sheryl Stedman and Karen Robertson present. The Building Committee reported on progress on current projects, including labels for the water lines, the potential use of thermo-imaging, railings placed at the side stairs to the stage, sealing of the Art Room door and ordering of another latch for the...
Rehearsals are underway and tickets are now on sale for Wheatland Theatre Co.'s production of "It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play." The play is set in a 1940's radio station, where a group of actors and technicians gather to perform a live broadcast of the classic holiday story, "It's A Wonderful Life." Audience members will experience the story as a radio drama, complete with live Foley sound effects. Director Jerry Sciarrio, a veteran actor and director whose work has...
This is National Nurse Practitioner Week, and we at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center are so thankful to our excellent nurse practitioners Rich Ervin, FNP-C and Debbie Fogg, FNP-C. Nurse practitioners, also known as NPs, are expert clinicians with advanced training who provide primary, acute and specialty health care. NPs offer high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered health care. NPs are proven, expert, patient-centered clinicians, and they are the health care...
Public Development Authority The Harrington Public Development Authority met November 21 with Paul Charlton, Jay Kane, Jay Gossett, Bunny Haugan, Heather Slack, Marge Womach, Tim Tipton and Jill Plaskon attending. The UFO event at the opera house, which was co-sponsored with the Opera House Society, netted the Authority about $230. Following the event, a nice group continued discussions at the Post and Office. Gossett presented the group with three designs for the potential Harrington community sign, which would involve a...
OLYMPIA – The holiday season is a time for giving, and scammers are trying to get in on the action. Research shows that fraud rates typically increase late in the year, which is why Secretary of State Kim Wyman and Attorney General Bob Ferguson are alerting Washington residents to the dangers of holiday charity scams and unscrupulous solicitors. “We’ve been encouraging people to ‘Give Smart’ this time of year by making informed choices when donating money to charity,” said Wyman, whose office oversees the state’s Cor...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) is seeking volunteers to help evaluate grant proposals. It is looking to fill vacancies on three advisory committees that will evaluate and rank grant proposals next fall and winter for recreation around the state. Volunteers should have recreational trail or shooting-range experience or expertise in project design or management, landscape architecture, planning, engineering or permitting. Volunteers serve four years. Applications are due December 31. The...
Do you live in Lincoln County, but leave the county for work? If so, the Lincoln County Economic Council would like you to take a brief survey in order to better understand the county’s workforce. The online survey has nine multiple-choice questions ranging from industry type to carpooling. It is easy and anonymous. The survey can be accessed from the EDC’s home page at http://lincolnedc.org/ or from the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/lincolncountyedc/. Your participation is greatly appreciated!...
The Harrington Senior Meals Program is actively seeking not only new seniors to dine but younger folks as well. Family, friends, business people or anyone wishing to enjoy a complete nutritious meal at noon are invited to attend. Dave Michaelson, retired chef, has assumed the helm of the center's meals program. The dining room has plenty of space for many more guests. The suggested donation for folks 60 years of age or older is $3.50, and the cost for younger folks is $8 (where else can you get a complete balanced meal for $8...
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, Oct. 30: Responding to the 700 block of NE North Avenue, Wilbur and Creston ambulance personnel assisted a 73-year-old woman with unknown medical difficulties. She was transported to a hos...
On November 2, 2017, the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office received a residential burglary report from a complainant who was in the State of Alaska at the time of the reported incident. The complainant/victim notified the Sheriff’s Department that she had received information that her Pontiac Firebird had been stolen from her family’s shop, located in Ford, Wash. Investigators also learned that additional vehicles, including some classic cars, were inside the shop and that the suspects’ scheme was to sell several other vehicle...
Of Lincoln County’s 7,165 registered voters, only 3,333 cast ballots in the November 7 general election, for a voter turnout of only 46.52 percent. In Odessa’s mayoral contest, current council member and long-time Odessa resident Bill Crossley had 219 votes to Steven L. Siegel’s 38 to take that race. Crossley will be sworn in as mayor at the town council’s first meeting in January 2018. In races for the Odessa Town Council, Victoria S. Iverson garnered 229 total votes and will join the council in January. Incumbent council...
City Council The Harrington City Council met at city hall November 16 for a public hearing on the preliminary budget for 2018. Present were Dillon Haas, Bunny Haugan, Peter Davenport, Mike Cronrath, Levi Schenk, Justin Slack (by phone), Jerry and Karen Allen, Billie and Gordon Herron, Marge Womach and Cherie MacClellan. Similar to last month's council meeting, statistics were given for the 2018 budget. Calculating expenses and revenues, Mayor Haas worked through all the columns to fill in the blanks. When the council got to...
We are in the season of Thanksgiving as far as the calendar goes. To me, giving thanks is an everyday thing, as I take in the wonder and beauty around me. James and I still marvel at, and are thankful for, Odessa and the wonderful people who make up this place. I don't believe that will ever change. Again, thank you, Odessa, for your love and acceptance of us. Now let me introduce you to Amy Pressnall who just moved to Odessa recently. I met Amy while I was taking a walk one...
Questions of federal vs. state laws on the question of marijuana use and how the answers to them might affect the Odessa Industrial Park were of concern to several members of the Odessa Public Development Authority last month after hearing from a potential tenant for a vacant building in the park. Last month’s meeting also brought out several members of the public who expressed their objection to having a marijuana grow operation in the park. At that time, the board nevertheless went into executive session to reach some tenta...
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met November 14 at noon at Any Occasion Banquet Hall with only a small band of members present. A final report on the proceeds from September’s Deutschesfest was provided by treasurer Larissa Zeiler. Once all the bills were paid and all the revenue streams were counted, the official profits from the festival came to just about $6,000. Last April’s Desert 100 weekend sponsored mainly by the Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club made $4,900 by comparison. The treasury currently stands at $58,485 and the Ch...
Odessa police are investigating a suspected case of vandalism from October 26 at the main water reservoir on the south hill near the large, lit “O” also located there. The public works crew had received an alarm indicating that communication with the reservoir had been lost. The telemetry antenna atop the reservoir was found to have collapsed onto the roof. A water pump also failed at the same time, although it was unclear whether the two events were related or the result of a very strange coincidence. Public works dir...
The Odessa Tiger Athletic Booster Club auction held October 21 at the Odessa Community Center was a huge success, raising over $29,000 to be used for Tiger athletics. The community center was decorated with Tiger apparel donated for the evening by Tiger alumni, as volunteer Dorcey Hunt outdid herself in the decorating department. The Tiger-themed photo booth was a major draw for alumni who put on lettermen's jackets and had pictures taken with friends. Justin Parr was the emcee for the evening, pointing out items of interest...
The Odessa Public Development Authority met Monday evening in the hospital’s Guild Room to discuss a proposal that was made to the board at its last regular meeting. The proposal involves a cannabis production facility that would lease (with an option to buy) a vacant building in the Odessa Industrial Park that has stood empty for several years. Jim Gray, who is providing the financial backing and managerial expertise for the operation, said the facility would involve both indoor and outdoor growing facilities and would o...
Davenport, WA, November 6, 2017 – It is getting tough to find good employees to fill open positions in Lincoln County. One reason is that a large portion of our workforce, 60 percent according to the Employment Security Department, commutes outside the county every day for work. This leaves only a small portion of our workforce to fill jobs here. But what are the consequences to the employer, and why are so many people commuting out? A recent survey of employers gives some insight on the first half of that question and a n...
Chamber Meeting The Harrington Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday, Nov 1, at 6 p.m. at the Post and Office. This new business does not have regular evening hours, but perhaps they will consider it since during the meeting several people passing by, saw the lights on, and stopped in for beverages of their choice. In addition to the customers, those in attendance were: Paula Pike, Kathy Hoob, Cindy Haase, Heather Slack, Bunny Haugan, Bonnee Clarke, Billie Herron, David Michaelson, Karen Robertson, Cassandra Paffle-Dick, Shelley...
As The Odessa Record has reported for the past two weeks, the local food bank will be the beneficiary of a project performed by members the Youth Group made up of young people from local churches. They will knock on doors to distribute bags for food/items donations, this Sunday, November 5, and pick up the bags the following Sunday, November 12, from your front porches. If you wish to donate and are wondering what items are needed to stock the food bank shelves during the year the following list is provided: noodles of any...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library Wednesday, October 25, at 6 p.m., with a prior workshop held at 5:30 to review the highly capable program and the upcoming levies. Chairman Ed Deife led the meeting, with board members Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Janie Steward present along with Dan Read, superintendent; Jamie Nelson, principal and Juli Weishaar, business manager. Also present were Justin Parr, facilities director; Bruce Todd, athletic director and Terrie...
PreK-12 Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Tuesday, November 7, through Thursday, November 9. School will be dismissed at 12:15 p.m. each day after lunch is served. There will be NO school on Friday, November 10 in honor of Veteran’s Day. All PreK-5 students have been scheduled for a specific conference time and parents should have received a designated date and time slip from their homeroom teacher or the office. If you have not received a date and time slip please call Linnie at 982-2603. Secondary conference t...
We are so excited to formally announce the arrival of Deborah Fogg, FNP-C. Debbie has experience as a provider in ER and Urgent Care, Long Term Care and in Cardiology. She comes to us from Louisiana and has moved with her adult daughter, Val. OMHC has been recruiting for nearly two years to find just the right set of permanent providers to meet the needs of our community. Rich Ervin, FNP-C arrived in May 2016 and has become a valued member of the OMHC family and of the community in general. Rich and Debbie will move forward...
