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HOHS meeting On April 3, the Harrington Opera House Society met for a contractual discussion followed by its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in the Art Room. Present were Billie and Gordon Herron, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Sheryl and Mark Stedman, Carol, Linda Wagner, Cade Clarke, Marge Womach, Cherie MacClellan and Peter Davenport. The Society is refining its contracts for use of the auditorium under varying conditions. Further work will be needed before voting on its contents. It was a...
Danielle Tebow was crowned at the Miss Odessa Pageant held Sunday, April 9, at Any Occasion Banquet Hall, and Maleah Davison will serve as Princess Odessa. These two juniors from Odessa High School vied for the title by submitting a written essay, answering questions put to them by the judges and expressing their willingness to represent Odessa at parades throughout the summer months in towns in eastern Washington. Float committee co-chair Amy Schaefer organized the event, with Sandy Smith serving as the emcee. The judges...
A mailbox at the home of Shirley Johnson at 405 E. First Avenue in Odessa was essentially destroyed Saturday, April 1, prior to about 10 or 10:30 a.m. The mail carrier that day notifed the homeowner that the mailbox was damaged when the attempt was made to deliver that day's mail. The mailbox itself was thrown into the yard and its post was thrown off kilter. Johnson is asking that anyone who may have seen the vehicle that hit the mailbox notify her or town police chief Tom Clark at 982-0141. Tire tracks left on the grass...
Lincoln County Auditor Shelly Johnston has announced that the official filing period for the fall elections will be held May 15 through May 19, 2017. All offices are subject to both Primary and General Elections. If more than two candidates file for a position, the Primary Election would narrow the field to two candidates who would then appear on the General Election ballot. The filing fee of one percent of the annual salary shall accompany the Declaration of Candidacy. There is no fee if the office sought is without a fixed...
Recap of cat ordinance In the interest of promoting better understanding of Ordinance 682 passed by the Odessa Town Council at its most recent meeting on March 27, an abbreviated version of the ordinance is supplied below. It is unlawful for any person or persons to own or harbor any cat within the corporate limits of the Town of Odessa, unless they have procured an ID tag. Licenses issued by the Town are valid for one year, January 1 to December 31. Any cat reaching six months of age must be licensed. Nonresidents staying...
Spokane, Wash. – April 11, 2017. As of May 5, Avista is relinquishing the space it has been leasing in Odessa, which includes removing the company sign from the building located at 8 E. First Ave. Avista’s local service representative, a resident of Odessa, will remain based in the town. “Although Avista will no longer have a physical location, we are as committed to meeting the energy needs of our customers in Odessa as we have been for well over 95 years,” said Kelly Donohue, Avista’s district manager for Lincoln County. ...
PDA brochure At the monthly meeting March 21, Heather Slack presented the draft of a brochure she has been working on to the group, hoping to obtain suggestions or notification of omissions to be included and presented again at the informal meeting on March 27. The focus of the brochure is tourism, local activities and amenities. It was noted that we need to highlight the golf course, Fall Festival, Cruizin' Day, the availability of downtown high-speed Internet, the city libra...
The Desert 100 off-road motorcycle endurance race may have been the largest ever judging from the size of the campsite at the corner of Irby Road and SR 28. Configured like a giant "L" the site certainly covered more ground than we had seen before at prior races. The official results are still being tabulated and finalized and will be posted on the website of the Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club as soon as possible. As for how the Odessa vendors did, information is still being...
Winter has finally passed. Spring has sprung with daffodils in bloom and tulips not far behind, with many other lovely treasures pushing their way up through the soil. And now it’s time to meet some new neighbors. John and Faye Hill and their two adorable sons, Raymond and Rawlins, arrived in Odessa in November 2016. Before leaving the Seattle area, they did some research on the school districts in this area and found Odessa to be the best. Based on the information they found, they made the move and are happy about their d...
The issue of parking next to the community center was discussed by the council with input from police chief Tom Clark. The decision was made to utilize perpendicular parking with spaces marked by white stripes on the east side of the building, beginning just north of the door to the town clerk’s office. The area adjacent to the fire hydrant at the corner of First Avenue and First Street would become a no-parking zone. The question of whether perpendicular parking of large pickup trucks would allow enough space on the street f...
Due to incorrect information supplied to the newspaper, last week's issue of The Record reported that H.P. Carstensen had been hired as the junior-high head basketball coach, when he has been hired as the head baseball coach for the junior-high boys. Our apologies also to our readers for the confusing state of the back page of our March 30 issue. Several pieces of text were placed out of their correct order. Please see our website at www.odessarecord.com for correct version of the Harrington News and the last portion of the...
The conditions for last weekend's races put on by the Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club on property south of town owned by Jerry and Ellen Schafer were not optimum. Recent rains left the ground wet and soft. But that never stops this motorcycle crowd from braving the elements and pitting their skills against natural and man-made elements to finish their races in record times. Some local riders participated, including Keith strebeck, who finished first in the 15 and under...
PDA activity The Harrington Public Development Authority met March 21 with the following present: Josh Steward, president; Allen Barth, vice-president; Bunny Haugan, secretary; plus Heather Slack, Paul Charlton, Margie Hall (Lincoln Co. EDC), Marge Womach and Cherie MacClellan. The group discussed the functioning of the WiFi network and the service provided to the historic district by Spectrum. Those involved seemed well satisfied and consider it a worthwhile investment in...
The Odessa School Board held a workshop in the superintendent’s office at 6:30 p.m. March 22 for the purpose of discussing the superintendent’s evaluation. Attending were superintendent Dan Read, board chairman Ed Deife, Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Janie Steward. In the high school library at 7 p.m., the open meeting was held with Deife, Valverde, Crossley, Steward and Read present, as well as principal Jamie Nelson and business manager Juli Weishaar. Also attending were Justin Parr and Travis Schuh. The board app...
OLYMPIA – Spring is here and that means drivers in Washington have until Friday, March 31, to remove their winter studded tires. The Washington State Department of Transportation reminds drivers that state law requires all studded tires to be removed by the end of the day March 31. Starting April 1, drivers with studded tires face a $136 traffic infraction. Studded tires also damage pavement, so removing them promptly after winter has passed helps preserve state roadways. Tire removal services can get crowded as the r...
Odessa’s feral cat problem has grown to unmanageable proportions in various hot spots all over town. Citizen complaints and concern by the health care community have prompted the Town of Odessa to pass an ordinance requiring pet owners to license their cats as well as their dogs, so that efforts to trap the feral cats do not scoop up people’s pets along with the wild ones. Police chief Tom Clark has been working with Adams County Pet Rescue on ways to humanely deal with the feral cat problem, as well as with loose dogs who...
Empire Health Foundation will open both the 2017 Responsive and Rural Aging Grant cycles on April 3 and close on April 28. The grant programs serve the seven counties of Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Spokane and Whitman, including the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, Spokane Tribe of Indians and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The Responsive Grant cycle is designed to address one-time, emergent needs. Non-profits, churches or government agencies may apply for funds up to $15,000. The Rural...
The Harrington Library Board hosted a "Legos in the Library" after-school event last Thursday. Thirty Kindergarten through eighth-grade children brought bags and boxes of Legos to have a building extravaganza! Spaceships, helicopters, trucks, castles and police stations were just a few of the creations seen throughout the library. One lucky student was the winner of the Minecraft Lego set raffle. This event is the first of many the library plans to have to encourage local...
John L. Flemming family Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. a group of people began congregating at city hall seeking information on one John L. Flemming from Harrington's bygone days. Among the group were Carolyn Knapp-Nelson of Colorado, Rosemary Knapp of Leavenworth, Sen. Judy Warnick, (sisters), and their cousin Jim Dietz of Spokane, with locals Len and Karen Robertson, Marge Womach, and Billie and Gordon Herron. Following a brief get-acquainted session and the laying out of...
Quilt Til You Wilt took place Monday in the Odessa Community Center with many kinds of activities and presentations going on all day long. By noon approximately 80 of the expected 100 or so visitors to the event had arrived and set up their work stations on the community center's long wooden tables. Sewing machines hummed, conversation and laughter came from all parts of the room and those present appeared to be fully engrossed in the art of quilt-making. The potluck lunch at...
Kaylene James is a busy lady. Along with a husband (Brian), two children (Evan 15 and Merick 1), she also owns and operates a licensed daycare, Kinder Haus Family Home Childcare. One would think finding time for herself, let alone any additional projects, would be difficult, maybe even impossible. If you thought that, you thought wrong. James has found a new project involving something near and dear to her heart. Children. She has now started GO! Odessa Recreation, a...
At its monthly meeting last week, the Odessa Chamber of Commerce heard from float committee chairpersons Kevin and Amy Schaeffer that work will begin as soon as the community center becomes available. In the meantime, Amy has been busy organizing the pageant at which Miss Odessa 2017 will be selected. Two candidates will vie for Miss Odessa, Maleah Davison and Danielle Tebow, at Any Occasion Banquet Hall on April 9, a Sunday, at 2 p.m. Sandy Smith will be the emcee for the program, and judges from other communities are being...
The Odessa Athletics Hall of Fame committee has resumed its meetings in Odessa under its chairman, current OHS athletic director Bruce Todd, and has selected the inductees for the 2017 induction year. Last year’s inaugural ceremony was held at the high reunion in June, and this year a similar ceremony will take place. This year, the committee has selected 10 individuals and two teams that will be honored at the reunion and have their names and short bios added to the display case in the Odessa High School gym. The a...
A closing date of March 28 for the sale of Odessa’s mothballed biodiesel processing facility will pass, like so many dates preceding it, with no action taken. The sale is however still pending following Monday evening’s meeting of the Public Development Authority in the hospital guild room. PDA president Kim Ramm, PDA manager Stacey Rasmussen and the group’s other members were once again disappointed at the time-consuming process leading to a possible sale that is no longer being measured in months but in years. With Richard...
Council members discussed a suggestion from town clerk Gail Kiesz that the parking along the side of the community center be changed to angle parking. The reason for the change was that large pickups in particular take up too much of the roadway when parked facing straight in toward the building. Since the roadway is also a designated truck route, future issues could arise. Deciding that the issue needed more study, the council opted to table it until the next meeting. Odessa Cemetery Cemetery issues were raised by public...
