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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...
OLYMPIA, March 10 –– President Donald Trump’s order withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership was issued with the promise of saving American jobs, but it may also mean fewer opportunities for Washington farmers. The agricultural industry supported the Partnership. Washington wheat growers hoped it would help expand markets in countries like Vietnam and Malaysia where grain demand is growing. Wheat is a $600 million industry in Washington, which ranks fifth in the country for wheat production. Last...
Fairfield, Connecticut (13 March 2017) Of significance to those whose descendants settled in the Yellowstone Valley 130 years later, three colonies were founded in 1767: Kautz (May 20), Dietel (July 1), and Kratzke (August 7). To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the establishment of these colonies, the Volga German Institute at Fairfield University is hosting an all-day seminar series at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Billings, Mont., on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Early registration (before March 24) is $30 per person; regi...
Portland, Ore. (17 March 2017) – On the barren Russian Steppe along the Volga River, 106 German colonies were established between 1764 and 1772 in response to the 1763 invitation of Catherine the Great for Western Europeans to move to the Russian Empire. More than 30,000 immigrants (mostly ethnic Germans) did so. To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the colonies of Frank, Hussenbach, Kautz, Kolb, Norka, Walter and Yagodnaya Polyana in Russia, the Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University i...
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...
On his family's farm, young Mason Lewis and his grandmother found the first buttercup of 2017 to be reported to The Odessa Record. Mason is the son of Tim and Jennifer Lewis of Odessa and the grandson of Rick and Marilyn Smith of Odessa. His older sister Morgan also brought in the first buttercup a couple of years ago....
The Odessa Volunteer Fire Department held its seventh annual equipment auction Saturday, March 4, and was able to draw a better crowd than had been expected thanks to some last-minute additions to the list of items for sale. Only one of the items in the auction failed to sell. After last year’s auction that included several estate sales and vehicles from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the firefighters were expecting that this year might look like a flop in comparison. They were therefore pleasantly surprised when sev...
With the White Knuckle and Frostbite races set to begin the weekend of March 25-26 and the Desert 100 endurance race coming to town the following weekend, the members of the Odessa Town Council met Monday evening and approved an ordinance allowing the riding of off-road vehicles such as dirt bikes, as long as they are properly equipped, to drive on Odessa’s streets, thereby making it possible for more of the race visitors to come into town for shopping or any kinds of events that might be taking place. Recent changes in s...
On March 20, quilters from all over the northwest will converge on Odessa for the 22nd straight time to quilt their hearts out. This will be the 22nd year of the annual event. Quilting begins at 6 a.m. and ends at 10 p.m. and takes place at the Odessa Community Center. The Odessa Quilt Club sponsors the event, providing the venue, coffee, tea, water and sweet rolls for the crowd. A potluck lunch is served buffet style at noon, and leftovers are brought back out for the evening meal at about 6 p.m. To help defray the cost of r...
Lincoln County Treasurer Linda Fisher has completed the Tax & Assessment roll for collection and is providing notification that the Treasurer shall now accept payment and issue receipts for the 2017 taxes and assessments per RCW 84.56.020. Lincoln County 2017 tax statements are scheduled to be mailed within the next two weeks. First-half taxes are due April 30. Payments postmarked or paid after April 30, 2017 will incur interest and penalties. Delinquent taxes, assessments or county noxious weed liens for 2014 and prior are...
Due to weather, runoff and related damage, the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District is adjusting start-up dates for the 2017 irrigation season, says Craig N. Simpson, secretary-manager of the District. The East District will change the filling of the East Low Canal from beginning March 21 to Friday, March 24. Deliveries are expected to begin March 30 from the East Low Canal. The Potholes East Canal will begin filling on March 13, with deliveries to Block 49 expected around March 23. Irrigation water deliveries will be...
Harrington Opera House Society The Society met Monday evening, March 6, for its monthly meeting in the Art Room of the opera house. Present were Billie and Gordon Herron, Bunny Haugan, Cade Clarke, Sheryl Stedman, Cherie MacClellan, Carol, Linda Wagner and Marge Womach. This year the secretary sent out 186 newsletters which have brought in donations and memberships. Last year, the newsletter rate of response was about 25 percent, which most groups consider to be a good return for the investment. Carol reported from the...
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit is offering four boater education courses in 2017. State law requires most operators of motorboats with a 15 horsepower or greater motor to get a boater education card. Boat operators who were born before January 1, 1955 are exempt. These courses are free of charge. All materials and testing supplies are provided. Register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/grant-county-sheriffs-office-boater-education-course-washington-registration-29290148623. • March 25, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., 1274 Lowry St....
Car enthusiasts Recently, the Inland Northwest Car Club Council met at Northern Quest Casino and Resort for their 2016 Man of the Year award meeting with more than 150 car enthusiasts attending, including locals Allen Barth and Paul Charlton. Their newsletter says it all, “This year’s Man of the Year loves cars, in fact he makes his living restoring cars. He likes to talk about cars and is an encyclopedia of information on many makes and models; he is one of those guys you can go to for anything. Need a special part, a spe...
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, March 13, 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 and participate in surveys. To participate, residents can call (509) 941-2750 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...
Several members of the community requested that the school board discuss with them their concerns regarding the O-H athletic co-op. Board chairman Ed Deife began by asking those in attendance to share their thoughts and concerns. Prior to the discussion, superintendent Dan Read asked those present to provide feedback in writing by listing the pros and cons of the cooperative on handouts he provided. What appeared to concern those present the most was a perceived lack of...
A new organization has been formed within Lincoln County. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse (LCSP) is a mounted search and rescue team of volunteers, appointed by the Lincoln County Sheriff, to assist in search and rescue operations when called upon by providing first-class horsemanship, first aid and any additional support to the Lincoln County Sheriff. The Posse is self-financed through membership dues, fundraisers and donations. The group is currently in the beginning phases of development and is in need of more d...
