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City Council A special meeting of the Harrington City Council was held December 20 with two items on the agenda: an update on the Second Street project and completion of the 2017 budget. Present were council members Richard Becker, Michael Cronrath, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk and Justin Slack, mayor Dillon Haas, clerk Bunny Haugan, maintenance supervisor Scott McGowan, Bo McCanna of Belsby Engineering and visitors Crayton and Beth Oestreich, Stacey and Lance Rasmussen, Paul...
Ecology’s Office of Columbia River has a mission to “aggressively pursue development of water supplies to benefit both in-stream and out-of-stream uses.” Since 2006, the program has been building water resiliency in eastern Washington, especially in response to changing climate and drought. The 2016 Water Supply and Demand Forecast for the Columbia River Basin tells a story of Washington’s water future and is helping water managers to anticipate likely water needs across the Columbia River Basin over the next 20 years (...
Late papers and missing papers were reported to The Record in large numbers the past two weeks. Especially hard hit were the communities of Ephrata and Moses Lake. We are not sure what happened to those errant newspapers. They left our premises on Wednesday afternoon of both weeks, in time for the mail truck to take them to their next destination. No names were removed from the database for late payment, since we ourselves have struggled to get our renewal notices out on time. We try our very best to provide ample notice to...
Last week was one of those weeks. You know, the kind where you can’t do anything right. Not only did we not get all of our Christmas cards written, we also didn’t finish our Christmas shopping or baking or cleaning. And that’s not all. We also managed to spout off in these pages about a situation that we could have easily resolved by picking up the phone and making a simple call. Instead, we chose to criticize coaching decisions as part of an article on last week’s basketball games (not the proper place for editori...
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce has decided for a number of reasons to cancel its annual bash to ring in the new year. Some of those reasons include the fact that the holiday falls on a weekend, drawing more people away from town and off to larger venues elsewhere. Last year's event was also on a weekend, and the crowd was quite a bit smaller than it had been the previous year. At the December meeting of the Chamber, there was discussion of getting started earlier on the planning and execution of the event, coming up with new...
The Cannawai Grange celebrated Ned Phillips for his 25 continuous years of membership. The group provided cake in his honor which also served as the dessert at the Senior Meals lunch last Thursday at the Old Town Hall....
The US Bank recently awarded the Harrington Opera House Society a $1,000 grant to support The Art Room's music and art education programs. In addition to becoming a regional venue for a variety of entertainment events, from music concerts to topical presentations, as well as for private activities such as weddings and meetings, the Society also provides music and art education for area residents. In her fourth year as piano teacher for the HOHS, Heather Safe travels from...
The weather in Odessa has left our community with more snow than we have seen in several years. Forecasts for the next week or so vary from whatever weather outlet one chooses to consult but seem to agree that we will have more snow from Friday into Saturday. On Tuesday, town crews cleared much of the slush that followed the warm temperatures on Monday from the main streets and as many side streets as they could manage. Police chief Tom Clark kept vehicles from interfering...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Board chair Ed Deife, members Chris Crossley and Janie Steward, superintendent Dan Read, principal Jamie Nelson and business manager Juli Weishaar were present. Heather Valverde and Roland Singer were absent. Also present were facilities director Justin Parr, athletic director Bruce Todd, parent Travis Wagner, staff member Danielle Vesneske and parent/coach Chris Shafer. The board voted to table the board...
(Davenport, WA December 19, 2016.) Tourism opportunities in Lincoln County need a stronger online presence. That was the message from Margie Hall, director of the Lincoln County Economic Development Council, during the December 5 meeting of the county commissioners. The EDC, which contracts with the county to act on their behalf as the Lincoln County Visitor & Convention Bureau, presented a 2017 tourism promotion proposal that includes utilizing $4,000 to roll out a new Internet and social media tourism program. It is becomin...
City Council The Harrington City Council met Wednesday, December 14, from 7:30 p.m. to 11:40 p.m. with all council members present (Davenport, Slack, Schenk, Cronrath and Becker), clerk Bunny Haugan and two visitors, Cherie MacClellan and Marge Womach. Schenk left at 11 p.m. for work. Minutes were approved for the December 5 budget hearing as well as the November 9 council meeting. Mayor Dillon Haas reported on maintenance, as Scott McGowan was on vacation. While McGowan was gone, Mike Herron assisted Keith Stai, as Herron...
Christmas Fest 2016 was another success for Odessa businesses and the vendors who fill the tables in the community center with a wide variety of items to buy as gifts for others or treats for themselves. According to organizer Faye King, "As always, a great, generous group of vendors braved the cold and wet weather to make our day super." There were 40 vendors using 51 tables and/or spaces. Of those vendors, 10 were new to Christmas Fest: Emma Squire & Friends (sewing,...
City Budget The city council met Tuesday, Dec. 5, for the final budget hearing for fiscal year 2017, with three council members present, Richard Becker, Mike Cronrath and Peter Davenport. Mayor Dillon Haas, clerk Bunny Haugan and two visitors, Cherie MacClellan, a recent home owner, and Marge Womach, reporter also attended. During a political year there are often an extra 10 persons who attend public meetings to stay in tune with the current status of the city. When public issues such as dog licenses or new city ordinances...
Band calendars will be arriving this week and should be delivered to town residents before next week. People living in the country may pick up their calendars at the high school office....
The first snowfall of the winter of 2016/2017 came Monday evening and overnight to the Odessa area. Forecasts now predict a bit more snow over the weekend and temperatures expected to drop below zero at night. Six inches of snow blanketed the town and countryside, making for a very pretty scene, but also causing treacherous driving and walking conditions. The Odessa schools started two hours late but did not have to be canceled. Town, county and state public works crews were out early Tuesday in bright sunshine (but cold temp...
SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane Regional Health District is reporting that a Spokane County child, a male under the age of 10, has acute flaccid myelitis. The diagnosis was confirmed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the only organization equipped to rule in or rule out the disorder. It is a rare syndrome with no specific cause, as is the case with the report in Spokane County. It is not contagious. The condition affects the nervous system, specifically the spinal cord. Symptoms typically include sudden w...
Santa listened to children Hark! But there are no angels singing. What is that alarming sound reaching throughout the town of Harrington at 10 a.m., December 3? Not a minute late for the children that awaited the arrival of Santa on his one-horse sleigh? No, not a sleigh, Santa came in modern fashion, grasping ahold of one of Harrington’s finest fire trucks. Santa has been watching his diet the past year or so, and he is not as rotund as one might expect. In he came with a ...
Odessa-Harrington’s Titans took home the second-place trophy at the Tacoma Dome Saturday at the 1B state championship eight-man football game. Neah Bay defeated the Titans and took home the first place trophy. O-H 0 14 6 14 34 NB 6 28 16 14 64 Predictions about the size of the Neah Bay Red Devils versus that of the Titans and the ability of their quarterback to make plays proved true. Nerves appeared to be a factor, too, as bobbled catches, hesitancy and turnovers hindered t...
Five girl scouts from Odessa, Hannah Sheldon, Alyssa Iverson, Chloe Winkler, Jocelyn Zigan and Mackenzie Lutz, are planning a trip to Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2017. They will be accompanied by Michele Dowlen of Wilbur and Lyndsay Reyes and Sherri Frederick, both of Odessa. The girls and their leaders have been busy for several months already raising money for the trip with cheesecake sales, community dinners, bake sales and car washes. The trip will be educational and is meant to broaden the girls’ knowledge of t...
Last week's issue incorrectly identified the photographer who supplied photos of the Titan vs. Sunnyside Christian football game. Molly Schafer, a senior at Odessa High School, should have been given credit for the photos....
Public Library Tues., Thurs. and books Harrington Public Library opened its doors early Tuesday afternoon on November 15 to allow the pre-K, Kindergarten, first-graders and second-graders to browse the library, make inquiries and select a book to check out. Applications for library cards had been filled out and signed by parents, but the check-out process involved a flurry of activity with 29 youngsters needing to sign their names individually and get the date to return their...
As I contemplate writing this "Meet Your Neighbors" column, my thoughts go back six months to when my husband James and I first moved to Odessa and how we felt, and still feel, the warmth and love of the way all you Odessa people welcomed us with open arms. We are all still in awe of this marvelous place and all the people who make it what it is. Thank you, Odessa! And now I would like to introduce you to Kathy Ashe, a recent transplant from Salisbury, Mo. She was born in...
The 75th annual Turkey Carnival put on by the Odessa Lions Club drew a smaller than normal crowd last Saturday, as quite a large number of townspeople opted to attend the quarterfinal football game in Spokane between Odessa-Harrington and Almira/Coulee-Hartline (won by the Titans, see article on sports page). The Odessa Community Center opened at 2 p.m. to begin serving hamburgers, hot dogs, nachos, soft drinks, water and pie by the slice. The coffee was free. The club had...
SPOKANE, Wash. (November 22, 2016) – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington state has announced that it will make financial assistance available for animal feeding operations and confined animal feeding operations (AFO/CAFOs) through their popular Environmental Quality Incentives Program. EQIP is a voluntary Farm Bill program that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to plan and implement conservation practices that improve soil, water, plant, animal, air and related nat...
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met November 8 at Any Occasion Banquet Hall, called to order at noon by President Zach Schafer. Treasurer Larissa Zeiler was not present but left a report with Schafer who reported that as of November 4 the Chamber has a total in the bank of $62,608.39. Year-to-date income is $94,944.91, and expenses are $101,216.95, for a net loss of $6,272.04 to date this year. Fest income was $63,049 and Fest expenses were $56,266 for a Fest net income of $7,583. A question about how the donated tips, which...
