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City Council Mayor Haas opened the meeting Wednesday evening, with all members present: Richard Becker, Michael Cronrath, Peter Davenport, Levi Schenk and Justin Slack. Also present were Bunny Haugan, city clerk, Scott McGowan, maintenance, and one visitor Crystal Hickman. Haas and McGowan gave the maintenance report. The frame on the snow plow was damaged and is at Harrington Truck and Auto. The council complimented the excellent work that the city crew has been doing with this quantity of snow. Presently, the crew is...
The 2017 legislative session began last week with Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, continuing to lead the Senate committee that addresses agricultural, water and economic-development issues. She also has been promoted to the position of vice chair of the Senate’s majority caucus. Before legislators returned to the Capitol for their scheduled 105-day session, Warnick’s Republican-led Majority Coalition Caucus merged the committee she headed the past two years, which covered agriculture, water and rural economic dev...
The Dean’s List at Eastern Washington University is released after every fall, winter and spring quarter. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours and receives a grade-point average of 3.5 or better is placed on the Dean’s List for the quarter. For the fall 2016 quarter (which ended December 9, 2016), the following local area students were on the Dean’s List. From Odessa: Jacob DeWulf, Justin Hunt, Koralynne Kuch and Carley Williams. From Harrington: Jennifer Adams, Joseph Cronrath and Sidney Morri...
A bill introduced by Rep. Matt Manweller that would increase State Need Grant opportunities by limiting how much money goes to more expensive, private institutions received a public hearing in the House Higher Education Committee today. Under House Bill 1033 approximately 500 additional students could receive a State Need Grant. “When it comes to college financial aid, we have a choice. We can give more money to students who are able to attend the most expensive schools or we can give more money to the poorest kids who go t...
OLYMPIA, Jan. 18, 2017—The goal is clear and simple: “Identify what rights or protections, if any, a small-business owner has when selected for audit, inspection, or other agency enforcement action and how those rights or protections are communicated to the business owner prior to or at the time of the agency visit,” says a one-page Small Business Bill of Rights document issued by NFIB, now taking the form of legislation. “I am excited to report that two of NFIB’s recent Leadership Council members are prime sponsors of compan...
In December, the Columbia Basin Development League’s Board of Trustees voted on recommendations from the League’s nominating committee, confirming a slate of trustees to serve on the 2017 executive committee. Kevin Lyle, Othello, who previously served as vice chair will take over leadership as the league chair, following two years of exemplary service from Orman Johnson, Connell. Lyle is the president of Windy Prairie, Inc. in Othello. Other executive committee members taking on new roles include Jeff Schibel and Clark Kag...
Chamber of Commerce On the cold, windy snow-blowing Wednesday of January 4, the Harrington Chamber of Commerce met with its new officers in place. President Tim Tipton led the meeting with Secretary Paula Pike, Treasurer Cindy Haase, Allen Barth, Cassandra Paffle-Dick, Kathy Hoob, Bunny Haugan, Summer Clark, Cherie MacClellan, Dave Michaelson, Marge Womach and Jill Plaskon present. Discussion was held on the December projects of Santa's Workshop and the food baskets....
The Odessa Girl Scout Troop #3362 has teamed up with the Zion Emmanuel Lutheran Church to host a textile drive through Clothes for the Cause, a fundraising group that collects clothing, shoes, sheets, etc. and turns them into cash for fundraising organizations. The girls of Troop #3362 started this drive in order to help them raise funds for a trip to Washington, D.C. planned for June of 2017. They have held multiple fundraisers already to help them meet a $16,000 goal. Each...
April The Desert 100 motorcycle endurance race of the Stumpjumper Motorcycle Club was held the first weekend in April. The event was well attended and very few problems were reported. Odessa High School junior Molly Schafer was selected as Miss Odessa 2016. She will ride the Odessa community float in parades throughout eastern Washington during the spring and summer, spreading the word about the Odessa Deutschesfest and inviting everyone to come visit us the third weekend in September. Five Odessa High School science...
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee and the Washington State Health Care Authority have announced a final contract that ensures the state can continue transforming health care to achieve better health, reward high-quality care and curb health care costs. “This agreement comes at a time when many people are feeling uncertainty about their health care,” Gov. Jay Inslee said. “As we work to protect the gains our nation has made in ensuring access to affordable, high-quality health care, we know that health transformation will continue in...
The holiday lighting contest in Odessa was sponsored once again this year by the local Lions Club. Last Friday, club members viewed the houses throughout town whose residents had taken the time and effort to put up displays of colorful lights and figures prior to the holiday. The club awarded only two prizes this year, with first place going to Tammy Carlson Tokas on east Fourth Avenue and second place going to Pete and Lisa Martin who live on Eighth Avenue. Tokas wins $75...
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...
Spokane, Wash. – Dec. 15, 2016 – An Arkansas woman lost $450 to a fake seller on the Amazon Marketplace. Mary Catron knows she will not be able to get her money back, so she’s speaking out to make sure no one else gets taken by this scam. In October, Catron was shopping online when she placed an order for a rowing machine that was being sold through a private seller on Amazon. The machine typically runs for $900, but the seller was offering it for half the price. Unfortunately for Catron, the seller wasn’t legitim...
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...
