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Executive Director Lincoln County Economic Development Council Goals developed for 2015 and steps taken to accomplish them are discussed in this article by Margie Hall. Key goal 1: Retain, expand and recruit businesses During 2015, the EDC provided assistance or training to 53 businesses, ranging from start-ups to established firms. We also hosted our second business-to-business networking dinner to help owners and managers from across the county get to know each other’s products and services. One of the training events we h...
The Medal of Valor may be awarded to members of the Lacey Police Department who distinguish themselves by conspicuous bravery and/or heroism involving other persons present where hostile action or extreme personal danger is involved. On April 27, 2015, Officer Edward J. McClanahan, son of Dave and Joyce McClanahan of Odessa, was working at North Thurston High School as the School Resource Officer. Just prior to the start of the school day, Officer McClanahan was exiting the...
Harrington Opera House Society Billie Herron, president, opened the January 7 meeting, with Linda Wagner, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Gordon Herron, Carol, Sheryl Stedman, Marge Womach and Karen Robertson in attendance. "Going Up" and "Going Down" were the two foremost concerns of the evening. Gordon Herron addressed the smooth transition between the removal of walls and old staircases in the basement, and moving stored items out of hallways. For the going-up portion of construction, the ramp within the Art Room for ADA-compliant ac...
Registrations are now being accepted from employers who plan to exhibit at the 23rd annual Job and Career Fair at Big Bend Community College on April 21, 2016. More than 60 companies are expected to exhibit at the event in the Grant County Advanced Technologies Education Center (ATEC). Booth space is limited, and early registration is encouraged. Employers historically attending the event include companies involved in manufacturing, food processing, retail sales, health care, aerospace, education, service industries and...
“As the new 4-H and FFA year is starting again it is time to consider the Farm Service Agency to financially assist in 4-H and FFA youth loan projects,” says Libby Anderson, Farm Loan Manager. “Every year we are grooming a great group of potential farmers for the future and exposing them to their first dealings with credit, financial management and financial responsibility.” FSA has established a great network with local 4-H and FFA leaders, schools, local fairs, auctioneers and other to make this a successful program...
Comedy comes multiplied by three as Them Three opens at the Masquers Theater this Friday, February 12, 2016. Jeff Ames, Adam Zaleski, and Justin Rowland, three of Masquers’ experts in the art of funny, each direct one of three one-act plays starring Mistya Beyer, Joanne Bracht, Andrew Covarrubias, Christaphor Longstreet and Nick Mahaney; with Cynthia Beyer, Randy Brooks, Rosalee Chamberlain, Theresa Freeman, and Joey Hernandez. A Window Ajar, is an original play written and directed by Jeff Ames. Burglars, bank robbers, b...
USDA Rural Development provides owner-occupied, single family housing loans to eligible low income applicants unable to obtain credit elsewhere. Applicants may obtain 100% Direct financing to: * Purchase and/or repair new or existing housing (including new manufactured housing) * Purchase a building site and construct a dwelling * Build a home with the self-help method. Under this program, applicants provide sweat-equity labor to build their own homes. * Purchase a government-owned home or assume an existing 502 Direct loan....
Following an announcement that the REC Silicon plant in Moses Lake will shut down production, U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, and U.S. Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) called on trade representatives to end the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. No workers will be laid off at this time. They will instead shift to focus on maintenance. “Washington state workers and businesses need certainty to compete, which is why I will continue to urge both sides to resolve this dispute as quickly as possible,” said Mu...
A committee of approximately 15 Odessa former athletes, coaches and supporters has held seven meetings since March of 2015, endeavoring to compile a list of candidates for an Odessa Athletic Hall of Fame. Thus far, the group has established its mission statement and rules and regulations for eligibility for the hall of fame. A list has been created to date of 89 athletes, 15 coaches, nine contributors and various teams (state tournament winners in football, tennis, track and field and volleyball). The committee is chaired by...
The Odessa Community Closet started in January 2014 as a ministry of Zion-Emmanuel Lutheran Church. The goal of the Closet was to help provide gently used clothing and shoes, free of charge, to people in Odessa and the surrounding community. Members of the Odessa community donate clothing, which volunteers sort and organize. The clothing is then made available during regular shopping hours, every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Closet is also open by appointment any other day of the week, to meet the needs of individuals...
The Davenport High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America has announced their partnership with Lincoln Hospital and the Lincoln County Health Department to put on the 2016 Health Fair. The fair will be held February 16 in the Davenport High School gym starting at 5 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m. With the help of Lincoln Hospital and the Lincoln County Health Department, the Davenport students will host this year’s Community Health Fair entitled “Lincoln County Activate: A community health and activity event.” The f...
Fronen Steppdecker, The Odessa Quilt Club, will hold their annual Quilters Tea/Chinese Auction, Monday, February 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Any Occasion Banquet Hall, located at 3 W. First Ave. The auction is open to the public. This is a great way to increase your fabric and crafting supply stash at minimal cost. Proceeds from the auction will be put toward bringing a nationally know quilting instructor to Odessa for classes and lectures, thereby drawing more folks to Odessa for quilting events and increasing local...
District 13 State Representative Tom Dent of Moses Lake has been appointed assistant ranking member of House Early Learning and Human Services Committee. The 11-member committee considers issues relating to early learning from birth to kindergarten, as well as a broad array of issues affecting children and families, including parent education, foster care, dependency, child protective services, children’s mental health, child welfare services and family reconciliation services. “This is a special committee to me, and I am...
Harrington United Methodist Church Sunday, January 31, 2016, marked the close of 12.5 years of faithful service of Pastor Cyndi Wutz to the Harrington United Methodist Church and the Zion Rocklyn United Methodist Church. At 9:30 a.m., Pastor Cyndi preached her final sermon, “God Be With You,” to a full church, complemented by the Community Church congregation joining for the occasion of her retirement. By request, Terry Battermann performed on his guitar “A Prayer Like Any Other.” Linda Wagner played “Hallelujah” by Leonard...
The Odessa School Board held a workshop in the school district office prior to the regular board meeting January 27 for the purpose of discussing facilities issues. Present were superintendent Dan Read, principal Nelson, board chairman Ed Deife, board members Heather Valverde, Roland Singer, Chris Crossley and Janie Steward and facilities director Justin Parr. When the board held its regular meeting in the school library, school district business manager Juli Weishaar and Odessa Record reporter Terrie Schmidt-Crosby were...
Harrington Public Development Authority met January 19 at 7 p.m. at city hall with President Josh Steward, Jay Kane, Allen Barth, Bunny Haugan, Paul Charlton and Heather Slack present. The PDA has received a grant from Lincoln County Rural Development for $9,615.18. The project will supply broadband service (NoaNet) in the business district on Third Street between Sherlock and Glover streets. The anticipated cost is projected to be $12,820.24, and 25 percent of the cost in...
The Odessa Town Council met Monday evening in the public library with all council members present. Marlene Kramer, re-elected in last fall's election, was sworn in to serve her four-year term by town clerk Gail Kiesz. Mayor Lois Hubbard addressed the agenda item of a residential income survey that will be conducted by the town under the supervision of the state's Department of Commerce [see also Mayor Hubbard's letter to editor on page 2]. The results of the survey will...
September Odessa’s newest business, Odessa Glass, and its Internet-based counterpart, “Etched Dreams,” opened for business in the building that formerly housed the NAPA store and Empire Electric. It was a welcome addition to the downtown business corridor and filled an empty storefront. Ryan Carpenter, son of Lori (Zeiler) Carpenter formerly of Odessa, was hired by the physical therapy department at the hospital. The Odessa community float sported a theme of “Fun in the Sun” and was ready for its run in the Deutsches...
Grant and Adams county sheriff’s deputies have arrested the suspect in a south Grant County burglary which led to the getaway car being driven into a rural lake. On Thursday, January 21, a deputy acting on a tip spotted John James Monday of Othello, age 29, at a home in the 21000 block of Road W NE near the small town of Marlin in easternmost Grant County. The deputy called for back-up, summoning the Moses Lake Regional Tactical Response Team and a K-9 unit from Adams County. Deputies tried to talk Monday out of the house, b...
The Odessa Lions Club's annual crab feed was another well-attended success last Saturday night at the community center. Club members Jeff Schibel and Steve Powell made the trip to the coast to pick up the 300 freshly caught Dungeness crabs which were cleaned and cooked and put on ice right before being picked up and brought to Odessa. According to the club's kitchen chairman Clark Kagele, the Lions and their spouses used tried and true family recipes to prepare potato salad,...
Greetings from the courthouse! As I'm sure most of you have heard, we had a very difficult time balancing the 2016 budget. I feel that it is extremely important to share with you, the taxpayers, the struggles that your local governments are facing. I will speak to Lincoln County's situation (current expense, not public works) but these same issues affect your towns, fire districts, hospital districts, schools and any junior taxing district in the state of Washington. There...
Big Bend Community College Foundation scholarship applications for 2016-17 are available now on the college’s website at http://www.bigbend.edu/information-center/foundation/scholarships. Students must apply online. They can apply for the Foundation’s many scholarships using a single online application form. The deadline for receiving completed applications by the Financial Aid Office is February 19, 2016. Only completed applications submitted by that date will be considered. The BBCC Foundation awards approximately $130,000...
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is now accepting applications from agricultural producers statewide who were impacted by wildfires in 2014 or 2015. Financial assistance is offered through the Wildfire Initiative of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to help address resource concerns on private and tribal land. The deadline for applications is Friday, February 19, 2016. NRCS will offer five financial assistance options: Option one offers assistance with prescribed and deferred grazing on privately opera...
The Odessa Public Library, in a partnership with Big Bend Community College, is sponsoring a series of six workshops to teach basic computer skills. Beginning Wednesday, January 20, the first class will be an introduction class to the parts of the computer and how they are used; Wednesday, January 27, will be a class on keyboarding; Wednesday, February 3, will be an introduction to the Internet; Wednesday, February 10, will be an introduction to email; Wednesday, February 17, will be a workshop on Microsoft Word programs;...
June Odessa High School graduated 17 students on June 6, an ambitious group of young people who collectively were offered a total of $354,336 in scholarships and grants. Carol Green retired and closed the beauty shop behind her home that she had operated for many years. She and her husband, retired high school history teacher Dick Green, were planning a move to Spokane. The Odessa-Harrington Titan track and field team sent several members to the state meet in Cheney, where Sam Schafer had first-place finishes in the 100 m,...
