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Harrington Christmas bazaar And what to my amazement was all that commotion and clatter; I rose from my seat and raced into the streets to see what was the matter. Sirens, more and louder sirens, closer and faster, as though the whole city were in a disaster. No Prancer, no Dixon, but oh, what a sight; Santa hanging on to the rear of the fire engine so tight. Children were rushing to see who was coming, and before long Santa was taking his seat in the opera house lobby....
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit will offer a free Boating Education Course this coming Saturday, December 12, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sheriff’s Moses Lake Substation, 1274 Lowry Street. The course is free and no registration is required. All materials and testing supplies are provided. This boater education card is required to operate motor vessels and personal watercraft with 15 horsepower or more. The minimum age to obtain the Boater Education Card is 12 years old. Those born before January 1, 1955 are...
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office and Royal City Police are investigating three complaints of fraudulent phone calls from an 800 number. The caller claims to be from the Grant PUD and requests the person called immediately send money or have their power shut off. Today’s victims were three churches in south Grant County, one in Schawana, two in Royal City. None of the churches sent money; rather, they called the police. Clearly these calls are a scam. If you receive a call from anyone demanding money, ask them for a call bac...
On Thursday evening, December 10, from 6 to 7 p.m., the Odessa High School Computer Science students are hosting a global event entitled, “The Hour of Code.” It is free and the entire community is invited. No experience necessary! All ages are welcome....
On Thanksgiving morning, the doors of the Harrington Memorial Hall were opened to the community for a time of celebrating a multitude of blessings through music and song. Food preparers began as early as 8:30 a.m. The worship team of the Harrington Community Church and spontaneous volunteers from the community alternated and played from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. which included Sheryl Stedman on the piano, John Larsen on the banjo, Dillon Haas on guitar and piano, Steve and Rebecca...
Last week Tuesday, members of the Odessa community gathered in the atrium of the hospital to bid farewell to physician's assistant DJ Jones. He was recruited to join the Odessa staff in May of 2014. Since that time he and his wife has been searching for a suitable home to purchase or a property on which to build. Neither effort bore fruit, and ultimately the couple decided they were best off staying put in the Cheney area. Jones will work at Sacred Heart Medical Center in...
The Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges opened for business in November. Now, millions of Americans who do not get coverage through work have the opportunity to shop for policies that will take effect in 2016. But they only have a few months to do so. This open enrollment period will end on January 31, 2016. Those who currently lack insurance should sign up without delay. And those who have had coverage this year should investigate whether there’s a better deal available to them for coverage that will kick in...
Christmas in the Land of Oz opens December 4, 2015 at the Masquers Theater in Soap Lake. This delightful, family-friendly production is directed by the talented husband-and-wife team of Clifford and Stacey Bresee. The show runs only two weekends, and showtimes are a little different than our regular productions. The run time is under one hour, all for the benefit of our younger patrons. The only evening performances are on the Fridays of December 4 and 11, at the earlier start time of 7 p.m. There are two matinees on...
As Avista and the communities impacted by the November 17 wind storm try to return to “business as usual,” many will never forget the devastation, destruction and personal damage left behind by Mother Nature’s near-hurricane force winds. By 3:45 a.m. Friday, November 27, power was fully restored to the nearly 180,000 customers who were out of power at the height of the storm. It took almost 10 days of around-the-clock restoration efforts by up to 132 Avista, contract and mutual aid crews from six western states and Canad...
Dear Friends and Neighbors, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! I wanted to send one final interim update before the start of the 60-day 2016 legislative session on January 11. As you know, I’ve been incredibly busy this interim meeting with hundreds of folks, touring businesses, and attending meetings that help inform me about the issues our district and state are facing. It is an honor to serve as your state representative, and I look forward to continuing the good work we have started. I recently returned f...
There is a misconception about the Lincoln County Fair and its funding. The fair is funded by a few different sources. The first is the Department of Agriculture, which supplies approximately $32,000 (the money that is up for review every two years). Additional funding of $25,000 comes from our own county. The rest comes from winter vehicle storage, off-season events, signs purchased, wristbands and entry to the fair. The Lincoln County Fair Advisory Board struggles yearly to put on a good fair with limited funds. A...
Members of the Odessa Healthcare Foundation met with Drex Palmer, ART, Radiology Department Director, who showed them the portable X-ray machine that the foundation purchased for Odessa Memorial Hospital with the proceeds of the 2015 Wine Tasting and Auction event. The portable X-ray unit is used when patients cannot or should not be moved to the radiology room due to their clinical condition. Instead, the X-ray machine comes to the patient. While the images of a stationary...
On November 18, superintendent Dan Read; principal Jamie Nelson; board chair Ed Deife; board members Heather Valverde, Joe Schlomer and Roland Singer and board member-elect Chris Crossley met in the school district office at 6:30 p.m. to review board policies and procedures and to discuss both the maintenance and operations and capital projects levy resolutions. This workshop was followed by an open meeting of the Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 in the high school library at 7 p.m., with the same...
Windstorm Winds had been predicted to range near 65 mph on Tuesday and with that intensity Harrington was fortunate to have only minor damages to homes with roofing being the major complaint. One homeowner reported a limb lying on his roof. Dust was thick in the air all day, sometimes resembling dense fog. In the downtown business district, signs and awnings were challenged, with only one awning sent to the ground. The newly fixed roof on the former Harrington Haus was seen flapping in the wind all across the west end of the...
The Odessa Community Center will be filled with vendors next Wednesday, December 2, for the annual kickoff to the local holiday shopping season, Christmas Fest. The doors will open at 10 a.m. and will stay open all day until 7 p.m. Handcrafted items that will be for sale include blankets, crocheted towels, wooden ornaments, LED angels, hooded bath towels, earrings, ornaments, miscellaneous crocheted and handsewn items, wooden decorations, aprons, Christmas decor, knitted hats, scarves and baby clothes, Christmas accessories,...
The 2015 Veterans Day dinner and continuous membership awards program were held November 11 in the social hall of Heritage Church in Odessa. Members of VFW Post #7395 and American Legion Post #105 organized the program and their auxiliary members cooked and served the turkey, potatoes, stuffing and gravy for the dinner. The side dishes and desserts were provided as potluck items donated by those who attended the dinner. Departed comrades from the past year were remembered:...
Odessa seniors, age 65 and older, have filled two classes that meet twice a week in Odessa's Old Town Hall from 9:30 to 10:30 and from 10:45 to 11:45 on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The groups meet separately with instructor Kelly Weber, an employee of the physical therapy department at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center. SAIL stands for Stay Active and Independent for Life and entails movement, stretching and strength building with the ultimate goal of preventing falls and improving overall health. Class members are encouraged...
On July 22 and 29, 2015, the Attorney General’s Office received letters from members of the State House of Representatives and the State Senate, respectively, requesting that the office conduct an investigation of Planned Parenthood. Attorney General Bob Ferguson has sent responses to both houses, enclosing a memorandum that states, in sum, that the Attorney General’s Office did not find any evidence whatsoever to support the allegations that Planned Parenthood is operating in violation of state or federal law. In his res...
A student writing contest is being hosted by the English Skills Lab and the William C. Bonaudi Library for fall and winter quarters of the 2015-16 academic year. The judges are looking for academic essays or research papers, poems, plays or song lyrics, or short fiction and non-fiction, according to Dawnne Ernette of the English Skills Lab. Submissions will be accepted through March 31, 2016. The contest is open to all currently enrolled BBCC students, Ernette said. The grand prize is $200. First-place prizes for academic and...
In 2014, Americans donated an estimated $350 billion to charities. A generous country we are, but how much of those funds actually benefit those in need? You might not want to know. There are good charities. There are bad charities. And there are the worst charities. America’s “worst” charities have gained their titles by how much they raise in donations for their cause, and how little of that money goes towards the same cause. As these deceptive organizations ask you for your financial support, many lie about where or to wh...
Veterans Day program The yearly Harrington Veterans Day Program organized by history teacher Mike Cronrath was held November 10, at 10:15 a.m. at the Harrington school gymnasium. Panels of art displays created by the students graced the pathway across the floor to the bleachers. This display was entitled, “The Star-Spangled Banner Through the Eyes of Our Children.” The exhibits were done by the high school art class and the 2nd/3rd grade art class, guided by their instructor Denise Hoffman. Copies of the pictures were put...
In Washington state, low mountain snowpack has caused the governor to declare a statewide drought emergency for this summer. However, for the majority of the growers in the Odessa Subarea region that use groundwater, these conditions are nothing new. Whereas most of the potatoes in the state are irrigated with surface water from the Columbia and Snake Rivers, farmers in the Odessa Subarea face drought-like conditions every year. The Odessa region is an outstanding region for producing potatoes, and the production in this area...
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center has been recognized by iVantage Health Analytics and the National Organization of State Office of Rural Health (NOSORH) for overall excellence in outcomes, reflecting top quartile performance among all acute care hospitals in the nation. “It is our honor at OMHC to serve the people of Odessa and we are proud to be able to do so with this level of distinction,” said hospital administrator Mo Sheldon. “Our mission is to bring ‘caring, quality healthcare to our community,’ and this is one affir...
The Booster Club Auction last Saturday was well attended by folks from both Harrington and Odessa. The grilled steaks were tasty, as were the side dishes. Door prizes were awarded to several audience members. Silent and live auction items raised money for uniforms and other sports-related needs....
Don’t want to cook that big Thanksgiving dinner this year? Hate doing all those dishes? Tired of spending the holiday alone? There’s an alternative right here in the heart of Odessa at Old Town Hall. Each Thanksgiving Day, a community Thanksgiving dinner is prepared and served, starting at about noon and lasting well into the evening. The dinner is sponsored by the local Masonic Lodge as a community service. This year the group will be providing plenty of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. Guests are encouraged to bring a s...
