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As reported by The Record last week, the local chapter of Business Leaders of America at Odessa High School was one of only five schools in the nation singled out for their achievements in feeding the hungry. Tuesday morning, the entire student body of the Odessa School District and invited guests attended an awards ceremony in the school multipurpose room. The FBLA officers put on the program featuring speakers from the school administration, the Lead2Feed organization and the students themselves. FBLA adviser Terri King als...
A special three-day filing period will be held June 23 through June 25, 2015 for the purpose of declaring candidacy for the following elective positions that were not previously filed for during the regular filing period: No one has filed for the position of mayor for the Town of Odessa (4-year term) or for Odessa School District #105, Director #1 (4-year term). Declaration of Candidacy forms are to be filed with the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office at the Courthouse in Davenport between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the above s...
The Odessa school bands will put on their annual spring concert on Tuesday, June 2, beginning at 7 p.m. in the multi-purpose room. Groups performing will be the fifth-grade beginning band, sixth-grade band, junior-high band and high school band. “The music will range from classical to blues, so there will a little something for everyone,” said band director Craig Holman. “We hope you will attend and support these students in their musical efforts....
The Bureau of Reclamation is monitoring water seeping along I-90 near the Weber Siphon, after being notified by the Washington Department of Transportation. The area is near the location where two concrete pipes run underneath I-90 and transport water for irrigation purposes. “Reclamation is monitoring the site and taking protective measures. The seep is minor, and at this time does not pose a threat to I-90 or to the frontage road,” said Brandt Demars, Program Manager for Construction Engineering. “The East Low Canal remai...
Senator Judy Warnick’s legislation, Senate Bill 5733, was signed by Governor Jay Inslee recently during a formal ceremony. The new law allows for increased flexibility for the cattle industry by implementing an electronic livestock transaction system. “This legislation provides more flexibility for dairies and modernizes the way the state manages animal disease traceability programs,” said Warnick, R-Moses Lake. “This gives people an option to utilize an electronic system that provides accurate and timely information about c...
The following was sent in an email to Odessa FBLA instructor Terri King and 2nd Harvest representative Julie Humphreys by the Linda Spahr, Lead2Feed project manager for the USA Today Charitable Foundation who was in Odessa Tuesday for the award presentation to the FBLA chapter at Odessa High School. Thank you both for a wonderful day celebrating the Odessa community and it’s terrific students. Terri (King): Every child should be blessed with a teacher like you! I can’t wait for my colleague Debby Dodge to meet you in Chi...
A draft rule issued by USDA aims to define what it means to be ‘actively engaged’ in farming. The proposed rule makes some important changes, but those improvements are immediately undermined by two new loopholes introduced in the rule. The draft rule, somewhat unabashedly, only applies to farms that are large enough to “require” quadruple the statutory limit. You can abuse the rules, as long as you only abuse them up to $500,000 ($1 million if you’re married) each year. Moreover, as drafted, farms made up solely of family me...
Cruisin’ Harrington With nearly perfect weather for the Saturday event, the only hitch in the plans was the incorrect forecast of rain in varying percentages as the day approached. Many antique auto enthusiasts do not turn out to events when rain could alter their beautiful shines. With activities in Spokane and Wilbur competing for crowds, Harrington seemed to attract its fair share of participants and on-lookers. Car show This was the 4th Annual Classic Car Show promoted by Allan Barth of the Studebaker Garage in conjunctio...
Monday, May 25, the Odessa Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7395 and Odessa American Legion Post #105 will perform Memorial Day services at 10 a.m. at the hospital and 11 a.m. at the Odessa Cemetery. At the cemetery service, flags will be dedicated for deceased veterans Lloyd Tebow and James Goetz. Pastor Jon Hayashi of Heritage Church will be the guest speaker for the services. The graves of 215 veterans will be decorated with a cross and small flag for the weekend at the Odessa Cemetery, and 14 graves will be decorated with...
Odessa Subarea Irrigators and the Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association have filed a lawsuit against the United States Bureau of Reclamation in the Eastern District of Washington, stressing that Reclamation has arbitrarily delayed and blocked the approval of a new water service contract for the irrigators’ privately funded project to bring surface water from the East Low Canal. System 1 would be the first step in the overall plan/project to bring surface water irrigation to about 70,000 acres (or more) of farmland in t...
"Late in the spring, many years ago, a pretty sorrel filly with a flaxen mane and tail was born. Cute as a button and very fancy, her curly blonde hair went everywhere! Of course, her name would be Sugar, for she was sweet as sugar." Thus begins the story that local equestrian turned author, has published in her first illustrated children's book, "A Horse Named Sugar." The book was published May 5, 2015 and is currently available at online bookstores, xlibris.com, amazon.com...
Most Lincoln County residents have driven along US Highway 2 extending from Reardan to Almira and passing through Davenport, Creston and Wilbur. Some people notice that all of Highway 2 is bordered by agricultural fields. What people don’t always notice are the field borders that farmers install along their fields. How does the public benefit from what the farmers are doing in their fields? Field borders in particular provide cleaner and better structured roadsides. The established grasses create a stronger ground s...
Lincoln County Commissioner After seven months of waiting for an attorney general opinion, we finally have answers to our questions. All of the questions we asked revolve around RCW 46.09.360 which states that counties have the authority to open roads to “off-road vehicles.” Counties do have the authority to designate roads with a speed limit exceeding 35 mph for ORV use, but the statute specifically excludes “wheeled all-terrain vehicles.” So, the crazy part is that a four-...
The Odessa Community Float will take its maiden voyage of 2015 through the streets of town Thursday, May 14, at dusk in anticipation of this Saturday’s Lilac Parade in Spokane, said float committee chairman Justin Parr. The Odessa Jr./Sr. High School Band will also perform Saturday and has been practicing on Odessa’s streets for some time now. Miss Odessa High School junior Casey Schlomer, daughter of Joe Schlomer and Amy Schaefer, will ride the float Thursday for the trial run and again Saturday in the Spokane parade. Thi...
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The Harrington Opera House Society met May 4. Gordon Herron, Bonnie and Mike Hardy, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Linda Wagner, Karen Robertson, Marge Womach, Steven Hardy and Dillon Haas were on hand for discussion by the building committee which expressed concern about the auditorium floor refinishing project. Upon realizing that the floor would not be finished for the Cruisin’ Harrington celebration on May 16, the quilt show and the musical performance were both moved to the Community Church. Discussion w...
The May 1 winetasting, microbrew tasting and auction (silent and live) put on by the Odessa Healthcare Foundation was another well-attended event this year, with locals and out-of-town visitors making up a good-sized crowd. Foundation members had worked many weeks at gathering donations of items to stock the silent auction tables and to draw interest to the live auction that followed. From a seven-day cruise donated by Holland America Line, Steve and Dr. Linda Powell, Dr....
A second case of measles (rubeola) has been diagnosed in an unvaccinated adult resident of Spokane County. This individual was not seen in any health care settings and is a close contact of the first case, previously confirmed to have measles on April 21. Before receiving the measles diagnosis, the second individual confirmed to have the virus was in the following public locations. Anyone who was at these locations during the times listed was possibly exposed to measles: Thursday, April 23 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. M...
The former Harrington Haus is finally drying out with the new owner, John Dempsey, working long, hard hours and continuously ventilating the structure. Several on-lookers contemplated the removal of the old pool table which Dempsey was not interested in trying to preserve. At one point, Gene Dietrich had stipulated that he wanted to remove the pool table prior to the signing of the papers, but in the final analysis, Dietrich was not willing to remove it. Leaks in the roof for years had damaged the table, making it necessary...
More complete information is now available from the Odessa Quilt Club on activities surrounding the Spring Fling annual quilt show that took place April 24-25. As The Record reported last week, the Mayor's Award went to local quilter Patricia Gies for her work entitled Dreamy Hexagons. Based on voting by visitors to the quilt show, the Favorite Large Quilt was entitled Basket Weaver and was made by Judy Main of Mattawa. The Favorite Wall Quilt was made by Ann Sanders of...
Last week our school band was able to make their journey to Disneyland in Southern California. This trip was the culmination of over a year of intense planning, fundraising and practicing. Through the hard work of music director David Nighswonger and the support of the Harrington school board, the band took a long, 24-hour bus ride from Harrington to Anaheim last Wednesday. Students were amazed by Los Angeles traffic, palm trees and the sheer amount of people as we made our...
Kindergarten and Preschool pre-registration for the 2015-16 school year has been planned for May 12, 2015 from 10:50-11:20 a.m. in the kindergarten room. Packets for the 2015-16 school year are available in the elementary school office between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. All registration forms need to be filled out and turned in by Friday, May 29. Pre-kindergarten students must be five (5) years of age as of midnight, August 31, 2015. All immunizations must be completed before the first day of school. Required immunizations for entry...
The Lincoln County Relay for Life event is a little over a month away. The June 12 community event celebrates cancer survivors and remembers loved ones lost. Relay teams also raise funds for cancer research and support through various activities before and during the event. In an effort to raise awareness about the event, the Lincoln County Relay for Life committee lead, Gina Halme, is organizing a competition for businesses in Lincoln County. “’Paint the Town Purple’ is an opportunity for local businesses to show suppo...
