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The Harrington Public Development Authority met Tuesday evening at city hall with Jay Kane, Allen Barth, Josh Steward, Paul Charlton, Bunny Haugan, Margie Hall and Jay Gossett present. Discussions continued regarding the potential acquisition of the Landmark Apartments by the PDA and potential interest of others in the sales of several of the vacant buildings. Rumors of the sale of the tavern were found to be rumors. Safety concerns were addressed regarding vacant buildings and adjoining buildings, insurance, appearance and...
At the school board meeting held January 28, school superintendent Suellen White read Governor Jay Inslee's proclamation that January be School Board Recognition month. Each board member received a certificate in recognition. Board action The board approved the resignation of Heath Voise as assistant football coach. The board approved required changes in policies dealing with students with disabilities; highly capable program; homeless students' rights and services;...
A student must have a grade point average of 3.50 to 4.00 to be on the Honor Roll, and Honorable Mention requires a grade point average of 3.25 to 3.49. Grades are based on state transcript requirements and are as follows: A=4.0, A-=3.7, B+=3.3, B=3.0, B-= 2.7, C+=2.3, C=2.0, C-=1.7, D+=1.3, D=1.0, F=0.0. High School Senior class: Carsen Weber and Thorsen Wehr each had a perfect 4.0. Other seniors on the honor roll are Jenna Shafer, Garrison Schmierer, Tyler Paris, Paige Alloway, Sam Schafer, Trevor King, Katelyn Worley,...
Freshmen at Harrington High School recently celebrated entrepreneurship by participating in a Business Plan Challenge sponsored by the Lincoln County Economic Development Council. The challenge was for students to consider our region’s strengths and opportunities and then develop plans for businesses that they could open and operate here. Harrington High Business instructor Sharon Kruger, joined by Margie Hall and Joyce Mings from the EDC, kicked off the project back in November during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Last w...
President Obama has requested $1.2 billion in appropriations for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management for Fiscal Year 2016. The request for BLM’s operating accounts represents an increase of $91.4 million above the 2015 enacted level. The proposal includes strategic investments that underscore the administration’s continuing support for facilitating and improving management of increased energy production, conserving sage-grouse habitat in the West, strengthening BLM’s National Conservation Lands,...
The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced a $350,000 grant to Grant County to advance environmental permitting efforts and help prepare sites for large-scale manufacturing development at the Port of Moses Lake. The County will use the funding to conduct environmental review for 400-acres of property at Grant County International Airport. While no specific tenants have been identified, the phased development proposes a number of potential buildings totaling as much as 2.6 million square feet available to...
WNPA Olympia News Bureau School districts around Washington are priming their fiscal pumps in coming weeks, asking local constituents to support special maintenance and operations tax propositions to maintain current programs, as well as bond measures to support facilities development and transportation needs. Meanwhile, at the state Capitol, lawmakers have yet to come to grips in the early days of the 2015 legislative session with education financing plans to meet the state Supreme Court’s mandate that they must fully f...
According to Article IX of the Washington State Constitution, the state’s “paramount duty” is to provide an “ample” and “uniform” education for all children. In 1977, Judge Robert Doran ruled that the state was in violation of the constitution because school districts were relying on local special levies to fund a large portion of the costs of the education system. The Legislature that year responded by passing the Basic Education Act, which defined what the state would pay for in terms of education and the Levy Lid Act,...
Defending the Early Years and the Alliance for Childhood have released a report about the use of Kindergarten reading instruction. Authored by Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin, and Joan Wolfsheimer Almon, the report gives up its conclusion in its title: “Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little To Gain, and Much To Lose.” Both a video and the report are fully accessible to people who have not been soaking in education policy debates for the past several years, so they are perfect educational tools to sha...
“As the new 4-H and FFA year is starting again, it is time to consider Farm Service Agency to financially assist in 4-H and FFA youth loan projects,” says Libby Anderson, Farm Loan Manager. FSA has established a great network with local 4-H and FFA leaders, local fairs, auctioneers and other to make this a successful program. FSA Youth Loans have become very popular as proven by the repeat youth loan borrowers year after year. FSA youth loan participants must remember to be responsible for the day-to-day care of their ani...
The following is reprinted from Ventures, the newsletter of AgVentures NW, LLC. The interview of Tom Wilson, of Lamona, and article were done by Burke Perry of VistaComm, an advertising and marketing company which makes the newsletter. From cutting wheat 14 feet at a time to doing a day’s worth of harvesting in an hour, Tom Wilson has seen a lot of change in his 54 years of farming.“We’ve always hauled into the elevator at Lamona,” Tom recalls. “I was 13 the first time I hauled a load in and was driving the combine at 14. You...
Last week the Harrington Lions Club repainted the large meeting room of the Memorial Hall, replaced damaged ceiling tiles and made other cosmetic repairs. The club now consists of 16 members as compared to the 90 original charter members on March 22, 1946 when they organized. History of Memorial Hall The Memorial Hall was created by 1949 when the American Legion Post #95, with community donations of money and labor, gutted and rebuilt the entire inside of the old brick...
Mr. and Mrs. Forey Walter (Barb Gudgel) of Spokane and formerly of Odessa announce the engagement of their daughter Kacie Leigh to Noah Jackson. Kacie is a third grade teacher in Bellingham, Washington and Jackson is a speech therapist for the Bellingham School District. Their wedding ceremony is March 29 in Bellingham. Noah is a native Alaskan and for their honeymoon the couple has been invited to be part of the crew of Darlings on the Iditarod race course. The Darlings are...
The Washington Wine Industry Foundation is offering over $30,000 in scholarships for undergraduate and post-graduate students studying viticulture, enology or related disciplines. All applications are due March 15 with awards for the 2015-2016 school year awarded by May 15. Since 2008, the Foundation has awarded over $114,000 to nearly 100 students for education in the grape and wine industry. Horse Heaven Hills Wine Growers Scholarship Two scholarships of $1,500 to students who are residents of Benton, Yakima or Klickitat...
WNPA Olympia News Bureau Washington’s lawmakers have opened this year’s legislative session amid predictions of a long and contentious debate focused on budget and tax votes for the K-12 education system. Lawmakers are confronted with a mountain of expensive problems to solve, ranging from transportation to mental health. But education funding is pivotal. The Washington Supreme Court held the Legislature in contempt last year for engaging in “an ongoing violation of its constitutional duty to K-12 children,” by not adequat...
David Michaelson of Harrington has finished and published his fourth science fiction novel set in today’s time frame but from the viewpoint of the aliens. HARVESTERS is available, along with Michaelson’s 16 other titles at the Davenport offices of the Davenport Times, as well as at Cow Creek Mercantile and Uniquely Washington, both located in Ritzville....
August Two incoming Odessa High School sophomores, Brad Johnston and Chance Messer got a chance to play in Italy with the Northwest Elite baseball organization. Players were chosen for the opportunity based on the ability on the baseball field and their dedication to their schoolwork. A broadband planning grant was pursued after NoaNet installed $5 million worth of ARRA-funded, high-speed broadband fiber in Lincoln County but shared no plans to do anything with it. The county decided to begin planning themselves and applied...
Twenty-five animal heads and furs have been on display in the Harrington Public Library since June of 1973. The late Louis Schutz was a Harrington farmer who enjoyed game hunting when he was not busy keeping his farming operations going. He began game hunting in 1946 and made two trips to Africa, trips into British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska. “More Trophies for Schultz Collection. The trophies from the species of the deer and antelope families will include the mounted heads and horns; the elephant ivories, 12 pound o...
January 14, Mayor Paul Gilliland opened the Harrington City Council meeting with City Clerk Bunny Haugan, Scott McGowan and four councilmen present: Peter Davenport, Rick Becker, Levi Schenk and Michael Cronrath. In addition, visitors included Celeste Miller, Sharon Schultz, Marge Womach, Jay Gossett, and Paul Charlton. Celeste Miller, representing the Harrington Historic Preservation Commission, brought the nomination of the Attie Turner house for the local Register of Historical Houses. This 1918 home, now owned by Paul and...
A recent survey on child care and its impact on employment confirmed what Lincoln Hospital District 3 and the Bureau of Reclamation already know – a lack of child care services in Lincoln County makes it difficult to recruit and retain employees. Both the Bureau and the hospital district recently expressed to the Lincoln County Economic Development Council that a lack of child care options is one of the top issues making it difficult for them to attract and retain new talent. It was decided to survey other local business owne...
Two years after Washington voters ended pot prohibition, lawmakers are wading through a thicket of proposed reforms that aim to stabilize an industry struggling to get off the ground. “Right now I call it the wild, wild west,” Senate Democratic Leader Sharon Nelson, D-Maury Island, said during Thursday’s annual Associated Press Legislative Preview. “We’ve got incongruities in this law that we need to solve.” With seven new cannabis-related bills pre-filed so far come seven new opportunities to shape Washington...
The 2015 Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest Farm Forum scheduled for February 3-5, 2015 at the newly expanded Spokane Convention Center Complex convenes in less than three weeks. The largest farm machinery show in the Inland Northwest will host 300 exhibitors and conduct 36 educational seminars and forums relating to agri-business from large-scale operations to small-acreage farms and ranches. Exhibitors will range from large farm equipment manufacturers and service providers to businesses catering to small-acreage and...
Tuesday evening,, Jan 6, at 6:30 p.m. the Harrington Historic Preservation Commission, (HHPC) met with the following in attendance: Jay Gossett, Paul and Peggy Charlton, Aileen Sweet, Celeste Miller, Marge Womach, Karen Allen, Lindsey Harder and Anita Harman. Paperwork was presented by the Charltons seeking to have their home, known as the Attie Turner house, put on the local Register of Historical Houses. The house was built in 1918 by J.R. Burrill, is one and one-half stories, and is a single family bungalow. Attie Turner...
Deaths from prescription pain medication in Washington seem to be leveling off. According to the Washington State Department of Health, after an eightfold increase the prior decade, the overdose rate in Washington has declined by 29 percent between 2008-2013. There were 381 prescription drug overdoses reported in 2013 which is down by seven from 2012. The number of heroin overdose deaths is also leveling off, down to 227 in 2013 from 231 in 2012. Most prescription pain medication contains drugs known as opiates or opioids....
The year in review highlights the main events that took place during each of the months of 2014 as reported in The Odessa Record. June and July are provided here, with more to follow over the next few weeks. June A recent disaster designation due to drought in Lincoln County prompted federal disaster relief for local farmers and ranchers. Farmers and ranchers have eight months from the date of the designation to apply for emergency loans. The loans are low interest, currently 3.125%, with payment terms of up to 40 years. FSA...
