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Time is running out for farmers and ranchers that want to participate in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) this year. February 27 is the deadline for the 2015 round. Producers should visit the local NRCS office before that date to initiate the application process. The CSP rewards farmers, ranchers, and foresters for maintaining existing conservation practices and for adopting additional practices on cropland, grassland, non-industrial private forestland and tribal lands. The program pays producers for fostering clean...
Reegan Carstensen, 7, brought in the first buttercup of the year. She watched it for more than a week, and it was blooming behind “hole #3....
The time has come for the current owners of this newspaper to give serious thought to retirement. We have run The Odessa Record for seven years, plus the years spent working under the previous owner Don Walter. It has been mostly a rewarding and fulfilling endeavor, despite the weekly deadlines and hectic nature of the business. But the time has come to think about slowing down. Our purpose in moving back to Odessa was to be closer to family and to help out our elderly mother. The newspaper takes up way too much of our time,...
The Record has never received any kind of official notice that Wilbur-Ellis had shut down its operations at the Odessa Municipal Airport, but rumors to that effect are apparently true. The Record this week received word that a new company has been established (see their 1/4-page ad on page 6) to help local farmers with their ground and aerial pesticide and fertilizer applications. The company, Odessa Air Service, is owned by Troy Kissler and Jason Conner of Odessa and Fred...
Senior night honoring the 2015 graduating seniors who are currently playing winter sports was celebrated last week. The special recognition took place in Odessa on Tuesday prior to the boys' game against Almira-Coulee/Hartline and in Harrington on Friday just before the girls' game against Wellpinit. Five members of the boys basketball team, two members of the girls basketball team and one cheerleader were honored along with their parents/guardians. The O-H boys end the...
Increased capital investments in infrastructure, technology and system modernization are the major drivers in Avista’s request filed today with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission to increase electric and natural gas base rates. Avista’s request, if approved, is designed to increase annual electric revenues by 6.7 percent or $33.2 million and annual natural gas revenues by 6.9 percent or $12.0 million. Both requests are based on a proposed rate of return on rate base of 7.46 percent with a common equity rat...
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Avista Corporation’s board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share on the company’s common stock, an increase of $0.0125 per share, yielding an annualized dividend of $1.32. The common stock dividend is payable March 13, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business February 20, 2015. “The dividend increase approved by the board of directors marks the thirteenth consecutive year the board has raised the dividend for our shareholders. I believe it demonstrates the board’s continued confide...
Dylan Shockley, a junior at Harrington High School has been named Athlete of the Week by Coaches Schuh and Weber. Dylan has consistently been the top scorer for the Titan junior varsity basketball team for the last half of the season. His outside shot has improved as well as his defense by giving his opponents fits with the number of steals he has been getting. Dylan is the son of Charles and Summer Shockley....
On Monday, about noon, Marlene Kramer was turning the corner from Alder St. onto Fourth Ave. when smoke started coming out of her 1972 Volkswagon. She jumped out of the car and ran into the middle of Alder and yelled for help. Brian Finkbeiner came hobbling out of his house with a boot on his foot and tried to put it out with a fire extinguisher. Meanwhile, Kramer called 911, and two fire trucks responded. By that time, flames were shooting out of the car. The fire was extinguished, and Kramer rescued her purse and her...
The Harrington Opera House Society met Feb 2, in the Art Room at 7 p.m. The “project” list is becoming smaller with current emphasis on the need to hem the stage curtains, completion of the painting in the auditorium, completion of the exterior doors and installation of the refurbished molding in the auditorium. New prices were determined for the rental of the opera house for weddings or functions. The next performance will be the Horse-Crazy Cowgirls scheduled for March 20 with tickets selling for $15. There will also be...
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...
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...
