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Santa listened to children Hark! But there are no angels singing. What is that alarming sound reaching throughout the town of Harrington at 10 a.m., December 3? Not a minute late for the children that awaited the arrival of Santa on his one-horse sleigh? No, not a sleigh, Santa came in modern fashion, grasping ahold of one of Harrington’s finest fire trucks. Santa has been watching his diet the past year or so, and he is not as rotund as one might expect. In he came with a ...
Public Library Tues., Thurs. and books Harrington Public Library opened its doors early Tuesday afternoon on November 15 to allow the pre-K, Kindergarten, first-graders and second-graders to browse the library, make inquiries and select a book to check out. Applications for library cards had been filled out and signed by parents, but the check-out process involved a flurry of activity with 29 youngsters needing to sign their names individually and get the date to return their...
The Odessa FFA chapter participated in the state potato judging competition in Moses Lake at Columbia Basin Tech on Wednesday, November 16. Pilot Weishaar, Colton Messer, Jordan Clark, Kiegan Wehr, Alyssa Iverson, Mya Boss, Katreace Boss and Maddie Scrupps competed. Their teams took 16th and 19th in this statewide competition....
It is that time of the season when the leaves start falling and the clay pigeons start flying. It is the season for the local Odessa FFA Trapshooting team to start shooting. The first FFA Trap Shoot was held at the Odessa Gun Club and pitted Odessa against Warden on October 1, 2016. The Odessa FFA trapshooters dominated with Pilot Weishaar, Lane Lobe, Aaron Gies and Kiegan Wehr winning first place as a team. At the same time, Aaron Gies won the High Male award and Rochelle...
The 75th annual Turkey Carnival put on by the Odessa Lions Club drew a smaller than normal crowd last Saturday, as quite a large number of townspeople opted to attend the quarterfinal football game in Spokane between Odessa-Harrington and Almira/Coulee-Hartline (won by the Titans, see article on sports page). The Odessa Community Center opened at 2 p.m. to begin serving hamburgers, hot dogs, nachos, soft drinks, water and pie by the slice. The coffee was free. The club had...
The Halloween Carnival held Monday, October 31, at the Odessa Community Center drew plenty of well-costumed children and adults. The FFA chapter at Odessa High sponsored the event. In addition to games of skill in which participants could win tickets that could be exchanged for prizes, the attendees could also grab dinner in the form of hamburgers, cheeseburgers and hot dogs, along with water, soda pop and chips. New police chief Tom Clark, whose daughter Jordan is a member...
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 held a workshop in the district office Wednesday, October 26, to review the district’s highly capable plan and school performance report and to discuss the upcoming M & O and Capital Projects levies. Board members then met in the high school library with chairman Ed Deife, board members Janie Steward and Chris Crossley, superintendent Dan Read, principal Jamie Nelson and business manager Juli Weishaar attending. Also present were facilities director Justin Parr and athleti...
Mystery Don't you just love it when you can't trust your own eyes? Now you don't see them, and suddenly...when did that Linda Colbert sneak out there and place all of those straw bales and fall decorations up and down Third Street, Main Street, by the park and school? And surely she must have had a crew in order to execute such a quick placement service! No one seemed to know quite when it happened, just like so many previous years, but it was learned that her elves were...
Dept 1 Adult & Youth Booth and Displays Open Adult Patra Canfield, Davenport, Bluestem Grange #776, 1st Place Grange Booths Dept 4 Herdsmanship Small Animal Rabbit Barn Large Animal Beef Barn Dept 6 Round Robin 4-H Jr. Tayson Gerdes, Cheney, Large Animal, Round Robin Grand Champion 4-H Interm. Alyssa Iverson, Odessa, Large Animal, Round Robin Grand Champion 4-H Sr. Whiney Wollweber, Edwall, Large Animal, Round Robin Grand Champion FFA Fr/So Dylan Holbrook, Davenport, Large Animal, Round Robin Grand Champion FFA Jr./Sr....
Dept 2 Posters 4-H Interm. Carter Steveson Almira Poster Best of Show Dept 3 Contests, Horseshoe Winners 1st Place Corey Sturgis 1st Place Laurie Dale 2nd Place Dennis Reich 2nd Place Kati Reeves 3rd Place Ken Matthis 3rd Place Homer Kleinsmith Dept 11--Poultry Open Jr., Hudson Walter Odessa Chicken Breed Class Reserve Champion Open Jr., David Hayashi Odessa Open Fitting & Showing Grand Champion Open Jr., David Hayashi Odessa Eggs Reserve Champion Open Jr., Anna Hayashi Odessa Open Fitting & Showing Reserve Champion Open...
It’s that time of year again. Certain people involved with Deutschesfest start getting that “deer in the headlights” look. Especially if they’re in charge of a venue, and are afraid that everything won’t be done in time. Believe me, it doesn’t have to be that way. Sure, we’ll always need someone to be in charge, and they’ll probably always get a little stressed out. But we, as the community of Odessa, can do something about it. I’m inviting you to participate. Bier...
The Odessa School Board held a budget workshop in the district office at 6 p.m. on July 27, with superintendent Dan Read giving a brief overview of the revenues and expenditures budgeted for each of the funds. The board also completed Read’s evaluation and discussed goals for the next school year. Board chairman Ed Deife then opened the budget hearing at 7 p.m. in the library just prior to the regular monthly meeting. Read gave a brief overview of the 2016-17 budget proposal, handing out a 2016-17 materials, supplies and o...
Gilbert LeRoy White, age 82, passed away in Ritzville on July 17, 2016, after an extended battle with dementia and shortly after an apparent stroke. Gilbert was born in 1934 to Anna and Robert White on the farm north of Ritzville. He was the youngest of three children and joined his two older sisters, Vivian and Evelyn. Gilbert grew up on a dairy farm along the South Fork of Crab Creek. He attended the Rocky Ford country school house north of the house up through third grade,...
Today our class comes together one last time to celebrate how far we have come. Some of us have been together since preschool, while others have joined us along the way. We are a very diverse group, but one of the things we have in common is that today we are all receiving our diploma from Odessa High School. After today, some of us will go to a four year university, some will go to community college or trade school, and others will enter the workforce, but Odessa will remain...
The 2016 FFA Awards were given out at the awards night May 26, 2016 at school. Membership degrees were awarded as follows: Discovery degrees for junior high membership went to Jakob Starkel, Kaitlyn Zagelow and Ben Melgren, with Starkel receiving the outstanding discovery degree pin. Greenhand degrees for first-year membership at the high school level went to Isabelle Talancon, Maleah Davison, Garrett Gross, Rochelle Schuh, Anna-Renee Bockman, Theron Schlomer and Lane Lobe. Schuh received the outstanding greenhand pin....
The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the high school library at 7 p.m., April 27, 2016, with board chairman Ed Deife; board members Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Janie Steward; superintendent Dan Read; principal Jamie Nelson and business manager Juli Weishaar present. Athletic director Bruce Todd, facilities supervisor Justin Parr and Terrie Schmidt-Crosby of The Odessa Record also attended. The board approved the consent agenda which included...
Legislators visit A successful Town Hall meeting was held Monday in the Art Room of the Harrington Opera House with about 20 citizens present to listen to state Rep. Tom Dent and state Senator Judy Warnick, both of Moses Lake, explain their views. They also described the committees they serve on and what their interests are. Dent has a keen interest in mental health issues, agriculture and natural resources, early learning and appropriations. Warnick's interests included...
With the rain on Friday, it started out to be a dreary, cold weekend for Odessa's Spring Fling. By Saturday, however, the sun was out, the jackets were off and spirits were high, not only for quilt show and garage sales but also for the FFA plant sale and the second annual Odessa Car and Bike Show, complete with giant guitar and a band. There wasn't a dull moment at the FFA plant sale. With the beautiful flowers and huge tomato plants, there was a reason for the constant...
Car and bike show Saturday, April 30. Green Goat Gathering Gallery open all weekend. Quilt show of Odessa Quilt Club Friday and Saturday, April 29/30. Admission $5, open from 9 a.m. both days to 6 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday. FFA plant sale on April 29/30, 9 a.m. both days to 6 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday in the greenhouse next to the ag shop behind Wheatland Bank. Odessa Horseshoes Club hosts a state-sanctioned meet Saturday at the horseshoe pits at Finney Field. Entry fee is $20. Spectators welcome. Rummage sale at...
Harrington Opera House Society The Harrington Opera House Society met Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. with Carol, Sheryl Stedman, Billie and Gordon Herron, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Linda Wagner, Marge Womach and Karen Robertson present. Gordon Herron of the building committee reported on the present status of the progress of remodeling and alterations for installation of the elevator due to be delivered April 18. It is anticipated that the installation will require seven to 10 days. The building committee had met with Avista, Herron...
FFA Advisor at OHS The Odessa High School chapter of FFA sent several students to the District 9 career development events held in Moses Lake the week of March 7. Food Science & Technology The Food Science and Technology event provides FFA members the opportunity to gain awareness of career and professional opportunities in the field of food science and technology, marketing and management occupations. Participants take an objective test, practice quality assurance...
Jordan Larmer and Patrick Velverde, members of the Odessa High School FFA chapter, attended a conference at the Cispus Learning Center in Randall, Wash., led by state and past national FFA officers. The conference theme was 212º – the temperature at which water boils. It focused on taking students to the boiling point of leadership. At 211º water is extremely hot, but just one more degree gets us to the next level, the boiling point. These conferences focus on the dev...
The National FFA Organization has awarded the Odessa FFA chapter $2,500 as part of the FFA: Food For All program. The nationwide program provides grant money to local FFA chapters to support year-long, service-learning projects that address local hunger needs. The Odessa FFA plans to help fight hunger by having the horticulture and landscape design students from the Vocational Agriculture Department and FFA members teach elementary students how to raise their own vegetable garden. Plans to start a school garden are in the...
Two members from the Odessa FFA participated in the north sub-district FFA Job Interview Career Development Event this past week held at Soap Lake High School. Alexis Schmierer placed first, and Garrett Gross placed seventh. The job interview event is a competition that tests an FFA member’s ability to perform effectively throughout the entire job application process. The participants prepared a resume and cover letter and participated in a job interview as part of the competition. Representatives from the Washington P...
FFA student reporter On February 4, 2016, students from Odessa High School in the vocational/ag classes and members of the Odessa FFA chapter went to the FFA Ag Expo at the Spokane Convention Center to learn about potential agricultural opportunities. They heard Washington state FFA officers speak about upcoming events such as FFA week (the last weekend in February) and the FFA state convention (to be held in May in Pullman). Guest speakers were the famous YouTube sensation, Peterson Farm Bros., who talked about their...
