Charm found in Odessa

Makayla Nelson and Charleigh Cornett brought the object shown in the picture into The Record office on July 15. They said they found it tied to a bench in front of Odessa Foods and decided to investigate. The object turned out to be a note written on fabric, tied around an empty thread spool and decorated with a feather, a bead and a snowflake Christmas decoration.

Attached and wound around the empty spool was a note written on yellow fabric which read, “Hi gorgeous, beautiful person. The greatest gift is the present. You don’t know me and I don’t know you, but today we made a connection. If y...