Diane and Randy Daniels can hardly believe that they’ve been in Colfax for 21 years, because the time has gone by so quickly. Their three children are grown and working, and they have time for activities that they both enjoy.
Diane was born in Moscow and adopted by her parents, going home when she was five days old to their farm near Troy, Idaho. Her brothers were adopted through an agency. She was adopted privately because her parents feared they wouldn’t be able to adopt a third child. So, her parents had two children less than a year apart.
Randy and Diane met while she was still in high school and he was a student at Lewis-Clark State College. After graduation, she went to LCSC, and they married in 1980. While living in Lewiston, she worked for the US Department of Agriculture, and Randy worked for the City of Lewiston in surveying and engineering.
Daughter Christi was born in 1985, and daughter Mandi arrived in 1987. Brandon was born in 1989, and shortly after that Randy accepted a job at Whitman County as an engineer. Diane feels privileged to have become a stay-at-home mother when her second child was born.
They loved living in Lewiston and were near her parents, but eventually moved to Colfax to end Randy’s commute. After moving, she wondered why she was resistant to the change. They have loved raising their family here.
Randy works for Avista Corporation, and Diane works for WSU Foundation.
Christi graduated from Colfax High School in 2003 and from Eastern Washington University, where she met her husband Tyson Curtis, a Colfax grad whom she didn’t know, as he is six years older. She lives in Redmond and works for WesTower Communications as a data analyst.
Tyson is a medical training officer for Pioneer Human Services.
Mandi graduated from Colfax HS in 2005 and from Eastern Washington University. She works for Bright Horizons, a pre-school contracted by Microsoft Corporation to provide services for 600 children, newborn through age five, on the campus at Redmond. Next year Bright Horizons will provide kindergarten classes. Mandi teaches a class of 12 two-year olds.
Brandon, their son, graduated from Colfax High School in 2007. Living in Colfax, he works for the Whitman County Landfill.
At WSU Foundation for the past eleven years, Diane has accumulated several items in her job description. She is the principal assistant to the chief operations officer, primary support for marketing, communications, and information technology. When the receptionist retired a few years ago, volunteers were solicited to meet the public and answer the phone. So, Diane works from the front desk and is usually the friendly person who greets visitors to the foundation’s office in downtown Pullman.
In Colfax, Randy began volunteering to help coach his children’s sports, but he enjoyed it so much that he continues to work with the boys’ basketball team and the track team. As ardent WSU fans, Diane and Randy are volunteer officials for indoor and outdoor track meets.
There will be an important NCAA qualifying meet at WSU next year, so they will be training for certification as officials for that meet.
Since the Athletic Department knows them from officiating, they were asked to serve as concierges in the new premium seating area at Martin Stadium last fall. The view was amazing, and they agree that the great artwork in the box seating areas, white and gray paintings with crimson of famous Cougar games, needs to be repeated all over the stadium.
The Daniels’ have pulled their travel trailer to Canada and the Oregon Coast, but now they frequently meet their kids in the center of the state to fish and camp. They’re a close-knit family and enjoy the time together.
Randy and Diane attend the Church of the Nazarene in Colfax and are involved with church activities.
One of Diane’s treasured possessions is a cookbook of handwritten recipes from her mother. She aspires to create such books for her own children. She shares a few recipes sure to be included.

Recipes:

Cheese Ball

2 cups sharp or medium cheddar cheese, grated
1 8-ounce package cream cheese
1/4 cup margarine
1 Tablespoon minced onion
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
chopped nuts

Mix all ingredients except nuts. Shape in one or two balls. Roll in nuts. Refrigerate.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup milk
1 egg slightly beaten
1/4 cup minced onion
2 Tablespoons parsley
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Combine all ingredients and make 1-inch meatballs. Brown meatballs in skillet or in a 350 degree F oven.

Sauce:
1/4 cup vinegar
1 1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup catsup
1/4 cup margarine
4 teaspoons prepared mustard

Boil sauce ingredients 1 to 2 minutes in microwave and pour over meatballs.

Fruit Dip

1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup milk
1 package instant vanilla pudding
1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple (undrained)
1/3 cup shredded coconut (optional)

Mix ingredients and refrigerate for one hour before serving. Serve with apples, strawberries, grapes, kiwi, bananas, etc.

Seven Layer Cookie Bars

1 stick butter, melted
2 cups graham crackers, crushed
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup coconut
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 can Eagle brand milk

In a 9 x 13-inch pan, melt butter, add crushed graham crackers and all other ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.

Rayna Charles, daughter of David and Tanya Charles, will travel as a People-to-People Student Ambassador to England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for 19 days in June. The Celtic Heritage Tour will explore an incredible land famous for its majestic castles, intriguing cultures, awe-inspiring landscapes and leprechauns.
Rayne, 16, is ending her sophomore year at Rosalia High School.
She will train as a soldier at a medieval encampment and immerse herself in a different culture during a home stay with an Irish family. Rayna will see a demonstration involving weapons, kilts and clans.
To help pay for her trip, Rayna has done a variety of fund-raising projects. Prizes for a raffle were drawn March 16 at a St. Patrick’s Day-themed breakfast at the Rosalia United Methodist Church. Penni and John Barringer and Jim and Diane Nebel stepped in with their years of breakfast experience. In addition, many family, friends and local businesses have generously donated funds.
Rayna, her mom and grandmother published a collection of 183 recipes which is on sale at Main Street Books in Colfax, Rosalia Coffee, the Bank of Fairfield, the Gifted Grannies and the Brass Rail in Rosalia and at Holiday’s Hallmark in Spokane. They will also be for sale at Rosalia Battle Days.
After her return, Rayna will develop a presentation of her experiences to share with the public.

Altona Haugeness Wigen, former Dusty resident, died Saturday morning. Funeral services will be at Selbu Lutheran Church Friday, May 17, at 1 p.m., with burial following at the Selbu Cemetery. A luncheon will be served in the church basement afterward.
She is survived by her daughter, Linda Hennigar, Dusty; grandchildren, Tami and Jay Banks; great-grandson, Wesley Banks, Tri-Cities, and a sister, Dagmar Kirking, Sandpoint. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gil Wigen; a brother, Haaken, and two sisters, Rachel and Hazel. She had lived in Dusty for nearly 60 years.
Jaime Reynoso, son-in-law of Blake and Carmen Heaton, was the Director of Photography for the film, “Tlatelolco, Summer of ‘68,” which won the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature at the 29th Chicago Film Festival in April. The Mexican film is a love story that develops during the student protests prior to the summer Olympics of ‘68 which led to a massacre at Tlatelolco.
Graham DeBell, son of Angela and Brian Broeckel, was one of the members of the LaCrosse FFA marketing team that placed seventh at the State FFA Convention in Pullman. Other team members were Matt Stubbs and Lindsey Miller. Lindsey also placed eighth in the Vet Science CDE. The meats team placed second in state. The team members included Lane Hannas (first place overall), Jason Wigen (sixth place overall), Cole Evans, Madison Harder, Ashtyn Aune and Graham BeDell.
Friday, Di Brink drove Mike Stine and Norma Gibson, LaCrosse, to a Special Olympics pizza party at Pizza Hut in Pullman. Saturday the Brinks held a barbeque at their home. Attending were their son’s family, Kevin, Amber, Ashley, Kloey, Ellie and Nick Brink, Kennewick; Don and Carol Keeney, LaCrosse; Christopher Keeney and his friend, Allishia Schroeder, College Place; Mike Stine, LaCrosse; and Lucky and Joan Myrick, Dusty. Sunday, Larry and Di met with their son and daughter-in-law, John and Brandy Brink, at Eddy’s in Colfax for lunch.
Ed and Joan Broeckel spent the weekend with their daughter, Amber Broeckel, in Boise.
Kim and Cindy Pitts were in Spokane Friday. They celebrated Kim’s 60th birthday at Applebee’s with daughters Jen, Carrie and Amanda, and son-in-law, Erik, and grandsons, Rafe and Tate. Saturday, they celebrated Rafe’s sixth birthday with a party in the park. Later, Cindy, Jen and Carrie took a wine tasting tour while Kim, Amanda and Erik watched Rafe play in his soccer game.
Sunday, Brian and Angela Broeckel hosted a celebratory combination graduation/Mother’s Day dinner at their home. Attending were Angela’s parents, Guenter and Bridgette Scherwinski of Mountain Home who had been guests for the weekend; Oscar Broeckel, Dusty; Tom and Doreen Riedner, Genesee; Graham BeDell; Sami BeDell, the honored graduate, and Karen Broeckel. Sami graduated Saturday from the University of Idaho with a bachelor of arts in nutrition. She plans to continue her education by attending a two-year culinary school at Walla Walla Community College this fall.
Saturday, Steve and Becky Camp spent the day with her mother, Wanda Rudolph, in Lewiston at Becky’s niece’s wedding. Sunday they were with Steve’s mother, Donna Camp, in Spokane.
Kristin Repp joined the Country Bible Church as a new member Sunday.
Sunday, Kim Gustafson and Vicki Broeckel met Mike and Michelle Carver for the annual Mother’s Day Tour of Historic Homes sponsored by the MAC Museum. Six homes of mid-century modern architecture were open for viewing on the south hill in Spokane.
The Dusty Cemetery will have a work day on Tuesday, May 21, beginning at 8 a.m. A meeting will follow the work session. Bring appropriate tools.

Wayne Miller, president of the LaCrosse Community Outreach, announced that US Bank has gifted the Thrift Shop building to the Outreach.
“We are mighty grateful to US Bank,” Wayne said. “Their generosity assures the continuation of the food bank.”
The Thrift Shop will continue to offer the community gently used clothing for everyone, kitchen items and collectables. “You name it, we probably have it,” Charlotte Honn, the store manager, stated.
The store, which is staffed by volunteers, is open Wednesday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds go to the food bank.

With the nearest tennis courts being 30 miles away, it is hard to believe that tennis is thriving in the little town of Lamont, but it is.
Lind/Ritzville/Sprague (LRS) just competed in the District 7 and 9 tournament and eight of their players qualified for regionals, five of whom live in Lamont.
The following players from LRS qualified for regionals:
Zach Swanger, placed fourth in district singles; Alex Wheeler and Kyle Canaday, placed third in boys’ doubles; Tracy Melville placed second in girls’ singles; Kelly Melville and Alanna Wheeler placed first in girls’ doubles; Rachel Barrus and Kym Webb placed third in girls’ doubles.
The Melvilles, Wheelers and Kyle Canaday are all from Lamont.
The LRS team will compete in the regional tournament next weekend at West Valley High School.
The top four boys and top three girls will qualify for the state 1A/B tournament in Yakima.

Endicott is gearing up this week for the town-wide garage sale, which will be on Saturday, May 18, from 8 a.m. until noon. Maps of garage sale places will be available at the Endicott Food Center for people to pick up. To keep buyers going during the sale, the Community Club will have a bake sale at Endicott Food Center with all proceeds going to Relay For Life.
Plans for the annual July 4 celebration in Endicott are underway. The first planning meeting was May 15. Anyone interested in helping can contact Gail Bilow or Anne Lowe.
Endicott Bible Church will be changing to their summer worship time of 9:30 a.m. on Sundays. This schedule will begin June 2 and continue until it gets cooler.
Endicott Bible Church will also conduct a community outreach summer program called “Dogs in the Park.” This will consist of a hot dog stand and a movie in the park across Margin Street from the church. The church has a Sunday evening Bible study at 6:30 p.m. in the downstairs fellowship hall.

100 years ago
May 16, 1913
One hundred and eighteen teachers wrote in the regular May examination held in this city Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. Eighty of the number were regular applicants, 13 wrote for renewal of certificates, and 25 who hold accredited papers took examinations in the state manual. The examination was conducted in the Methodist church the first two days and the last day in the superior court room. This is the second largest class that has taken the examination in the history of the county.
The Bon Boniere has opened its soda fountain for the accommodation of its patrons and is now prepared to serve hot and cold drinks and ice cream.
It was unintentional on the part of the Colfax team, yet it happened that in the 8th inning of Sunday’s ball game a home run by Hupp of the visiting team brought two men across the plate and won the game for Oakesdale by a score of 3 to 2, which of itself indicates that it was a real ball game. Up to the time of the “accident,” the score was 2 to 1 in favor of Colfax, and no batter had a look-in afterward. Two hits, including the home run, were made off Moss, pitcher for Colfax, while four hits were marked up against the Oakesdale pitcher. Few errors were made.

75 years ago
May 13, 1938
St. Ignatius School of Nursing graduated eleven students at exercises in the high school auditorium Thursday evening. They were Marie Hopkins, Vina Sevdy, Barbara Peterson, Helena Delegianes, Loretta Dufresne, Cathryne Rudy, Dorothy Smith, Melba Hibler, Lillian Jergensen, Elizabeth Schmidt and Sadie O’Rourke.
The horseshoe pitching contest between Colfax and Spokane scheduled here for last Sunday was postponed on account of the recent death of Ralph Downs, secretary of the Spokane Horseshoe Club. A ten-man team is expected to be at Schmuck Park next Sunday to compete against the locals. The games will start at 10 a.m.
In an advertisement for Penney’s in Colfax: Flour sacks, seven cents; pillow cases, 10 cents; men’s work gloves, 47 cents; child’s soft elk oxfords, 47 cents; wash frocks in new crisp prints, 33 cents; special purchase of unusual rayon, printed frocks, $1.98.

50 years ago
May 16, 1963
Friends, neighbors, businessmen, cattlemen and Cow Belles will converge on the Lehn Brothers ranch near Farmington to honor Bert and Dick Lehn and their families as the Whitman County “Cattlemen of the Year,” and to inspect their spread. The two families farm a 2,750-acre ranch and at the present time have 226 head of Herefords that have complied an enviable number of championships at three of the top shows in North America.
Colfax Jaycees placed third in competition for the Mearns T. Gates award given to the most outstanding Jaycees club in towns of less than 10,000 population, and was one of the 10 clubs receiving a health award for setting up the mobile food bank last fall.
More than 200 seventh and eighth grade girls are expected to attend the grade school play day for western Whitman County schools at Endicott Friday. Girls will attend from LaCrosse, Endicott, St. John, Hay, Ewan and Colfax schools to participate in volleyball, softball, archery and track events.

25 years ago
May 19, 1988
Cleve Richardson, originator of the Codger Bowl, barks out a few director’s orders during picture day Saturday. Harvey Schneidmiller of St. John and Jack (Casey) Neil of Colfax try to pay attention. Bob White of Spokane also tried to listen.
Forty-seven Jennings Elementary pupils, fifth through eighth graders, participated in the declamation contest at Asotin, and brought home six first-place wins, six seconds and two thirds.

10 years ago
May 15, 2003
Fans may flock to Washington State University to see the Cougars play, but 12 Grizzly bears, including four 3-month-old bear cubs, have shown they can certainly draw a crowd all by themselves. Grizzlies have been a common sight at WSU’s Bear Research Facility on Pullman Airport Road for the last 17 years.
Severe spring storms hit in several locations late Sunday in Whitman County. Taking a toll on roads and fields in Colfax, the storm with hail, lightning and a downpour hit about 6:30 p.m. and lasted for about 40 minutes.
Work on the Walla Walla Highway bridge across the Palouse River at Colfax, a project which has bounced around several burners with the state Department of Transportation for several years, is expected to get underway in early June. The project will involve installation of new bridge railings and take about six weeks.