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SENIOR MENUS: Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday - Birthday Party: Beef pepper steak, rice pilaf, salad, 7 grain bread, birthday dessert. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday - Birthday Party: Beef pepper steak, rice pilaf, salad, 7 grain bread, birthday dessert. Palouse-Palouse Community Center: Wednesday - Birthday Party: Beef pepper steak, rice pilaf, salad, 7 grain bread, birthday dessert. Pullman-Pullman Senior Center: Monday - Fiesta taco salad, chips, cheese, olives, tomatoes, sour cream, rhubarb bars. Friday - Cashew...
*For full obituaries, please see the Weekly Pages section for this week's paper. Nada Druffel ________________________ Elva Sturman, formally of Plummer and Tensed, Idaho, died Dec. 24, 2014, at Ivy Court Nursing Home in Coeur d’Alene. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Born May 31, 1913, near Culdesac, Idaho, to Alpha M. and Mary Laughlin Grant, she attended schools in Rosetta and Clarkston and graduated from high school at Culdesac in 1932. She moved to Tensed where she met her husband, Ralph Sturman. They were married in L... Full story
Thursday, January 1 All branches will be closed, but our online resources and wifi access remain available. Friday, January 2 Colfax — 10 to 11:30 a.m. — Play and Learn — Free play and social interaction for young children and their parents. Colfax — 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. —Sears Academy of Dance — Variety of children's dance classes. Check the online calendar or call 1-887-733-3375 for specifics about classes and costs. Monday, January 5 Colfax — Three different fitness classes for different skill levels at the library and the Center. Visit... Full story
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend any caregiving devices or technology products that help families keep an eye on an elderly parent that lives alone? Over the holidays, my sister and I noticed that my dad’s health has slipped, so we would like to find something that helps us keep closer tabs on him when we’re not around. Concerned Son Dear Concerned, There are many different assistive technology products available today that can help families keep an eye on an elderly loved one when they can’t be there. Depending on your dad’s needs and how...
High school artists will display work A countywide art show featuring the work of high school artists will be Jan. 10 to Jan. 23 at the library in Colfax. A reception for the high school artists will be Jan. 12 from 4 to 5 p.m. Area students 12 and over not participating through school are encouraged to submit an art project. Original work may include paintings, drawings, pottery and collage. All submissions need to be accompanied by a sheet with name, age, grade, school and a short paragraph explaining the submitted work mounted on black tag...
Rosalia The annual Rosalia Holiday Lights contest sponsored by the Rosalia Chamber of Commerce announced their winners this week. The out-of town judges awarded first place awards in seven categories. The Chamber is pleased to present this annual contest, celebrating the holiday season. The winners are: Exclusive use of one color-Jim Stenhouse Tree Presentation-Jose Castanon Senior Lighting-Karen Rockness Contemporary-Lee Root Best use of holiday themes-Glenn LaMoureaux Best use of total...
The Working Poor will perform at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown Saturday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. They will play Americana and country music. Led by Daniel Mark Faller, the group is made up of musicians who have been playing music most of their lives. Admission will be $10 at the door....
Bury St. Edmund has a beautiful abbey garden that is planted with seasonal flowers all year long. The temperatures are seldom below freezing, so the pansies and primroses are blooming even in December. The abbey church was built by a Roman Catholic order, but under Henry VIII became Church of England. Much of the architectural history in the region dates to the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066. William the Conqueror placed people loyal to him on large estates and they built castles and... Full story
Dusty Carmen Heaton recently spent a week in San Francisco where she and Summer Browner, publicist, assisted Heaton’s daughter, Heathermarie Reynoso, at the West Coast Craft Fair in the Herbst Pavilion. Reynoso has been designing and producing hand-made moccasins and sandals for the past 14 months. The fair featured around 150 crafters selling high quality, hand-drafted items. Reynoso’s items are sold around the world including through Urban Outfitters in New York and Los Angeles. Earlier this month she started a line for children called Xico,...
Endicott Enjoying Christmas Eve dinner, gift exchange and candle light service with Greg and Lorna Burns were daughter Stacie and Roger Lyman and children Jade and Dustin of Twin Falls, Idaho. Christmas Day Greg, Lorna and Dennis Burns traveled to Cave Bay on Coeur d'Alene Lake to enjoy dinner and gifts with son Gavin and Billie Jo Burns, Alexis and Brody....
Lacrosse Donations are being accepted by LaCrosse Community Pride to assist with recent repair costs. Repairs include labor and supplies to replace one of the compressors in the grocery store freezer, the compressor itself was under warranty; labor and parts to repair the fryer in the café; new door for the cafe to seal off the cold air from the basement into café kitchen. These combined repairs amounted to more than $1,950. In addition, legal expenses for transfer of the Rock Houses which were recently donated by the Owings family totaled m...
Whitman Hospital employees delivered gifts to each Paul’s Place resident Friday, Dec. 19. Employees also donated gifts for a local family in need this holiday season.... Full story
The news staff of the Whitman County Gazette selected the following 10 stories as the most prevailing stories of 2014. ROCKS IN THE RIVER FEB. 12 - The big one hit on this date when a “pineapple express” warm front struck with rain, melted snow and sent another torrent of water downhill into Colfax. The water wall ripped through a construction zone in the drainage ditch along the Palouse Highway and sent loose rocks into the giant storm drain tunnel under Main Street. The rolling rocks blocked the storm drain and caused a geyser eruption thr... Full story
Real estate sales Gregory J. Mader, Pullman, to John P. and Linda B. Chaplin, Palouse, undeveloped land off of Beeson Cut-Off Road near Palouse, $10,000, Dec. 16. Itani Quality Homes, Pullman, to Grzegorz and Joanna Rzepka, Pullman, house on SW Blue Heron Court in Pullman, $457,500, Dec. 16. Marian Peterson, Moscow, to Phillip J.C. Schofield and Lisette M. Sheer, Pullman, condominium on SW Staley Drive in Pullman, $153,000, Dec. 17. Clyde Mercer, Colfax, to Bulldog Properties, LLC, Pullman, tenant occupied commercial properties, 811 N. Main Str... Full story
AT COLFAX Monday: Burrito, tater tots, corn, fruit. Tuesday: Beef dippers, rice, green beans, fruit. Wednesday: Pizza, Caesar salad, pineapple, ice cream. Thursday: Straw hats, refried beans, Frito chips, fruit, donut. Friday: Grilled cheese, tomato, soup, fruit, cookie. AT COLTON Monday: Pancakes, hash browns, sausage links, fruit, juice. Tuesday: Pizza, salad mix, carrots, fruit. Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, fries, broccoli, fruit. Thursday: Sloppy Joe, scalloped potatoes, corn, fruit. Friday: Taco salad, refried beans, Mexi fries, fruit. AT...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2010. Having raised teenage girls, studied them, and even having written a book about them, I still don’t know what they are for. My suspicion is that teenage daughters are a father’s punishment for having once been a teenage boy. This doesn’t seem fair to me, but then again, my concept of the word “fair” may have been distorted by the way my daughters used it between the ages of 12 and 20 — what I call the “war years.” It seems that teenage girls have a vocabulary all their own. T...
In 2001, Boeing announced it would move its corporate headquarters from Seattle to Chicago. Today, you wonder if Boeing is having buyer’s remorse. Illinois has become one of the nation’s most unfriendly states for business. According to the Illinois Policy Institute, 850,000 people have left the state over the past 15 years, headed for other states like Texas, Florida and neighboring Indiana. If you are bleeding one person every 10 minutes, something is deeply wrong with the way the state is being run. For example, Forbes ranks Texas as the... Full story
Candidate Barack Obama said that, as president, he would talk to anti-American dictators without precondition. He didn’t mention that he would also give them historic policy concessions without precondition. His surprise unilateral change in the U.S. posture toward the Castro dictatorship came without even the pretense of serious promises by the Cubans to reform their kleptocratic, totalitarian rule. The trade of Alan Gross, the American aid worker jailed in Cuba for the offense of trying to help Jewish Cubans get on the Internet, for three C...
NOTICE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT PERMIT PERMIT NO.: WA0044806 APPLICANT: City of Palouse PO Box 248 Palouse, WA 99161 FACILITY: Palouse Wastewater Treatment Plant 500 W. Main Street Palouse, WA 99161 The City of Palouse has applied for renewal of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90.48 Revised Code of Washington (RCW), Chapter 173-220 Washington Administrative Code (WAC), and the Federal Clean Water Act. The City of Palouse presently owns and operates a...
What a shame that President Barack Obama finds it so much easier to negotiate with the Castros than with the Congress. Of course, he did have help with the Cuban breakthrough, what with Pope Francis leading the way. But it’s doubtful the pope would want to get in the middle of White House-Capitol Hill talks, mainly because he’d consider it a waste of time. To make the point, some members of Congress were having their heads explode at the very first word of this preliminary Cuba deal, particularly those who had built their careers with the hel... Full story
These reports are from the previous two issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. **************** RR PATCH FOLLOWS CROSSING A cold asphalt patch was placed on the railroad crossing slots Dec. 22 after state and railroad crew members finished moving 34 stranded railroad freight cars from the N. Clay Street spur on the east side of Colfax. The patches were placed over the slots which exposed the rail for the retrieval...
For the first time in years, more than 50 percent of Americans think the country is doing better. They have a positive attitude about the economy and the future. Economic indicators are good. The number of jobs lost during the Great Recession have been made up. The performance of the stock market, declining deficits and the drop in gas prices all make for a positive outlook. Even so, the year was marked with unending unrest and conflicts, disasters both natural and man made and the continuing unwillingness of political leaders to compromise.... Full story
A military presence The Colfax Airport took on a military look last week when Hennigar Trucking made a stop with five MRAP vehicles. They picked up the trucks at Tacoma where they had been shipped from Alaska. The trucks, each weighing about 16 tons, were hauled to Texarkana, on the Texas/Arkansas border where they are expected to undergo repairs....
Colfax boys shot the lights out Monday in the first round of the West Valley Eagle Holiday tournament for a 69-32 win over Tonasket in the afternoon round. The Bulldogs took the win with Kasey Johnson and Keith Gfeller each hitting 16 points. The Bulldogs shot 70 percent from the field including eight of 17 from the three-point range. Colfax led Tonasket 41-15 at the half. Coach Reece Jenkin said the Tonasket club had some size, but the Bulldog defense put up a lot of pressure for the middle...
In tournament action in Spokane, the Colton girls beat Lake Roosevelt 64 – 33. Zoe Moser led the Wildcats with 22 points while Savannah Chadwick added six three-pointers in the first round of the multi-team Eagle Holiday Classic at West Valley High School. Colton (7-0) led at halftime 23-17 before outscoring Lake Roosevelt 19-4 in the third quarter to take over the game. Chadwick finished with 20 points and Meghan Devorak added eight points and 11 rebounds. Winnie Schultheis had seven rebounds. Colton advanced to play LaSalle Tuesday night. U...
