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Locations for a state and federal emergency food distribution: Wednesday, Jan. 29: Palouse Community Center, 1 to 3 p.m.; Rosalia United Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m.; St. John Methodist Church, 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30: Malden/Pine City, Town Hall, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Garfield Legion / Grange Hall, 2 to 6 p.m.; LaCrosse, 110 N. Main, 8 a.m. to noon; Tekoa City Hall, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Oakesdale Baptist Church, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Endicott City Hall, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31: Colton-Uniontown, Uniontown Community Building, 8 a.m....
8 years ago The Commoner Jan. 11, 1889 Phil. Wilman returned Saturday from San Francisco whither he went some two weeks ago for the purpose of laying in stock for his new harness and saddlery house in this city, which will be open for business soon. He is now putting the rooms in order for the opening, and contemplates a large addition to his building in the spring. The stock is daily expected. The Carley Bros. are determined to keep abreast with the times, and the needs and wants of this growing country. They have added an iron planer to... Full story
At Colfax Schools: Monday: Pizza, pineapple, caesar salad, ice cream Tuesday: BBQ beef patty on whole grain bun, sweet potato tots, cole slaw, fruit Wednesday: Biscuit gravy, egg patty, tater sticks, juice, fruit Thursday: Straw hats, frito chips, fruit, refried beans, maple bar Friday: Bulldog burger on whole grain bun, fries, carrot salad, fruit At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, country gravy, cooked carrots, bread sticks, apple slices, peaches Tuesday: Super nachos, taco meat, tomatoes and salsa,...
Thursday, Jan. 9 Colfax – Noon – Gentle Yoga with Suzy McNeilly – Pay by the month or by the class. Farmington – 7 p.m. – Mom’s Night Out – Enjoy some down time with yummy treats and craft projects. Friday, Jan. 10 Colfax – 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Play & Learn – Creative play and sharing for toddlers, preschoolers and parents every Friday. Endicott & St. John – Storytime – Bring in the little ones for fun stories, songs and more every Friday. Saturday, Jan. 11 Albion – 2 p.m. – Storytime and Craft – Fun stories and craft projects every Saturday...
Lacrosse Students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade will present the musical “Tom Sawyer” Thursday, Jan. 16. There will be a matinee at 1 p.m. and an evening performance at 6:30 p.m. The musical is approximately 50 minutes in length. The musical was written by Mary Donelly and George L.O. Strid. There are 20 main characters, including Tom Sawyer played by Jordanne Webb and Becky Thatcher played by Autumn Meyers. Together they sing a lovely duet entitled “I Choose You And You Choose Me” and “To A Brighter Day.” There are two narrato...
Control of Reed Canarygrass will be the topic for meeting tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. sponsored by Palouse Prairie Foundation and White Pine chapter, Idaho Native Plant Society at the 1912 Center in Moscow. Dr. Linda Hardesty, WSU associate professor and rangeland extension specialist, will be the speaker. The non-native varieties of Reed Canarygrass are recognized nationwide as a serious threat. They form dense colonies in moist, open areas, preventing the establishment of other grasses and forbs. Dr. Hardesty will present an update of the...
RTOP offers tickets for two productions Regional Theatre of the Palouse at Pullman now has tickets on sale for two upcoming productions. Neil Simon’s comedy “Barefoot in the Park” will be on stage Feb. 6-15, and the Palouse premiere of “Les Miserables” will be April 2-13. The RTOP winter performance workshop will start Jan. 13. Instructors will be Tina McClure and Michael Todd. Enrollment will be limited. WSU’s Floyd will report at CC luncheon WSU President Elson S. Floyd will give a report at the Pullman Chamber of Commerce noon luncheon Ja...
Second Lt. Auriele Nelle Fain, daughter of Bruce and Patty Marler Fain of Billings, Mont., and granddaughter of Martin Marler of Colfax, has graduated from the United States Air Force Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training at Columbus Air Force Base in Columbus, Miss. Fain received her wings from her father who also served in the Air Force as a helicopter pilot. He wore on his lapel the wings of his father, a highly decorated B-25 pilot in World War II. Auriele graduated from the United... Full story
This is the second installment of a report on a Christmas trip to the British Isles by Gazette recipe columnist Linda Marler. Christmas in rural Norfolk County, England, has surprises, but mostly it has a very pleasant country feel. Our first impression on arriving in Mundford is that the English must love blue Christmas lights; they dominate the landscape here, and when they are flashing or twinkling, they really get one’s attention. All of the shops are decked out in Christmas decor, and t...
Dusty Guests for Christmas dinner at the Dick Appel home were Deb, Bob, Alyssa and Scot Stavig, Brush Prairie; Jessica and Kyle Wanke, Ridgefield; Eric, Shannon, Connor, Christopher, Sarah, Kyle and Sidney Appel, Dusty; Steve and Dianne Appel, Dusty; Dave, Alice and Charlie Appel, Colfax; Lois Scholz, Colfax, and Phil and Sabrina Appel, Spokane. Arriving to join the Stavigs, Wankes, and Phil Appel on Dec. 26 for hog butchering were Barb, Bruce and Kate Wollstein, Lacey; Elliot Moon, Bonney Lake; Beth and David Lahrmeyer, Gig Harbor; Caroline,... Full story
Rosalia Rosalia Lions Club will serve a community breakfast to support the family of two-year-old Holden Veltri, who has been diagnosed with cancer. All of the proceeds will go to the Veltri family to help with medical expenses. The breakfast will be Jan. 19 from 8 a.m. to noon in the fellowship hall in the basement of the Rosalia United Methodist Church, 214 S. Whitman Street. Donations to the fund can be sent to James Nebel, Lion’s member, Box 347, Rosalia, 99170....
Many area students were on the term honor roll at Spokane Falls Community College. To qualify, students must earn a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Those listed from this area include Kristi Graham of Albion; Michael Mason, Shane Brown, Dianna Daniel, Jenna Metzer, Abigail Muir, Jacob Ortman and Meigan Wall of Colfax; Lucinda Lautenschlager of Endicott; Britney Radford of Oakesdale; Steven Sessions and Kamohoalii Paulino of Rosalia, and Alexandria Overton of Tekoa....
Amanda Tobin, 24, Lewiston, was sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 31, to a month in jail after she entered a plea of guilty to assaulting a corrections officer in the Whitman County Jail in October of 2012. Tobin had been sought after she failed to appear for trial last June. She had been released on $10,000 bail after she initially failed to appear for a pre-trail hearing last January. Tobin appeared in court March 20 and entered a not guilty plea to the charge of custodial assault. Her trial date on the charge had been set for June 17. The deputies’ r...
Whitman County Commissioner Art Swannack was elected to serve as chairman of the board on Monday morning. Vice Chairman is Commissioner Dean Kinzer. Both commissioners just finished their first year on the board, being sworn in December, 2012. The third commissioner on the board is Michael Largent. Swannack will serve one year as the chairman....
The expanding ranks of the Colton cheerleaders perform for local fans Friday night during the Wildcats’ girls basketball win over Tekoa-Oakesdale....
Jacob Wilcox, 20, has been summoned to appear in court Jan. 10 on a charge involving alleged vandalism at a fraternity house on Linden Street in Pullman. The investigation report said police responded Sept. 14 to a report from the Beta Theta Pi fraternity that a bench had been taken from their yard. The report also said a hose had also been stuck through an opening in the basement of the fraternity and water turned into the basement to cause flooding. The report said surveillance cameras had been placed around the house which showed... Full story
Colfax City Council members Monday night rejected a proposal to increase the pay for the city administrator’s position. The proposal had been presented to the council by Mayor Todd Vanek as part of the process in hiring a new city administrator. Mayor Vanek two weeks ago said the council’s decision on the proposal would be relayed to Michael Patterson, the lead applicant for the Colfax administrator’s job. After deciding to keep the current pay scale, city council members met in executive session for 25 minutes to discuss the quali...
Real estate sales Dian Mussi, Pullman, to Robert Homer, Pullman, 1970 20x44 mobile home on S. Grand Avenue in Pullman, $12,000, Dec. 30. Russell and Susan Leland, Butte, Mont., to Ruth Gaul Lenoir, Potlatch, 1978 14x58 mobile home on the Pullman-Albion Road near Pullman, $6,500, Dec. 30. Donald W. Bryan, Ronald Verne Bryan Jr., Mary L. Bryan and Charles A. Bryan, tenants in common, Pullman, to Charles A. and Joanne B. Bryan, Pullman, house on Palouse Albion Road near Pullman, $90,000, Dec. 30. Robert and Lisa Kerslake, Mill Creek, to Robert... Full story
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2009. Recently I found myself arguing with a British friend of mine over which tastes better: English cooking or dirt. According to a Feb. 10 report by news agency Reuters, the issue has been settled once and for all. It’s dirt. That’s not what the article actually says — what it says is that according to Dr. Graham Clayton, a researcher at Leeds University, British potato chips combine the aromas of “butterscotch, onion, cheese and ... ironing boards.” If you’ve ever had thes... Full story
Spend $7 more On Feb. 11th local voters will be asked to reset Whitman County Library’s levy rate to fifty cents per $1000 of assessed valuation, the rate we all approved in 1984 and the rate that was in effect until 2002. Since then the rate has gradually declined due to a statewide initiative. This increase would amount to $7 for a home whose assessed value is $100,000. Whitman County Library serves nearly 15,000 residents with fourteen branch locations. It was open 8525 hours last year, more than twice the average for libraries of a s...
Endicott Gun Club is looking to increase its ranks. Begun in 1940 and now with a new board and new officers, the group hopes to attract new shooters, spectators and/or food customers for their Sunday shoots. A 10-week shoot competition began last week. For new youth shooters, the club is offering a free round and a box of shells. The sessions begin at 9 a.m. on Sundays and club organizers send points in the Camas-Prairie Trap Association and the Inland Empire Trap Association where they will...
Amidst all the confusion, broken promises, false starts, delays, changes and mounting costs, 2014 is the year the president and Congress must rethink the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Millions of people have lost their individual coverage and the administration has predicted that tens of millions more will lose their employer-sponsored coverage when the postponed employer mandate is triggered in 2015. Millions more are experiencing sticker shock because of higher premiums and deductibles. Now, as we enter 2014, the Obamacare taxes and...
All things considered, it was a year without shame. It was the year that Miley Cyrus French-kissed a sledgehammer in the music video for her song “Wrecking Ball,” and cavorted naked on said wrecking ball. The former Disney star popularized the act of twerking in a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards that was so luridly infantile, it wasn’t outrageous so much as pathetic. Yet it worked. Cyrus made us yearn for the good taste and restraint of the era of Lady Gaga, not to mention the golden age of classic Britney Spears. It was the year...
The northern plains, midwest and east are being savaged by cold. Millions of Americans are suffering through subzero temperatures. Wind chills have been reported as low as minus 60 degrees. The weather is playing havoc with transportation. Thousands of scheduled flights have been cancelled. Some travellers stranded last weekend say they cannot get a flight until early next week. Others tried to avoid the chaotic airports by taking a train. More than 500 passengers were stranded overnight on Amtrak trains in the frigid weather near Chicago.... Full story
These reports are from the previous four 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. TACOMA DRIVER HURT Driver of the Ford Fusion which rolled off Highway 26 Friday night was Lisa M. Love, Tacoma. She was taken by ambulance to Whitman Hospital for treatment of injuries. According to the Washington State Patrol report, Love was driving eastbound at 9:36 p.m. Friday when she lost control of the 2008 Fusion and over-corrected. The...
