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Daymon Marple and Sally Bishop were reappointed to the Garfield Public Development Authority board for one year at the Jan. 9 city council meeting. In addition, one opening has been created with the resignation of Rich Landers. Two other positions, held by John Love and Katie Young, will be up for reappointment in March. Garfield Mayor Jarrod Pfaff indicated that further PDA appointments could be addressed at the next city council meeting, Jan. 30....
Week of Jan. 17 Thursday, Jan. 17 Colfax & LaCrosse – Storytime - Fun stories, finger plays, rhymes, songs and crafts every Thursday. Check the calendar for times and themes. Friday, Jan 18 Colfax & Tekoa – 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Play & Learn – Creative play and sharing for preschoolers and parents every Friday. Sunday, Jan 20 All branches closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, Jan 21 All branches closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Tuesday, Jan 22 Malden – 1-3 p.m.- Knit Wits – A needle craft group that meets every... Full story
At Colfax Schools: Daily items offered at Colfax High School include salad bar, chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, deli sandwiches, vegetarian options, fresh & canned fruit, fresh vegetables, oven fries, yogurt, cottage cheese, bagels and juice Monday: No School Tuesday: Hot ham and cheese on whole grain bun, oven fries, carrot sticks, applesauce Wednesday: Chicken teriyaki w/ peppers & onions over brown rice and stir fry veggies, mandarin oranges and fortune cookie Thursday: Whole grain turkey corn dog, mini nachos, broccoli, cauliflower...
Dusty Wednesday, Jan 9, nine members of the Dusty B.B. Club, and two guests, Alice and Margaret Mackleit, met in the parish hall at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in LaCrosse to make baby blankets for the free maternity clinic at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Seventy blankets were produced that day plus Dianne Appel had seven she had made earlier. The next meeting will be February 13th. The program will be “Our Wedding Photo Books.” Ed and Joan Broeckel were in Seattle this weekend to visit their daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Antho... Full story
The production of some 2012 tax products, including the Form 1040 and the Instructions for Form 1040, has been impacted by the recent passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The Internal Revenue Service does not know when these products will become available to Whitman County Library or from the IRS website at IRS.gov. Information about this delay can be found at www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-statement-on-tax-legislation-recently-passed-by -Congress. For convenience, the library website at www.whitco.lib.wa.us offers a helpful link...
For Jan. 17, 2013 Gray, Kassidy Heather, was born Jan. 1 at six pounds, two ounces, first child to Kristen Palmeira and Keith Gray of Moscow, Idaho. Paternal grandparent is D. Gray of Bridgewater, N.H. Maternal grandparents are Heather and Warren Palmeira of Danbury, N.H. The baby joins sister Kathoo, 7, and brother Kimathi, 10. Kellogg, Jasper Andrew, was born Jan. 1 at seven pounds, six ounces, first child to Darren and Stephanie Kellogg of Moscow, Idaho. Paternal grandparents are Gary and Randi Kellogg of Genesee, Idaho. Maternal... Full story
The “Bad Girls” performed a dance routine during halftime of the Bulldog boys’ varsity basketball game Saturday night. They wore Michael Jackson-style fedoras and completed their outfits with silver gloves. The songs they danced to included ‘Beat It,’ ‘Bad’ and ‘Thriller.’ Back row, from left to right: Kaitlin Geier, Lindsay Webber, Deanna Aeschliman, Holly Rimbey and Paige Mackleit. Front row: Maia Gingerich, Emma Gingerich, Cacey Hall and Katie Heinlen....
Theatre offers Williams play Regional Theatre of the Palouse presents “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” by Tennessee Williams. Evening performances are Feb. 14, 15 and 20 - 22. The curtain time is at 7:30 p.m. at the RTOP Theatre. Matinees, with curtain times at 1:30 p.m., are Feb. 16 and Feb. 23. Adult tickets are $17 in advance or $20 at the door. Children under 12 are $10 advance or $12 at the door. All seats are reserved. For more information, call the box office or go to www.rtoptheatre.org. Women Voters meeting The Pullman League of Women Vot...
The Oakesdale Historical Society, sponsor of the McCoy Valley Museum, will hold a soup social on Sunday, Jan. 20, from noon to 2 p.m. The menu includes cheesy broccoli and chicken noodle soup, bread and brownies for dessert. The event is the first of a series of third Sunday soup socials. For more information, call 285-6731....
Meet Ann Emerson, Colfax, and Phyllis Stueckle, LaCrosse ‘Tis the season to make lefse, according to many people of Norwegian heritage, and Ann Emerson and Phyllis Stueckle grew up making lefse and many other traditional Norwegian foods. They sat down recently with their brother’s wife, Judy Aune, to share memories and recipes, bringing out heritage cookbooks and family favorites. The Aune family arrived in the United States in 1902, when Gunnar Aune was a babe in arms. The family tried Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota, but North Dak...
Lacrosse The Student of Character assembly for December was held Friday in the pit. It opened with the “try” award which was given to Gunnar Aune and Matt Stubbs. Academic improvement award was given to Mashayla Morris-Miller. Mr. Curtis shared that the school had placed second in overall academic achievement in the state out of 295 school districts. The high school had received 100 percent students passing in reading, writing, algebra, and geometry tests. Eighty percent of the students passed the science exam. The elementary grade scored in... Full story
Cart Nelsen, right, directs the combined Rosalia and Tekoa band at the Tekoa High School Gym Jan. 9. The High School Christmas Band Concert was originally scheduled for Dec. 12, 2012, but was postponed due to a snow storm. The schools combined for the concert as Nelsen teaches at both schools....
The History Channel • On Jan. 31, 1606, in London, Guy Fawkes, a chief conspirator in the plot to blow up the British Parliament building, jumps to his death moments before his execution for treason. He had been found lurking in a cellar of the Parliament building with 2 tons of gunpowder. • On Feb. 1, 1884, the first portion of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. In 1857, members of London’s Philological Society decided to produce a dictionary that would cover all vocabulary from 1150 A.D. to the present. It took more than 40 years... Full story
Even though the opening was delayed for a week, LaCrosse Market operator Wendy Holliday said business has been steady. The grocery store was due to open on Monday, Jan. 7, but suppliers didn’t deliver all the needed items, and Holliday delayed the store’s opening. She said although it was quiet the first part of the morning when the store opened Monday, Jan.14, business picked up and remained steady the rest of the day. Tuesday was the same, she said, with customers coming in steadily all day. LaCrosse Community Pride, which is working on eco...
Two bull elk were shot and left in the hills between Colfax and Palouse Saturday night. State Fish and Wildlife Officer Doug King said the elk were shot on Mike Johnson Road, just off the Palouse Highway about 2 a.m. He believes the poachers got scared someone was going to catch them and took off before they could take the antlers or get any meat off the animals. King said that a landowner called the sheriff to report the incident. King also said the elk were 100 to 150 yards off the road and that the poachers used a spotlight, which was left...
Douglas D. Phelps & Associates, representing Michael Assenberg of Colfax, filed a motion for return of property on Jan. 10. The property the motion is referring to is marijuana plants that were seized in a raid by Quad Cities Task Force agents in May 2011. Charges were dismissed against Assenberg last week when Whitman County Prosecutor Denis Tracy filed a motion to dismiss the four felony charges against Assenberg after the marijuana was confiscated. Tracy cited a new interpretation of medical marijuana laws in the state. A hearing has been...
Steptoe Butte is an island unto itself or so it would seem, stated Bill Meyer of Joseph’s Grainery. Meyer took this photo from his plane during a break in the winter snow storms, well above the clouds that formed the sea around the “island”....
Hugh Calvin Henderson, 97, of Clovis, Calif., died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at Golden Cross Health Care in Clovis. He was born Sept. 11, 1915, in Tyler, Texas, to Luther and Sarah Henderson. Calvin married Evelyn Maxine Cantwell in Ellinwood, Kan., on Dec. 5, 1936. The couple celebrated their 76th anniversary earlier this month. In 1938, the couple moved to Holden, Wash., a mining community in the central Cascades that was accessible only by ferry on Lake Chelan. Calvin worked in the mine’s mill. The couple’s three sons were born in Wen...
Milton Michael ‘Mike’ Cavender died in his sleep from lung cancer on Thursday, Jan. 3, in his south hill home in Spokane, with his family by his side. He died of a rare and aggressive lung cancer which was linked to his exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Viet Nam with the Marines as a decorated Navy Corpsman. Mike Cavender was born June 7, 1946, in Spokane to Bud and Karolle Cavender. The eldest of four boys, he attended St. Charles Parochial School, Gonzaga Prep and graduated from Shadle Park High School in 1964. He joined the Navy in...
Dixie Lee Hyrniak, 75, passed away Thursday evening, Jan. 10, at her home in Tekoa from an apparent heart attack. She was born Dec. 5, 1937, at Los Angeles to William and Marie Bishop. She grew up in southern California and attended schools in Glendale (Glendale High School) and Redondo Beach, Calif. Dixie lived in northern Idaho and eastern Washington where she worked several years as a restaurant cook. She had made her home in Tekoa for the past 15 years and had worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at the Tekoa Care Center until health...
Frederick John Timm, age 85, passed away at his home in Olympia on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Frederick was born in Garfield on April 6, 1927, to Johnny Roy Timm and Dorothy Pearl Wiseman Timm. He grew up and attended schools in Garfield, graduating from Garfield High School. He lived in Garfield from 1927 until 2008 when he moved to Olympia to be closer to his daughters. He served with the US Army during the Korean Conflict. On Oct. 5, 1957, in Clarkston, Frederick married Betty June Barnes. She preceded him in death on March 19, 2012. The...
Gebhart offers new cash prize for adult entry In addition to the People’s Choice prizes for one adult and one youth entry in the H’Art of the Palouse banner competition, this year Dick Gebhardt, Colfax artist and member of the Colfax Arts Council, is offering a $300 cash prize to the top adult entry selected by a panel of three regional artists. Gebhardt was the one who came up with the idea for the H’Art of the Palouse banner painting contest six years ago. He had seen a similar event while vacationing in California and suggested the Arts...
Genuine concern I have a genuine concern about the young men and women of America. We have tens of thousands of young people in our state looking for work. However, the Washington State Patrol is facing a crisis because they can’t find enough good candidates to fill a class. They prefer to have 60 people in each class as that is the optimum size for their facilities and instructors. They recently advertized extensively, and they did not get enough candidates to fill a class. The Chief of the W.S.P. said in a recent interview that they had e...
‘Concrete proposals’ Obama promises ‘concrete proposals’ on gun violence by January. As a nation, our hearts continue to break as we attempt to understand the senseless killings of 26 precious souls in Newtown, Conn. As a mother of three, I cannot even comprehend the grief those families experienced as they waited to learn the fates of their loved ones. As saddened as I have been over the recent slayings, I am also saddened by the speed with which Mr. Obama jumped on this opportunity to further his agenda to take guns out of the hands of Amer...
Time for Me to Fly W. Bruce Cameron Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2008. I have been waiting my whole life for the future, but it never seems to get here. I’m especially frustrated over the lack of flying cars, which I feel were virtually promised to us years ago by the science program “The Jetsons.” Certainly I was led to believe that by the time the 21st century rolled around, technology would have advanced to the point where we could soar up into the sky for our collisions. A few flying cars have been ha...
