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Week of March 24-28 At Colfax Schools: Monday: Mac cheese, chicken nuggets, green beans, fruit Tuesday: Mashed potatoes/brown gravy, beef patty, roll, corn, fruit Wednesday: Corn dog, nachos, caesar salad, March b-day cake, fruit Thursday: Bulldog burger, fries, BBQ beans, fruit Friday: Grilled cheese, tomato soup, veggies, fruit, cake At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Super nachos, taco meat, tomatoes, salsa, refried beans, cheese sauce, tortilla chips, mixed fruit, tropical fruit Tuesday: Cherry blossom chicken, rice, stir fry vegetables, e...
The Friends of Whitman County Library are hosting a book sale in the Colfax Library Mondays through Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 p.m. Prices start at just 25 cents for books, movies and music CDs. All proceeds will fund programs and projects throughout the library district. Donations of quality materials are encouraged for supplementing the library’s collection budget and to also for addition into the Friends of the Library sales stock. For more i... Full story
Thursday, March 20 Endicott – 7 p.m. – Book Club – Join the discussion of Chris Cleave’s, “Little Bee.” Everyone’s invited. Rosalia – 7 p.m. – Picture Books with Katie Wilkes – Learn how to introduce difficult topics and encourage reluctant readers. Friday, March 21 Malden – 2:30 p.m. – E-Reader Class – Learn how to download and checkout audiobooks and e-books onto your electronic device using the library’s website. Saturday, March 22 Oakesdale – 10:30 a.m. – House Plants & Herb Gardens - Horticulturist Donna Guske Hanson shares her vast knowle...
St. John St. John Historical Society and Heritage Museum will hold its fourth annual crab feed. Saturday, April 5, at the St. John Community Building. Tickets are $25 per person and take out is available at 5 p.m. This year’s proceeds from the crab feed will be used for the design and construction of an exhibit honoring our veterans and POW’s. April is the yearly membership drive, if you are interested in joining please stop at City Hall and pick up a form. Spring sport sign-up is March 27 at the St. John baseball field at 6 p.m. Parents nee...
For all obituaries included in the paper, see our Weekly Pages Section: Not included here: Margaret Elizabeth Krom Bolz Albert Schauble James L. Arthurs A memorial service for James L. Arthurs, 94, Palouse, will be today, Thursday, at 11 a.m. at Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse with the Rev. Corey Laughary officiating. The U.S. Army honors team and Potlatch Post V.F.W. will participate. Urn burial will be at the Greenwood Cemetery in Palouse. Mr. Arthurs died March 12, 2014. Born July 21, 1919, at Chester, Mont., to Lonzo J. and Mary (Wirl)... Full story
Whitman County Library’s Clancy Pool of St. John has been chosen as Paralibrarian of the Year by Library Journal. An article about her career is in this month’s edition of the magazine and featured on-line. A member of the library staff since 1992, she expanded services at the St. John branch and was one of the key proponents of the $500,000 bond measure for construction of the new library/city hall building, the Denton Building, in St. John. Pool now serves as service manager for the 13 bra... Full story
Empire will host Shadle bagpipers, Highland dancers The renowned Shadle Park Bagpipe Band and Highland Dance Team will perform Saturday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in the Empire Theatre at Tekoa. The 20 dancers and 15 musicians, all dressed in authentic Scottish attire, will celebrate the traditional culture of Scotland. Both the pipers and dancers will include high school students and residents, including guest piper Aaron Stratton of Spokane’s Angus Scott Pipe Band. The Highland dancers wear traditional kilts in the Henderson family tartan, whose gr...
Three area teams, Palouse Area Robotics Team (PART) SciBorgs representing Colfax, Pullman Gar/Pal, Colton and Moscow High Schools, the Umatilla High School Team Confidentia” and the Rosalia Aggies, combined forces to create the championship alliance over 31 teams from Washington and Oregon. Eastern Washington and Whitman County made a strong showing at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Pacific Northwest Eastern Washington University district competiti...
Twenty-four Colton students traveled to Spokane Falls Community College March 8 to compete in the 2014 Science Olympiad regional tournament. Colton entered two junior high teams. The first team placed fourth in a field of 13 teams and qualified for a trip to the state tournament which will be at Eastern Washington University on April 12. The second team finished in 11th place. Sheyanna Weber coached the “Rocks and Minerals” groups and parents who were able to came in and helped with building events during the last couple weeks of pre...
Lacrosse Residents of LaCrosse are invited to attend the LaCrosse Community Pride community follow-up meeting tonight, Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Gathering Place at the market. The Student of Character assembly for February’s trait of tolerance was March 14 in the pit. It opened with the K-12 teams trying to make it through a jump rope without being tagged by the rope. The Incredibles won. LaCrosse fifth through eighth graders participated in the Whitman County Speech, Spelling, and Math contest at Oakesdale last Tuesday, March 11. C...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager hosted the Washington Flying Farmers at the Whitman County Library meeting room Saturday. Randy Suess gave a powerpoint presentation on his travels to Jordan. He also told of his involvement of exporting wheat in many countries. With the farmer connection in the audience, both topics were well received. Two airplanes flew into the Port of Whitman Business Air Center, better known as the Colfax Airport. The transient parking that is all paved with tie downs was appreciated. Both of these facilities have undergone... Full story
Jade Faultersack and Cullen Billings, with sign, represent Japan as part of a Rosalia Elementary Olympics Feb. 25. Each class represented a different country in the event which lasted over two days with competition in five events: ice skating on felt, a bobsled relay, luge relay on a scooter, slalom obstacle course and Olympic baton torch relay....
Endicott Dad’s night for pinochle club met at the home of Lorna Burns March 17 with a St. Patrick’s Day theme. Players were Sharon Huff, Shirley Morasch, Anne Lowe, Jerine Grey, Bertie Honn, Mary Repp, Marcia Honn, Judy Cook, Sue Lynch, Casey Shiprek, Greg and Lorna Burns. Gun Club report: Division 1 Endicott Gun Club Eric Weitze 23, Ed Schultz 23, Mark Teal 22, Todd Strader, Mike Melcher, Brad Bowman 21 Ladies:Amanda Pelissier 17, Jessica Geissinger 16 Junior: Hunter Weitze 21, Connor Pel...
* For pictures, please visit the Weekly Pages section for this week, page B1 Thirteen Colfax juniors will compete in the Colfax Distinguished Young Woman competition Saturday night in the Colfax High School auditorium at 7 p.m. Admission will be $8. The competition offers $3,000 in scholarship prizes. Theme will be South of the Border. Katie Largent, last year’s winner, and runner-ups Jacee Thompson and Nicole Sheer will also be in the program. Entrants are listed by order of appearance. Kelly Ward, daughter of William and Kristina Ward, w...
Leo and Terri Haas have recently opened the Snake River Bar and Grill at Boyer Park on the Snake River, a favorite destination of many fishermen, boaters, campers and people out for a drive. Leo took the long way to Whitman County. He was born in Mattighofen, a small town in upper Austria, a 30-minute drive outside of Salzburg, cultural center of Austria and home to internationally known music festivals. Mattighofen is an agricultural community and the perfect place for a chef to grow up. With...
Whitman County commissioners Monday morning opened two bids for the new Carothers Road Transfer Station Building. A third bid was rejected because it arrived past the 11 a.m. deadline. Clearwater Construction of Spokane submitted a base bid of $3,551,820, and Halme Builders of Davenport put in a base bid of $3,798,330. The new transfer station building was included in the county’s public works department budget for this year. County Public Works Director Mark Storey said the project will be awarded next Monday at 9 a.m....
Five Pullman firefighters climbed Seattle's Columbia Center Tower Sunday, March 9, in an annual challenge event. They raised $3,040 for the fight against blood cancer. One of the initial members of the team, Sam Loger, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma last December and began treatment last month. He had to withdraw from the team, but team members wore "Climbing for Sam" shirts at the event. They raised the $3,040 by climbing 1,311 steps on 69 flights of stairs in full protective gear and getting all their air from their self-contained...
Whitman County commissioners Monday reviewed the seventh marijuana application the commissioners have received. This application sent from the state Liquor Control Board is for Patrick Brennan of Sunshine Farming on Rock Lake Road near St. John. The application is for marijuana producing and processing. As with the previous six applications, the commissioners took no action. When people apply for a license to produce, process or sell marijuana, the application goes through the state Liquor Control Board which notifies the local government...
The state has begun accepting grant applications to build parks, trails, boating facilities and shooting ranges, as well as grants to conserve wildlife habitat and working farms, the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office announced March 18. These grant programs are the largest source of state funding for many of Washington’s outdoor recreation experiences, and the only state funding aimed at conserving working farms. “These grants help make our communities great places to live, work and play,” said Kaleen Cottingham, direc...
Whitman County Treasurer’s office recently mailed out tax statements to registered property owners. The total amount of taxes due is $48,069,512. The tax statements were on 37,901 parcels of property listed in the county and the mailing totaled approximately 14,000 envelopes with many of the bills including multiple parcels. Deadline payment for taxes again remain April 30 for the first half and Oct. 31 for the second half....
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2009. The Internet is a great place to go for information that is timely, important and completely wrong. The other day, I was sent an e-mail advising me on how to perform CPR on myself while driving. The idea is that if you have a sudden heart attack while at the wheel, you can keep your heart pumping long enough to drive to a hospital and fill out your insurance forms. I spoke to a cardiologist about this, who explained that CPR is generally performed on people who are either a...
These Common Mergansers were swimming and fishing in the North Palouse River on Sunday afternoon. Mallard ducks also joined them. The Mergansers were spotted on two different sections of the river.... Full story
Diane Harp, Community Coordinator of the Healthy Tekoa Coalition, presents Whitman County Deputy Sheriff John Guidice with two portable breathalyzers at the Tekoa City Council meeting March 17. The $1,300 breathalyzers are to be used in underage drinking enforcement activities by the Whitman County Sheriff as part of the HTC’s Law Enforcement Partnership Grant. HTC has used the grant money for several activities, including training members on purchase surveys and party dispersals, creating a...
Normally, you wouldn’t think the cost of electricity would clobber ranchers, but in Hawaii, high power rates are the central competitiveness issue. In fact, the owners of the mammoth Parker Ranch on Hawaii’s big island have calculated their “per cow” electricity costs. Much of the famed ranch’s 130,000 acres is rich grazing land on a high plateau between Hawaii’s twin 13,000 ft. volcanos. Parker Ranch is one of the nation’s largest beef producers, with much of its product sent to the mainland. The ranch has an extensive water system with l...
The “reset” with Russia had a brief, unhappy life. It began with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presenting her Russian counterpart with a mistranslated reset button reading “overcharged.” It ended with current Secretary of State John Kerry denying knowledge of the late, unlamented policy on “Meet the Press”: “Well, I don’t know what you mean by the reset.” Memories are short in Foggy Bottom. And understandably. Who wouldn’t try to forget a geopolitical initiative that has been exposed as willful naivete and strategic obtusenes... Full story
