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(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 Town of Colton presently owns and operates a facultative lagoon treatment facility followed by chlorine disinfection and discharges seasonally to Union Flat Creek with an average monthly flow limit of 126,000 gallons per day. The wastewater, following treatment, must meet the requirements of the Washington State Water Pollution Control Act and applicable... Full story
Dear Savvy Senior, Are there any easier alternatives to a colonoscopy to check for colon cancer? I’m in my sixties and would like to be tested, but hate the idea of drinking all that laxative solution, and being sedated for the procedure. Squeamish Jim Dear Jim, It’s a great question. While a colonoscopy is considered the gold standard screening test for detecting colon cancer and is widely recommended once adults reach age 50, only about half of Americans who have passed that milestone ever get tested. Why? Because most people, like you...
Rosalia Schools hosted the annual speech, spelling and math competition for fifth through eighth graders March 10. The event is sponsored by the Whitman County Principals' Association. Students from Asotin, Colfax, Colton, Endicott, LaCrosse, Oakesdale, Rosalia, St. John, Tekoa and Washtucna participated. Contest winners pictured at each class level are not necessarily listed in the order in which they appear in their respective photos. SIXTH GRADE- Persuasive Speech: LouEllen Reed, Oakesdale; Interpretive Speech: Elise Wilkins, Tekoa;...
Thursday, March 26 Lacrosse — 7 to 9 p.m. — Dryland, documentary film screening and discussion — an intimate portrait of rural America in transition, through the eyes of a young man pursuing his dream and a town fighting to survive. Free program made possible with funding from Humanities Washington. St. John (10:30 a.m.) & Palouse (6:30 p.m.) — Musician and historian Hank Cramer presents The Seven Tongues of Flame: Ireland’s Easter Rebellion of 1916 — Learn the power of music and poetry to change governments when violence fails. Farmington...
Twelve students earned all-A grades for the block one honor roll at Garfield/Palouse High School according to a March 17 report. They are Libby Akin, Jacob Arlt, Gabe Cocking, Rachel Nelson and Joseph Wilcomb, seniors; Tuli O’Neill, Ashley Swall and Victoria Welch, sophomores; Emily Bagott, Travis Knauff, Daniel Orfe and Seth Thompson, freshmen. Students with grade averages of 3.5 to 3.99 include Mitch Jamison, Alexis Rodriguez, Emily Stout, Tyler Thurman and Hunter Woltering, seniors; Holly Brown, Wyatt Griner, Katie Holbrook, Matt H... Full story
Brothers and sisters in Christ, Roman Catholic and Protestant, members of denominations and independents, all in Christ’s Church are now concluding its Lenten journey, and we are about to celebrate Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter. During Lent, each of us has examined our faith in full knowledge of the wonderful yet humbling reality that Jesus gave his life so that we might find new lives through him. We’ve been following in the footsteps of Jesus since Ash Wednesday, and we’ve seen the many ways in which God’s love is constantly invadin... Full story
Virgil Dixon Virgil Dixon, 86, former long-time business manager for the Colfax School district, died Monday, March 16, 2015, in Kennewick. He had been residing in Kennewick for the past year. He was born Aug. 4, 1928, in Pullman and resided in the Pullman and Colfax areas for 82 years. Mr. Dixon retired from his job as business manager for the district in 1990. His wife, Lois, died in 2011. He is survived by two sons, Ron Dixon of Kennewick and Randy Dixon of Seattle, and three grandchildren. Mueller’s Tri-Cities Funeral Home was in charge o... Full story
Performing arts benefit at Garfield A Garfield-Palouse Performing Arts Booster Benefit will be Friday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in the Garfield-Palouse Middle School Cafeteria. Featured artists and ensembles include: Garfield-Palouse High School and Middle School Choir; Garfield-Palouse Jazz Band; the Middle School Trio of Christian Burt, Calyn Brantner and Patrick Orfe; Men’s Quartet of Phil Weaggraff, Calvin Johnson, Mike Patrick and Kent Keller; Garfield-Palouse Alumni Trio of Leah Phillips, Anneliese Zook and Rebecca Hemphill, Paul and Peter Smi...
AT ST. JOHN SCHOOL: Monday: Tater tot casserole, green beans, blueberry muffin, mandarin oranges. Tuesday: Chicken fajitas, Mexi rice, veggie tray, apples. Wednesday: Macaroni and cheese, broccoli, roll, fruit tray. Thursday: Corn dogs, pork-n-beans, watermelon. Friday: Teriyaki dippers, fries, roll, oranges and apples. SENIOR MENUS: Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday - Four cheese baked Ziti, Caesar salad, garlic bread, birthday dessert. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday - Four cheese baked Ziti, Caesar salad, garlic bread,... Full story
Cast members for “The Borrowed Tomb,” from the left, Lindsay Webber, Gary Largent, Greg Nolan, and Debbie Largent. Onecho Bible Church will perform a musical drama, “The Borrowed Tomb,” Easter weekend. Created by Steve Moore and David T. Clydesdale, the musical features strong selections with rich orchestration and tells the story of Christ’s death and resurrection from the perspective of two members of the Sanhedrin, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea. The audience will witness their struggle of faith and belief as they interact with each othe...
Dusty Sarah Appel, daughter of Eric and Shannon Appel, was named Colfax’s Distinguished Young Woman Saturday at the Colfax High School Auditorium. Grandparents Dick and Helen Appel were in the audience to cheer her on, as well as Caroline and Elly Kunkel, Pullman; Lisa and Miriam Frei, Colfax, and Neil, Liz and Noemi Appel, Dusty. Meggie Perron spent three days of her spring break from Walla Walla Community College with her grandmother Fran Jones and Uncle Bryan. Angela Broeckel and Graham spent from Wednesday to Saturday of his spring break i...
Lacrosse An Easter pageant hosted by all LaCrosse area churches will be Sunday, March 29, at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church. Children from preschool through junior high will participate. “Reading is Like Riding. . . Your Imagination Goes Wild!” was the theme printed on the 2014-15 Book Bash t-shirts designed by the participating fifth graders. Students in preschool through sixth grade participated. Students who voluntarily read the required minutes for their grade were: Jack Baser, Boden Olson, Chase Harder, Gracie, and Cooper Schwartz, Bro...
Library patrons can now check out the latest devices while their eReaders and other devices are charged at the new free charging station at the Colfax library. The station includes a variety of the most popular cords along with a rotating display of readers, small tablets and other devices for residents to sample while charging a device. The charging station is made possible by “Technology Made Easy” funding provided to the Washington State Library by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation....
Rosalia Gazette corespondent Rosalia United Methodist Church and Assembly of God Church will offer combined services for Easter. All are invited to a Good Friday service at the Assembly of God Church, at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 3. Choirs and instrumentalists from both churches will provide music, while Joan Sulser, pastor of Rosalia United Methodist Church, will offer a meditation. This worship experience tells the story of Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion. Easter Sunday observances begin at 6...
The Endicott coffee ladies are a driving force of the Endicott community and are actively seeking new members. Regulars at the coffee table in the Endicott Food Center deli include Anne Lowe, Helen Jane Hughes, Jerine Grey, Gail Bilow, Ila Stuart, Sharon Huff, Pat Byers and a few who could not join the group recently for an interview. Helen Jane and Sharon grew up in Endicott and never really left. Jerine grew up in Endicott and returned with her husband after retirement. Pat Byers and her family moved here many years ago when they bought... Full story
Colfax contestants, from the left, Hailey Ring, Sidney Sheer, Roxanne Allenbach, Morgan Lord, Sarah Appel, Nicole Wiley, Allison Dunning, Olivia Mellor and Pearl Griffiths. Sarah Appel, center, won the Colfax Distinguished Young Woman honor Saturday night after taking three of the preliminary competitions. She is the daughter of Eric and Shannon Appel of Dusty. Olivia Mellor, daughter of Kim and Sue Mellor, right, was named first runner-up, and Pearl Griffiths, daughter of Richard and Tess Griffiths, left was second runner-up. Left: Passengers... Full story
A five-day bench trial before Asotin County Superior Court Judge Scott Gallina has been scheduled to begin Sept. 28 as part of an extensive civil suit related to the financing of new movie theater companies in Pullman and Lewiston more than 10 years ago. A judgment on initial arguments in the civil suit, which date back to loans of more than $10 million from the now defunct Bank of Whitman, was issued Feb. 23 by Judge Gallina after lengthy a hearing in his court in January. Judge Gallina was appointed to hear the civil suit, which was filed in...
The Gonzaga Bulldogs booked a second weekend at Tekoa’s Empire Theater after advancing to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. The No. 2-seed Bulldogs play again Friday vs. No. 11-seed UCLA at 4:15 p.m....
Colfax City Council March 16 accepted River Pointe Subdivision, the housing site project developed by Scott Ackerman along the South Fork of the Palouse River. City Administrator Michael Rizzitiello reported hydrants and water services have been installed in the subdivision. An eight-inch main was used to extend water service into the subdivision. The eight-inch line connects with a six-inch main which serves Bellinger St., and at some point the city could undertake converting the six inch main to eight inches to match up with the size of the...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2010. Most parents of teenage daughters, hearing that Los Angeles parents Laurence and Marianne Sunderland stuck their 16-year-old daughter on a boat to sail around the world on a year-long voyage, thought to themselves: “A whole year without having my teenager screaming at me? Where can I get a boat?!” Typical parents are unable to afford the kind of yacht the Sunderlands used — you can’t just stick your kid on a rowboat and shove her out into the bay, as tempting as it may sound...
Real estate sales P&F Medical Services, LLC, St. John, to Jonathan R. Hill, Tekoa, house on S. Water Street in Tekoa, $86,000, March 17. William and Joan Budd, Uniontown, to Jason P. and Madelynne D. Baerlocher, Pullman, house on S. Railroad Avenue in Uniontown, $350,000, March 17. Joseph A. and Martha L. Keeney, Colfax, to Scott L. and Carolyn Barndt, Clarkston, house on N. Main Street in Albion, $139,700, March 17. Arthur Gayle and Nancy Ann Startin, LaCrosse, to Eric E. and Lois E. Startin, LaCrosse, undeveloped land, $5,000, March 18.... Full story
Folks in the Pacific Northwest may not like what Matt Ridley has to say, but we should consider his points about energy. Ridley, a British journalist and author of several popular books on science, the environment and the economy, is a businessman and member of the House of Lords. He is often shunned because he owns land where coal is mined. Recently, Ridley wrote in The Wall Street Journal that while oil, gas and coal have problems, their benefits are beyond dispute. He advances three reasons for not giving up on fossil fuels. First,...
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton hasn’t been frog-marched from the Russell Senate Office Building — yet. To believe the Arkansan’s harshest critics, that’s only because felonious traitors don’t get the punishment they deserve. Cotton wrote an open letter to the leaders of Iran pointing out true and obvious things about our constitutional system, and the world came crashing down on his head. Disgracing the Senate, per a hyperventilating Vice President Joe Biden, was the least of his supposed offenses. He was aiding Iranian hard-liners, violating...
Finally, I’ve figured out what “American exceptionalism” is all about. We are exceptionally dysfunctional — at least our federal government is. A recent Gallup Poll revealed that when asked what America’s biggest problem is, the answer was the government. And no wonder. Imagine you’re the leader of a country trying to deal with the United States right now. Any country, like, say Iran, or the Europeans, or Russia, or Israel. Then, right at the most slippery point in negotiations with an elected U.S. president and his secretary of state haggl...
Rural county communites are trying to stem the tide of shrinking populations and shrinking commercial activity. LaCrosse and Palouse are classic examples of successes that can come from a commitment and the desire to save a community. Palouse continues to build on past successes. LaCrosse, too, has had successes. They are more recent and, in some cases, it has been two steps forward and one back, but the commitment remains. Both have accomplished what many thought impossible. In both cases, the communities relied upon private and public... Full story
