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NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (DNS) AND INTENT TO ISSUE AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT The Whitman County Planning Office issued a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: American Tower LLC has requested an administrative use permit for a proposed 120-foot communications tower and related ground equipment. The tower will allow co-location of other carriers. The site is located in the N 1/2 of Section 20, Township 16 N., Range 45 E., W.M.,...
8 years ago The Commoner April 11, 1890 F.M. Ellsworth went up to Glenwood, the first station on the Union Pacific above Colfax, on Tuesday evening's train, his large drive of hogs having arrived at that point on the North Palouse, and demanding his attention. Mr. Ellsworth expects to have his entire drive of two million feet at his mill in this city within a week, and to begin operations as soon as some necessary machinery arrives and can be put in place. A dozen suspicious looking characters, who had been hanging around town were arrested... Full story
Artwork by Palouse and Garfield youngsters from kindergarten through third grade is displayed at the Palouse Library. The students work with volunteer art instructor Tiana Gregg-Holmes every month. The display is open during the library's open hours, Tuesdays 11 to 6, Thursdays 2 to 6 and Fridays noon to 6....
Dancers, jazz set at Empire A busy month is in store at the Empire Theatre, with several shows in the offing. On Saturday, April 11, Spokane's Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers will perform a full show starting at 7 p.m. Founded in 1947, their current repertoire represents more than 40 cultures, including Mexican, Japanese, English, Ukrainian, Norwegian and Haitian; as well as traditional American dances and popular styles from past to present, including Charleston, Lindy Hop, swing, disco, and others. In each tradition, authentic costumes are...
Three local authors will sign books from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, during the 9th annual Art Demonstration Day at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown. The books are for sale at The Shop at the Barn. Carole Simon Smolinski, Lewiston, will sign copies of Timothy Nolan’s Idaho, a factual history written as a reminiscence by a man who first arrived in Lewiston in 1862. Keith Petersen of Pullman will sign John Mullan-The Tumultuous Life of a Western Road Builder. Mullan’s 625-mile road con...
Thursday, April 9 St. John (2 p.m.) & Tekoa (6 p.m.) — Become a Musician — Scott Hallett shows you how he was able to go from beginner to instructor using FREE internet sources. Ages 8 to 80 are invited to join in the fun. Palouse — Art at the Library — Art created by students from Gar/Pal elementary will be on display all week. Friday, April 10 LaCrosse (2 p.m.) & Endicott (5 p.m.) — Become a Musician — Scott Hallett shows you how he was able to go from beginner to instructor using FREE internet sources. Ages 8 to 80 are invited to join in... Full story
A celebration of life for Rayner Thomas, 94, will be Sunday, April 12, at 1 p.m. at Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse. Mrs. Thomas died April 4, 2015, at her rural Garfield home. Born Aug. 23, 1920, at Croydon, England, to Montague R. and Elsie (Walton) Harris, she attended schools in England. She came to the United States on the Queen Mary in 1946. She attended Wayne State University and Washington State University where she received a Master’s Degree in anthropology. She was a research a... Full story
Dear Savvy Senior, Is it safe for seniors with dementia to drive, and if so, when should they stop? My dad has early Alzheimer’s disease but still drives himself around town just fine. Looking Ahead Dear Looking, While most doctors agree that people with moderate to severe dementia should not take the wheel, in the early stages, the medical consensus is that driving performance should be the determining factor of when to stop driving, not the disease itself. With that said, it’s also important to realize that as your dad’s driving skills deter...
We may face doubt from time to time when we wrestle with theological issues, unanswered prayer, reasons for suffering and why the evil ones prosper. However, when it comes to the fact of the resurrection of Christ, there should be no doubt. The entire Christian faith rests upon the foundation of the resurrection of Christ as recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:13-19. Our faith concerning the resurrection of Christ is based on solid evidence, regardless of other doubts we may have in life. The principle is that if God can do the greatest thing such as... Full story
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Popcorn chicken, rice, green beans, fruit. Tuesday: Bulldog burger, fries, lettuce, tomato, cheese, fruit. Wednesday: Pizza, green salad, pineapple, fruit sidekick. Thursday: Chicken patty on a bun, fries, BBQ beans, fruit. Friday: Tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwich, green salad, fruit, brownie. AT COLTON SCHOOLS: Monday: French dip sandwich, potato wedges, corn, fruit. Tuesday: Breadsticks, spaghetti sauce, salad mix, green beans, fruit. Wednesday: Hamburger on a bun, lettuce, tomato, fries, fruit. Thursday:...
"An Evening in Paris" is the theme for St. John/Endicott High School's Art Walk, scheduled for April 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the St. John High School gym. Facsimiles of the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe will occupy the center of the gym with student booths arranged on either side of the Seine River. The booths, created by the students, will be judged on three categories; most creative, most original and most interesting. They will provide a setting to showcase their year's worth of art. A new feature this year will be the creation of a... Full story
Locations for a state and federal emergency food distribution: Wednesday, April 22: Palouse Community Center, 1 to 3 p.m.; Rosalia United Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m.; St. John Methodist Church, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; LaCrosse, 110 N. Main, 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 23: Albion Town Hall, 4 to 6 p.m.; Garfield Legion/Grange Hall, 2 to 6 p.m.; Malden/Pine City Town Hall, 8 to 10 a.m.; Oakesdale Baptist Church, 9:30 to 11 a.m.; Endicott Adventist Church, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; Tekoa City Hall, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Colton-Uniontown, Uniontown...
Lacrosse A community forum followed the presentation of the film “Dryland” March 26 in LaCrosse. Pictured, from left to right, are moderator Randy Suess, Alex McGregor, film producers Richard Wilhelm and Sue Arbuthnot, and Matt Miller and Josh Knodel, the young farmers featured in the film. “Dryland” is available for check out on DVD at Whitman County Library or for purchase. Approximately 60 people attended the screening of Dryland at The Gathering Place March 26. The directors, Sue Arbuthn... Full story
Gabyrella "Gabby" Root, a student from Endicott Middle School, traveled to Olympia March 30 to April 3 and served as a page in the state House of Representatives. She was sponsored by her Ninth District Rep. Susan Fagan, R-Pullman. "In January, Gabby visited Olympia with her class along with teacher Sue Lynch and during that time, I encouraged her to apply to the page program," Fagan said. "It's great to see students getting involved in their state government and becoming civically engaged. Gabb... Full story
The Sciborgs, the robotics team made up of students from Colfax, Colton, Garfield/Palouse, Moscow and Pullman, competed in the Pacific Northwest Championships at Eastern Washington University. After advancing to the quarter finals, the team finished in 12th place and earned a spot in the F.I.R.S.T. World Championship in St. Louis April 23-25. The team also was honored by receiving the Engineering Excellence Trophy for their uniquely designed robot. Palouse Area Robotics Team is funded by... Full story
Tenny and Fred Brannan are active retirees who are very involved with their family and community. Colfax High School graduates in the Class of 1967, they graduated from Washington State University in 1971. They were ready to go anywhere to teach, but Fred was hired at LaCrosse. He liked it well enough to stay more than 30 years. Fred taught 22 years in fifth grade and 11 years in fourth grade. He was also the “tech guy” at LaCrosse, and he and Don Widman taught computers to teachers for two sum... Full story
Carla Peperzak, who was honored by the Washington State Senate in March for her heroism in the Dutch Resistance during World War II and for her work in educating current generations, shared her story with Tina Coles' eighth grade language arts classes at the Garfield-Palouse Middle School April 2. The class was just finishing up a unit on the Holocaust, in which the students read books like In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and The Boy Who Dared. They prepared a research project on various...
Dusty Cliff Nolan was memorialized at Onecho Bible Church Monday morning and buried at the Dusty Cemetery that afternoon. The funeral procession was escorted to the cemetery by the Colfax City Police Department and the Whitman County Sheriff’s Department in honor of Nolan’s former service as city police officer and Colfax Police Chief. Later, gathering at the home of Greg and Gwen Nolan to share memories, a few tears and a lot more laughter, were his wife of 56 years, Jeanette Nolan; his son’s family, Greg, Gwen, Jason and Andrew Nolan and E... Full story
Laura Buckley Lautenslager (above) of Rosalia and David Buckley (at right) plan to ascend the Bank of America Financial Building in downtown Spokane this June and rappel down 20 stories to benefit Special Olympics. Over the Edge gives participants who raise a minimum amount of money the opportunity to rappel off a selected building. They are participating in memory of their late uncle Mike Shea, who was a longtime Colfax area resident. All of the donations will go to Special Olympics to support... Full story
Governor Jay Inslee gestures to the crowd right after the switch was flipped for the $7 million vanadium flow battery system. A representative of UniEnergy Technologies of Mulkiteo, Wash., shows guests one of the batteries that are housed in ocean-cargo containers. The switch was flipped last Thursday on a wind-energy battery storage project between Avista, the state of Washington and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. The occasion marked its connection to the electrical grid. Gathered in Pull... Full story
Real estate sales Curtis A. and Janet L. Feldner, Colfax, to Paul and Shelley L. Feldner-Schuerman, Colfax, agriculture farmland, $60,000, April 1. Jim Phillips, Pullman, to Sandee Marie Powell, Pullman, 1976 14x66 mobile home on NW Parkwest Drive in Pullman, $20,500, April 1. Rosemary L. Fleener, Pullman, to Michael J. and Jodey-Lin M. Anderson, Moscow, lot on NW Emily Street in Pullman, $57,000, April 1. Elizabeth Fussell and Scott A. Frickel, Providence, R.I., to Hans-Henning and Katrin Kunz, Pullman, house on SE High Street in Pullman,...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in July, 2010. The Tour de France is on this month ... and on, and on, and on. It started July 4 in Belgium and will end in Paris on July 25 — about twice as long as it took the German army to cover the same distance, and they were walking. You’d think a bicycle race would be fairly straightforward — people get on their bikes and ride, well, straight forward. But this is France, so it’s more complicated than that. For one thing, the clothing the teams wear is extremely important...
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has announced new rules that reduce the vapor pressure in oil tanker cars leaving his state’s booming oil patch. The goal is to reduce the risk of fiery explosions like the one that killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec in July 2013. In separate efforts, Congress is beefing up safety standards for oil tank cars and the White House is calling for increased rail inspections and slower speeds for oil trains traveling through populated areas. Meanwhile, the Washington legislature is working to tighten r...
General hospital If you should be so fortunate as to run a rusty spike up through your foot and end up with an appendage that looks more like a foot long bright red cucumber than a foot, look no further than the Whitman County Hospital for treatment. I cannot say enough great things about the care I received from the moment I limped through the emergency room door, to the day I limped back out the front door on the original foot I was born with. It could have been a different story if the wonderful doctors, nurses and staff had been less...
Indiana is experiencing its two minutes of hate. Indiana’s sin is that its Legislature passed and Gov. Mike Pence signed into law a Religious Freedom Restoration Act, setting out a legal standard for cases involving a clash between a person’s exercise of religion and the state’s laws. To listen to the critics, you’d think the law was drafted by a joint committee of attorneys from the Ku Klux Klan and the Westboro Baptist Church. The enlightened are stumbling over themselves in their rush to boycott Indiana. Seattle and San Francisco are banning...
