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Elaine Ann Henderson Elaine Henderson, 60, died at her Garfield home last Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Born August 13, 1952, at Odessa to Lester R. and Yvonne (Gilbert) Schenk, she grew up in Harrington, where she attended schools and graduated from Harrington High School. She later attended Fort Wright College and Washington State University. Elaine worked as a janitor at a department store in Spokane for several years. She moved to Garfield more than 25 years ago, and worked for Cher’s restaurant for several years. She retired for health r...
Thursday, April 11 Colfax, LaCrosse & Tekoa – Storytime - Fun stories, finger plays, rhymes, songs and crafts every Thursday. Check the calendar for times and themes. Colfax: – 6 p.m.– Fire and Flood, reshaping communities on the Palouse 1870-1970, sign up online prior to class. Friday, April 12 Endicott, St. John & Uniontown – Preschool Storytime – Bring in the little ones for fun stories, songs, crafts and adventures every Friday. Check the calendar for times and themes. Colfax: – 9-4 – Watercolors, Explore Color, Brushes and More, sign up...
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: Chicken & noodles, steamed broccoli, whole grain roll, peaches Tuesday: Taco or chicken salad, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, salsa, refried beans, cinnamon roll, pears Wednesday: Corn dogs, mini nachos, Caesar salad, fruit choice Thursday: Pulled pork sandwich on whole grain bun, cabbage salad,...
An exchange of children’s toys, books and clothing will be in the rec room of the Gladish Community Center in Pullman Saturday, April 13, from 9 to 10 a.m. The event is open to children from 0 to 5 years of age. Participants do not need to bring items to participate. The exchange is sponsored by Boost Collaborative Children and Family Support Services, formerly Early Learning Services....
‘Hello Dolly’ opens tonight at Pullman A two-week run of “Hello Dolly” begins tonight at the Regional Theater of the Palouse in Pullman. The show is scheduled to run through April 21 with the Friday, April 12, performance sold out. The role of Dolly is played by Tina McClure of Moscow. Other performance dates are April 13 at 1:30 and 7:30, April 17, 18 and 19, all at 7:30; April 20 at 1:30 and 7:30 and April 21 at 1:30. The theater also plans a summer production of “The Sound of Music” and a fall production of “Grease.” www.rtoptheatre.org. ‘Pi...
8 years ago April 13, 1888 A man who has been unusually fortunate trapping coyotes tells The Commoner agriculture editor the secret of his good luck which is published for the benefit of the many farm lads who are eager to earn a dollar every now and then, the bounty paid by the county commissioners for coyote hides. “I use,” he said, “a No. 2 steel trap with double springs. Before I set the traps, I rub them with a lump of dampened asafoedida. Then I dig a hole as near the shape of the trap as possible, and just deep enough to bring the j...
Dusty Lisa Frei and Caroline Kunkel hosted a family bridal shower for Jessica Stavig at the home of Helen Appel. Jessica is the daughter of Bob and Deb Appel Stavig of Brush Prairie. Guests at the Appel home were Deb and Jessica Stavig, Brush Prairie, and Barb Wollstein, Lacey. Easter guests at the Dick and Helen Appel home were Phil Appel, Spokane; Eric, Shannon, Connor, Christopher, Sarah, Kyle and Sidney Appel, Dusty; Neil, Josh, Noemie and Isaac Appel, Dusty; Lisa, Travis, Miriam, Rachel and Emma Frei, Colfax; and Susan and Joe Lynch,...
Endicott Floyd Morasch celebrated his 90th birthday Saturday, April 6, at Trinity Lutheran Church. The party was hosted by his children, Jimmy Morasch and Kathy Dupries and their families. Approximately 80 relatives attended the celebration. Trinity Lutheran Church will host their last Bread and Supper Wednesday, April 17, at 5:30 p.m. Endicott Seventh-day Adventist Church will host the Walla Walla Men’s Chorus April 20 at 4 p.m. Endicott Library will have a raffle and silent auction at the grand re-opening of the library in late April or e...
Richard Kriehn of Colton will make a near-home commute when “A Prairie Home Companion’s Radio Romance Tour 2013” makes a stop at the INB Performing Arts Center in Spokane July 8. Kriehn, who plays the violin and mandolin, is a regular performer on Prairie Home Companion. A member of the WSU music faculty, he commutes to St. Paul for home productions of the show starring host and writer Garrison Keillor....
County building permits Bob Shindler, Diamond, pole building, $22,000, April 4. Kile Machine and Mfg., Pine City, firewall, $3,188, April 2. Spokane Seed Co., Colfax, truck scales, $70,000, April 5. Colfax building permits Bob Biagi, 706 E. Southview, gas furnace and air conditioning, $17,087, April 2. Vern Thompson, 1301 S. East St., new water service line, April 4. Rick Wells Jr., 512 N. Deanway, new water heater, $996, April 4. Whitman County, 400 N. Main, interior remodel, $10,000, April 4. John Kromm, 710 Southview, replace sewer line,...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2008. Like many people, I live on the Earth. And like many people, I’ve recently become concerned with the size of my “carbon footprint” because of the cost of gasoline. In fact, I’ve become so concerned with the way my carbon footprint has been leaving its tracks across my credit-card bills, I’ve decided to explore alternative methods of transportation, such as having other people drive me. “I thought we could carpool,” I tell my daughter. “We could go to the grocery store tog...
The eighth annual March for Meals, a fundraiser for senior nutrition programs in the county, will be Saturday, April 13. The first walk will be in Colfax from 10 a.m. to noon at the CHS track and a second walk will be held in Pullman at the Mooberry track from 1 to 3 p.m. “Five dollars can feed a senior,” Suzy McNeilly, nutrition program director for the Council on Aging, said. Walkers are encouraged to get pledges as well as cash donations. McNeilly said the walk will include prizes in several different categories. Last year, walkers raised mo...
Again Washington’s fifth district “representative” Cathy McMorris Rodgers is at it again. While smiling and telling the people of Eastern Washington she’s here to serve us, she supports a sequester that will slash $85 billion in 2013. She sees no problem with mandatory, across the board cuts to all government programs, no matter their importance. (There are a few exceptions, like Social Security, Medicade, refund tax credits to individuals, Children’s Nutrition Program and of course, pay for Congress.) In a recent address to the GOP Ms. Rodge...
When an errant SUV crashes through your picture window, you may not notice that your barbecue tipped over and caught your house on fire. So it is with the U.S. economy these days. All the focus on our national debt, sequester cuts and federal tax increases is obscuring a smoldering problem in the states. Declining tax revenues, budget deficits and underfunded pensions have legislatures scrambling for revenue. Many states are taxing and borrowing more just to make ends meet. The State Budget Crisis Task Force, led by former New York Lieutenant...
It has long been portrayed by many in the media and many politicians that the Iraq war was an unnecessary conflict because the Bush administration lied about the probability there of weapons of mass destruction. And that Colin Powell’s fallout with Bush was the result of his belief that he was misled about WMD when asked to defend the decision to go to war in a speech to the United Nations. Whether that affected his decision to endorse Barack Obama for president after a lifetime in the Republican party I don’t know. I am inclined to bel...
Washington is looking at increasing penalties for driving under the influence. A working group meeting this week mulled over a number of ideas that could cut down on drinking and driving. Some of the ideas under consideration include lifetime driving bans for repeat offenders, decreasing the threshold for felony convictions, greater use of interlock systems on automobiles and more active roadside checks. A sticking point in the discussions is money. The state cannot undertake massive new plans and programs. Increased penalties would lead to...
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. KENT ARREST SAID A STANDOFF Theodore R. Kent, 52, former Colfax resident now of Pullman, was booked into the county jail early Monday after he was arrested at what Pullman police described as the scene of a standoff at a Pullman apartment. He was arrested on probable charges of burglary and second degree assault. The Pullman arrest report said t...
Area baseball players interested in participating in American Legion Baseball this summer are asked to submit information by email to Dan Peterson, administrative manager for Legion baseball. His email address is dan.peterson60@yahoo.com. Players should list their age, school grade level and level of interest, the AAA Pullman Patriots, the AA Pullman Posse, and the A Whitman Cougars. Age brackets for the different teams are 15 to 19 for the Patriots, 14-18 for the Posse and 13-17 for the Cougars. Tryouts for the Patriots will be Sunday, April...
Michal Schuster and John Quinton led St. John-Endicott golfers with first and second-place finishes at a four-team match at Tekoa Golf Course Tuesday. Schuster led all girls with a score of 78 while Quinton took second in the boys standings with an 86. In addition, Dakota White finished third in the boys standings (86). For the Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia team, Steven Maley led the boys with a 104 while Lucas Engle shot 115. Nicole Zimmerman led the Spartan girls with a score of 114 to place fourth....
Kaitlin Druffel of Colton High School has been named 1B Player of the Year by the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association. Druffel helped lead her team to an unprecedented five consecutive state title wins. Druffel’s averaged eight points, four assists, three steals per game, along with a team high 70 percent free throw percentage. Druffel was also a member of the 2013 Academic All-State Team (3.97 GPA). She is pictured with Dan Taylor, President of the Washington State Girls B...
McKenzie McClanahan stole second, T.O.R.’s catcher Cameron Lehn threw to second and Gar-Pal’s Brianna Brown stole home for a 6-5 victory at Garfield Tuesday evening. The frenzied finish came after the Vikings trailed 4-0 early before scoring three runs in the third inning, only to still trail 5-3 in the seventh. Gar-Pal made up the difference while struggling on defense. "We always like a win," said Vikings coach Steve Witthuhn. "We played well defensively the last two innings." Gar-Pal had fou...
Colfax girls Tuesday dominated their first NE track meet by rolling up 116 points with some stellar performances. The Gorillas hosted 10 teams, most of them from the NE district. Colfax boys rolled up 86 points to finish second to Reardan, the dominator on that side of the meet. Taylor and Scout Cai each pegged two wins for the girls. Taylor Cai took the discus at 111-0 and won the javelin at 86-6. Nicole Sheer pegged a personal record in the shotput with a 36-2 for the win. The mark topped the 34-2.5 she threw in the big Deer Park meet before...
The Colfax High School baseball team booked their first NE sweep of the season Tuesday when they tooktwo come-from–behind wins over Northwest Chrisian. The Bulldogs won the first game 8-6, and the second game 12-7. The pair of league wins leaves Colfax at 4-2 in the league race with the Davenport Gorillas visiting Saturday for another league double. Brady Ellis again pitched the opener. He allowed NWC seven hits, struck out six and walked zero. Colfax trailed 2-5 before erupting for six runs in the sixth inning. Brock Morgan, who broke up a n...
Whitman County Health Department nurse Debbie Walker-Labine told the county commissioners last month that sexually transmitted diseases were spreading, particularly on the Washington State University campus. “We can’t figure it out,” she said. “There’s no big source.” Labine said the growth of gonorrhea seems to have peaked now. Labine said the health department handed out more than 1,400 condoms at a WSU health fair in February. “We gave them to everyone,” she said. “Because of all these STDs, people need to be aware. We want to get the inform...
In conjunction with the return of this summer’s Concrete River Festival in Colfax, the Friends of Whitman County Library are sponsoring the “Palouse Sampler,” a free photography field trip Saturday, July 27, starting at 7:45 a.m. at the library and concluding at 7 p.m. The trip will be guided by Dr. Otto Stevens, a retired Spokane dentist, and assisted by Aaron Cowan, a local photographer. Registrations are now being accepted. A $17 gourmet lunch will be served at the Bank Left Gallery and Tea Room in Palouse. The tour, which will be done...
