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Before lawmakers wrap-up their work in Olympia, they should re-examine their hefty new state spending plan. The budget may not be sustainable even with a substantial increase in taxes. It may force legislators to return to the State Capitol to cut workers, programs and services; or, even hike taxes yet again. It has happened in the past. For example, in the early 1980s, Gov. John Spellman (R) and a Republican legislature were forced to meet in special session continuously to deal with rapidly...
Maxine and Stanley Sheipline, Show Low, Ariz., to Kimberly Cleon, Spokane, multi-residence on NW Turner Drive, Pullman, $275,000, March 29. Rowena Swan Trust, Pullman, to John and Sarah Whitley, house on SW Crestview, Pullman, $249,000, March 29. Frank Workman, Spokane, to Kevin and Justine Armentrout, house on NW North Street, Pullman, $295,000, March 29. Itani Quality Homes to Jacob and Janelle Sordelet, Pullman, house on SW Marcia Drive, Pullman, $497,500, March 29. Adrian and Marilyn Wall, Colfax, to Joelle Edwards, Pullman, house on N....
At first I was not going to bother to reply to Timothy Thompson's glib use (letters April 22) of the word "treason." The present political turmoil is not because a particular candidate seemed to lose an election, it is because the moral fiber of America has been destroyed in two short years. The moral capital, if you will, that our country earned over 200 years is gone. How will we, can we, ever get it back? Loosely throwing that word around does not help. A dozen or two relevant events have been identified by American intelligence services,...
I have been county auditor for three and a half months now, and I’d like to take this opportunity to provide an update on what we are doing in the Auditor’s Office. We have not had to close either of our public use desks, Vehicle/Vessel Licensing and Recording, since the beginning of the year due to understaffing. My staff is very conscientious about keeping these desks open. We just passed our first state accountability audit. We have successfully completed our first election of the year. We are working hard to clean up the voting precinct bou...
So Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, proposes a budget that eliminates funding for Special Olympics ($17.6 million), another $7.5 million decrease for technical education for the blind, $13 million in cuts to Gallaudet University for the Deaf, another $5 million in cuts to printing books for the blind, not to mention a 26 percent cut to grants to states to support special education. That’s roughly $43.9 million of our tax money. So far, President Trump has spent approximately $93 million of our tax money on golf trips to his private golf r...
Steady rain Tuesday sent water roaring down Palouse drainages and caused extensive flooding in Pullman. Water from Missouri Flat Creek overflowed on to Grand Street where businesses were flooded. Water also poured onto Grand from Stadium Way and other arterials which descend off hills from the campus area in the northeast quarter of the city and the northwest quarter. Mud residue deposits and debris were along N. Grand Street Wednesday morning, but the water had subsided. The deluge at Pullman...
The grand opening of Torry's Country Store in St. John was Saturday. According to Torry and Amy Shepherd, owners of the former CHS Primeland business, the event was very well attended, and many people were shopping, mingling and eating hot dogs and chips. Customers were able to "draw for a discount" ranging from five to 25 percent. Many who were unable to attend due to other activities in the region expressed their support in later visits and via social media. Winners from the event's drawings...
An account has been set up to support Marty Walker of Colfax, who is battling cancer and plans to make a trip to Latvia for a treatment which has not been sanctioned in the United States. Walker was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma in a cancer battle which started in May of 2017 with a checkup of a spot on his ear and evolved into two surgeries. It was described as a radical neck dissection. The typical life span of a patient with his diagnosis is just more than 12 months. The survival rate after four years is 28 percent. Now on...
With the increase in market goat projects around the county and beyond, the need for judges of those animals has also gone up. This prompted WSU Extension in Whitman, Asotin and Garfield counties to host the Pacific Northwest Sheep and Goat Judges School and Show Management Conference May 16-17 in Pullman. “We’re excited to be offering it,” said Janet Schmidt, Whitman County Extension director. It has been 15 years since a judging school has been offered by Extension, Schmidt noted. With the rise in market goats at local fairs she and Mark Heit...
Whitman Hospital has put the former McGraw house up for sale for $8,500. The buyer will be required to move the house off the grounds. The house is located south of the medical center building. The house includes four bedrooms and two baths. Total square footage is 1,376. The hospital is also accepting offers on a garage and three outbuildings which are also required to be moved from the site. The former residence of Colfax veterinarian Randy McGraw, the house was acquired by the hospital district as part of a purchase to expand parking space...
Micah Morgan, Yakima, spent most of his spring break at Dusty with Harm and Jan Smith. He earned money helping and had fun four-wheeling and checking new calves. Barb and Bruce Wollstein made a second visit to her parents, Dick and Helen Appel. Bruce had more meetings at WSU, and Barb helped her mother in the yard. Joining them for the weekend were Kate Wollstein and her friend, Drew. Also staying at the Appel’s during spring break were Bruce Appel and his son, Charlie. They were working on a car at Eric Appel’s shop. Tom and Doreen Rie...
New residents to Rosalia will soon be receiving a greeting from the town's Welcome Wagon program which is being taken over by a group of women who started meeting together weekly to work on their projects. Earlier this year, Rosalia Chamber of Commerce members were looking to resurrect the Welcome Wagon program, among others. Nan Konishi, owner of Pinewood Cottage Furniture, is also a member of the Mellow Monday Crew. The group started at least five years ago as a way to work on craft projects...
Anyone who has traveled into Endicott from Colfax has seen Freedom Hills Farm, a beautiful, big farm house set back from the road surrounded by pastures and barns. It's hard to miss the Morgan horses grazing. Jessica grew up in Arlington, surrounded by trees and creeks. She graduated in 2006 and never looked back, as Arlington changed from a small town to an overrun city. At age 19, she bought an old farm house and 100 acres right outside of Endicott which eventually became Freedom Hill Farm....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages people and groups wanting to protect critical wetlands, agricultural lands and grasslands to consider enrolling their property into conservation easements. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service will begin implementation of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program under the new 2018 Farm Bill. ACEP provides financial assistance to help landowners, tribes, land trusts and other groups protect these valuable lands. It focuses on restoring and protecting wetlands as well as...
Neill Public Library cardholders now have free access to online educational courses from Lynda.com, a learning resource with more than 12,000 courses, ranging from basic computer skills to project management including instruction on various software, programming languages and business topics. The program is provided through a partnership with the Washington State Library and Office of the Secretary of State. Lynda.com video courses are taught by industry experts and designed for any skill level. It offers more than 50 different learning paths....
Multimedia collages, poetry, pastel and charcoal works that encourage artistic expression and were created by 23 area artists with disabilities will be on display from 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 19, as part of the artAbility Showcase at the Latah County Fairground in Moscow. The fifth annual event, put on by the University of Idaho Center on Disabilities and Human Development, pairs area artists and U of I student volunteers with members of the community for a series of art workshops. Annual artAbility programs are student-led, grant-funded and...
W-I Symphony will end season Washington-Idaho Symphony will present its fifth and final concert of its 47th season under the musical direction of Dr. Dahn Pham. They will celebrate the talent of young artists by playing alongside the Greater Palouse Youth Orchestra and highlighting the winners of the 2019 Young Artists Competition, Bridget Scoles and Yvette Kraft. The Symphony will perform Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. at Pullman High School and Sunday, April 28, at 3 p.m. at Lewiston High School. 'Wondering' at Dahmen "Wondering," a new...
At Pullman Regional Hospital McKeirnan, Cormac Michael, born March 26 at nine pounds, five ounces, to Kelly and Annie McKeirnan, Pullman, Wash. Paternal grandparents are Jim and Linda McKeirnan, Pomeroy, Wash. Maternal grandparents are Tim and Louann Spencer, Lake Tapps, Wash., and Betty and Chris Rankin, Buckley, Wash. Baby joins sisters Caroline, 11; Reagan, 9; Genevieve, 3, and brother Rory, 9. Parsons, Harper Alice Rose, born April 7 at seven pounds, nine ounces, to Hannah Papen and Dustin Parsons, Clarkston, Wash. Baby joins sister... Full story
Recent rock blasting at the Colfax quarry for a railroad repair job near Pampa Pond briefly revealed this "face" on the hillside, seen here from two differing angles and distances. After a brief period of wonderment, the next round of blasting wiped the anomalous rock formation from the scene forever. Or did it?...
Habitat for Humanity volunteers will soon break ground on Illinois Street in Palouse for a 10-month construction schedule on a new house. Recipients will be Richard and Roberta Kruger, currently residents of Troy, Idaho. He is a U.S. Army veteran, and she is disabled with Multiple Sclerosis. The house will be paid for by all local money, in large part raised at Palouse Habitat for Humanity's annual fundraiser “Beans N' Jeans,” slated for April 20 at the SEL events center in Pullman. Last year's event, which included live, silent and des...
A crew from Railworks Track Systems, Airway Heights, this week will restore the railroad tracks to the repair site at Pampa. Railworks, which has offices around the country, is a subcontractor for Shamrock Construction, which finished up riprap fill on the bank at Willow Creek where an earth slide shut down the Palouse River railroad. Bob Westby, director of the PCC rail system for the state Department of Transportation, said Railworks is expected to have the track back in place by Friday or...
A graveside service for Dale Draper, 94, former Garfield area resident, will be Saturday, April 13, at 2 p.m. in the Colfax Cemetery with the Rev. Dean Ellis officiating. Mr. Draper died April 6, 2019, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane Born Aug. 4, 1924, at Rockford, Wash., to Foster and Elizabeth Arrasmith Draper, he grew up near Elberton and attended school in Elberton and Garfield before graduating from Colfax High School in 1942. He and Evelyn Russell were married April 29, 1949, in Spokan... Full story
Doreen Lynne Carlson (Knott), Age 76, passed away peacefully on March 27, 2019, at Cornerstone Court Assisted Living, after complications with Alzheimer's Disease. Doreen was born a twin on October 14, 1942, to Robert and Anne Knott in Colfax, Washington. She lived the first ten years on the family wheat farm and attended school in Winona, Washington. The family then moved to LaCrosse, Washington, in 1952, where Doreen was active in Girl Scouts and the band at school. While attending LaCrosse... Full story
Questions 1. MOVIES: What kind of creature is Pumbaa in “The Lion King”? 2. ANATOMY: What is the smallest organ in the human body? 3. LITERATURE: What was the name of the tiger in “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling? 4. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Which author once wrote, “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May”? 5. GEOGRAPHY: What is the world’s longest “motorable road”? 6. FOOD & DRINK: What is freekeh? 7. ACRONYMS: What does “AOL” stand for? 8. TELEVISION: Who hosted the 1980s PBS series “Cosmos”? 9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who was the st...
* It was 19th-century French novelist Gustave Flaubert who made the following sage observation: “Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.” * Visitors to Chicago might want to keep in mind that in that city, it’s against the law to dine in any establishment that is on fire. * In 1856, a soldier of fortune (who was also a journalist, doctor and lawyer) by the name of William Walker and his hand-picked group of mercenaries took over Nicaragua. Walker appointed himself dictator, thus securing for h...
