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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Board of Commissioners will conduct a closed record appeal hearing on Monday, May 1, 2017, at 11:30 a.m. in their Chambers, Courthouse, Colfax, Washington. The purpose of the appeal hearing is to consider the denial of the Whitman County Planning Commission’s findings and recommendations for the rezoning of 22 acres located northeast of Pullman on the north side of Pullman Airport Road in the SW ¼ of Section 30, Township 15 N, Range 46 EWM from the Agricultural District to the Cl...
8 years ago The Commoner April 15, 1892 At the new opera house tonight the famous Fisk Jubilee Singers will entertain the people of Colfax with their wealth of southern melodies. For many years this rare combination of musical artists has been furnishing delight and pleasure to audiences all over the land, and their flattering commendations are their best introduction to the public. Among the talented people who compose the troupe, Mrs. Porter Cale has achieved a splendid reputation as a soprano. She has been a recognized queen of the stage f...
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Beef dippers, rice, fresh veggies, fruit. Tuesday: Biscuit with gravy, egg patty, tater stick, fruit. Wednesday: Chicken Alfredo, breadstick, peas, fruit. Thursday: Bulldog burger, cheese slice, fries, baked beans, fruit. Friday: Pizza, Caesar salad, pineapple, Jell-O. AT ENDICOTT SCHOOL: Monday: Chickenwich with lettuce and tomato, fries, apricots. Tuesday: Taco with lettuce and tomato, refried beans, pears. Wednesday: Chicken casserole, cooked broccoli, cucumber slices, peaches. Thursday: BBQ beef sandwich, green...
An appeal hearing has been set for 11 a.m. May 1 for the denial of a re-zone request on a 22-acre agricultural zone off Airport Road east of Pullman. The change would have made it a cluster residential district. The matter did not pass at the Planning Commission hearing April 15, with one member of five voting against it. By law, five positive votes are required from the current six-member board. The board's official size is set at nine. Eric Busch, owner of the land, filed to appeal the decision. The site is the location of a planned...
Pullman Police Department is seeking public input on Unmanned Aerial Systems (drones) policy development. Already utilized by the military for many years, drones are more cost effective, safer, and in many ways, more versatile than manned aircraft. A number of law enforcement agencies in Washington State have already launched UAS programs. The police department intends to use UAS for search and rescue, traffic coordination (such as post-game traffic for WSU home football games), outdoor crime scene and major traffic collision documentation,...
The LaCrosse faculty served breakfast for the students gearing up for state testing period. From left are Michael Potesky, Matt Wysock, Mary Chastain, April Guske, Codi Titus and Don Kemper....
Empire slates Butts & Filter Tips Charlie Butts and the Filter Tips will be the headline act for the the Empire Theatre at Tekoa for April. The band will be perform Saturday, April 29, at 7 p.m.. The band has been playing high-energy funky dancing blues and R&B around the inland northwest since 1994. The Inland Empire Blues Society honored this band with the Best Blues Band award in 2012. Charlie, nominated in 19 of the 20 years of the Empire Awards, has been recognized as best horn player seven times and best harp player three times. His band...
Lloyd Albert Elze Lloyd Albert Elze, 78, Thornton, died April 12, 2017, in Spokane. In accordance with his wishes, a funeral service will not be conducted. He was born on August 22, 1938, in Westcliffe, Colo., to Marion L. and Martin G. (Hunt) Elze. His parents were part of the pioneer families in Wet Mountain Valley, Colo. The oldest of four siblings, he grew up and attended schools in Taos, N.M., before enlisting in the Navy. He spent two years serving in the Navy before returning home and attending Fresno City College in Fresno, Calif....
Lacrosse Let the Class of 2017 do the cooking on Sunday, April 23. The LaCrosse senior class will serve French dip sandwiches, salad, dessert and drink, all for $8. The meal will be served from 4-7 p.m. at the school cafeteria. The LaCrosse Library and Beautification Committee is looking for new members to help beautify the community. If interested, please join in at the next meeting Tuesday, May 2, 4 p.m. at Jasper's on Main Street, or call Carol Cauley at 509-549-3499....
Spokane Community College from this area who qualified for the winter honor roll with a grade average of 3.0 or higher included Martin Hendrickson and Nicholas McAdams, Colfax; Michael Gerlitz, Endicott; Catherine Campbell, Malden; Eric Tarbuck, Oakesdale; Halana O'Neel, Rosalia; Anthony Riley, St. John; Kyle Kilgore and Desiree' Underwood, Tekoa, and Margaret Hereford, Thornton....
Sixteen area students were listed on the honor roll list at Spokane Falls Community College for the winter quarter with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Manuel Berrueta, Albion; Samuel Bryson, Brynn Buck, Emily Cook, Michael Higginson and Miranda Wade, Colfax; Brandon Burns, Malden; Dillon Jacobs, Katelyn Maley, Brandon Riley and Charles Schuerer, Rosalia; Mikel Nisse and Jesus Lopez, Palouse; Brenda Willett, Tekoa; Emma Shepherd, St. John, and Rebecca Terrell, Thornton....
William Samuel Mellor, a member of the 2010 class of Colfax High School, was recently initiated into Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Mellor was initiated at Southern Virginia University where he played on the football team and is completing studies for an undergraduate degree. The son of Dr. Kim and Sue Mellor of Colfax, he has been been admitted to the University of Washington School of Medicine where he plans to enroll in the WWAMI program which prepares...
Above: Pastors Joan Sulser (speaking in photo), Pat Atchison and Dave Turner conduct Rosalia's annual Easter Sunrise Service at the Steptoe Battlefield. The 30-minute service included a bugle corps opening and a brief prayer. Breakfast followed at the Rosalia United Methodist Church. Rosalia Lions Club member Trevor Main, in the rabbit suit, gives a hug at the club's annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at noon on the Rosalia School grounds....
Hiring of a new special education teacher for Jennings Elementary School was approved April 10 by the Colfax School District board. Taylor Weekes joins the staff after serving as a long-term substitute for the second/third grade classroom in Endicott. Weekes, who grew up in LaCrosse, graduated from Central Washington University and completed her student teaching last fall. She will teach special education classes now taught by Jason Cooper. Cooper will move to teach physical education to students in kindergarten through sixth grade. He will...
Thursday, April 20 Colfax – 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. – WSU Raptor Program – EVERYONE IS INVITED. This after school science program is most suited for children ages three and up to adults. JES students may ride bus 8 from the school to the library with a parental note. Fun, science, and snacks included. Colton – 5:30 p.m. – Community Disaster Preparedness – Red Cross Americorps presents this class designed to prepare households for natural disaster. Endicott – 7 p.m. – Ladies Night – We will be discussing the novel, “The Book of Time” by Guillaume...
Inspecting new tablets and laptops as part of the library’s $15,455 grant are James Morasch, technology systems administrator, and Marcy Campbell, Rosalia branch manager. As a part of a recent $15,455 technology grant, Whitman County Library plans events that encourage digital learning for personal and professional growth. The first program will be April 28 at the St. John Fair with library staff demonstrating Microsoft Imagination Academy along with other online and technology related s...
Endicott Saturday, April 15, was the annual Easter egg hunt at Trinity Lutheran church. Ladies of the church filled the plastic eggs with candy on April 6. They also made Easter bags as gifts for the children that attended. The morning was sunny and beautiful and many children from around the area enjoyed the hunt and all the candy, cookies and Easter gifts that were given out. Monday, April 17, Shirley Morasch hosted the Dad's Night In Pinochle group at her home. The dessert for the evening was JP Pies out of the LaCrosse area. JP Pies raises...
Lacrosse LaCrosse students and faculty conducted a student of character assembly for March’s trait of pride. Students and staff played a giant game of rock, paper, scissors, forming snakes made of winning and losing teams. The new trait for April is integrity. This was followed by announcing the students who had earned the March recognition. They are kindergarten: Cady Blankenship; Mac I - Jack Baser, Brady Blankenship, Brianna Camp, Gracie Schwartz, Brody Fleming, Chase Harder, Cooper Schwartz; Mac II - Ty Pierson, Olivia McGregor, Theory P...
Amy Snively-Martinez in 2015 on Pacaya Volcano in Guatemala. She is standing in front a recent lava flow that was still steaming. She roasted marshmallows at the site. Amy Snively-Martinez is the Outreach and Partnership Coordinator for Backyard Harvest, an organization that started in 2006 when a local woman accidentally grew 200 extra heads of lettuce in her first ever garden. The organization is based in Moscow but serves all of the Palouse. Its work involves gleaning from gardens and...
Dusty Friday afternoon, Tom Phillips arrived from Las Vegas to spend the weekend with Di and Larry Brink. Saturday, they were joined by Mike Stine, LaCrosse; Kevin, Amber, Ashley, Ellie and Nick Brink, Richland, and John, Brandi, Myla and Alexia Brink, Colfax. That evening, they were joined by Joan and Lucky Myrick, Dusty; Mike Myrick and Rhonda, Spanaway; Rich Myrick and Jannetta, Moses Lake, and Rich’s daughter, Deanna Myrick and her friend Chris, Spanaway. Tom returned to his home on Monday. Easter Sunday dinner guests at the home of K...
Kylee Jenneskens (right) was named Miss Tekoa 2017-18 and Alison Kalmes was named first princess at the March 25 program entitled "Magic Moments." Kylee is the daughter of Cindi and Duane Jenneskens and Alison is the daughter of Jennifer and Greg Kalmes. Both contestants performed monologues and were judged in the talent, interview, poise and composure and impromptu categories. The ladies will begin their reign at the Spokane Armed Forces and Torchlight parade in May....
This year has been another busy year for Malden Order of Eastern Star with Worthy Matron Nancy Hathaway and Worthy Patron Max Hathaway at the helm. Long-time secretary Gwelda Henning retired, and members voted to honor her service with a plaque. The club was honored this year by the appointment of two deputy instructors from our chapter which was the first time the Grand Chapter of Washington has had two from the same chapter. Lynda Jean Jamison and Kathy Seville were the honored members. Both were members of Hope Chapter prior to their merging...
Expected to resume in March, the county's Sand Road project near Pullman remains on hold due to weather. “We're maybe a few weeks away from starting at this point,” said Mark Storey, county Public Works director. “There's water everywhere.” Work remaining includes one-half mile of road still to build a base for and realign, followed by cleanup on the section where a rock crusher was last fall when, due to high rainfall in October, the project was put on hold. Once complete, the project work will widen the 24-to-26-foot road to 28-to-30 feet....
A public open house has been slated for tonight, Thursday, in Pullman to allow the public to learn about an upcoming construction project in Pullman planned by the Washington State Department of Transportation. Plans have been laid for a resurfacing of State Route 270 this summer through Pullman from the US 195 intersection west of town through downtown Pullman to Bishop Boulevard. The project includes grinding the existing asphalt layer, replacing 70 curb ramps, improving traffic signals, installing signs and restriping the pavement. The...
Nearly a decade ago, the Whitman County commissioners and Council on Aging and Human Services entered into a transportation program agreement that would allow the COA to acquire vanpool vehicles. The program ultimately never came to fruition, and it was officially dissolved on Monday with a unanimous vote from the county commissioners. “The intent of it was to provide some vanpooling services into Pullman, primarily from State Route 27,” said Craig Van Tine, contracts and grants manager at COAST Transportation. The agreement was titled the “Un...
