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Walt Brost, longtime Colfax funeral director, passed away Friday, April 14, 2023, at his home after battling prostate cancer for many years. He was 83. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 15, 2023, at the Colfax Methodist Church. Walt will be buried during a private family service at the Colfax Cemetery. For those who wish, viewing will be Thursday and Friday, April 20 and 21 from 8:00 – 5:00 p.m. at the Corbeill Funeral Home in Colfax. Walter Roy Brost was born April 2...
Byron Gerald, "Jerry" Schmick, died peacefully on April 16, 2023. He was born at home in Endicott, Washington, on Aug. 5th 1935, to Byron and Esther (Morasch) Schmick. He was the first of four kids and grew up with his siblings on the family homestead in Endicott where he helped his Dad farm. After graduating from Endicott High School he attended Washington State College briefly and then returned home to continue farming with his father. He married his elementary/high school sweetheart, Joan...
On Friday, April 14, 2023, Michael Wesley Small, loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and veteran passed away at the age of 78. He was a resident of Albion, Washington for the last 21+ years. He was born June 24, 1944, in Wichita, Kansas, moving to Pullman, Washington, in 1946 where he attended Pullman schools from 1950 to 1957. He resided in Pullman and Bellevue, Washington, with his family during these years finally graduating from Sammamish High School in 1962. He met and married Vicky Irene Arp in 1965. They...
With heartfelt sadness David Allen Ulrick of Garfield, Wash., passed away at 9 p.m., November 30, 2022, at Pullman Regional Hospital from complications of ALS. David was surrounded by his close family. David was born in Taopi, Minn., August 21, 1946, to George and Edythe Ulrick, (Stern). David attended several schools growing up due to his father being in the United States Air Force, which included schools in Minn., Fla., Texas, Labrador, Neb., and Ohio. David joined the United States Air Force...
Duane was born on December 2, 1934, and was raised in Colfax, Washington. As a young man, he traveled and saw the world while serving his country in the US Navy. He often talked about his time on the aircraft carrier and the things he had seen, all which gave him an even greater appreciation for America. Upon his return from serving, he earned his degree from Eastern Washington University, and became a CPA. He practiced his profession primarily in Spokane with a local firm, and ultimately...
Colfax Thursday, April 20 Oven baked chicken, Roasted potatoes, Green salad, fruit, spicy pear cookie Monday, April 24 Homemade chili, corn bread, green salad, fruit, spicy pear cookie Colton Wednesday, April 26 Tomato Bisque, grilled cheese sandwich, broccoli and grape salad, 7-layer bar Endicott Tuesday, April 25 Tate tot casserole, salad bar, roll, fruit, dessert Garfield Thursday, April 20 Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, country gravy, green beans, 3 bean salad, garlic bread, dessert, coffee and punch Pullman Friday, April 21 Baked...
Pullman Regional Hospital Conner Delacour, a boy, was born April 14, 2023, to parents Ryan and Kassandra Delacour, of Pullman. He weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces. Paternal Grandparents are Cris Peterson, of Moscow. Maternal Grandparents are Frank and Sylvia Demaris, of Dayton. Conner joins brother Jayden, 18, and sister Madison, 15, at home. Evelyn Hein, a girl, was born April 11, 2023, to parents Makayla and Christian Hein, of Lewiston. She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces. Evelyn joins brother Henry, 3, at home. Konrad Thomas Johanson, a boy, was born...
ROSALIA — Rosalia Garden Club plans to observe National Arbor Day on Friday, April 28th, with a tree planting at 1 p.m. at the city mini-park next to the library. The chosen tree for this year is a Zelkova Serrata or City Sprite Zelkova for its compact size, ease of care, and good fall color. The location for the tree is the west bank, having been recently cleaned up from overgrown brush and undesirable plants due to not being landscaped in twenty-five years. A grant from the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs and a donation from t...
PALOUSE - The Garfield-Palouse Performing Arts Boosters hosted their Spring Variety Show and Fundraiser Sunday, April 16, at the Palouse Community Center. Palouse music teacher Matt Zook stated that it went well. "I thought all the student performances were really good," he said, "I was proud of Fisher Harris, that played the electric guitar," he noted that Fisher was the youngest that performed. Having the young kids perform shows that kids are not just getting music from school but at home,...
PALOUSE — The Palouse Arts Council’s 17th annual “Spark An Artist” nominations deadline for students practicing the arts in Garfield and Palouse districts. Palouse Arts Council President Shandra Bohn explained former Palouse High School graduate and Arts Council patron Dr. William Murray started the award program. Generous donations and Arts Council events are earmarked for the awards today. Having discovered the joy of experiencing art later in life, Murray felt it was important for young people to learn about art, be encouraged to create...
PULLMAN - Pullman local Jim Burton enlisted in the Air Force in December 1955. Talking to the recruiters, he thought he was going in to be a pilot at the time. "At the time, they didn't need pilots," he said, noting that the military is like any other big business and needed other people. "I couldn't pass the physical that they wanted me to for a pilot," he said, "so I took other options." Burton was a medic in the service, and he explained that if anyone were going to shoot at him, he'd give...
MOSCOW — The Palouse Conservation District and the City of Moscow will host the 2023 City Nature Challenge: Palouse Region from April 28 through May 1, 2023. The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is an effort internationally to document nature. Participants would need to find will wild, not captive or cultivated, plants, animals, fungi, seaweed, bacteria, lichen, and more anywhere in Whitman or Latah Counties. After finding they take a photo and upload their observations to the iNaturalist app, w...
COLFAX - The Mockonema 4-H club and families did their annual community service project and cleaned up the Perkins House yard to prepare for the Perkins Reunion in June, Sunday, April 16. Outreach coordinator for the Perkins House Jill Gfeller explained that the club chose the House as the project because it's family-friendly and serves their 4-H motto "Helping your club, community, country, and world." Coordinators of the project included the new heads of staff for the House, Ronda, and Andrew...
Call CMR’s Washington, D.C. Office, and you are informed that our representative believes the solution to gun violence in schools is “mental health”. What has our representative done to promote better mental health? Certainly, she cares about disabilities, but what about the broader concern for the safety and protection of all children. Dr. Michael Davidovits, a psychologist from the Ackerman Institute of the Family in New York City, reported on NPR that the mass shootings are creating more mental health problems. He gave examples of children d...
The Community Congregational United Church of Christ in Pullman, WA and the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse in Moscow, ID share many of the same values, including everyone’s right to reproductive healthcare and freedom. Pullman shares a border with Idaho, a state with a total abortion ban and where providers can be charged with a felony for providing abortion care. This extreme law that criminalizes reproductive rights is leading to an increase of Idahoans crossing the border to Washington for abortion services. CCUCC and UUCP w...
Individuals and families continue to face high inflation and other cost-of-living challenges. When everything costs a little more, it can add up to a lot of economic anxiety. For many families now, it's not about whether they can afford the vacation; it's about whether they can buy soccer shoes for their kids, food for their table, and medications they need to survive. While there are macroeconomic factors out of the Legislature's control, state lawmakers can – and do – make policies that impact...
Last week, a parents group filed a complaint against Pathfinder K-8 Public School in Seattle for racial discrimination. The civil rights group filed a complaint on April 11 with the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education against principal Britney Holmes and the Seattle School District for discriminating against white students at the elementary school. The complaint presents evidence that Principal Holmes issued invitations to black and "multi-racial" children to attend an...
PULLMAN - Stacey Swift was named Chair of the Pullman Regional Hospital Women's Leadership Guild. The Women's Leadership Guild is a volunteer-led group of over 40 women who support the hospital's foundation and regional non-profits through grant-making. Joining the guild in 2017, Swift has served on the board since 2018 and was appointed Chair in April this year. "We are here because we believe in the value of having access to top medical services and how that connects to and serves our growth...
COLFAX –– Governor Jay Inslee signed a measure Thursday, April 6, sponsored by Senator Keith Wagoner, R-Sedro-Woolley, to improve adult protective services. The Bill requires the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and law enforcement to share information in reports and findings of abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, and neglect of vulnerable adults. According to the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office, they have had seven cases of elderly abuse between 2021 and 2023. “Of these cases, one was possible physical abuse,...
COLFAX — Locals of the area may be familiar with a haunting unsolved murder that rocked the county in 1980 just two blocks from the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office. Dorothy Walker was 65 years old and lived in Apt# 304 at Wheatland Arms Condominium, 203 N Mill St. On April 16, 1980, at 10:30 a.m., her sister found Dorothy’s body lying in a pool of blood on the floor in the bathroom. Her sister reported arriving at the apartment because the two were going to Walla Walla together to scout out lodging and restaurants for the “Daughters of Rebekah...
COLFAX—The Whitman County Jail reported the following individuals being booked from April 11 to April 17: April 12 Taylor Allen Forsman, 31, was arrested and booked into the Whitman County Jail for MAKE FALS/Misleading STMNT Pub SRVNT. Forsman is being held on a $5,000 bond or $560 cash bail through Whitman County Superior Court. Jeffrey Adam Stoner, 40, was arrested and booked into the Whitman County Jail for MAKE FALS/Misleading STMNT Pub SRVNT. Stoner is being held without bail through Whitman County Superior Court. April 13 Terrell Quinn D...
COLFAX — Whitman County District Court reported the following criminal conviction sentences from April 11 – April 13 April 11 • Teressa Halverson, was found guilty of theft in the 3rd degree. Therefore, the defendant has a deferred sentence of 12 months, 60 days in jail, 58 suspended. 2 days of jail is convertible to 16 hours community service. Defendant must have no criminal violations of law, and attend a Theft Prevention Course within 45 days and file proof of timely enrollment and completion. Defendant will have a restitution hearting to be...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from April 11 to April 17: April 11 9:26 a.m.- N Mill St, Colfax, Fingerprints 10:16 a.m.- N Main St & E Front St, Albion, Accident Noninjury 10:19 a.m.- Main St, Lamont, Public Program 11:09 a.m.- N Madison St, Tekoa, APS Referral 12:44 p.m.- N Mill St, Colfax, Suspicious Person/Circumstance 12:47 p.m.- N Mill St, Colfax, Suspicious Person/Circumstance 2:46 p.m.- N Madison St, Tekoa, Other Law Enforcement Calls 5:15 p.m.- E Denison St, Uniontown, Abandoned Veh...