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Baumgardt, Tatum Star, born April 14, 2010 at nine pounds, one ounce, to Jeremy and Robyn Baumgardt of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Larry and Star Baumgardt, Queen Creek, Ariz. Maternal grandparents are Bill and Lana Hougham, Enumclaw. The baby joins one brother, Cooper, 6 and one sister, Ella, 4. Hammac, Clara Lucille, born April 6, 2010, at eight pounds, 13 ounces, to Gena Kenitra and Warren Ashley Hammac of Pullman. Paternal grandmother is Karen Hammac, Halsboro, Ala. Maternal grandparents are John and Sylvia Livingston, and Doug and... Full story
What Healthcare Reform Means for Seniors Dear Savvy Senior How will the new healthcare bill affect seniors? My wife and I both receive Medicare benefits and would like to know what we can expect. Concerned Senior Dear Concerned, There are several ways the new healthcare reform law will affect seniors on Medicare and those planning for their retirement years. Here are some of the key changes you should be aware of. Drug Benefit Boost If you’re one of the 27 million U.S. seniors who has a Medicare (Part D) prescription drug plan, healthcare r...
Inland Northwest Blood Center and Whitman Hospital and Medical Center will conduct a blood drive today from 9 to 1 at the hospital. Walk-ins are welcome. Appointments can be scheduled by calling extension 401 at the hospital on going online: www.inbcsaves.org using sponsor code: whitmanhospital....
Fifty-two students who had accumulative grade point averages of 3.0 or above were recognized at the annual honors dessert at Garfield/Palouse High School April 19. Bruce Nelson from Farmington spoke to the students about setting and achieving goals. Mr. Nelson spoke from his experience as owner/operator of Nelson Farms Inc., Chairman of Northwest Farm Credit Services Board, Member of Farm Credit Council, and lobbyist for agriculture 35 years in Olympia and Washington, D.C.... Full story
Spring Festival today at First Baptist center Whitman Hospital Auxiliary will host their annual Spring Festival today, Thursday, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church Recreation Center on Mill Street. The festival will again offer hanging baskets, plants, new and nearly new books, and many more items. Cinnamon rolls will be served for breakfast starting at 7:30 a.m. and lunch service will begin at 11 a.m. Ham and turkey sandwiches, cream of broccoli and tomato soups, and pies will be among items on the luncheon menu. Raffle... Full story
COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR PROGRAM MENUS Week of May 3-7, 2010 Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — Roast turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, beets, dinner roll, birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — Roast turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, beets, dinner roll, birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Palouse-Palouse Federated Church: Wednesday — Roast turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, beets, dinner roll, birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Pullman-Pullman Senior Center: Monday — Tuna salad o...
Thomas E. Boone The funeral for Tom Boone, 81, retired Palouse area farmer, was Tuesday, April 27, at 1 p.m. at the Palouse Federated Church. The Rev. Corey Laughary officiated. Burial followed at the Greenwood Cemetery at Palouse with Potlatch Post VFW and a United States Army honor guard participating. Mr. Boone died April 20, 2010, at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane from complications following heart surgery. Born Feb. 8, 1929, at Pullman, to Daniel W. and Opal Brooks Boone, he attended the Pullman Schools and graduated from Pullman High... Full story
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandi L. Campbell, daughter of Charles D. Campbell of Colfax, returned with other sailors and Marines attached to USS Bataan to Norfolk, Va. after 10 weeks in Haiti. They departed Norfolk Jan. 14, just 48 hours after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage to Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. Arriving Jan. 18, Bataans crew members immediately began providing disaster relief. Bataan’s medical team also provided services ashore for approximately 2,000 patients and delivered the ship’s first baby, 8 lb....
8 years ago, May 1, 1885 A cutting affray occurred in the street at Farmington Tuesday. Jim Wagoner and a man named Wolfe had some trouble concerning a woman, when Wagoner assaulted Wolfe with a board. The latter defended himself with a knife, cutting the muscles of Wagoner’s left arm between the elbow and shoulder and also in the pit of the arm. No arrests had been made at last dispatch. Upon opening a box car at Endicott Wednesday, to deliver some freight consigned to Person & Crow, it was discovered that the shipment had been tampered with...
Lacrosse LaCrosse Community Pride committee plans a cleanup day at the store Saturday, May 15, at 9 a.m. The committee encourages interested residents to come and participate. Mary Bertrand, president, reported on the status of the LaCrosse Arts Council. It was formed to serve the needs of the citizens of LaCrosse and surrounding communities and was initiated in 2005. The first meeting was called to determine interest in such a council. A number of people came who supported the idea, but didn’t necessarily wish to be members. Many were e... Full story
Rosalia “Mr. Texaco” Mike Day holds up a plaque proclaiming the Rosalia Central Service Station’s listing on the Washington Heritage Register and the National Register of Historic Places. The plaque will soon be hung on the Texaco station, which was built in 1923 by original proprietor C.J. Hall. The station was listed in 2007, and the plaque has since been kept in the attic of Jim and Diane Nebel. More than 1000 announcements have been sent to graduates of Rosalia High school for the reuni...
Dusty Sheri Shaffer Hatley, Denise Broeckel Kendall and Doreen Broeckel Riedner had their annual 1979 LaCrosse High School graduates mini-reunion this past weekend at The Parsonage Bed and Breakfast. Oscar Broeckel and Mrs. Shaffer joined the women for breakfast Sunday morning. Duane Steiger underwent knee surgery a week ago Wednesday to repair damaged cartilage. Carl Rude, father of Tarri Steiger, was married Saturday, April 24, to Janetta Van Doren in Valley, Washington. He had been living at the Courtyard in Colfax but they will now live in... Full story
Hooper Keith and Carla Danielson took a few Hooper Crossing horses to the St. John Horse Show on Sunday. Keith came home with a second in the Trail Horse competition. Wayne and Cathy Randle, Lois Miller of Fox Island, and Max and Karen Swick of Eatonville were weekend visitors of Conly and Betty Merritt. They came on Friday. Max and Karen left Sunday and the rest left Monday....
Tekoa Saturday, April 24, Tekoa FFA and 4H competitors practiced for the Junior Livestock Show which will be May 4-7 in Spokane. Fifteen animals were shown by exhibitors on a very blustery day. The Spokane Junior Show will celebrate its 75th anniversary this spring. Tekoa Community Church hosted a fundraiser breakfast Sunday, April 25. Donations will enable the youth of the church to attend Camp N-Sid-Sen on Lake Coeur d Alene. A Boy Scout Tekoa Pack 597 cross-over ceremony April 14 at the Empire Theater included Webelo Scouts Jake Mueller,...
Trevor Lincoln Price of Pullman and Beth Christine Snook of Lewiston will be married July 17 at Lawson Gardens in Pullman. Price, son of Timothy and Sandra Price, of Pullman, works for the WSU Foundation in Pullman. He graduated in 1998 from Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, and in 2007 from WSU with a masters degree in business. The bride-to-be is a teacher with Lewiston School District and is the daughter of James and Debra Snook of Clarkston. She graduated in 2000 from Clarkston High School, and in 2004 from Lewis-Clark State College...
–Beautiful Photo Studio Mandi Lee Love, daughter of Jerry and Laura Love, Garfield, and John Daniel Keen of Pullman, son of Rynette Keen of Makawao, Hawaii, and George Keen of Nineveh, Ind., will be married May 29, 2010, in Waialua, Hawaii. The bride-elect graduated from Prosser High School in 2005 and Washington State University in May 2009 with a bachelor of science degree in kinesiology. She is currently employed with the Palouse School District. John graduated from Waialua High School in 2005 and is completing a degree in material s... Full story
When Cinnamon Brown was attending Washington State University for a degree in biology with a secondary teaching certificate, she thought she would use them to teach biology in school. She still gets to educate people, but as an environmental specialist for the Whitman County Environmental Health Department. Cinnamon grew up in Spanaway. She met her husband, Mike, in band and they started dating in 10th grade—back in the day of Smurfs and basketball games, as Cinnamon put it. They were in pep ban...
Rosalia ag students Carly Robbs, Brandon Beyer and Will Dedick, from left, chuckle while helping customers with their plants during the Spartan FFA group’s annual plant sale, which began Monday. A wide variety of vegetable and flower starts, all of which sell for $1 per container, flew out the door Monday morning. FFA Advisor Dee Peterschick said the group booked more than $1,500 in opening day sales. Proceeds from the sale fund FFA programs. The sale continues until all the plants are sold....
Panhandle Polecats from the Coeur d’Alene area will perform bluegrass music at Dahmen Barn in Uniontown, Saturday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. They are a family band that has been playing in northern Idaho and eastern Washington since 2004. Admission will be $8 at the door...
Tapestry Women’s Choir will bring 24 blended voices and a large musical repertoire to Tekoa’s Empire Theatre next Saturday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tapestry is directed by Dale Forrey, who founded the group in 1999 with a mission to “entertain, enrich and educate” audiences. This year’s performances will feature the theme “Freedom.” Some of the pieces planned for the show are Freedom Come, Marching to Freedom, America the Beautiful, I Will Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills, and many more. Linda Liou accompanies the choir on piano. She earned a musi...
Maria Haxton, right, was named Miss Tekoa during the April 3 program at the Empire Theatre. Princesses Marili Persson, center, and Rayana Pillig, left, will complete the 2010 court. Theme of the afternoon program was “A Cut Above”. Ray Bernard was the master of ceremonies. Outgoing royalty Queen Katherine Groom and Princesses Kimberly Pakootas, Jade Bogenreif and Elizabeth Haynes gave farewell speeches and presented a slide show of their year together. The new court will present the new Tekoa float at the Lilac Armed Forces Torchlight Par...
Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee has two vacancies on its 12-member Citizens Advisory Group. The group’s primary objective is to develop recommendations for the committee as it seeks to ensure a long-term, quality water supply for the Palouse Basin region. Members can include rural residents, city dwellers, conservationists, students, business representatives and scientists, among others. The Citizens Advisory Group meets on the second Thursday evening of each month in Moscow. For more information, contact Steve Robischon, PBAC executive m...
A toddler-friendly jungle gym was finished at the city park in Palouse last week. For four and a half years, a team of Palouse mothers, in step with other Palouse fund-raisers, worked to earn the $36,000 it took to bring the new addition to the park. “We’re so elated,” said Shelly Goertzen, one of the mothers involved with the project. The set of equipment measures 34 X 34 feet and comes with a “fall zone” of wood chips specifically designed to lessen the impact of falls. The installation includes three slides, two tunnels, a climbing wall, and...
Twenty-five railroad speeder cars again hit the tracks at Colfax over the weekend. The Pacific Railcar Operators’ event brought enthusiasts from five states. Saturday they traveled to Winona and north to St. John and Thornton. Sunday they traveled south from Winona to LaCrosse and Hooper where they were hosted by Alex McGregor at the historic McGregor Store. Members of the tour here are crossing the bridge at Winona for a short run along the Palouse River. Tour participants took notice of some of the $3 million in maintenance upgrades which h...
Lamont and Oakesdale, the only two applicants for funding this year, were awarded a total of $79,600 from the county’s .09 economic development grant funds last Tuesday, April 20. The citizen Blue Ribbon Advisory Task Committee unanimously approved the grant applications from both towns. “What happened here?” asked committee member Ron Wachter of Pullman. “We have $100,000 to give away and only two applicants. Why don’t people know about this?” Historically, the .09 grants have brought forth several applications. The blue ribbon committee has t...