Articles from the May 13, 2015 edition
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Legals
NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (DNS) AND A PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING Whitman County Planning issued a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following...
Menus
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Burrito, corn, tater tots, fruit. Tuesday: Mac and cheese, smokies, bread stick, fruit. Wednesday: Pizza, pineapple, Caesar salad. Thursday: Straw hats, refried beans, fruit. Friday: Grilled cheese, tomato soup, fruit,...
Library calendar
Thursday, May 14 Colfax, LaCrosse & Tekoa — Storytime - Bring in the little ones for fun stories, songs and more. Visit our Events Calendar for times and themes. Colfax — Noon — Flex and Flow Yoga with Suzy McNeilly — Pay by the month or by...
May food distributions slated
Locations for a state and federal emergency food distribution: Tuesday, May 26: Colfax and Steptoe, 121 N. Main, Colfax, 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 27: Palouse Community Center, 1 to 3 p.m.; Rosalia United Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m.; St. John Met...
Rosalia wrangler at work in high school rodeo
Rosalia’s 15-year-old cowboy Justice Garner makes a catch during a tie-down roping session at the Washington State High School Rodeo in Goldendale Saturday....
Savvy Senior
Dear Savvy Senior, Do you know of any financial assistance programs or other resources that can help seniors with home improvement projects? I would like to help my 86-year-old father make a few modifications to his house so he can live there as...
Etcetera
Family concert set for May 16 The annual family concert of the Palouse Community band will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16, in the Domey Auditorium of the Gladish Center in Pullman. This year’s concert will include “Everything Is Awesome” from... Full story
Special Olympics winners
Mike Stine, Norma Gibson and Drew Parks of LaCrosse participated in the East Regional Special Olympic tournament last weekend in Cheney. Norma received a gold medal in the shot put and bronze in the...
Obituaries
A graveside memorial service for Wanda M. Bryngelson, 84, will be held on Friday, May 15, 2015, 10:30 a.m. at the Freeze Cemetery north of Potlatch. Mrs. Bryngelson died early last Tuesday, May 5,... Full story
Lentil fest plans launch
The National Lentil Festival poster unveiling and wine vs. brew tasting sponsored by Chipman & Taylor Chevrolet will be at The Cider House June 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. This event serves as the kickoff for the 27th annual National Lentil Festival, which...
Pastor’s corner
"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 7:12) This is possibly the most familiar thing that Jesus ever said. Most people refer to it as the Golden Rule. It is the...
Garfield May Day
6 – 10 am: Boy Scout Breakfast, GP Middle School Cafeteria 8 – 10 am: Moose on the Loose 5K Run, Start at Garfield City Park 10 – 2 pm: Vendor Sales, City Park Silent Auction, City Park Raffle 10:00 am: Lineup for Big Parade, with start time @...
Zimmer-Boffey vows set May 30
Kaylee Michelle Zimmer of Richland, daughter of Mike and Lorie Zimmer of LaCrosse, and Cameron Edward Boffey of Richland, son of Larry and Marcia Boffey of Camano Island, plan a May 30 wedding at the... Full story
Awesome Authors Inc. taking orders
Lacrosse The Awesome Authors Inc. Book Company, which consists of third, fourth, seventh and eighth graders, are taking orders for a pre-sale of a book containing a collection of stories they have written and illustrated. They are still in...
My favorite recipes by Linda Marler
Barb Kinzer is one of the few women around who enjoys both horses and decorating cakes. Raised as the oldest “boy” in a farm family, she quickly showed an aptitude for mechanical things and animal...
Group work day; Don Moore marks 90th
Dusty Dusty Cemetery has scheduled a work day for Monday, May 18, at 8:30 a.m. Volunteers are asked to bring weed eaters, shovels, blocks and bars. A meeting will follow the work session. Sunday, approximately 20 family and friends celebrated Don...
Trail riders to start: Rosalia ramps up for Battle Days
Rosalia Rosalia volunteer firemen Saturday plan to power wash the streets for Battle Days June 6. In order to help make this wash effective, Mayor Nanette Konishi asks business owners, chamber and cou... Full story
Jazz band victorious at Mt. Hood
Colfax High School Jazz band topped their competition division Saturday in the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival at Mt. Hood Community College. Director Mike Morgan noted the first-place win was the third awarde...
Lutheran church group works on blanket project
Endicott Elizabeth Circle met at Trinity Lutheran church Monday, May 11, to work on blankets. Ladies present were Carol Hannas, Louise Owens, Gail Bilow, Barbara Huntly and Ann Stoner. Winners of the Endicott Registered Shoot were as follows: A...
Snowpack melt sites set new record lows
Washington’s snowpack melt this year was earlier than usual, according to data from the 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The fifth NRCS report issued Friday noted the... Full story
Green on green
Green lumber cars frame the fields north of Garfield this week. The cars nearly matching them in color. At the top, a sprayer works its way along a fence line....
Don C. Brunell
How is Seattle’s Lighthouse for the Blind connected to the Export-Import Bank? Very closely. Since 1918, The Lighthouse for the Blind has provided education, training and manufacturing jobs for people with visual and hearing disabilities. Of the...
Bruce Cameron
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2010. I’ve read that an average dog possesses a vocabulary of 200-300 words, which is enough for him to have his own Twitter account. Most people won’t buy their dogs a...
Letters
Three things Could we ask our state legislators to do three things regarding recreational drugs? One would be to take some action against the largest recreational drugs. What’s to stop our state from declaring that alcohol, tobacco (and marijuana?)...
Bob Franken
Our country is unraveling, right before our eyes. No longer can we treat the eruptions of violence in places like Baltimore as isolated incendiary incidents. If, as a nation, we don’t take immediate remedial action, which means a complete overhaul...