Articles from the July 15, 2010 edition
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Good old days - July 15, 2010
8 years ago, July 17, 1885 Frank Dickerson, the hardware merchant, has invented an infernal machine for destroying squirrels. It consists of a bellows about twenty inches long, upon which is placed a funnel of about the same length, into which is...
Obituaries - July 15, 2010
Lois I. Lisenbee A memorial service for Lois I. Lisenbee, 92, was Wednesday morning, July 14, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Farmington. The Rev. Kathy Lee Kramer officiated. Urn burial will be at Oakesdale Cemetery in...
Salon opens in Rosalia
ROSALIA, Mike Day, Gazette correspondent Jamie and Joel Crisp are owners of the new “Color Me Happy Hair Salon” now open in Rosalia. The shop is in the former Rosalia lumber building which for...
etc. - July 15, 2010
Hot Club of Spokane will perform at Tekoa The Hot Club of Spokane will bring an impressive array of musicians to present a “hot jazz” concert at the Empire Theatre in Tekoa Saturday, July 17, at 7 p.m. They will be accompanied by award-winning cab...
Oakesdale garage sales
Oakesdale Oakesdale’s annual community garage sale will be Saturday, July 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sign up at Crossett’s to be included on the map. Maps will be available the morning of the sale at Crossett’s. The mini-park between City Hall...
Christmas in July
LaCrosse LaCrosse Outreach Thrift Store will have a Christmas in July $2 Bag sale July 28 through July 30, from 1 to 4 p.m. Outreach plans to offer a bag sale four times a year. Christmas decorations, winter coats, sweat shirts and other items will...
Pirates at Colton
Children at the Colton Library learned about pirates and made pirate hats and eye patches as part of the Whitman County Library Summer Reading Program. The Colton program is every Monday for six weeks and is based on a water theme. The last program...
Hospital highlights - Hospital adds staff members
David Hollandsworth is a new supplemental (as-needed) caregiver in Respiratory Therapy. An East Valley High School grad who attended Spokane Community College where he attained his respiratory therapy degree, recently was on the staff at University...
Pastor’s corner - Characteristics of True Positive Volition
The ancient Greek city of Thessalonica was under the control of the Roman Empire. Thessalonica was located on the Via Egnatian highway that spanned the Roman Empire from east to west. The Romans considered their Caesar a god and anyone not...
Jeffries-Withers vows in Lewiston
Angie Jeffries and Ryan Withers were married by Pastor Jack and Vonnie Pea June 5, 2010, at The Church of the Nativity in Lewiston. The reception was at the Orchid Room in Morgan’s Alley where the Shriner’s Dixieland Band, featuring Angie’s grand...
Chandlers will mark golden date
A 50th wedding anniversary informal buffet luncheon for Jay and Janet Chandler will be July 24, at 1 p.m. at the Steptoe Grange Hall. Janet Hedrick, and Jay Chandler, both of Colville, were married at Colville Nov. 24, 1960. They have lived in...
Food distributions slated for July
Locations for a state and federal emergency food distribution for Wednesday, July 28, will be Palouse Federated Church, 1 to 3 p.m., and Rosalia Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m. For Thursday, July 29, distribution will be Malden/Pine City, Town Hall,...
Menus - July 15, 2010
Week of July 19-23, 2010 At Tekoa School: Monday: Burrito, cheese, sauce, tossed salad, applesauce cup. Tuesday: Sausage pattie, egg pattie, tator tots, fruit juice, biscuit. Wednesday: Beef pattie, hamburger bun, French fries, mixed fruit....
Glorfield family reunion brings 66
St. John, ALVA MAY JORDAN and JOAN CORDER, Gazette Correspondent The Glorfield family gathered at the St. John Community Center, June 27, for their 52nd annual reunion. Sixty-six members and guests attended. Joe Curtis gave the table grace for the...
Dusty guests arrive from New Mexico, Italy
Dusty Sharon Urtaza, daughter of Virginia Jones Edwards and Neal Edwards, is visiting with Bryan Jones and Urtaza’s aunt, Fran Jones. Sharon is accompanied by her youngest son Cristien and his friend Josh, all from Las Cruces, N.M. Grandchildren M...
September vows set in Lewiston
Brittany Wagner, daughter of Russell and Carla Wagner, Farmington, and Ryan Hermann, Lewiston, son of Douglas Hermann and Traci Hermann, both of Lewiston, will be married Sept. 4, 2010, in Lewiston. Brittany graduated from Oakesdale High School in...
Terhaar- Merk vows set at Colton
– Gotcha Photo Amber Rose Terhaar of Pullman, daughter of Jim and Jessie Penman of Colton and Brandon Christopher Merk of Pullman, son of Jim and Lisa Merk of Colton will be married in Colton, July 24, at 6:00 p.m. Amber attended Colfax High S...
MY FAVORITE RECIPES - Meet Joanne Gfeller, Cashup Flat
Joanne Curtis Gfeller doesn’t think her story is much different from that of many people in Whitman County. Born and raised here, she married a local farm boy and raised a family. Throughout her l...
Speeder cars return
Pacific Railcar Operators Saturday returned to the historic Potlatch Depot to hire out for rail rides to benefit the depot. The day was organized by the Washington, Idaho and Montana History Preservation group as a fund raiser. Centerpiece of the...
Relay for Life raises hopes and $35,000
Whitman Relay for Life marked its 15th year Friday night with 377 participants registered to compete in 17 different teams. Cancer survivors take the first lap on the CHS track behind the banner carried by Gail Webster and Kylie Allenbach before...
Word on the street - July 15, 2010
NBA Superstar LeBron James held a one-hour press conference to announce he was leaving his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat. James’ decision angered millions but pleased millions more. What do you think of his decision? Cole N...
Local conservative restarts blog
Conservative blogger Tom Forbes of Pullman announced this week he is restarting Palousitics, his blog on local politics. Palousitics had been an influential part of the local political scene during its heyday. Forbes had for two years left the local...
Methodist church will offer second free dinner
Colfax United Methodist Church will serve a free dinner July 22 for those looking to socialize and for those in need. This is the church’s second free dinner for the public. Last month’s dinner went off without a hitch so church members decided to...
Poe tabbed for second Wawawai Road stretch
For the second time in two weeks, Poe Asphalt of Pullman has landed a job to repave a portion of the Wawawai-Pullman Road along upper Union Flat southeast of Pullman. Monday, the firm was awarded a $342,013 contract to repave over two miles of the...
Rosalia motorcycle run reaches end of the line
With sponsors pulling out because of the recession, members of the Rosalia Motorcycle Association have decided to cancel the town’s annual motorcycle rally. “Unfortunately, we’re just not going to be able to put it on this year,” Kelly Messinger, a m...