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Dear Savvy Senior, What are the best Medicare coverage options for retirees who travel a lot? Almost 65 Dear Almost, The best Medicare options for retirees who travel extensively depends on your destination. Let’s start with a quick review of the different coverage choices Medicare offers beneficiaries today. One option is Original Medicare, which has been around since 1966, and covers (Part A) hospital services and (Part B) doctor’s visits and other medical services. If you choose Original Medicare, you may also want to get a Medicare (Pa...
8 years ago The Commoner Aug. 1, 1890 The contract for doing the rock work on the Lewiston road was awarded to Contractors Anderson and Swanson. Both men were terribly injured while at work one mile east of here last Saturday. A hole had been drilled into the rock preparatory to making a blast, and Swanson was pouring powder into it while Anderson tamped it down with an iron rod. Two kegs of black powder and considerable dynamite had been placed in the hole, and both men lay on their stomachs with their faces toward it, when the action of the...
The full name of the deceased sister of William Carl Jahnke, whose obituary was printed in the July 23 Gazette, was Judy Redmond Walker Sommerfeld. The last name was unintentionally omitted. She died in 2008....
A memorial service for Dorothy M. Peacock, 93, former long-time Garfield resident who made her retirement home in Coeur d'Alene, will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, at the Community United Methodist Church 1470 W Hanley Ave, Coeur d'Alene, 83815. Mrs. Peacock died July 23, 2015, at her home in Coeur d’Alene. Born in Denton, Mont., to homesteaders Joe and Minette Hill, she came to Coeur d’Alene at nine months of age. She took elocution lessons at age 5 and was known for reciting many poems throughout her life. Her musical parents and bro... Full story
Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — Cabbage rolls, pasta salad, fruit parfait, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — Cabbage rolls, pasta salad, fruit parfait, milk, coffee or tea. Palouse-Palouse Community Center: Wednesday — Cabbage rolls, pasta salad, fruit parfait, milk, coffee or tea. Pullman-Pullman Senior Center: Monday — Cabbage rolls, pasta salad, fruit parfait, milk, coffee or tea. Friday — Club sandwich, grape and broccoli salad, vegetable tray, zucchini bread, milk, coffee or tea. VAN SCHEDULE:...
Senders will play at Dahmen The Senders will perform music from the 1960s and 1970s Saturday, Aug. 16 at the new Dahmen Barn addition in Uniontown. The performance will start at 7 p.m. and the doors will open at 6:15 p.m. Tickets will only be sold at the door with $25 per couple and $15 for singles. ' Considered one of the best cover bands in the Inland Northwest, The Senders have performed since 1987. They include Hal Logan on drums, Jim Roberts on guitar, Jon Anderson on keyboard and guitar and Mark Snodgrass on bass. BIRTHS Whitman County...
At a stop for coffee on a drive from Seattle to Durango, Colo. before Christmas 2002, Cody Lord and his brother got to talking. Why wasn’t there a better way to keep a cup of coffee from getting cold too soon? The question led to a discussion in the car, which led to a 10-year effort, which led to last week. Lord, the Clerk-Treasurer for the town of Garfield, and his half-brother Andy Hamm are two of three partners in HLC Efficiency Products, LLC, which last week debuted its licensed product, t...
Whitman County Library will host a series of programs on aging with funding from Empire Health Foundation and in partnership with Rural Resources and The Alzheimer’s Association. Upcoming classes and activities include, What You Need to Know about Alzheimer’s, Maintaining Brain Health, Independence for Aging Adults, Caregiver Coffee Hours and gentle Yoga classes. The first class, “Y-Balance Yoga with Suzy McNeilly”, which will be free for seniors 65 and over, will be each Monday starting Aug. 10 from 8:30-9:15 a.m. in the Colfax Library...
Richard Cross, Jr., 44, Tekoa, pleaded not guilty in superior court Friday morning to charges of second degree burglary and theft of a motor vehicle. Cross was arrested Monday after deputies responded to a report from a Tekoa woman who said her car had been stolen out of her garage. The alleged victim said she had looked out of her window and saw her car go past her residence. Deputies located the car parked about a block from her house at the residence where Cross resided. The report said a bicycle was found back at the garage where the car...
Jacob Sliger, 24, Pullman, was sentenced to three months in jail July 24 after he pleaded guilty to a charge of third degree assault. Sliger was charged with spitting in the face of a Pullman police officer who had responded June 24 to what appeared to be a fight on NE Merman Drive. The officer and a deputy had been parked at the Valley Playfield and observed what they believed to be Sliger running up to two men on NE Merman and shoving one to the ground. The report said Sliger told the officers he didn’t want to go back to jail and resisted ar... Full story
Mary Dye of Pomeroy topped the money part of the heated race for the state Ninth District representative seat, according to Public Disclosure Commission listings as of July 27. Both Dye, who was appointed in May to the seat vacated by Rep. Susan Fagan’s resignation, and Richard Lathim, former Franklin County sheriff from Kahlotus, are waging a heated campaign in the primary which finished Aug. 4. Dye’s fund raising total was reported at $15,185 with spending at $5,167. Lathim’s total raised is at $12,046 with $8,880 in spending. Kenneth Caylo... Full story
A Sept. 14 trial date was scheduled for Christopher K. Humphrey, one of two Moscow suspects charged with possession of stolen property in the second degree, after he pleaded not guilty Friday morning in superior court. Arraignment of the other suspect, Taylor S. Line, was scheduled for Aug. 7. He faces the same charge. Line’s arraignment was delayed because he did not have an attorney with him Friday morning in court. The charge relates to a pickup truck which was found stalled July 24 along the Old Moscow Road. Items found in the truck were a...
Dusty Last Tuesday and Wednesday, Di Brink and Joan Myrick went to Spokane Valley to visit with their cousin, Camille Patterson. They spent two days laughing, eating and shopping. Wednesday, they went to Green Bluff and visited High Country where they shopped and had some wonderful pie. Susan Russel, former Whitman County resident, and her family, of Portland, were guests at the Parsonage Bed and Breakfast, arriving on Monday and staying through Saturday. A Russel family picnic was at the Colfax park with approximately 40 members attending....
Cathy and Jim White with grandchildren Brielle, Piper, Taylor, Asher and Cody. Camden, the new grandson, is not pictured. As Cathy White begins retirement from Colfax Schools, she looks back on a career she has loved. Born in Sunnyside, she also lived in Everett before moving to Seattle, where she graduated from Roosevelt High School. These moves were part of her father’s career advancement, and in Seattle he was Dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington. Her mother s...
Sarah Appel of Colfax “rows” during a group fitness routine last Saturday at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman. Zoe Moser of Colton-Uniontown sings “Riptide” by Vance Joy. Linda Zhang of Pullman poses after receiving an award for interview. A row of contestants during a preamble to the self-expression part of the program. Contestants converge on Taylor Yamane of Warden, the 2016 Distinguised Young Woman of Washington.... Full story
Two combines cut through one of Steve Swannack's mustard fields in Lamont Saturday morning. About 16-18 combines were out in the fields throughout the day, harvesting approximately 1,000 acres of mustard, wheat and oats for Swannack, who was stricken with a severe case of pancreatitis in June. Below, more combines comb through a winter wheat field on Swannack’s farmland. When Lamont farmer Steve Swannack fell ill in June, there was no question that his fields would be harvested. "Somebody will j...
Colfax MARRIAGE LICENSES Ryan Lee Ballard, 26, and Lillian Ryann Grady, 26, both Spokane, Aug. 3. Justin Ray Brewer, 35, and Deana Rhea King, 25, both Pullman, Aug. 3. BUILDING PERMITS Carpenter, McGuire, DeWulf, air conditioning at law office, 208 N. Main, $4,300, July 27. Donald Deen, heat pump at 101 Southview Heights, $18,000, July 28. Bob Garrett, roof installation at Flowers & More, 222 S. Main, $12,000, July 28. REAL ESTATE SALES Community Pride Senior Rentals, Brush Prairie, to St. John Rentals, St. John, duplex in St. John, $485,000, J... Full story
The Obama Administration announced it will begin providing Pell grants to federal prisoners, effectively overturning a 1994 ban on the practice. While overturning the ban requires Congressional action, the administration is circumventing Congress by designating the plan a "pilot program." If allowed to stand, the administration’s unauthorized action would be costly to taxpayers. From 1972-95, before Congress issued the ban, inmates received $34.6 million a year in Pell grants. Under the new pilot, prisoners will receive up to $5,775 for t...
This photo of the North Fork of the Palouse River was shot Friday, July 31, from rocks normally submerged at this time of year....
Mt. St. Helens Don Brunell’s column of 16 July prompted an online search of “Mt. St. Helens recovery” because of his claim: “Nowhere is the contrast between managed forests and barren forest land clearer than on Mount St. Helens.” That’s not what I found. Five years ago Scientific American (May 19, 2010) pointed out how well the unmanaged land has recovered: “…the devastating losses had made room for remarkable gains – in terms of both ecosystem productivity and scientific progress. “Plants and animals that never stood a chance under heavy...
It turns out that everything we've heard about the evils of states and localities defying federal law is wrong. So long as a jurisdiction is sticking its thumb in the eye of the federal government on behalf of illegal immigrants who have been arrested and jailed, defiance of federal authority is progressive and commendable. Through the years, the left has created dozens upon dozens of so-called sanctuary cities devoted to frustrating federal immigration enforcement. On this issue, they are little islands of secession. Somewhere John C. Calhoun... Full story
In political news, the cliche that somebody has "sucked all of the air out of the room," means, of course, that an individual has managed to distract from the many elements of a multifaceted story and put the entire focus on himself. That's what Donald Trump has been doing of late -- sucking all the stagnant air out of the campaign and replacing it with his foul breath. How's that for a tortured metaphor? But for those who have felt like they've been tortured by the All-Donald-All-The-Time coverage, take heart: He's very quickly becoming... Full story
The Blob is here. No, not the famous 1950’s sci-fi movie starring a young Steve McQueen, but an area of abnormally warm water off the Pacific Coast. This concentration of warm water was first called “the blob” in 2014. Much has yet to be learned of the phenomenon. Scientists, however, are convinced that it may be a symptom or even the cause of some very serious changes in the marine environment. Whales are starving, starfish are dying in unusual numbers as are some seabirds, and krill, a fundamental part of the food chain, are declining. The b...
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. END NEAR ON PAVING PROJECT Final work on the Colfax segment of the Poe paving project is expected to be finished this week, City Administrator Mike Rizzitiello reported to the city council Monday night. Painting of lane stripes, parking markers and crosswalks remains on the work list. Also, some...
Colfax cheerleaders last week won the top trophy in a competition which concluded the cheer camp trip to Boise State University. The cheer camp brought squads from 20 different schools. Some of the squads at the camp came for large schools where cheer slots are awarded through stiff competition. The competition included sideline cheer, halftime cheer, band dance and halftime dance. Scores for each event were compiled into a final “game day score,” and when it was over Colfax topped the competition. Winners of UCA camp competitions around the...