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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public sale of the personal property, including mobile home, located at 605 NW Fisk, Lot #26, Pullman, WA 99163, will take place on September 5, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. at the following address: Sevdy’s Trailer Court 605 NW Fisk, Lot #26 Pullman, WA 99163 The landlord will accept any commercially reasonable offer for such property, payable in cash only, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to reasonable expenses including unpaid rent pursuant to RCW 60.10.030. If such property be removed from the rented p...
Whitman County Gazette, Aug. 25, 2016 At Pullman Regional Hospital Brood, Carson Kenneth, born Aug. 16 at 10 pounds, four ounces, to Holly and Daniel Brood, Palouse. Paternal grandparents are Wayne and Debbie Brood, Moscow. Maternal grandparents are Gregg and Margie Kimball, Pullman. Baby joins sister Layla, 8. Justice, Sequoia Joyce, born Aug. 16 at six pounds, 13 ounces, to Eric Stenback and Tiffany Justice, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Greg and Jana Stenback, Ames, Iowa. Maternal grandparents are Ralph and Marlene Sproul, Spokane...
Pullman Regional Hospital will offer a 10-week Aging Mastery Program with classes beginning Sept. 9. Registration is now open. The program has been developed by the National Council on Aging and is geared toward helping older individuals to develop strategies to help them navigate longer lives and age well. “It's a series program, and the whole series is designed to assist seniors and boomers in making impactful and lasting changes in their lives,” said Noel Nicolai, education coordinator at the hospital. This is the second time the hos...
Marvin Ray, 88, a member of the 1946 class of Colfax High School, died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Colville. A memorial service will be Saturday, Aug. 20, at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Nazarene in Colville. Mr. Ray retired at Colville where he managed the state Employment Security Office for 25 years. He retired after a 40-year career with the Employment Security Office and also served at Okanogan, Ephrata, Moses Lake and Walla Walla before moving to Colville. Born Jan. 1, 1928, in Colfax to Banner and Beulah Crumbaker Ray, he lived on a...
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend any products or devices to help seniors track down lost or misplaced items, like car keys, wallet, cell phone, etc. My husband has become forgetful in his old age, so we spend a lot of wasted time looking for things. Frustrated Spouse Dear Frustrated, There are actually a wide variety of tracking devices that can help you and your husband find items that are commonly misplaced or lost. Here are some top options to consider depending on how tech savvy you are. Smartphone or Tablet Users If you or your...
--Shirlene Young photo A dramatic situation quickly developed after a transformer sparked a fire on the west hill in Colfax above Hamilton Park. Although the night time photo shows little detail, it does show the fire’s close proximity to this neighboring home. Colfax fire crews late Thursday night, Aug. 18, stopped a fire which swept across grass and brush on the west hill above the old Almota Road in south Colfax. Power supply was knocked out to the southwest corner of town at about 11:15 t...
Palouse branch of Whitman County Library has installed a Free Little Library in Heritage Park. It is one of seven that will be installed around the county, soon to be part of a world-wide free library organization and online mapping system. The structure was designed two years ago by students at WSU, fabricated one year ago and installed Aug. 18 by Jeff Snook and Greg Pearce. A plaque will soon be in place to acknowledge the designers and fabricators....
The Whitman County Human Society is gearing up for the eighth annual Mutt Strutt in Pullman's Reaney Park. The event is slated for Saturday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration is now open for the event which will include several owner and dog activities, of which companionships can participate in up to three. One event is the doggy bob in which the first to eat all of his or her hot dog chunks will win. Large dogs will be required to eat six, while small dogs will be required to eat three, and handlers are not allowed to hand feed the...
Thursday, Aug. 25 Colton – 2:30 p.m. – Snap Circuit Fun – Electricity, motors, resistance, capacitors, transistors, meters and integrated circuits OH MY! Kids ages 10 and older are invited to join in learning about electronics with the fun-filled Snap Circuit Kits. To register or for more information call Holly at 509-229-3887. Colton – 5:30 p.m. – Bingo and Pie – Come play some bingo and eat pie while the kids watch a movie in their pajamas. Colton – 5:30 p.m. – Pajamas and a Movie – Calling all kids, throw on your pajamas, grab your favorit...
Endicott Trinity Lutheran Church will host a Habitat for Humanity reception Aug. 28 at 11:45 a.m. Jennifer Wallace from Habitat for Humanity will be there to thank all those in the area who have helped with projects in Endicott. Thrivent Financial, a group affiliated with the Lutheran Church, had a big part in helping with projects. Those involved are encouraged to attend....
Dusty Saturday, Lucky and Joan Myrick enjoyed a surprise visit from Joan’s cousin, Gary Grewell, Olympia, and his sons, Todd, Portland, Ore.; Darrin, Olympia, and Darrin’s son, Tanner. The Grewells were in the area visiting family, enjoying the culture of Eastern Washington and learning about the Brink homesteads. They also visited cousins Brock and Linda Hill in Viola, and Steve and Becky Brink and Marge Brink in Palouse. Karen Broeckel joined family members at Eddy’s in Colfax for Sunday lunch and to see her great-nephew, Austin Beasl...
Colfax graduates attended the summer gathering at the Timbercreek buffet Aug. 9 in Spokane. Women present at the reunion included, in front, Leah Olson Orr, class of '57; Carol Haxton Rubin, '60, and Barbara Long Martin, '53. In back are Lillie Colley Conrad, '52; Elaine Morris Krouse, '62; Marilyn Vannice Ray, '59, and Sharon Hull Kunze, '60. Men attending were, in front from the left, Carl Ray, '53; Mark Rubin, '59; Jerry Martin, '51; Terry Stueckle, '51; Al White; Dannie Colvin, '52, and...
Rosalia swim pool will have its last midnight swim of the season on Aug. 27 from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. with all ages welcome. Admission will be $2, and concessions will be available. Also, swim hours hours will be extended Aug. 30, 31 and Sept. 1, the last day of the season....
Macedonia Baptist Church in Colfax will again host its Compassion Closet Saturday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. until noon. This is a free event the church holds twice a year to give away free clothing and household items. They have clothes in a variety of sizes from infants through adults, including maternity clothes. The church also has baby items, books, kitchen supplies, decorative items, shoes and more. At their last Compassion Closet, more than 90 people came through and received supplies. This is completely free and open to everyone. The...
St. Ignatius Hospital, 1907 postcard from the personal collection of Patrick McDonald, Whitman County Library’s Rural Heritage Collection. Right, Claiborne “Peg-Leg” Kenedy, Palouse postmaster at the turn of the century who suffered a “woods accident.” To save his life, Kenedy’s leg was amputated just below the knee without benefit of either physician or anesthetic. From the collection of Bob West, Roy Chatters Newspaper and Printing Museum and Whitman County Library’s Rural Heritage Coll...
Gabe, Megan, Etta, Simon and Owen Brannan of Pullman. A Colfax boy with deep roots in the community, Gabe and his family live nearby, a decision made when he and Megan had their first child. Portland was cool, but the Palouse is where the grandparents are. The son of Fred and Tenny Brannan, Gabe graduated from Colfax High School in 1995. He was a champion swimmer in the county league, still holding many of his records. In high school he swam very competitively, with practices in Pullman before...
Nearby wildfires at times can cause the air quality in the area to become polluted and potentially cause health problems. Fires this week burning near Colville, Spangle, Riggins, Kahlotus and other nearby areas, combined with winds, brought smoke to the area over the weekend, lowering the air quality. Most of the smoke had moved out by Monday, with the air quality in Pullman labeled as good on the Department of Ecology website. Ecology has six rankings on its website to indicate to the public the air quality. Those include good, which...
A quarterly Colfax Connects session will be at the Jones Schoolhouse at the Palouse Empire Fairground at noon Wednesday, Sept. 7, the day before the start of the four-day fair. The meeting will bring together different groups and entities from around Colfax. “It's really just a way so that all of us know what's going on and so we can advocate for each other,” said Valoree Gregory, Colfax unified executive director. “Usually we just have people go around saying what they're doing.” The last Colfax Connects program meeting was at the Hyde Ou...
Oakesdale residents had no, or only sporadic, water for part of last week due to a water main leak. Water to the entire town was shut off Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 17, and restored off and on Thursday and Friday as Bob Hooper, public works director, and others worked to make repairs. Water service was temporarily restored Friday at 4 p.m. Workers put a temporary clamp on the main Wednesday night. The town now awaits a part, a sleeve to seal the 12-inch main, to complete the repair. The incident was caused the morning of Aug. 17 by an errant...
Tim Ensley of Colfax harvested into the night last Thursday to advance harvest on a field of winter wheat located just south of the entry road to the Colfax airport. Ensley was operating a 2011 Case-IH 8120 model which was fitted with a 40-foot Draper header. The lights on the machine are standard equipment, but Ensley had an assist from a full harvest moonTim Ensley of Colfax harvested into the night last Thursday to advance harvest on a field of winter wheat located just south of the entry...
Approximately 75 volunteers assembled more than 85 food boxes with lentil casserole meal bags at the National Lentil Festival Saturday. The three-hour project was conducted by Feeding Children Everywhere in conjunction with Decagon Devices, Inc., and the Moscow Idaho Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The boxes were donated to the Trinity Baptist Food Bank in Moscow. These lentil casserole bags packaged at the Lentil Festival Aug. 20 make six meals each. Around 75...
Fire crews from Colfax, Diamond, Steptoe, Albion and Pullman District 12 responded last Thursday, Aug. 18, at about 2:22 p.m. to a field fire on Shawnee Road across from the Larry Cochran residence. The fire burned eastbound toward the Cochran rock pit above South Palouse River Road. Mark Cochran estimated they lost about 20 acres of winter wheat. The fire is believed to have started off the turbo unit of a truck. Cochran’s daughter, Claire, was driving the truck. She saw the fire coming out from under the truck and called to report it. C...
William Warnock, 36, Lewiston, was taken by Colfax ambulance to Whitman Hospital Saturday night after he was injured in a motorcycle accident on Hume Road east of Steptoe. Warnock’s injuries were reported to be non-life threatening. According to the report by Sheriff’s Sgt. Dan Brown, Warnock was riding southbound on Hume Road at 7:38 p.m. and failed to negotiate a curve to the left. The motorcycle went down a grass embankment....
A stop for riders in the Tour de Lentil ride from Pullman Saturday morning was set up at the Columbia Bank lot in Colfax. Bicycle riders who departed Pullman as early at 6:15 a.m. in the Lentil Festival event began arriving at the stop here after about 8 a.m. Riders entering Colfax via the Almota Road from Onecho were participating in either the 150K or 100K tour rides which looped back to Pullman. Riders on the 150K loop headed north to Steptoe Butte where they were scheduled to ride up the butte before returning to Pullman via Garfield and...
The request to form a metropolitan park district in Colfax was submitted on deadline and will be on the Nov. 8 General Election ballot, City Administrator Michael Rizzitiello reported to the city council Aug. 15. He noted the city had to scramble to get the proposal to the county elections staff by the Aug. 2 deadline. The metro park district proposal evolved out of discussions on the condition of the aging Colfax swim pool which now faces increased annual costs for repairs and equipment. Rizzitiello said the city’s ballot proposal will i...
