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Larry L. Dickerson A memorial service for Larry Lee Dickerson, 73, former St. John mayor and long-time manager of St. John Telephone Co., was Wednesday afternoon in the St. John Community Center. Mr. Dickerson died last Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Born June 9, 1936, to Hollis and Lady Fae Dickerson at the family home in Ewan, he attended Ewan School until eighth grade and then attended St. John High School. He graduated with the class of 1954. After high school he served in the Air Force National Guard. He married Mavis Lowe Nov. 4, 1956, in St.... Full story
Savvy Senior Auto Aids That Can Help Senior Drivers Dear Savvy Senior, I’ve heard that there are different gadgets or devices you can buy for your car that can help older drivers. I’ve lost a lot of flexibility over the years and have a hard time getting in and out of my car, and my wife struggles with arthritis in her hands which causes her some problems too. What’s available that can help keep us mobile? Stiff Driver Dear Stiff, There are lots of gadgets and devices on the market today that can help make driving easier and safer for senio...
Grand total of reader hours logged by youngsters in the Whitman County Library’s summer reading program was 5,280 hours. The summer program enrolled 528 youngsters around the county, according to Sherri Miller, youth services manager. Participants who finished the reading requirements received goody bags filled with prizes and coupons along with a completion certificate. Many sponsors and volunteers donated money, incentives and time to enhance the program. Participants are listed as follows by library branch: Albion - Branch Manager: S... Full story
From the left, top row; Gabriel Lisonbee (as Little Jake’s understudy), Tina McCLure (as Annie Oakely), Jared Lisonbee (as Charlie Davenport)Below; Syrenna Lisonbee (extra) They’ve got guns, vintage dance dresses, men in buckskins, and loud music. Annie Get Your Gun is rising up in Pullman as wild as the west can get. Tina McClure (Annie Oakely) let’s one loose. “It’s the costumes! It’s the guns! It’s the makeup!” said Tina McClure at a media conference Monday. McClure is starring as Annie Oakely. Regional Theatre of the Palouse is performing a... Full story
Vogt, Junior Jammers will play at Dahmen Mabel Vogt and the Potlatch Junior Jammers will perform Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Dahmen Barn in Uniontown. Vogt is a five-time Idaho State Champion. She is an expert practitioner of traditional folk styles passed on by ear from one generation to the next. Her energetic repertoire reflects Celtic, Scandinavian, Southern, Canadian, Metis and bluegrass influences. Potlatch Junior Jammers, ages 5 to 18, will open the show. Vogt has mentored musicians from this group in public performances since 1984. They... Full story
Hooper Pat and Howard Morris hosted grandson Dylon Morris of Rhinelander, Wis., for the weekend. Saturday night dinner guests included Ryan and Dawn Morris, Grace and Austin Summers of LaCrosse, and Angela Morris and Emma Savage of Wenatchee. On Sunday, Pat, Howard and Dylon visited friends, Collin and Warna Jones, at their home in Spokane.... Full story
Belmont Robert and Gracie Miller celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary in Leavenworth over the weekend. Their three children Katha Miller-Winder and husband Doug Winder and their two children Alexandra and David, Bremerton; Karla and Dirk Sigrist, and their four boys, Jeremy, Jonathan, Joel and Jesse, Renton and Kent and Diane Miller, and Kiah, Colfax, helped them celebrate. Kent’s Aug. 20 birthday was also celebrated. Bob’s 96-year-old mother, Jean, was also at the celebration....
LaCrosse Three LaCrosse families are hosting foreign exchange students this year. Al and Carolyn Martin will host two while the Darrin Fleming family and the Gary Wargo family will each open their homes to one student. The Arts Council reports that ticket sales for the Baxter Black/Wylie show in Hooper Sunday, Aug. 30 have gone very well. Tickets will also be available on the day of the event. Advance carnival tickets for the Palouse Empire Fair are available at the Bank of Whitman. The advance sale ends Sept. 9, the day before the start of...
Week of Aug. 31 - Sept. 4, 2009 At Endicott School: Monday: Chickwich, fries, watermelon. Tuesday: Macaroni and cheese, salad, pears, roll. Wednesday: Tacos, peaches, maple bars. Thursday: Hot dogs or coneys, veggie tray, cantaloupe. Friday: Sloppy joes, corn, fruit tray. COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR PROGRAM MENUS Week of Aug. 31 - Sept. 4, 2009 Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — Chef salad, peaches, breadstick, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — Chef salad, peaches, breadstick, milk, coffee or tea. Pal...
Carlson, Zackary James, born Aug. 13, 2009 at five pounds, nine ounces, to Christine and Aaron Carlson of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Cindy Carlson and James McRill, Pullman. Maternal grandparents are Susan and Daniel Nelson, Dusty. Cothren, Aiden Billy, born Aug. 12, 2009, at eight pounds, 12 ounces, to Shawn and Melissa Cothren of Moscow. Paternal grandparents are Pamela D. Cothren, Pocatello, Idaho, and Lonnie A. Cothren, Brunswick, Ga. Maternal grandparents are Curt and Diane Simpson, Pocatello. The baby joins one sister, Ashlynn,... Full story
Top priority: patient safety Whitman Hospital and Medical Centers’s top priorities are patient safety and quality of care. Members of our hospital team meet monthly to review progress on our many efforts to improve safety for you, our patients, and that ties very closely with improving our performance as an organization. What does this mean? How are we doing at WHMC when it comes to patient safety? The following are comments from an article written by our Chief Clinical Officer, Denise Dominik. “We want our staff to be active partners in imp...
St. John High School Class of 1959 celebrated their 50-year class reunion July 18 at the home of Max Hubble with sixteen of 25 graduates attending. Pictured are front row, left to right: Jay McNall, Four Lakes; Mark Tollett, Thornton; Judy Lowe, Colfax and Karen Lynch Walker, Cheney. Second row: Harold Pierson, Max Hubble, both St. John; Larmie Davis, Culdesac, Idaho; Shirley Lautenslager Morrison, Burbank and Sheila Schierman Lester, Peoria, Ariz. Third row: Monte Holmes, Davenport; Mr. Quentin Clark, eighth grade teacher, Sumner; Vera Sharp... Full story
Lamont A community potluck will be at the Lamont Community Center Sunday, Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. Because of different holidays, the potluck dates this year are a little different. They are Oct. 4, Dec. 6 and Jan. 1. Rosie Melville celebrated her ninth birthday Friday, Aug. 21, at the St. John Park. Rosie is the daughter of Burke and Liz Melville and will be in fourth grade when the Lamont school starts Wednesday. Present at the party were Zeth and Zane Swanger, Emily Boutain, Alanna Aweson, and Alex Wheeler, Jacklyn Byrd, and Hannah and Laney...
Dusty Former resident Sharon Cook Stockwell, daughter of the late Johnny and Viola Cook, and Donnie Martin, Sumner, welcomed Brady Austin Martin, March 25. He weighed over six pounds, and is Sharon’s first child. Darrel and LaRae Claassen were in Kirkland this week to meet their new grandson, James, born July 27 to Mark and Lena Claassen Whitlock. He joins brothers Joe, 8, and Jonathan, 18 months. The Myrick family’s annual campout was two weekends ago at Cascade Peaks Campground near Packwood. Those in attendance included Lucky and Joan Myr...
Chuck and Marlene Carroll celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner at the Cliff House in Bellingham Aug. 14. The celebration was hosted by their two sons and their wives, Chuck and Lynn, Bellingham, and Jay and Jill, Yakima, and their six grandchildren. Chuck Carroll and Marlene Schumacher were married Sept. 5, 1959, in Colfax. Both graduated from Colfax High School and Chuck graduated from Washington State University with a degree in science and math. His first teaching and coaching job was in Oak Harbor where they lived for... Full story
Buri’s Medical Equipment of Colfax has received an Award of Accreditation from the Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation, based in Waterloo, Iowa. The association bestowed the three-year accreditation on Buri’s after reviewing the company’s patient care, financial stability and operational practices and procedures. Accreditation means Buri’s will meet new Medicare requirements that all companies be accredited by Sept. 30. The association sets standards for medical equipment businesses by ranking the quality of their equipment and man... Full story
Palouse Area Therapeutic Horseman-ship (PATH), a program for people with physical, mental and emotional disabilities, will begin its 2009 fall sessions Sept. 15. PATH is a community service program of the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University and has been serving the region for 30 years. The first of two five-week sessions will run from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, and the second session starts Oct. 20 and ends Nov. 19. Classes will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 5:30 to 7 p.m. The program is looking for n...
Meet Linda Fletcher, Tekoa Watercolor paintings decorate the home of Linda Fletcher at Tekoa. Most of her paintings depict nature, the Palouse and a quiet ease of life. Her paintings seem to speak of a quiet rural life which is something Linda currently lives. She has always thought the Palouse beautiful, but she had to adjust after living in bigger and busier places like her hometown of Manchester, England, a big industrial city. “You can’t get any more different,” she said, comparing her c... Full story
Tekoa Country Kids Daycare Center’s fifth annual Trike-A-Thon was Thursday, Aug. 20. The children learned safety rules for riding trikes and bikes during the week. Deputy Paul Reavis from the Whitman County Bike Patrol came to help with the event. The boys and girls rode their trikes and bikes in laps to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In the past years Tekoa Country Kids has raised several thousand dollars for St. Jude’s. Deputy Reavis spoke to the children about wearing helmets and other safety equipment while ridin... Full story
A trio of candidates for Rosalia Town Council asked the current council to eliminate pay for positions one, three and five at Tuesday night’s council meeting. Members of the Rosalia council receive $100 compensation for each meeting. “We are aware of the current financial problems and feel this would help,” said candidate Karen Rockness. “It would save the city approximately $7,200 per year.” Council members at Tuesday’s meeting said they would consider the proposal, but took no further action. Rockness is up against Erin Braun for the positio...
A fire swept through a wheat field north of Belmont Tuesday afternoon, destroying about 50 acres of wheat and 150 acres of stubble. The blaze began after a welding repair failed on the reel of a combine as a farm hand was harvesting, causing some plastic brackets to melt and drip molten plastic onto the dry stubble. No farm equipment was damaged and when the crews realized there was a fire, all the equipment was moved onto a nearby fallow field. “If it hadn’t been for the local firemen, then we would have been in trouble; the wind was blo... Full story
Dust fills the Palouse River Valley, as Jim Marple cuts a flat just west of the Wilbur Ellis plant in Colfax in a combine for the Morgan family’s Lazy M ranch at dusk Monday.... Full story
What have you ever cooked with lentils? Pamela Martin, Cheney “I’ve made lentil soup, chili, stew, and patties made of ground up lentils. You put it in the food processor and make a paste out of them.” Wiley Hollingsworth, Pullman “I haven’t yet.” “Did you get any ideas at the festival?” “Got some last year but didn’t do anything with it.” Daniel Wagner, Port Townsend “Soup.” “You only used lentils?” “No, with other beans and stuff like that.” Matt Risney, Ohio “Just lentil soup. I had lentil pancakes. The wife makes those. My mother-in-law...
The Difference between Scottish Cooking and Food W. BRUCE CAMERON Take the very worst of Scottish cooking, and what do you have? English cooking. That is the conclusion of a food historian named Cathryn Brown, whose research indicates that the Scottish dish haggis isn’t Scottish at all, but was invented by the English, who apparently hate people. To define terms: “Haggis” refers to what happens when you take inedible animal parts, mix them with horse feed and cook it in a sheep’s stomach. Nobody likes it, especially the sheep. “Scotla... Full story
The campground at Kamiak Butte was closed until further notice Sunday, Aug. 23, because the fire danger is now too risky, said Parks Director Tim Myers. With the late summer heat spells having dried up the underbrush and trees, a fire by a camper is too much of a risk now, Myers said. “If someone decides to have a fire and a breeze comes through, it could get sparks in the trees and brush.” Myers said. Fireworks, campfires, and smoking on trails have not been allowed in parks around the county since Aug. 5. Those restrictions apply at Kam...
