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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting will be beld on September 9th, 2014 @ 3 PM in the Public Service Building Auditorium, N. 310 Main Street Colfax, WA 99111. Persons requiring ADA accommodations should advise us of that need. Mark Storey Director of Public Works 35/1 Town of LaCrosse, WA - Wastewater System Improvement Project Notice of Application and Optional DNS Town of LaCrosse has received a permit application for the following project that may be of interest to you. You are invited to... Full story
Dear Savvy Senior, What’s the process for getting Medicare to pay for an electric mobility scooter or power wheelchair? My 76-year-old mother has arthritis in her knees and hips, and has a difficult time getting around anymore. Searching Daughter Dear Searching, Getting an electric-powered mobility scooter or wheelchair for your mom that’s covered by original Medicare starts with a visit to her doctor’s office. If eligible, Medicare will pay 80 percent of the cost, after she meets her $147 Part B deductible. She will be responsible for the r...
Albion library will change its operating hours starting next Tuesday, Sept. 2. Hours will be Tuesdays, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to noon; and Thursdays, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Storytime will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. and craft times are every first and third Thursday at 4 p.m....
A new class called “5:15 Fitness” will be offered at the Colfax Library on Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. beginning Sept. 8. This 45 minute circuit training program, taught by certified instructor Nancy Stanard, boosts your energy and fitness level. Cost is $30 per month or $5 per session but residents needing financial assistance can request scholarship assistance. No pre-registration is required....
AT GARFIELD/ PALOUSE SCHOOLS: Monday: Closed Tuesday: Turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, rice, roll, green beans, apple slices, peaches, jello. Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, roll, tossed salad, baked beans, strawberries and bananas. Thursday: French dip, potato wedges, green beans, peaches, watermelon, (9-12th - Teddy Grahams) Friday: Chicken bunwich, lettuce, tomatoes, french fries, raisins, applesauce. AT LACROSSE SCHOOL: Monday: Closed Tuesday: Chicken strips, pork & beans, fruit cup, fresh veggies. Wednesday: Hamburger, corn, peaches, cookie....
*For full obituaries, see weekly pages section for this weeks paper. Mary Lou Harwood John Glen Weitman ___________________________ Betty Lorraine Barton, 86, former long-time resident of LaCrosse who recently resided at Winona, died at her home Aug. 8. Born Dec. 5, 1927, in Alberta, Utah, she was the oldest of six children born to Asa and Verla Smith. She and Edward Barton, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II, were married Dec. 14, 1957. She enjoyed flowers and vegetable gardening, crocheting and caring for animals. She was known... Full story
8 years ago The Commoner Aug. 30, 1889 We can state without contradiction that the dust was laid Tuesday morning in grand style. It was not done by Colfax's sprinkling cart, but someone "pulled the plug" from the heavenly cart and let a few drops down on our city. We are informed by one of the brick masons in this city that there are over three million bricks yet to be laid to complete the asylum now under construction at Medical Lake in this territory. The Colfax baseball club has accepted a challenge to play a friendly game with the Tekoa...
AT PULLMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL Hurley, Carson Patrick, was born Aug. 17 at six pounds, 15 ounces, to Allison and Shane Hurley of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Pat Hurley of Metairie, La., and Leisa Case of Colville. Maternal grandparents are Aaron and Nite Worden of Addy. Solis, Susan Grace, was born Aug. 18 at eight pounds, eight ounces, to Joe and Tracy Solis of Colfax. Paternal grandparents are Bobbi Silverstone of Gladstone, Mich., and Don Solis of Perronville, Mich. Maternal grandparents are Joe and Jenni Quirk of Longview. Runyon,...
A city crew installs new playground equipment in Lookout Park this past week....
Volunteers responded to a report of a fire at the Palouse Empire Fairground at 11 a.m. Friday. The fire turned out to be a juniper bush. A crew on the Diamond Fire truck, which is stationed at McGregors, extinguished the bush....
More than 20 members of the Colfax Thrifty Grandmothers were honored Aug. 21 at the special luncheon hosted by the Colfax Chamber of Commerce. The grandmothers were sponsored by businesses and individuals. Twenty-one members of the club returned RSVPs. Colfax Mayor Todd Vanek presented the club members with another key to the city and commended them on their volunteer work. Colfax Distinguished Young Women winners Amara Huber, Erica Eng, and Ysabeax Eng performed their talent competition numbers for the grandmothers. Approximately 50 people...
Forty people attended the Aug. 4 Colfax alumni luncheon in Spokane. Next luncheon will be Tuesday, Oct. 7. Men: Front: Jack Martin (1956), Dave Rouse (1957), Harold Meyers (1951), Carl Ray (1953), Larry Brownell (1952) and Ed Schluneger (1953). Back: Don Dayton (1953), Joe Reynolds (1962), Daryl Koch (1966), Earl Enos (1953), Jim Krouse (1963), Karl Harder (1957), Jerry Martin (1951) and Joe Jenkins (1962). Not pictured: Al White, Bob Lonn (1961), Don Steiger (1952), Greg McNeilly (1966) and...
The Whitman Samplers are a busy group, meeting once monthly at Palouse River Quilts, working on group quilts as well as their own individual projects. This year the group has completed a quilt, titled “Black Beauty,” and raffle tickets are being sold for one dollar each. The quilt is on display at Whitman County Library in Colfax with tickets sold there or by individual quilting group members. Proceeds of the raffle benefit local charities, including the Firemen’s Toy Fund, the Council on Aging...
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club planning committee met at the home of President Fran Jones last week to set up the schedule of programs and hostesses for the coming year. Elberta peaches are coming on at Warm Springs Ranch orchard on the Snake River. Someone is there all the time and all are welcome to come get peaches when they can. Guenter and Brigitte Scherwinski, Mountain Home, Idaho, are visiting their daughter and son-in-law, Angela and Brian Broeckel, this week. Larry and Di Brink, Mike Stine and John, Brandi and Myla Brink were at the home of...
Thursday, August 28 Colfax — Noon — Gentle Yoga with Suzy McNeilly — Pay by the month or by the class. Friday, August 29 Colfax — The Whitman Samplers are raffling a quilt to raise money for great causes. The quilt is on display at the library and tickets are just $1. Saturday, August 30 All branches closed in observance of Labor Day Weekend. Sunday, August 31 All branches closed in observance of Labor Day Weekend. Monday, September 1 All branches closed in observance of Labor Day Weekend. Tekoa — 6 to 8 p.m. — Parenting Wisely Online Clas...
Rosalia The Brass Rail’s second annual Show ‘n Shine will be Saturday, Sept. 20, starting at 1 p.m. Entrants will line up on Whitman Avenue, and the craft vendors will line up on 6th, next to the Texaco visitor’s center. Entry fee for vendors will be $10. Contact the Brass Rail for more information....
Endicott Virgil and Betty Jordan of Winona had as guests cousins Andy & Ruth Huddleston from Virginia. They all went to a Bartleson reunion in Kent. Willy and Anne Lowe had as guests daughter Dee, Douglas & Ian Hill of Kent, grandson Marcus and wife Jamie Hill of Moscow, Idaho and daughter Stephanie and Art Dever of Melbourne, Fla. All of them and Corrine Lowe of Steptoe went to Sol Vallarta for a family dinner on Aug. 23....
This vintage outhouse, donated to the fair by Jack Ensley, makes a good movement towards its future home at the fairground in Mockonema. It will be displayed close to the Jones Schoolhouse. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression of the 1930’s....
Real estate sales Adam Austin and Olivia Ruth Barron, Palouse, to David Billin and Kathryn Ladd, Pullman, house on SR 27 near Palouse, $239,000, Aug. 19. Richard L. Domey and Diane M. Gillespie, Pullman, to 5 McRentals, LLC, Pullman, multi-family residence on NE Duncan Lane in Pullman, $235,000, Aug. 20. Mushtaq A. and Huma Memon, Pullman, to Jeffrey D. Gramlich and Margrethe Naess-Smith, Falmouth, Me., house on SE Meadow Vale Drive in Pullman, $522,000, Aug. 20. Sandra S. Ristow, Pullman to Heath R. and Tisha Barnes, Clarkston, house on SE...
Every day, birds flying near a certain spot on the California-Nevada border are incinerated in midair. They’re called “streamers” for the puff of smoke that appears as they ignite and plummet to the ground. Federal wildlife investigators estimate there’s one “streamer” every two minutes. What’s causing this? The birds are falling victim to a massive solar energy installation in California’s Mojave Desert. Launched last year, the $2.2 billion facility is the world’s largest plant to employ power towers. It sits on 4,000 acres of public land th...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2009. When I was younger, I used to love sitting in Santa’s lap at the shopping mall — and was sad when I finally outgrew it at age 30. Last year, I was at a charity holiday theme party where Santa was scheduled to appear, only, as it turned out, the theme was “Santa Won’t Be Here Because His Car Was Repossessed.” This is hard to explain to a room full of first-graders who are already grumpy because they’ve spent the afternoon helping to wrap presents for other “less fortuna...
Colfax Good deed Today while driving down to the store I noticed that the traffic was stopped at the corner of The Courtyard and Arby’s. I noticed several elderly ladies (one with a walker) carefully making their way across the street. Best, though, was the fact that they were using the bright orange flags to signal a pedestrian stop. Thanks to a young man, Mr. Hart I believe, a recent graduate of Colfax High School and his senior project. He really did a good deed. Jack McBride, Cheese I appreciated the recent story/article about Prof. NS G...
It tells you much about the laughable indictment of Texas Gov. Rick Perry that it has made him a figure of bipartisan sympathy. Perry was indicted for the offense of vetoing an appropriations bill. Not vetoing an appropriations bill in exchange for a bribe. Not vetoing an appropriations bill as a favor to a donor. Not vetoing an appropriations bill in excess of his lawful authority. But simply vetoing an appropriations bill. That Perry could, in theory, face more than 100 years in prison stemming from this veto is so mind-bogglingly stupid...
Let’s take a little trip down memory lane, which in this day of high tech and low retention means anything that happened more than five minutes ago. Still let’s hearken waaaay back to 2008 and that primary campaign ad for Hillary Clinton, the one that started, “It’s 3:00 in the morning at the White House” and then went on to ask who would answer when the phone rings and some crisis comes a-callin’. The idea was that Hillary had the necessary experience to deal with the matter, while neophyte Barack Obama did not. We all know how well that w...
Inversion is the practice of companies moving their headquarters out of the United States to save on taxes. At present, the corporate tax in America is the highest in the world for industrial states. Since the announcement that Burger King was merging with a Canadian donut chain, tax inversion has become a hot topic. That is because Burger King has plans to locate the new combined corporate headquarters to Canada to save on corporate taxes, renouncing its corporate citizenship. Some critics have called for a boycott of Burger King, one asking...