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Colfax Senior Menus Wednesday, Sept. 13: Chef salad with ham, turkey, tomato, cucumber, cheese and hard boiled egg, wheat roll, sliced pears, dessert. Palouse Wednesday, Sept. 13: Cheese ravioli with pasta sauce, zucchini parmesan, green salad, sliced peaches, lentil brownies. Pullman Friday, Sept. 8: Cheese ravioli with pasta sauce, zucchini parmesan, green salad, sliced peaches, lentil brownies. Monday, Sept. 11: Chicken fajitas, Spanish rice, beans, fruit. Rosalia Tuesday, Sept. 12: Biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage,...
Taiko drum group booked for WSU The taiko drum group On Ensemble will perform in WSU ’s Jones Theatre Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 7:30 p.m. The group’s world fusion sound blends ancient Japanese taiko drumming traditions with diverse musical elements ranging from jazz, rock and electronica to Central Asian overtone singing. Reserved seating costs $18 adults, $15 seniors (ages 60 and up), and $9 non-WSU students and youth. WSU student admission is free with valid ID. Tickets are on sale now at all TicketsWest outlets, WSU’s Beasley Coliseum (open 10...
Susan Lynn Foster A memorial service for Susan Foster, 69, Palouse, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, at Palouse Federated Church with a reception following at the Palouse Community Center. Mrs. Foster died in her home Sept. 1, 2017, following a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. Born Dec. 30, 1947 to Dr. Floyd and Anita Hamstrom in Burlington, she graduated from Burlington-Edison High School in 1966 and from the University of Puget Sound in 1970. She began her teaching career in... Full story
8 years ago The Commoner Sept. 2, 1892 It is understood in railroad circles that the Union Pacific has notified the Northern Pacific company that they will hereafter charge $1.50 per ton for switching car-load shipments of wheat arriving at Portland over the Northern Pacific to warehouses and docks located on the Union Pacific's tracks at Albina, says the Walla Walla Union-Journal. This is doubtless done in order to prevent the Northern Pacific handling shipments of this kind, destined to Albina, via their lines, thereby giving the Union...
Thursday, Sept. 7 Colfax – First Thursday – Join the fall harvest fun and visit WCL’s Seed Library Open House, register to vote with the League of Women Voters from 3-6 p.m. at the library, or enjoy the always popular Wylie and the Wild West band from 5-7 p.m. Palouse Empire Fair – Come see us at the fair Sept. 7 to 10 during exhibit hours. Boots, Buckles and Spurs: Celebrating 50 years of Rodeo. View our collection of fair photos, spin the wheel for prizes or name the library pig. Friday, Sept. 8 Endicott, St. John and Uniontown – Storytime...
Colfax High School class of 1962 met for its 55th high school class reunion the weekend of Aug. 25-26 with a gathering Friday at the Colfax Golf Course and Saturday at St. Patrick Catholic Church Parish Hall. Those attending were, from front left, Andrea Depew Labish, Sandy Hopkins Wise and James Deife, Spokane; Kathy Bush Carothers, Garfield; Donna Shemwell Krom, Kennewick; Vicki Schluneger and Elaine Morris Krouse, Colfax; Connie Neil Markantes, Lake Oswego, Ore.; Jayne Carson Reynolds, Colfax...
Libby Walker, Pullman, leads an active lifestyle that includes skiing, cycling, and excercising Callie, her canine companion. She volunteers with the Palouse Land Trust and is the first Washington member of their board. Libby Walker grew up in a small farming community of 7,000 people in northwest Iowa. Her family moved to Denver while she was in high school, and attended the University of Colorado in Boulder for her undergraduate degree in History. She subsequently earned a master’s degree i...
Healthy Tekoa will show the film "Paper Tigers" for free Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. at the Empire Theatre. This film is for coaches, parents, caregivers, mentors and community leaders interested in learning about adverse childhood experiences and how that affects youth behaviors. This is not a film for children. A coalition meeting will be Sept. 12, at 9 a.m. at Kathy Kramer's home for the start-of-the-year meeting. A light snack will be provided. A "Guiding Good Choices" workshop for the teen years to maintain communication will start Oct.... Full story
Endicott Sharon Huff traveled to Spokane to meet with her cousins at Northern Quest Casino for lunch and a day of fun. Attending with Sharon were Dennis and Bev Roberts and Skip and Kay Werner of Spokane, and Mike and Vivian Werner of Pullman. Jenny Meyer had a busy summer making lunches for harvest crews. Monday, she catered a lunch for the Harvest Bee at the fairground. She soon will be having her Wednesday night dinners at Endicott Food Center. Endicott Community Choir fall practice will begin Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church...
AARP smart driver classes are planned in Pullman Sept. 19 and 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Pullman Senior Center in City Hall and at Palouse Oct. 11 and 12, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Palouse Federated Church. The classes are directed toward senior citizen drivers who can receive a three-year discount on vehicle insurance upon completion of the class. Younger drivers also are welcome. Call instructor Dennis Griner at 509-878-1420 to register or for more information....
Dusty Steve and Fran Maki’s daughter Sarah from Moses Lake was here this weekend to help kids shear their sheep in preparation for the county fair. About 15 kids from around the area brought their lambs to be worked on. Last Thursday, Fran and Steve went to the Kittitas Fair in Ellensburg to watch Sarah judge the sheep classes. Steve Camp and his son, Tony, went salmon fishing in Puget Sound last Thursday and Friday. Tony lives in Olympia. They caught three fish. Country Bible Church’s new fall time for worship service at 11 a.m. started thi...
Lona Criswell, top, and Pearl Griffiths put down grain on the Pine Grove Grange mosaic Tuesday. The design carries the "Boot, Buckles and Spurs" motto on this year's fair which marks the 50tth year of the rodeo association....
MARRIAGE LICENSES Nicholas G. Huylar, 22, Pullman, and Alexandra J. Harris, 21, both Pullman, Aug. 30. REAL ESTATE Catherine Cox to John Carpenter and Anita Hornbeck, Pullman, house on NE Lake, Pullman, $340,000, Aug. 14. State of Washington to Pacific Northwest Farmers Cooperative, land parcel of .66 acres at Oakesdale, $34,221, Aug. 14. Joan Hendrickson and heirs of Paul Hendrickson to Joshua and Kyra Hightree, Moscow, house on N. 1st Street, Garfield, $110,000, Aug. 14. George and Doloris Young, Oakesdale, to Kelly and Jordyn Cook, Rosalia,...
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. ‘WACHTER ADDITION’ SIGN UP A "Wachter Addition" sign has been erected at the Palouse Empire Fairground in advance of Thursday's opening ceremony for the fair. The sign is along the addition to the fair's Events Center which was part of a two-year fair foundation project to expand the fair's former community building. The addition along the north...
An ornamental shrub caught fire at Whitman Hospital Sept. 2 due to the exhaust pipe of a pickup that backed backed into the bush.... Full story
If the news is correct, both major political parties are ready to work with each other to reform the US tax code. The debate over expenditures should be debated at another time and place. This is the income portion of the budget, save everything else for another discussion. The first task should be to determine the objective of an ideal revenue code and write a tax plan mission statement. I suggest the following: In our democracy, taxes are needed to generate the funds necessary to operate our government. Tax collection should be fair and...
Donna “Sas” and Dave Waldron, with their Shire draft horses, take on a load with the header wagon at the Palouse Empire Threshing and Harvest Bee at the Mockonema fairground Monday, Sept. 4. Photos by Sharon Lindsay, Bob Russell and Jerry Jones. Threshing bee additional photos: See Weekly Pages: Sept. 7, 2017... Full story
All of the things that went wrong in New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina in 2005 appear to have been corrected with Houston's recent Hurricane Harvey. Chalk it up to a series of important lessons learned. By now everyone knows that Harvey came ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, dumped a record 51 inches of rain on 22 million people from Corpus Christi to Port Arthur, TX, and sent thousands to shelters. The hurricane hit Houston, America's fourth largest city and an urban area which accounts for 3 percent of our nation’s GDP. It had the makings o...
Extend medicare In 2009 all Republican and two Democratic senators killed ACA’s (ObamaCare’s) proposed “public option” that likely would have led to national single-payer health care (Medicare-for-all). Although vastly superior in coverage and more equitably affordable than Republicans’ recent draconian bills, ObamaCare may hardly cut overall costs. Fortunately, single-payer Medicare-for-all would both greatly cut costs and markedly increase ObamaCare’s improved coverage, impossible until health insurance companies lose control. Canadian si... Full story
One of the least safe places to be in Berkeley, California, is in the vicinity of someone holding a "No Hate" sign. So-called anti-fascist, or antifa, activists bearing shields emblazoned with those words assaulted any of the handful of beleaguered Trump supporters they could get their hands on at a small political rally over the weekend. All in the cause, mind you, of demonstrating their supposed opposition to hatefulness. Too many people were willing to perfume antifa in the wake of Charlottesville, where it clashed with Nazi thugs who caused...
What I'm about to describe is Fake News -- it hasn't happened, at least so far. However, I think it's just a matter of time. At some Nazi/KKK rally where some of President Donald Trump's "good people" are joining the lunatic-fringe types in hateful demonstrations, they are confronted by angry counterprotestors. Someone pulls a gun and starts firing. The violence escalates, and people die. You say that it has already occurred, in Charlottesville, Virginia? True, that's where an angry right-wing lunatic took his car and slammed into a crowd of... Full story
YYYY Thank God for neighbors – especially Steptoe neighbors who fight fire. #!*! Real farmers spray their thistles and keep the ditches clean, no cattails to plug up the ditches. Send your pet peeves and okeydokes to Whitman County Gazette P.O Box 770, Colfax, WA 99111 or drop them off at the Gazette office...
The Palouse Empire Fair is back on center stage. The fair has been a long-running show for the county at its permanent home outside Colfax at Mockonema, at the intersection of Highway 26 and Endicott Road. Every year improvements are made at the site. The most dramatic ones to greet visitors this year are the additions and improvements to the Community Building. Regardless of the changes and improvements, the fair is really about people. It is one of the greatest meeting places in the county. Rural residents and city residents mingle at the... Full story
Asotin’s Panthers were picked to be the top team in the NE 2B football league last week in the special football section of the Spokesman Review. Reporter Ryan Collingwood noted Asotin has many returnees back for this year. Liberty, which went to the 2B title game last year at the Tacoma Dome sustained more of a roster loss to graduation, he commented. The SR picked Liberty as number two, and NWC, which was also hit hard by graduation, to finish third with Colfax in the number-four slot. Liberty, Asotin and Northwest Christian tied for the t... Full story
Colfax junior cheerleaders show their moves Friday during halftime of the season opener. The performance wrapped up a cheerleader camp which was conducted by the Colfax cheerleaders....
