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Pet Peeves & Okeydokes

Okeydokes The new digital Gazette. The PDF option is great. The individuals that remembered to put out the flags on Patriot Day....

 

Good Grief, Bad Grief

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Arguably these are even worse times than the mid-19th century, when Charles Dickens wrote his "Tale of Two Cities." In the 21st century, we have effectively divided into two countries, separated...

 

Neil Armstrong Didn't Forget the Flag

History is usually airbrushed to remove a figure who has fallen out of favor with a dictatorship, or to hide away an episode of national shame. Leave it to Hollywood to erase from a national triumph its most iconic moment. The new movie "First Man,"...

 

Lampson Beating Odds for Family-owned Business

When one approaches the Tri Cities, it is impossible to ignore Lampson International’s monstrous cranes in its Pasco assembly yard. Those gantries stand out like the Space Needle in Seattle and r...

 

Can There Be Middle Ground?

I recently took my grandson back to the Midwest to get better acquainted with some of his relatives. He is only recently aware that he is related to a huge clan of Midwesterners. While there, I watched as two of my kinfolks debated whether or not...

 

On The Record

REAL ESTATE SALES Jill Kelleher and Jeanene Murray, Yakima, to Mac and Karen Mills, St. John, ag land east of Rock Lake, $553,600, Aug. 2. Louise Hansen for the estate of Gary Hansen, Spokane, to Dylan and Kristin Doneen, house on 3rd Street,...

 

Bulletin Column

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. ACCIDENT ON MAIN STREET Colfax Police Sunday at...

 

Healthy living clinic set for Colfax

A free six-week workshop on healthy living with chronic conditions, which will be open for adults aged 18 and older and will run Tuesdays, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Sept. 26 through Oct. 30 at the Public Service Building, 310 N. Main Street, in...

 

Tattoo chance offered to INBC donors

Donors at the Inland Northwest Blood Center blood drive in Colfax Sept. 14 at the Colfax Library will have a chance to be entered in a drawing to win a $100 tattoo gift card. The drawing will be from 2:15 to 5 p.m. Appointments can be made by...

 

Etcetera

RTOP presents 'The 39 Steps' Regional Theatre of the Palouse will present "The 39 Steps, " a twist on the classic Alfred Hitchcock film by the same name, with opening night Friday, Sept. 14. Other performances will be Sept. 15, 20, 21, and 22, all...

 

Births

At Whitman Hospital and Medical Center Claussen, Maverick Leroy, born Sept. 10 at seven pounds, one ounce, to Devin and Abigale Claussen, Oakesdale. Paternal grandparents are Carol and Jim Larsen, Colfax, and Dru Claussen, Oakesdale. Maternal... Full story

 

Library trivia nights will resume

Library Trivia Night will be at the Colfax Hyde Out Thursday, Sept. 20, at 6:30 p.m. for an exciting trivia contest featuring a special ABCs category for the “Back to School” season. Winners earn free dinner and drinks! Teams can be up to eight com...

 

Musical group slated at Selbu

Cross Country musical group (Linda Hennigar, Bob Davidson and Jerry Martin) will perform for the entire worship service at Selbu Lutheran Church beginning at 10 a.m on Sunday, Sept. 16. Due to computer difficulties, Karen's column is very short this...

 

Block's 'Ever Green' on exhibit at library

“Ever Green”, a sampling of Herb Block’s powerful cartoons about the environment, are on exhibit now through Oct. 21 at the Colfax Branch of Whitman County Library. Also known as Herblock, the cartoonist cared deeply about the environment. His work...

 

My Favorite Recipes: Palouse Empire Fair Melt in Your Mouth Chocolate Contest 2018

One of the perks of writing for the Gazette is getting to participate in judging the "Melt in Your Mouth Chocolate Competition" at the Palouse Empire Fair. At first glance, it is a job that everyone...

 
Dale and Marilyn Crutcher

Crutcher duo marks 50th anniversary

Dale and Marilyn Crutcher recently celebrated their 50th anniversary and renewed their vows with family at Lake Wenatchee. Dale Crutcher of Pine City married Marilyn Gramlich of Portland, Ore., Sept....

 

Library Calendar

Thursday, Sept. 13 Colfax, LaCrosse and Tekoa – Children and families will embark on a reading adventure. St. John Elementary School – 3:15 p.m. – Tinker Tech Time – Brand new stem activities for grades K to 2. Albion – 5 to 7:30 p.m. – Fireside Ch...

 

Menus

AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Chicken nuggets with rice or burger, veggies, fruit. Tuesday: Pepperoni calzone or chicken patty, Caesar salad, fruit. Wednesday: Maple bites with egg or burger, tater rounds, fruit. Thursday: Mac and cheese or chicken...

 

Whelan Bridge girders to arrive

The Whelan road bridge rebuilding project north of Pullman is nearing the home stretch this week with girders expected to be set Wednesday by a Public Works crew. A crane was scheduled to arrive Tuesday at the site on Whelan Road four miles out of...

 

Trivia Test

Questions 1. SCIENCE: What is the study of heat and its transformation to mechanical energy called? 2. LANGUAGE: What is the symbol associated with the Greek letter “Delta” (uppercase)? 3. MUSIC: Which city is hometown to the Red Hot Chili Pep...

 

Strange But True

* It was Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, who made the following sage observation: “There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there a...

 

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