Articles from the September 29, 2011 edition
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This is a hammer
Repairing Damaged Drywall Q: Last week while moving furniture, my sons accidentally shoved an end table against the wall and punched a hole in it. How can I fix this? — Charity in Lansing, Mich. A: Ouch! Fortunately, drywall holes are not too e...
Obituaries 9/29/11
A memorial service for Lorene W. Ball, 87, was Monday, Sept. 26, at Grace Lutheran Church in Potlatch, with the Rev. Larry Vieth officiating. She was cremated, and her ashes were buried at Mendenhall Cemetery. Mrs. Ball died last Wednesday, Sept....
Births 9/29/11
Getz baby born Caleb Edward Getz was born Sept. 24, 2011, at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center at eight pounds, 12 ounces, to Liz and Kirby Getz. Maternal grandparents are Doug and Dori Martin of Pullman and Skip and Joan King of Pullman. Paternal...
Pastor's Corner 9/29/11
Christians are produced by faith Faith produces many things. One of those things is prayer. Not so much the “God help me” prayers, which can be reactionary, but the “Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret” prayers. I loved this book when I was about...
People Extra! 9/29/11
On Golden Pond begins at PCT Oct. 14 Pullman Civic Theater’s production of On Golden Pond will open Oct. 14 with other performance dates Oct. 15, 20, 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. Written by Ernest Thompson and directed by T...
Good Old Days 9/29/11
8 years ago October 1, 1886 Work of excavating for the basement of the brick building to be erected by the city on the corner of Main and Canyon streets was begun Wednesday by McCord & Ford on a bid of $3,800. The structure will have a Main street...
Church donation provides new coat of paint for center
Farmington’s Community Center, a state registered historical building, has received a new coat of paint from Stivers Painting out of Tensed, Idaho. This was made possible from a $10,000 donation from the Farmington Methodist Church for i...
Colfax youth observe Arbor Day
For the seventh straight year, the second grade students from Jennings Elementary planted a tree at Schmuck Park in observance of the city’s Arbor Day. Students Tuesday planted a red oak tree next to the small picnic shelter on the south end of t...
Vows at Onecho Bible Church unite Shana Largent, Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Bailey Shana Largent, daughter of Brian and Debbie Largent of Colfax, and Ryan Bailey, son of Anne Bailey of Renton and Kirk and Dianne Bailey of Snohomish, were married July 2, at Onecho Bible Church. Pastor Todd Langerveld,...
Savvy Senior
How to Help Fund Your Grandkids Retirement Dear Savvy Senior, Is there a way that we can put some money in a Roth IRA account for our young grandkids to use for retirement? Curious Granddad Dear Curious, There sure is! Funding Roth IRAs for your...
Menus 9/29/11
COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR PROGRAM MENUS Week of Oct. 3, 2011 Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday —Oven baked chicken, potatoes and gravy, broccoli with savory cheese, carrot/raisin sunrise salad, birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Rosa...
Everybody Reads to feature Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
Libraries and bookstores across our region are planning for the 11th year of the popular Everybody Reads program. This year’s reading selection is Blue Heaven by New York Times author C.J. Box. Residents are encouraged to pick up a copy from their n...
Food distribuations slated for October 26-28
Locations for a state and federal emergency food distribution for Wednesday, Oct. 26, will be Palouse Federated Church, 1 to 3 p.m., and Rosalia Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m. For Thursday, Oct. 27, distribution will be Malden/Pine City, Town Hall,...
My Favorite Recipes 9/29/11
Meet Pete and Candis Koerner, Top Notch After graduating from high school, Pete Koerner started working as a dishwasher at a restaurant. From there he has gone up the food industry food chain to become owner of the Top Notch Cafe in Colfax....
Flying Farmers view photo of Alaskan trip
Dusty Art and Colene Sager flew to Odessa Saturday for a Flying Farmers Meeting. Hosts were Stanley and Debby Dammels who showed pictures of a trip they had taken with nine other pilots in their planes to Alaska. They shared a potluck dinner. David...
Shields attends 60-year Cheney High reunion
Lamont Kathy Shields attended her Cheney High School class of 1951 60-year reunion Sept. 19, 20 and 21 at the Northern Quest Casino. Twenty-four classmates out of the class of 49 attended. Classmates and guests brought a total of 38 to the event....
Spirit week at GP middle school
Garfield-Palouse Middle Schoolers got back into school with their first Spirit Week of the year, including daily dress-up competitions and a pep rally for the football and girls’ basketball teams. Homeroom winners were chosen daily based on each d...
Reading, Writing and getting their kicks
Garfield-Palouse Middle School students took a study field trip to the Palouse River at Elberton last week. Teacher Phil Weagraff’s seventh grade students collected macroinvertebrates to evaluate the pollution index of the river. The eighth grade c...
Word on the street 9/29/11
Are the richest Americans too rich? James Fitzgerald, Colfax Robert Munoz, Seattle Tiffany Jackson, Colfax John Huntwork, Colfax Victoria Christensen, St. John...
Sweet and flying machines
Steel-framed flying machines waited on Steve Camp’s “Freedom Field” on Mud Flat west of Dusty early Saturday morning, waiting for the sun to rise. One fires up its engine, moving the glorified winged go-kart across the field. Its five-foot fan fills...
Water Summit to be held Tuesday in Pullman
The seventh annual Palouse Basin Water Summit, “The Reality of the Resource,” will be next Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Schweitzer Engineering Event Center in Pullman. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is enc...
W. BRUCE CAMERON 9/29/11
Car-Buying Trauma W. BRUCE CAMERON Alert readers of this column are aware that I’ve recently been advised by my trusty mechanic, Marvin Walletdrainer, that my car is ready to cross the rainbow bridge. I asked him if he thought I could drive it for a...
On The Record 9/29/11
MARRIAGE LICENSES Shane K. Lloyd, 51, and Charise N. Shively, 50, both Albion, Sept. 26. Jacob L. Dahl, 24, and Jessica B. McFaul, 24, both Pullman, Sept. 23. Timothy L. Doebler, 59, and Yvonne E. Saunders, 52, both Palouse, Sept. 23. Anthony T....
Letters 9/29/11
Hullabaloo support October 7 and 8 will be our annual Autumn Harvest Hullabaloo. It has been growing every year and we want to invite and encourage all to come to the event this year. Many people and organizations have worked hard and volunteered...
Don Brunell 9/29/11
Withdrawing new EPA rule is a good start Recently, President Obama ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to delay implementation of a new rule that further reduces industrial ozone emissions (smog) under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The...