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At Colfax Schools: Daily items offered at Colfax High School include salad bar, chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, deli sandwiches, vegetarian options, fresh & canned fruit, fresh vegetables, oven fries, yogurt, cottage cheese, bagels and juice. Monday: Hamburger gravy with mashed potatoes, whole grain roll, choice of fruit and vegetables Tuesday: Spikes pizza whole grain, romaine salad, pineapple, sherbet, choice of fruits & vegetables Wednesday: Bones w/ghost busters, witches teeth, choice of bats and spiders, witches treat JES Monday: Hamburger... Full story
Something went very awry at the Roy Chatters Printing Museum in this image captured amidst the dark pathways of Haunted Palouse. At right, a fortune teller draws a card in the Lions Club hall. Haunted Palouse will continue this weekend, Friday and Saturday, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m....
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. **************** FREEMAN BUS HIT A 2011 International school bus was hit about noon Friday while it was parked in front of Niehenke Park on Mill Street. The driver of the bus, Eric Eden, had dropped off Freeman students for a field trip and was eating his lunch in a passenger seat when he felt something strike the front of the bus. A 1999...
Elizabeth Howard A graveside service for Elizabeth (Beth) Howard, 91, long time St. John resident, was Monday, Oct. 22, at noon in the St. John Cemetery followed by a luncheon reception at the St. John Methodist Church. Mrs. Howard died last Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, in Colfax. Born Oct. 9, 1921, in Billings, Mont., to Perry and Mildred Parrish Sorenson, she spent some early years in Pendroy, Mont., where her father ran a lumber yard. She graduated as valedictorian of her high school class at Choteau, Mont., in 1939. An experienced bookkeeper... Full story
Direct Deposit Options for Social Security Recipients Dear Savvy Senior, I have received my Social Security check in the mail every month for more than 25 years, and now I’m told I have to switch to direct deposit. Do I have any options? Suspicious Senior Dear Suspicious, If you’re over age of 90, or live in a remote area you may still have the option of receiving your Social Security checks in the mail if you want. Otherwise, you have until March 1, 2013 to switch from paper benefit checks to direct deposit. Here’s what you should know. Manda... Full story
Rich Koenig, soil scientist and department chair, is the new director of Washington State University Extension. The former chair of the WSU Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, has been making the transition to his new position over the past month. Randy Baldree served as interim associate director of WSU Extension between June 2011 and September 2012. WSU Extension includes more than 700 employees and 13,000 volunteers working in outreach programs in agriculture, natural resources, community and economic development and youth and family.... Full story
John and Alma Druffel delight in a ham dinner at the Uniontown Community Center’s annual Oktoberfest celebration Sunday.... Full story
Lacrosse The public is invited to attend the Whitman County Historical Society’s annual meeting Sunday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. at the recently renovated LaCrosse Market. Historical photographs will be on display as well as information regarding the history of the store and tours through the building. Refreshments will be served, and Alex McGregor will give a talk. LaCrosse Food Bank is making plans to provide Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets. Wayne Miller said the food bank expects they will distribute 45 to 50 baskets to needy families this year...
8 years ago October 28, 1887 Last Saturday, Harvey Bangs, who has been working with the Ellis Bros.’ threshing outfit, was paid $85 and at once celebrated by getting blind drunk in this city. He was assisted in this operation by Gordon Cooper, a man well known about town. Cooper stayed with Bangs until the latter was not only too full for utterance, but was too full for anything else. About 8 o’clock in the evening, Cooper was seen assisting him toward the upper end of town, and soon after Ellis bros., who had seen them going that way sta...
Dahmen exhibit to feature potters An opening reception for the Palouse Studio Potters Guild November exhibit at Dahmen Barn in Uniontown will be Sunday, Nov. 4, from 1 to 3 p.m. The artists will be present, and refreshments will be served. The show will run through Sunday, Nov. 25, during the Barn’s regular open hours. Palouse Studio Potters Guild was started in 2004 and now has six active members. Members explore many ways of working in clay from wheel throwing and hand building to sculpture. Soulstice will play benefit for Dahmen Soulstice b... Full story
Oakesdale “Comic Book Artist” will be performed by Oakesdale High School students Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. Students have been working on character development and blocking while adding their delightful humor since mid-September. This final week of practice has students tweaking performances and adjusting costumes. Admission will be $6 for adults and $4 for senior citizens and students.... Full story
Gary Koch, one of the members of the Colfax High School class of 1962 reunion photo in last week’s Gazette, resides in Garden City, Idaho. Also, the Quilt of Valor presentations were made to members of the 1962 class. Captions last week listed the incorrect state for Koch and incorrect class year for the quilt recipients....
Brenda Camp, a licensed Zumba instructor, started a Zumba fitness class Wednesday at the LaCrosse school cafeteria. Sessions begin at 7 p.m. For more details, contact Brenda. Participants under 18 are required to have signed permission from a parent or guardian....
Dusty The annual Selbu Lutheran Church Christmas Bazaar will be Sunday, Oct., 27, after services and a potluck at the church. There will be some handmade items, decorative items, food, plus lots of goodies for sale to raise money for their missions. All are welcome. Two weeks ago, Steve and Carol Moore and hospital administrator Debbie Glass attended the annual meeting of the Washington State Hospital Association in Seattle Oct. 9-11. Saturday, October 13, Kim and Cindy Pitts were in Spokane to watch grandson Rafe Carlson play in a soccer... Full story
Don and Shelley Organ celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 4. Organ and Shelley Redmond were married Aug. 4, 1962, in the Colfax United Methodist Church. They were born, raised and lived all their lives in Colfax. They raised five children and now have 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Their children and are Donna and Gary Burger, Burleson, Texas; Bonnie an Jeff Lararee, Eugene Ore.; Matthew and Julie Organ, Carlton; Gayle and Chris Larson, Colfax, and Charleie and Kelli Organ, Spokane. The family, Aug. 4, celebrated...
After a recent potluck dinner, with the dishes done and men and children gone, a circle of women gathered around a blueberry cobbler. Bit by small bit, they feasted on the remains of the cobbler out of range of the kids’ eyes. The baker of the cobbler smiled as she was asked for the recipe. The baker was Dianne Appel, who is also known as the blueberry lady in Colfax. Dianne Appel was born in Minnesota, but her family moved to Seattle when she was a toddler. She grew up on Capital Hill but moved during high school when she attended three d... Full story
The Kentucky Bluegrass suit came to an official end Wednesday, Oct. 17, when the court was notified attorneys had reached an agreement. The Oct. 15 start of a month-long trial of the civil suit was postponed a week after attorneys for the two remaining sides advised the court that a tentative agreement was in the works. Potential jurors were notified and advised of a call-in number to check the status of the trial. The legal battle began two years ago when three groups of growers filed suits against Scotts Company, Seeds, Inc., of Tekoa and...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007. I’ve always thought that the purpose of musical instruments was to produce music, but my new neighbor — a 20-something young man with an electric guitar — doesn’t seem to agree. When he plays his instrument, it sounds like he is doing something really awful over there, like peeling an electric cat. Not that I’m against electric guitar music — I’m a baby boomer, so I believe my generation invented that, plus everything else. He doesn’t seem to be taking lessons — he’s en...
It is now time to decide how you are going vote for County Commissioner District 1. I am asking you to support Art Swannack for this position. I’ve known Art for years and have worked with him in his role as State Sheep Producers President and in our activities in the State and County Farm Bureau. Whether we were at a local meeting, State meeting or lobbying either the State Legislature or Congress I have always found Art to be very thoughtful, articulate and able to get to the bottom line quickly while looking for solutions to whatever p...
Voters, please join me in casting a vote for Peter J. Goldmark for the State Commissioner of Public Lands. Goldmark is an Eastern Washington rancher and an agriculture specialist. He knows how critical land management is to our agriculture industry. As Commissioner of Public Lands, Goldmark has demonstrated the careful management of agriculture, forest, and water resources that is vital to the state’s multi-billion dollar ag industry. Further, he has promoted sustainable shellfish harvest, the wine industry, and other new crops. New r...
It is always so nice during election year to open your newspaper to find unbiased pictures and stories regarding the race. I am in receipt of my Whitman County Gazette dated Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. I cannot believe what I see on the front page. It appears from the picture who the Gazette favors in the District 1 Whitman County Commissioner race. Your front page story’s second paragraph states: “The forum featured candidates for the two commissioner seats that will be on ballots mailed out by the county elections office Friday.” But the photo...
Dear readers—does the word “dictator” scare you as much as it scares me? To put us on the same page let’s get the dictionary definition of dictator—one who assumes absolute control without the free consent of the people. Does that remind you of the narcissist who slithered into the White House under the radar? If I’m not mistaken, he swore under oath at his inauguration to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. He must have had his fingers crossed behind his back because it seems he thinks the constitution is just something t...
We are writing this letter to endorse Dean Kinzer and Art Swannack for District 1 and 2 Whitman County Commissioners. As tax-paying citizens of this county we are very concerned about placing a fifteen million dollar risk to the people of the county against the advice of the prosecuting attorney Denis Tracy and also the much respected businessman Ed Schweitzer. Our taxes go up every year without this added expense. Mr. Kinzer has served on the Pullman School Board for many years and Mr. Swannack has served the sheep industry for years and his...
Washington Voters, the ballots are in the mail. Please vote no on Initiative measure 1240! Simply put, it steals money from the tax-supported public schools. Yes, a Charter School is a private school funded with our hard earned tax dollars. Currently, the public schools are underfunded. Allowing a private school to take the money is not a good policy and we voters have rejected this nonsense in previous elections. If one carefully examines the research on Charter schools, one will discover that there is virtually “no effect size” dif... Full story
Art Swannack is an honest, intelligent man who will bring common sense and reasoning to his decisions on behalf of the county. I attended the two open “hearings” the commissioners held this spring about the Hawkins development. I was frustrated upon realizing that the meetings were less about “hearing” from the public in order to inform their decision, and more about telling the public what was good for us. At the time, I mentioned feeling like a child who was being told to, “shut up, sit down, and eat your vegetables. They’re good for you.” T...