Articles from the November 15, 2018 edition
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Move Backward, Fall Flat
Mornings are somewhat brighter, but it's still a day of mourning. The switch from daylight saving to standard time is an admission that we can't escape the predictable gloom of winter, with its icy weather. It might become less predictable once...
Urban America's Vagrancy Outrage
It's appropriate that the U.N. special rapporteur devoted to adequate housing has visited encampments in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Mumbai -- and San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. The homeless situation in those cities and others around the...
Pet Peeves & Okeydokes: Nov. 15, 2018
Pet Peeves Parents who don’t teach their kids acceptable behavior and just expect the rest of society to deal with it. Okeydokes Holiday open house. A nice night on the town. No snow yet....
Costs Matter in Hiring
When our military is viewed as an employer, it has the same problem as the private sector; attracting qualified people to fill jobs. In today’s vibrant economy, there is an abundance of “Help...
Victimology
I was raised around strong women. My four-foot-ten-inch grandmother was one of the strongest human beings I have ever known. My mother’s sisters worked on the farm along with my uncles and me. My sister could whip any kid in school and was one of t...
On The Record: Nov. 15, 2018
MARRIAGE LICENSES Lu Shao Yeh, 36, and Yifei Kang, 29, both Pulman, Nov. 8. Robert Christopher Davis, 46, and Amelie Custer Gillman, 43, both Pullman, Nov. 9. Nicholas Maurice Lampert, 25, and Zeenya Carolina Zepeda, 26, both Pullman, Nov. 13. REAL...
Birthday party at Jones house
Visitors on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 3, at the home of Fran Jones were Bryan, Dusty; his daughter, Emelie and her friend T.J., Spokane; Warren and Julie Jones, Hauser, Idaho; David and Silvana Edwards, Seattle, and Li and Jon Ochs, Dusty....
LaCrosse Outreach seeks two volunteers
LaCrosse Outreach is looking for two volunteers to work a four-hour shift at the Thrift Store. Call 509-549-3418. Susan Murray was recently voted in as the Secretary of Outreach. She joins Margaret Enzweiler, president, and Lois Olmstead, treasurer....
German dinner, auction draws a crowd
Endicott Community Club served approximately 210 at its German Dinner and Silent Auction. The auction items sold well. Former resident Sharon Huff and daughter Sheryl Kyllo came from Anacortes to attend the German Dinner and visit with family and...
My Favorite Recipes: Meet Michelle Kinkade
Michelle Bruce Kinkade was raised in LaCrosse, and graduated from LaCrosse High School in 1992. She has lived on the Palouse her entire life. Michelle currently lives in Pullman and works at WSU's...
Local STEM girls honored in Garfield
A group of local girls and young women in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) were honored at the September meeting of the American Association of University Women Palouse-Garfield Branch, at the home of Yvonne Berliner in...
Library closed Nov. 22-23
All 14 branches of Whitman County Library will close Nov. 22-23 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Due dates for library materials have been extended in anticipation of the closure, and no late fines will be charged for these days. Drop boxes will remain...
Library's 3D printer adds new dimension
Whitman County Rural Library is getting the word out about the district's new 3D Printer. Over the summer the library district was able to purchase a 3D printer with a grant from Innovia Foundation. Innovia, formerly Inland Northwest Community...
RTOP issues call for two musicals
Open call audition for "Cabaret" and "Mamma Mia" is being conducted by Regional Theatre of the Palouse Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 13, 14 and 15, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Show dates will be Feb. 14-24 for "Cabaret" and April 4-14 for "Mamma...
Make It With Wool competitor
Carmen Barkley, from Pullman, competed at the state Make It With Wool competition Oct. 27 in Ellensburg. The competition was held in conjunction with the annual convention of the Washington State...
Richard E. Cross
Funeral mass for Richard E. Cross, Jr., was Wednesday, Nov. 14, at noon at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Tekoa. Burial followed at Sacred Heart Cemetery near Tekoa. Mr. Cross died Nov. 7, 2018, at... Full story
John Perry
John Wesley Perry arrived at Dr. Wiseman's Colfax, Wash., Clinic, March 29, 1941, during WSC's (WSU) National Championship Basketball Game. Both the doctor and Keith Perry, John's soon-to-be-Dad were... Full story
Bulletin Column: Nov. 15, 2018
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...
Trivia Test: Nov. 15, 2018
Questions 1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president’s Secret Service code name was “Rawhide”? 2. GEOGRAPHY: What body of water separates Ireland from England? 3. HISTORY: What are the descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa called? 4. FOOD &...
Strange But True: Nov. 15, 2018
* It was 20th-century American singer and songwriter Bobbie Gentry who made the following sage observation: “Euphemism is a euphemism for lying.” * In a match between a 200-pound mountain lion and a 20-pound porcupine, the lion is likely to be...