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Home Maintenance in the New Year Ready for the new year? Me neither. It’s too soon after what’s been a really long and frenetic holiday season, starting with a pre-Halloween snowstorm that had me and my neighbors juggling snow shovels and carved pumpkins, and then moving straight into Thanksgiving and Christmas almost too fast to blink. I’m looking forward to catching my breath this week, however, and putting together my home maintenance plans for next year. January will be pretty quiet, except for the monthly furnace filter change and makin...
How to Find and Research Doctors Who Accept Medicare Dear Savvy Senior, What resources are available to help seniors locate and research Medicare doctors? My husband and I are approaching age 65 and need to find a new internist or primary care doctor who accepts Medicare. Our current doctor is not enrolled with Medicare and will not continue seeing us as Medicare patients. Looking For Care Dear Looking, Depending on where you live, finding a new primary care doctor or specialist that accepts Medicare patients can be challenging. Because of low... Full story
Athenaeum Members met at the home of Mary Ann Wigen Dec. 2 for the annual Christmas luncheon. Other hostesses were Lynn Bruya, Sharon Baum, Chris Kackman and Lois Scholz. Servers were young friends of the committee. John Elwood and Sally Burkhart of Elberton played and sang Old English songs, some of which Elwood had composed. He played his hand-made dulcimers. The program concluded with Christmas requests and group singing....
Couch welcomes son Owen Blake was born Dec. 12, 2011, to Samantha and Eric Couch at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center at seven pounds, 12 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Belinda Duckworth of Colfax. Paternal grandparents are Blake and Sandy Couch of Oakesdale. The baby joins siblings Staley and Logan.... Full story
ART University of Idaho’s Prichard Gallery will feature the College of Art & Architecture faculty exhibit Dec. 9 to Jan. 22. Gallery hours are 10 to 8 Tuesday through Saturday and 10 to 6 on Sundays. The gallery is in the 400 block of S. Main in Moscow.... Full story
All branches of Whitman County Library will be closed Dec. 24-26 for the Christmas Holiday and Dec. 31 - Jan. 2 for New Year’s. Due dates have been extended and the library’s website services including online requesting, renewing, Rural Heritage, downloadable books and ebooks, and Ask US 24/7 will still be available. There is still time to purchase a 2011 Barn Calendars for $6 from any branch library, Ace Hardware and Rosauers in Colfax, and the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. Friends’ cookbooks and book bags are available for $5 each. Think... Full story
Kayla Hutton, Tekoa High School class of 2008, served as standard bearer for the WSU College of Education at fall commencement Dec. 10. With a grade-point average of 3.93, she was among her class’s highest achievers from the Department of Teaching and Learning. She is the daughter of Dan and Kathy Hutton of Tekoa. Dan Hutton has taught vocational agriculture at Tekoa High School for the past 25 years. Kayla will do her student teaching this spring at Woodard Elementary in Spokane.... Full story
The combined choirs of the Church of God and United Methodist Churches of Rosalia will present the second of two celebrations of the season, with songs and narration on Dec. 24. “Joy In This Place” will begin at 6:30 p.m. at United Methodist Church in Rosalia, under the direction of Laurel Heinnemann.... Full story
LaCrosse library is having a book sale in December. All of the proceeds go to help fund the children’s programs. Residents donated a large selection of books for the sale. The First Wednesday Club session of the New Year will be Jan. 4, 2012. All kids K-5 are invited to attend. Pre-school Storytime meets Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m. after a holiday break Dec. 22 and 29. Sessions begin again Jan. 5. LaCrosse library hours are Mondays 1-5 p.m. and Thursdays 10-2 p.m. They will be closed for the holidays Dec. 26 and Jan. 2.... Full story
• The end of the year is a great time to pick up next year’s holiday decorations at a discount. Before you pack away your holiday lights, ornaments, cards, etc., do an inventory and see if you are able to find what you need to complete your look at a slashed price. • Computer grocery lists can make not only shopping easier, but organization as well. Keep a file listing all the items you usually purchase from week to week. You even can create sections based on where certain items are located throughout the store. This will ensure that you don’t...
St. John Library plans special craft times. Friday, Dec. 23, at 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be the last chance to make a Christmas decoration. The library will have projects for all ages with Christmas and winter themes. Friday, Dec. 30, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. is a chance to help the libraries to clean out the craft closet and have creative fun. St. John library hours are Mondays 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesdays 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Fridays 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. The library will be closed Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. Items normally due on...
Sliger, Jasper Lee, was born Dec. 8, 2011, at eight pounds, 10 ounces, to Jacob and Madison Sliger of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Kimberly and Rick Roberts of Bullhead Cit,. Ariz. Maternal grandparent is the late Kaye Lee. The baby joins one brother, Julian Anthony, 3. Alabdan, Abdulmalik Abdullah, was born Dec. 11, 2011, at 10 pounds to Areen Alsulaimani and Abdullah Alabdan of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Ibrahim Alabdan and Fawziyah Alabdan of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Maternal grandparents are Abdulmohsen Alsulaimani and Laila...
Sixteen students enjoyed Christmas fun at the St. John Library on Wednesday. Librarian Clancy Pool helped to celebrate the holiday season with stories, crafts and snacks. St. John library hours are Mondays, 10:30 to 5; Wednesdays, 3:30 to 6:30, and Fridays 9:30 to 1 and 2 to 5....
COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR PROGRAM MENUS Week of Dec. 27-30 Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday —Tuna salad on bun w. lettuce & tomato, carrot raisin salad, three bean salad, banana half cookie, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — Home style roast beef, mashed potatoes/gravy, hot mixed veggies, salad, dinner roll, milk, coffee or tea. Palouse-Palouse Federated Church: Wednesday — Special clam chowder, tortilla rollups, vegetable plate, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Pullman-Pullman Senior Center: Wednesday — Tun... Full story
Lacrosse A hunters education course will be offered in LaCrosse Jan. 17, 19, 24, 25 and 26 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the LaCrosse Gun Club. Participants can register online: www.wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/huntered Click on Basic Hunter’s Education Class Schedule and go to Jan. 17 for completion and more information. Parents must also complete the parent agreement form at this site. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult at all times during the course. Any questions, please contact Stacy Aune in LaCrosse, 549-3315....
Melanie Pudelkewicz grew up in area towns that played against Colfax Bulldogs—now she has moved here so her children can be Bulldogs. “If I had to live in any small town, it would be Colfax, having grown up playing sports against Colfax,” Melanie said with a smile. “I could never live anywhere where sports programs are bad.” Melanie spent her childhood in Coulee City and her youth in Brewster where she participated in sports. Her favorite sport is basketball, although she also enjoys volleyball and softball. Because of her love for sports, she... Full story
Laura Herrington, rear left, and Jazmyn Ray, both eighth-graders at Endicott-St. John Middle School, wrap presents for second graders Keelyn Nelson, front left, and Keely Jones Monday morning. Barbara Strader annually turns her classroom into “Santa’s Workshop” at Christmas season. Elementary students choose gifts for their classmates while the middle schoolers provide wrapping services gratis. Straders said gifts are funded through donations by ESJ staff and community members, who made trips to area discount stores to buy the party prese...
Dusty Larry and Di Brink drove to Pasco Sunday to watch their grandchildren Ashley, Kloey and Ellie Brink perform in the Tower of Pentecost Church’s Christmas program. David and Phyllis Stueckle were in Portland from Thursday to Saturday last week. Their granddaughter Emmaly Light, daughter of Karen and Larry Light, was a participant in the Cleveland High School’s Christmas concert Thursday evening....
Human psychology and animal form collide in Garfield. The result is the art of Beth Cavener Stichter. Working in a studio at the edge of town, Stichter and three interns labor on her signature clay sculpting which is gaining ground in the art world. Stichter’s work sells for tens of thousands of dollars at an exclusive gallery in Manhattan, and is on display at the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wis., and Contemporary Museum of Honolulu. Stichter and husband Matt moved to Garfield four y... Full story
1. LANGUAGE: From what language are all the modern Romance languages derived? 2. SCIENCE: What term describes the lowest point in a satellite orbiting the Earth? 3. HISTORY: When did Labor Day become a federal holiday in the United States? 4. INVENTIONS: What was Eli Whitney’s most famous invention? 5. GOVERNMENT: In what year was the U.S. Constitution ratified? 6. GEOGRAPHY: What nation calls itself Espana in its native tongue? 7. ANCIENT WORLD: Where did the Minoan culture flourish? 8. POETRY: Who wrote the poem called “The Waste Lan...
Robert D. West A memorial service for Robert D. (Bob) West, 87, retired third generation Palouse grocer, was Saturday morning, Dec. 17, at the Palouse Federated Church with the Rev. Corey Laughary officiating. Potlatch VFW Post and a U.S. Army Honor Guard conducted military honors. A private family graveside service was Friday at the Greenwood Cemetery in Palouse. Mr. West died last Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the Pullman Regional Hospital. Born March 12, 1924, at Spokane, to J.B. and Olga Batten West, he attended Palouse schools and graduated from... Full story
Steptoe school students serenade spectators with their Christmas crooning at the students’ Christmas pageant Monday night in the school gym. After students sang a selection of holiday songs, the older students staged a production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” to the delight of attendees.... Full story
• It was American journalist and satirist Ambrose Bierce who made the following sage observation: “There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.” • Those who study such things say that when a ladybug is frightened, it squirts a foul-smelling goo from its knees. • You might be surprised to learn that approximately 40 percent of the oxygen in the world’s atmosphere is provided by the verdant plant growth of South America’s Amazon River basin. • Mayan artwork dating back as far as 700 A.D. shows people prep... Full story
Do You Know Christmas? Did you know that over 1.9 billion Christmas cards are sent each year? Yep, that’s the most of any holiday - not even Valentine ’s Day comes close. And the Bah- Humbug thing to me is that the vast majority of the cards are just plain wrong. Especially when it comes to their portrayal of the Reason for the Season! Now… my heart is not an empty hole, in fact I really don’t have an ounce of Grinchy-ness in me. But I am concerned about the blatant and misleading perception that the covers of Nativity Christmas cards have cr... Full story
Aryssa Anne Laubach, daughter of Evan and Janine Laubach of Pullman, and Philip Arthur Sweet, son of Arthur and Nanci Sweet of Deer Trail, Colo., were married Aug. 13, 2011, at the rural residence of Jack and Barbara Lien east of Colfax. Jason Iacovetto, youth pastor of the Evangelical Free Church of the Palouse, officiated. The bride was given in marriage by her parents. A Western decoration theme was carried out with orange and yellow flowers in green and brown ceramic pots with wheat fields and Kamiak Butte as a backdrop. Shade sails... Full story
